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VANCOUVER - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province recorded the most deaths ever in a single year due to an unnatural cause, with 1,716 lives lost to illicit drug overdoses in 2020. Lisa L...

OTTAWA - Seventy-six LGBTQ projects in Canada have received $15 million in federal money.The money follows up on a promise in the 2019 federal budget to set up a fund to encourage and support the deve...

Montreal's mayor and its police chief are announcing a new team of investigators who will target weapon traffickers, following a rise in gun-related crime across parts of the city. The new police unit...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole urged the acting American ambassador to Canada to tell Washington to preserve the Line 5 pipeline to the United States. O'Toole told Katherine Brucker that he...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Joel Payamps off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Shun Yamaguchi has been designated for assig...

Town council has officially proclaimed February as Black History Month in Blackfalds.Alberta officially recognized Black History Month in 2017 - becoming the fourth Canadian province to do so formally...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is entering uncharted legal territory as the province's chief electoral officer has called for Saturday's provincial election to be delayed in 18 ridings b...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is committing to buy two million doses of a prospective Canadian vaccine that is currently in clinical trials. Premier Brian Pallister says his government has signed...

Hidden in a downtown Toronto tourist hub is a rich, little-known history. The area now called the Discovery District -- home to such landmarks as Toronto City Hall, Nathan Phillips Square and the Eato...

LONDON - A newspaper invaded Duchess of Sussex's privacy by publishing personal letter to her estranged father, a British judge ruled Thursday, in a major victory for the royal in her campaign against...