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Photo: Kevin Karpinsky Air tankers over a fire in Williams Lake on Sunday. UPDATE 2:15 p.m. Residents of Williams Lake, B.C., got a front-row look at the wildfire fight to save their community, with water bombers swooping low and dropping red fire retardant, crews spraying structure fires from ladders and RCMP evacuating residents. The…

Days ahead of his 100th birthday, Thomas Archibald Franklin, better known as Tom, is feeling ‘pretty good’. “I can’t believe it,” Franklin tells CTV Atlantic. “You know for 100 years old, I think I’m doing pretty good.” Born in Digby, N.S., on July 23, 1924, Tom was one of six children. In 1943, he joined the Royal Canadian Air…

The crew of the Elite Navigator, the fishing vessel missing since Wednesday, are home after spending days in a life-raft on the Atlantic Ocean. (Arlette Lazarenko)The crew of the Elite Navigator, the fishing vessel missing since Wednesday, arrived home safely on Saturday.The seven crew members were greeted by hundreds of people celebrating their…

WARNING: This story contains discussion of intimate partner violence.A 17-year-old girl has died in hospital two days after she was stabbed in an incident that involved a domestic violence call and ended in the fatal shooting of a London, Ont., man by police.The girl has been identified by police and her family as Breanna Broadfoot."Today we had…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksPolitics"These complaints were the culmination of years of politically fuelled personal attacks on me and my family," Shandro said in an emailed statement to PostmediaPublished Jul 18, 2024  •  Last updated 1 hour ago  •  4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Traffic along Highway 97 near Peachland, B.C., is flowing once again after a wildfire temporarily closed the road. The fire is believed to be human-caused and was estimated at six hectares as of 3 p.m.BC Wildfire sent ground…

Significant delays are expected as Lougheed Highway is closed in both directions for the investigation. A person has been airlifted to a hospital following a serious, four-vehicle condition on a highway in Maple Ridge. Paramedics and police officers were called to a crash at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and 287 Street at 6:36…

Subway trains bypassed at least two flooded Toronto subway stations late Monday afternoon. The flooding impacted the eastbound trains at Christie Station on Line 2. The station has since reopened. St. Patrick Station on Line 1 remains closed at this hour.  The Delaware entrance at Ossington Station, which is also on…

Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsLocal NewsThe social media gaffe is potentially politically divisive for British Columbians already feeling the influence of U.S. style culture wars, says a Vancouver crisis PR expertPublished Jul 14, 2024  •  Last updated 29 minutes ago  •  3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Roberto Marchioni, 57, of Toronto is still missing as of Saturday afternoon, police said as they appealed to the public for help in identifying suspects in what’s believed to be a targeted abduction. York Regional Police began…