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VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is overhauling the province's forest sector with a focus on getting First Nations more access to forest tenures.The goal is to double the amount of tenures h...

MONTREAL - The federal statistics agency says the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drop in Canada's life expectancy in 2020. Statistics Canada says it estimates that life expectancy across the country decli...

OTTAWA - A video promoting June as Pride month coupled with a concerted push to end the gay "blood ban" is what the Conservative Party of Canada looks like under Erin O'Toole as he works to prove once...

MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby is being questioned by Miami Beach police regarding a shooting that wounded two people, officials said Tuesday. Jonathan Kirk, DaBaby's legal name, was one ...

Defenceman Nate Thompson says the Winnipeg Jets are "itching to get going" after more than a week of watching hockey on screens instead of from the bench. Winnipeg hasn't played since May 24 when they...

VICTORIA - The BC Coroners Service says the overdose death rate in British Columbia has nearly doubled since 2016, the year a state of emergency was declared in the crisis. The service says 176 people...

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - A shooting at a small Los Angeles County Fire Department station Tuesday killed one firefighter and wounded another, multiple media outlets reported. Sheriff's deputies re...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Five people were arrested after a complaint of shots fired at a Williams Lake home Monday (May 31).In a news release, RCMP say the sound of multiple gunshots was heard by a membe...

OTTAWA - The federal government reports the value of Canadian military-goods exports fell last year as its sales to Saudi Arabia dropped. Canada's annual report on exports of military equipment says i...

KCBIA Executive Director Carl DeSantis discusses extended patios, what the Artisans Alive Program will look like, and rolling block closures to allow events within public health guidelines.