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For third day, it was the hottest day on Earth, as global temperature matches record set Tuesday
Earth's average temperature remained at a record high Wednesday, after two days in which the planet reached unofficial records. It's the latest marker in a series of climate-change-driven extremes. Th...
Jul 5, 2023
Russian missile attack on Lviv, Ukraine, kills 3 people and wounds more, mayor says
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Three people have been killed in a Russian missile attack in Lviv, Ukraine, and the mayor says more people are wounded. Mayor Andriy Sadovyi says around 60 apartments and 50 cars ...
Jul 5, 2023
Justin Trudeau tweets invitation to Taylor Swift asking her to bring tour to Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be a secret Swiftie, after tweeting an invitation to superstar Taylor Swift asking her to bring her Eras tour to Canada Swift announced Wednesday that she is a...
Jul 5, 2023
NHL-er Michael Stone retires, joins Calgary Flames in player development role
CALGARY - Canadian hockey player Michael Stone has retired and joined the Calgary Flames as a staff member. Calgary says Stone has joined as the newest member of their player development team. Stone, ...
Jul 5, 2023
Beat the heat this summer with the return of pop-up spray parks
Starting this Thursday, July 6, spray parks will once again be popping up in neighbourhoods across the city.Red Deerians are invited to join Red Deer Emergency Services as they use fire engines to cre...
Jul 5, 2023
Blue Jays-White Sox game postponed, to be made up Thursday as part of doubleheader
CHICAGO (AP) - The scheduled game between the Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays was postponed because of rain and is set to be made up as part of a doubleheader on Thursday. Toronto's Jos Berros...
Jul 5, 2023
New spray park at Dawe Centre opens this Saturday
The community is invited to a Family Fun Day to commemorate the opening of Woody's Spray Park at the G.H. Dawe Community Centre. The free family event is being held on Saturday, July 8 from 11 a.m. to...
Jul 5, 2023
Toxic gas leak in South Africa kills 16 people, including three children, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - At least 16 people, including three children, died when toxic gas leaked from a cyclinder near Johannesburg, South African police said Wednesday. Emergency services said that as ma...
Jul 5, 2023
Manitoba government says searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too risky
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says a proposed search for the remains of two slain Indigenous women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg is too risky. Premier Heather Stefanson says the ...
Jul 5, 2023
Victims of fatal 2021 B.C. library stabbing describe shattered lives at sentencing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Victims of a stabbing spree and their relatives have told a sentencing hearing how their lives were shattered two years ago by the deadly attack in and around the Lynn Valley L...
Jul 5, 2023