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KAMLOOPS- A series of fires that popped up Thursday on the north side of Kamloops Lake are classified 'out of control' by the B.C. Wildfire Service.However, Fire Information Officer Hannah Swift says ...

CHASKA, Minn. - Prince's former bodyguard answered questions from attorneys for seven hours as part of a wrongful death lawsuit filed by relatives of the late rock star. Kirk Johnson's attorney told K...

TORONTO - An online ticket-resale site says Game 1 of the NBA Finals was its third-best selling NBA Finals ever. Ebay-owned StubHub says sales via its site outpaced those in 2016 and 2017, w...

OTTAWA - Canada's federal procurement minister says she wishes the Irving company and its lawyers hadn't threatened to sue reporters asking questions about the company's federal shipbuilding contracts...

OTTAWA - The federal government has postponed a long-awaited update to Canada's corporate-misconduct provisions, including changes that could help SNC-Lavalin avoid being barred from lucrative federal...

JACKSON, Miss. - In the Washington political scene of bombast and big egos, Republican Thad Cochran of Mississippi wielded power with a quiet, gentlemanly demeanour. He played piano in his Capitol Hil...

VANCOUVER - A newborn calf in a southern resident killer whale pod has been spotted in the waters around Tofino, British Columbia. Department of Fisheries and Oceans marine mammal co-ordinator Pa...

VANCOUVER - A newborn calf in a southern resident killer whale pod has been spotted in the waters around Tofino, British Columbia. Department of Fisheries and Oceans marine mammal co-ordinator Pa...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says it is "unfortunate" that a disagreement with the Philippines about Canadian garbage became an international diplomatic incident but she hopes it's ...

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire, which hasn't executed anyone in 80 years and has only one inmate on death row, on Thursday became the latest state to abolish the death penalty when the state Senate vot...