Dec 25, 12:00


CTV News - Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:00 AM
     A man who allegedly broke into a North York apartment unit has died after falling from a balcony early Christmas Day.

CTV News - Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:03 AM
     No injuries have been reported after a 3-alarm fire tore through a row house in Cabbagetown late Christmas Eve.

Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:30 AM
     Watch the full episode of The West Block with host Mercedes Stephenson – December 25, 2022.

Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:00 AM
     It was a busy year for news and our reporters and camera operators told some amazing stories. Here are the most-watched videos on our website from 2022.

Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:19 AM
     Every new infection offers a chance for the coronavirus to mutate, and the virus is spreading rapidly in China as the country has largely abandoned its "zero-COVID" policy.

Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:34 AM
     The idea of commemorating the birth of Jesus in December was considered radical in Ukraine until recently, but Russia's invasion changed many hearts and minds.

Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:33 AM
     The sandwiches and Meatless Sausage Scramble burrito were sold in 156g packages and the Mexicali burrito was sold in 142g packages.

Sunday, December 25, 2022 6:00 AM
     Across the nation, Canada is home to a number of unique holiday traditions — whether it be dressing up in disguise or drinking chicken liquor.

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:49 AM
     A deadly blizzard pummeled Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping people in their cars, causing power outages and raising the death toll from a severe winter storm system that swept the United States. Twenty-eight people have died so far in weather-related incidents, according to an NBC News tally. CNN reported 26 deaths Sunday morning. […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:34 AM
     As the so-called Golden (and Silver) Ages of television continue to recede in the rearview mirror, we've entered what can best be described as the Overwhelming Age of TV. That's not necessarily a bad thing! But there was so much small-screen fare to choose from that 2022 became a year featuring not one, not two, […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:26 AM
     The hunt is on for two thugs who pummelled a man in the west end in early December. Toronto Police say a 35-year-old man was walking in the area Dovercourt Rd. and Queen St. W. around 4:40 a.m. on Dec. 4 when two men approached him. The pair proceeded to assault the victim and fled […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:20 AM
     Ellen DeGeneres will be using music and dance to remember Stephen 'tWitch' Boss over Christmas. The DJ – who served as a producer on Ellen's self-titled chat show from 2014 until its conclusion in 2022 – took his own life earlier this month at the age of 40 and now the 64-year-old comedienne has revealed […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:13 AM
     Chris Pratt got stung in the eye by a bee. The 'Guardians of the Galaxy' actor admitted he had a "false sense of security" after watching videos of Texas-based beekeeper Erika Thompson, who regularly handles the creatures and their hives without protective gear, but his idea he could "control" the stinging insects quickly backfired. Wearing […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:08 AM
     Thousands of Canadians hoping to travel for Christmas Day festivities remain stuck as winter storm conditions forced the cancellation of planes and trains and stretched into a third straight day in some areas. A Saturday evening tweet from Via Rail announced a CN train derailment forced the carrier to cancel all trains between Toronto and […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:05 AM
     MOSCOW — Russia is ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv and its Western backers have refused to engage in talks, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired on Sunday. Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has triggered the most deadly conflict in Europe since World War […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:52 AM
     LONDON — King Charles III evoked memories Sunday of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he broadcast his first Christmas message as monarch in a speech that also paid tribute to the "selfless dedication" of Britain's public service workers, many of whom are in a fight with the government over pay. Charles, 74, also […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:35 AM
     A Christmas Eve shooting at a pub in northwest England killed a young woman and wounded three men, police said Sunday. The Merseyside Police force said it was investigating the 11:50 p.m. Saturday shooting at the Lighthouse pub in the town of Wallasey as a murder case. Police have not detained any suspects. "This investigation […]

Toronto Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:30 AM
     PARIS — The suspect detained over the killing of three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his "hatred of foreigners," the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested on Friday after shooting dead two men and a woman at a Kurdish cultural center and nearby Kurdish cafe in the 10th district […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:58 AM
     Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States, trapping some residents inside homes with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred thousand homes and businesses. The scope of the storm […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:46 AM
     Thousands of Canadians woke up in the dark on Christmas Day as power outages caused by ferocious winter conditions persisted across Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. A state of emergency continued in southern Ontario's Niagara Region as crews grappled with impassable roads and wildly blowing snow. Phil Lambert said his community of Port Colborne, Ont., […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:32 AM
     KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations. Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE said they cannot effectively reach children, women and men in desperate need in Afghanistan […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:32 AM
     BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early morning to ride out the frigid storm that has killed at least 24 people across the United States, trapping some residents inside homes with heaping snow drifts and knocking out power to several hundred thousand homes and businesses. The […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:16 AM
     QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A soldier and a militant were killed near the border with Afghanistan, the Pakistani military said Sunday, when a group of militants attempted to sneak into the country's northwest, triggering a shootout. The clash erupted in the Sambaza area of Zhob overnight, according to a military statement. Two other soldiers were […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:11 AM
     KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia is ready for talks to end the war in Ukraine even as the country faced more attacks from Moscow — a clear sign that peace wasn't imminent. Putin said in a state television interview, excerpts of which were released on Sunday afternoon that Russia is […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:40 AM
     Police are asking for the public's help identifying two suspects after a man was assaulted in Toronto's west-end earlier this month. Toronto police say a 35-year-old man was assaulted by two suspects in the Dovercourt Road and Queen Street West area around 4:40 a.m. on Dec. 4. Investigators allege two men who were loitering in […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:36 AM
     PARIS (AP) — The man suspected of fatally shooting three Kurds in Paris ahead of Christmas weekend told investigators that he had set out that morning aiming to kill migrants or foreigners and then himself, according to prosecutors. The 69-year-old man killed three people outside a Kurdish cultural center Friday and wounded three others, and […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:32 AM
     ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad on Sunday warned its staff of a possible attack on Americans at a top hotel in Pakistan's capital as the city was already on high alert following a suicide bombing earlier in the week. The U.S. government is aware of information that "unknown individuals are possibly plotting […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:07 AM
     King Charles III evoked memories Sunday of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, as he broadcast his first Christmas message as monarch in a speech that also paid tribute to the "selfless dedication" of Britain's public service workers, many of whom are in a fight with the government over pay. Charles, 74, also empathized in […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:32 AM
     A Christmas Eve shooting at a pub in northwest England killed a young woman and wounded three men, police said Sunday. The Merseyside Police force said it was investigating the 11:50 p.m. Saturday shooting at the Lighthouse pub in the town of Wallasey as a murder case. Police have not detained any suspects. "This investigation […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:21 AM
     MALE, Maldives (AP) — A court in Maldives on Sunday found the former president guilty of money laundering and accepting a bribe and sentenced him to 11 years in prison. The Criminal Court of Maldives also ordered Abdulla Yameen to pay a fine of $5 million. The court found Yameen guilty of accepting money for […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:16 AM
     KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The leader of former communist rebels became Nepal's new prime minister Sunday with the support from his ex-opponent and other smaller political parties. The announcement was made by the office of President Bidhya Devi Bhandari after the Maoist communist party leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal met her to stake his claim for […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:47 AM
     BOBRYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. But not this year, or at least not all of them. Some Orthodox Ukrainians have decided to observe Christmas on Dec. 25, like many Christians around the world. Yes, this has to do with the war, and yes, they have […]

CityNews Toronto Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:42 AM
     JERUSALEM (AP) — Designated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare rebuke of his new coalition allies on Sunday for saying they would advance laws allowing discrimination against LGBTQ people, pledging there would be no harm to their rights by his upcoming government. Netanyahu is set to form the most ultranationalist and religious government […]

G-Alt cp24.com Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:55 AM
     For the first time since December 2019, St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica is welcoming a full house of worshippers this Christmas Eve.

Ottawa Citizen Sunday, December 25, 2022 10:07 AM
     The OPP said at 9 a.m. Sunday morning that Highway 417 had been reopened in both directions between Ottawa and the Quebec border

Ottawa Citizen Sunday, December 25, 2022 9:48 AM
     On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a public place to go in private

Windsor Star Sunday, December 25, 2022 6:05 AM
     Re: Temperatures in evacuated downtown building dropped to near freezing, by Kathleen Saylors, Nov. 23 When this story hit the news my question was how could this situation slip through building inspections? How often are they conducted? Yearly? Every two years? I'm sure the low-income and vulnerable tenants and seniors were not going ever going […]

Windsor Star Sunday, December 25, 2022 6:00 AM
     Ottawa, apparently, is a decent stand-in for any place in the United States, even with Parliament in the background.

Windsor Star Sunday, December 25, 2022 6:00 AM
     If your tree-trimming adventures haven't always been filled with holiday cheer, I am here to say: you are not alone.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:00 AM
     A reader longs for the days when the boom of brooms and even the pig-barn smell gave curling rinks in Saskatoon some atmosphere.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:00 AM
     Birds of Saskatchewan, published in 2019, was the culmination of the dreams and life's work of three editors and many others over the years.

Saskatoon StarPhoenix Sunday, December 25, 2022 7:00 AM
     Cartoons published this week in the print editions of the Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Regina Leader-Post.

Montreal Gazette Sunday, December 25, 2022 8:58 AM
     "As we reconnect customers who had lost power, others are experiencing outages," says chief executive Sophie Brochu.

Montreal Gazette Sunday, December 25, 2022 6:00 AM
     By the final night of Hanukkah, the menorah glows so brightly it appears almost ablaze.

Montreal Gazette Sunday, December 25, 2022 6:00 AM
     Flurries at times heavy with about 2 cm falling.

Calgary Herald Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:00 AM
     Each year, dictionary editors around the world come up with a word of the year, a word they pull out of our culture — something that captures the zeitgeist of the day. The Collins Dictionary in the U.K. decided the word for this year is "permacrisis: the state of being in an extended period of […]

Calgary Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 7:00 AM
     PLASTIC BRAINS I see we're back discussing Ottawa's vacuous single-use plastics ban. Typical of the Liberals, there's the public virtue signalling up front and then the devil in the details. If you read the last draft of the legislation, you'd think this was a script from Monty Python's Flying Circus. For example, any straw or […]

Vancouver Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:29 AM
     Technically, it's a white Christmas with some snow still sticking around. But rain is falling and it's warming up

Vancouver Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:17 AM
     Their return coincides with an increase in the number of seals, sea lions and transient killer whales that prey upon marine mammals

Vancouver Sun Sunday, December 25, 2022 11:02 AM
     Interior Health has implemented a Code Orange response signalling a disaster or mass-casualty event.