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Out of Control Wildfire Burning North West of Manning
Around 50 fire fighters from Manning, High Level and Peace River are battling an out of control wildfire in Northern Lights County. Helicopters, air tankers, and several heavy equipment groups are als...
May 12, 2019 photo courtesy Government of Alberta
Jailed migrants have right to challenge detention before judges: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - A Pakistani man was deprived of his right to challenge his detention in person before a judge, the Supreme Court said Friday, opening wider appeal options for migrants facing length...
May 12, 2019
Win a house: Alberta homeowners trying to sell properties with essay contest
EDMONTON - Albertans struggling to enter the real-estate market have at least two chances to win a home this year. A house south of Calgary and a historic bed and breakfast near th...
May 12, 2019
Ontario to change combat sport rules in bid to attract more events to province
TORONTO - Combat sport laws in Ontario are set to be overhauled in what the government says is an effort to draw more high profile events to the province and bolster athlete safety. Mic...
May 12, 2019
Five hurt, driver charged after fuel truck strikes plane at Pearson airport
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Five people were taken to hospital with minor injuries and a fuel truck driver was charged after a truck hit a plane on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson International A...
May 12, 2019
More work on Goodwin Road planned for summer
The MD of Greenview plans to do close to five million dollars worth of work on Goodwin Road this year.Reeve Dale Gervais says a 19 kilometre stretch will be widened and rebuilt."It's (a) fairly heavil...
May 12, 2019
Trump says China tariffs help, not hurt the US
WASHINGTON - After U.S.-China trade talks broke off, President Donald Trump said that "conversations into the future will continue" but that new tariffs the U.S. imposed Friday on $200 billion in Chin...
May 12, 2019
Berlin Airlift remembered, key moment in Cold War
Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport ...
May 12, 2019
UN leader arrives in New Zealand on climate change trip
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that the political will to fight climate change seems to be fading at the same time as things are getting worse for those ...
May 12, 2019
Tory Leader Ches Crosbie and sister Beth both vying for seats in N.L. election
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As the son of retired political heavyweight John Crosbie, Ches Crosbie presents Newfoundlanders and Labradorians with a familiar name as he seeks to become the province's next ...
May 12, 2019