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RICHMOND - The City of Richmond in British Columbia is urging the federal government to provide more temporary housing for refugees and asylum seekers or pay for the use of city shelters, with the new...

The value of Canadian farmland rose 11.5 per cent in 2023, a new report by agriculture lending firm Farm Credit Canada has found. Chief economist J.P. Gervais said while that's a slight slowdown from ...

The Saskatchewan government says it's restricting bear spray in public urban spaces.The province says people won't be able to spray the product in public areas and could face fines of up to $100,000.J...

Vancouver officials say dozens of homeless people staying in the city's only legal encampment have to temporarily move because the site has become unsafe and unhygienic. Deputy city manager Sandra Sin...

When it comes to collecting, Christine McDonald isn't smurfing around.She said she remembers watching the Saturday morning cartoon, and fell in love with the little blue creatures at 10 years old. She...

OTTAWA - Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government w...

VICTORIA - Penalties for commercial truck crashes into overpasses or other infrastructure in British Columbia are set to soar, including fines of up to $100,000 and jail sentences up to 18 months. The...

The Nipawin Hawks have a pair of games left in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season including Tuesday's road finale in Melville against the Millionaires.Eliminated from the postseason r...

SASKATOON - An investigation into the statutory release of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan has released 14 recommendations for the Correctional Service of Canada and the parole bo...

A man from Meadow Lake and a woman from Alberta appeared in court on Monday after they were arrested with a variety of drugs in their possession.Last Saturday, RCMP said they stopped a vehicle on High...