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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Social distancing will end in the Netherlands on Sept. 25, the same date that the government will begin mandating COVID-19 health passes to get into venues like bars, res...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) - With Gov. Gavin Newsom's fate at stake, Californians on Tuesday cast the last of the ballots that will decide whether he continues to lead them or if the nation's most populo...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia forestry company is in court applying for a one-year extension of an injunction against ongoing old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island. A lawyer fo...

OTTAWA - Manitoba federal Conservative candidate Ted Falk was quoted in a local newspaper spreading misinformation about the dangers of COVID-19 vaccines. The Carillon newspaper quotes the incumbent c...

NANAIMO, B.C. - A British Columbia forestry company is in court applying for a one-year extension of an injunction against ongoing old-growth logging protests on southern Vancouver Island. A lawyer fo...

OTTAWA - More than 100 legal professionals are asking Canada to suspend its extradition treaty with France over concerns "an innocent man" could face trial there in a terrorism case. In May, a French ...

MONTREAL - An auxiliary nurse told a coroner's inquest today that health authorities were too quick to blame COVID-19 for deaths in a Montreal-area long-term care home when some of them were in fact c...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says the provincial government has not effectively overseen the safety of the 1,900 dams it regulates. In a news release, Michael Pickup says the Ministry...

OTTAWA - People voting by mail could play a crucial role in deciding the outcome of the Sept. 20 federal election. Postal votes could dictate which party wins in a series of closely fought ridings whe...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is promising to speed up processing of family reunification and skilled workers' immigration applications without saying whether he would maintain the Liberal...