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TORONTO STAR Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:20 PM
    
After a massive storm struck across Canada on Dec. 23, air travel was upended. Hundreds of flights were severely delayed or cancelled, leaving thousands of passengers stranded.
TORONTO STAR Saturday, December 24, 2022 10:00 AM
    
Thousands of Hydro One customers reportedly remained without power early Saturday.
TORONTO STAR Saturday, December 24, 2022 9:45 AM
    
Environment Canada has ended the winter storm weather alert for the GTA, more than 60,000 Ontarians still without power, flight cancellations remain in place.
CTV News - Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 10:50 AM
     Passengers on a number of stalled Via Rail trains say they have been on the vehicles for as long as 18 hours, with few updates on when they will get moving.
CTV News - Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:28 AM
     An Ontario Rottweiler recently gave birth to more than a dozen puppies and her owner believes the size of the litter may be an unofficial Canadian record.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:41 AM
     Canadians attempting to travel during the holidays this week have faced a number of challenges getting to their destinations, thanks to the arrival of intense winter storms. CTVNews.ca breaks down what rights passengers have when a flight is delayed or cancelled.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 10:50 AM
     Passengers on a number of stalled Via Rail trains say they have been on the vehicles for as long as 18 hours, with few updates on when they will get moving.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:27 PM
     Two Indianapolis police officers had spent the day searching in vain for a missing baby in a stolen vehicle when they stopped to eat and gather their wits.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:33 PM
     With blizzard conditions closing roads across the region Friday, dozens of stranded travellers are grateful they found refuge overnight at Walmart in Chatham, Ont.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:02 PM
     A major Russian shipyard that specializes in building non-nuclear submarines said its general director had died suddenly on Saturday after 11 years in the job, but gave no details.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:24 PM
     Recalling Jesus' birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those 'ravenous' for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:22 AM
     The World Cup final ended nearly a week ago but the drama around it continued as the match referee showed a photo on his phone during a news conference to respond to claims that Lionel Messi's extra-time goal should not have stood.
CTVNews.ca - Top Stories - Public Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:45 PM
     Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Saturday dismissed an apology by the tabloid Sun newspaper for publishing a column highly critical of Meghan as a 'PR stunt' and said the newspaper had not contacted her to say sorry.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:50 PM
     Environment Canada has urged people to check the local forecast and exercise extreme caution when driving or walking on icy surfaces.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:34 PM
     London police say officers responded to the back of a school in the 1600-block of Hastings Drive shortly after 8 a.m. Saturday.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:25 PM
     Michael James Pratt was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Spanish National Police arrested him Wednesday in Madrid, the FBI's San Diego field office said in a statement Thursday.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:22 PM
     At 11:34 a.m., crews went to the 600 block of Sargent Avenue for reports of a fire in a vacant two-storey house.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:12 PM
     As China grapples with its first-ever national COVID-19 wave, emergency wards in small cities and towns southwest of Beijing are overwhelmed.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:00 PM
     Politics in British Columbia in 2022 was defined by a change at the top, with Premier John Horgan stepping down and opening the door for David Eby to become premier.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:59 PM
     Kayla Eldridge, a LPN and part-time nursing student from Falmouth, N.S., became the winner of the largest 50-50 draw in the province's history this week.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:49 PM
     The College of Massage Therapists suspended Leonard Krekic from practicing until 2048, stating he committed professional misconduct and breached its bylaws and code of ethics.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:31 PM
     Russian shells pummeled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55 in the city.
Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:25 PM
     After rallying for a 6-5 shootout win over Seattle on Thursday, Vancouver overcame an early 2-0 deficit with five unanswered goals on Friday night.
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:55 PM
     Christmas comes with traditions. Like the New York Knicks playing at Madison Square Garden. Or LeBron James lacing up his sneakers and going to work. And the defending NBA champions getting into the holiday game action. All those things are happening this year. And this holiday features a new twist: Memphis, welcome to the Christmas […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:52 PM
     Washington Capitals left-winger Alex Ovechkin, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev and Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Ovechkin had two goals and four assists as the Capitals won all three of their games on the week. The 37-year-old also furthered his name in the history books, […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:50 PM
     The New York Mets' deal with free agent infielder Carlos Correa could be in jeopardy due to injury concerns, multiple outlets reported Saturday. The Mets swooped in and reached a 12-year, $315 million deal with Correa earlier this week after his agreement with the San Francisco Giants fell apart over issues revealed in a physical […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:48 PM
     Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry will be sidelined at least two more weeks with a shoulder injury. The team announced Saturday that a recent re-evaluation showed that Curry is "making good progress." Curry, 34, sustained a subluxation of his left shoulder during a Dec. 14 loss against the Indiana Pacers. The eight-time All-Star guard […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:41 PM
     The Toronto Sun takes you straight to the heart of the action. Whether it's local news, provincial and national politics, or the worlds of celebrity and sports, we have you covered. Some stories set the world on fire. And these ones are the most popular online stories from the past seven days, clicked on by […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:26 PM
     VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday led the world's Catholics into Christmas, saying in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts that the level of greed and hunger for power was such that some wanted to "consume even their neighbors." Francis, celebrating the 10th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:36 PM
     SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily banned San Francisco from clearing homeless encampments, saying the city violated its own policies by failing to offer other shelter. Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu in U.S. District Court in Oakland granted an emergency order Friday night that bars the city from taking away tents and […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:33 PM
     SAO PAULO (AP) — Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pele are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November. Doctors said earlier this week that Pele's cancer had advanced, adding the three-time World Cup winner is under "elevated care" related to […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:15 PM
     It wasn't a barrio-buster deal specifically, but in acquiring Daulton Varsho from the Arizona Diamondback on Friday, the Blue Jays have continued a significant overhaul, not just to their outfield defence, but to their clubhouse culture and personality. Sending popular outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to the desert in a package that also included top prospect […]
Toronto Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 12:30 PM
     Oleksandr has not seen his mother since Russian soldiers captured the pair in Mariupol, in southern Ukraine, in April and took her away. At 12, he escaped adoption into a Russian family only because he remembered his grandmother's phone number and called her to come and save him. Russia's proxy social welfare officials in occupied […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:46 PM
     The latest news on storms and other extreme weather shutting down power and creating difficult travel conditions at the peak of the holiday season across Canada: 3:34 p.m. Ontario Provincial Police say the first traffic fatality since the start of the storm has been reported in the province, and officers are investigating whether or not […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:38 PM
     Nicolette and Tom Kovesi held up a blue and yellow poster – the colours of the Ukrainian flag – with the words "Welcome to Canada." They were waiting for a plane filled with Ukrainian evacuees escaping the Russian invasion to touch down at Montreal's Pierre Elliott Trudeau airport. The Kovesis said their parents fled Hungary […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:32 PM
     VATICAN CITY (AP) — Recalling Jesus' birth in a stable, Pope Francis rebuked those "ravenous" for wealth and power at the expense of the vulnerable, including children, in a Christmas Eve homily decrying war, poverty and greedy consumerism. In the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica, Francis presided over the evening Mass attended by about 7,000 […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:32 PM
     Ferocious winter weather grounded flights and stranded nine Via Rail trains between Ontario and Quebec on Saturday as snow, freezing rain, high winds and rain hammered much of the country and plunged holiday travel plans into chaos. The only provinces or territories not affected by an Environment Canada weather warning or statement as of mid-afternoon […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:15 PM
     Family members of Brazilian soccer great Pele are gathering at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo where the 82-year-old global icon has been since the end of November. Doctors said earlier this week that Pele's cancer had advanced, adding the three-time World Cup winner is under "elevated care" related to "kidney and cardiac dysfunctions." […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:14 PM
     JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Officials in Jackson, Mississippi, said the city's water system, which partially collapsed in late August, was experiencing "fluctuating" pressure on Saturday afternoon amid frigid temperatures. "Both of our water plants are functioning, so crews are now working to determine what is causing the fluctuation," Melissa Payne, a city spokesperson, said in […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:33 PM
     PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at some polling places on Election Day were the result of intentional misconduct. In a decision Saturday, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:32 PM
     BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A battering winter storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the United States on Saturday, left millions more to worry about the prospect of further outages and crippled police, fire departments and an airport in snow-blown New York state. Across the country, officials have attributed […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:19 PM
     MONTREAL — Hydro-Québec is urging people without power to be careful after two deadly fires in the province, both of which are under investigation by provincial police.  Police spokesman Sgt. Stéphane Tremblay says firefighters found the body of one person at a residence in Louiseville, Que., northeast of Montreal, after a fire that started around […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:17 PM
     SAN DIEGO (AP) — The founder of a California-based porn empire that coerced young women into filming adult videos has been arrested in Spain, three years after he fled while facing federal sex-trafficking charges, the FBI announced. Michael James Pratt was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Spanish National Police arrested him Wednesday in […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:14 PM
     COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For the surfing Santas off Florida's central coast, the Atlantic Ocean felt more like the North Pole than the Sunshine State as temperatures on Saturday morning plunged to around freezing, while freeze warnings were in place for at least half of the state. Parts of the Florida Panhandle had wind […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:02 PM
     BAZHOU, China (AP) — Yao Ruyan paced frantically outside the fever clinic of a county hospital in China's industrial Hebei province, 70 kilometers (43 miles) southwest of Beijing. Her mother-in-law had COVID-19 and needed urgent medical care, but all hospitals nearby were full. "They say there's no beds here," she barked into her phone. As […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:59 PM
     NEW YORK (AP) — Maxi Jazz, a DJ and singer who fronted the eclectic British dance band Faithless known for such hits as "Insomnia" and "We Come 1," has died. He was 65. Faithless announced his death on social media Saturday, saying he "died peacefully in his sleep last night." "He was a man who […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:24 PM
     Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to remind themselves how fortunate they are "to live in a country of peace." Trudeau says in his annual Christmas address that it's the season when life slows down and "Christmas movies, including Die Hard, are on repeat." But he says that 2022 was a challenging year and […]
CityNews Toronto Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:02 PM
     KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian shells pummeled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55 in the city that Moscow's troops were forced to abandon last month. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just back from his quick trip to Washington, posted photos of the wreckage on his social […]
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Ottawa Citizen Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:13 PM
     For passengers aboard a Toronto-bound Via Rail train Saturday, their journey was more like a Nightmare Before Christmas than the magic of Polar Express. Already buffeted and delayed by the winter storm after leaving Ottawa at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Train 55 was brought to a halt on the tracks west of Cobourg Friday night when […]
Ottawa Citizen Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:02 PM
     A new year should have brought new hope to Sommer Boudreau. Her daughter, Tia, is expecting twins in January. The two baby girls would have been Boudreau's first grandchildren. But on Dec. 11, Boudreau's body was found in a home in Deep River. A 41-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with […]
Ottawa Citizen Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:46 PM
     Watch this file for updates on the snowstorm that the City of Ottawa has declared a "significant weather event" as we track cancellations, closures, parking bans and more
Ottawa Citizen Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:30 AM
     'Freshly roasted chestnuts, what do you need more than that in life?'
Ottawa Citizen Saturday, December 24, 2022 10:46 AM
     Ridership on OC Transpo's buses and trains jumped by 1.8 million trips in November compared to the same month in 2021, but is still below what the service had planned for in its budget, general manager Renée Amilcar reported in a memo to city council this week. A total of about 5.6 million trips were […]
Windsor Star Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:44 PM
     Roads in Southwestern Ontario continue to be closed Saturday morning as the fallout from a winter storm sweeping through the region continues. 511 Ontario reported Saturday morning that Highway 401 continued to be closed by OPP from Tilbury to London due to multiple collisions and weather conditions. The Municipality of Chatham-Kent declared a state of […]
The Province Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:55 AM
     The state of the Swedish star's game so far this season, in the aftermath of Thursday night's five-point scoring spree
Saskatoon StarPhoenix Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:37 PM
     "Once coach (Dennis) Williams knocked on our door and told me that I made the team, it was a rush. No better feeling in the world."
Montreal Gazette Saturday, December 24, 2022 3:21 PM
     The 52-year-old suspect, a St-Hubert resident, was due to appear in court Saturday, where he could face murder charges.
Montreal Gazette Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:20 PM
     "As we reconnect customers who had lost power, others are experiencing outages," says chief executive Sophie Brochu.
Montreal Gazette Saturday, December 24, 2022 12:01 PM
     That spark people feel at Christmas can't last of course. It's in the nature of sparks to blink out. But those best parts of ourselves we see, those can endure, and we can use them for the greater good.
Montreal Gazette Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:02 AM
     About 20 cars were involved in the pileup.
Montreal Gazette Saturday, December 24, 2022 10:20 AM
     The driver's life is not believed to be in danger.
Montreal Gazette Saturday, December 24, 2022 9:47 AM
     The members of the FTQ-SCFP union have been without a contract for more than two years.
Calgary Herald Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:04 PM
     'Mr. Reid did not set out to kill Seiko, but ignored obvious signs that the death was going to occur unless he changed his behaviour, which he would not do'
Calgary Herald Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:55 PM
     While temperatures in Calgary improve, several weather alerts remain in surrounding areas
Calgary Herald Saturday, December 24, 2022 11:00 AM
      
Calgary Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 12:37 PM
     ANAHEIM — The Calgary Flames hit the road on a mission.  They hit the NHL's holiday break in a playoff spot, accomplishing the goal that they'd mentioned over and over again for the past week.  The Flames climbed into the elite eight in the Western Conference with Friday's 3-2 overtime triumph against the Anaheim Ducks, the […]
Vancouver Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 2:32 PM
     More than 480 flights are expected to come and go today, tackling a backlog of more than 1,000 flights that were cancelled this week.
Vancouver Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:22 PM
     The epicentre was 38 km east-southeast of Masset on Haida Gwaii.
Vancouver Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 1:05 PM
     The majority of power outages are affecting people in Abbotsford, Langley and Surrey.
Vancouver Sun Saturday, December 24, 2022 12:41 PM
     Another major snowstorm hit Metro Vancouver late Thursday. Follow this story for the latest weather forecast, road closures and airport delays