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Checkpoints will block attempts to return, N.W.T. official warns wildfire evacuees
YELLOWKNIFE - A spokeswoman for the Northwest Territories' emergency management organization says there have been reports of people returning to Fort Smith, or planning to return there, despite the wi...
Aug 22, 2023
Ex-BBC reporter passionate about local news informing N.W.T. and beyond about fires
A former BBC sports reporter in the Northwest Territories has become central to the world's understanding of the wildfires threatening the territory and its capital, Yellowknife. Ollie Williams is the...
Aug 22, 2023
Premier to get first-hand look at fire damage in B.C.'s southern Interior
British Columbia Premier David Eby is scheduled to visit the province's fire-ravaged southern Interior today, along with Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston, to ...
Aug 22, 2023
Divisive Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns from exile as party seeks to form new government
BANGKOK (AP) - Divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Tuesday after years of self-imposed exile to face criminal charges on the same day that a party affiliated with him...
Aug 21, 2023
'T. rexes' race to photo finish at Washington state track
AUBURN, Wash. (AP) - A track for live horse racing in suburban Seattle turned prehistoric over the weekend as more than 200 people ran down the track cloaked in inflatable Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur c...
Aug 21, 2023
James Smith Cree Nation acknowledges those who helped after mass stabbings in 2022
Those who helped during last year's mass stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation were officially thanked by the entire community On Monday, Aug. 21.The public thank you directed to everyone who assist...
Aug 21, 2023
Alabama can enforce ban on puberty blockers and hormones for transgender children, court says
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - A federal appeals court ruled Monday that Alabama can enforce a ban outlawing the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender children, the second such appellate ...
Aug 21, 2023
Biden says federal government will help Maui 'for as long as it takes' to recover from wildfire
LAHAINA, Hawaii, (AP) - President Joe Biden told survivors of Hawaii's wildfires that the nation "grieves with you" and promised that the federal government will help Maui "for as long as it takes" to...
Aug 21, 2023
Fertilizer Distribution Centre being planned in Tisdale
Tisdale will soon be home to a new fertilizer distribution centre.Genesis Fertilizers has partnered with Invest Tisdale to create the facility which would coincide with its urea production facility th...
Aug 21, 2023
Candle Lake man re-arrested after 23 firearms and 100,000 rounds of ammunition found at residence
A 50-year-old man from Candle Lake is facing over a dozen charges, following a pair of incidents in the community earlier this month.Steven Mitchell was arrested on Aug. 10.Nipawin and Smeaton RCMP re...
Aug 21, 2023