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PRINCE GEORGE - UNBC has moved up the Times Higher Education World University rankings. The rankings include more than 1,600 universities that are active in research and globally focused. UNBC was pla...

OTTAWA - Canadians could have the right to live and work in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand under Conservative plans for a new free-trade area. Erin O'Toole has outlined proposals for cl...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday lambasted the Supreme Court's decision not to block a new Texas law banning most abortions in the state and directed federal agencies to do what they ...

Andrew Harris is back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, just in time for their crucial Labour Day series with the unbeaten Saskatchewan Roughriders. The veteran running back ran for 81 yards and a TD on...

MATANE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say they are conducting ground searches today for a missing three-year-old boy allegedly abducted by his father. Police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday evening...

OTTAWA - Canada's municipal leaders are asking federal parties for promises to pump more money into local transit systems to combat pandemic-induced declines in revenues. Ridership dropped precipitous...

VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says the city's home sales have slowed from a frenzied pace earlier this year, but supply has dwindled all summer and prices are continuing to ri...

TOKYO - Canadian Paralympic stars Aurelie Rivard and Brent Lakatos raced to silver medals on Thursday. Rivard, a 25-year-old from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., was second in the 100-metre backstroke...

NANAIMO - BC Wildfire Service (BCWFS) personnel are mopping up the site of a once fast-growing fire northwest of Ladysmith.The BCWFS recently downgraded the 61.5 hectare Mt. Hayes wildfire from being ...

NEW YORK (AP) - At least eight deaths were reported in New York City and New Jersey as relentless rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida sent the New York City area into a state of emergency early Th...