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PARK CITY, Utah - A Utah ski resort where Gwyneth Paltrow is accused of crashing into and injuring a skier asked Monday to be dismissed from a lawsuit, contending the dispute should be settled between...

Keeping whales and dolphins in captivity will no longer be allowed across Canada under legislation that passed Monday, drawing celebrations from activists and politicians who called it ...

LOS ANGELES - The legal marijuana industry urged Los Angeles City Hall on Monday to get tougher with illegal shops that are gouging their businesses in open sight. Illegal pot shops are widespread thr...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $500 million effort to close the nation's coal plants isn't sitting well in West Virginia. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice criticized ...

ALBANY, N.Y. - Andy Cohen has joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in pushing to legalize paid gestational surrogacy, in which a woman is compensated for carrying a baby for its parents. The "Watch What ...

MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will speak out about the lack of media freedom in Russia during a  conference that Canada is co-hosting next month with Great B...

OTTAWA - The federal government is giving its new watchdog on international corporate responsibility unprecedented power to hear complaints from Canadian companies that think they've been unfairly tar...

The aquatics manager for the City of Vernon has a new title to add to his name. Gary Lefebvre is now one of 14 national trainers in the province certified by the Lifesaving Society of Canada.He was re...

Be wary if you see an online ad for free Beagle puppies available for adoption.A fake ad on eClassifeds4u lured victims into a scam that conned them out of $500 each, including some from B.C., accordi...

OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plastic b...