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For 25 years, the Swan Valley Stampeders have been a junior hockey staple in Western Manitoba. But for a few hours this week, the team seemed as though it might come to an end. The team entered the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) in 1999, and hundreds of young men …
Read More »Winnipeg fire crews battle blaze at trucking company, most of building saved – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Winnipeg Fire Department battled a heavy blaze early Friday morning at a trucking company on Keewatin Street and succeeded in saving most of the building. Crews were called to Fast Freight around 6:15 a.m., where they found heavy smoke coming from …
Read More »88-year-old man saved after driving over cliff in Prince Edward County: OPP – Kingston
OPP say an elderly man was saved by local emergency crews after he drove his vehicle off the road and over a cliff in Prince Edward County. Police say OPP officers, along with Prince Edward County Fire and Rescue and Hastings Quinte Paramedics were called to Lake on the Mountain …
Read More »13 survivors of human trafficking ‘saved’ by a citizen phone call, Peel police say – Toronto
Peel Regional Police say a phone call from a member of the community led to investigators “saving 13 people” as part of a human trafficking investigation. Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich told reporters on Wednesday that through Project Pacific, five people have been arrested and more than a dozen survivors were …
Read More »Woman saved from burning house in East Vancouver, suffers serious injuries – BC
By Kareem Gouda Global News Posted December 13, 2022 2:42 am Updated December 13, 2022 2:48 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A major fire has sent one woman to hospital Monday night after a house fire broke out in East Vancouver. It broke out just before …
Read More »Inside SickKids: How the pediatric hospital’s ICU was saved from near collapse
It’s 1:50 p.m. on a recent weekday at the intensive care unit of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children as a trio of women try to solve the latest problem. There are three children who need to be in SickKids’ ICU but are not. One is waiting in the emergency department …
Read More »B.C. crash victim reunited with the ‘guardian angel’ that saved her life
WARNING: Details in this story may be distressing for some readers. Katie Potts never expected her journey home from a camping trip last summer would end with her waking up lying on grass, confused, bleeding and afraid. She had fallen asleep in the passenger seat as she and her boyfriend …
Read More »Saguenay, Que., evacuees promised $20 a day, a place to stay as experts assess if homes can be saved
The City of Saguenay and the Quebec government have put in place new measures to help the 187 residents forced from their homes Sunday due to the threat of more landslides. A total of 79 residences were evacuated in the La Baie borough of Saguenay, about 240 kilometres north of …
Read More »When nothing could cure my depression, shock therapy saved my life
This First Person column is the experience of Angelika Matson and her choice to try electroconvulsive therapy for her treatment-resistant depression. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. “I think it’s time to consider it.” Tears rolled down my cheeks, raw from days of constant …
Read More »Outdoorsman’s wood hut saved boys from deadly storm
Tyson Peers built his “Viking house” in woods near his home in Hawkesbury, Ont., to withstand just about anything, but he didn’t know how soon it would be put to the ultimate test. On the afternoon of May 21, Peers, 21, an avid outdoorsman who posts “bushcraft” videos of his wilderness …
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