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WASHINGTON (AP) - The State Department on Friday froze new funding for almost all U.S. foreign assistance, making exceptions to allow humanitarian food programs and military aid to Israel and Egypt to...

Blowing snow and reduced visibility are causing major highway issues in Melfort and area. Travel is not recommended on all highways near Melfort, according to the latest from the Highway Hotline. They...

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA - The union representing front-line Mounties says it has not seen an internal RCMP memo calling for short-term staff transfers to Manitoba and Saskatchewan, but says those p...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Devils goaltender Jacob Markstrom will be out 4-6 weeks with a sprained MCL in his knee, the team announced Friday. Markstrom was injured in the second period of the Dev...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford plans to call a snap election Wednesday, seeking an even larger majority than his current government holds and using the threat of 25 per cent tariffs from U.S. President Don...

OTTAWA - The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa's "business relationship" with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. The closure w...

MONTREAL - Canadian authorities are planning to open a processing centre for asylum seekers near the United States border in Quebec in case there is a sharp rise in the number of would-be refugees ent...

HALIFAX - Long before Brenda Tatlock-Burke was killed by her husband in October, there were signs of his controlling and coercive behaviour. "As my mom's kids, if we said something he disapproved of, ...

With a four game win streak and only two points back of the top spot in the East Division, the Prince Albert Raiders are coming off their longest break from games since the holiday season. That rest w...

OTTAWA - David Moscovic, a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor, says it's scary to see things he never thought he would see again - such as a powerful man like Elon Musk using a "German salute." Moscovic, ...