2 hours ago Young woman killed, another person injured in East Vancouver overnight

One person has been arrested in what police are calling a homicide investigation.

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4 hours ago Israeli strikes kill dozens in Beirut, Gaza as diplomats push for ceasefire

The escalation in Beirut comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region in pursuit of a ceasefire deal to end months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

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5 hours ago Thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents in Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of Spaniards rallied in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. People held up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for living,” and “The people without homes uphold their rights.” The issue has […]

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5 hours ago Tens of thousands of Spaniards protest housing crunch and high rents in Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spaniards marched in downtown Barcelona on Saturday to protest the skyrocketing cost of renting an apartment in the popular tourist destination. Protesters cut off traffic on main avenues in the city center, holding up homemade signs in Spanish reading “Fewer apartments for investing and more homes for […]

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5 hours ago Israeli strikes without warning in central Beirut kill at least 15 as diplomats push for ceasefire

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes Saturday in central Beirut killed at least 15 people, officials said, as the once-rare strikes in the heart of Lebanon’s capital continued without Israeli warning, and as diplomats scrambled to broker a ceasefire. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 63 people were wounded in the strikes, the fourth in central Beirut in […]

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7 hours ago Philippine VP says she hired assassin to kill president if she is killed

The Philippine vice-president says she hired an assassin to kill the president, his family and the house speaker if she is killed.

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11 hours ago ‘Doesn’t feel like home’: Ontario family selling house over new Christmas lights bylaw

A family from Kingsville, Ont., says it has decided to leave town over a new bylaw that would put limits on its popular Christmas lights show.

Economics

16 hours ago Closure of Toronto restaurant after 70 years signals change for neighbourhood

In 1955, 16-year-old Chris Balkos purchased a building and restaurant at the corner of Coxwell Avenue and Eastwood Road that came to be known as one of Toronto's most famous diners — the New Town Family Restaurant.Balkos ran the all-day breakfast diner along with his brother, Louis, which went by the name New Sunrise Restaurant for roughly three decades, becoming a neighbourhood staple for omelettes, sandwiches, fries and gravy, charbroiled burgers, and souvlaki.Balkos' son, Tom, who now serves as the Broker of Record and President at P3 Global Realty Advisors Inc. tells blogTO that the restaurant was a "typical 50s-style diner that never made it out of the 50s."Despite its vibrant legacy, the restaurant closed its doors for good in September, to the dismay of local resi...

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19 hours ago Officer shoots, kills armed teen on northern Manitoba First Nation: RCMP

The chief and council of Norway House Cree Nation, in a statement, said the teenager's death has brought 'immense grief'

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