A huge grass fire near Good Spirit Lake burned approximately 4,000 acres and kept fire fighters busy for several days.
The initial call came in to the Canora and District Fire Department on May 14 at approximately 9 a.m.
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A fire engine is among vehicles stuck on the A38 near Exeter following a break-down.
A recovery truck carrying the fire engine along with a forklift truck has stopped Plymouth-bound at the top of Haldon Hill.
Photos show another recovery vehicle on sce…
This is set to be a summer like no other. All major events are cancelled and a holiday abroad looks doubtful. But all is not lost. Summer’s top pastimes nearly always involve food – picnics, ice cream, Pimm’s! – and there is no reason to bypass the sea…
Travellers light bonfires, dump rubbish and empty chemical toilets next to exclusive millionaires’ row at Sandbanks in Dorset where Harry Redknapp owns £3.5m seafront mansion
Around 10 motorhomes descended on car park in the excl…
Devon RCMP news briefs May 22
RCMP cruiser. Postmedia, file
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Thousands of locked-down Britons packed onto packed beaches to indulge in 82 F (28 C) sunlight on the most popular day of the year up until now today, with cars and trucks from around the nation triggering gridlock in Devon as well as Cornwall to the f…
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries Wednesday night in a crash on Devon Avenue near Cicero Avenue.
The crash happened in the 4700 block of West Devon Avenue, the Chicago Fire Department said. Devon Avenue is the bounda…
The boss of Plymouth ice cream maker Langage Farm has called for more Government support for businesses crippled by the Covid-19 lockdown – as it emerges the firm is losing up to £50,000 a week.
Paul Winterton, managing director at the Smitherleigh-bas…
Not everybody is sticking to the tough lockdown rules and as we enter week seven of isolation and social distancing, we take a look at some of the worst flouters in Devon and Cornwall.
The public and police across the region are having none of the weak…
A TRAIN buff concerned about his family’s mobility in old age has built a 50ft railway up a hillside that leads to his home.Engineer Allan Pyne, 54, has spent most of his life working on railways, and so he turned to what he knew when he faced a proble…
A Devon train buff concerned about his family’s mobility in old age has built a 50ft railway up a hillside that leads to his home.
Engineer Allan Pyne, 54, has spent most of his life working on railways, and so he turned to what he knew when he faced a…
That’s a bit steep! Engineer, 54, spends 18 years and £15,000 building a RAILWAY to his hillside house so he and his wife won’t have to climb 50ft steps when they get older
Allan Pyne, 54, lives with his wife Rachel in a hillside…
When people use the word “purpose-built,” they refer to something that has specific attributes to aid in a particular goal. A potato peeler or a waffle maker, for example. But when something is “versatile,” it adds a lot more intrigue. Now we’re talkin…
Coronavirus lockdown has not led to fewer deaths on the roads in Devon and Cornwall – despite the number of cars returning to levels not seen since the 1950s, says the crime commissioner.
Alison Hernandez says latest data shows the last fortnight has b…
Former Flybe pilot Aaron Leventhal had only been flying for 13 months before the company collapsed, leaving him with no choice but to get back behind the wheel of a Tesco delivery truck.
After saving up around £100,000 the former pilot undertook 10 yea…