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SMITHERS-The Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. (FESBC) is helping a mill in the Bulkley Valley turn wood waste into products it can sell, while reducing carbon emissions and creating local jobs.Seato...

VICTORIA - A year-long search for a new president has taken the University of Victoria to Australia to hire a Canadian man.   Kevin Hall is a senior administrator at the University of Newcastle i...

PRINCE GEORGE-A UNBC geography professor is at the head of a multi-year research project into the natural mixing of lake waters and how they may be resuspending possibly harmful contaminants deposited...

TORONTO - A Toronto restaurant discriminated against a woman who uses mobility devices and "publicly humiliated" her by refusing to let her use its bathroom four years ago, the Human Ri...

NEW ORLEANS - A federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld the constitutionality of the all-male military draft system Thursday, citing a 1981 U.S. Supreme Court decision. In a decision that overturn...

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says new measures must be taken to protect Canadian politicians from threatening behaviour. Her comments come after police launched an investigation ...

OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning people to do more to keep edible pot products out of the hands of kids. The department says several children wound up in hospital after accidentally eating illeg...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden raised $26 million in the 24 hours after he named Kamala Harris as his running mate, doubling his previous one-day record and signalling enthusiasm among Democrats followi...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Beginning Thursday, U.S. Facebook users who post about voting may start seeing an addendum to their messages -- labels directing readers to authoritative information about the upcomi...

WASHINGTON - An overzealous prosecutor trying to hide her crime-fighting past - who is also weak on crime. The most radical pick for vice-president ever - but too moderate to energize progressive Demo...