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FREDERICTON — New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs confirmed Friday he won't call an election in 2023, ending weeks of speculation that the governing Progressive Conservatives would go to the polls almost a year early.

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MONTREAL — A Montreal suburb has been ordered to pay thousands of dollars to around 300 residents who say they've suffered from years of unreasonable traffic noise.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release its October labour force survey this morning. RBC says it expects the economy added a modest 15,000 jobs last month, and that the unemployment rate ticked higher to 5.6 per cent.

OTTAWA — While Mary Moreau's nomination to Canada's top court is history-making, she told members of Parliament and senators on Thursday that she looks forward to the day when it's not.

CALGARY — The new president of the Alberta Medical Association says doctors are apprehensive about expected changes to the province's health-care delivery system as they deal with ongoing pressures in clinics and hospitals. Dr.

OTTAWA — The chief electoral officer with the Assembly of First Nations says it has received nomination papers from six candidates vying to be the next national chief of the organization that represents more than 600 First Nations in Canada.

VANCOUVER — One of three magic mushroom stores that were raided by Vancouver police this week has already reopened, and the owner says his other two are restocking and will be back in business on Friday.

SASKATOON — A woman accused of faking her death and that of her child before they crossed the border into the United States has been given a one-year conditional sentence that she can serve in the community.

WINNIPEG — Loved ones of a First Nations man who died in police custody say officers failed to help him when he needed it most.