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PORT ALBERNI - Officials on Vancouver Island are hoping rain in the forecast can help clear up the air quality muddied by an out-of-control wildfire. The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District says wildl...

MONTREAL - A group of students at Concordia University in Montreal has managed to launch a rocket from a remote site in northern Quebec. Starsailor, a 13-metre liquid-fuel rocket, took off just after ...

OTTAWA - China is taking its dispute with Canada over steel tariffs to the World Trade Organization. Beijing filed a complaint earlier today with the WTO in response to Canadian restrictions on import...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - Erin strengthened into a hurricane on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean, prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides. The storm is expe...

TORONTO - The CFL will make way for the FIFA World Cup next summer. Both the Toronto Argonauts and B.C. Lions will play home games away from their respective venues during the World Cup, which will be...

VANCOUVER - Halfway through the CFL season, quarterback Nathan Rourke believes his B.C. Lions still have obstacles to overcome - namely, their own mistakes. The Lions (4-5) are coming off an overtime ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The nation's capital challenged President Donald Trump's takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration stepped up its crackdown on policing by ...

A small group of students and educators from the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) made a trip to Ireland to deliver a powerful message."I really want to make the rest of the world aware of ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Flash floods triggered by heavy rains and cloudbursts early Friday killed at least 56 people in Buner in Pakistan's northwest, a government administrator said. Kashif Qayyum ...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Air Canada flight attendants could strike tonight It's the final day before a potential work stoppage could gr...