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WASHINGTON - With President Donald Trump threatening to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico, his transformation of Republican Party trade policy is nearly complete. Republican lawmakers usually don't li...

OTTAWA - The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics such as drinking straws as early as 2021. A government official with knowledge of the plan says no l...

SAVONA - So far, so good for firefighting efforts on the Sabiston Creek wildfire near Savona. Fire Information Officer Marla Catherall says the 200 hectare blaze is now under control and today (June 9...

Raptors fans across Canada - and beyond - are gearing up for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5 in Toronto. Viewing parties across the country are expanding as the Raptors lo...

VICTORIA - A move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said Friday. Lisa Helps said she expected council members would re...

VICTORIA - A move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said Friday. Lisa Helps said she expected council members would re...

WILLIAMS LAKE - Williams Lake RCMP have called in the North District Major Crime Unit to help investigate a homicide from last night (June 8). In a release today, RCMP says just after 6 p.m Saturday e...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Buffalo Hunt," a new documentary on the homeland of the Oglala Lakota, attempts to shun clichs around the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota involving poverty and a...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor and Council will soon discuss which meetings they'll be aiming for at the 2019 Union of BC Municipalities Convention. During the annual UBCM get-together this fall, Mayor Ken...

OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Conse...