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• AI and thermal drones are helping find the lost in B.C.'s mountains

  20-04-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Vancouver's famous North Shore Mountains are visited by thousands every year. But some trips don't go according to plan. New technology, some of it developed in Canada, is helping search crews find those who are lost faster than ever.
  
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• Toronto relative says rabbi killed in Sydney Hanukkah attack was ‘very special’

  15-12-2025 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  Rabbi Eli Schlanger was one of at least 15 people killed at the event on Bondi Beach on Sunday after two gunmen opened fire on the crowd.
  
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• Hero 'riddled with bullets' after stopping Bondi Beach terrorist says he'd 'do it again'

  15-12-2025 19:14 via nationalpost.com
  Ahmed al Ahmed, the man being hailed as a hero around the world for disarming one of the gunmen during Australia’s Bondi Beach terrorist attack Sunday, said he doesn’t regret putting his own life at risk to save others and would “do it again.” The 44-year-old Syrian-born Sydney shop vendor and father of two young girls is recovering in hospital after being “riddled with bullets” during his courageous act, but remains in “good spirits,” according t
  
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• Holocaust survivor killed in Bondi Beach massacre reportedly shielded wife from terror attack

  15-12-2025 19:06 via nationalpost.com
  One of the victims of a deadly terror attack that targeted the Jewish community over the weekend at Australia’s Bondi Beach was a Holocaust survivor who reportedly shielded his wife. Alex Kleytman, 87, was killed on the first night of Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights. He was at the event with his wife, children and grandchildren. “I think he was shot, because he raised himself up to protect me, in the back of the head,” his wife, Larisa Kleytman, told
  
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• Holocaust survivor, 10-year-old girl, French soccer player among victims of Bondi Beach massacre

  15-12-2025 19:06 via nationalpost.com
  One of the victims of a deadly terror attack that targeted the Jewish community over the weekend at Australia’s Bondi Beach was a Holocaust survivor who reportedly shielded his wife. Alex Kleytman, 87, was killed on the first night of Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights. He was at the event with his wife, children and grandchildren. “I think he was shot, because he raised himself up to protect me, in the back of the head,” his wife, Larisa Kleytman, told
  
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• 1 dead after ‘fall of ground’ incident at Saskatchewan potash mine

  15-12-2025 18:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Mosaic Company said a 'fall of ground incident,' which is a collapse of rock or earth in an underground mine, took place early Monday morning and fatally injured a worker. 
  
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• CRA has made 'important changes' to the 2025 income tax package. What Canadians need to know

  15-12-2025 18:41 via nationalpost.com
  If you filed your 2024 tax return on paper, the Canada Revenue Agency would like you to know that you won’t automatically receive a paper version of the 2025 forms in the mail next year. Under the heading of “Important changes to the 2025 income tax package: What you need to know,” the CRA last week notified taxpayers that the practice of mailing out the most recent forms has been shelved. “This decision has been made to support the CRA’s continued shift to digital
  
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• 3 kids die from influenza A-related complications since start of December in Ontario

  15-12-2025 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Three children in Ontario have died from influenza A-related complications since the start of December, health officials said Monday.
  
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• Montreal bus, metro drivers vote in favour of new deal with transit agency

  15-12-2025 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  The union representing the 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators, and station agents — the largest of the six unions at the agency — voted on Sunday.
  
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• I bared my soul — and body — on this women’s-only tour in Turkey

  15-12-2025 17:50 via o.canada.com
  "Turn! Turn! Sit! Come!" Read More
  
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• Saskatoon woman demands better access to social supports for homeless community

  15-12-2025 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  A Good Samaritan is demanding change from all levels of government after a frozen Saskatoon night exposed the trouble in accessing social support for those in need.
  
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• Flu blamed in deaths of 3 children in Ottawa area this month

  15-12-2025 17:08 via cbc.ca
  Three children between the ages of five and nine have died from complications of influenza this month, health officials in Ottawa and a neighbouring region said Monday.
  
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• Toronto bike share probing loyalty program, seeking $41M in new funding

  15-12-2025 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  Bike Share Toronto is looking at introducing a loyalty program, among other revenue streams, in a bid to end years of operating at a financial loss.
  
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• Transport Canada probing plane crash near Ontario city

  15-12-2025 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  Transport Canada is investigating a small plane crash that occurred on Friday near Orillia's Chris Hadfield Airport, with police saying the pilot survived.
  
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• Food prices spiked in November, says StatCan in latest inflation report

  15-12-2025 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  Prices for consumer goods and services increased an average of 2.25 per cent in November compared to the same month in 2024, according to the latest Consumer Price Index report.
  
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• B.C. watchdog to investigate after woman struck by Surrey police vehicle

  15-12-2025 13:08 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia's police watchdog has been called in to investigate after a woman was hit late Sunday by an officer's vehicle.
  
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• SIU investigates after man killed in gunfire exchange with police in Welland

  15-12-2025 12:59 via globalnews.ca
  Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a 26-year-old man was shot and killed by police in Welland.
  
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• Nova Scotia teams up with federal government to build hundreds of new homes

  15-12-2025 12:24 via globalnews.ca
  The Nova Scotia government says work will soon begin on hundreds of new affordable homes, with the majority slated for Shannon Park in Dartmouth. 
  
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• There’s a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada

  15-12-2025 12:10 via globalnews.ca
  Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal's Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged.
  
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• Ontario teen sets Guinness World record for stacking bottle caps using chopsticks

  15-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Ever tried to stack up bottle caps? Against those shaking odds, Daniel Joseph Ireneo has made a Guinness World Record for stacking 12 caps in 30 seconds using chopsticks on Aug. 13, just a couple of days before his 14th birthday.
  
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• Canadian businessman jailed in U.S. over AI chip smuggling plot called a national security danger

  15-12-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  Federal U.S. prosecutors in two states are scrambling to keep a 58-year-old Canadian businessman locked up until his trial, saying he poses a danger to national security and there is no other way to stop him fleeing. That depiction of Benlin Yuan, of Mississauga, Ont., stems from Yuan’s arrest and alleged role in a US$50-million plot to smuggle restricted high-tech Nvidia computer chips used in artificial intelligence processing into China, and follows a judge’s unexpected order gran
  
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• Canadian businessman called national security danger as U.S. scrambles to keep him in prison before trial in China AI chip smuggling plot

  15-12-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  Federal U.S. prosecutors in two states are scrambling to keep a 58-year-old Canadian businessman locked up until his trial, saying he poses a danger to national security and there is no other way to stop him fleeing. That depiction of Benlin Yuan, of Mississauga, Ont., stems from Yuan’s arrest and alleged role in a US$50-million plot to smuggle restricted high-tech Nvidia computer chips used in artificial intelligence processing into China, and follows a judge’s unexpected order gran
  
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• Bed-building program gives back while teaching a trade

  15-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Oyate Tipi Cumini Yape, a Winnipeg-based furniture bank, has made 250 beds for people in need this year with help from volunteers, including teens who get to learn a new skill while helping others.
  
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• ‘A normal thing now’: Canadian family says extortion gang is preying on them

  15-12-2025 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  After their house in Caledon, Ont., was shot at last week, the Mands are speaking out about Canada's extortion problem, saying police and politicians are not doing enough.
  
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• Renters consider leaving N.L. after no-fault eviction ‘upheaved’ their lives

  15-12-2025 10:30 via cbc.ca
  After moving to St. John's, N.L. from Ontario, a couple built a comfortable life in a two-bedroom apartment with their cat. Two years later a no-fault eviction forced them to start over.
  
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• Vacant upscale north Toronto homes should house low-income families, advocates say

  15-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  A commercial real estate developer well known for his philanthropic work, along with a ratepayers group and a local refugee shelter, are floating a plan to transform 10 vacant houses in a tony north Toronto neighbourhood into temporary homes for low income families.
  
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• 'It was fully ignored': This woman's medical emergency in Ontario jail reflects broader health-care crisis

  15-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  More than a third of complaints filed by prisoners in Ontario jails this year were health-related, as medical staffing dropped by nearly 50 per cent and inmate populations kept rising, a CBC data analysis shows. One former inmate suffered a septic wound and a miscarriage while incarcerated.
  
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• Linguistic experts urge Carney government to stop using British spellings

  15-12-2025 02:49 via cbc.ca
  Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world with its recent use of British spelling in official documents, including the 2025 federal budget.
  
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• Independent Regina businesses make the best of the holidays

  15-12-2025 00:55 via globalnews.ca
  Two independent Regina businesses prepped for holiday season months in advance and are now making the most of the busy shopping season.
  
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• Toronto man outruns newly-opened light rail train by 18 minutes

  15-12-2025 00:34 via cbc.ca
  A Toronto man challenged the newly-opened Finch Light-Rail Transit to a race — and he won.
  
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