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VANCOUVER - Government lawyers have made irrelevant arguments in British Columbia Supreme Court by saying the province would lose millions of dollars a year in federal funding if a lawsuit seeking an ...

OTTAWA - Canada's top public-health official Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada has begun to look at tracking local spread of the novel coronavirus, just as the United States confirmed a case ...

MONTREAL - Quebec public health officials are reporting the province's first presumptive case of the new coronavirus. Health Minister Danielle McCann announced Thursday night that the patient, a woman...

NANAIMO - In team sports, dynasties are extremely rare.The Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers, Tom Brady's New England Patriots and Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls are examples of teams that have earned...

NANAIMO - Hundreds of elementary and high school students pushed their skills to the limit in a wide variety of competitions. Roughly 500 students from Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Duncan and Powell River desc...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Search and rescue team members say they have been called to take part in a search for a woman missing from her home in New Westminster, east of Vancouver. The team, from C...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's campaign commitment not to reopen the debate on abortion has not stopped a Conservative MP from introducing a private member's bil...

Public Safety Canada says the RCMP has been providing security for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex since November, but plans to stop in coming weeks. A statement from Minister Bill Blair's office says ...

OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says Saskatchewan and Manitoba face huge increases in their debt loads unless the provinces change their fiscal policies or Ottawa increases transfer payment...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal government is opening the spending taps for roads and hospitals as economic growth is projected to flatten in what could be an election year. The 20...