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VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia’s 2018-19 budget presented Tuesday: - Effective Wednesday, a tax on foreign homebuyers increases by $5,000 to $20,000 and expands from Metro Vancouver t...

AURORA, Ont. - Police north of Toronto are trying to clear the air after officers reportedly told a group of teens that marijuana use can lead to “enhanced mammary growth in men.” York Reg...

HONOLULU - Hawaii’s nuclear missile scare showed that the state began testing alerts before fully developing a plan to address the ballistic missile threat and that a public outreach campaign mo...

OTTAWA - Grappling with a historic level of asylum claims, the Immigration and Refugee Board appears to be officially giving up on following regulations dictating they must hold refugee hearings withi...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ruled out the United States as a broker for peace with Israel on Tuesday, calling for an international peace conference by mid-2018 with the key goals of full U.N. ...

ROME - Italian government officials are warning of possible foreign interference in the March 4 general election, sounding the alarm following the U.S. indictment of Russian trolls and evidence of Rus...

TORONTO - If the second time with the Philadelphia Eagles isn’t the charm for tight end Adam Zaruba, the CFL could become an option for the Canadian rugby player. The six-foot-five, 265-pound Za...

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University has announced the departure of its longtime vice-president for legal affairs as it deals with fallout over a disgraced sports doctor who sexually assaul...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Judicial Council is recommending that a Quebec Superior Court justice be removed from office. A committee of the council found in a report last November that Michel Girouard atte...

MONTREAL - Electric car advocates are hoping to get a signal in next week’s federal budget that the government is prepared to support sales across the country even as Ontario overtook Quebec for...