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VICTORIA 鈥� A former New Democrat cabinet minister who gave what was likely her last speech in the legislature Wednesday, said she was proud of her accomplishments despite working in an institution she called a "torture chamber.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) 鈥� The South Carolina Senate passed on Wednesday a law shielding the identity of pharmaceutical companies providing lethal injection drugs for state executions.

WINNIPEG 鈥� Shannon Martin, a longtime backbencher who says he has at times rubbed people the wrong way, has become the latest Manitoba Progressive Conservative to decide not to run in the provincial elected slated for Oct. 3.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Steve Bannon鈥檚 latest legal trouble: a lawsuit alleging he stiffed his former lawyers out of more than $480,000.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Nearly all Federal Reserve policymakers agreed earlier this month to slow the pace of their rate increases to a quarter-point, with only 鈥渁 few鈥� supporting a larger half-point hike. The minutes from the Fed鈥檚 Jan. 31-Feb.

LONGUEUIL, Que. 鈥� Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is looking at how it can provide targeted aid to farmers who are struggling with inflation.

OTTAWA 鈥� Defence Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday that the Canadian federal government is aware of buoys recovered from Arctic waters, and that this type of activity is not new.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥� Opponents of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell rushed 10 boxes of petitions into City Hall on Wednesday and declared they have enough enough signatures to force a recall of the second-term mayor.

GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. 鈥� The Alberta government says it will give Grande Prairie $9.7 million if the city decides to replace its RCMP with a municipal police force.

OTTAWA 鈥� A group in Haiti that supports people sent home from the neighbouring Dominican Republic is calling on Canada to raise the alarm about accusations of inhumane and racist treatment of those fleeing chaos.