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Tangled cars and billowing smoke: Remembering Hinton rail disaster 40 years later
By Canadian Press on January 4th, 2026
HINTON — Colin Hanington followed a plume of smoke to reach one of the deadliest railway crashes in Canadian history, and almost 40 years later remembers the silence when he got there. Hanington was volunteer firefighter doing what he could to help after a CN Rail freight train and a Via Rail Super Continental passenger ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP investigate gunfire on First Nation in Saskatchewan after deadly shooting
By Canadian Press on January 4th, 2026
Police in northern Saskatchewan are investigating a report of gunshots on a First Nation and whether they’re tied to a deadly shooting there last week. Mounties say they were called late Friday to Big Island Lake Cree Nation about 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon. They say they didn’t find anyone with injuries and are looking ... Read More »
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