Evacuations Continue as Manitoba Wildfires Hit Two Communities
About 2,000 residents from Easterville and Chemawawin First Nation fled Thursday as fires closed in 450 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Officials reported no confirmed losses while sprinklers protected homes and authorities kept evacuation notices in place.
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Manitoba Sustainable Development
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Status of Women restores federal advocacy funding
Ottawa announces changes to Status of Women Canada allowing advocacy funding again for women and girls groups starting July 1, undoing Conservative era restrictions. Officials will add a dedicated research unit as funding rules expand to include future funding guidelines.
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Status of Women
Canada
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Harvard
Native Women’s Association of Canada
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Status of Women Canada
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Canada braces after Brexit shock but Trudeau urges calm
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and key ministers urged calm as global markets tumble after Britain voted to leave the EU. The S&P/TSX fell, the Dow slid, and the Canadian dollar weakened while Ottawa weighs impacts on the Canada EU trade pact and oil prices.
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Ont
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Morneau
Stephane Dion
Brian Mulroney
Britain
Commons
U.K
Ottawa
Chrystia Freeland
West Virginia Floods Kill 23 Rescue Efforts Continue
Flooding across SE West Virginia left 23 dead with hundreds stranded. Gov. Tomblin declared a state of emergency in most counties, 200 National Guardsmen aiding eight counties in swift water rescues and checks. Rescue crews check homes door to door with marked X indicators as Greenbrier County bears the worst damage.
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White Sulphur Springs
State Division of Homeland Security
Greenbrier
Hardhit
Eric Blackshire
Crossings Mall
Edmonton Event at Canadian Western Bank Place
A note lists a date August 16 2016 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Canadian Western Bank Place in Edmonton. The venue is 10303 Jasper Avenue with access to the Western Room on the lower level.
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Canadian Western Bank
Jasper Avenue
1St Ave
S.W
Medicine Hat
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