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No one hurt, five freight cars derail at CP Rail yard in Metro Vancouver

PORT COQUITLAM — The Transportation Safety Board confirms several cars of a Canadian Pacific freight train derailed at the Coquitlam Yard in Metro Vancouver. A statement from the board says 15 cars were being moved in the yard just after 3 a.m.
Giant sandpiper statue finds permanent perch in New Brunswick village

Giant sandpiper statue finds permanent perch in New Brunswick village

FREDERICTON — A supersize statue of a sandpiper has found a permanent roost in a New Brunswick village, but officials are warning the structure comes with a "significant level of risk.
Japan park where Babe Ruth played subject of climate battle

Japan park where Babe Ruth played subject of climate battle

TOKYO (AP) — A historic baseball stadium in Tokyo where Babe Ruth played could be demolished, part of a disputed redevelopment plan harshly criticized by environmentalists.
German government rejects new call to delay nuclear shutdown

German government rejects new call to delay nuclear shutdown

BONN, Germany (AP) — The German government dismissed calls Wednesday for a last-minute delay in shutting down the country's last three nuclear power plants this weekend.
'It's quite severe': Rural municipalities in Saskatchewan offering coyote bounties

'It's quite severe': Rural municipalities in Saskatchewan offering coyote bounties

REGINA — Three rural communities in southern Saskatchewan have recently introduced bounties on coyotes in response to growing populations.
Residents flee as cyclone approaches northwest Australia

Residents flee as cyclone approaches northwest Australia

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Miners, cattle ranchers, tourists and Indigenous locals were evacuating from Australia’s remote northwest coast on Wednesday as an intensifying tropical cyclone approached.
Adrift in the Atlantic, a boat of death and lost dreams

Adrift in the Atlantic, a boat of death and lost dreams

BELLE GARDEN, Tobago (AP) — Around 6:30 a.m. on May 28, 2021, off the beach near the Caribbean island of Tobago, a narrow white-and-blue boat drifted onto the horizon. From a distance, it seemed no one was aboard.
Takeaways of AP Investigation into deadly migrant voyage

Takeaways of AP Investigation into deadly migrant voyage

For nearly two years, The Associated Press assembled puzzle pieces from across three continents to uncover the story of a mysterious Mauritanian boat — and the people it carried to death as they drifted across the Atlantic Ocean and appeared in the C

Navajo Nation to receive federal aid for severe flood damage

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation is set receive federal emergency aid to help repair damage caused by severe flooding during a series of storms earlier this year.
To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less

To fight cancer, EPA wants sterilizer companies to emit less

The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting the use of the chemical ethylene oxide after finding a higher than expected cancer risk at facilities that use it to sterilize billions of medical devices each year.
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