‘This is the one place in Canada where there is only one road, one bridge across the country’ A newly constructed bridge in northern Ontario has heaved apart, indefinitely closing the Trans-Canada highway — the only road connecting Eastern and Western Canada. The Nipigon River Bridge has been closed for “an indefinite time due to… Continue reading Ontario's Nipigon River bridge fails, severing Trans-Canada Highway
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Saskatoon man rescued from sandbar after roping down to retrieve phone
‘Thought he had a good shot at getting it back,’ battalion fire chief said Fire crews rescued a man last night from a sandbar after he climbed down from the walkway of Saskatoon’s Circle Drive South Bridge to retrieve a phone. “He was not intoxicated,” battalion Chief Brent Hart said about the incident that happened just before… Continue reading Saskatoon man rescued from sandbar after roping down to retrieve phone