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Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt
BERLIN - The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet and causing massive ice los...
Aug 01, 2019
Parks put up toilet etiquette signs to help international tourists use outhouses
YOHO NATIONAL PARK, B.C. - Some new signs are popping up in the Canadian Rockies to show international visitors how to properly use outhouses. Staff at Lake O'Hara in British Columbia's Yoho National ...
Aug 01, 2019 Interior view of an outhouse at the Lake O'Hara parking lot at Yoho National Park in the Rocky Mountains, in eastern British Columbia on July 28, 2019. Some new signs are popping up in the Canadian Rockies to show international visitors how to properly use the outhouses. Staff at Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park installed toilet etiquette signs in the bathroom facilities in June. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colette Derworiz
Mother of man whose funeral Laverdiere attended now charged in her homicide
Tiki Laverdiere attended the funeral of Tristen Cook-Buckle on the Thunderchild First Nation in the days before her death. Now, Cook-Buckle's mother, Nicole Cook, is charged in Laverdiere's homicide. ...
Aug 01, 2019
Scheer promises premiers health transfer increase in anticipation of attacks
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is putting Canada's money where his mouth is, promising to increase health and social transfer payments by at least three per cent every year should he becom...
Aug 01, 2019
Sask. elder, leader Tony Cote passes away at 84
A well-respected leader and elder in Saskatchewan has died. Tony Cote passed away Wednesday at the age of 84. "We lost a great man today," Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Camero...
Aug 01, 2019
Midway boss says new Queen City Ex ride is 'nothing but a hit'
A trip to the fair wouldn't be complete without rides. This year's Queen City Ex features a new one called the Star Dancer. "We premiered it this spring in Miami, Florida for the very first time. We b...
Aug 01, 2019 The Star Dancer, the newest ride at the Queen City Ex, in operation on Aug. 1, 2019. (Nathan Meyer/980 CJME)
50 kilograms of meth seized from semi stopped at Alberta-Montana border crossing
CALGARY - Alberta border officers say they have made their largest seizure of methamphetamine at a crossing into Canada from Montana. Agents stopped a semi-truck with an empty trailer for a secondary ...
Aug 01, 2019 RCMP Cpl. Jon Cormier and RCMP Insp. Charlene O'Neill stand over seized methamphetamine from a truck at a Canada-U.S. border crossing in southern Alberta during a press conference in Calgary on Aug. 1, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lauren Krugel
PM pledges access to medication as pharmacists, patient groups fear shortage
OTTAWA - Canadians will continue to have access to the medications they need, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Thursday in the face of escalating worry about a Trump administration decision to a...
Aug 01, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Liberals’ cannabis possession pardon legislation now in force: justice minister
MONTREAL - Canadians with criminal records for simple pot possession can now apply for a pardon free of cost and with no mandatory five-year waiting period - but they'll have to finish their sentence ...
Aug 01, 2019
Defence to spend $250 million over five years on infrastructure for reserves
HALIFAX - Canada's military reserve units will see $250 million in repairs and upgrades to their armouries and training facilities over the next five years, changes Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says...
Aug 01, 2019
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Murray Wood: Local radio is strong. Corporate ownership, not so much
Murray Wood says Rogers closed some stations that should be very viable. As a result, more communities are losing import...
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The Evan Bray Show - Friday, July 10
On Friday's show, Evan talked about the fire and flood season in the province, the final hometown show for the Canadian ...