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VANCOUVER - An important salmon habitat will be protected after the multimillion-dollar purchase of an island in British Columbia's lower Fraser River by an environmental organization, with the help o...

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says a heat wave brought in by a "ridge of high pressure" is expected to persist over dozens of regions in B.C. until about mid-week. The weather office issued more than...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people, officials said Monday...

MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) - Beryl strengthened and once again became a hurricane late Sunday as it heads toward southern Texas, where its outer bands lashed the coast with rain and intensifying winds as r...

BEIJING (AP) - Hungary's Premier Viktor Orbn is making a surprise visit to China on Monday after similar trips to Russia and Ukraine to discuss prospects for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine. Orbn met...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - Japan and the Philippines on Monday signed a defense pact allowing their troops to enter each other's country for joint military training. The Reciprocal Access Agreement wa...

HAMILTON - Vernon Adams Jr. threw four first-half touchdown passes to lead the B.C. Lions past the struggling Hamilton Tiger-Cats 44-28 on Sunday night. Adams led B.C. (4-1) to its fourth straight vic...

Earth's more than year-long streak of record-shattering hot months kept on simmering through June, according to the European climate service Copernicus. There's hope that the planet will soon see an e...

SEATTLE (AP) - Daulton Varsho drove in the go-ahead with an RBI single in the top of the 10th inning, as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 5-4 on Sunday. Varsho's base-hit off Mariners r...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - President Joe Biden urged his supporters to stay unified during a series of Sunday stops in critical Pennsylvania on Sunday, even as some leading congressional Democrats private...