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By Micah Quintin Global News Posted October 27, 2023 11:16 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Fort Macleod Curling Club is celebrating its 125th anniversary this weekend. Longtime members of the organization gathered Friday morning for a few quick games and to look back on the …
Read More »Fort Gibraltar walls to come down after May field trip disaster – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The outside walls of a popular St. Boniface tourist attraction are coming down in light of a disaster that sent 17 children and one adult to hospital. Fort Gibraltar has been closed to the public since a walkway collapsed at the end …
Read More »Sawed-off gun, cocaine and cash seized in Fort McMurray drug investigation – Edmonton
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) in Fort McMurray say they seized around $30,000 in drugs and cash and a man is facing charges following an investigation. Police say earlier this month, ALERT Fort McMurray’s organized crime team began investigating cocaine trafficking …
Read More »Winnipeg mayor to look at safety regs after kids injured in Fort Gibraltar accident – Winnipeg
Winnipeg’s mayor says he intends to get answers to questions about safety inspections at Fort Gibraltar, where 17 children and one adult from St. John’s-Ravenscourt School were injured Wednesday, when an elevated platform collapsed and fell almost 20 feet. Fort Gibraltar, a replica of a historic North West Company fur …
Read More »Niagara couple ‘lucky to be alive’ after giant tree crashes into bedroom of Fort Erie, Ont. home
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Robyn Voyce says it started with a “big bang” and then the whole roof fell in. A Fort Erie, Ont., couple say they’re “lucky to be alive” after a giant tree covered in ice crashed into their Crystal Beach home around midnight …
Read More »Snowbirds grounded following accident in Fort St. John
The Royal Canadian Air Force has ordered an “operational pause” for its Snowbird air demonstration squadron jets after a crash earlier this month. A statement from Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston, commander of 1 Canadian Air Division, says the CT-114 Tutor jets will not fly until an airworthiness risk assessment can be completed. The decision …
Read More »Flight changes, cancellations causing chaos for Fort McMurray travellers
Air Canada’s suspension of its direct Fort McMurray-Toronto flight is causing chaos and stress among travellers, and some say they won’t be using the airline again in the future. Nathalie Berthelot says her flights have been changed nearly a dozen times. She’s trying to get back home to New Richmond, Que., to see …
Read More »Chisasibi moves forward with a radar search of former Fort George, Que., residential school sites
George E. Pachano, left, and his wife, Marie Louise Chakapash Pachano, right, with five-year-old Avaya, in front of a cross that marks the site of the last Anglican residential school on Fort George Island, located near present day Chisasibi. After extensive consultations with survivors and experts, officials here are moving …
Read More »People in Fort Frances, Ont., have been sandbagging for weeks and still face rising floodwaters
Rising floodwaters in the Fort Frances, Ont., area are leaving people living there with feelings of helplessness, one resident says. Water levels on Rainy Lake set a record last week, surpassing one set in 1950. “I had a feeling that there was going to be a lot of water when …
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