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Evacuees moving, shelter security, school attack, emergency calls, Bombers preview, Endless Cookie
Plus: Read to the end for a new "missing link" dinosaur

Good evening. Here’s a look at what our newsroom has been working on today:

 

'We’re hoping to bring them home soon'

Chris Kitching:

Cranberry Portage residents to return home Saturday; Ontario out of room for evacuees

A northern community evacuated due to wildfire has been deemed safe for residents to return this weekend, while Ontario has stopped accepting evacuees from Manitoba after welcoming thousands to Niagara Falls. Read More

 

Malak Abas:

Province now in charge of security at Leila Avenue evacuee shelter

Safety remains concern for those affected by wildfires Read More

 
 
 

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'We need to understand and know why'

Skye Anderson and Erik Pindera:

Teen accused in sword attack planned to hurt others: police

The 16-year-old accused of seriously assaulting a fellow student with a sword at a Brandon high school Tuesday was planning to attack more people, police say. Read More

 
 

'I pray that no one suffered because of the waste you caused'

Dean Pritchard:

Court grapples with how to handle senior who made 350 calls to 911, went to ER 137 times

A Winnipeg senior has spent more than 130 days in jail for making hundreds of phone calls to emergency response services in which she claimed crises that didn’t exist. Read More

 
 

'It will be exciting'

Joshua Frey-Sam:

Bombers set to kick off season with battle against familiar face

Returning favourites, fresh recruits face Lions as road to Grey Cup begins Read More

 
 

'Eventually, we gave into the insanity'

Randall King:

Animated documentary Endless Cookie a bite-sized chunk of family life

At the close of the Hot Docs Festival in May, in a field of dozens of live-action films, it was the animated feature Endless Cookie that took home the $50,000 Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary, a prize determined by audience poll. Read More

 
 
 

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One last thing...

Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press:

‘The missing link’: New early tyrannosaur species discovered by Calgary researchers

The species, Khankhuuluu mongoliensis — meaning "Dragon Prince" or "Prince of Dragons of Mongolia" — is believed to have crossed via a land bridge from Siberia to Alaska roughly 85 million years ago. Read More

 
 

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