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OTTAWA — Owners of small and medium-sized businesses will finally receive their long-awaited carbon pricing refunds before the end of this year, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Lawyers for Montreal billionaire Robert Miller asked a judge on Tuesday for a delay in his sex crimes case, arguing that his frail health makes it difficult to discuss the Crown's evidence with him.

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver say they've launched a hate crime investigation after a clash between protesters with opposing views on war in the Middle East. They say it happened outside the Vancouver Art Gallery Sunday night.

REGINA — Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe kicked off the provincial election Tuesday promising broad-based tax relief while his opponent, NDP Leader Carla Beck, said it's time to move on from failed, incompetent money management.

MONTREAL — McGill University law professors will return to classrooms this week after their union suspended a strike that had lasted since the start of the fall semester.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's provincial election campaign has begun, with polling day on Oct. 28.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan election campaign is underway, with voting day on Oct. 28. Here's a look at key issues and party promises: Economy Scott Moe's governing Saskatchewan Party has promised to grow the economy, jobs and the population.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's general election has been called, with voting day on Oct. 28. Here's a look at the leaders of the two main parties: Scott Moe, Saskatchewan Party Age: 51. Born July 31, 1973, in Prince Albert, Sask.

LANG, SASK. — Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut.

SHELLBROOK, Sask. — Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out — literally.