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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department has charged five Chinese citizens with hacks targeting more than 100 companies and institutions in the United States and elsewhere, including social media and video...

NANAIMO - A local grandmother was the victim of a well-known and notorious phone scam over the course of nine days in early September.The woman transferred a total of $14,000 in two payments to someon...

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia MP is demanding Ottawa step in to quell rising anger among lobster fishermen who are accusing Indigenous fishermen of illegally trapping and selling lobster out ...

VANCOUVER - Registered and psychiatric nurses in British Columbia will be able to prescribe safer drugs for people at risk of overdose under a new public health order. Provincial health officer Dr. Bo...

VANCOUVER - Registered and psychiatric nurses in British Columbia will be able to prescribe safer drugs for people at risk of overdose under a new public health order. Provincial health officer Dr. Bo...

OTTAWA - A new report from an independent task force says Canada's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic needs massive investments in clean energy, climate-resilient buildings and electric cars...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the national action plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is coming soon - but the federal government is not the only player. A...

Wildlife experts say the death of a mother grizzly bear and her two cubs - including a rare, blond-headed grizzly - in Banff National Park is a major loss to the population.Parks Canada has said that ...

FREDERICTON - The murder trial for a Fredericton man charged in the 2018 fatal shootings of four people has been put on hold until next week. Justice Larry Landry of the Court of Queen's Ben...

VANCOUVER - Smoky skies have cleared slightly in parts of British Columbia but Environment Canada is maintaining air quality statements for the entire southern third of the province. For the firs...