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QUESNEL - A Quesnel man is $500,000 richer.This after purchasing a winning Daily Grand Prize ticket back on April 4.Thomas Mercer is a cable barge operator and bought his ticket from the Super Save on...

CALGARY - Canada's roster for the first three games of its women's Rivalry Series against the U.S. features 16 players who won both Olympic and world hockey championship gold this year. Canada's 23-pl...

Canada will head to South America next month for a pair of women's friendlies against Brazil during the November FIFA international window. The seventh-ranked Canadians will take on No. 9 Brazil on No...

Quarterback Nathan Rourke will make it back with the B.C. Lions before the start of the CFL playoffs. The Victoria native is expected to start Friday night when B.C. (12-5) visits Winnipeg (14-3) in t...

BRANSON, Mo. (RNS) - A night at the Dolly Parton Stampede is a microcosm of life in these polarized United States. For nearly two hours, on a hot August night, a capacity crowd divided by North and So...

MONTREAL - Universit Laval formally launched an $80-million fundraising initiative on Wednesday for its Carrefour international Brian-Mulroney, with the former prime minister taking on a central role ...

VANCOUVER - Mounties say a regimental funeral will be held next Wednesday for British Columbia RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang. The 31-year-old officer was stabbed to death last week in a Metro Vancouver par...

PRINCE GEORGE - Styrofoam and other petroleum-based packaging revolutionized the seafood food packaging and transportation industries, but landfills around the world are filling up with plastic materi...

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe has his eyes set on flexing Saskatchewan's autonomy with legislation akin to Alberta's proposed sovereignty act. Lt.-Gov. Russell Mirastry, in the throne speech, has laid ou...

TORONTO - A stellar first half of the season earned quarterback Nathan Rourke nominations for two of the CFL's top individual awards. The Victoria native was named the B.C. Lions' nominee as top Canad...