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Global News
31-05-2025
- Climate
- Global News
Alberta windstorm's path of destruction damages homes, uproots trees
A powerful windstorm swept through parts of Alberta on Thursday. Environment Canada says the path of the storm was between Slave Lake and Red Deer with the epicenter of the damage between Edmonton and Leduc. Wind gusted up to 130 km/h in some parts and the storm only lasted around four minutes. At Pigeon Lake, the roof was ripped off of a part of the Cedar Crest Inn. Contractors told the owners that there were shingles underneath the tin roof that reduced the damage. Louis Bull Tribe owns and operates the Inn, the RV park, and Pigeon Lake's golf course. 'A lot of our trees were uprooted, our grounds crew was really busy today, chainsaws out removing everything they could and getting everything ready, and we're currently open,' said Shaleigh Raine, Louis Bull Tribe lands and consultation manager on Friday. Story continues below advertisement Raine said for the past five years, the tribe has been working hard renovating and revitalizing the area to make it a community hub. She said they had recently got funding and architectural plans in place to start renovations on the Cedar Crest Inn to be complete in the fall. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy 'We had to focus on the golf course, then the RV park, then now we are moving to the Cedar Crest Inn, so it is just unfortunate that the storm had to hit when we were moving at such a fast pace,' said Raine. She said fortunately there was no water damage inside the inn, but the damage from the storm will set them back. Raine said she hopes to have the renovations complete by fall 2026. Calvin Macauley was inside watching the Oilers game when the storm hit Itaska Beach at Pigeon Lake. 'I came outside just in time to hear the crack, and the one go down on his house over there,' said Macauley. He saw two massive trees fall on his neighbours cabin. On the lake, several docks flipped over and turned. Around 15 minutes later, he says, he received the Alberta Emergency Alert on his phone. 'We've been out here 20 years now and this is only the second time we've seen a storm that bad,' said Macauley. Story continues below advertisement At Edmonton International Airport, high winds forced the departure level of the terminal to temporarily close due to airborne debris, while inbound flights were also redirected to Calgary. The damage affected some structures, signage, the roof of the south pedestrian pedway and several vehicles that were parked in the parkade. 'My understanding is we have not seen winds that strong in more than 60 years, so our structures definitely are being assessed today. We are taking a look at what needs to be fixed, what needs to be inspected,' said Erin Isfeld with YEG airport corporate communications. 'For the most part, nothing extremely significant and the number one thing here for us is that no one was injured.'
Time Out
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Tetsuya's former exec chef has opened 40Res, a cosy new wine bar in Surry Hills
The name 40Res tells you exactly where you need to be: 40 Reservoir Street in Surry Hills. Swing by after a hard day's work or for a relaxed weekend catch-up with mates and you'll find a new neighbourhood wine bar with some top drops and seriously good share plates. Led by chef-owner Josh Raine (the former executive chef of Tetsuya's, still at Canvas at the MCA) and head chef Michael Tran (formerly of The Bellevue and Clove Lane), 40Res takes fine dining finesse and gives it the laid-back ease of your favourite local. With both chefs having Michelin cred to their names – Raine at Pied à Terre; Tran at Hibiscus (both in London), this new venture is more casual and cosy so that the wine and food are the main focus. 'It's just super tasty food. Simple, but really, really good. It's the kind of food we want to eat with a glass of wine,' says Raine. The snack-centric menu is inspired by their travels and childhood memories – but reimagined, of course. Take the fish fingers, for instance. They come with a rich mayo-style pil pil sauce made with trout skin and bones, garlic and olive oil – a perfect match for the fish. The cacio e pepe is made lighter with a delicate, cheesy foam instead of a cloying sauce. Want to dig into something more substantial? While the menu changes frequently to highlight what's in season, you'll always find a few staples such as pasta, a risotto, a fish of the day and a steak on the menu. Getting to the all-important wine list. Curated by general manager Keliann Zellman, it puts boutique producers front and centre, celebrating terroir over trend. Expect everything from sparkling to skin-contact wines, sourced from standout wine regions across Europe and Australia. 'We want 40Res to feel like somewhere you can unwind, take your time,' says Zellman, 'If you book, there's no time limit. Stay as long as you like.' Cheers to that!
BBC News
26-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Durham wrap up two-day victory at New Road
Rothesay County Championship Division One, Visit Worcestershire New Road (day two)Worcestershire 162 & 81: Raine 4-20, Yusuf 4-26Durham 136 & 108-4: McKinney 34; Waite 2-21Durham (19 pts) beat Worcestershire (3 pts) by six wicketsMatch scorecard Durham beat Worcestershire by six wickets inside two days in a bowler-dominated County Championship match at New 16 wickets fell on the first day, 14 fell in the first two sessions of the second on a pitch which the seamers would like to carry round in their kit trailed by 26 on first innings after they were bowled out for 136, with Ben Allison taking 3-26 and Tom Taylor 3-36, but George Drissell's resolute 31 proved priceless as Worcestershire were skittled for 81 in the afternoon Raine left the home side 3-3 and they never recovered, Raine ending with 4-20r 20 and Codi Yusuf 4-26. Durham faced a victory target of 107, no formality on such a pitch, but reached 108-4, thanks principally to Ben McKinney's 34 from 58 resuming on the second morning on 55-4, Durham hit immediate further turbulence with two wickets in the fourth over, from Taylor. Jack Blatherwick edged to wicketkeeper Gareth Roderick and Will Rhodes did the same to end 111 minutes of defiance for and Graham Clark dug in to add 47 in 20 overs before Allison took three wickets in 13 balls. Clark played on, Raine edged to second slip and Drissell was taken at point, but number 11 Jake Ball made 13, a very handy cameo in the context of the match, before Yusuf edged Jacob Duffy second innings lurched straight into crisis as Raine struck three times in his first two overs. His third ball clipped Roderick's off-stump, his ninth went to second slip via Jake Libby's edge and his 11th pinned Rob Jones lbw. Six innings in this match brought Roderick, Libby and Jones a combined 18 Nicholls and Adam Hose chiselled out 40 but the most authoritative shot of the day, Hose's cut four off Ball, was immediately followed by his dismissal when he tickled the next ball followed, dubiously adjudged lbw to Yusuf and when Kiwi debutant Nicholls fell lbw to Ball having gritted out 25 in 72 minutes, Worcestershire were hit Brett D'Oliveira's middle stump and, after Raine trapped Matthew Waite lbw, the South African finished off the innings with wickets in successive balls as Allison played on and Duffy skied a 108 in two days and a session, Durham lost Alex Lees, bowled by Duffy, in the third over but McKinney and Will Rhodes added 35, almost a third of the target, before Rhodes edged an unplayable ball from Ackermann fell lbw to Waite but, with such a small target, Worcestershire's bowlers needed dot balls as well as wickets and they could not find enough. McKinney drove Waite to mid-off but Robinson and Clark saw their side home with an assertive unbroken stand of 36 in 41 balls. It was a match for batters to forget but the biggest losers were the Worcestershire fans, denied any cricket to watch on Sunday with the weather due to be glorious. ECB Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
1News
23-04-2025
- 1News
Evidence in Beckenridge case 'severely contaminated'
An expert is unable to say for certain whether the car at the centre of the Mike Zhao-Beckenridge case really held the 11-year-old boy or whether the scene was staged, due to evidence being 'severely contaminated'. A coronial hearing is underway in Christchurch to determine whether Mike was murdered or involved in a staged disappearance. Police believe he was inside his stepfather John Beckenridge's car in March 2015 when it drove over a cliff in the Catlins and plummeted 70 metres to the ocean below. Their theory is that Breckenridge intentionally drove the pair to their deaths in a murder-suicide, possibly out of contempt for his ex-partner. But that has been challenged by Fiona Lu, who believes her son is still alive. Beckenridge was a helicopter pilot with four known aliases. No bodies were ever found and there are still many unanswered questions about what happened that day. The court had asked engineering expert Dr John Raine to prepare a report on the available evidence connected to the clifftop scene. That included photos of tyre marks at the site, footage taken by divers, and an inspection of the wreck itself. Raine gave his findings in court today but had to give caveats repeatedly, saying the evidence was compromised by several factors. Similar lines were heard again and again, with the expert saying he had 'no way of saying for certain' at one point, and 'no way for me to give an opinion' at another. The main thing he was able to determine for sure was that, based on images of tyre tracks, the Volkswagen Toureg V8 drove in a straight line under power before it hit the edge of the cliff. Testing indicated it may have reached a speed as high as 76km/h before it launched over the side and rocketed into the water. It would have gained speed in the air and rotated before impact. A key question was whether the car could have been tampered with to send it over the edge without a driver. Raine said there were many potential ways to do so, including advanced options – such as actuators connected by brackets – and simple ones such as a stick or rock on the accelerator. He said, for example, a rod could have been 'physically attached' or 'temporarily bound' to the accelerator pedal. This could be 'rigged up for absolutely minimal cost'. However, there 'was no evidence of anything of this kind in the vehicle'. Critically, that would also have made the steering unreliable – a key point, as tyre tracks suggest the vehicle went in a straight line. The evidence indicated it was more likely that someone drove the car over the edge, he said. 'The overall probability of the vehicle having launched off the cliff top without a driver at the controls appears to be very low, whereas the probability of the vehicle having been driven off the cliff top is high,' he said. However, he immediately followed with another caveat. 'That is a not a precise statement,' he said. The difficulty is that the available evidence is not conclusive. While police divers were able to film the vehicle underwater after it was submerged, they struggled with limited visibility. When the car was eventually recovered, many key areas that would normally be inspected as part of an investigation were missing. There was no steering wheel, no accelerator and a 'huge number' of fittings had been removed. The swell was very strong in the area and is likely to have dislodged parts of the car. That also meant it was possible that something like a rock – if one had been placed on the accelerator – was present but moved away by the water. There was no way to know for sure. 'I can't give you a straight answer,' Raine said when asked. Other hypotheses were also discussed, with the expert discounting a theory that Beckenridge may have started the vehicle on its way and jumped out at the last minute. He said it was 'highly unlikely' that the driver could have safely exited the vehicle without being seriously injured, or also going over the cliff edge. Potential brake marks were also seen near the cliff edge, but these too were inconclusive. It was possible the car was taken for a trial run before braking at the edge, reversing, and running in the same direction a second time before going over the edge. Overall, from an evidence point of view, the case was 'extraordinarily difficult', he said. 'The action of the sea has severely contaminated the available evidence I'm looking for, so that made interpreting damage more complicated. 'It also made conjecture as to whether or not the vehicle was driven more difficult as well.' The hearing is set down for three days and continues tomorrow.
BBC News
22-04-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Memories of Hebden Bridge floods 10 years on
On Boxing Day in 2015, the town of Hebden Bridge was under water; thousands of homes and businesses were submerged when Storm Eva battered the north of England, causing significant damage in the Calder a new play which depicts the community's efforts to "rebuild their sodden town" opens at Leeds Playhouse, the BBC has been to meet the people affected by "The Flood". "Water was cascading off the hillside and literally rising in the town centre," Andrew Entwistle 81-year-old flood warden had spent the days prior to the storm warning people to brace the water came, he was going to try and lay out sandbags in an attempt to delay the deluge surging through streets, but it was too late."My wheelbarrow was floating down the street," he tells the BBC."Nobody had the flood defences then that we have now."Everywhere you looked there was just water, people were trapped in buildings; it was up to my armpits."It literally climbed up the walls." Evidence of the water levels are still visible in Hebden Bridge 10 years later. In The Albert, a pub which regularly hosts the flood wardens' bi-monthly meetings, a sign marking the depth hangs high on the walls above a chalkboard displaying drinks deals."It was catastrophic, the worst in living memory," Mr Entwistle continues."The water came and it stayed for around 48 hours and we were on our own."There was no electric; everything had gone off, there were no communications, it was so quiet."Mr Entwistle and his wife had just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary when the floods candles left over from their celebrations, he attempted to light the way for the community in the inky darkness. "Everybody rallied round," he adds. Among those to rally was Deborah the owner of The Albert, the 60-year-old was living in nearby Luddenden when Hebden Bridge spent hundreds of pounds on cleaning supplies to help the community when the water finally drained, and opened her back room as a creche."It was the first time I ever saw men cry," Ms Collinge tells the BBC."Two guys told me they saw a lady that had been in the water all day and all night. "It was around her waist and she was just holding her husband's ashes." The Flood, written and directed by Lucie Raine, focuses on the spirit displayed during the Raine had friends and family living in Hebden Bridge and remembers the "apocalyptic" images, taken of places she walked around regularly."The memory is quite powerful, it still touches me."After deciding she would write a play about the events that unfolded, Ms Raine began chatting to anyone she could. "What was unusual was the amount of pride people had; they immediately talked about what happened afterwards, the way they came together."People waded through sludge to make sure others got groceries."The Flood has been described as "a love letter to the town that refused to give in to the volatility of nature". Walk around Hebden Bridge today and evidence of that defiant spirit can still be in plain sight along almost every door and window are brackets that floodgates can be attached to the moment a flood alert escalates to an urgent shops have signs which can transform into barriers, others have valuable goods and electrics raised more than a metre from the could be mistaken as decorative cladding in The Albert can be turned into shelving strong enough to hold detachable table tops and stores have replaced carpets with hard materials such as wood or stone so mud and mess left behind by the water can be swilled away. Having endured six major floods since 2000, for people in Hebden Bridge, preparation is part of every day adds Mr Entwistle, no lives have been lost to the flooding, but living under the threat of heavy rain has taken its toll on the community."The records that people had, photographs, ashes, mementoes; they all disappeared."People's lovely possessions were contaminated; they're all gone and irreplaceable."He has since experienced PTSD since the 2015 flooding and says the anxiety in the town is "palpable" during heavy Entwistle hopes the play can teach people how "massive" the impacts of a flood are. "Talking about it sends shivers down my spine."It eats into your soul, we live on a knife-edge."The Flood is touring theatres in Yorkshire and the north, including Leeds Playhouse and the Hebden Bridge Little Theatre until 17 May. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
