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BEIJING - China said it will not renounce the use of force in efforts to reunify Taiwan with the mainland and vowed to take all necessary military measures to defeat "separatists." In a national defen...

After dealing with their long-time rivals, the RPR Mechanical/JR Construction Bandits, in the first round of the lacrosse playoffs, the Westwood Sports Pub Devils seemed to have gotten over the bigges...

TORONTO - Justin Smoak drove in Eric Sogard for the winning run in the 10th inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays walked off the Cleveland Indians 2-1 on Tuesday. Smoak followed a two-out walk f...

OTTAWA - The federal government is making a big funding announcement Wednesday alongside a Canadian company that's developing satellite technology to expand hig...

FORT ERIE, Ont. - Tone Broke came from deep stretch to win the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday night. Tone Broke, with Ricardo Santana Jr., aboard, stood third before coming on to pass...

LONDON - Canadian Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood is a contender again for the coveted fiction trophy. Atwood won in 2000 for "The Blind Assassin" and is nominated for "The Testaments," ...

PRINCE GEORGE - Rio Tinto has teamed up with UNBC to do research around climate change. Specifically, hydrologist Stephen Dery has launched a pilot program this summer to test water temperatures in th...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George is en par for another record-breaking year in terms of development, based on the number of permits issued in the first half of the year. In 2017, 235 permits were issued....

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossell said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelec...

FREDERICTON - The federal government says meetings are planned Friday with officials in Oka, Que., and the neighbouring Mohawk community of Kanesatake in a dispute over a proposed ...