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VANCOUVER - New one-time grants are on the way for businesses in British Columbia that were forced to shut down by COVID-19 restrictions. Ravi Kahlon, the minister of jobs, economic recovery and innov...

OTTAWA - The head of the response centre set up to help victims of military sexual misconduct says her organization has seen an explosion in calls for assistance over the past year. Denise Preston, ex...

NORTHERN BC- Funding relief is coming to BC businesses that have been ordered to close from the new restrictions until January 18. The province has established a one-time COVID-19 Closure Relief Grant...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A crew cutting down a dying oak at the University of Nebraska made a surprising find - flying squirrels. A video shot by a member of the crew made its way to Larkin Powell, a cons...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the...

VANCOUVER - Large parts of southern and central British Columbia were under winter storm and snowfall warnings that Environment Canada says were expected to ease by Christmas Eve before the whole prov...

TORONTO - The depleted Toronto Raptors have signed forwards Juwan Morgan and D.J. Wilson and guard Tremont Waters to 10-day contracts. The players join the Raptors from the NBA G League via the COVID ...

LONDON (AP) - Britain's public health agency says preliminary data suggest people with the omicron variant are between 50% and 70% less likely to need hospitalization than those with the delta strain ...

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says some changes to Canada's immigration system could be here to stay. Last month the government welcomed a record number of permanent residents, putting the...

New COVID-19 figures from Canada's two largest provinces are pointing to another upswing in infections. Health officials in Ontario are reporting 5,790 new cases today, a tally that is well above the ...