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RIO GRANDE CITY — Efrain Garcia points to the large Donald Trump flag waving outside his Rio Grande City home in South Texas, not far from the United States border with Mexico. The 84-year-old flashes a knowing smile.

Christmas cards are a cherished annual tradition for Percy. He sends out dozens of them every year — more than 70 last Christmas, each with a personalized message. But this year, things might be a little different.

OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed the country's first case of a more severe type of mpox in a person in Manitoba, though it says the risk to the general population remains low.

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is firmly in his Swiftie era. Trudeau attended the Taylor Swift concert in Toronto on Friday, the Eras Tour's second-last night in the city.

Even with eight legs it was difficult to hang on during this week's bomb cyclone in British Columbia, with a remote camera capturing an octopus battling currents whipped up by the hurricane-force winds.

A police officer who was found not guilty of manslaughter in the 2016 death of an Ottawa man told a coroner's inquest his goal was to "distract" Abdirahman Abdi with punches during the arrest, and he "did his best" to monitor him afterwards.

VANCOUVER — BC Hydro is warning customers in remote areas of Vancouver Island that they may be without power until late Saturday, as winds from another powerful storm hit the coast.

HALIFAX — An influential United States Republican senator delivered some blunt criticism of Canada's military spending on Friday, telling a major security conference in Halifax the federal government has to do better to please president-elect Donald

FERGUS FALLS — A jury deliberated for less than 90 minutes Friday before convicting two men on human smuggling charges in a case where a family from India froze to death in Manitoba while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border.

OTTAWA — Pat King, one of the most prominent figures of the 2022 "Freedom Convoy" in Ottawa, has been found guilty on five counts including mischief and disobeying a court order.