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South Korean officials admit responsibility in Halloween crowd surge
Mourners pay tributes at a makeshift memorial for the victims of the deadly Halloween crowd surge, outside a subway station in the district of Itaewon in Seoul on November 1, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Trudeau joins families of Flight 752 in Canada-wide protests against Iranian regime
People demonstrate against the Iranian regime during a protest at Mel Lastman Square in Toronto, Ontario, September 24, 2022. - Iran has been rocked by street violence since the death last week of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd who had spent three days in a coma after being detained by the morality police. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo by GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)
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At least 151 dead in Seoul after stampede during Halloween festivities
Rescue workers and firefighters work on the scene of a crushing accident in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. South Korean officials say dozens of people were in cardiac arrest after being crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital Seoul. (Lee Ji-eun/Yonhap via AP)
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Ontario on track to surpass last year’s fire deaths, fire marshal warns
Emergency services respond to a fire in Toronto, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. Ontario's Fire Marshal says the province is currently on track to surpass the number of fire deaths recorded last year.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
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What to look out for in home insurance when it comes to natural disasters
Remains of a home destroyed during hurricane Fiona are seen in Port aux Basques, N.L., Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Fire destroys community centre, knocks out power in Naujaat, Nunavut
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One week after Nova Scotia premier asked for more troops, fewer boots on ground post-Fiona
Cpl. Brandon McRae of the Cape Breton Highlanders removes brush under the direction of Nova Scotia Power officials in Glace Bay, N.S., on Sept. 26, 2022. A federal spokesman has confirmed that a week after Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston asked Ottawa to send more soldiers to help clean up the huge mess caused by post-tropical storm Fiona, there are actually fewer troops on the ground than there were earlier this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Vaughan Merchant
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No way to enforce fire codes on First Nations, federal officials warn
A briefing document prepared for the deputy minister of Indigenous Services Canada says there is currently no way to enforce provincial or national building or fire codes for buildings on reserves. But Blaine Wiggins, senior director of the Indigenous Fire Marshals Service, seen in an undated handout photo, says that enforcement gap has "catastrophic" consequences. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Crews battle out-of-control wildfire in regional park in B.C.’s Lower Mainland
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Thousands without power in Atlantic Canada one week after Fiona wreaked havoc on region
A snapped power pole hangs over a street in New Glasgow, N.S. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 following significant damage brought by post tropical storm Fiona. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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‘Shocking’ erosion of sand dunes in Prince Edward Island National Park due to Fiona
Damage from post-tropical storm Fiona is shown at the Cavendish Campground, P.E.I. in a handout photo. Parks Canada says the scale of sand dune erosion at beaches in Prince Edward Island National Park due to post-tropical storm Fiona is “shocking.” THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Parks Canada **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Trudeau says stronger infrastructure needed after viewing Fiona damage in Maritimes
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joined by Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence Lawrence MacAulay (left) and Liberal MP Heath MacDonald as he visits Stanley Bridge, P.E.I., Tuesday, September 27, 2022 to view damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Brian McInnis
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Fire at Vancouver building displaces more than 50 residents on Downtown Eastside
A Canada Post vehicle travels on Pandora Street after leaving the Woodland Drive depot in Vancouver, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Canada Post has suspended mail delivery to a two-block stretch of East Hastings in the Downtown Eastside after safety concerns were raised by employees. Residents affected are now required to pick up their mail at the Woodland Drive facility. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
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WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan
A flood-affected family eats a meal in a makeshift tent in Dera Allah Yar town of Jaffarabad district in Balochistan province on September 17, 2022. (Photo by Fida HUSSAIN / AFP) (Photo by FIDA HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)
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B.C.’s five remaining ‘wildfires of note’ see rain, cooler temperatures
A helicopter with a water bucket battling the Flood Falls Trail wildfire picks up water from the Fraser River, in Hope, B.C., Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. Cool, showery weather is helping wildfire crews make progress on the five highly visible or potentially damaging wildfires currently burning in British Columbia. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Biden administration urges railroads, unions to reach deal to avoid shutdown
FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2019, file photo, shipping containers are offloaded at a BNSF Railway intermodal facility as the sun sets in Edgerton, Kan. The heads of the nation's two largest rail unions said Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022 that the freight railroads' move to begin delaying some shipments ahead of this week's looming strike deadline is only an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to intervene and block a work stoppage by imposing a contract on workers. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Air quality advisory issued due to B.C., U.S. wildfires and blaze in Vancouver
Firefighters use aircraft to battle a wildfire south of Salem, Ore., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. An air quality advisory has been issued for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley due to high concentrations of fine particulate matter from wildfire smoke in the province and the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Andrew Selsky
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Russian-occupied nuclear power plant sliding toward ‘Fukushima scenario,’ Ukrainian official says
FILE PHOTO: A Russian all-terrain armoured vehicle is parked outside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the visit of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, September 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo