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VICTORIA - Elections BC says 160,000 people have requested mail-in ballots for the Oct. 24 provincial election.  B.C.'s chief electoral officer said earlier this week that he expected as much as ...

VICTORIA- Five new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health region for a total of 278 since the start of the pandemic.Provincially, 148 new cases were reported, including 12 epi-linked cases for a tot...

It's been an impressive start to an NFL career for Canadian Chase Claypool. The Pittsburgh Steelers' rookie receiver showed his athleticism in his NFL debut, a 26-16 win over the New Yo...

PRINCE GEORGE-A local Indigenous artist is being recognized on a national level with a literature award.Clayton Gauthier, of Nak'azdli First Nation and Slave Lake, Alberta Cree descent, is being award...

VANCOUVER - Hootsuite says it is terminating a contract it has with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after a "broad emotional and passionate" reaction from staff. The Vancouver-based company's...

PRINCE GEORGE-A third school in the Northern Health Region has been identified as another spot for a COVID-19 exposure.According to Northern Health's public exposures page, the exposure happened betwe...

WINNIPEG - A murder trial in Manitoba will continue with 11 jurors after one was discharged because he was showing COVID-19 symptoms.Kane Moar is charged with second-degree murder in the 2018 stabbing...

MONTREAL - A 65-year-old Quebec man has been charged after allegedly threatening Premier Francois Legault online. Sylvain Proulx will appear in court on Nov. 9 in Roberval, in the Lac-Saint-...

LAS VEGAS - Evel Knievel's son is on a collision course with the Walt Disney Co. and Pixar over a movie daredevil character named Duke Caboom. A federal trademark infringement lawsuit filed in Las Veg...

LONDON - Britain's film academy is shaking up its membership and its awards voting rules in a review prompted by the glaring lack of diversity in the nominations. The British Academy of Film and Telev...