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-Parkland RCMP say the eastbound lanes of Highway 16 are open again west of Highway 60 in Acheson.
A pedestrian had been seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle.
STARS air ambulance airlifted the victim to the hospital.
Mounties are continuing to investigate what led to the incident.

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-A 30-year old Cold Lake man is facing charges following a strange incident yesterday morning in Bonnyville.
RCMP had been called about a suspicious vehicle, and they say they found it going in reverse on Highway 28, doing about 25 to 30km an hour.
And since the Dodge 3500 was missing a tire, sparks were shooting from it.
A civilian eventually forced it onto a side road next to the highway, where officers carried out a high risk take down.
Turns out the vehicle had been stolen from a local business that same morning.

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-While most people wound up with heavy rain and quite the lightning show in the storm that rolled through the capital region last night, heavy winds did do some damage in some areas….
Some residents north of Clyde say doors were blown off buildings, a deck was torn apart and a grainery was rolled across the road, in addition to branches being knocked off trees.
The region also wound up with a lot of hail.

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-Edmonton police think street racing led to a crash that killed a man and sent five other people to the hospital Saturday morning.
The incident happened on 34th Avenue and 17th Street.
There were six people in one vehicle, but the 21-year old man who died had been thrown from the SUV.

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-RCMP say the BC children who’d been the subjects of an Amber Alert for 11 days were found on an acreage near Edson this past Saturday.
Mounties say they also found three adults with them, including their mother and her boyfriend.
Both have been charged with abduction.
The kids are now back with their father.

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-Will this be the one?
Even though a federally mediated agreement was rejected on Friday, there’s word this morning the two sides in the BC port workers dispute have reached a new tentative deal.
Both say the Canada industrial Relations Board helped them get to it, and they’re encouraging members to ratify it.
The rejection of the previous deal had Premier Danielle Smith and Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen calling for back-to-work legislation.

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-In the meantime, the Pope is getting involved in some of the issues in the Black Sea, as he’s asking Russia to once again allow grain shipments from Ukraine to leave from those ports.
Pope Francis says millions of people are in danger of starving without those shipments.
Moscow says it will do so, as long as Russian agricultural product such as fertilizer, are allowed to get to where they want them.

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About 700-homes in Osoyoos, BC have been evacuated because of an approaching wildfire.
It’s only about 4km from the town, after it jumped the U-S border and moved north.
And while 7-hundred homeowners have been told to leave, while more than 2-thousand others are on standby.
Fire crews are doing what they can, especially since there’s a lot of wind in the forecast for the area today.

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SPORTS:

-Angels edged the Jays 3-2 in ten innings yesterday. Jays take on Baltimore late this afternoon. 5:07 start

-Wenatchee AppleSox beat the Edmonton Riverhawks 8-5. The Riverhawks’ next game is tomorrow against the Port Angeles Lefties, and it’s a home game.

-Al’s beat the Stamps 25-18 in CFL action yesterday.

-Australia downed Canada 4-nothing at the FIFA World Women’s Cup this morning, so the Canadian squad is done at the tournament.