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Skeena-Bulkley Valley NDP MP Nathan Cullen's new job is to keep new Finance Minister Joe Oliver in check. A shadow cabinet shuffle Thursday moved Cullen from the House Leader of the Official Opposition to the party's finance critic.

EDMONTON — Just 29 months after Alberta Premier Alison Redford stood at the base of the grand stairs in the legislature rotunda to take the oath of office, she stood at the same spot Wednesday and quit.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Progressive Conservative caucus has chosen Dave Hancock as interim leader and premier. Hancock, the longest-serving minister in cabinet, has been deputy premier to Alison Redford, who is resigning effective Sunday.

EDMONTON — Caucus members of Alberta’s governing Progressive Conservatives are in a meeting to pick an interim leader who will take over as premier from the resigning Alison Redford.

OTTAWA — Jim Flaherty is leaving the federal cabinet after more than eight years as finance minister to prepare for a return to the private sector, saying the move is unrelated to his recent health problems.

OTTAWA — The fraud case against Patrick Brazeau will likely be a complicated one, centred on where he lived, says a lawyer representing the suspended senator.

REGINA — The premiers of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan have agreed to make it easier for people moving between the provinces to license their cars or continue apprenticeships.

OTTAWA — After almost a decade of difficult, on-and-off again talks, Canada and South Korea have agreed to a comprehensive free trade agreement, the first for Canada with an Asian-Pacific nation. Here are some key facts about the deal.

LAKE AGNES, Alta. — Parks Canada says two snowshoers have died after being buried in an avalanche near Lake Louise. Another three were uninjured.

OTTAWA — Speculation is rife that Canada and South Korea have finally concluded talks on a free trade agreement that will be signed within days.