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With the official opening of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion just days away, those who live and work in Fort McMurray hope their fortunes are headed for an upswing.

The confirmed death toll from the weekend flooding stood at 61, according to health authorities. But the tally did not include the city of Derna, which had become inaccessible.

The family of Colton Sisco, 6, are raising questions about a public alert that was delayed close to two hours, unreliable cellular service and a lack of flood-risk mapping.

On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tank cars filled with crude oil derailed and exploded, killing 47 people and destroying entire city blocks in the Quebec town.

A slew of investigations, court cases, reports and regulatory changes followed over the succeeding decade, but the volume of dangerous goods transported on the tracks rose too.

Drawing on the harrowing first hand-accounts of victims and interviews with railway officials, the docuseries traces how the small town became the site of the 2013 rail disaster.

The neighbouring municipality of Frontenac confirmed that 92.5 per cent of eligible residents opposed the project in a referendum held Sunday.

Legislative changes to health care in Ontario will be part of the Ford government's plans during a spring sitting, while an ethics investigation hangs over one minister.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced that he made the difficult decision to expropriate land after the failure of negotiations to purchase property from local landowners.

The eight-episode show comes months before the 10-year-anniversary of the July 6, 2013 disaster, when a runaway train loaded with crude oil derailed and exploded killing 47 people.

Based out of The Hague, the organization works in different countries to help identify the remains of those who have disappeared or been killed in conflicts and disasters.

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey is calling for an emergency sitting of the legislature to address an ongoing ambulance strike.

Investigators with the Quebec provincial police's major crimes division are still searching for answers about what caused the blast.

N.B. education officials can't say how many schools won't be able to offer the new French program this fall. About 40 per cent of anglophone schools don't offer French Immersion.

Canada's nurses say they are burnt out and considering leaving the profession as Omicron cases continue to surge across the country, leaving them understaffed and under-resourced.

Cities are typically engineered to repel rainwater into drains and pipes. But building them like ‘sponges’ to absorb water can better help against flooding.

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ZEE PHYU KWIN, Myanmar - In her long scarlet sarong, crisp white shirt and nurse's cap pinned neatly in place, Khin Aye Nwe looks as though she belongs in a modern hospital. Instead, the midwife's clean sandals scuff across the dusty cement floor of a dilapidated clinic in Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta.

A look at Mégantic–L'Érable, one of Quebec’s 78 ridings in the 2021 federal election.

The Conservative government has unveiled a new set of rules aimed at improving rail safety in Canada.