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REGINA — Saskatchewan's Crown corporations are reporting consolidated net earnings of $510 million for this year, slightly lower than last year.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S.

TORONTO — Strength in technology and materials helped Canada’s main stock index close over 100 points higher Monday, while U.S. markets also saw gains amid declines in oil prices.

The nation’s major health insurers are promising to scale back and improve a widely despised practice that leads to care delays and complications.

HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia man says he's worried the province is moving ahead with uranium exploration after his provincial member of the legislature urged him in a phone call to get on board with the province's uranium plan.

BRUSSELS — Canada and the European Union opened a new era of transatlantic co-operation Monday by signing a security and defence partnership at a joint summit in Brussels.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Forest Practices Board says a two-year investigation has found outdated rules and unclear responsibility are stopping forestry from becoming a wildfire prevention tool.

REGINA — A Regina chiropractor was sentenced Monday to 15 months in the community for sexually assaulting a patient.

TORONTO — The B.C. billionaire looking to turn Hudson’s Bay’s old digs into her own retail empire bounded down the steps of a Toronto courthouse Monday and pumped her fist in the air.

OTTAWA — Canada's Federal Court has rejected legal challenges disputing the approval of a so-called "floatel" used to house workers near Squamish, B.C., as they build a liquefied natural gas facility at an abandoned pulp mill.