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VANCOUVER - The Better Business Bureau says puppy scams are the latest way fraudsters are taking advantage of lonely, isolated people during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from the Better Business...

VANDERHOOF-Recommendations from a review and report of School District 91's (Nechako Lakes) French programming have been made and community feedback obtained, and have led to the passing of two motion...

TORONTO - The Canadian National Exhibition has been cancelled by the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual summer spectacle joins a slew of large public events sidelined by the outbreak, which also forced the...

FERNDALE, Mich. - Sarah Ignash spends her days looking after dogs in normal times. With her business temporarily shuttered because of the coronavirus, though, she's taken to walks on the wild side thr...

With less than two weeks until the deadline, the Prince George Spruce Kings announced Monday evening the Show Home Lottery is officially sold out.All 11,000 tickets for the Show Home have been scooped...

TORONTO - The COVID-19 pandemic is creating plenty of financial uncertainty for CFL players. It has forced the CFL to not only postpone the start of training camps - which were to open ...

OTTAWA - A human rights coalition is calling on Canada to appoint a front-line contact for people and groups enduring harassment and intimidation due to their advocacy and activism on China. The ...

WARSAW, Poland - Poland's president has recorded a hip-hop video as part of an effort to raise money for the country's health service as it fights the coronavirus pandemic. President Andrzej Duda's re...

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the government is setting up a new COVID-19 funding stream out of Ottawa's existing infrastructure programs. It will set aside up to 10 per cent...

CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo will be returning two giant pandas on loan from China because the COVID-19 pandemic has caused problems with getting enough bamboo to feed them. Er Shun and Da...