Man injured in East York stabbing
Joseph Ryan / citynews - A man has been taken to a hospital after he was stabbed in East York on Saturday afternoon. The incident happened in the Danforth and Broadview Avenues area around 4 p.m. Police say they found a man in his 50s with a stab wound. He was taken to a hospital…
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City moving to protect neighbourhoods at risk of future northwest feeder main breaks
Bill Kaufmann / calgaryherald - City takes measures to manage potential flooding should the water main that's burst twice in 18 months fail catastrophically again, says head of infrastructure services.
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Heavy snowfall expected to blanket Montreal
News Staff / citynews - Montreal is bracing for a significant snowfall tonight, with forecasters warning of rapid accumulation, reduced visibility and difficult travel, as an active winter pattern settles over the region for much of the coming week. Environment and Climate Chang…
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Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian oil depot after Moscow launches new hypersonic missile
News Staff / citynews - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Volgograd region, regional authorities said on Saturday. There were no immediate reports of casualties, regional Gov. Andrei Bocharov was quoted as saying in…
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Officials say a shark killed an American woman along a beach in the US Virgin Islands
The Associated Press / nationalpost - PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — A shark attacked and killed an American woman along a beach in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, officials said Friday. Police identified the victim as 56-year-old Arlene Lillis of Minnesota. A hometown wasn’t immediatel…
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Newcomers should be primed for Quebec winter roads after 2025 fatal crash: coroner
News Staff / citynews - A Quebec coroner is recommending the province’s auto insurance board better prepare newcomers about the dangers of winter driving, following the death of a Mexican man last year. Coroner Nancy Bouchard’s findings stem from an investigation into the death …
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‘Old gal has had rough night’: Main break floods iconic Yukon bar amid -40 C weather
The Canadian Press / nationalpost - A major water main break in Dawson City, Yukon, flooded streets and a historic bar as temperatures plunged to -40 C amid a recent cold snap. Dawson’s public works department said some residents and businesses were without water as workers tried to fix dam…
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Ottawa to send military to Manitoba after power outages force evacuations in First Nation
Temur Durrani / theglobeandmail - At least 200 homes in Pimicikamak are considered unlivable, while around 1,100 others are being assessed for damage
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Saskatoon hospital patient dead after altercation with security
sootoday - SASKATOON — Saskatoon police say they're investigating after a patient at the Royal University Hospital died this morning following an altercation with security.
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Calgary water main repaired but restrictions remain until testing done, city says
sootoday - CALGARY — The City of Calgary says it has finished repairs on a disastrous water main break but testing still needs to be done before it's fully operational again.
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Calgary police investigate suspicious death in community of Canyon Meadows
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - Homicide investigators were still at the scene Friday morning, a day after Calgary police were called out to a suspicious death in the southwest community of Canyon Meadows.
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City of Calgary ignored two decades of warning signs about water system, report finds
Patrick White / theglobeandmail - Panel says the city became aware of vulnerabilities as early as 2004, when a similar type of pipe ruptured
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Chief of Manitoba First Nation hit by power outage surveys damage with federal, provincial leaders
Brittany Hobson / theglobeandmail - Thousands of residents have been forced from the Pimicikamak Cree Nation with no timeline on when they can return
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Yorkdale GO bus shooting: Murder charge laid in Toronto’s 1st homicide of 2026
Gabby Rodrigues / globalnews - Toronto police have laid a first-degree murder charge in connection to a fatal shooting on board a Yorkdale GO bus earlier this week, marking the city's first homicide of 2026.
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Richmond Hill home targeted by second drive by shooting in 14 months
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - York Regional Police are investigating a drive-by shooting in Richmond Hill early Wednesday after multiple rounds were fired at a residence that had been targeted in a previous incident last fall.
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Residents allowed back into one of two Thorncliffe Park condos evacuated due to fire
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The City of Toronto says it has given the green light for most residents to return to one of two highrises evacuated due to a fire that smouldered inside the walls for weeks.
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Nova Scotia youth attacked by three dogs has died, school officials say
theglobeandmail - The ‘large-breed’ dogs attacked a child on Upper Sandy Cove Road in the community of Welshtown on Saturday, RCMP say
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Ontario senior accused of triple shooting murder-suicide, ex-partner seriously injured
theglobeandmail - An 81-year-old man in Cornwall shot an 80-year-old woman and her friend before turning the gun on himself, police say
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School buses cancelled in parts of GTA as region expects blast of icy weather
theglobeandmail - Student transportation services cancelled in Durham District, York Region and Halton District school boards
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‘No guarantee’ Bearspaw South Feeder Main will not break again: City of Calgary
Ken MacGillivray / globalnews - More water restrictions will be part of the 'new reality of water usage' warned Mayor Jeromy Farkas, as the city provided an update Monday on the rupture of a major water main.
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