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EDMONTON — Alberta is seeking a new chief medical officer of health as the government says Dr. Mark Joffe's contract has expired. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange's office said in an email Tuesday that Joffe's contract expired a day prior.

The odds of new applications from immigrants being accepted into British Columbia's nominee program this year have dropped to near zero for anyone other than health workers or entrepreneurs.

REGINA — Saskatchewan's health minister has rejected accusations from a nurses union and the Opposition NDP that some babies from Regina's neonatal intensive care unit were sent to North Dakota for care.

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars meant to finance climate and infrastructure projects across the country. U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he wants to give money and an airplane ticket to any immigrant who is in the country illegally who chooses to “self-deport,” and work to get those who are “good” back in the U.S.

TORONTO — A new facility designed to house and support refugees and asylum seekers in Toronto is set to open next month with a focus on addressing mental health issues.

NEW YORK (AP) — Sarah Palin’s 8-year-old defamation claims against The New York Times were being heard anew Tuesday by a Manhattan jury after they were revived by an appeals court last year.

NEW YORK (AP) — The latest government waste touted by billionaire Elon Musk's cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency is hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent unemployment claims it purportedly uncovered.

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