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Understanding ice colour and the “1-10-1” rule to prevent drownings
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Following the drowning of a man in his forties and a child in Saint-Zénon, the Quebec Lifesaving Society is reminding people of certain safety rules to follow when engaging in on-ice activities. It was a bleak Christmas Day for the loved ones of the two victims, whose deaths were confirmed by the Quebec ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Boxing Day draws shoppers despite poor weather in Toronto, much of Ontario
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
TORONTO — Shoppers in some Canadian cities braved heavy snow and wintry conditions on Boxing Day, undeterred by the challenging weather in their hunt for a good deal. Much of southern Ontario stretching from Belleville in the east to Windsor in the south and Sault Ste. Marie in the west was under weather warnings, for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Snow, freezing rain, and extreme cold make for a wintry Boxing Day across the country
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
HALIFAX — Much of the country is under a weather warning Friday, as extreme cold, strong winds, heavy snow, and even fog and freezing rain are predicted from coast to coast. Environment Canada has yellow storm warnings up for most areas where messy weather is expected. Yellow warnings mean the weather will most likely be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More snow and strong winds expected in Newfoundland Friday and overnight
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
Newfoundlanders shouldn’t put away their shovels just yet, as another heavy snowfall is predicted for Friday evening following a white Christmas in much of the province. Environment Canada has all of Newfoundland and much of Labrador under a winter storm warning, with the most hazardous conditions in the Cartwright and Baie Verte areas. In Baie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister says Canada can’t rely on U.S. health institutions anymore
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she can no longer trust American health agencies as reliable partners. Michel says Canada is used to looking to the United States as a source of health and scientific information but that has changed since President Donald Trump took over. An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto police investigating after second incident of mezuzahs stolen
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
TORONTO — Toronto police are investigating after multiple mezuzahs were stolen outside Jewish homes for the second time this month. Officers were called just before 12:30 p.m. on Christmas Day to a condo building in the Finch Avenue East and Bayview Avenue area, where police said mezuzahs had been taken from three units. A mezuzah ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freezing rain, snow expected in parts of Ontario as Newfoundland braces for blizzards
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
Parts of southern Ontario are under weather warnings today, with freezing rain expected in the Windsor region and parts of the Greater Toronto Area into the evening. Environment Canada says some areas north of Toronto could see a mix of ice pellets and snowfall amounts of between five and 12 centimetres. Further north, areas from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘The year that the shoe dropped’: How the Canada-U.S. relationship changed in 2025
By Canadian Press on December 26th, 2025
WASHINGTON — The people anxiously sipping hot chocolate in the Canadian Embassy in Washington on a cold night in January almost a year ago couldn’t have predicted the roller-coaster of trade provocations and bilateral blow-ups the next 12 months would bring. In hindsight, that unusually chilly Washington evening foreshadowed how the Canada-U.S. relationship would soon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Much of N.L. under winter storm warnings as heavy snow and winds hit the coast
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
Much of Newfoundland and Labrador is under a winter storm warning with heavy snowfall and strong winds Thursday afternoon and continuing into Friday. Environment Canada is calling for blizzard-like conditions in the Cartwright area along the east coast of Labrador, with up to 50 centimeters of snow expected. Elsewhere in the province the weather agency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Raids carried out at Mexican homes linked to former Olympian Ryan Wedding
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have executed four raids on homes linked to a suspect whose description matches that of former Olympic snowboarder and alleged Canadian drug kingpin Ryan Wedding. Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection says in a release that multiple agencies including the Attorney General’s Office, the Navy and the National Guard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group of U.S. distillers complains N.S. and other provinces favouring local alcohol
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
HALIFAX — A group of U.S. alcohol producers claims Canadian retailers are giving unfair advantage to local spirits, including what it calls “discriminatory” markups in Nova Scotia and other provinces. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States has sent a 77-page submission to the office of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer outlining obstacles the ... Read More »
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