6 hours ago Ottawa shelters offering dinners and gifts for residents over the holidays

The Shepherds of Good Hope expected “a few hundred people” for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Christmas Day.

Society

6 hours ago FINGER LICKIN’ CHRISTMAS: Millions of Japanese families celebrate holidays with KFC

For many people in Japan over the last five decades, KFC — and Kentucky Fried Chicken before that — were an integral part of the holidays. In fact, every year at Christmas, 3.5 million Japanese families choose the chicken chain, according to an Instagram clip shared by the BBC. Customers line up to grab their […]

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10 hours ago Jackpot for Mega Millions surges past $1B after no numbers match on Christmas Eve drawing

Hang onto those stocking-stuffer lottery tickets. The Mega Millions jackpot has surpassed $1 billion after no ticket matched all six numbers drawn on Christmas Eve. That means the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing is $1.15 billion, potentially the fifth-largest jackpot in the game’s history. “We know that many people will likely receive tickets to Friday’s […]

Economics

14 hours ago Pope urges ’all people of all nations’ to silence arms and overcome divisions in Christmas address

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions” plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia. The pontiff’s “Urbi et Orbi” — “To the […]

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15 hours ago Solar burgers: How agrivoltaics is marrying food production with green energy

CALGARY — Jason Bradley spent 20 years of his career as ranch manager at a 50,000-acre grazing operation in west-central Alberta, so he understands why people react with skepticism to the idea of raising a herd of cattle on a working solar farm. “The first thing people think is, ‘You can’t put cattle on (a […]

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15 hours ago Months before Pearson airport gold heist, another gold bar disappeared while travelling through Toronto: lawsuit

Brink's alleges the doré bar lost by Air Canada was worth over US$270,000. The airline said it will defend itself 'vigorously' against the lawsuit

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21 hours ago Huge number of Ontario residents ditched the province to move to Alberta in 2024

Alberta has been calling, and folks across Canada seem to have been answering the phone, especially in B.C. and Ontario, where a huge exodus of residents was recorded in the latest quarter.According to Statistics Canada data, Alberta saw the largest net gain in interprovincial migration in the third quarter of this year, adding 10,810 people.Statistics Canada estimates that 7,719 Ontarians moved to Alberta in the last quarter, compared to 3,350 Albertans who moved to Ontario, for a net gain of 4,369 people.It was a similar story for our pals in the West. An estimated 7,693 British Columbians moved to Alberta, compared to 4,523 Albertans who moved to B.C., for a net gain of 3,170.B.C. and Ontario are the top provinces that are helping Alberta's population surge, and so far this year, 12,151 Albertans moved to Ontario compared to 26,381 Ontarians that moved to Alberta, for a net gain of 14,230 people.Statistics for B.C. are somewhat similar to those for Ontario. 18,459 Albertans moved...

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