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PRINCE GEORGE - Lou Ferrigno is well known around the world for playing the character The Incredible Hulk. Ferrigno is in the city making an appearance at the annual Northern Fancon to meet his fans. ...

MONTREAL - Quebec's media elites are unfairly criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's spoken French because they see him as an outsider pretending to be a real Quebecois, an American academic ...

ERIE, Pa. - Family members say a Pennsylvania couple who had been married for almost 45 years died within minutes of each other. Clair "Cos" Vance had made daily visits to a care centre where his 70-y...

WASHINGTON - U.S. employers added a robust 263,000 jobs in April, suggesting that businesses have shrugged off earlier concerns that the economy might slow this year and now anticipate strong customer...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - More Florida classroom teachers could carry guns in school under a bill passed Wednesday by state lawmakers, the latest response to last year's mass shooting at a Parkland high sch...

DOHA, Qatar - Caster Semenya has easily won the 800 metres at a Diamond League meet, her first race since losing a high-profile court case against track and field's governing body. The Olympic champio...

MINNEAPOLIS - The city of Minneapolis will pay $20 million to the family of an unarmed woman fatally shot by a police officer when she approached his squad car after calling 911 to report a possible c...

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau says a $40-billion operation to eventually ship liquefied natural gas to Asia from Canada's west coast shows the country can still get major projects done,&...

OTTAWA - Flood waters were still rising around Ottawa Wednesday, even as officials talked of planning for a future of similar disasters - and Canada's need to prevent, prepare and adapt. "Either ...

CALGARY - Students across Alberta walked out of their classes today to protest expected changes to the province's rules for gay-straight alliances.   The school clubs are meant to ...