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OTTAWA - A new federal program aiming to give homebuyers some help covering their mortgage costs will kick in on Labour Day - weeks before a federal election - with the first payments flowing in ...

TORONTO - Hours of anticipation gave way to unbridled euphoria as a sea of Raptors fans greeted the newly crowned NBA champions with cheers, whistles and chants on Monday, but elation quickly tur...

CALGARY - Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada locations across the country are getting a free supply of an opioid overdose-reversing drug. The youth organization is announcing a three-year partnership...

EDMONTON - Two federal cabinet ministers are making appearances in Alberta today following the Trudeau government's controversial second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Natural...

Four stories in the news for Monday, June 17 --- TORONTO SET TO MARK RAPTORS' WIN WITH PARADE Throngs of fans are expected to line the streets of Toronto today as the city celebrates it...

OTTAWA - The cornerstone philosophy behind the federal government's long-awaited strategy for confronting dementia is a simple one: prevent Canadians from developing the condition ...

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, June 19 --- FIRST NATION PLANS LEGAL CHALLENGE OF PIPELINE EXPANSION A British Columbia First Nation is promising a legal challenge of ...

OTTAWA - An Independent senator's mission to curb online nastiness among his colleagues is causing a divide over senators' behaviour, free speech and ongoing political shifts in the upp...

WASHINGTON - After more than a decade's absence, the case for reparations is returning to Capitol Hill, this time amid a growing discussion in the Democratic Party about what the country might owe to ...

A Vernon man got quite the surprise Tuesday afternoon after a family of bears came to visit his home.Blair Peden lives near the lower entrance of the BX Creek Trail. He said it's common to have wildli...