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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Officials say a blaze on Saturday night in a Regina neighbourhood forced the evacuation of dozens and injured two people. Shortly after 9 p.m., crews were called to the 200 block of Centennial Street for a fire. 0:40 Three children among fatalities …
Read More »Dozens more U.S., U.K. strikes target ‘deeply buried’ Houthi targets – National
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The United States and United Kingdom have launched “proportionate and necessary strikes” against 36 Houthi targets across 13 locations in Yemen, according to a joint military statement issued through the Canadian Forces on Monday. The joint statement says these strikes were done …
Read More »Dozens with ties to Iranian regime caught by Canada’s sanctions
For 12 years, Roohollah Firooznam ran a company that installed and operated security cameras for Iran’s hardline regime. The cameras were used to monitor detainees at prisons where torture took place, and to keep watch on political opponents. Three directors of the company were senior members of the intelligence ministry. …
Read More »Winnipeg West End apartment building deemed unsafe, leaving dozens displaced – Winnipeg
Dozens of residents are being evicted from the Adanac apartment building on Sargent Avenue after an order to vacate was issued by the city, due to numerous safety issues and fire code violations. The order was issued on Wednesday, Aug. 16, giving residents five days to pack up their belongings …
Read More »Dozens of bystanders form line to find missing child at Ontario beach
OPP are lauding the efforts of community members who helped find a child who went missing on the beach in Sandbanks Provincial Park. According to OPP, officers were called to the Prince Edward County beach on Aug. 6 after a six-year-old had been missing for about 10 minutes and was …
Read More »Foot pursuit leads to arrests and dozens of charges: Winnipeg police – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Winnipeg police have arrested two men after witnessing a vehicle travelling down a road at high speeds. Dozens of charges were laid after officers attempted a traffic stop of a vehicle, which they said was speeding westbound on the Chief Peguis Trail …
Read More »Canada has dozens of critical minerals. Here are the key ones and how they are used – National
Canada’s new billion-dollar plan to boost its critical minerals sector will focus on six particular materials that are crucial components of electric vehicles, clean energy technologies and more. While the strategy unveiled Friday lists 31 minerals it classified as “critical,” the six that are under the spotlight — lithium, graphite, …
Read More »He abused dozens of Indigenous children in Ontario. But did Jesuit priest’s painful legacy begin in Montreal?
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. As a Jesuit priest in Ontario, George Epoch sexually abused dozens of children in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. But Epoch’s abuse allegedly dates back even earlier, to the 1950s, when he taught at Loyola High School, a private Catholic school in Montreal. Two …
Read More »Dozens of dead fish wash up on shores of Vancouver’s Lost Lagoon — again
For the second year in a row, dozens of dead fish have washed up on the shores of Stanley Park’s Lost Lagoon. The Vancouver Park Board and Stanley Park Ecology Society are still studying the cause of the die-off, but say it’s likely because of poor water quality in the …
Read More »Dozens of firefighters douse three-alarm blaze in south Vancouver
Fire officials are investigating the cause of a south Vancouver blaze Wednesday evening that damaged three residential buildings, created a giant plume of black smoke visible from as far away as the North Shore, and forced the evacuation of more than 10 people. The three-alarm fire started sometime around 5 p.m., the city’s …
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