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CBC’s virtual road trip series Land of Living Stories explores the hidden gems across Saskatchewan. Reporter Janani Whitfield hit the road to Gravelbourg in search of inspiring stories of community spirit. This is the second of a four-part series from that community. From the window of the historic home she manages as …
Read More »Premier’s Alberta Next Panel closes out tour in tense Calgary town hall
Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next Panel closed out its cross-province tour on a tense note in Calgary on Monday night as the premier heard from residents with grievances directed at Ottawa and her own government. The slightest whiff of manure hung in the air at the south Calgary event centre, …
Read More »At least 20 civilians killed in eastern Ukraine town, Zelenskyy says
A Russian airstrike killed more than 20 civilians who were collecting their pensions in a village in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday. He called for pressure by Kyiv’s allies on Russia, whose forces have pressed a grinding offensive across much of the eastern Donetsk region as diplomatic …
Read More »The night Jasper burned: Radio logs capture minute by minute of town catching fire
It’s the evening of July 24 last year. A wall of flames and smoke is encroaching on the mountain town of Jasper, Alta. At 6 p.m., scribbled handwritten notes begin documenting a series of events in Jasper National Park that would dramatically change the town. “Deploy engine from fire hall to …
Read More »Jaypee Wish Town में किसी को घर मिलने का इंतजार, तो कोई अव्यवस्था से है परेशान
Jaypee Wish Town में किसी को घर मिलने का इंतजार, तो कोई अव्यवस्था से है परेशान फेसबुक टि्वटर कैंसिल जेपी विशटाउन में फ्लैट बुक कराने वाले सैकड़ों घर खरीदार सालों से पजेशन का इंतजार कर रहे हैं. लोगों का आरोप है कि पैसे देने के बाद भी घर मिलने की …
Read More »How a coastal Maine town almost became part of Canada
When U.S. President Donald Trump started talking about annexing Canada to make it the 51st state, people in Castine, Maine, took notice. The town, after all, was twice occupied by Great Britain two centuries ago. The British wanted to carve out a new colony that would be part of British …
Read More »Gunmen kill at least 20 in Kashmiri tourist town
At least 20 people were feared killed after suspected militants opened fire on tourists in India’s Jammu and Kashmir territory on Tuesday, three security sources said, the worst attack on civilians in the troubled Himalayan region for years. The attack occurred in Pahalgam, a popular destination in the scenic, mountainous …
Read More »1,700-bed Site C dam ‘mini town’ — complete with gym and movie theatre — could be headed to local landfill
A massive, 1,700-person work camp paid for by B.C. taxpayers could be headed to the local landfill by the end of the year, a new report warns. The accommodations were built to support construction of the Site C hydroelectric dam near Fort St. John in northeast B.C., which the province says is …
Read More »30-tonne pile of garbage dumped illegally leaves English town residents stinking mad
As It Happens6:3130-tonne garbage pile dumped on rural English road It was a sight that James Johnson will never forget: a 15-metre long — that’s the length of a school bus — heap of garbage strewn across the road, dumped illegally. “We had old building materials, rubble, soil, waste from houses, …
Read More »Congo ceasefire appears to crumble as rebels reportedly capture another eastern town
WARNING: This story contains an image that may be disturbing to some readers. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels have seized control of a mining town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, eight sources said on Wednesday, in an apparent violation of a unilateral ceasefire they declared this week. The …
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