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VANCOUVER — Andrew Weaver was teaching a class of University of Victoria undergraduates about climate science and public policy when he realized he needed to do more than just lecture.

VANCOUVER — It was the lure of ice cream that first drew Christy Clark into politics. As a child, the future premier of British Columbia would accompany her father as he knocked on doors around Burnaby during his several attempts for public office.

VANCOUVER — As a teenager, John Horgan was as far away from becoming a political leader in British Columbia as you could get.

VICTORIA — A timeline of British Columbia's electoral history: 1871 — First general election is held. 1873 — The secret ballot is introduced and federal MPs are disqualified from sitting as members of the legislature.

HAMILTON — The lawyer for a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails says his client will living with his parents without access to the internet and electronics if released on bail.

SOUTH MARYSBURGH, Ont. — Provincial police say a teen was airlifted to hospital after being rescued from a raft in eastern Lake Ontario.

An American man who flew to Canada to have sex with a 13-year-old girl has been sentenced to more than seven years behind bars.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in southwestern Ontario say 78 people have been arrested in a human trafficking investigation. London, Ont.

TORONTO — Explorations of racism and grief are among the literary works from Canadian poets contending for the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize.

TORONTO — As with pitching, Aaron Sanchez takes his video gaming seriously. "I don't want to talk myself up but I think I play way too much. So if I'm not good then there's a problem," he said with a smile.