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VICTORIA - Property purchase figures released Thursday by British Columbia’s government reveals a stampede of foreign home buyers scrambling to avoid paying an additional 15 per cent a tax in th...

VANCOUVER — No improvement, but not much of a decline in the popularity of Premier Rachel Notley. The latest survey by Angus Reid has Notley’s approval rating at 31 per cent. Her rating ha...

LETHBRIDGE – The proposed merger between Bayer and Monsanto has many canola produces concerned for the aftermath that comes with a reduction of competition. In particular, the $66 billion deal a...

CHASKA, Minn. - A Minnesota judge has scheduled a closed hearing next week to deal with a dispute between potential heirs and the trust company overseeing the estate of the late rock superstar Prince....

ALERT BAY, B.C. - A nearly week-long holiday of swimming and munching on berries has come to an end for two grizzly bears that have been caught on a tiny island just off the north-east tip of Vancouve...

TORONTO - Joffrey Lupul has suffered another injury setback. The veteran Maple Leafs winger, who missed the last 31 games of last season after undergoing surgery sports hernia surgery in February, rem...

TORONTO - A small but fast growing Ontario community looking for a safe drinking water supply has been outbid in its attempt to buy a well by multinational giant Nestle, which acquired the site to ens...

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jason Kenney has made his last speech in the House of Commons as he prepares to quit federal politics to focus on a bid to unite the provincial right in Alberta. Kenney’...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada officials were warned late last year that one of the country’s most important economic indicators was at risk of losing its relevance and accuracy. The red flag raised...

WASHINGTON - A Republican-led House committee voted on Thursday to hold in contempt of Congress a former State Department employee who helped set up Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonR...