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VICTORIA — The driver of a garbage truck in Victoria is being hailed for his quick thinking when he saw smoke coming from the back compartment.

WASHINGTON — Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump's push for the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries to bring down the cost of oil conflicts with the Republican leader's own plans to make America energy-dominant.

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will press Canada's case against damaging tariffs with the new U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pledged cheaper prices and lower interest rates, but an economy transformed by the pandemic will make those promises difficult to keep.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index rose more than 100 points Thursday, helped by strength in industrial and utility stocks, while U.S. stock markets also rose.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose to their first all-time high of 2025 as Wall Street regained a bit of the momentum that catapulted it to 57 records last year. The S&P 500 rose 0.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia seafood industry representatives voiced concerned Thursday over comments from the premier that he's open to ending a moratorium on fossil fuel drilling in the rich Georges Bank fishing grounds.

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.

TORONTO — Tesla Inc. is raising prices for its Canadian vehicles by thousands of dollars starting Feb.1 amid big shifts in incentives and rising trade tension.

WINNIPEG — Manitobans are going to pay a bit more for natural gas as well as propane used for home heating.