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NANAIMO - A man's unresolved drug addiction continues plaguing him, the judicial system and society.Jason Paul Klughart, 30, was handed an eight month jail sentence on Wednesday, Sept. 29 after he ple...

SAINTE-ADLE, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is probing the death of a man shot by provincial police in Ste-Adle, north of Montreal. According to preliminary information, provincial police were called...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vacci...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product was down 0.1 per cent in July. The agency's initial estimate for July had been for a contraction of 0.4 per cent. Its initial estimate for A...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A fire at a hospital in the Romanian port city of Constanta killed at least nine COVID-19 patients, authorities said Friday. All the victims were in the intensive care unit o...

MONTREAL - Quebec's proposed overhaul of its French-language charter is under the microscope at legislative hearings, with participants this week raising concerns about the bill's effect on English sp...

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WINNIPEG - An extradition hearing for a former Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is to begin today. Peter Nygard, who is 80, was arrested in W...

VANCOUVER - More than 35.5 million tonnes of food is thrown out each year in Canada, but one group in Vancouver is hoping to divert some of that to help people who are food insecure. The Food Stash Fo...

British Columbia is subsidizing oil and gas well drilling on the same land it has promised to protect for caribou, new research has found. "The B.C. government has made a lot of commitments to caribou...