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SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's post-secondary education minister says no new institutions will be allowed to enrol international students for two years as the province seeks to eliminate "exploitiv...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George RCMP has announced a drug bust and three arrests.The multi-day project was undertaken by the Prince George RCMP's Downtown Safety Unit and Problem Oriented Policing T...

NEW YORK - Tampa Bay right-wing Nikita Kucherov, Edmonton centre Connor McDavid and Florida left-wing Matthew Tkachuk have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Kucherov led the league with ni...

EDMONTON - Alberta's highest court has dismissed a former Ontario truck driver's bid for a third trial in the 2011 death of a woman in an Edmonton hotel. Bradley Barton was sentenced to 12 1/2 years f...

OTTAWA - The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Canadians and an Iranian in a murder-for-hire plot targeting two people in Maryland. An indictment unsealed today says Naji Sharifi Zindashti, D...

OTTAWA - Housing Minister Sean Fraser says post-secondary institutions will be able to apply for low-interest loans to build student housing starting this fall. Post-secondary institutions will have a...

TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays manager Jimy Williams has died. The Blue Jays confirmed Williams's death Monday on social media but did not provide a cause of death. He was 80. Williams joined the ...

REGINA - Anthony Lanier II will be returning for a fourth season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. According to a league source, the six-foot-six, 285-pound defensive lineman signed a one-year contra...

OTTAWA - Some lawyers are pushing their national advocacy organization to withdraw support for an update to Canada's medical assistance in dying system. The change scheduled for March is set to expand...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is warning of another torrent of heavy rain in southwestern British Columbia in the latest atmospheric river to wash over the region. The weather agency says another 100...