and about 445 km northwest of the Alaska-Canada border crossing. The base said in a statement the jet sustained "significant damage" in a costly blow to what is the US' most expensive defence program.

In charge of a 168-kilometre stretch along the Canada-U.S. border, frigid weather and blustering winds are job hazards as he and his team police the area for illegal border crossings.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is closing entry to the country along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). The 4,265-kilometre trail stretches from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and ...