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OTTAWA - It's been just over three years since Veterans Affairs Canada released a strategy to tackle its 23,000 backlogged benefits applications, and that file has landed on the desk of a new minister...

STOCKHOLM (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Sweden on Saturday - his first visit to the country since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, the Swedish government...

Yukon's energy minister says Canada's push for more green energy and a net-zero electricity grid should spark renewed interest in connecting the territory's power to British Columbia. Minister of Ener...

YELLOWKNIFE - Nearly all residents have left the capital of the Northwest Territories, where officials say the weather has helped slow the threat of an encroaching wildfire. An evacuation order issued...

WEST KELOWNA - The wildfire battle in British Columbia continues today, focusing on the central Okanagan, where flames tore through West Kelowna suburbs and forced the evacuation of neighbouring Kelow...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is teaming up with Running 4 Heroes to host the non-profit's first run in Canada.It aims to honour fallen law enforcement officers and firefighters...

CALGARY - Defensive back Demerio Houston carried an interception into the end zone as the Winnipeg Blue Bombers held off the Calgary Stampeders 19-18. Sergio Castillo made four field goals in the defe...

CINCINNATI (AP) - Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered in the ninth inning, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0 on Friday night in the opener of an interleague series between playof...

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Here's what some people are saying about the unfolding wildfire disaster in the Okanagan, where the McDougall Creek fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate from West Kelow...

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) - Max Homa was aware of the course record at Olympia Fields, and not just because of how well he was playing Friday in the BMW Championship. He happened to see a video board ...