West Country visitors should have an emergency plan: regional fire chief

If you're heading out to the West Country have a plan in case things go wrong, says Clearwater Regional Fire Rescue Services fire chief Steve Debienne. (Photo from CRFRS Facebook)
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Tilray-Aphria to control biggest share of Canadian pot market in historic deal

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Canada's Sports Hall of Fame 2019 inductee Jayna Hefford speaks in Toronto on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

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Team Canada skip Kerri Einarson, centre, makes a shot as lead Briane Meilleur, left, and second Shannon Birchard sweep against Denmark at the Women's World Curling Championship in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, May 6, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2020, photo, the Olympics rings are reflected on the window of a hotel restaurant as a server with a mask sets up a table, in the Odaiba section of Tokyo. The vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1% vaccinated. This of course is spilling over to concerns about the postponed Tokyo Olympics that open in just over three months.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

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    Red Deer community builder and Korean War veteran Don Holloway (shown here with his wife, Sylvia), died at the age of 88. (Photo courtesy of the City of Red Deer)

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    Curtis Labelle (second from left) and his band are planning a cross-Canada tour in 2022. Meanwhile, Labelle is continuing to host his weekly livestreamed talk show, Chattin 88. (Contributed photo).

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    Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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    Calgary Stampeders defensive lineman Frank Beltre, left, and defensive lineman Brandon Boudreaux take a souvenir photo during the Western Conference practice, in Toronto on Saturday, November 26, 2016. Football has helped provide Beltre with an education and an opportunity for a professional career, but it’s also taught the CFL defensive lineman a harsh lesson about how unstable and unforgiving the sport can be. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson

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    The Cineplex Odeon Theatre at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto is shown on December 16, 2019.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Vincent Elkaim

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      Fred Embury

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      Shirley Tobis

      Apr 29th, 2021

      Margaret Louise Brown

      Apr 27th, 2021

      Trevor Don St. Jean

      Apr 26th, 2021

      Eunice Margaret Noete

      Apr 26th, 2021

      Gordon Salomons

      Apr 26th, 2021

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