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Canada's defense minister said Saturday that people were killed and injured in an incident at a military base in Alberta that caused a major fire. (Image credit: John Ulan)
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Patients being taken to hospitals in Edmonton as Wainwright ‘completely overwhelmed’ by number of injuries, local doctor says People have been killed and injured after an incident at one of Canada’s busiest military training bases in Alberta caused a large…
World news | The Guardian · 6 h ago
Officials have not given a cause or death toll, citing the "very active and delicate" situation at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright.
BBC News · 12 min ago
Having tried cloud seeding and water bombing, one pilot project will see dry ice dispersed by plane across the province of South Sumatra As fires ravage Indonesia, emitting a toxic smoke that has drawn the ire of regional neighbours, the government is testing…
World news | The Guardian · 3 d ago
Albertans vote this month on staying in Canada or moving ahead to a binding independence referendum.
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France’s worst protests in years saw buildings set ablaze across the country and record numbers of people arrested It’s important to note that protests have also been taking place across Europe. In Italy rioters clashed with police, looted stores and set…
World news | The Guardian · 21 min ago
Markus Zusak’s novel The Book Thief secures second place, while Trent Dalton’s Boy Swallows Universe rounds out podium dominated by men Cloudstreet, Tim Winton’s sprawling Australian family epic, has been voted Australia’s favourite book in a poll run by ABC…
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A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch When she was seven years old, Bayo Randle’s great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta was presented to Queen…
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For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible the Spectator, he has helped shape the right even as it has moved further rightwards. In the…
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