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MONTREAL — Travellers, business groups and politicians expressed fervent relief on Sunday after Air Canada and the union representing thousands of its pilots negotiated a new labour deal and averted a disruptive, countrywide shutdown.

Significant, higher-than-planned investments will be sunk into costly but necessary treatment plant and tunnel upgrades.

Voters deserve details of competing housing plans, says СÀ¶ÊÓƵ NDP leader

As the deadline approaches on a potential shutdown of Canada's largest airline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's up to Air Canada and the union to reach a deal to avoid disrupting travellers and businesses.

Bill Majcher was a member of the Richmond Non-Partisan Association while working as an RCMP undercover operator.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says wholesale sales, excluding petroleum, petroleum products, and other hydrocarbons and excluding oilseed and grain, rose 0.4 per cent to $82.7 billion in July.

The Union of СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Municipalities says local property taxpayers are being asked to pick up the bills for services that are the provincial government's responsibility.

British Columbia's provincial carbon tax has been in place since 2008, when it became the first jurisdiction in North America to put a price on carbon emissions, but Premier David Eby said the carbon tax issue has since been "politicized."

Enforcement efforts hindered as foreign platforms defy sanctions, exposing gaps in provincial regulation