CBC - Sudbury (6 minutes ago)
'Tis the season to get sick — and for families and friends to pass around bugs like unwanted gifts. So before you head from one celebration to another, here are some helpful tips for avoiding the flu and other respiratory illnesses over the holidays.
ReadCBC - Ottawa (6 minutes ago)
The tentative agreement comes after the two parties first agreed to a deal in principle last month. Today's agreement finalizes "contractual language" and will prevent either side from locking workers out or striking, ahead of the busy holiday season.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (6 minutes ago)
Flu cases across Canada are on the rise and may push hospitals to their limits over the holidays and into the new year, leading health officials in regions across the country to warn people not to visit emergency rooms unless it's absolutely necessary.
ReadCBC - Kitchener-Waterloo (6 minutes ago)
The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting a fifth hospitalization in an E. coli outbreak linked to recalled Pillsburybrand Pizza Pops. The federal agency says 23 people in seven provinces got sick with the bacterial illness after eating or handlingcertain flavours of the frozen snack between early October and late November.
ReadCBC - Canada (6 minutes ago)
When Tammy Victor arrived at Fisherman's Wharf in Eastern Passage, N.S., at 7:45 a.m. AT Wednesday to sell some lobster in an improvised storefront, a crowd was already waiting for her in the frigid outdoors. Victor co-owns The Lobster Dive, which burned down Monday in what is believed to be an electrical fire.
ReadCBC - Canada (6 minutes ago)
Just as Alberta begins to dig out from its last winter storm, most of the province is preparing for another blast of snow and brutal cold, just in time for the holidays. As stubborn cold continues to cloak the province, another icy snowstorm is bound for Alberta and expected to hit Christmas Eve.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
The province's Serious Incident Response Team has provided some information about how Saskatoon police shot a 25-year-old man while responding to a mental health call.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
Holiday shopping isn't as simple as heading to the nearest mall in remote communities like Uranium City, in the far northwest corner of Saskatchewan. It requires real organization, planning and patience.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
One Saskatchewan man has taken his love for fruitcake to a new level, and gained a huge social media following in the process.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
Some Saskatchewan people go big for the holiday season. There's a retiree in Milestone who makes fruit cakes for the masses and a collector with nativity scenes on display in every nook and cranny of his two-bedroom Regina apartment. If you need a lift this holiday season, these stories will leave you merry to the max.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
In a year-end interview, Beck defended her absences from the legislature during the fall sitting and described how the Saskatchewan NDP plans to be an effective official Opposition.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
A Saskatoon King's Bench Court judge dismissed the lawsuit initially filed in July 2018, just months after a semi-trailer went through a stop sign and collided with the junior hockey team's bus, killing 16 people. Their lawyer says they will appeal.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
Trevor Allen, 49, died this month, making this year's Christmas light show the last one he put together. Since 2018, the Regina man has turned his yard into a Christmas-themed light show set to music.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
The Carlyle Observer, a small-town weekly newspaper, has closed its doors after nearly 90 years in operation. The final issue was delivered last week, with the paper officially folding on Dec. 18.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
Saskatchewan RCMP say there won't be a criminal investigation into the death of a boy who died on Ochapowace First Nation Saturday night.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
Holidays can be a hard time for people who are far from their relatives or estranged from their family members, but for these three people who came to Canada from other countries, close friends have come to feel like family and have helped them forge new connections and traditions.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
Women and children staying at Regina Transition House now have access to Santa's workshop — a safe space where mothers can choose Christmas gifts for their children.
ReadCBC - Saskatchewan (7 minutes ago)
Marina Hills's son Henry Losco died on Dec. 19 in their apartment at 1827 Albert St., after carbon monoxide spread leaked in the building while maintenance work was being done. Her husband Sergio Losco survived but is still in hospital.
ReadCBC - Calgary (7 minutes ago)
For decades, caribou in Jasper National Park have been declining, and experts warned that without intervention, they would become locally extinct. In response, Parks Canada invested $40 million in the Caribou Conservation Breeding Centre, the first facility of its kind in North America.
ReadCBC - Calgary (7 minutes ago)
If you find yourself being blinded by headlights these days, you're not alone. A University of Calgary engineering professor says if modern standards for headlights were created with halogen bulbs in mind, they need to be updated to reflect the much-brighter LED bulbs being used today.
ReadCBC - Edmonton (3 hours ago)
An Alberta chocolatier brought a distinctly Canadian flavour to the baking show Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, a magical experience she says taught her to think bigger. Priya Winsor of St. Albert, Alta., said the show pushed her well beyond her comfort zone, particularly when it came to constructing large-scale edible showpieces.
ReadCBC - North (4 hours ago)
It's Christmas eve and the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk is facing another big storm. Mayor Erwin Elias says it's the third blizzard in two weeks. He says the store shelves are getting bare, and crews on the highway have been helping trucks of groceries get in when the road has been clear.
ReadCBC - North (6 hours ago)
The truck that brings mail, and other supplies to Dawson City, Yukon, from Whitehorse is not running while temperatures across the territory remain around –40 C. Manitoulin Transport said the next truck will arrive in Dawson City after the holiday weekend, weather permitting.
ReadCityNews - Calgary (6 hours ago)
Many animals end up at rescue shelters, through no fault of their own. Often it's not because they aren't valued and loved but because a variety of circumstances which force their owners to give them up. In this week's Pause For Pets, we take a minute to look at one of those pets. Seven-year-aged Max […]
ReadEdmonton Journal - Local (7 hours ago)
Connor McDavid has given the most remarkable Christmas gift to Edmonton Oilers fans: himself, at his very best, for the entire month of December, arguably the best month any NHL player has ever had. All the more astonishing, it came just as most fans and commentators were starting to doubt the Oilers, with good reason, […]
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