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OTTAWA - The Immigration Department suggested extending a freeze on most private refugee sponsorship applications by three more years to clear backlogs in the system, according to documents obtained b...

WINNIPEG - A Mountie seriously injured in a highway crash while responding to a mass stabbing on a Manitoba First Nation says the tragedy will stay with her forever. Cpl. Brianne Bartmanovich, a membe...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says material submitted by a British Columbia ostrich farm to support another stay of an avian flu cull order for its flock is improper, because it asks th...

The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nation (FSIN) is being asked to explain expenses totalling $34,251,566.The findings of an audit, conducted by Indigenous Services Canada, were shown to the execu...

OTTAWA - As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster, internal government documents describe how dire the housing situation has become in Canada. Briefing materials prepared for in...

OTTAWA - Canada hosted a virtual meeting of G7 finance ministers today to discuss further measures to increase the pressure on Russia. John Fragos, press secretary for the minister of finance and nati...

QUBEC - Three of the four men accused in an alleged anti-government plot to forcibly take possession of land in the Quebec City region have opted for a jury trial. Lawyers for Marc-Aurle Chabot, Rapha...

Saskatchewan Roughriders Nick Wiebe is grateful for the coaching staff and organization to stand by him through his first season and a bit as a pro.The second-year linebacker was drafted by the CFL cl...

Dry weather allowed farmers to stay out in the field longer and get more crops in the bin. The provincial crop report has harvest at 41 per cent, up from 23 per cent last week. The southern regions le...

A person from the Melfort area is out thousands of dollars after becoming a victim of a gift card fraud scheme. Melfort RCMP said the incident happened last week when the victim provided the numbers o...