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OTTAWA - A new poll suggests 44 per cent of Canadians want to see the temporary foreign worker program scrapped as the country grapples with high unemployment, especially among young people. Conservat...

OTTAWA - An Ottawa man has been sentenced to ten years in prison for the promotion of hate propaganda against Jewish people produced for the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division. Superior Court Justice ...

SWIFT CURRENT - A judge granted the release of Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed "Queen of Canada," at a bail hearing Monday in Swift Current, Sask.Judge Alan Jacobson imposed a number of conditions ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - A freight train slammed into a double-deck bus northwest of Mexico City early Monday, killing at least eight people and injuring 45, authorities said. The accident took place in an ...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney won't say whether Canada will meet its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030. Speaking in Newfoundland and Labrador today, Carney was asked by reporters h...

The Humboldt Fire Department [HFD] got a chance to look at some potential recruits over the weekend. They held a recruitment session on Saturday, and Fire Chief Mike Kwasnica told northeastNOW they we...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has found almost 500 ways to streamline regulations and cut costs through a 60-day red tape review exercise. Departments and agencies have published reports ide...

ST. JOHN'S - Prime Minister Mark Carney says businesses in Atlantic Canada will be able to access $80 million of the tariff relief fund set up by the Liberal government. Ottawa has set aside $1 billio...

UPDATE: RCMP have confirmed that while they were called to an investigation of an injured person in James Smith this morning, the subject of the report has been found unharmed. Officers from the Melfo...

MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the youth protection system, was failed by both individuals and institutions, a coroner s...