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Heavy U.S. snowfall raising concerns about Manitoba flooding

Heavy snowfalls south of the border over the weekend have only added to the worry about a nasty flood season for parts of southern Manitoba. Morris Mayor Scott Crick told 680 CJOB that based on predictions, water levels in his town could rise to 2011 levels with a normal melt season – which harms local […]

Talk to the Experts – Saturday March 30

Saturday, March 30: The Strongroom This Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Sherrie MacMillan of MacMillan Estate Planning will cover the complexities of estate planning. Learn how to maximize wealth and minimize tax. For more information about their services, visit macmillanestate.com. Source: Read Full Article

2 arrested in east-end home invasion-style robbery: London police

Police say two males have been arrested in connection with a home invasion-style robbery. London police received a 911 call at roughly 11:45 p.m. Sunday night, reporting that two potentially armed men had forced themselves into a home on Tiffany Drive, southwest of Dundas Street and Veterans Memorial Parkway. One victim sustained minor injuries but […]

5-vehicle crash on the Coquihalla sends 2 to hospital Sunday afternoon

Two people were taken to hospital after a five-vehicle collision on the Coquihalla Highway on Sunday afternoon. The crash happened at the Great Bear Snow Shed just after 4 p.m., Cpl. Mike Halskov said. Related MMR vaccinations jumped in B.C. after measles outbreak, data shows B.C. Interior hunting groups under fire for ‘wolf-whacking’ contests B.C.’s […]

OECD troubled by allegations Canada meddled in SNC-Lavalin case

OTTAWA (Reuters) – A major intergovernmental economic group expressed its concern on Monday over allegations the Canadian government tried to interfere in a criminal case against a major construction firm and reminded Ottawa of its promise to respect the independence of prosecutors. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is mired in a crisis […]

Eleven dead as Brazil's largest city flooded

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Intense floods in Latin America’s business hub Sao Paulo killed at least 11 people, turned roads into rivers and tossed cars atop buildings and into trees, with authorities bracing for more rain Monday evening. Five people drowned. The others, including at least one infant, were buried alive in mudslides, according to […]

Bosnia will take back and try two captured Islamic state fighters

SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia is preparing to take back two of its nationals who are suspected of fighting for Islamic State in Syria and are now in detention in a Kurdish-run camp in the north of that country, its security minister said on Monday. Hundreds of people are believed to have left Europe to fight […]

U.S. envoy on North Korea says 'diplomacy still very much alive' with Pyongyang

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. special representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, said on Monday that “diplomacy is still very much alive” with North Korea, despite the collapse of a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month. But Beigun, speaking at a nuclear conference in Washington, said […]

In Paris pub, British punters drown sorrows with Brexit beer

PARIS (Reuters) – If Prime Minister Theresa May or any other Briton needs some Dutch courage to see them through the fraught final countdown to Britain’s departure from the European Union they need look no further than a Paris pub and its popular “Brexit” beer. Brewed by a pro-remain beer maker in Suffolk, a region […]

Defiant judges, clerics pile pressure on Algeria's Bouteflika

ALGIERS (Reuters) – More than 1,000 judges said they would refuse to oversee Algeria’s election if President Abdelaziz Bouteflika contests it, and clerics defied any state role in their work, in a double rebuff to an ailing leader fighting for his political survival. Bouteflika, who returned to Algeria on Sunday after medical treatment in Switzerland, […]