4+ hour, 32+ min ago   (303+ words) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan 's government on Thursday proposed a record-high defense budget of 1.12 trillion Taiwan dollars ($35 billion) for next year, signaling intensifying efforts to deter China's military threats. | The administration's planned increase in military spending came after China stepped…...

18+ min ago   (134+ words) A Winnipeg firefighter was assessed by paramedics and an emergency demolition was ordered after a vacant house caught fire Thursday morning for the second time in less than three months. | The two-storey home, at Argyle Street and Disraeli Freeway, in…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago   (163+ words) Winnipeg 19° C, Cloudy Neskantaga First Nation chief says his northern Ontario community had to be evacuated again after a contractor hired by the federal government caused a sewage flood at the community’s only nursing station. Gary Quisess says Neskantaga residents…...

32+ min ago   (478+ words) Winnipeg 19° C, Cloudy An expanded SEC schedule isn’t going to make life any easier for Mississippi State, which has won just two conference games in the past three seasons. But third-year coach Jeff Lebby saw considerable progress in his second…...

2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (315+ words) Winnipeg 19° C, Cloudy Reporters Without Borders said that filmmakers Gaël Mocaër and Sebastian Perez Pezzani and fixer Fred Vedomey were placed in pretrial detention Monday and charged with making “false declarations” in immigration procedures. The Paris-based media freedom group, known…...

1+ hour, 1+ min ago   (933+ words) British Columbia’s Opposition Conservatives have replaced party president Aisha Estey as the shakeup under new leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay continues. Estey is replaced by former federal Conservative candidate Mauro Francis while vice-president Sharon White is also leaving the party board. Findlay…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (442+ words) Winnipeg 19° C, Cloudy U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said on social media that the carrier arrived in the region Wednesday. It was not clear when the USS Abraham Lincoln would arrive back in…...

1+ hour, 32+ min ago   (731+ words) NEW GLASGOW – The Town of New Glasgow in central Nova Scotia is calling on the provincial government to shut down a local homeless shelter. Town council passed a unanimous motion Monday asking the province to close the Northstar Shelter, saying…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (187+ words) Winnipeg 18° C, Cloudy QUÉBEC – Quebec Transport Minister Benoit Charette is adding his name to the growing list of Quebec cabinet ministers who won’t be running again in the fall provincial election. Charette says he will be stepping back from political…...

2+ hour, 8+ min ago   (723+ words) Winnipeg 18° C, Cloudy The Hong Kong- and U.S.-listed company, which started out in e-commerce and online retail but is increasingly focused on AI technologies, said that its profit for April-June was at 10.5 billion yuan ($1.6 billion), down from 43.1 billion yuan…...