The camp causes forest fires Photo: Alberta Wildfire Several wildfires in Alberta over the long weekend in May were caused by abandoned bonfires. It’s something we hope we won’t see here at BC Interior this year. The Alberta Forest Fire Service reports that its crews were called to 85 wildfires over the long weekend in …
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SINGAPORE – Asia-Pacific equities rose Monday morning as investors await major economic data releases over the weekend. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose 1.74% in the morning trade, as the shares of robot maker Fanuc rose more than 3%. The Topix index was up 1.47%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 0.94%. In mainland China, …
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WARNING: This story contains distressing details. One year after the discovery of what are believed to be 215 unmarked graves in the former Kamloops residential school, First Nations across the country continue to search for residential school grounds where children from their communities went. This includes ongoing ground searches at many of Manitoba’s 14 residential …
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Route links Local news Crime Grant Sneesby, the man accused of murdering Gloria Gladue and hiding his body for more than two years, talks to a covert RCMP agent about the June 17, 2018 murder. Content of the article A retired trucker accused of killing an indigenous woman and hiding her body in two distant …
Police have charged three men following an investigation into human trafficking between Toronto and Edmonton, Alberta. Toronto police said a 17-year-old girl from Edmonton was “recruited and transferred to Toronto to work in the sex trade after she turned 18.” The girl is said to have been trafficked in Toronto for eight days in different …
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The mother of an Indigenous woman whose remains were found a year and a half after her disappearance in Vancouver says she will not give up trying to find out what happened. “I won’t stop fighting until I have answers about what happened behind this house, what happened at Chelsea,” Sheila Poorman said from the …
Parts of southern Manitoba are once again preparing for several days of rain, as Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement. The statement is for Whiteshell – Lac du Bonnet – Pinawa, Bissett – Victoria Beach – Nopiming Provincial Park – Pine Falls, Sprague – Northwest Angle Provincial Forest and Steinbach – St. Adolphe …
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Heavy storms could cause tornadoes Sunday afternoon in parts of southern Manitoba, according to Environment Canada. Storms could also bring wolf-sized hail, rain of more than 75 millimeters and gusts of wind above 100 km / h, the weather agency said in an alert. The weather is caused by a humid, unstable mass of air …
(Archive photo) The Sydney / North Saanich RCMP is investigating an early morning stabbing at a North Saanich home that sent three people to hospital in serious condition. The incident took place on Friday, May 27, at a 10000 block residence on Derrick Road. RCMP officers received a 911 call stating that several people had …
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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed safely in White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, at 18:49 EDT on Wednesday, May 25, ending the orbital-2 (OFT-2) flight test as part of the NASA’s commercial crew program. Starliner settled gently into his airbags after a parachute-assisted landing that helps set the stage for the crew’s future landings. The landing …
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