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A Jeep lost control and struck a spectator at an Edmonton fundraising event on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Woman, 20, killed during Jeep demonstration at Edmonton fundraiser

A 20-year-old woman was killed Saturday afternoon while attending a fundraising event in Edmonton, after a Jeep involved in a stunt demonstration flipped on its side and struck her. 3

Members of the Calgary Fire Department survey the damage to two homes in the community of Ramsay

Twelve occupants safe after fire damages two Ramsay homes

A devastating afternoon fire in the inner-city left two homes severely damaged but all residents are safe and accounted for. 1

Roxboro homes destroyed by fire

An investigation is underway into the cause of an overnight fire which left one house in ruins and significantly damaged a neighbouring home 1

Fire crews remove debris from the crash scene after an SUV struck a horse Saturday morning

Several horses dead after running amok near east edge of the city

As many as twenty horses escaped from their enclosure and created havoc early Saturday morning.

RCMP investigate Gleichen death

A 26-year-old man is dead following an incident at a home in the town of Gleichen.

Map: General area of Medicine Hat railyards where a two-train collision on the CP line east occured on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Google Maps)

One person hospitalized after two trains collide near Medicine Hat

One person was transported to hospital after a CP freight train collided with another train in a railyard near Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford leaves his office at City Hall in Toronto on Friday May 17, 2013. (Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford cancels radio show as video story goes viral

Toronto’s embattled Mayor Rob Ford will not be behind the microphone this Sunday for his two-hour radio show to respond to allegations that he was recorded on video allegedly smoking crack cocaine. 4

Kelly Branscom, of Zionsville, buys two Powerball lottery tickets, one for her and one for her cat Token, from a walk up window at a Hess gas station on the corner of Brodhead Avenue and Broadway, in Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP / The Express-Times, Stephen Flood)

Winning numbers drawn in U.S. Powerball jackpot of nearly $600M

U.S. lottery officials have announced winning numbers in a near-historic Powerball jackpot. The numbers drawn Saturday are: 22, 10, 13, 14, 52 and a Powerball of 11. 5 2

Guevara Wilson Clorina is escorted into arrest processing.

Charges laid in Evanston stabbing deaths

Police have charged a man with second-degree murder in connection with the deaths of a mother and her son at a home in Evanston on Thursday afternoon. 3

Mother weighs in on officer involved shooting

The family of a man shot by police at a northwest mall on Tuesday is speaking out about comments made by the chief of police after the incident. 19 1

People attend to a victim who was hit by a car during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Republican-American, Bill O'Brien)

Car drives into crowd at Virginia parade; up to 60 injured

An elderly driver plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Saturday parade in a small Virginia mountain town and investigators were looking into whether he suffered a medical emergency before the accident. 2 1

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Level III Fire Ban lifted

The Calgary Fire Department has lifted a Level III fire ban for the city just in time for the May long weekend. 2

A Hamilton Police forensics van leaves the Millard hangar at the Region of Waterloo International Airport, Saturday, May 18, 2013.

Questions about Dellen Millard emerge amidst Bosma investigation

The forensic investigation examining the death of Hamilton, Ont. man Timothy Bosma was expected to wrap up Saturday, as tips from the public continue to pour in. 5

RCMP and local fire department worked to find two missing fishermen after their boat capsized off New Brunswick's northeast coast on Friday, May 17, 2013.

Fisherman found dead off N.B., two others still lost at sea

A small New Brunswick community was mourning the loss of a young fisherman Saturday as search efforts continued for two other crew members who were aboard a vessel that went aground off the province's northeast coast. 5 2

Inquiry complete into plastic surgery death

The Justice Minister’s office has released the results of a fatality inquiry into the death of a young Calgary mom who died from complications following a surgical procedure at a private clinic.

Body pulled from reservoir

Emergency crews were called out to the Glenmore Reservoir on Friday afternoon for reports of a body in the water. 4

The Cave and Basin in Banff has been restored and is now open to the public.

Cave and Basin back in business

The Cave and Basin National Historic Site of Canada was reopened to the public on Friday after undergoing years of restoration work. 1

Police are hoping the public can help them locate a suspect wanted in connection with 25 break and enters between April 15 and May 15, 2013. They say that the culprit targetted cash and electronics, but also stole six vehicles out of garages.

Police investigating rash of break-ins

Calgary police are hoping that the public will be able to give them some information that could lead them to a suspect responsible for 25 break and enters since mid-April.

Sen. Pamela Wallin has recused herself from the Conservative caucus as she awaits the results of an external audit into her travel expenses. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Pamela Wallin forced out of Tory caucus over preliminary audit results

Prime Minister Stephen Harper forced Sen. Pamela Wallin out of the Conservative caucus after learning the preliminary findings of an audit looking into her travel expenses, a source has told CTV News. 5

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford walks out of his office at City Hall in Toronto on Friday, May 17, 2013. (Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Ford denies allegations about video, says newspaper 'going after me'

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford suggested Friday the Toronto Star has a vendetta against him and said allegations that he can be seen smoking from a glass pipe in a video are 'ridiculous.' 8

Broken glass from a cabinet at Weldon an Mary Meadus' cottage after an 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck, near Ladysmith, Que., Friday, May 17, 2013.

Earthquake rattles residents in Ontario, Quebec

People in eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec felt the ground shake Friday morning, after an earthquake struck near the nation's capital. 347 19

The Wal-Mart store in Prince Albert, Sask. where a 22-year-old woman gave birth in a washroom in May 2007, is shown on Wednesday, June 24, 2009. (Geoff Howe / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Top court upholds acquittal of mom who left newborn in Wal-Mart toilet

The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the acquittal of a Saskatchewan woman who gave birth in a Wal-Mart bathroom stall and left the newborn in a toilet. 2

Argentina's former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla attends his trial in Cordoba, Argentina, Thursday, July 22, 2010. (AP / Natacha Pisarenko)

Former Argentine dictator Jorge Videla, 87, dies of natural causes

Former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who took power over Argentina in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of his fellow citizens in a dirty war to eliminate people considered to be subversives, died in his sleep Friday while serving life in prison for crimes against humanity. He was 87. 2

Composite photos show four-year-old missing child Madeleine McCann and an age progression computer generated image of her at 9 years old. (Metropolitan Police / Teri Blythe)

'Persons of interest' identified in case of missing girl Madeleine McCann

British police say they are investigating new leads in the case of Madeleine McCann, the Briton who disappeared six years ago in Portugal at the age of three. 7

Alberta Premier Alison Redford is shown during an interview in her office at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Alberta on Wednesday April 17, 2013. (Jason Franson / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Alberta announces major expansion of trade offices in U.S., India, Brazil

Alberta Premier Alison Redford has announced a major expansion of foreign trade offices with new missions opening in California, Chicago, Brazil, Singapore and India. 7

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