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TSB report warns that unnoticed locomotive fires pose wildfire risk
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is warning about the risks of fires going unnoticed on locomotives and setting wildfires, citing dozens of on-board blazes in a report into an incident two ye...
Aug 24, 2023

Lakeside Festival gets ready to rock to Waskesiu
Thousands of people are expected to travel to Prince Albert National Park this weekend as an annual music festival returns.The Waskesiu Lakeside Music Festival starts Friday evening and continues thro...
Aug 24, 2023

At nearly 37, Canada's Michael Woods still hungry after Tour de France stage win
MONTREAL - Canada's Michael Woods is already looking ahead after winning a stage at the Tour de France earlier this summer - hungry to accomplish more despite his age. The 36-year-old from Ottawa, who...
Aug 24, 2023

The wildland-urban interface: why wildfire fatalities seem so prevalent in the U.S.
WASHINGTON - The oceanfront home on Maui's western shore sits unscathed, family car in the driveway, its pristine red roof and well-tended yard an oasis of hope on a bleak landscape of ash and destruc...
Aug 24, 2023

Rod Stewart apologizes to Saskatoon after missing performance
Sir Rod Stewart is very sorry.The British singer didn't appear on stage at a performance at Saskatoon's SaskTel Centre on Saturday night after suffering a vocal cord injury during his warmup immediate...
Aug 24, 2023

Toronto FC players focused on ending winless streak as coaching rumours swirl
Toronto FC midfielder Alonso Coello said his team has kept its focus on snapping their lengthy winless streak rather than reports that Canadian men's national team John Herdman is in talks to take ove...
Aug 24, 2023

Saskatchewan NDP critic calls on Ottawa to extend CEBA deadline
Thousands of small businesses will be required to repay loans under the Canada Emergency Business Account program by the end of the year.But while the federal loans of up to $60,000 helped keep some 2...
Aug 24, 2023

Ohio University QB Kurtis Rourke ranked No. 1 prospect on CFL scouting list
TORONTO - Kurtis Rourke has secured family bragging rights. The Ohio University quarterback was the top player listed Thursday in the CFL Scouting Bureau's fall edition of the top-20 prospects for nex...
Aug 24, 2023

Foreign interference talks: Parties trade jabs for bipartisan chats from the cottage
OTTAWA - House leaders for the main federal parties have been working together this summer to make a public inquiry on foreign interference happen, as they put aside partisan jabs that dominated Parli...
Aug 24, 2023

Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan chides Joly for 'unacceptable' comments to Armenians
OTTAWA - Azerbaijan's foreign ministry argues Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly is undermining peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh region by referring to the area with the name used by Armenian ...
Aug 24, 2023