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• Saskatchewan charities welcome donation deadline extension

  03-01-2025 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan charities are hoping the federal government's decision to extend the deadline for 2024 charity donations will encourage last minute donors to step up.
  
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• B.C. driver who tried to apprehend suspected impaired driver was impaired: RCMP

  03-01-2025 23:34 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  Mounties on Vancouver Island say a 50-year-old motorist who tried to apprehend a suspected impaired driver on New Year's Eve, was, in fact, impaired and was issued a 90-day driving prohibition by police.
  
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• 'Inadmissible' foreign nationals to pay more upon return to Canada: CBSA

  03-01-2025 23:10 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Foreign nationals who refuse or are unable to pay their own way home after being denied stay in Canada will soon face steeper financial penalties should they ever attempt to return.
  
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• CBSA increases travel cost reimbursement fees for 'inadmissible' foreign nationals

  03-01-2025 23:10 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Foreign nationals who refuse or are unable to pay their own way home after being denied stay in Canada will soon face steeper financial penalties should they ever attempt to return.
  
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• Why Canadians may find conflicting advice on cutting back alcohol

  03-01-2025 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some people observe "Dry January" at the beginning of a new year, in which people will refrain from drinking alcohol for the month.
  
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• Star Trek is now a Canadian enterprise. Here's what made it so

  03-01-2025 22:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Mayor Olivia Chow has a model starship in her office: the USS Toronto with an accompanying plaque features a quote from her husband, Jack Layton, who died in 2011. "Always have a dream that will outlast your lifetime," it reads. Today, Chow leads a city that has become a second home to the Star Trek franchise.
  
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• Warming Great Lakes could lead to stronger snow storms, climate scientists say

  03-01-2025 22:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Climate scientists and meteorologists say climate change, driven by the burning of fossil fuels, is helping create conditions that can strengthen the storms — like the one that that hit parts of central Ontario in late November and early December.
  
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• N.S. community shocked by deaths of father, daughter; suspect was wanted in Toronto shooting

  03-01-2025 21:43 via atlantic.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Nova Scotia community is mourning the loss of two of its members after they were shot and killed in Halifax on New Year’s Eve.
  
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• Poilievre says don't expect problems to be fixed 'instantaneously' after election

  03-01-2025 21:40 via nationalpost.com
  
  Poilievre said he would 'put out a call to Canadians that they have to stay politically active' if they want change
  
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• Calgary woman stranded in Mexico after husband's death during diving trip

  03-01-2025 21:37 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Calgary woman is struggling to return home after her husband died while diving in Mexico, leaving her stranded and facing financial hardship.
  
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• Charges stayed for Saskatchewan officer accused of negligence after in-custody death

  03-01-2025 21:31 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  Charges have been dropped against Saskatchewan police officer accused of negligence in the death of a man in custody.
  
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• Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks: ‘We’ve done the impossible’

  03-01-2025 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  In an 11th-hour turnaround last month, after getting an earful from people dismayed their beloved keepsakes would be trashed, the city said it would at least try to return some.
  
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• Hateful graffiti sprayed on Winnipeg community centre

  03-01-2025 21:09 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  For the second time in the span of a month, a Winnipeg community centre has been hit with hateful graffiti.
  
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• Antisemitic graffiti sprayed on Winnipeg community centre

  03-01-2025 21:09 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  For the second time in the span of a month, a Winnipeg community centre has been hit with antisemiticgraffiti.
  
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• 3 charged with murder, suspect sought in Lethbridge motel killing

  03-01-2025 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police have charged three people with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Christina Webber, whose body was found at a motel in Lethbridge on Dec. 28, 2024.
  
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• Prison sentence cut in half for man who identifies as Métis

  03-01-2025 20:43 via nationalpost.com
  
  He successfully argued that the judge who sentenced him erred in the application of what are dubbed Gladue principles
  
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• Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

  03-01-2025 20:43 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  It takes years to rebuild a whale.Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.
  
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• Why is Canada setting up first-ever border preclearance site in the U.S.?

  03-01-2025 20:31 via nationalpost.com
  
  The new site will cost Ottawa $7.4 million, money allocated in the 2021 federal budget
  
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• Gazan terrorists fire rocket at Israel as IDF continues ground operations

  03-01-2025 20:30 via nationalpost.com
  
  Air-raid sirens had not sounded in Be’eri, which was devastated during the Hamas-led massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, in almost a year
  
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• 5,600 Olympic Plaza bricks were saved, being returned to those who purchased them

  03-01-2025 20:15 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  The City of Calgary is in the process of giving back thousands of bricks saved from Olympic Plaza ahead of the aging infrastructure's overhaul.
  
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• Four puppies abandoned in northern Ont. rescued, rehomed

  03-01-2025 20:13 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
  
  On New Year's Day, a pair had gone for a drive on northern Ontario backroads near Markstay-Warren to look at the local wildlife when they came upon four puppies in the middle of the road in the cold.
  
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• Western premiers call for a 'better deal' as equalization payments hit record $26.2B

  03-01-2025 19:54 via nationalpost.com
  
  Quebec is once again the top receiving province, raking in $13.6 billion, up a quarter billion from 2024-25
  
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• Sault, Ont., man claims Indigenous moose hunting rights without proof, fined $5,500

  03-01-2025 19:47 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
  
  A hunter from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has been fined for moose hunting without a licence or proper documentation. He claimed Indigenous hunting rights but failed to provide any proof.
  
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• Man found dead in Porters Lake, N.S. home after RCMP respond to call for distressed person

  03-01-2025 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  RCMP in Halifax say a 30-year-old man was found dead inside a home after a lengthy standoff. The province's police watchdog says the case doesn't meet its mandate to investigate.
  
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• Union representing Ontario college faculty issues five-day strike notice

  03-01-2025 19:16 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ontario college students could soon see their winter semester cut short as the union representing faculty at the province’s 24 public colleges could walk off the job as early as Thursday next week.
  
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• This Toronto convenience store was robbed before Christmas. The neighbourhood has stepped up

  03-01-2025 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents in Toronto stepped up for their local convenience store after it was robbed just before Christmas.
  
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• How the warming Great Lakes could herald a new era of supercharged snowstorms

  03-01-2025 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Areas off the Great Lakes are used to big snowfall events, earning the title of Ontario's snowbelt. 
  
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• Suspect in New Year's Eve double slaying in Halifax was wanted in Toronto shooting

  03-01-2025 18:50 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Halifax police say the 39-year-old man who allegedly killed a woman and her father on New Year's Eve was a fugitive wanted in a 2019 Toronto nightclub shooting.
  
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• Saint John man charged with second-degree murder in wife’s Christmas Eve death

  03-01-2025 18:45 via atlantic.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man accused of murdering his wife on Christmas Eve made his first court appearance in Saint John, N.B., Friday morning.
  
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• Man jumps from moving vehicle to escape robbery of high-end shoes: Winnipeg police

  03-01-2025 18:26 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  Two men from Saskatchewan have been charged after another man had to leap from a moving vehicle during an attempted robbery.
  
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• Man arrested after committing five bank robberies in 10 days: Toronto police

  03-01-2025 18:25 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man accused of robbing five Toronto-area banks in a 10-day period has been arrested by Toronto police.
  
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• Why Louisville is a must-see on a family road trip through Kentucky

  03-01-2025 18:22 via o.canada.com
  
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• Former luxury hotel in downtown Vancouver set to be demolished

  03-01-2025 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cadillac Fairview confirmed to Global News that it has applied for a demolition permit for the Four Seasons Tower at the corner of Georgia and Howe streets.
  
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• Here's how much money Canadians can get in GST/HST payments today

  03-01-2025 18:18 via nationalpost.com
  
  Eligible Canadians should expect the payment by direct deposit, the Canada Revenue Agency said
  
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• Canadians eligible for GST/HST credit to receive payments today

  03-01-2025 18:18 via nationalpost.com
  
  Eligible Canadians should expect the payment by direct deposit, the Canada Revenue Agency said
  
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• Trudeau to attend cabinet committee meeting on Trump tariff threat

  03-01-2025 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  The committee meets as Donald Trump's Jan. 20 inauguration quickly approaches. Trump promised to enact 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports
  
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• The Blues Highway: A legendary road trip from Clarksdale to Memphis

  03-01-2025 17:15 via o.canada.com
  
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• ‘Speechless’: N.S. couple win Lotto 6/49 jackpot, stored ticket in cookie tin

  03-01-2025 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  It was a holiday miracle when a Nova Scotia couple learned they were $2.5 million richer after winning the Lotto 6/49 classic jackpot just before Christmas.
  
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• Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus

  03-01-2025 16:55 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows “worrisome” signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the treatment approach taken can help inform future cases.
  
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• Ontario aiming to send out $200 rebate cheques later this month or early February

  03-01-2025 16:39 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ontarians should receive their $200 rebate cheque from the province by the end of January or early February, a government spokesperson confirmed in an email Friday.
  
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• Canada to launch 1st preclearance site in the U.S.: CBSA

  03-01-2025 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada Border Services Agency said it will set up a first preclearance operation in the United States this year as part of Ottawa's plan to boost security.
  
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• Sea and Himalayan salts recalled in Canada: 'Do not use, serve or distribute'

  03-01-2025 16:20 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Two brands of sea and Himalayan salt are being recalled in Canada due to pieces of plastic found in the products.
  
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• Pickleball popularity: indoor courts coming to Winnipeg in 2025

  03-01-2025 16:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A sport traditionally played by seniors has exploded in the last few years and is now attracting athletes of all ages and skill levels.
  
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• Guelph General Hospital announces first baby of 2025

  03-01-2025 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Guelph General Hospital said the first-time parents welcomed a baby girl just before 1 a.m. on New Year's Day.
  
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• Suspect charged in northern Ont. road rage incident that went viral

  03-01-2025 14:47 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 37-year-old suspect has been charged in connection with a road rage incident last week in Temiskaming Shores.
  
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• Canada crashes out of hockey world juniors with 4-3 loss to Czechia

  03-01-2025 13:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canada was also upset by the Czechs in the dying moments at the same stage 12 months ago at the under-20 event in Gothenburg, Sweden.
  
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• Ontario council moves meetings online citing ‘growing infiltration of alt-right’

  03-01-2025 13:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Pickering council has been engaged in a growing battle with one member of council, who the mayor has claimed is linked to alt-right figures and has disrupted repeated meetings.
  
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• Weather warnings issued for nearly all of Canada's provinces and territories

  03-01-2025 12:30 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Nearly every province and territory in Canada is subject to weather advisories heading into the weekend.
  
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• Why you should skip that New Years detox

  03-01-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Scientists say there is no compelling evidence to support the use of 'detox' diets for weight loss or toxin elimination
  
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• Should you do a New Year 'detox' or 'cleanse'? Here's what you need to know

  03-01-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  
  Scientists say there is no compelling evidence to support the use of 'detox' diets for weight loss or toxin elimination
  
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