National Business

Applications for U.S. jobless benefits rose to a three-month high last week but remained within the same healthy range of the past three years. The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose by 22,000 to 242,000 for the week ending Feb.

EDMONTON — The looming threat of U.S. tariffs along with a potential tax cut are expected to dominate Alberta's budget today.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's latest plan to reduce homelessness has seen the project's first person moved from an encampment into housing, says an adviser.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private company launched another lunar lander Wednesday, aiming to get closer to the moon’s south pole this time with a drone that will hop into a jet-black crater that never sees the sun.

EDMONTON — Alberta is set to introduce its budget Thursday, with rumours swirling that Premier Danielle Smith's government will deliver on her promised personal tax cut amid the looming threat of devastating U.S. tariffs.

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is willing to enter bilateral agreements with other jurisdictions in order to boost interprovincial trade as looming U.S. tariffs threaten Canada's economy, Premier David Eby says. The threat of U.S.

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WINNIPEG — Manitoba prosecutors have decided, for a second time, to not pursue criminal charges in the case of a construction project that ran well over budget and will soon be the subject of a public inquiry.

REGINA — Premier Scott Moe says Saskatchewan wants pipelines built and is encouraging other provinces and the federal government to get behind the cause.

MONTREAL — WSP Global Inc. says its earnings attributable to shareholders were $166.9 million in the fourth quarter, up from $130.6 million during the same quarter last year.