PODCAST: The Daily Review for Mon. April 22nd, 2024
April 22, 2024
The best of Newstalk 580 CFRA for Monday, April 22nd, 2024.
Unpublished Newswire
Alberta’s rat patrol has eyes everywhere. That’s why a young woman’s seemingly innocuous social-media post about her pet rat was turned over to provincial officials who then had to give her some sad news: the domesticated vermin had to go.The owner wasn’t in trouble, but she had a decision to make: Surrender the rat to be euthanized or find it a home outside of Alberta. So, in mid-March, the beady-eyed rodent was sent east to settle into a family member’s home in Saskatchewan.Rejoice, Alberta. The province remains rat free – well, sort of.
May 4, 2024 - 06:00 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
Riley Moskaluk, 29, a veteran wildland firefighter, says fire in a dry forest can turn on you in mere seconds, with just one tree’s flames suddenly leaping from treetop to treetop, creating a blazing wall of heat.While facing the Chuckegg Creek fire in May, 2019, just outside the evacuated High Level, Alta., he suddenly saw a single tree consumed by flames and started to run. Minutes later, behind him, a wide swath of woods had turned into a 25-metre high inferno.
May 4, 2024 - 06:00 | Jeff Gray | The Globe and Mail
The recent deadly crash near Toronto — in which four people were killed after police chased a suspect through oncoming traffic on a major highway — highlights the challenges officers face when deciding whether to pursue a suspect.
May 4, 2024 - 04:00 | | CBC News - Canada
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