Repurposed Leopard 1 tanks invade Vegreville
Global News
The central Alberta town has been invaded by a part of Canadian military history.
An unusual sight near Vegreville is turning heads.
The central Alberta town has been invaded by a part of Canadian military history. Leopard 1 tanks are neatly lined up in a work yard on the west end of town.
Many of these heavy metal battle machines were used in combat in Afghanistan.
A Vegreville company, Quality Disposal & Recycling Inc., got the contract to repurpose these out-of-date relics to be used for target practice at Cold Lake Air Weapons Range.
Project manager for quality disposal, Jaden Melenka, said the response from the public has been entertaining.
“They’ll drive by and see a tank rolling by and they’ll text someone who works here and say, ‘What on earth are you guys doing?'” said Melenka.
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Canada fails to find foreign buyer for old Leopard 1 tanks
Canada acquired more than 50 of the Leopard 1 tanks in the 1970s and operated them until 2017. The aging machines have since been replaced with Leopard 2 tanks.
Jet fuel from a ruptured tank poured into the North Sea after the Portugal-registered container ship Solong broadsided the U.S.-flagged tanker MV Stena Immaculate on Monday.
Two people were killed and 18 were injured, including three children, in the massive drone attack that spanned 10 Russian regions, officials said.
Doctors said the 88-year-old pope remains stable and has consolidated improvements in recent days, as determined by blood tests and positive responses to drug treatments.
There are 300 million people with PolG worldwide. There is currently no treatment or cure.
A woman, who identified herself on camera as Frankie while being detained, said she was 'getting arrested today for protesting Elon Musk.'
Authorities are searching on land, by air and in the ocean for the student, who went down to the beach with her friends but never returned.
Britain's Maritime and Coastguard Agency said several lifeboats and a coast guard rescue helicopter were dispatched to the scene in the North Sea.
Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News he paused some U.S. tariffs because he 'wanted to help Mexico and Canada to a certain extent,' but added tariffs could also go up.
The man was hospitalized. The Secret Service said his condition was “unknown.” The Washington Metropolitan Police Department will investigate the law enforcement shooting.
The move comes as Hamas is believed to still have 24 living Israeli hostages and the bodies of 35 others.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his canola industry is under fire due to tariffs on Chinese EVs, "which nobody wants," to protect North American EVs, which few can afford.
Russian air strikes have killed at least 20 people, officials say, following a U.S. decision to stop sharing satellite images with Ukraine.
China announced retaliatory tariffs on some Canadian farm and food imports, after Canada imposed duties on certain Chinese-made products in October.