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VANCOUVER — British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead persistent hot and dry weather has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected with the drought: --- Recorded rainfall between July and Oct.

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VANCOUVER — British Columbia is enduring a record-breaking dry spell, but farmer Amir Mann says the drought is far preferable to other recent weather extremes.

OTTAWA — With employment insurance premiums set to rise in the new year, both employers and workers are calling on the federal government to step in and rescue the program from the considerable amount of debt it has fallen into since the COVID-19 pan

A former Supreme Court justice recommended wholesale change at Hockey Canada a day before the embattled sports organization's CEO and board resigned on Tuesday.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Amanda Todd's mother says it's "laughable" that a defence lawyer has requested a two-year sentence for a man who repeatedly tormented her teenage daughter as part of a prolonged online luring and sexual extortion scheme.

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government has added 20 more Iranian officials and entities to its sanctions list, and says that within weeks Ottawa will ban entry to thousands of regime officials. "We are not just putting out fanciful rhetoric.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has made the province an international embarrassment by proclaiming those who didn’t get vaccinated during COVID-19 endured the worst discrimination she's seen in her lifetime.

VANCOUVER — Water use in Metro Vancouver is much higher, while reservoir levels are lower than normal, prompting the regional district to ask millions of residents and businesses to conserve.

OTTAWA — The federal government says it doesn't know how many of its employees are expected to speak an Indigenous language as part of their job, as it faces calls to expand compensation to those who do.