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VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier says Selina Robinson, who resigned as post-secondary education minister recently over Mideast comments, has received a death threat. David Eby called the action i...

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada will be in no rush to cut interest rates after Statistics Canada reported a larger-than-expected employment gain last month, economists say. The federal agency's labour for...

PRINCE GEORGE - Statistics Canada released its job numbers on Friday, with Prince George seeing a slight rise in its year-over-year unemployment rate.Labour Analyst Vincent Ferrao says the unemploymen...

OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed a $3.1-billion deal with Ottawa to improve access to primary health care. Ontario is the fifth province to sign on for its share of the $200-billion health ac...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays added some depth to their pitching staff Friday, agreeing to a US$32-million, five-year contract with Cuban right-hander Yariel Rodriguez. The 26-year-old has experienc...

Mark Messier owns six Stanley Cup rings. He's also been on teams where the next victory feels like it might never arrive. That's exactly where the Edmonton Oilers were at a month into the NHL season. ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Bay FC has acquired Canadian goalkeeper Lysianne Proulx in a deal with Australia's Melbourne City FC. The expansion NWSL team said the 24-year-old from Boucherville, Que., has signe...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the federal government's 2019 Indigenous child welfare act is constitutional, affirming that First Nations Peoples have sole authority over the prot...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the s...

VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. reported fourth-quarter net income attributable to common shares of $288 million, up from $248 million a year earlier. The company says the profit amounted to 20 cents per shar...