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Human remains that were found on May 3 near Big Island Lake Cree Territory in Saskatchewan have been identified by forensic teams as 20-year-old Dominic Kahpoonapit. Saskatchewan RCMP said the autopsy was completed on Tuesday, noting the Big Sky Lake Cree Nation resident was reported missing back on Dec. 13, …
Read More »Camper injured during evening hike near Okanagan Lake
Central Okanagan Search and Rescue rescued an injured camper Sunday morning from Buchan Bay along the east shore of Okanagan Lake. According to COSAR, two female campers were hiking through Okanagan Mountain Park to Buchan Bay when one of them injured herself Saturday evening. 2:19 Central Okanagan Search and Rescue …
Read More »Man, 23, dies in car crash on Highway 2 in Grand Lake Station, N.S. – Halifax
A 23-year-old man has died in a single-vehicle crash north of Halifax after his car left the highway and went into a ditch. The RCMP says the crash occurred on Highway 2 in Grand Lake Station, about 40 kilometres outside the city. Police say they responded to the crash at approximately 8:35 p.m. on …
Read More »RCMP says death of 51-year-old from God’s Lake Narrows, Man. is a homicide – Winnipeg
God’s Lake Narrows, Man. RCMP say the death of a 51-year-old is being treated as a homicide. On Monday at 3:30 a.m., officers received a report of an injured man who had been taken to the nursing station. Officers went to the nursing station and found the man who had …
Read More »Divers confirm location of wreck of WW II airplane in Newfoundland lake
As It Happens6:28Divers confirm location of wreck of WW II airplane in Newfoundland lake In the cold, dark and deep waters of Gander Lake, N.L., a team of divers confirmed on Monday the underwater location of a Second World War airplane that crashed there in 1943. The plane, a B-24 Liberator bomber, was carrying …
Read More »After 50 years, westslope cutthroat trout return to lake in Banff National Park
For the first time in 50 years, westslope cutthroat trout are swimming in Hidden Lake again — a feat of conservation that Parks Canada experts have worked on for more than a decade to achieve. Nestled high up in the Skoki Valley of Banff National park, specialists laboured through trial and …
Read More »Doctor steps up for overnight shift at Red Lake, Ont., hospital, avoiding temporary closure
The hospital in Red Lake, Ont., has narrowly avoided a second temporary emergency room closure amid an ongoing doctor shortage in northwestern Ontario and a surge in COVID-19 cases that’s also straining staff. Margaret Couchenour Memorial Hospital’s ER was set to close 12 hours, starting at 8 p.m. CT Thursday, but hospital …
Read More »Doodle Doodle Do: Williams Lake Stampede song revived for 50th anniversary
It’s the kind of thing only a local would miss. When Beth Veenkamp started working for the City of Williams Lake in 2017, she noticed that the annual stampede song didn’t seem to be in use any more. The economic development officer grew up in the city, located in the Central …
Read More »Edward Lake, father of 3 children killed by drunk driver Marco Muzzo in 2015, dies
Edward Lake, the father of three children killed by a drunk driver in a Greater Toronto Area collision almost seven years ago, has died. The mother of Lake’s children, Jennifer Neville-Lake, posted on her social media pages about his passing. “My children’s father, Edward Lake, has joined our kids so they can play together, …
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