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Officials say around one-third of Jasper’s townsite is damaged as cooler temperatures and rain keep the spread of the wildfires at bay for now.
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Three people are dead after a two-vehicle crash on a rural highway east of Calgary on Friday morning. Emergency crews were called to Highway 564 at Highway 9 in Rocky View County around 10 a.m. RCMP…
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Fire officials have determined what led to a fatal explosion at a seniors home in Calgary’s East Village last week. Emergency crews were called to the retirement home on 6 Street SE near 9 Avenue SE…
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A stretch of Calgary’s Blue Line will be closed for maintenance this weekend. Calgary Transit says there will be no CTrain service between City Hall/Bow Valley College and Marlborough stations on Saturday…
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Celine Dion staged the comeback of her career during the opening ceremony at the Olympic Games in Paris. The Quebecois vocal powerhouse performed publicly for the first time since revealing she was…
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Residents in Jasper are slowly learning what is still standing in their community, and what’s lost. The owner of the Bears Paw Bakery says while her business survived, her home is gone. Having personally…
In the wake of a devastating wildfire in the mountain community of Jasper, residents in Bragg Creek are expressing concern about the possibility of a wildfire in their own community. Jayden Wasney reports.
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The City of Calgary says close to a thousand evacuees fleeing the Jasper wildfires have registered in the city as of Friday morning.
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Rayn Rashid talks to people at the Calgary Dashmesh Culture Centre where the Sikh community is offering support to Jasper wildfire evacuees by gathering donations of food, water, and hygiene products.
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More than 360 buildings have been destroyed or damaged in Jasper after a wildfire hit the town Wednesday. As Sean Amato reports, town, provincial and federal officials agree that nothing could have been done to stop the flames.
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Canada & First Nations in Northern Ontario agreed to share revenues from land ceded in the 1850 Superior & Huron Treaties. But Canada hasn’t adjusted payments since 1875 – and the Supreme Court says it’s time to pay up.
A wildfire that has at times, become a wall 100 meters high, has forced hundreds to flee Jasper National Park. Fire crews from across the province work to combat the fire which has hit part of the township…
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The Alberta Government is proposing a unified wildfire command with the federal government in the wake of an ongoing blaze in Jasper that is estimated to have caused damage to 30 to 50 per cent of the townsite’s infrastructure.
Alberta’s premier says up to half of the structures in Jasper, including homes and businesses, have been destroyed by a raging wildfire.
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The sun made its presence felt on the second day of the CPKC Women’s Open at Earl Grey Golf Club. Although it was 10 degrees cooler than what the golfers were used to during their practice rounds…
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The number of Jasper wildfire evacuees registered in Calgary nearly doubled in the last 24 hours.
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OTTAWA — The defence lawyer for a prominent organizer of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa says he is not responsible for the mischief that ensued during the protest. Defence Lawyer Natasha Calvinho…
Scotiabank says the technical issues preventing some customers from receiving inbound payments, including direct deposits, Friday has been fixed.
Canadian National Railway Co. says it has restarted rail shipments through Jasper National Park. Canada’s largest railroad operator suspended operations in the Jasper area Wednesday afternoon as wildfires…
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