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FOND DU LAC, Sask. - The federal government says it will spend $12 million to improve safety at a remote northern Saskatchewan airport near where a plane crashed in December 2017 shortly aft...

WASHINGTON - Congress steamed toward lopsided approval of a border security compromise Thursday night that would avert a second painful government shutdown but ignite a major new confrontation - this ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Mystikal, a Louisiana rapper who's been in custody for nearly 1 1/2 years on a rape charge, is now free on bond. KTBS-TV reports that the artist, whose real name is Michael Tyler, wa...

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Nicolas Maduro has invited a U.S. special envoy to Venezuela after revealing in an AP interview that his foreign minister recently held secret meetings with the U.S. off...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday approved a major public lands bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates ...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government moved towards fulfilling a key election promise today as it tabled a bill that would ensure children can attend kindergarten at four years old. The legisl...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he wants the federal government to settle with engineering firm SNC-Lavalin "as soon as possible" in order to protect jobs and the company's corporate headqua...

Over one billion 12 to 35-year-olds are at risk of hearing loss due to prolonged exposure to dangerously high noise levels, mainly from listening to music on their smartphones.That comes from the Worl...

OTTAWA - Environment Canada is going mobile. The federal agency launched its first ever weather app for iPhone and Android this week, including a new high-resolution radar option so amateur meteo...

Arguing for its case, but also standing up to a lot of questions from the bench - the lawyer for the Government of Canada laid out the rationale for the federal carbon tax on Thursday morning.She spen...