Murray Wood: How young is too young to bring kids to sports games
How young is too young to bring children to a stadium? After taking his six-year-old grandson to watch the Riders, Murra...
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Leave blueberries for animals, Parks Canada tells pickers on St. John's landmark
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - People in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital are tossing their plastic buckets in exasperation after a request from Parks Canada to stop picking blueberries on Signal Hill. "It's r...
Aug 13, 2021
Death toll from floods in northern Turkey reaches 27
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - The death toll from the severe floods and mudslides in northern Turkey rose to 27 Friday after search and rescue crews recovered 10 more bodies overnight, officials said. An oppo...
Aug 13, 2021
First live 'murder hornet' sighted near U.S.-Canada border, say scientists
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Scientists from the Washington State Department of Agriculture say they've found the first so-called live murder hornet for the year. In a news release Thursday, entomologists say the...
Aug 12, 2021
Heat, low humidity and wind gusts are working against firefighting cause in B.C.
VANCOUVER - High temperatures, low humidity and an increase in winds are making wildfire conditions challenging in southern British Columbia, says the provincial deputy forests minister. Rick Manwarin...
Aug 12, 2021
Fred weaker, but likely to drench Florida as tropical storm
HAVANA (AP) - Tropical Depression Fred headed for a drenching of Cuba and the Bahamas on Thursday on a forecast track that would carry it toward South Florida as a tropical storm by Saturday. The main...
Aug 12, 2021
'Cheering for the mammoth': Scientists retrace the steps of 17,000 year-old animal
More than 17,000 years ago, a woolly mammoth roamed enough of the Alaskan landscape to circle the Earth twice. That's according to a new paper from an international team of researchers who retraced th...
Aug 12, 2021
Floods that hit northern Turkey leave 17 dead, 1 missing
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish authorities said Thursday the death toll from the severe floods and mudslides that struck the north of the country has risen to 17, and one more person is still reported ...
Aug 12, 2021
Three people in hospital after polar bear attack near Nunavut community
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Three people are in hospital after they were attacked by a polar bear in Nunavut's Baffin region. RCMP said the three were badly injured but were expected to recover. Officers were ...
Aug 11, 2021
Wildfires in Algeria leave 32 dead, including 25 soldiers
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed saving residents from wildfires ravaging mountain forests and villages east of the capital, the president announced Tuesday night as t...
Aug 10, 2021
'We have nothing': Residents share frustrations after destructive B.C. wildfire
A resident of a small British Columbia community devastated by wildfire says she and others want to return home to see what remains of their properties and businesses. The community of Monte Lake, in ...
Aug 10, 2021
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Guest host Brent Loucks discusses the Air Canada strike with lawyer Steven Seiferling, dangers of prairie snakes with Sh...