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Spotty research and inconsistent monitoring have made it impossible to evaluate the health of most Canadian watersheds, a study has found. "It's still largely unknown," said Elizabeth Hendricks of the...

LOS ANGELES - Jeff Bridges says he is being treated for lymphoma and his prognosis is good. The 70-year-old actor channeled his The Dude character from "The Big Lebowski" in a statement on social medi...

NANAIMO - The Clippers leant on a third-year veteran and a renewed powerplay to get past the Bulldogs last weekend.Sean Donaldson chipped in three points and the power play came alive in the Clippers ...

USHUAIA, Argentina - At the edge of Argentina in a city known as "The End of the World," many thought they might be spared from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Sitting far from the South Americ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court will allow Pennsylvania to count ballots received up to three days after the election, rejecting a Republican plea. The justices divided 4-4 Monday, an outcome that upho...

NANAIMO - Life can move pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. Bella, an older cat at the Nanaimo SPCA, doesn't miss a thing. She's as relaxed and calm as c...

BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Monday launched an EU-wide system devised to link national COVID-19 tracing apps together in its latest effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic. Following te...

SRINAGAR, India - The Indian army said it apprehended a Chinese soldier Monday in the remote Ladakh region, where the two countries are locked in a monthslong military standoff along their disputed mo...

KYIV, Ukraine - About 3,000 retirees rallied in the Belarusian capital of Minsk for a third straight Monday to demand the resignation of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko as mass protests o...

YEREVAN, Armenia - Reports of renewed shelling on Monday challenged the new cease-fire in the conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where heavy fighting between Armenian and Azer...