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Turkey-Syria earthquake: Ottawa says sending rescuers would be logistically and geographically challenging.

Members of the Turkish-Canadian community are wondering why Vancouvers top search and rescue team has yet to be deployed to Turkiye to assist with earthquake relief.

Mayor Pranger reflects on herorism of rescuers, generosity of volunteers

The Manitoba government is lending emergency personnel and equipment to Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) to help with post-hurricane relief efforts.

Manitoba is sending a crew of 15 emergency support workers and gear to the East Coast as Atlantic provinces continue cleanup and recovery efforts following Fiona, which hit the region as a post-tropical storm two weeks ago.

Ropes dangled from the roof of the Alberta Childrens Hospital all the way down to the ground, and at exactly 10 a.m., firefighters, police and other rescue professionals started rappelling. On their way, they knocked on the windows and waved at the kids inside.

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One person remains unaccounted for after a roof collapsed in East Vancouver on Thursday. Fire crews are combing the scene to find them.

Humanoid robot parts — that’s what is written in sharpie on a box sitting on a shelf in the Schulich School of Engineering’s Unmanned Vehicle Robotarium Lab.

A wildfire in Nova Scotias Musquodoboit area is now 100 per cent contained, according to a Twitter post by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).