11 h. ago How I learned to stop worrying and love swimming in Dow's Lake

The NCC insists it's okay to swim in Dow's Lake. Most locals don't believe them. So Lynn Saxberg jumped into the murky waters to find out.

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7 d. ago Cannonballs at Dow's Lake: Return of swimming marked at new recreational dock

"We really are a water capital, and it's just so exciting to bring that here."

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2 w. ago Toronto cops credit genetic genealogy for cracking nearly 30

Police are crediting the use of investigative genetic genealogy in helping to identify a man whose lifeless body was found nearly 30 years ago. Toronto Police provided an update on the cold case Wednesday, saying that on Aug. 23, 1996, the body of a man was found in a downtown field near Lake Shore Blvd. […]

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2 w. ago Wildfire live updates: Half of Chipewyan Lake's buildings burned down | Wildfires force evacuations from mining operations

An ongoing look at everything you need to know about wildfires in Alberta and Western Canada.

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2 w. ago Wildfire live updates: Rain slows wildfires, Alberta oil output restored | Half of Chipewyan Lake's buildings burned down

An ongoing look at everything you need to know about wildfires in Alberta and Western Canada.

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2 w. ago Cenovus the latest oil company to shut production in Alberta due to wildfires

CALGARY — Some oilsands producers are removing workers and shutting production from their sites as wildfires rage in northeastern Alberta. Cenovus Energy Inc. said Sunday only essential personnel are left at its Christina Lake oilsands operations south of Fort McMurray, Alta. It began shutting down production from the steam-driven project on Thursday and about 238,000 […]

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3 w. ago B.C. city considers state of emergency to deal with rising crime, but not nightly curfew

At a meeting on May 27, council voted to direct staff to investigate what the city can do in a state of emergency, including putting people into involuntary care if needed.

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