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• Weak B.C. snowpack pushes risk of avalanche to highest in two decades

  Avalanche season in B.C. is off to a deadly start, claiming five lives in under a month, and one expert predicts these conditions won't change anytime soon.

  Environment

  Jan 29, 2023
  
• Provincial police urge caution on Quebec roads, waterways over construction holiday

  Quebec police will be out in full force over the next two weeks in an effort to curb dangerous driving on the provinces roads and waterways during the construction holiday.

  Traffic

  Jul 22, 2022
  
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• SQ says fatal collisions on Quebec roads during 2021 increased from 2020

  The Sûreté du Québec said there were 245 fatal collisions in Quebec in 2021, 14 more than in 2020.

  Traffic

  Jan 13, 2022
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• Deadly rabbit virus enters southern Alberta: ‘This disease is very scary’

  The disease is easily transmissible and highly contagious, and has a high mortality rate.

  Environment

  May 4, 2021
• ‘A great guy when he was sober:’ Mother of Transcona fire victim pleads for alcohol addiction resources

  A Winnipeg mother says her son struggled with alcohol addiction and believes that addiction led to his death in a house fire in Transcona Sunday night.

  Canada

  Feb 3, 2020
• Pointe-aux-Trembles fire kills man, forces people out of 15 apartments

  A fire tore through a third-floor apartment in Pointe-aux-Trembles, killing a man and forcing the evacuation of 15 apartments.

  Canada

  Jul 4, 2017
• Deadly carfentanil drug possibly uncovered in Winnipeg

  A 37-year-old Winnipeg man is facing numerous charges after a raid on a west end hotel uncovered tens of thousands of dollars in drugs.

  Sep 15, 2016
• At least 1 dead, 3 missing in Texas flooding

  At least one person has died in Texas and three are missing after torrential thunderstorms caused floods and at least one tornado that closed roads and schools, prompted evacuations and damaged.

  Weather

  May 27, 2016
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• Experts fear newly discovered ‘superbug’ will render antibiotics useless

  A new bacteria discovered in an American patient is alarming researchers and prompting a medical journal to declare "the emergence of a truly pan-drug resistant bacteria."

  Health

  May 26, 2016
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• FlyDubai plane tried to climb out of second aborted landing before crash: report

  Russia's civil aviation authority has issued its first report on last month's crash of a FlyDubai plane in south-western Russia, shedding light on what caused the sudden descent that killed all 62 people on board.

  World

  Apr 8, 2016