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OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna is announcing a $1.5-billion program designed to spur green building through retrofits, upgrades and new construction. The five-year plan aims to sav...

PRINCE GEORGE - Passenger numbers were down the first quarter of this year at the Prince George Airport. YXS says they were down 78 per cent though there does seem to be some light at the end of the t...

LAVAL, Que. - Montreal's northern suburb has become the first city in Quebec to ban the use of glyphosate and other pesticides. Officials in Laval, Que., adopted the new bylaw on Tuesday. The city is ...

WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors will not charge a police officer who shot and killed a woman as she climbed through the broken part of a door during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Au...

MONTREAL - A teacher in Sherbrooke, Que., who was picketing with her colleagues this morning was struck by a car in what police are calling a deliberate gesture. Sherbrooke police spokesman Martin Car...

PRINCE GEORGE - A pepper spray incident at Pine Centre Mall has police seeking the public's help.It happened just before noon on Monday (April 12). RCMP say officers on scene spoke to two youth victim...

LILLE, France - Canadian striker Jonathan David, injured in a Ligue 1 game April 3, returned to training with Lille on Wednesday. The 21-year-old from Ottawa was hurt after scoring in Lille's 1-0 win ...

VANCOUVER - Longtime political organizer Mark Marissen has announced his bid for mayor of Vancouver.In messages posted Wednesday on social media, Marissen says he will run for Vancouver's top job in t...

Prince George - Premier John Horgan; Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions; and Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, have issued the following statement on the five-year ...

VICTORIA - As British Columbia marks five years since declaring the overdose crisis a public health emergency, its unprecedented toll continues to affect people in every part of the province.Taking ac...