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FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government tabled a $14.3-billion budget Tuesday that has been driven deep into deficit by a promised increase in health-care funding and a contingency fund to deal with U.S. tariff threats.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says Crown corporations are supporting the province's steelworkers by buying local steel.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google has struck a deal to buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion in what would be the biggest acquisition in the tech giant's 26-year history.

TORONTO — The Canadian Press/La Presse Canadienne is nominated for four National Newspaper Awards, including one for a photo of people giving former prime minister Justin Trudeau the finger while posing for a selfie.

CALGARY — Parkland Corp. has named two new independent directors as an activist investor calls for an overhaul of its board.

TORONTO — RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says Hudson's Bay creditor protection filing is "disappointing" as it calls for fair and balanced restructuring terms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion to boost the tech giant’s in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.

TORONTO — Canada's main stock index fell more than 150 points in late-morning trading, weighed down by losses in the industrial and technology sectors, while U.S. stock markets also dropped. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 153.

TORONTO — A new report says a vast majority of Black Canadians feel their employer has made progress in creating a more equitable workplace, but more than three-quarters say they still encounter microaggressions, discrimination and racism at work.

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz , won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic allia