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One person dies in New Year's Day house fire in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY, B.C. - One person has died in a house fire in Surrey, B.C., Mounties say they found the home fully engulfed in flames when officers arrived at around 7 a.m. on New Year's Day, adding the blaze...
Jan 1, 2024
Canadian RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley thrilled to join Toronto Raptors
TORONTO - RJ Barrett woke up in an Indianapolis hotel room, ready to play the Pacers with the New York Knicks. But when he checked his phone he thought he was still dreaming because he'd been traded t...
Jan 1, 2024
Israel's Supreme Court overturns a key component of Netanyahu's polarizing judicial overhaul
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial overhaul, a decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in ...
Jan 1, 2024
Two people struck and killed by speeding driver in Montreal, 23-year-old man arrested
Montreal police say they've arrested a man who allegedly struck and killed two people with his car before fleeing the scene early this morning. Police spokeswoman Const. Caroline Chvrefils said witnes...
Jan 1, 2024
'It makes you feel alive:' Parksville polar bear dip to help ring in 2024
NANAIMO - It's a New Years Day tradition for some and wholesome entertainment from the safety of shore for others.The Regional District of Nanaimo are again hosting their annual Polar Bear Swim, at Pa...
Jan 1, 2024
Saskatchewan to stop collecting carbon levy from natural gas and electrical heat
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says its natural gas utility is to stop collecting the carbon levy as of Monday from residential customers. The move comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exem...
Jan 1, 2024
Gas tax paused in Manitoba, returns in Alberta at a lower rate
As one province pauses the gas tax to provide savings at the pumps, another is bringing it back. The Manitoba government says that starting Monday, motorists won't have to pay 14 cents per litre in fu...
Jan 1, 2024
'I am done': Amid rider woes, is Ottawa's transit system a victim of its own success?
OTTAWA - It didn't feel like the glory days at the time, climbing onto a crowded bus and pushing into the crush of bodies, riders sweating into their wool coats and parkas. But despite the cramped rid...
Jan 1, 2024
'Unimaginable excess': Bid to attract showy superyachts to Cape Breton under scrutiny
HALIFAX - Not so long ago, the largest community in Cape Breton was best known as home to one of the most toxic waste sites in North America: the infamous Sydney tar ponds. Containing one million tonn...
Jan 1, 2024
It's showtime in Toronto today for new pro women's hockey league
TORONTO - Hype will be replaced by history and hockey this afternoon at the old Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. New York and Toronto will have the honours of playing the first game in the spanking-new ...
Jan 1, 2024