7 hours ago Toronto bars and restaurants with extended last call for New Year's Eve 2025

Bars and restaurants in Toronto with extended last call on New Year's Eve 2025 will be keeping the party going well into the wee hours, long after the rest of the city has closed up shop for the night.While I, as a perpetually sleepy person, tend to cap off my own New Year's celebrations no more than thirty minutes past midnight (a girl's got to get her beauty sleep!), I can also recognize the allure of staying out on the town until the sun rises, really soaking up the first moments of a new year, and I'm not alone.Each year, the holiday sees scores of celebrants flocking to parties at bars, restaurants and nightclubs across the city, bidding farewell to another year gone by and welcoming the promise of the incumbent one.For this exact reason, plenty of those establishments will opt to extend their hours for maximum party potential — so if you're not like me, you can keep the good times rolling as long as you want.Per the Liquor Licence and Control Act, all licensed ...

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23 hours ago India alleges international students being trafficked through Canada to U.S.

A news release Tuesday from India's Enforcement Directorate said a multi-city search has revealed "incriminating" evidence of "human trafficking."

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20 hours ago Pregnant woman stabbed 14 times after reportedly leaving $2 tip for pizza delivery

When the suspect was given a $2 tip by the victim, she reportedly 'rolled her eyes' and walked away

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15 hours ago N.Y. correction officers pummeled handcuffed prisoner before death, footage shows

NEW YORK — A man fatally beaten in a New York prison this month was repeatedly pummeled by correction officers while in handcuffs, struck in the chest by a shoe, then lifted up by the neck and dropped, according to body-worn camera footage released by Friday by the state’s attorney general. Robert Brooks, 43, was […]

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17 hours ago NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface

NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday. Earlier this week, the spacecraft passed within a record-breaking 3.8 million miles (6 million kilometres) of the scorching star. NASA received an all-clear message from Parker on Thursday night confirming it survived the […]

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14 hours ago TTC plans to redirect downtown access with potential lineup on New Year’s Eve

The TTC said it would be restricting access to Union Station Subway Station and make people enter the station via the Brookfield Place doors on Bay Street, south of Front Street.

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25 hours ago Bitget Unveils Over $5 Billion Worth of BGB Token Burn in New Whitepaper

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Dec. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the leading cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, has released a new whitepaper for its native token, Bitget Token (BGB). The update introduces an unprecedented initiative to burn 800 million BGB tokens—valued at over $5 billion based on current market prices—alongside plans to expand the token’s utility. […]

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17 hours ago B.C. man faces six impaired driving charges over crash that killed Good Samaritan, 80

SURREY, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia have approved six impaired driving charges against a 29-year-old man over a crash that killed an elderly Good Samaritan near Qualicum Beach earlier this year. The 80-year-old man from Red Deer, Alta., had stopped to help a woman whose minivan hit a power pole on Highway 19A around […]

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14 hours ago Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund Inc. Declares Q1 2025 Distribution Schedule

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brookfield Real Assets Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: RA) (the “Fund”) today announced that its Board of Directors (the “Board”) declared the Fund’s monthly distributions for January, February and March 2025. Distribution Declaration Month Record Date Ex-Dividend Date Payable Date Amount per Share January 2025 January 9, 2025 […]

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33 hours ago Langley businesses worried about impacts as city centre revitalization gears up

Shops are worried about the potential economic impacts of construction. Starting Jan. 2, 2025, the Fraser Highway One-Way Project will begin, limiting parking and sidewalk space.

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18 hours ago Video of Indigenous man killed by Calgary officers 'concerning': police chief

Police watchdog's recounting of events gave mistaken impression it had come to a conclusion, Mark Neufeld says

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17 hours ago Judge orders court to respect pronouns of trans rapist who now identifies as a woman

A California judge has ordered a court to respect the pronouns of an accused rapist who now wants to be known as a woman. Madera County Judge Katherine Rigby ruled last week that prosecutors must refer to transgender prisoner Tremaine Carroll, 52, by she/her pronouns. However, the district attorney’s office claims the inmate is exploiting […]

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20 hours ago 10 tips from experts to help you change your relationship with money in 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — With the end of 2024 around the corner, you might be reflecting on financial goals for 2025. Whether you’re saving to move out of your parents’ house or pay off student loan debt, financial resolutions can help you stay motivated, said Courtney Alev, consumer advocate for Credit Karma. “Entering a new […]

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21 hours ago Man indicted in burning death of woman inside a New York City subway train, prosecutors say

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges, a prosecutor said on Friday. The development comes days after Sebastian Zapeta’s arrest and subsequent police questioning, in which authorities say he claimed not to know what had happened […]

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23 hours ago NFL WEEK 17 PICKS: Cleveland weather won’t bail out Browns against Dolphins

The lines are from Covers.com and the home teams are in CAPs. Kansas City -2.5 over PITTSBURGH The rest of the AFC should be scared with the Chiefs rounding into form. The Steelers need to get health and figure some things out before the playoffs begin. Baltimore -6.5 over HOUSTON The Texans are heading straight […]

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24 hours ago Azerbaijan’s flag carrier suspends flights to more Russian cities following crash that killed 38

Azerbaijan’s flag carrier announced Friday that it will suspend flights to several Russian airports, citing potential flight safety risks after a crash of one of its planes that many experts blamed on Russian air defense fire. Azerbaijan Airlines’ Embraer 190 was flying from Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku to the Russian city of Grozny in the […]

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23 hours ago Brookfield Asset Management Announces New Meeting Date For Special Meeting on Proposed Arrangement

NEW YORK, Dec. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM) (“BAM”) today announced that, following the recent resumption of mail service in Canada, it has set a new meeting date of January 27, 2025 for its upcoming special meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”) in respect of the previously-announced arrangement […]

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24 hours ago Accident de drone: un enfant blessé en Floride, New York annule son spectacle du Nouvel An

New York a décidé d’annuler son spectacle de drones prévu pour le Nouvel An après qu’un garçon de 7 ans a été gravement blessé samedi en Floride.

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