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VANCOUVER - Flood warnings have been reduced across much of British Columbia's central Interior as cooler weather eases the rate of snowmelt. The River Forecast Centre has downgraded warnings to ...

CALGARY - Research is shedding new light on old stories about the relationship between animals and alcohol.  University of Calgary anthropologist Mareike Janiak started by asking how ea...

NANAIMO - Many local organizations and the valuable services they offer will continue, thanks to funding from an unlikely source. Five Nanaimo organizations are splitting nearly $150,000 from the prov...

HARTFORD, Conn. - Thelma Uranga is sprucing up her back deck in Chicago, hoping to host some small gatherings to take the place of the summer's usual neighbourhood festivals built on music, food and t...

OTTAWA - New models released by the federal government show a pandemic paradox is playing out in Canada as more people die from COVID-19, even as the increase in new cases slows down. Canada's ch...

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Officials in Fort McMurray say a 25-kilometre ice jam that caused major flooding and forced about 12,000 people from their homes in the city's downtown is shrinking. B...

CALGARY - The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, a tournament featuring the world's top under-18 male hockey players, has been cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The eight-country tournament was schedu...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - All it takes is a few words from a storybook to connect kids over the crackle of an AM radio station. It's not 1950s entertainment, but a nostalgic way children in even the most re...

WASHINGTON - A Conservative senator says Canada's dairy processing industry stands to lose about $100 million if the new trade agreement with the United States and Mexico goes into effect July 1. Sen....

ATLANTA - Ashley Ross of the reality TV show "Little Women: Atlanta" has died in a head-on crash on a Georgia road, police and her representative confirmed Tuesday. Ross, 34, who was known as "Ms. Min...