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QUEBEC - A year after posting a record deficit, the Quebec government tabled an economic update today that contains a smaller-than-expected deficit thanks to a spike in economic growth. Finance minist...

Another day, another individual honour for David Menard. The Montreal Alouettes defensive lineman was named the East Division's top Canadian on Thursday after registering a conference-high eight sacks...

The Battlefords Wildlife Federation is hosting its Annual Henry Kelsey Horn Scoring Drop n'Go on Saturday, December 11. See the poster below for details.

OTTAWA - Canada's environment commissioner says a federal pandemic aid program for the oil and gas sector that was supposed to retain jobs and cut greenhouse-gas emissions is not set up to actually do...

Battlefords RCMP dealt with multiple assaults in the area over the past week.Among the 15 investigations, police arrested five individuals for separate incidents. In one instance, a 36 year-old male w...

OTTAWA - Gen. Wayne Eyre has been officially appointed Canada's next chief of the defence staff, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday. "General Eyre will continue working hard to build ...

Six weeks after issuing an outbreak alert for Tuberculosis (TB), the Athabasca Health Authority (AHA) said cases have nearly doubled in their region.The AHA said that as of Nov. 19, 24 cases have been...

The Lobstick Lake area, approximately 24 kilometres south of Cumberland House, has been designated as a new ecological reserve by the Ministry of Environment. This protects the province's land and wat...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Argentina marked the one-year anniversary of the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona on Thursday with ceremonies, tributes, graffiti murals and emotional messages on s...

The Canadian women's rugby sevens team heads into the 2022 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series season with an overhauled roster and new interim coach. Irish-born Jack Hanratty has been tasked with steering...