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• 'Plant-based meat' burger ads trigger complaint from Quebec cattle producers

  15-05-2019 23:58
  Canadian cattle producers are calling out a popular brand of veggie burgers for advertising its products as “plant-based meat,” saying that the term is inaccurate and breaks federal rules. The Quebec Cattle Producers Federation filed a complaint with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency against California-based company Beyond Meat. The crux of the complaint: the use of the term “plant-based meat” in recent tweets and promotional material. "It can be plant-based protein, bu
  
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• Experts predict ‘average’ wildfire risk this season

  15-05-2019 23:58
  Officials at the Canadian Forest Service are predicting an average wildfire risk for most of Alberta this year. “After the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, frankly a year that brought a little less fire would be a huge relief to Canadians,” said Mike Norton, director general at the Northern Forestry Centre in Edmonton. “From Alberta east, our best forecast right now is that fire conditions across much of the country will be at or perhaps even slightly below average.&rdquo
  
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• $100,000 worth of gold and silver on the line in treasure hunt

  15-05-2019 23:56
  If you’ve ever dreamed of being hot on the trail of a hoard of treasure, a group of entrepreneurs have created a competition to recreate the experience. Organizers behind Goldhunt.ca say they’ve buried $100,000 in real gold and silver in three Canadian cities: Edmonton, Vancouver and right here in Calgary. The prize is up for grabs for the person or people who can solve the clues to find out where ‘X’ marks the spot. Chris Cromwell, one of the five people who came up with
  
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• Keyera stock gets boost after it green lights $1.3B Alberta liquids pipeline

  15-05-2019 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Shares in Keyera Corp. rose by as much as nine per cent after it announced it will proceed with a long-anticipated $1.3-billion pipeline to bring natural gas liquids from northwestern Alberta to market.
  
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• Power play: Papal aide's manhole act angers Italy's Salvini - Lethbridge News Now

  15-05-2019 23:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Power play: Papal aide's manhole act angers Italy's Salvini  Lethbridge News NowROME — Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has taken aim at a Vatican cardinal who climbed into a utility manhole to restore electricity to squatters in a ...
  
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• Former US President Jimmy Carter has surgery for broken hip - Lethbridge News Now

  15-05-2019 23:45 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Former US President Jimmy Carter has surgery for broken hip  Lethbridge News NowATLANTA - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter broke his hip Monday at his south Georgia home when he fell while...
  
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• April traffic stops in Jasper, Canmore lead to drug busts: RCMP

  15-05-2019 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Drugs seized include cannabis, cocaine, meth and magic mushrooms, RCMP said.
  
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• Canada’s agriculture minister presses Chinese counterpart on canola ban during G20 meeting

  15-05-2019 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she used a G20 ministers' meeting in Japan to press her Chinese counterpart for the evidence behind Beijing's bans on Canadian canola.
  
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• Alberta-made website uses AI to scan your recyclable bottles and estimate worth

  15-05-2019 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  Corral also gives you the option of putting your recyclables up for sale to the highest bidder or donate your bottles to a charity.
  
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• Winners of Canada-wide contest invent tools for easier life in space

  15-05-2019 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  On Wednesday, students from across the country gathered in Fredericton to attend the 2019 Canada-Wide Science Fair and hear from winners of Little Inventors: Inventions for Space.
  
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• Woman faces murder charge after allegedly pushing senior off a bus

  15-05-2019 22:39
  A Las Vegas woman is facing a murder charge after allegedly pushing a senior citizen off a bus. The incident was caught on security video and the man died several weeks later. According to Las Vegas police, on March 21, the suspect had been arguing with several people on the bus before the bus came to a stop. Once the vehicle stopped moving, the suspect and the victim got into a verbal argument. As the victim tried to get off the bus, the suspect allegedly shoved the man out of the bus and onto
  
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• Vancouver cracks world's top 40 cities for cycling: study

  15-05-2019 22:26
  While it didn't finish as the top overall Canadian city, Vancouver has placedin the top 40 cities in the world to ride a bike. The West Coast city, known for the number of its bike lanes, finished 37th out of 90 in the 2019 Global Bicycle Cities Index. Overall, the Dutch city of Utrecht finished in the pole position, followed by Munster, Germany, while the Belgian city of Antwerp rounded out the top three. Montreal was the highest-rated Canadian city, finishing in 18th place. Sorry Torontonians
  
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• CBE approves collective agreement with maintenance staff

  15-05-2019 22:17
  The Calgary Board of Education has approved a collective agreement with its maintenance and support workers. The agreement between the CBE and CUPE Local 40 is retroactive to Sept. 1, 2017 and runs for three years, expiring on Aug. 31, 2020. It covers facility operators, cleaners and mechanics. The agreement provides for zero per cent wage increases in 2017 through 2019 but allows for “a wage reopener” next year. “Our CUPE members are valued members of our staff who provide ess
  
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• $680K tax break included in first approved TRIP development downtown - Global News

  15-05-2019 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  $680K tax break included in first approved TRIP development downtown  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: A $680,000 tax break over seven years was approved in a unanimous vote by Lethbridge City Council on Monday. Danica Ferris reports on the ...
  
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• Aurora Cannabis preparing for legalization of cannabis edibles, vaping products

  15-05-2019 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  Ottawa has indicated edibles containing cannabis and cannabis concentrates would become legal for consumers in October, but the exact timing of product approvals and sales is still unknown.
  
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• RCMP in Jasper and Canmore make significant drug bust

  15-05-2019 22:01
  Mounties in Alberta’s mountain park region seized a large amount of illegal drugs and arrested three people during two separate traffic stops in mid-April. In the first stop, on April 9 near the Town of Jasper, police stopped a vehicle for speeding. When the officer approached the vehicle, they witnessed a number of items related to drug trafficking. The driver was arrested and a subsequent search of the vehicle discovered:1.8 kilograms of cocaine and phenacetin 250 grams of methamphetamin
  
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• University of Lethbridge Officially Opening New Science Building in September

  15-05-2019 21:55
  The two-day event will take place Sept. 13-14, 2019 and feature a host of interactive programs.
  
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• Scheer calls Trudeau a 'high-carbon hypocrite' for using private planes

  15-05-2019 21:23
  OTTAWA -- Conservative leader Andrew Scheer says his party's climate plan will aim to hit Canada's promised greenhouse-gas emissions targets but the party will not say whether that means all of the emissions cuts it wants to count will actually happen here. Scheer intends to release his climate plan next month and he said Wednesday it will be "based" on Canada's targets under the Paris climate-change accord. But he says Canada has "an obligation" not just to reduce our own emissions of climate-c
  
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• B.C. announces public inquiry into dirty money — what’s the rest of Canada doing?

  15-05-2019 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  B.C. has called a public inquiry to examine the billions of dollars being laundered through the province. Here’s how other provinces are responding to similar reports.
  
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• South African reserve protecting rhinos by infusing horns with toxins, dyes

  15-05-2019 20:59
  A radical new approach to protecting southern white rhinos from poachers is a gamble that appears to be paying off. A private wildlife reserve has teamed up with the Rhino Rescue Project in a bid to save the species by infusing rhino horns with a mixture of toxins and dyes The goal of the initiative: Make rhino horn less desirable for poachers and potential buyers. Dr. Lorinda Hern, who oversees the Rhino Rescue Project, told the Associated Press that the tubular structure of the horns makes it
  
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• Canadian drug makers hit with $1.1B suit for pushing opioids despite risks

  15-05-2019 20:51
  TORONTO -- Canadian drug makers enriched themselves at the expense of vulnerable patients by illegally and deceptively promoting highly addictive opioids that have killed thousands in recent years, a proposed class action filed Wednesday asserts. The untested statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court seeks more than $1.1 billion in various damages from almost two dozen companies, including some of the biggest pharmaceutical names in the country such as Apotex, Bristol-Myers Squibb, John
  
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• "Let’s Not Celebrate Sin": Petition Condemns Taber Pride Flag

  15-05-2019 20:37
  An online petition is urging Taber-Warner MLA Grant Hunter to intervene in a decision that would allow the rainbow pride flag to fly at Taber's provincial building in June.
  
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• UCP candidate confirmed as winner in Calgary-Falconridge

  15-05-2019 20:33
  The United Conservative Party has declared a victory in a very tight race left over from last month’s provincial election. A judicial recount found Devinder Toor won in the northeast riding of Calgary-Falconridge, beating the NDP’s Parmeet Singh Boparai by just 91 votes. Boparai ordered a judicial recount in the race after it was determined that he was only 100 votes behind Toor. About 14,000 ballots were cast in the race and each one was verified by a judge on Tuesday night. Premier
  
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• Growing wildfire near Osoyoos prompts evacuation alerts

  15-05-2019 20:08
  OSOYOOS, B.C. - A growing wildfire in British Columbia's southern Okanagan region has prompted additional evacuation alerts for several properties west of the town of Osoyoos. Residents of 13 properties along Sumac Road and Highway 3 in Cawston are being warned to be ready to leave on short notice as a wildfire sparked Monday by a burning vehicle has now scorched four square kilometres of bush. The evacuation alert is in addition to one issued shortly after flames from the vehicle on Highway 3 s
  
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• Forecast for wildfire season to come amid extreme danger already in Western Canada

  15-05-2019 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  Natural Resources Canada's Northern Forestry Centre in Edmonton is providing a briefing Wednesday on this year's fire season forecast.
  
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• Experts forecast wildfire danger increasing in parts of Western Canada

  15-05-2019 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  This year's fire season forecast is normal across the country for the month of May, but the hazard is expected to increase for much of Western Canada this summer.
  
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• B.C. to hold public inquiry into money laundering

  15-05-2019 19:57
  VICTORIA -- The British Columbia government will hold a public inquiry into money laundering. Premier John Horgan says money laundering has had numerous impacts on people in the province including a rise in opioid deaths and higher housing costs. The government released two reports last week estimating $7.4 billion in illegal cash was laundered in the province in 2018. One of the reports said $5 billion of that was siphoned into real estate, forcing the costs of homes up by at least five per cen
  
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• Cannabis extraction labs causing residential explosions in Edmonton

  15-05-2019 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Edmonton Police Service says officers recently responded to two significant explosions and fires caused by cannabis extraction, or shatter, labs.
  
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• Gravel truck flips over on Highway 1 west of Cochrane

  15-05-2019 19:09
  Police are at the scene of a single-vehicle crash that took place on Highway 1 west of the Town of Cochrane on Wednesday morning. Officials say a gravel truck, heading eastbound, lost control on the road at about 9:30 a.m. near the Ozada overpass. The vehicle entered the centre median and flipped onto its side. There is no information on the condition of the driver. All westbound traffic is closed on Highway 1, with drivers being detoured off the route. Eastbound traffic has been reduced to one
  
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• MPs condemn 'disgusting' RCMP interrogation of youth reporting sex assault

  15-05-2019 18:20
  Warning: This story may be distressing to some readers. OTTAWA – MPs on both sides of the House of Commons are condemning a newly-released video that shows a Kelowna RCMP officer questioning an under-aged Indigenous teen who was reporting a sexual assault, asking her questions such as "were you turned on during this at all, even a little bit?" Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett was the first to express outrage, telling reporters on her way into a caucus meeting on Wedne
  
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• LIVE @ 10:30 a.m.: Police provide update on weekend homicide in Hamptons

  15-05-2019 17:58
  Calgary police have identified a man who was found dead in a home in the city’s northwest on Sunday. Police were called to a home in the 100 block of Hampstead Close N.W at about 3:00 a.m. for reports of a suspicious death. The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Bikramjit Dhindsa and police say evidence at the scene has led them to believe it was a targeted attack. Investigators say four people entered the home and got into an altercation with the victim. CCTV footage from the area
  
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• Hamptons homicide: Police say victim was targeted

  15-05-2019 17:58
  Calgary police are looking for several suspects after a man was found dead in a home in the city’s northwest on Sunday. Police were called to a home in the 100 block of Hampstead Close N.W. at about 3 a.m. for reports of a suspicious death. The victim has been identified as 49-year-old Bikramjit Dhindsa and police say evidence at the scene has led them to believe he was targeted. “There are certainly hallmarks of organized crime related to this homicide,” said CPS Staff Sergean
  
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• BILD Lethbridge Gets City Council Support Regarding Concerns Over Federal Mortgage Stress Tests

  15-05-2019 17:51
  Building Industry and Land Development Industry Association (BILD) presented a report Monday on the federal mortgage ‘stress test’ which showed Lethbridge has felt the effects of the nation-wide program.
  
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• Owner of hockey card collection sought by RCMP

  15-05-2019 17:25
  Airdrie RCMP want to return a collection of hockey cards to its rightful owner. Police arrested a man for break and enter in September 2017 and seized a number of items, including a quantity of older hockey cards that were in good condition. Officers believe the cards were stolen from a home in the Calgary or Airdrie area and now want to return them. If police aren’t able to find the rightful owner, the cards will have to be destroyed, said Cpl. Gina Slaney. “We’re going to giv
  
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• Documentary about pedophile priests shakes up Poland - Lethbridge News Now

  15-05-2019 16:54 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Documentary about pedophile priests shakes up Poland  Lethbridge News NowWARSAW, Poland — A new documentary revealing cases of sexual abuse by priests has deeply shaken Poland, one of Europe's most Roman Catholic ...
  
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• What caused Alaska floatplane crash? Investigations ongoing

  15-05-2019 16:42
  Two days after two floatplanes carrying cruise passengers collided mid-air in Alaska, the cause of the crash is still unclear. Officials have still not said what happened, but the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are both investigating. The wreckage of one of the planes, a de Havilland Otter DHC-3, was pulled from the water at the crash site Wednesday morning.Watch as the plane is hoisted out of the inletDivers were in the water to secure the wreck, w
  
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• Volunteers needed for Target Hunger - Lethbridge News Now

  15-05-2019 16:18 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Volunteers needed for Target Hunger  Lethbridge News NowLETHBRIDGE, AB – Volunteers are needed for an annual campaign to help the less fortunate. Target Hunger is coming up in June. Volunteers deliver and pick ...
  
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• 'It's not an expense, it's an investment': Oxfam Canada demands universal childcare

  15-05-2019 16:15
  The federal government should invest in a publicly funded childcare system, according to a new report that claims it would increase gender equality and boost the economy. Many Canadians are struggling with some of the highest childcare costs in the world and face lengthy waiting lists for spots, with families in Toronto paying as much as $20,000 a year for infant care, according to Oxfam Canada. “Despite considerable evidence pointing to the benefits of child care for women’s economi
  
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• Lamar Odom regrets cheating on ex-wife, Khloé Kardashian - Lethbridge News Now

  15-05-2019 15:35 via lethbridgenewsnow.com
  Lamar Odom regrets cheating on ex-wife, Khloé Kardashian  Lethbridge News NowLOS ANGELES — Former NBA star Lamar Odom regrets cheating on his ex-wife, Khloé Kardashian, and lying to her about his addiction to cocaine during their ...
  
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• Trudeau offers Canadian lumber, steel to help rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

  15-05-2019 15:02
  PARIS -- Canada is offering softwood lumber and steel to help with the reconstruction of Paris's famed Notre Dame Cathedral, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday after touring the iconic monument that was partially destroyed by fire in mid-April. Not long after arriving in Paris, Trudeau visited Notre Dame alongside the cathedral's rector, Patrick Chauvet, and French Culture Minister Franck Riester. He said it was an honour to be able to exhibit some of the solidarity Canadians feel towa
  
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• Man dead after shooting in northeast Calgary

  15-05-2019 14:43
  The Calgary police Homicide Unit is investigating after a man was found dead in a vehicle following a shooting in the northeast neighbourhood of Taradale late Tuesday. Police were to the 200 block of Taradale Cove N.E. just before midnight for reports of a collision and arrived to find a young man deceased. Few details are available but police say they believe the shooting was targeted. Investigators remain on scene. Police have not released a cause of death. More to come …
  
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• CFL, CFL Players’ Association reach agreement on new contract

  15-05-2019 14:30 via globalnews.ca
  The league and CFL Players' Association have come to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement.
  
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• Nebraska farmer amputates leg with knife to escape auger

  15-05-2019 13:51
  OMAHA, Neb. - A northeastern Nebraska farmer is recovering after cutting off his own leg with a pocket knife to save himself from a piece of farm equipment he had become caught in. Omaha television station KETV reports that 63-year-old Kurt Kaser, of Pender, was unloading corn last month when he got out of his truck and accidentally stepped on the grain hopper opening. An auger in the hopper caught Kaser's leg, pulling it in and mangling it. An auger is a tube that uses a rotating shaft to suck
  
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• German police seek rare Ferrari worth millions after test drive theft

  15-05-2019 13:37
  BERLIN - German police are looking for a rare 1980s Ferrari sports car believed to be worth more than 2 million euros (US$2.2 million) after a man posing as a would-be buyer stole it during a test drive. Police in Duesseldorf said the man answering an advertisement for the red Ferrari 288 GTO , first registered in 1985, turned up for a previously agreed appointment in the western German city on Monday. He and the seller went on a test drive, during which the seller got out of the car to swap pla
  
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• German police recover valuable Ferrari worth millions, search for thief

  15-05-2019 13:37
  BERLIN - German police have recovered a valuable 1980s Ferrari stolen during a test drive and are searching for the man believed to have sped off with the car while posing as a would-be buyer. The red Ferrari 288 GTO, first registered in 1985, is believed to be worth more than 2 million euros (US$2.2 million). A man answering an advertisement turned up for a sales appointment in Duesseldorf on Monday, then sped off with the vehicle when the seller got out of the car to swap places during a test
  
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• UFO researcher Stanton Friedman dies after half-century effort to prove alien life

  15-05-2019 13:36
  FREDERICTON -- Stanton T. Friedman, nuclear physicist, lecturer and world-renowned devotee of extraterrestrial existence, has died at the age of 84. The famed UFO researcher died Monday at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, his daughter Melissa Friedman confirmed Tuesday. She said he was on his way home to Fredericton from a speaking engagement in Ohio. She did not disclose the cause of death and asked that the family's privacy be respected. Friedman built a reputation as a leading authori
  
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• Lethbridge raises rainbow flag today - Lethbridge Herald

  15-05-2019 10:44 via lethbridgeherald.com
  Lethbridge raises rainbow flag today  Lethbridge HeraldLethbridge Herald Lethbridge will be one of 50 Canadian cities raising the rainbow flag today. The ceremony, set for 5:30 p.m. at city hall, is part of a.
  
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• B.C. woman dies with husband and brother in Alaska float plane crash

  15-05-2019 08:17
  VANCOUVER -- A Metro Vancouver woman died with her husband and brother in a float plane crash in Alaska on Monday, and friends and family are remembering them as driven, passionate people who will be deeply missed. Elsa Wilk, 37, from Richmond, B.C., and Ryan Wilk, 39, originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, were married and lived together in Metro Vancouver where they worked in the tech sector, friends and colleagues said.For more on this story, visit CTV VancouverAn American named Louis Botha, 4
  
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• B.C. woman and her American husband among six killed in Alaska crash

  15-05-2019 08:17
  VANCOUVER -- Friends and colleagues are mourning a Metro Vancouver couple who were active in the region's booming technology industry before their lives were cut short in a float plane crash in Alaska. Thirty-seven-year-old Elsa Wilk from Richmond, B.C., and Ryan Wilk, 39, originally from Salt Lake City, Utah, were among six people killed when two sightseeing planes collided on Monday.For more on this story, visit CTV VancouverDerek Bolen confirmed the two were married and recalled working with
  
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• 37-year-old B.C. woman among six killed in Alaska floatplane crash

  15-05-2019 08:17
    KETCHIKAN, Alaska -- A 37-year-old woman from Richmond, B.C., has been identified as the Canadian killed when two sightseeing floatplanes crashed midair in Alaska earlier this week. Elsa Wilk is one of the six deceased victims named by Alaska State Troopers late Tuesday.For more on this story, visit CTV VancouverThe floatplanes were carrying cruise ship tourists when they collided Monday near the southeast Alaska town of Ketchikan. The death toll was initially reported as four, with two p
  
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