Two planes from Calgary-based Kenn Borek Air are waiting in Chile for the weather to improve before they can continue on a dangerous mission to rescue a worker in medical distress from a remote research station in Antarctica.
2 Canadian planes waiting to complete dangerous mission in ‘total darkness’ of Antarctic winter
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Lionel Messi declares he will play for Argentina no more after loss in Copa America final
Lionel Messi says he's quitting Argentina's national team.
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Kenn Borek Air celebrates successful South Pole rescue mission in Calgary
The company that owns the plane that made a daring rescue flight to save two people who got sick working at a U.S. research station at the South Pole shared the story Tuesday in Calgary.
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Reed boat made in landlocked Bolivia set for trans-Pacific journey to Australia
Final preparations are put to a boat made only of reeds and crafted by indigenous Bolivians before it sets sail across the Pacific to prove that ancient mariners were capable of making the journey.
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7.6 magnitude earthquake in Chile on Christmas Day tsunami warning lifted
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 struck 225 km (140 miles) southwest of Puerto Montt in southern Chile on Sunday.
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Calgary barbers and hairdressers unite in support of Chilean wildfire victims
Members of the Chilean Canadian community association opened their doors for a cut-a-thon Saturday.
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‘Ring of Fire’ solar eclipse delights onlookers in South America
Sky gazers in Chile, Bolivia and Argentina were treated to a special sight early on Sunday when they witnessed the first solar eclipse of 2017.
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Chile rattled by more than a dozen off-shore earthquakes
More than a dozen moderate earthquakes have hit the Chilean coast within just over two hours.
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10-year-old Chilean cancer patient captures hearts dancing on hospital bed
This 10-year-old Chilean girl battling an aggressive form of brain cancer is capturing the hearts of many with her enthusiasm for life.
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Chilean city sees snow for the first time in a decade, electricity out for thousands
Children treated the snow like a rare treat and excitedly went outside to build snowmen and throw snowballs.
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Mike Tyson denied entry into Chile due to criminal record
Tyson served three years of a six-year sentence in the 1990s for raping a teenage beauty-pageant contestant. He also has been convicted of assault and cocaine possession.
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Mudslide in Chilean village leaves 5 dead, 15 missing
The mudslide tore through a small village after a night of torrential downpours.
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Pope Francis stops convoy in Chile after mounted police falls from horse
Pope Francis ordered his convoy to stop on Thursday after a mounted police officer was thrown from the horse as the popemobile passed by.
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14 people from Chile arrested, $2.7M in goods seized in alleged GTA break-and-enter ring
Halton Police have cracked a crime ring tied to a break and enter spree targeting luxury items.
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Pope Francis denounces ‘culture of abuse and cover-up’ in Catholic Church
Pope Francis became the first pope to publicly denounce a “culture of abuse and cover-up” in the Catholic Church.
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Pope meets with priests who were sexually abused by notorious Chilean preacher
Pope Francis dug deeper into the roots of Chile’s sex abuse scandal by meeting with a group of priests who were trained in a cult-like Catholic community and suffered psychological and sexual abuse there.
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Nova Scotia-based Buddhist leader facing new sexual misconduct allegations
The new claims are included in a memo by Carol Merchasin, a lawyer who oversaw a preliminary investigation into the initial claims against Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.
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Astronomers discover biggest cluster of galaxies ever found from early days of the universe
The 'proto-supercluster' of galaxies nicknamed Hyperion has a mass 1 million billion times greater than the sun and is so distant that it is viewed from earth as it looked billions of years ago.
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Mitsubishi subsidiary hopes to build salmon farms in Nova Scotia
Cermaq Canada says the Nova Scotia government has granted the company four options to lease sites in the Chedabucto Bay region along the eastern shore, and in the St. Mary's region south of Digby.
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6 Brazilian tourists found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in Chile apartment
Six Brazilian tourists were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning Wednesday inside an old apartment where they were staying in central Santiago.
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