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VANCOUVER - Wildfire crews across British Columbia are keeping a close eye on the backcountry after recent lightning storms raised the potential for smouldering fires to erupt as the next hot spell ar...

MONTREAL - Quebec's hydroelectric utility says it is studying whether to reopen the province's only nuclear power generating station. Hydro-Qubec says that as demand for electricity rises in the provi...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran has put five Iranian-American prisoners to house arrest, a U.S.-based lawyer said Thursday, a move coming as Tehran for months has suggested a prisoner swap was...

GLASGOW, United Kingdom - Isabella Holmgren won gold and fellow Canadian Marin Lowe took silver in the women's junior cross-country Olympic race Thursday at the cycling world championships. Holmgren, ...

Redbird and the Birch Hills Fire Department invites you to the Redbird BBQ Tuesday, August 29.See the poster for details.

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Niger's junta told a top U.S. diplomat that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if regional countries attempted any military intervention to restore his rule, two Wes...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday will ask Congress to provide more than $13 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine, another massive infusion of cash as the Russian invasion wears on and ...

OTTAWA - Satirical websites are getting caught up in Meta's quest to remove all news from its Facebook and Instagram platforms in Canada, which the publications say could threaten their survival. Luke...

OTTAWA - Canada's highest court has refused to hear an appeal of a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that acquitted a demonstrator of criminal contempt for taking part in a blockade of old-growt...

Flight Corporal Samantha Cisna Elves, of 190 Nipawin, Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, in Nipawin recently joined other cadets from rural Saskatchewan for an 8-Day Cadet Activity Program. During thi...