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A large fire consumed Hangar 11, a Second World War-era airplane hangar that was part of the former municipal airport, between the NAIT campus and Blatchford.

A Vernon, B.C., man had good intentions when he packed up a couple of Second World War-era grenades and dropped them off at an RCMP station.

Saskatchewan veteran Nick Kazusa, who participated in the liberation of France during the Second World War, has been honoured with the French Legion of Honour medal. Kazusa is 104.

John Hillman said he was first inspired to raise money by Capt. Tom Moore in England, who was also a Second World War veteran. He walked to raise money during the pandemic.

Russell Kaye was a gunner with Canada’s 12th Field Regiment during the Second World War. He was one of 133,000 Allied troops that stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.

Saskatoon city officials are estimating the city had its largest year-over year population change last year since the Second World War.

Visitors had the chance to view engine startups and get hands-on with planes ranging from World War 2 bombers to cold-war nuclear-armed jets to the Snowbirds stunt planes.

An elephant seal drawing attention in a Vancouver Island neighbourhood and a lucky winner on a B.C. slot machine are just two of the stories we want to highlight this week.

The building was declared surplus in 2016 after the local reserve unit moved out, but it is still used for community functions, military cadet training and to house a museum.

France wants to help Quebec protect the French language and he praised Quebec's refusal to give in to defeat, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said.

One of the major planks of the new federal housing program is a new initiative dubbed "Canada Builds," directly inspired by the B.C. government's BC Buids program.

The small community of Zeballos has fully invested itself in the unfolding rescue effort for an orca calf, which could occur this week officials say.

A deflection by Landon Sim on an Oliver Bonk shot at 8:01 of overtime gave the London Knights a 4-3 overtime win in Flint on April. 2.

La Presse chief editorialist Stéphanie Grammond apologized for the cartoon on behalf of the paper in a statement posted online this afternoon.

The strongest earthquake in a quarter-century rocked Taiwan on Wednesday, killing nine people, sending some scrambling out windows of damaged buildings.

Goth music arose in the post-punk era of the late 1970s and early '80s. But its real origins go back much, much further, and might even be traced to a volcanic eruption in 1815.

Renoviction is the practice where tenants are served eviction notices and property owners renovate the building, often reposting the units at a higher price.

Allan Ross, a volunteer researcher who curates the Black History Month exhibit, said the roots of military service for Black Canadians dates back two centuries

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday announced Washington would issue more than 500 new sanctions targeting Russia to mark the second anniversary of its war in Ukraine.

The War Crimes Program has a mandate to prevent Canada from becoming a safe haven for people accused of committing atrocities including genocide and crimes against humanity.