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TORONTO - A Canadian family on a round-the-world trip plans to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic on a remote tropical island in the South Pacific despite the risk of dengue fever. Emmanuel Samoglou, his ...

OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders from across Canada say they are worried supports promised by the federal government to help First Nations, Inuit and Metis deal with the fallout of COVID-19 might not do en...

OTTAWA -- The Conservative party is suspending its leadership race in the face of the ongoing crisis caused by COVID-19.The June 27 election date has been shelved, with the leadership organizing commi...

OTTAWA - The federal government is shutting down the network of in-person Service Canada centres over COVID-19 concerns.This includes the Service Canada centre in Red Deer located at 4901 46 Street.So...

VANCOUVER - Canfor has announced curtailments its directly attributing to the COVID-19 pandemic.The forestry giant says the health and well-being of Canfor employees, their families and the communitie...

Jimmy Wynn, the slugger who earned his nickname of "The Toy Cannon" during his days with the Houston Astros in the 1960s and '70s has died. Wynn was 78. The Astros said he died on Thursday in Houston,...

VICTORIA - Good news on the education front.The provincial government has announced a tentative agreement has been reached between the BC Teachers Federation (BCTF) and the BC Public School Employers'...

PRINCE GEORGE - In conjunction with Small Business BC, the BC Economic Development Association and Community Futures BC, the BC Chamber of Commerce has released the results of a survey on the impacts ...

PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for the Pine Pass."Heavy snow will begin Friday afternoon. Snowfall accumulations will reach 30 cm by Saturday afternoon," says Envir...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The head of the United Nations told leaders of the world's 20 major industrialized nations during an emergency virtual summit Thursday that "we are at war with a virus - ...