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ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It was just six weeks in jail for Jody Blake, an Inuk woman living in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., but those weeks were long and lonely, and there was no chance of her kids or fami...

UPDATE (4:50 p.m.): DriveBC says Highway 20 is now clear in both directions.Motorists are asked to drive carefully and expect delays.EARLIER: WILLIAMS LAKE - Highway 20 is closed in both directions be...

GRANBY, Que. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau pledged Monday to spend $1 billion over a decade to restore Canada's big lakes and river systems. A re-elected Liberal government would also build on its b...

PRINCE GEORGE - It's safe to say there has never been a UNBC varsity athlete who has taken the path to becoming a Timberwolf quite like Sukhman Singh. A journey that started on the other side of the w...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A fearsome Hurricane Ida left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued Monday while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a ...

NANAIMO - Children under the age of 12 won't have to pay to get on board public transit systems throughout the province starting Wednesday, Sept. 1.RDN board chair Tyler Brown strongly supports the dr...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Aug. 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

TORONTO - Simu Liu says "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" is a watershed moment for Asian representation in Hollywood. The Chinese-Canadian actor stars as the titular kung fu master - the fi...

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami in his monthly radio show Sunday criticized the country's prime minister, saying Yoshihide Suga has ignored a growing COVID-19 surge and public concerns ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Rockets struck a neighborhood near Kabul's international airport on Monday amid the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn't immediately clear who launched them. T...