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No charges to be laid in B.C.'s 2017 Elephant Hill wildfire: Wildfire Service
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Wildfire Service has officially released the cause of a 2017 blaze that eventually charred a huge area of trees and bush in the southern Interior&n...
May 04, 2020
Elephant Hill wildfire determined to be caused by smoking materials
ASHCROFT - The BC Wildfire Service has now determined the cause of the Elephant Hill wildfire in 2017. Investigators and cause specialists have determined that the most likely cause of the fire was sm...
May 04, 2020 (file photo)
Several provinces begin easing COVID-19 lockdown restrictions
OTTAWA - A much anticipated new phase in the COVID-19 pandemic starts today with several provinces beginning the process of slowly loosening some of their lockdown restrictions. Q...
May 04, 2020
Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90
MIAMI - Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula surpassed G...
May 04, 2020
Final evacuation order lifted in Fort McMurray as flooding cleanup continues
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - All mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo after a massive ice jam caused flooding and forced about 13,000 people out of ...
May 04, 2020
Shula, winningest coach in pro football history, dies at 90
MIAMI - Don Shula, who won the most games of any NFL coach and led the Miami Dolphins to the only perfect season in league history, died Monday at his home, the team said. He was 90. Shula surpassed G...
May 04, 2020
Michael J. Fox Foundation podcast tackles COVID-19 pandemic challenges
VANCOUVER - Michael J. Fox's research foundation is launching a podcast to help people with Parkinson's disease navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research s...
May 04, 2020
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to one-year, entry-level contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Finnish defenceman Mikko Lehtonen to a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2020-21 season, the club announced Monday. The 26-year-old is comi...
May 04, 2020
Union rallies as Cargill meat plant reopens after shutdown due to COVID-19
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19. A long line of c...
May 04, 2020
Ceremony held aboard navy frigate as remains of recovered victim to be flown home
The crew of a Royal Canadian Navy frigate held a ceremony on Sunday to mark the transfer of the body of one of six personnel who died in a crash of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter. The HMCS Frederict...
May 04, 2020
