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Evacuated Fort Nelson getting extra police and power generators
Poor internet connection? Access a low-bandwidth, accessible version of this story on CBC Lite.Additional RCMP officers and power generators are being sent to Fort Nelson, B.C., as a community-wide evacuation enters its second week.More than 4,700 people were ordered to leave the community on May 10 as the fast-growing Parker Lake wildfire, sparked by a downed tree hitting a powerline, moved toward the community.Rain and cooler temperatures have helped firefighters battle the flames in recent da
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Sask. Premier Scott Moe shuffles cabinet minister ahead of provincial election later this year
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has unveiled a minor cabinet shuffle ahead of a provincial election that must be held before the end of October. Moe announced that Colleen Young (Lloydminster) will now serve as the Minister of Advanced Education after Gord Wyant (Saskatoon-Northwest) stepped down from the role. "Minister Wyant recently asked to step away from cabinet duties," Moe said. "He has been an effective and compassionate voice in our cabinet and I thank him for his service and friendship.
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How weather could impact the spread of the measles virus
New studies highlight the link between weather and the spread of the measles virus
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Unacceptable accessibility. UNB Law grad recounts inability to cross stage at own graduation
Crossing the stage at graduation for many is the official symbol of being done with your degree and moving onto the next chapter of your life — a moment of pride and joy.Blair Curtis didn't get that moment.Curtis was graduating from the University of New Brunswick with a law degree, but at the ceremony on Thursday at the Richard J. Currie Center, he was unable to get onto the stage to accept his diploma. "It was a hard day," he said through tears."It should have been a day of celebration and hap
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P.E.I. man pleads guilty over string of cottage fires along North Shore
A 19-year-old Prince Edward Island man will be sentenced in September for breaking into and setting fire to three cottages in northern Queens County late last year. Dakota Ellis of Donaldston pleaded guilty Friday to a number of charges related to arson as well as breaking and entering to commit an indictable offence.The charges relate to incidents at three cottages in the Donaldston, Stanhope and Scotchfort areas over the course of a weekend in November 2023. Another home and a lifeguard hut at
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VideoSouth Africa's election could bring a defining moment — and new complications, AP explains
South Africa's election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party that has been in power since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago. President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ANC are struggling to keep their parliamentary majority and opinion polls predict that the party will likely receive less than 50% of the national vote for the first time in the May 29 election. (AP video: Nqobile Ntshangase)
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Man airlifted to hospital after bear attack in B.C. Rockies: RCMP
A British Columbia man was airlifted to a Calgary hospital Thursday after fending off a grizzly bear attack on a mountainside in the Rocky Mountains near the B.C.-Alberta border, according to RCMP.Police said a father and son were tracking a bear west of Highway 43 south of Elkford, B.C., when the 36-year-old son was "attacked suddenly by an adult grizzly bear" around 3 p.m. PT."The man was able to defend himself with his firearm and the bear ran off," while his father called for help, Elk Valle
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