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WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is slamming America's door on most foreign nationals who were recently in Europe - a drastic step in response to an accelerating global pandemic that, should i...

The 35th Foster's Peace Country Classic Agri-show starts with a free pancake breakfast at 9 a.m. this morning at the TARA Centre at Evergreen Park. Show hours for Day 1 will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Presi...

The Northern Twistmasters Arm Wrestling Club is hosting the Alberta Provincial Armwrestling Championship this May long weekend. The tournament is expected to bring together 200 athletes from across th...

BERLIN - Germany's domestic intelligence agency says it is formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist. Thomas Haldenwang...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 12 ... Wha...

TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of killing a young woman denied Tuesday that he led her to a secluded area, forced himself on her and left her dead body crumpled at the bottom of a stairwell. Prosecut...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to announce federal funding to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing numbers of Canadians infected with the new coronavirus and to help worke...

Environmental groups are wondering why Ottawa wants to ban farmers from killing gophers with strychnine but plans to allow provincial governments to use it against wolves. "All of the c...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is to try again today to introduce its budget after the Opposition blocked it from being tabled. The Progressive Conservatives planned to introduce its annual s...

OTTAWA - These days, no roads lead to Rome for David Beasley. The executive director of the United Nations World Food Program made that clear on a trip to Ottawa this week, where he was trying to rais...