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OTTAWA - A coalition of First Nations chiefs and residential school survivors are rejecting new recommendations to lift Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the Senate. They say her most recent anti...

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The Cache Creek Volunteer Fire Department dodged a bullet from Mother Nature Thursday morning (July 2).The Canada Day torrent of rain led to a rapid rise in Cache Creek overnight, ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says technicalities are causing delays as the provincial and federal governments work out what form an inquiry into the April mass shooting that clai...

OTTAWA - The federal government has extended the mandatory quarantine order for most people entering Canada until the end of August to help curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Any travellers ent...

AUSTIN, Texas - Vanilla Ice has indefinitely postponed a Texas concert that drew fierce criticism due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 1990s rapper with the hit single "Ice Ice Baby" had been schedule...

CANADA'S FOUR ATLANTIC PROVINCES have agreed to open their borders to each other on July 3, creating a regional pandemic bubble. What are the opportunities for B.C.? The Atlantic bubble means that tra...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting what may be its first case of COVID-19. Dr. Michael Patterson, the territory's chief public health officer, says there is a presumptive infection of a work...

The Toronto Blue Jays continued to re-tool their roster thursday ahead of the upcoming MLB season, claiming infielder Breyvic Valera off waivers from the San Diego Padres and addin...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are asking the federal procurement watchdog to review the circumstances around several sole-sourced contracts between the Liberal government and WE Charity. That i...

NEW YORK - The idea sounds almost un-American. The Fourth of July was always a time for communities to come together, daylong celebrations with patriotic parades in the morning and fireworks finales t...