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VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has named another 20 cities and towns as priority communities for housing targets over the next five years. The government says in a statement the communitie...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A man who became a fugitive after a federal jury convicted him of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison. David Josep...

TORONTO - The $5-billion announced for an Indigenous loan guarantee program in last week's budget is just a start, said Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. "Nothing would make me happier than see...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's government has set Nov. 29 as the date when the Surrey Police Service will take over from the RCMP as the city's force of jurisdiction. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The man charged with starting a fire outside independent U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' Vermont office earlier this month pleaded not guilty to a federal charge on Tuesday. Shant Mic...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis - a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Man...

VANCOUVER - B.C.'s ombudsperson says the Ministry of Children and Family Development should be embarrassed by its neglect toward its commitment to reduce the practice of isolating youth in custody. Ja...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Democrat Sharon Tucker was sworn in Tuesday as the new mayor of Indiana's second-most populous city, nearly a month after her predecessor's death. Tucker, who had been a Fort W...

OTTAWA - An innocent man could have spent years in jail had a judge not granted him bail, a civil liberties advocate said Monday, as lawyers warned that Umar Zameer's case underscores the risks of pol...

Gary Vidal, who represents the Saskatchewan riding of Desneth-Missinippi-Churchill River in the House of Commons, says he won't seek re-election next year. Vidal said the changing geography of the nor...