Canadian Press

Bitumen spill would harm swimming performance of migrating B.C. salmon: study

VICTORIA - Salmon migrating through rivers and streams in British Columbia use all their strength, but new research says even tiny amounts of diluted bitumen weakens their chances of making it back to...

Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2017

'There's more than oil and gas:' Wind blowing workers in new direction

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The winds of change are pushing Mark Kokas in a new career direction. Nearly two years after being laid off as an electrician in Alberta’s flailing oil and gas sector, the 42...

Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2017

B.C. health official wants to put safe and common opioid in vending machines

VANCOUVER - Making a safe opioid available in vending machines may be the next harm reduction tool to fight the deadly overdose epidemic, says the executive medical director of the B.C. Centre for Dis...

Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2017

Canada's Mikael Kingsbury captures second gold at moguls World Cup in China

ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury captured his 10th straight World Cup moguls title on Friday while Andi Naude of Penticton, B.C., collected a bronze medal in the wo...

Syndicated Author Dec 22, 2017

Russian hackers hunted journalists in years-long campaign

PARIS - Russian television anchor Pavel Lobkov was in the studio getting ready for his show when jarring news flashed across his phone: Some of his most intimate messages had just been published to th...