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PRINCE GEORGE - The third annual Sunflower Festival kicks off Thursday (Aug.8). The festival is organized by the Northern Lights Estate Winery and will be the biggest yet. Located at 1965 Foreman Road...

PRINCE GEORGE - An aviation expert says airfares may go up in the immediate aftermath of a hailstorm that tore through Calgary on Monday evening, damaging WestJet planes and upending travel plans.Hail...

TORONTO - A support agency for survivors of childhood sexual abuse says it's seen a surge in calls since Alice Munro's daughter went public with her story a month ago. The intake coordinator for The G...

MONTREAL - CF Montreal acquired midfielder Caden Clark from Minnesota United FC on Thursday. In return, the Major League Soccer club will send US$50,000 in general allocation money and a second-round ...

PRINCE GEORGE - UNBC says a team of researchers working out of the school's Quesnel River Research Centre has secured one of the largest competitive grants in the University's history to study the imp...

FARGO, N.D. (AP) - A high-profile former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Euro...

PARIS - The Canadian women's beach volleyball team will play for gold at the Paris Olympics after defeating Switzerland 14-21, 22-20, 15-12 in semifinal play at Eiffel Tower Stadium. After dropping th...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has named three experts that will assess its internal review of the central bank's policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The experts are Pablo Hernndez de Cos, former g...

An aviation expert says airfares may go up in the immediate aftermath of a hailstorm that tore through Calgary on Monday evening, damaging WestJet planes and upending travel plans. Hailstones as big a...

PARIS - Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old from Rimouski adds a second Olympic medal to her co...