8 hours ago Will New Year’s Eve be loud or quiet? What are the top 2025 resolutions? AP

NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re planning on ringing in the new year quietly at home, you’re not alone. A majority of U.S adults intend to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. “As I’ve gotten older over the last few years, […]

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26 hours ago B.C. court rebuffs David Eby's war on NIMBY opposition to social housing

Vaughn Palmer: The project at issue was a 12-storey, 129-unit building in Kits intended to house homeless, mentally ill and low-income residents.

Politics

4 hours ago Saskatchewan holiday travellers warned of slippery conditions this season

Whether you’re returning from your Christmas vacation or have New Year’s plans in a different city, the Ministry of Highways is reminding you to travel safely. Communications consultant Brandy Leippi said after mild temperatures and rain in parts of the province, there is frost on the pavement, causing slippery conditions. She recommends checking the Highway...

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25 hours ago Mustang Energy Corp. Raises Aggregate Gross Proceeds of $3,552,950 After Closing the Second Tranche of Financing

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Mustang Energy Corp. (CSE: MEC, OTC: MECPF, FRA: 92T) (“Mustang” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that, further to its news releases of November 25, 2024 and December 16, 2024, […]

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4 hours ago Police say up to 25 guns, 'significant' amount of currency stolen from Chilliwack home

Police are also asking anyone who works in the currency exchange business to be "on the lookout" for anyone trying to exchange large amounts of Vietnamese currency.

Events

1 hour ago Vandalism of a beloved Christmas display tradition in Canmore upsets community

Canmore residents came together to help a local family restore its popular Christmas display back to its glory just 24 hours after it was vandalized on Boxing Day.

Culture

6 hours ago Romance of the rails: Train from Edmonton to Vancouver a winter wonderland

It’s a very western glimpse of Canada, from the backside of Edmonton to the last kilometres into Jasper, lined with blackened skeletons of trees showing the devastation of this summer's wildfire

Transport

11 hours ago Anthony Gismondi: A short course on Champagne styles, plus our picks to ring in the New Year

Anthony Gismondi shares his top picks to ring in the New Year

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26 hours ago B.C. Securities Commission can collect Vancouver fraudster's retirement income, court rules

A December ruling sided with the financial regulator that Earle Pasquill must forfeit any future payments from his pension

Society

26 hours ago Scottie Scheffler injures hand on broken glass, withdraws from PGA Tour opener in Hawaii

Scottie Scheffler injured his right hand on a broken glass preparing Christmas dinner, forcing the top-ranked player to withdraw from the PGA Tour’s season-opening event in Hawaii. “Scottie sustained a puncture wound to the palm of his right hand from a broken glass,” Scheffler’s manager, Blake Smith, said Friday in a statement. “Small glass fragments […]

Economics

8 hours ago Trailblazing model Dayle Haddon dies after suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

In 2008, Haddon founded WomenOne, an organization aimed at advancing educational opportunities for girls and women in marginalized communities.

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11 hours ago Are children getting enough sleep at daycare? UBC expert says not likely

University of B.C. sleep expert Dr. Wendy Hall has uncovered a lack of consistent sleep regulations in licensed child-care spaces across Canada.

Transport

12 hours ago The top entertainment stories of 2024: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, the end of Bennifer 2.0, Diddy’s arrest and more

From an epic rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar to the end of Taylor Swift’s massively popular Eras Tour, these are Postmedia’s biggest moments in entertainment from 2024. End of an Era Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour came to an end with six sold-out shows in Toronto and a trio of concerts in Vancouver. […]

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26 hours ago B.C. man who flipped 14 homes in four years is fined $2 million for tax evasion

The Canada Revenue Agency says it has made 'significant progress' uncovering and addressing tax cheating in the real estate sector

Economics

22 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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