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• G2 driver stopped going more than 100 km/h over the speed limit on Hwy. 401 in eastern Ontario

  28-12-2024 14:09 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 17-year-old driver is facing charges after being caught speeding and driving dangerously on Highway 401 in eastern Ontario Friday evening, according to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).
  
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• WATCH | Historic toboggan slide gets $400K update to keep it cold enough

  29-12-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  For the first time in 140 years, the Quebec City ice slide will get revamped to keep the slide chilled as the city grapples with warmer winters and the effects of climate change.
  
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• RCMP asks for help handling troubling number of kids radicalizing online

  29-12-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  When RCMP Supt. Jean-Guy Isaya first started as a police officer 20 years ago, school outreach involved drug safety programs. Now the Mountie says there’s a growing need to teach counter-radicalization. It’s why the RCMP, along with its Five Eyes allies, put out a report earlier this month warning about the rising prominence of young people drawn to support terrorism.
  
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• Part of plane catches fire on Halifax runway after rough landing, temporarily closing airport

  29-12-2024 04:44 via cbc.ca
  
  The Halifax airport was temporarily closed Saturday night after a plane arriving from St. John's experienced a problem landing, which saw the plane skid down the runway and part of it catch fire.
  
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• Vandalism of a beloved Christmas display tradition in Canmore upsets community

  29-12-2024 02:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canmore residents came together to help a local family restore its popular Christmas display back to its glory just 24 hours after it was vandalized on Boxing Day.
  
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• Residents frustrated over broken elevator at Edmonton seniors housing complex

  29-12-2024 01:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents and nearby neighbours are raising concern about deteriorating health for tenants living at Porta Place after their one and only elevator has been broken for over a week.
  
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• Vancouver man defrauded Chinese developers of US$500K, court rules

  29-12-2024 01:28 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Vancouver man has been ordered to pay more than US$500,000 after a B.C. Supreme Court judge found he had defrauded the would-be developers of a real estate project in China of that amount.
  
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• Toronto man creates tiny mobile homes to help unhoused people escape the cold

  28-12-2024 23:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Tired of watching people sleeping outside in the cold, a Toronto man is building tiny mobile homes attached to bicycles to give temporary relief to those who are unhoused
  
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• A New Chapter: Bookworms crawl back to Canada’s independent bookstores

  28-12-2024 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Independent bookstores are being revived across the country as the market shifts from big box bookstores back to quaint and niche neighbourhood shops.
  
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• Saskatchewan holiday travellers warned of slippery conditions this season

  28-12-2024 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Whether you’re returning from your Christmas vacation or have New Year’s plans in a different city, the Ministry of Highways is reminding you to travel safely. Communications consultant Brandy Leippi said after mild temperatures and rain in parts of the province, there is frost on the pavement, causing slippery conditions. She recommends checking the Highway...
  
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• Mississauga tow truck driver charged for impersonating a cop in northern Ont.

  28-12-2024 22:52 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
  
  A southern Ontario resident has been charged for allegedly impersonating a peace officer during a towing incident in northwestern Ontario.
  
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• Olympic champion relay sprinters voted CP team of the year

  28-12-2024 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  The relay squad of Aaron Brown, Jerome Blake, Brendon Rodney and Andre De Grasse ran away with The Canadian Press team of the year award for 2024 on Saturday.
  
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• Trailblazing Canadian-born model Dayle Haddon dies from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

  28-12-2024 20:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Dayle Haddon, a Canadian-born actor, activist and trailblazing former Sports Illustrated model who pushed back against age discrimination by re-entering the industry as a widow, has died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning.
  
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• Saskatoon soccer players enjoying the sport at a slower pace

  28-12-2024 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Walking soccer is offered at the Saskatoon Soccer Centre twice per week, allowing players to enjoy the sport at a slower and less intense pace.
  
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• Massive fire at port in Delta, B.C., Saturday morning

  28-12-2024 19:26 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A massive fire at the port in Delta, B.C., sent a plume of smoke into the sky Saturday morning.
  
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• Delta, B.C., port terminals closed after 'machinery fire' Saturday morning

  28-12-2024 19:26 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A large fire at the port in Delta, B.C., sent a plume of smoke into the sky Saturday morning.
  
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• TC Energy says early morning gas leak near Cornwall, Ont. resolved

  28-12-2024 18:16 via ottawa.ctvnews.ca
  
  A gas leak that happened at a compressor station near Cornwall, Ont. Saturday morning has been controlled, according to TC Energy.
  
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• 43-quintillion combinations: Speedcubers solve Rubik's Cubes in record breaking times

  28-12-2024 17:46 via barrie.ctvnews.ca
  
  On Saturday, Barrie is testing the abilities of some of the fastest cube solvers from across the province and around the world.
  
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• IDF downs Houthi missile from Yemen as sirens blare in Jerusalem

  28-12-2024 16:34 via nationalpost.com
  
  It was the first time air-raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem since the Iranian attack on Oct. 1
  
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• With walls, berms and raised roads, Fort McMurray, Alta., is working to keep its river from overflowing

  28-12-2024 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fort McMurray sits at the junction of two rivers, which makes it susceptible to ice jam floods in the spring. It experienced a large ice jam flood in 2020. Now, Fort McMurray has extensive infrastructure to prevent a repeat — and is building more.
  
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• 'Pulling people apart': Renewed tension between Canadian Jewish groups, United Church sparked by Gaza

  28-12-2024 15:55 via nationalpost.com
  
  'Nobody in Israel cares what the United Church of Canada says or does. No one. Where it can have an impact is in Canada,' says Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs vice-president, external affairs Richard Marceau
  
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• How B.C.'s 2 biggest cities are trying to curb illegal dumping

  28-12-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  From construction and demolition waste to old mattresses and furniture, officials in Surrey and Vancouver want residents to put waste in its place rather than dumping it in green spaces, ditches or other inappropriate spaces.
  
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• Alberta drought conditions expected to improve heading into 2025

  28-12-2024 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In 2024, it was a roller-coaster of a growing season for Alberta farmers. While some challenges still remain, an agroclimate specialist says there has since been a very significant reduction in overall drought conditions.
  
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• How some men are trying to fight online misogyny amid 'your body, my choice' rhetoric

  28-12-2024 13:09 via ctvnews.ca
  
  A young man with a buzz cut leans on a pristine countertop in a stark white kitchen and looks directly into the camera as he delivers what he presents as the secret to dating success for straight men.
  
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• 'Unity': Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak sums up 2024

  28-12-2024 11:00 via ctvnews.ca
  
  The Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak’s first year as leader has been one of unity, she said in an interview with CTV News.
  
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• Quebec man single-handedly runs English-language news source for his community

  28-12-2024 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  With Quebec language laws preventing Deux-Montagnes from sharing information in English on the city website, one man has filled the void with his own English-language news outlet.
  
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• Museum of Bad Gifts an homage to the awkward, the unwanted and the inappropriate

  28-12-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  This season of gift-giving, the awkward, the unwanted and the inappropriate are being saved from the garbage heap by four young artists who've just opened the Museum of Bad Gifts at a gallery on Roncesvalles Ave.
  
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• Joe Cracker may have changed the way Nova Scotians respond in times of crisis

  28-12-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The bravery of a 13-year-old Nova Scotia boy more than 200 years ago may have influenced the province's legacy of helping people in distress, according to a Halifax writer.
  
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• Heroism of teen 'Joe Cracker' during 1797 shipwreck may have changed how Nova Scotians respond in a crisis, author says

  28-12-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The bravery of a 13-year-old Nova Scotia boy more than 200 years ago may have influenced the province's legacy of helping people in distress, according to a Halifax writer.
  
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• Test your knowledge with The House's 2024 year-end quiz

  28-12-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It’s been another year of breaking news from Parliament Hill. How many political stories can you recall from the past 12 months? Listen below as host Catherine Cullen ties a bow on 2024 and tests a panel of parliamentary journalists, including Nojoud Al Mallees of The Canadian Press, Brian Platt of Bloomberg News and CBC’S J.P. Tasker.
  
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