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Ten years later: Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town
Karina Pillay remembers everything about the wildfire. She remembers the chaos the day it hit. The fireballs falling around the town's government building. The traffic gridlock as flames blocked the r...
May 09, 2021
For a view of a COVID-19 future, Canadians should look across the pond
OTTAWA - On May 3, the British government announced that only one person had died of COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours. It was a sharp turn around in a little over three months, from the country's wor...
May 09, 2021
Some universities say no to proof of vaccination requirement
A COVID-19 vaccine likely won't be a requirement to return to the physical classroom at some universities in September, with several large schools saying they have no intention of mandating proof of i...
May 09, 2021
Parks Canada captive caribou breeding proposal gets OK from scientific review panel
JASPER, Alta. - A last-ditch attempt to save some of Canada's vanishing caribou herds is a step closer after a scientific review panel's approval of a plan to permanently pen some animals and breed th...
May 09, 2021
Ten years later: Former Slave Lake mayor remembers wildfire that burned through town
Karina Pillay remembers everything about the wildfire. She remembers the chaos the day it hit. The fireballs falling around the town's government building. The traffic gridlock as flames blocked the r...
May 09, 2021
Ten years later: Five things to know about the Slave Lake wildfire
A wildfire burned about one-third of Slave Lake in northern Alberta in May 2011. Nearly 400 homes and businesses, including an apartment complex, were reduced to ash and rubble when fierce winds whipp...
May 09, 2021
'What I want is this beautiful, natural environment:' local artist sees Nanaimo in 100 years
NANAIMO - Local streets are again adorned with hundreds of colourful, seasonal banners.Becky Thiessen's design was selected from 12 finalists in a contest to represent what Nanaimo would be like in 10...
May 09, 2021
In tense Jerusalem, flag-waving Israeli march to go ahead
JERUSALEM - Police on Sunday gave the go-ahead to the annual Jerusalem Day parade, a flag-waving display of Israeli claims to all of the contested city, despite days of unrest and soaring Israeli-Pale...
May 09, 2021
Fire at Syrian oil refinery extinguished after leakage
DAMASCUS, Syria - Firefighters extinguished a blaze Sunday in a distillation unit at one of Syria's two oil refineries, Syrian state TV reported. No one was hurt, but the fire caused some damage to th...
May 09, 2021
As cases grow, India's vaccination campaign falters
BENGALURU, India - Since India opened vaccinations to all adults this month, hoping to tame a disastrous coronavirus surge sweeping across the country, the pace of administering the shots has dropped ...
May 09, 2021