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VIRDEN, Man. - James Blacksmith closes his eyes and goes back to the moment he saw a pine tree viciously uprooted from the earth and topple onto his Jeep's roof. Within seconds, the windows burst from...

OTTAWA - Perrin Beatty was on his way home from the office when his phone rang. It was Chrystia Freeland, who 24 hours earlier had become Canada's finance minister. For the president of the Canadian C...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party elects a new leader tonight and whomever wins faces two major challenges right out of the gate. One: the party is the Official Oppostion in the House of Co...

Spiritwood RCMP released on Sunday morning there is no way to reach 911 in the Spiritwood area, after a SaskTel building in the town caught fire early in the morning. Those who need police services wi...

The Washington Capitals have fired coach Todd Reirden after a second consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the move Sunday, three days after the Capit...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau first met Chrystia Freeland at a 2012 Toronto signing for her award-winning book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. The tome...

The Washington Capitals have fired coach Todd Reirden after a second consecutive first-round exit in the playoffs. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the move Sunday, three days after the Capit...

OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party elects a new leader tonight and whomever wins faces two major challenges right out of the gate. One: the party is the Official Oppostion in the House of Co...

Waving rainbow flags in the wind, a small but dedicated group took to the streets for the annual Pride Parade in downtown North Battleford Saturday.Many of the participants donned masks and socially d...

MONTREAL - Like many post-secondary students preparing for the new school year, Francis Leroux is packing boxes and getting ready to move. But the 23-year-old trainee pri...