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TORONTO STAR Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:28 PM
    
Trustees endorse school safety plan that involves reaching deep into the community for help with what some are calling a crisis.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:43 PM
     Despite U.S. President Joe Biden's attempts to link WNBA star Brittney Griner's case to that of Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine arrested on espionage charges in 2018 and sentenced to 16 years in prison two years later, it became plain that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not budge.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:01 PM
     A new list by OpenTable shows the 100 "most beloved" Canadian restaurants in 2022, based on more than one million reviews.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:24 PM
     Despite Jamaica's prime minister recently declaring a widespread state of emergency following a surge in gang violence and murder on the island, a travel expert warns that Canadian travellers may not be granted cancellation claims for travel insurance policies.
Friday, December 9, 2022 12:16 AM
     The statement was Henry's first mention of flu deaths among children, despite holding a media briefing Monday specifically to update the public on a surge in respiratory illnesses.
Friday, December 9, 2022 12:04 AM
     The focus on frequency means some Calgary Transit riders would have to travel further to a bus stop, but the service would come more often, city documents said.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:53 PM
     Dubois extended his point streak to seven games while Connor Hellebuyck turned aside 29 shots in the win.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:46 PM
     Iranian-Canadian human rights advocate Nazanin Afshin-Jam, who founded Stop Child Executions, said the western world needs to take action now and go beyond condemnation.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:45 PM
     Anti-semitism has been getting worse over the last couple of years on the prairies.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:33 PM
     "Such photos are used strictly by the provincial wildlife veterinarian for assessment purposes, and would not be shared," wrote spokesperson Tania Venn.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:29 PM
     The House of Commons justice committee report calls for victims to be informed before a publication ban is imposed so they have the ability to opt out.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:17 PM
     Recommendations included moving away from the contracted care model and ensuring better access to Indigenous culture and culturally competent staff for youth.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:10 PM
     TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner extended his franchise-record points streak to 21 games with a second-period goal and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-0 on Thursday night.
Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:55 PM
     Mitch Marner hasn't been shy about trumpeting the recent play of his unheralded Toronto Maple Leafs teammate David Kampf.
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:54 PM
     OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Igor brand Gorgonzola mild ripened blue-veined cheese due to possible Listeria contamination. The affected product distributed by Jan K. Overweel Limited was sold in 350g packages with a best-before date of Feb. 01, 2023. The cheese was sold in Ontario and Quebec. There […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:48 PM
     INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Baker Mayfield threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Van Jefferson with 10 seconds to play to cap a 98-yard drive, and the Los Angeles Rams' brand-new quarterback led two TD drives late in the fourth quarter of a shocking 17-16 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Thursday night. Just two days […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:41 PM
     OTTAWA — The federal government says the RCMP has suspended a contract with an Ontario company that has links with China. Audrey Champoux, a spokeswoman for the Office of the Minister of Public Safety said Thursday that the contract with Sinclair Technologies has been paused. No further details were available. Earlier Thursday, the Department of […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:24 PM
     The wins, the streaks and the shutouts continue for the Maple Leafs, but it was a big hit that turned this latest game around. For a club often chided for not responding when play gets physical or if its skill players are rocked, a second-period check by Zach-Aston Reese was significant in triggering a 5-0 […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:09 PM
     BALTIMORE RAVENS (8-4) AT PITTSBURGH STEELERS (5-7) LINE: Pittsburgh -2.5 CHEWABLE: You might already know about the greatest, spine-tingling tradition in the NFL, but to those who don't — for almost 21 years (since a Jan. 5, 2002 playoff game against Cleveland) the Steelers have pumped up their home crowd and their defence by blasting […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:04 PM
     OTTAWA — Seven members of a parliamentary committee studying the Liberal gun bill have requested two special meetings to hear from witnesses on the government's proposed definition of an assault-style firearm. The definition, put forward by the government as an amendment, has prompted confusion and controversy as MPs go over Bill C-21 clause by clause. […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:01 PM
     CALGARY — TC Energy Corp. has estimated the volume of oil released in Wednesday's Keystone pipeline leak at 14,000 barrels, making this most recent spill larger than Keystone's 2017 and 2019 leaks combined. The update comes one day after TC Energy announced it had mobilized people and equipment in response to a confirmed release of […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:54 PM
     NEW YORK — Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in the northern tip of Greenland. Today, it's a barren Arctic desert, but back then it was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the now extinct […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:35 PM
     Whoopi Goldberg has defended Blazing Saddles against accusations the 1974 Western satire is racist. The comic, 67, warned critics to leave Mel Brooks' film alone during her appearance on The View on Wednesday as it poked fun at all types of prejudice. She declared: "Leave my Blazing Saddles alone – don't make me come for […]
Toronto Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:29 PM
     'Getting to tell the biggest story ever told is what excited me about it,' new DC boss James Gunn tells Postmedia
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 1:33 AM
     MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled on George Floyd's back while another officer kneeled on the Black man's neck is expected to be sentenced Friday to 3 1/2 years in prison for manslaughter. J. Alexander Kueng pleaded guilty in October to a state count of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. The […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 1:26 AM
     BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A month into the nation's largest strike involving higher education, the work stoppage by University of California academic workers at 10 campuses is causing stress for many students who are facing canceled classes, no one to answer their questions and uncertainty about how they will be graded as they wrap up […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 1:24 AM
     SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Nearly 400 South Koreans adopted as children by families in the West have requested South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigate their adoptions through Friday's application deadline, as Seoul faces growing pressure to reckon with a child export frenzy driven by dictatorships that ruled the country until the 1980s. The […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 1:17 AM
     NUIQSUT, Alaska (AP) — Though the weather outside was frightful, schoolchildren in the northern Alaska Inupiac community of Nuiqsut were so delighted for a visit by Santa that they braved wind chills of 25 degrees below zero just to see him land on a snow-covered airstrip. Once again, it was time for Operation Santa Claus […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 1:02 AM
     DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met on Thursday with Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince while on a visit to the kingdom, solidifying ties with a region crucial to his country's energy supplies as sanctions intensify on Russia over its war on Ukraine. Xi arrived at Al Yamama Palace in […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 1:02 AM
     BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Friday after an advance on Wall Street led by the latest rally in technology companies. Chinese benchmarks rose on reports the government is planning new measures to support the ailing property sector, which has dragged on growth over the past several years. The relaxation of some of […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 1:00 AM
     BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has been without a president for over a month, its legislators unable to agree on a new head of state. The impasse is holding up a range of initiatives, from putting into place structural reforms for an International Monetary Fund program to allowing the country's state-owned television channel to broadcast the […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 12:53 AM
     We all yearn for connection. It can be the most desperate feeling any of us have, that need to look at another person and for them to look at us. But more importantly, to be understood by another. That's what we all want, it's what we're all looking for in the darkness out there. The […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 12:10 AM
     Griner swap wasn't what US hoped for, but what it could get WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken's surprise announcement last July lacked any detail, but its meaning was crystal clear. In a rare comment on secret talks, he said the Biden administration had made a "substantial proposal" to Russia to end the […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 12:08 AM
     QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Sara Milena is barely 20 days old. Her mother, Tania Herrera, lives with her parents, who are the breadwinners of an Ecuadorian household where they earn $5 to $7 a day to feed five adults and support the new arrival. That income is stretched in hopes of feeding the adults twice […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 12:07 AM
     WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on the Senate floor, but her mind was on the other side of the Capitol. The House was voting that July afternoon on Democratic legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal right to an abortion. […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 12:06 AM
     WASHINGTON (AP) — Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin was on the Senate floor, but her mind was on the other side of the Capitol. The House was voting that July afternoon on Democratic legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the federal right to an abortion. […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 12:06 AM
     LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru's first female president is pushing to cement her hold on power, saying she expects to complete the term of her ousted predecessor and buck the trend of presidential failures blighting the Andean nation. Yet, even as Dina Doluarte made the call Thursday, some politicians already were calling for early elections […]
CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 12:02 AM
     Brittney Griner's loved ones and extended basketball family were ecstatic when news broke Thursday about her release from a Russian prison and that she was on her way back to the United States. It has been nearly 300 days since the WNBA star was arrested at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport in February, when customs officials said […]
CityNews Toronto Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:40 PM
     BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. is closely monitoring Chinese activities that potentially threaten American assets in space as debris rapidly accumulates in low Earth orbit, the head of United States military operations in space said Friday. Commander of U.S. Space Command Army Gen. James Dickinson also cheered the overwhelming passage in the United Nations of […]
G-Alt cp24.com Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:35 PM
     Health Minister Sylvia Jones made the announcement on Thursday, saying this will be "another step to make it more convenient and faster for Ontarians ...
G-Alt cp24.com Thursday, December 8, 2022 5:15 PM
     But there have been few breakthroughs announced. Former police chief Mark Saunders told CP24 in 2018 that police were "aggressively" looking at "an ...
Ottawa Citizen Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:20 PM
     Indigenous leaders from across Ontario called Wednesday for the repeal of a new housing bill they said was passed without properly consulting First Nations and could put their communities at risk. The Chiefs of Ontario, which represents 133 First Nations, said Bill 23 could fast-track projects that might have adverse affects on Indigenous lands, waters, […]
Windsor Star Friday, December 9, 2022 1:19 AM
     Once again, the Windsor Spitfires showed the club can indeed play with the best in the Ontario Hockey League. The Spitfires handed the league-leading Ottawa 67's, who are ranked No. 4 in the Canadian Hockey League, just their fifth loss in 26 games this season on Thursday with a 5-3 victory before a crowd of […]
Windsor Star Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:13 PM
     Robbie Bornais was nimble enough to guide his gourmet sausage business through the COVID-19 pandemic, but he just can't make the numbers work in the face of the brutal and relentless wave of inflation that is drowning an increasing number of local small businesses. Bornais announced this week his award-winning Robbie's Gourmet Sausage Company in […]
The Province Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:26 PM
     Kelowna side was the No. 4 ranked team in the province last year going into the B.C. tournament when massive flooding forced them to stay home and not travel to event in Nanaimo
The Province Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:00 PM
     The Vancouver Canucks are back at .500 but they aren't going to outscore their defensive problems forever.
Ottawa Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:58 PM
     DALLAS — This effort wasn't completely pointless for the Ottawa Senators. The Senators kicked off their annual Fathers Trip with a good effort, but the result was the same as the club dropped a 4-3 overtime decision to the Dallas Stars on Thursday night at American Airlines Center. Dallas' Tyler Seguin was left alone and […]
Ottawa Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:59 PM
     DALLAS — The rivers run deep in hockey circles and it's little wonder so many people in the NHL have crossed paths somewhere along the way. Ottawa Senators' coach D.J. Smith faced off against his longtime friend Peter DeBoer of the Dallas Stars on Thursday night at American Airlines Center, but before the puck was […]
Ottawa Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:04 PM
     "I know how much work it's, how much he loves to practice, how much he loves to get better."
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:08 PM
     Two travellers from Calgary were pronounced dead at the scene.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:15 PM
     "Absolutely, lives will be saved by this."
Regina Leader-Post Friday, December 9, 2022 12:53 AM
     Skyler Varga, who helped Saskatchewan win a volleyball title at the 2022 Canada Summer Games, has won a Canada Games Roland Michener Award.
Regina Leader-Post Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:00 PM
     The Regina Pats' Easton Armstrong — the 19-year-old son of ex-NHLer Derek Armstrong — registered his first WHL hat trick Sunday in Edmonton.
Regina Leader-Post Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:57 PM
     "The warming bus is being provided in response to a critical shortage of overnight warming spaces."
National Observer Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:55 PM
     Canada's long-awaited plan to end public financing for international fossil fuel projects is here at last and, despite some loopholes, represents a major milestone, environmental groups say.
National Observer Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:31 PM
     Also Tilda Swinton playing both mother and daughter, Jim Parsons in a gay romance and trans people talking
Montreal Gazette Friday, December 9, 2022 12:02 AM
     "Despite the work that's been done on sensitizing, there's still a lot of work to be done."
Montreal Gazette Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:43 PM
     "We are facing the new reality of media," note to readers says.
Montreal Gazette Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:44 PM
     Three opposition parties have denounced Pierre Fitzgibbon for attending the event in October
Montreal Gazette Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:31 PM
     The platform at biodiversite-quebec.ca includes more than 21 million observations of thousands of species.
Montreal Gazette Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:20 PM
     Tabling his fall economic update Thursday, Finance Minister Eric Girard announced additional aid for seniors, and a scenario in which the province would enter a recession.
Calgary Herald Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:49 PM
     The Westbrook Local Area Plan lays out a 30-year vision for 10 communities in the southwest
Calgary Herald Thursday, December 8, 2022 10:10 PM
     The incidents occurred in 2018 and 2020
Calgary Herald Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:33 PM
     Although provincial officials say the changes in Bill 6 would align with the creation of a provincial police force, they're not a harbinger of any replacement of the RCMP in Alberta
Calgary Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:07 PM
     Matthew Phillips won't be the AHL's leading scorer for much longer.   Fine by him, because he'll be in the NHL instead.   Phillips finally received a call-up Thursday, the news a lot of Calgary Flames fans have been clamouring for.    The wee right-winger has been piling up points in the minors. He's been waiting for a […]
Calgary Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:04 PM
     A 1,500-yard season would mean a lot to Reggie Begelton. Even moreso, of course, if it comes with a Grey Cup. And after Thursday's announcement that the star receiver has re-signed with the Calgary Stampeders, he'll have at least another two CFL seasons to make all that happen. "Ultimately, if we're holding that Grey Cup […]
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:38 PM
     The number is high for a province where typically fewer than three children a year die from influenza.
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:24 PM
     Gudbjartur (Bodhi) Haraldsson, 50, is accused of sexually assaulting a female client during a treatment, said RCMP.
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:24 PM
     "To be able to connect with the ancestors through this blanket, to be able to feed the fire, it's almost like welcoming our grandfathers, our grandmothers back into the community." — Wayne Carlick, Taku River Tlingit carver and elder
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 9:00 PM
     Opinion: Canada's criminalization of gene-editing research went too far, but consideration of easing restrictions should happen through an open, public process
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:27 PM
     Police board is planning a trial project in 2023 and will consider full-scale use after that
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:23 PM
     Designed to amplify the voices of Afro-descendants in B.C. the festival will run at Vancity Theatre and online Dec. 16-20.
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:02 PM
     The UK post punks dropped a new album this week ahead of Canadian tour dates, including a stop at the Rickshaw in Vancouver.
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:53 PM
     Free oral contraceptive pills were estimated to save someone as much as $10,000 over their lifetime, or $260 per year
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:08 PM
     Eby insists he will spend the next two years dealing with B.C.'s needs. Problem is, things have got worse on many fronts on the NDP watch
Vancouver Sun Thursday, December 8, 2022 7:02 PM
     Police were called to Highway 17 and Ladner Trunk Road just before noon Wednesday about a distraught woman