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REGINA — Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck was on the campaign trail Tuesday promising better health care, while the Saskatchewan Party's Scott Moe proposed to continue withholding federal carbon levy payments.

EDMONTON — Alberta's government has launched a national ad campaign targeting the federal government's incoming emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday it's a de facto production cap that will stifle the economy.

Falling energy prices tugged Canada’s main stock index downward on Tuesday as producers responded to developments in the Middle East and China. The S&P/TSX composite index dipped by 32.09 points to 24,439.08. The 4.

WINNIPEG — Longtime federal Liberal cabinet minister Lloyd Axworthy has been tapped by the Manitoba government to lead a study into the decades-old issue of relocating rail lines in Winnipeg.

TORONTO — Taylor Swift fans headed to Toronto for a run of six concerts next month are expected to bring with them hundreds of millions of dollars in local economic activity, according to new modelling from a tourism organization.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pulled back from their records as the price of crude oil tumbled again and technology stocks faltered. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% Thursday, a day after setting an all-time high for the 46th time this year.

PEACE RIVER, Alta. — The operator of a pulp mill in northwestern Alberta has been fined $1 million for letting almost 31 million litres of toxic wastewater flow into the Peace River.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says residents would continue to be exempt from paying the federal carbon levy on home heating if he's re-elected premier on Oct. 28.

OTTAWA — The chances of a half-percentage point interest rate cut by the Bank of Canada became more likely Tuesday after Statistics Canada reported annual inflation fell to 1.6 per cent in September.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government says it will provide financial support for at least two more years to the private ferry service that links the province with Maine.