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BEIJING (AP) - China on Tuesday announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget, which is already the world's second-highest behind the United States at 1.6 trillion yuan ($222 billion), roughly mirro...

OTTAWA - With the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games set for this summer, the Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee are requesting an additional $104-million in funding fr...

Seventeen cases of measles have been confirmed in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and British Columbia - more than half of those in the Montreal area, while one Ontario case has been linked to a high sc...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed centre Kelly Olynyk to a multi-year contract extension, the NBA club announced Monday. Details of the extension were not announced, but ESPN reported it was a...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday temporarily halted a new Texas law that allows police to arrest migrants who enter the country illegally and set up another legal showdown over th...

You may have heard a large sigh of relief across Saskatchewan over the weekend.While most people weren't happy to see the large amount of snow most of the province received, the same can't be said for...

OTTAWA - Correctional Service Canada confirms Luka Magnotta, who made international headlines for the brutal killing of an international student, resides in a medium-security prison. A jury found Magn...

Meadow Kingfisher says she had no idea what she was auditioning for, until after she landed the part.The 13-year-old, from Sturgeon Lake First Nation, plays young Katara in the hit Netflix Series: Ava...

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Ottawa has to take action against Saskatchewan for breaking the federal carbon-pricing law. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said last week his provi...

Richard Charles and Clarissa Burns were the winners of the Lac La Ronge Winter Festival's King and Queen Trapper Competition. Both individuals also dominated the event in 2023 and are coming off recen...