Australia culls dingoes linked to attack on Canadian Piper James, found dead on beach

sootoday - A pack of "aggressive" dingoes involved in the death of 19-year-old Canadian Piper James on an Australian beach is being culled, government officials have announced.

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Massive storm will test U.S. power grids and transportation infrastructure this weekend

Bloomberg News / nationalpost - The storm is expected to span almost 2,400 kilometres, bringing heavy snow, crippling ice and subzero wind chill to some of the nation’s biggest cities

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Too cold to ski: Bone-chilling cold warnings sweep the country

sootoday - WINNIPEG — A baleful front of face-freezing Arctic air delivered a winter wallop across Canada’s midsection Friday, making it too cold to ski in parts of Manitoba and sending agencies rallying to keep the homeless warm.

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Military mission complete in Manitoba First Nation dealing with frozen water damage

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The federal government says a military mission to help a northern Manitoba First Nation in the aftermath of a water crisis brought on by a power outage is complete.

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Montreal and Quebec brace for extreme cold over the weekend

Alessia Simona Maratta / globalnews - The Montreal area is under a yellow cold warning, which warns of frigid weather with wind chill values reaching almost -35 C Friday night.

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Illness breaks out in beleaguered Ontario First Nation

Sonal Gupta / nationalobserver - Health tests at Kashechewan First Nation, which is already in a state of emergency due to water contamination, show a widespread outbreak of the water-borne cryptosporidium — likely a result of the contamination.

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Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge closed after building fire

theglobeandmail - Fire is in a vacant building on the Montreal side of the span, at the intersection of De Lorimier Ave. and Logan St.

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Nenshi accuses Smith’s UCP of playing blame game over Calgary water main

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Naheed Nenshi was Calgary’s mayor during part of the time when, a report says, projects to inspect and perform maintenance on the water line were deferred for other priorities.

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Doctors in FIFA World Cup cities worry about ER capacity, strain on health system

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Doctors in Canada's FIFA World Cup host cities say they're concerned the already strained health-care system will buckle if an unexpected surge happens during the tournament.

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High-speed trains collide after one derails in southern Spain, killing at least 21

sootoday - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A high-speed train derailed, jumped onto the track in the opposite direction and slammed into an oncoming train Sunday in southern Spain, killing at least people 21 and injuring dozens more, the country's transport minister sa

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Durham, Ont. police say officer shot when responding to armed person call

Sean Previl / globalnews - Durham Regional Police say officers were responding to a call about an armed person in Oshawa, Ont., when both the suspect and an officer were shot.

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Wind tears wall off rancid N.L. fish sauce plant

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A foul-smelling abandoned fish-sauce factory in rural Newfoundland has become an environmental hazard after high winds tore the front wall off the building on Friday night.

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Keith Gerein: Edmonton’s hospital crisis an ongoing story of half-measures and false promises

Keith Gerein / edmontonjournal - Like the fable of the ant and the grasshopper, a lot of time has been wasted in this province on harmful system reorganizations, divisive culture war battles and other nonsense instead of preparing for winter. And now it’s here

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Calgary police investigating stabbing outside southwest high school

Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - Calgary police say a 17-year-old was taken to hospital in life-threatening condition following a stabbing near Henry Wise Wood High School in southwest Calgary on Friday afternoon.

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Government's use of Emergencies Act in 2022 was 'unreasonable': Court of Appeal

Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - The decision issued Friday affirms a 2024 Federal Court ruling that rejected use of the emergencies law and found invocation of the act led to the infringement of constitutional rights.

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City streets fared poorly during fourth snowstorm of the season

Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - Slick conditions Thursday as ice turned to snow and blanketed the Montreal region snarled motorists, buses and the REM.

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Cypress Mountain chairlift fall claims life of Maple Ridge man

Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - An 18-year-old man from Maple Ridge has died following a fall from a chairlift at Cypress Mountain Resort, West Vancouver Police confirmed Friday.

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Calgary lifts all water-use restrictions after tests on repaired pipe successful

sootoday - CALGARY — The City of Calgary says tests have been successful on a ruptured and repaired water main, so restrictions affecting its 1.6 million people are immediately lifted.

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