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TORONTO, Cananda - The man at the centre of the Ontario government scandal over cancelled gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga announced Friday he is quitting provincial politics.

OTTAWA - It's been a rough year for sa国际传媒's upper house. Thursday's ouster of Sen.

MONTREAL - Tom Mulcair wasn't ready to endorse a Quebec effort to set up an international-aid program when asked Thursday about the province's plans to set up its own version of the Canadian International Development Agency.

EDMONTON - With Alberta facing a $6 billion shortfall in next month's budget, Premier Alison Redford's government has passed a motion to refuse a mandated cost-of-living pay hike for all 87 members of the legislature.

TORONTO - Calling himself "Dalton McGuinty's guy," Finance Minister Dwight Duncan announced Thursday he was quitting Ontario politics to clear the way for premier-designate Kathleen Wynne to renew the Liberal front benches.

CALGARY - A research paper is reinforcing the idea that sa国际传媒's resource industry is at risk of being left behind internationally if it doesn't find a way to get oil to receptive markets in the Pacific Rim.

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is defending itself against accusations from the auditor general that it knowingly delivered a budget last spring that was off by $27 million.

BRADFORD, Ont.

TORONTO - A Toronto police officer shot in vain at a snowplow that was quickly barrelling down on him in the seconds before it mowed him down and left him dying in the snow, court heard Wednesday. Several people who witnessed the death of Sgt.

OTTAWA - The veterans ombudsman says he's disappointed with the Harper government's response to his call to treat ex-soldiers and members of RCMP fairly when they apply for disability benefits.