Western Australia

• Calgary man killed in crash in Australia was to come home for sister’s wedding in February

  A Calgary man who was killed in a car crash this week is remembered by his family as fearless and full of adventure. Despite moving to Australia in 2019, Alberta was always home.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2024
  
• Race to rescue nearly 50 beached whales in Australia after dozens dead

  Volunteers worked frantically on a second day Wednesday to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia.

  World

  Jul 26, 2023
  
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• 16-year-old girl killed in shark attack in Australia, parents ‘devastated’

  Before the fatal shark attack, Stella Berry, 16, had been riding jet skis with her friends in the Swan River, outside Perth.

  Trending

  Feb 6, 2023
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• Missing radioactive capsule found on side of highway in Western Australia

  It is believed that the capsule, which contains a small quantity of radioactive Caesium-137, fell from a delivery truck during transport from a desert mine.

  Trending

  Jan 30, 2023
• Australia battered by the elements at tail-end of record bushfire season

  On the country's east coast, New South Wales, hit hardest by Australia's wildfires in 2019, is now in danger of life-threatening floods.

  Fire

  Feb 9, 2020
• 7 people found dead in rural Western Australia, including 4 children

  Seven people have been found dead in a rural town in Australia's Margaret River wine-growing region, police said on Friday.

  Crime

  May 10, 2018
• WATCH: Dolphin ‘body checks’ paddle boarder back into surf in Australia

  WATCH: A video from Australia has gone viral after a dolphin leaps out of the water, body-checking a paddle boarder into the surf.

  News

  Apr 28, 2018
• Man checks in single can of beer as luggage, documents successful journey

  An Australian man's joke of checking in a single can of beer as luggage for a flight from Melbourne to Perth has gone viral.

  World

  Jul 12, 2017
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• Fire tornado sends horses running, torches Australian ranch

  Amateur video shot on Monday shows a fire tornado forming during a bushfire near Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia.

  Environment

  Feb 7, 2017
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• Kayaker captures close call with Great White shark off coast of Australia

  A kayaker’s GoPro camera captured his scary encounter with a five-metre long Great White shark off the coast of Australia Thursday.

  Environment

  Jul 29, 2016