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TORONTO STAR Friday, December 9, 2022 5:00 AM
    
People are altering their eating habits, scouring discount bins or turning to food banks to cope. See how prices have changed in the past year using our interactive grocery inflation tool.

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     CTVNews.ca speaks with victims of stalking and harassment, and with advocates and legal experts who are calling on Canada to overhaul how it handles these cases from the police, to courts, and to the communities we live in.

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, December 9, 2022 7:20 AM
     Decades-high inflation and soaring interest rates have led many to take a closer look at their spending habits and, consequently, make some tough choices.

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, December 9, 2022 7:21 AM
     Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unequivocal Wednesday when asked if Canada was going to meet its goal to protect one-quarter of all Canadian land and oceans by 2025. That goal, which would already mean protecting 1.2 million more square kilometres of land, is just the interim stop on the way to conserving 30 per cent by 2030.

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, December 9, 2022 7:12 AM
     Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star's detention in Russia made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm.

CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Friday, December 9, 2022 6:38 AM
     Canadians sending parcels this holiday season may be surprised to see a steep surcharge on domestic shipping due to the high price of diesel.

Friday, December 9, 2022 7:59 AM
     Decades-high inflation and soaring interest rates have led many to take a closer look at their spending habits and, consequently, make some tough choices.

Friday, December 9, 2022 7:43 AM
     Since Russia's invasion on Feb. 24, Canada has imposed sanctions on more than 1,500 individuals and entities from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.

Friday, December 9, 2022 7:39 AM
     Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says there's been agreement on one of Canada's main goals at the international conference in Montreal.

Friday, December 9, 2022 7:37 AM
     The fatal collision, involving a pickup truck and an SUV on Elginfield Road east of Denfield Road in Lucan-Biddulph, took place just after 2 p.m. on Thursday.

Friday, December 9, 2022 7:14 AM
     Hospitals across the country have been cancelling some surgeries and appointments as they redirect staff amid an increase in pediatric patients.

Friday, December 9, 2022 6:48 AM
     The Canadian postal service's package surcharge rose to nearly 40 per cent last week on domestic parcels and fell slightly to 37 per cent this week.

Friday, December 9, 2022 6:21 AM
     Griner returned to the United States early Friday after being freed in a high-profile prisoner exchange following nearly 10 months in detention in Russia.

Friday, December 9, 2022 5:00 AM
     In Part 3 of a series on New Brunswick's homelessness crisis, Global News takes a closer look at the issue of housing, and how access is only part of the solution.

Toronto Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 7:52 AM
     OTTAWA — Canadians sending parcels this holiday season may be surprised to see a steep surcharge on domestic shipping due to the high price of diesel. The Canadian postal service's package surcharge rose to nearly 40 per cent last week on domestic parcels and fell slightly to 37 per cent this week. Canada Post spokesman […]

Toronto Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 7:31 AM
     Canadians are just a bunch of saps when it comes to loving maple syrup. This iconic food is imbedded in the country's national identity, a liquid gold that flows from sea to shining sea – even our flag proudly displays a red maple leaf. Research shows Canada's the world leading producer and exporter of maple […]

Toronto Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 7:30 AM
     The lines are from covers.com and the home teams are in CAPs. Las Vegas -6 over L.A. RAMS You can only laugh at the Raiders' ineptitude of losing to a team that essentially started a QB that just joined the team on Tuesday. DETROIT -2.5 over Minnesota It's crazy, but it just might work. The […]

Toronto Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 7:27 AM
     Canada's premiers plan to hold a news conference in Winnipeg today as children's hospitals struggle to deal with a wave of child illnesses. Hospitals across the country have been cancelling some surgeries and appointments as they redirect staff amid an increase in pediatric patients. Admissions are surging under a triple-threat of respiratory syncytial virus, influenza […]

Toronto Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 6:00 AM
     Dear Amy: I just Googled a childhood friend for the first time, and discovered that he died by suicide 12 years ago when he was 24, after serving with the military in Iraq. My friend and I hadn't spoken since high school. His birthday was a memorable one (10/10), and so I thought of him […]

Toronto Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 2:00 AM
     Gary Varvel cartoon for Dec. 9, 2022.

Toronto Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 2:00 AM
     SUNshine Girl Kassey has two dogs, Karly, a Lab Pointer and Oreo, a Terrier Poodle mix. She was a competitive dancer, specializing in ballet, hip hop and comtemporary dance. Back when she posed for us in Sept. 2017, she was reminiscing over a recent trip to Costa Rica, where she spent time surfing, ATVing and […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:55 AM
     One of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies, primarily responsible for dolling out millions of COVID-19 vaccines, appears to be working on a combined influenza and coronavirus shot. American regulators have given Pfizer and BioNTech early-stage approval to fast-track a single-dose vaccine candidate that would target the flu virus and work to protect against an Omicron […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:47 AM
     DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Gulf Arab leaders and others in the Mideast met on Friday in Saudi Arabia as part of a state visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, seeking to firm up their relations with Beijing as decades of U.S. attention on the region wanes. Speaking to representatives of the Gulf Cooperation […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:47 AM
     WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona announced Friday that she has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow majority in the Senate. Sinema, who has modeled her political approach on the renegade style of the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:46 AM
     Hate mealy apples and soggy french fries? Science can help. Restaurants, grocers, farmers and food companies are increasingly turning to chemistry and physics to tackle the problem of food waste. Some are testing spray-on peels or chemically-enhanced sachets that can slow the ripening process in fruit. Others are developing digital sensors that can tell — […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:46 AM
     BEIJING (AP) — A rash of COVID-19 cases in schools and businesses were reported Friday in areas across China after the ruling Communist Party loosened anti-virus rules as it tries to reverse a deepening economic slump. While official data showed a fall in new cases, they no longer cover large parts of the population after […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:41 AM
     CALGARY — Crescent Point Energy Corp. says it has signed an agreement with Paramount Resources Ltd. to acquire additional Kaybob Duvernay assets for $375 million.  The Calgary oil and gas company says those assets include 130 net drilling locations across almost 65,000 net acres of Crown land. They produce more than 4,000 barrels of oil […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:32 AM
     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 imprisonment of two Americans: WNBA star Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. The […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:17 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 7:17 AM
     SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Brittney Griner returned to the United States early Friday, nearly 10 months after the basketball star's detention in Russia made her the most high-profile American jailed abroad and set off a political firestorm. Griner's status as an openly gay Black woman, her prominence in women's basketball and her imprisonment in a […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:16 AM
     TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Friday that it will jointly develop its next-generation fighter jet with the U.K. and Italy as it looks to expand defense cooperation beyond its traditional ally, the United States. The Mitsubishi F-X fighter jet will replace the aging fleet of F-2s that Japan previously developed with the United States. The […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:14 AM
     PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo law enforcement on Friday said one officer was injured by gunmen after increasing police presence fearing tension in northern areas dominated by the ethnic Serb minority. A police officer was "slightly wounded" and a police car was damaged after armed men fired guns from a vehicle in the village of […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:03 AM
     BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia's war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and rising violence by criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number of journalists killed doing their work in 2022 over the previous year, according to a new report released Friday. The International Federation of Journalists says that 67 journalists and […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 7:02 AM
     This past year has seen a horrific flood that submerged one-third of Pakistan, one of the three costliest U.S. hurricanes on record, devastating droughts in Europe and China, a drought-triggered famine in Africa and deadly heat waves all over. Yet this wasn't climate change at its worst. With all that death and destruction in 2022, […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 6:47 AM
     COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The opposition social democrats received the largest share of votes in an early parliamentary election held on the Faeroe Islands, a semi-independent Danish territory in the North Atlantic, according to Faeroese broadcaster Kringvarp Føroya. With 100% of the votes counted, the Javnaðarflokkurin, or Equality Party, received 27% of the vote. Incumbent […]

CityNews Toronto Friday, December 9, 2022 6:46 AM
     COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The Colorado Springs gay nightclub shooter had charges dropped in a 2021 bomb threat case after family members who were terrorized in the incident refused to cooperate, according to the district attorney and court documents unsealed Thursday. The charges were dropped despite authorities finding a "tub" full of bomb-making chemicals […]

Ottawa Citizen Friday, December 9, 2022 7:44 AM
     Blackie and the Rodeo Kings with Digging Roots, Terra Lightfoot, Colin James 8 p.m. Sunday, Southam Hall, National Arts Centre Tickets: Online at ticketmaster.ca   Tom Wilson is best known as a musician, but he's also an author, activist, playwright and visual artist who had his world rocked a few years ago when he discovered […]

Ottawa Citizen Friday, December 9, 2022 7:27 AM
     Diane Rose, who was sexually assaulted by five men in 1981, received the certificate a week after she had to listen to a virtual presentation where participants belittled her and made jokes about her mental state.

Ottawa Citizen Friday, December 9, 2022 7:27 AM
     "We had to tell her that this is not normal. 'Mommy and daddy will try to make it safe for you.'"

Ottawa Citizen Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     Friday, Dec. 9: Astronomy buffs worry about star-gazing near the new Civic hospital campus. Plus, gun control and the cost of a patrol ship. Letters@ottawacitizen.com

Windsor Star Friday, December 9, 2022 7:30 AM
     Re: Solutions needed as local family physician crisis growing worse, by Dave Battagello, Nov. 17 Having no family doctor or family doctor who is part of a Family Health Team does not mean someone does not have a primary care provider. Family doctors are important to our health care system, but they are not the […]

Windsor Star Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     As I have frequently mentioned, Canada is a wonderful country. We have 10 provinces and three territories, each of which has its own uniqueness. Ontario has many unique features as does Newfoundland which has essentially somewhat of its own language as spoken no other place on this planet. Among the provinces, each stands alone, not […]

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 […]

Ottawa Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 5:30 AM
     Here are today's Ottawa Sun letters to the editor.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, December 9, 2022 7:06 AM
     A reader connects the recent property tax increase in Saskatoon with the high costs of continuing to pursue sprawling suburban development.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     This weekend, immerse yourself in the holidays through improv comedy, choral music, Christmas markets, band music and outdoor skating.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     Saskatoon city hall debt is on track to reach $480 million, even before any money is borrowed for a new arena, but concerns may be overblown.

Regina Leader-Post Friday, December 9, 2022 7:12 AM
     Moe is more affable than his critics contend, but the key to his success has been his unapologetic pursuit of whatever is popular.

Regina Leader-Post Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     Recently released out-of-province travel expenses show the government has spent $359,900 on trips as of September this year.

Regina Leader-Post Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     Randy Mattingly is understandably proud of close ties to two legendary No. 23s. Don Mattingly, one of Randy's three brothers, wore No. 23 with distinction for the entirety of his Major League Baseball playing career with the New York Yankees. "Donnie Baseball" — the Toronto Blue Jays' newly appointed bench coach — has long been recognized […]

Regina Leader-Post Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     Heading into the second weekend of December, the Christmas Cheer Fund has raised $65,458.50 — a 25% increase over last year at this time.

Regina Leader-Post Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     Embark on a safe and physically distanced tour of some of Regina's most festive homes.

National Observer Friday, December 9, 2022 6:10 AM
     Many researchers are fleeing the platform, unnerved by the surge in climate misinformation since Elon Musk's chaotic takeover.

National Observer Friday, December 9, 2022 6:10 AM
     Voters cast their ballots in Monday's federal byelection. The swing riding of Mississauga-Lakeshore will be ground zero in the next federal election, writes Andrew Perez.

National Observer Friday, December 9, 2022 6:10 AM
     First Nations voiced concern the Alberta and Saskatchewan sovereignty acts could override their treaty relationships with the Crown, which remain federal obligations.

National Observer Friday, December 9, 2022 6:10 AM
     Ottawa has "abandoned" endangered salmon and steelhead trout despite its biodiversity promises, a coalition of B.C. environmental groups allege.

Montreal Gazette Friday, December 9, 2022 7:37 AM
     The Montreal activist was adamant that First to Stand: The Cases and Causes of Irwin Cotler focus on the work, not the man.

Montreal Gazette Friday, December 9, 2022 7:36 AM
     Cooking for family isn't always a fairy tale, but Lili Yesovitch proves it can have a happily ever after.

Montreal Gazette Friday, December 9, 2022 6:39 AM
     "He still has the house and all my things. He didn't give me anything."

Montreal Gazette Friday, December 9, 2022 6:38 AM
     From prose to poetry, non-fiction, and a wide range of graphic novels and cartoons, it's at once utterly hip and completely unpretentious.

Montreal Gazette Friday, December 9, 2022 6:15 AM
     "This sort of lull in gas prices is going to be short-lived," the senior director of public affairs at CAA National says. "Good time to to fill up, for sure."

Montreal Gazette Friday, December 9, 2022 5:50 AM
     At stake at COP15: The growing list of endangered species is a failure to recognize the interdependency of life on Earth.

Calgary Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     Slam! More numbers Thursday singing from the same songsheet as the old numbers. If you're Premier Danielle Smith and her UCP sidekicks, it should be a worrying tune. Now Angus Reid, one hell of a nosecounter, confirms what Leger, also one hell of a nosecounter, finds in the belly of the beast known as Alberta […]

Calgary Sun Friday, December 9, 2022 7:00 AM
     STOP THE WHINING Rick Bell does nothing but whine, whine, whine. He did the same thing when Jason Kenney was premier. He reminds me of Rachel Notley — they both continually sing from the same playbook. The conservatives can do nothing right according to them. Premier Danielle Smith stated early that the sovereignty act is […]