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Burnt-out Coal Mine theatre finds new home in a 1966 Brutalist bank building
Dave LeBlanc
world
Witnesses say journalist killed after police in Haiti open fire
A protester throws a stone at police during a protest over the death of journalist Romelo Vilsaint, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Vilsaint died Sunday after being shot in the head when police opened fire on reporters demanding the release of one of their colleagues who was detained while covering a protest, witnesses told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
canada
Vigil outside burned northern Manitoba home mourns loss of four kids
canada
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside seeing spate of fires in old apartment buildings
Vancouver firefighters are seen outside a building in the Downtown Eastside after extinguishing a blaze sparked by an apparent explosion, on Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. The fire left dozens of people without a home. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Deaths of eight in Oklahoma home investigated as murder-suicide
Broken Arrow, Okla., police and fire department investigate the scene of a fire with multiple fatalities at the corner South Hickory Ave. and West Galveston St. on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Eight people were found dead Thursday after a fire was extinguished at a Tulsa-area house, and police said they were investigating the deaths as homicides. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP)
world
Large explosion in Taiwan’s CPC Dalin oil refinery, no injuries
canada
House fire in northern Manitoba leaves four children dead, RCMP says
The flag of Manitoba flies on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 in Ottawa. Voters in the northern Manitoba constituency of Thompson are to go to the polls in a byelection next month. The seat became empty when New Democrat MLA Danielle Adams died in a crash in December. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Man shot dead in parking lot at golf course near University of British Columbia
RCMP officers prepare to erect a tent over a body covered with a blanket near a vehicle at the scene of a shooting in the parking lot at University Golf Club, in Vancouver, on Monday, October 17, 2022. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
report on business
Russian warplane crashes near apartment building, killing 4
alberta
Early-morning fire spreads to six homes in Fort Saskatchewan, say RCMP
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. The RCMP says its major crimes unit is investigating the death of an infant in northern Alberta as a homicide. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Iran prison fire kills four, injures 61 as protests persist
A view of smoke rising from Evin Prison in Tehran, Iran, October 15, 2022 in this still image take from a video obtained by Reuters.
canada
Saskatchewan RCMP discover body in fire amid string of crimes in northern detachment
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on Friday April 13, 2018. RCMP in a detachment that straddles northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba are warning people to lock their doors as they investigate whether a string of recent crimes and a body that was found in a fire are linked. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
Death toll rises to at least 40 in Turkey coal mine explosion
Relatives and friends of mine workers wait outside a coal mine after an explosion in Amasra, in Bartin Province, Turkey, October 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kemal Aslan
canada
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
canada
Fire destroys community centre, knocks out power in Naujaat, Nunavut
world
Bus catches fire in India, killing 11 and injuring 24
canada
Patty Hajdu ‘open’ to legislating fire codes on First Nations, but cost is a factor
Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, make an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, regarding support for the National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
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*
international business
Amazon suspends at least 50 workers after fire protest
FILE - A truck arrives at the Amazon warehouse facility, in the Staten Island borough of New York, April 1, 2022. Amazon has suspended at least 50 warehouse workers who refused to work their shifts following a trash compactor fire at the facility, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, according to union organizers. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
british columbia
Crews battle out-of-control wildfire in regional park in B.C.’s Lower Mainland
A photograph shared online by Metro Vancouver Regional District Emergency Services on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, shows firefighters dousing a wildfire in Coquitlam's Minnekhada Regional Park. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Metro Vancouver Regional District Emergency Services **MANDATORY CREDIT**