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Williams Lake wildfire prompts local state of emergencyA local state of emergency has been declared in Williams Lake where crews are battling an out-of-control wildfire that broke out on the outskirts of town.FireJul 22
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Calgary water emergency: Welding of new steel pipes to begin Sunday nightCalgary water crews working on a broken water main that’s plunged the city into a local state of emergency have focused their weekend on welding.CanadaJun 23
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Calgary Stampede will continue amid water emergency: ‘The show will go on’Calgary officials said Monday that summer festivals and events, including the Stampede, will go ahead despite a local state of emergency due to a critical water main break.CanadaJun 17
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Calgary lifts state of local emergency but outdoor water restrictions remainCalgary emergency officials have lifted the state of local emergency as conditions for keeping it are no longer required, but warned things are not back to normal yet.CanadaJul 4
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Boissonnault’s former company, business partner face civil fraud allegationGlobal Health Imports, co-founded by cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault, faces its seventh lawsuit and a new allegation of fraud.PoliticsAug 15
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Jasper wildfire evacuees forced to take long roundabout route back to safety in AlbertaIn all, officials believe about 25,000 people were impacted by the evacuation order issued for all of Jasper National Park in western Alberta.FireJul 23
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Nearly 1K people flee Garden River as wildfire threatens road access: officialsIn an update on Thursday afternoon, Alberta Wildfire confirmed that 981 residents of Garden River had left the community by Wednesday night.FireJul 11
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Hurricane Francine takes aim at Louisiana as Category 2 stormThe hurricane was expected to make landfall later in the day, crashing into a coastal region that hasn’t fully recovered from a series of devastating hurricanes in 2020 and 2021.U.S. NewsSep 11
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Town of Wainwright lifts water restrictions, terminates state of local emergencyTown officials made the announcement shortly after 8 a.m. on Monday. They added that the state of local emergency has now also been terminated.CanadaJun 17
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Man deserted by coworkers on office retreat braves night on Colorado peakThe man was stranded alone overnight on Mount Shavano and was left without phone signal during a freezing rainstorm.TrendingAug 29
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Central Europe floods pound cities, kill 17 as mass evacuations underwayHeavy rains and floods ravaged large parts of Central Europe, and at least 17 people have died in flooding from Austria to Romania in the past few days.WorldSep 16
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Ford government addiction hubs will open before supervised consumption sites closeOntario is planning a rapid application and approval process for its new HART hubs, but some worry the locations can't make up for closing supervised injection sites.CanadaAug 27
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Calgary declares state of local emergency over water crisis prompted by feeder main breakThe announcement came on Day 10 of the crisis, and a day after crews found additional damage on a feeder main that shifted the expected timeline for restoring normal water service.CanadaJun 15
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Venables Valley wildfire victims face ‘daunting’ cleanup without insuranceSix weeks after wildfire ravaged their remote community, Venables Valley residents are facing new challenges as they try to cleanup and rebuild as government funding dries up.FireAug 29
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Red Lobster sale approved, will exit bankruptcy protectionA U.S. bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved Red Lobster's reorganization plan and sale to a lender group led by asset manager Fortress.U.S. NewsSep 5
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Jasper wildfire: Several trails, day use areas in national park to reopen Friday'If you plan to travel to Jasper, check what's open and available before you go,' officials said.FireSep 5
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Hezbollah members among 9 dead as exploding pagers wound 2,750 in LebanonParts of Syria were also impacted in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack that Lebanon's health minister said killed at least nine people.WorldSep 17
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Ukraine mourns dead from Russian strike, vows to increase military productionFuneral services were held for victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, as Ukraine’s president vows to increase military production. ,WorldSep 7
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At least 4 dead in large Russian attack on UkraineThe barrage of over 100 missiles and a similar number of drones began around midnight and continued through daybreak in what appeared to be Russia’s biggest onslaught in weeks.WorldAug 26
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Biden moving to block US$14.9B sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon: sourcesNippon's planned US$14.9 billion acquisition has received all regulatory approvals from outside the United States and a green light from U.S. Steel's shareholders.EconomySep 4