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The 2019 New Holland Canadian Junior Men's and Women's Curling Championships being hosted in Prince Albert Jan. 19-27 makes our Top Sports Stories for 2019.As hard as the local committee worked in pla...

TORONTO - Sixty-nine Canadians are giving up their holidays at home to join the battle for the first time against the deadly wildfires devastating vast tracts of several Australian states.  The C...

OTTAWA - The federal government was told just before the fall election campaign that many Canadians didn't believe the country will meet targets for reducing its greenhouse-gas emission...

EDMONTON - A group for Canadian journalists wants staff in the Alberta government's so-called war room to stop calling themselves reporters when speaking to the public. Numerous cases have surfac...

HALIFAX - Stocking stuffers with a kick are moving briskly off the shelves at Nova Scotia's government-operated cannabis shops in the leadup to Christmas. In showing off the early ...

Collecting Christmas wishes from children around the world is a big job, even for Santa, and requires a little extra help.Prince Albert's Garry Hagen stepped in as the jolly old elf at the Gateway Mal...

MONTREAL - A Canadian geologist jailed in Dubai on fraud charges he claims are dubious will remain in prison after a judge rejected his appeal on a technicality, according to the man's son. ...

OTTAWA - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says his country is sticking with Canada in fighting what he calls China's "coercive detentions of Canadian citizens." Pompeo and Foreign Affairs Minister ...

northeastNOW is taking a look back at the biggest and most interesting sports stories of 2019, as selected by our sports reporters Mat Barrett and Aaron Schulze:-Over two years of planning on and off ...

Running, unattended vehicles or packages left in the backseat could be too much temptation for holiday grinches looking to spoil Christmas.During the holiday season, the Canadian Automobile Associatio...