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Snowfall travel advisories issued for GTA, much of central, southern Ontario

Wintering conditions and snow are impacting roads in Toronto and across central, southern Ontario. On Sunday morning, Environment Canada issued a series of weather advisories around the province warning of difficult winter travel conditions. A weather advisory issued for the Peel and Halton area said between five and 10 centimetres …

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New York and U.S. capital struggle to process migrants sent by southern Republican leaders

Officials in New York and Washington, D.C. are struggling to cope with an influx of migrants that have been specifically bused to their cities on orders from the Republican leaders of Texas and Arizona. More than 7,000 migrants have been bused from Texas to the U.S. capital since April, part of …

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Israeli jets pound militant targets in Gaza, as rockets rain on southern Israel

Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza early Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed at least 12 people, including a senior militant and a five-year-old girl. The fighting began Friday with Israel’s targeted killing of a senior commander …

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Biologists, residents watching marine bird populations as hundreds more found dead on southern Avalon

A dead gannet in Point Lance, N.L. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada) Dead and dying sea birds have been showing up on the south coast of Newfoundland over the last two weeks — from the Cape St. Mary’s Ecological Reserve to the public beaches in St. Vincent’s, Point Lance and the southern Burin …

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CP Rail investigating after train carrying grain derails in southern Alberta

A train carrying grain has derailed in southern Alberta, Canadian Pacific Railway confirmed Wednesday.  Wednesday afternoon a CP train derailed in Bassano, Alta., approximately 140 kilometres southeast of Calgary.  A CP spokesperson said there were no injuries, and the incident is under investigation.  Bassano resident Thomas McPhail said he’s happy …

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As water sources dry up, towns in southern Quebec sound the alarm

During an unrelenting stretch of dry, hot weather last August, Rachel Mahannah and her husband spent two hours a day hauling water from their other farm a kilometre and a half away, to make sure their dairy cows didn’t get dehydrated. The well on the dairy farm, 70 metres deep, …

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