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Growing up along the banks of the Ninglick River in western Alaska, Ashley Tom would look out of her window after strong storms from the Bering Sea hit her village and notice something unsettling: the riverbank was creeping ever closer. It was in that home, in the village of Newtok, …
Read More »Police in Ontario town prepare for Outlaw biker gang to descend
While many Ontarians have heard the stories of the biker gatherings in Port Dover on Friday the 13ths, few are likely aware that a bike gang also gets together in another small Ontario town on the same day. For the past six years, members of The Outlaws, one of the …
Read More »As warming threatens polar bear tourism and the ground below, a Manitoba town adapts and thrives – Winnipeg
CHURCHILL, Manitoba — Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed when the military left town. Rail service and cargo ships — the lifeblood of supplies for a town not connected to the …
Read More »Jasper residents return home weeks after wildfire ripped through town
It will be an emotional day for many as Jasper residents return to the townsite for the first time since a wildfire tore through the Alberta mountain town last month. Jasper National Park was evacuated on July 22, two days before the wildfire entered the townsite. Officials have estimated about …
Read More »Town to ask Ontario to name intimate partner violence an epidemic after family deaths
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2024 4:30 pm Updated August 14, 2024 4:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The council of a southwestern Ontario town where a mother and two children were found dead in their home from gunshot wounds …
Read More »How an Ontario town is using a ‘bag of money’ to try and solve its health care crisis
As small communities across Ontario struggle to recruit doctors and nurses, one town has landed on a strategy that appears poised for success: giving them “a bag of money up front.” That’s the incentive on offer in Huntsville, Ont., where local authorities say they will give an $80,000 signing bonus …
Read More »Ontario town calls on Ford to clean up poop on beach saga: ‘It’s high time’
The reputation of a popular Ontario beach town is being “gravely harmed” by what its mayor says are misleading social media posts claiming people are pooping in the sand. Town of Wasaga Beach Mayor Brian Smith is calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to clean up the mess, which began …
Read More »Motorcycle crash in small Ontario town claims life of 18-year-old man
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 3, 2024 1:11 pm Updated August 3, 2024 1:19 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Provincial Police say a young man is dead following a motorcycle crash Friday night in Haldimand County. They say the driver …
Read More »Ontario town to decide whether it’s willing to host a nuclear waste repository
A northwestern Ontario town is set to decide today whether it is willing to become the site of a deep geological repository for Canada’s nuclear waste. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization plans to decide this year where millions of bundles of used nuclear fuel will be placed in a network of underground …
Read More »Fort Good Hope wildfire forces evacuation of Northwest Territories town
A wildfire, which officials suspect was caused by an abandoned campfire, reached the edge of Fort Good Hope, a Northwest Territories town, within 24 hours of ignition and forced residents to evacuate. As of 6 a.m. MT Monday, the fire hasn’t destroyed any buildings, according to a government update. But …
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