Officer Killed In Edmonton Shooting
One police officer was killed, another was injured, and a house in Edmonton erupted in flames in a shooting one witness says started out looking like a routine arrest.
Edmonton Police Chief Rod Knecht says 35-year-old Constable Daniel Woodall was shot multiple times as officers arrived at the home to execute an arrest warrant for criminal harassment.
Woodall died at the scene while a fellow officer, Sergeant Jason Harley, was shot in the lower back but was protected by his bullet-proof vest.
There was no information about the shooter, although police did tweet overnight that they are no longer looking for a suspect.
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Many Parkland Farmers Need Rain
Precipitation from this past weekends brief thunderstorm did little to help Parkland farmers.
According to the provinces latest crop report, many areas of the region would benefit from additional rain.
Environment Canada has no rain in the forecast until Friday and Saturday, and only a moderate chance at that.
Parkland farmers are mostly finished seeding for the year, except in cases where canola fields and greenfeed acres need reseeding due to frost damage.
Where reseeding isn't necessary , most crops are in the seedling stage - including canola at 50 per cent - while fall rye has begun to head.
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Grad Day Fast Approaching
Graduation day is almost here for Grade 12 students in the Mountain View School Division.
MVSD CEO Donna Davidson says there will be around 150 students graduating this year across the division, which she says is around the average number.
Gilbert Plains Collegiate has their graduation ceremonies on June 19, while the DRCSS, Goose Lake High School, Ethelbert School, Grandview School and Winnipegosis Collegiate have their ceremonies on June 20.
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Hundreds Evacuated Due To Saskatchewan Wildfires
Smoke from wildfires forced more than 700 people from their homes in various communities of northern Saskatchewan and prompted Environment Canada to issue an air quality statement for Manitoba.
A Social Services spokeswoman said many of the evacuees were staying with friends and family in Prince Albert or Saskatoon yesterday.
A fire spokesman said the largest blaze was just south of La Loche and had eaten through 470 square kilometres.
Duane McKay said the fire was burning both in Saskatchewan and Alberta, and fire crews were managing to hold it, although it was not yet contained.
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BC Bird Flu Free
British Columbia farms have been declared free of avian flu after a three-month surveillance period to ensure the disease was eradicated of in domestic poultry.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says about two dozen countries that had restricted import of BC birds and bird products may now resume normal operations.
The H5N2 influenza outbreak that began last December affected 11 commercial chicken and turkey farms in the Fraser Valley, as well as a couple of backyard coops.
The CFIA says it expects countries that restricted trade from Canada as a whole will keep restrictions in place until Ontario is also declared free of avian flu.
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Senate Expense Report Comes Down Today
It's been two years in the making -- and today, a scathing report by the country's auditor general into the spending of Canada's senators will be released to the public.
Many of Michael Ferguson's findings have already been leaked, including the names of the 30 senators whose spending was flagged, including nine whose files he suggests should be referred to the RCMP.
