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The Dutch prime minister says Category 5 Hurricane Irma was a storm of epic proportions when it slammed into the former Dutch colony of Saint Maarten in the Caribbean.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte says the damage is huge, and there is no power or running water -- adding inhabitants are sitting in the dark, in ruined houses, cut off from the outside world.
The U-K government, meantime, says Irma has inflicted severe damage to the British overseas territory of Anguilla, which took the full force of the storm.
Irma is expected to hit another British overseas territory, Turks and Caicos, later today
At least one person has died in the northeast Caribbean island of Anguilla, raising the death toll of Hurricane Irma to at least 10 as the storm roars through the region.
The Caribbean Disaster Management Agency reported the death early Thursday and said 90 per cent of roads in Anguilla are impassable.
Meanwhile, in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Katia has prompted a hurricane warning in Mexico in the state of Veracruz.
French President Emmanuel Macron will go to the islands hit by Hurricane Irma as soon as weather conditions permit, after at least eight people died on Saint-Martin.
Macron will travel to France's Caribbean territories as soon as possible once immediate rescue operations are complete.
The president of the territorial council, Daniel Gibbs, says Saint-Martin is 95 per cent destroyed
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One person is Dead after a plane has crashed near the St. Andrews Airport north of Winnipeg according to the RCMP.
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A Manitoba woman is appealing her conviction for hiding the remains of six babies she conceived over many years in a rented storage locker.
Forty-three-year-old Andrea Giesbrecht was sentenced in July to 8 1/2 years for concealing the dead body of a child.
Her trial was told she put the remains in plastic bags and containers inside a U-haul storage locker.
They were discovered by workers who opened the locker in October 2014 after Giesbrecht fell behind on her payment
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This weekend a Raku Pottery workshop is being hosted by the Dauphin Pottery and Ceramics Club at the Watson Art Centre.
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The Manitoba Tourism Awards have released their list of finalists for this year.
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The Manitoba Farm Safety Program is partnering with Saint John’s Ambulance to offer first aid courses specifically designed for different farming operations.
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A new CAO was hired for the Grandview Municipality’s administration.
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Residents in Gilbert Plains gathered at the Gilbert Plains Collegiate Institute’s gymnasium for a special screening of CBC’s Still Standing episode featuring their community last night.
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The Bank of Canada raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point to one per cent this morning.
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Manitoba Liberal leadership candidate Cindy Lamoureux is boycotting her party's all-candidates' debates in protest over the 15-dollar admission fee to the October 21st leadership convention.
The Burrows M-L-A says also objects to the five-dollar admission fee for anyone wanting to watch today's debate in Selkirk and next week's debate in Winnipeg.
She says she believes the race should be about growing the party and bringing in new members.
Lamoureux is running against Dougald Lamont and M-L-A Jon Gerrard.
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The most powerful Atlantic Ocean hurricane in recorded history made landfall overnight in the islands of the northeast Caribbean.
In Barbuda, the storm ripped the roof off the island's police station forcing officers to seek refuge in the nearby fire station and a community centre serving as an official shelter.
The storm is roaring along a path pointing to Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba before possibly heading for Florida over the weekend.
Evacuation notices are expected today in the Florida Keys
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