2 hours ago Secular Christmas moments connect Vancouver’s Christian minority with others

Douglas Todd: In this cosmopolitan region — despite scores of different cultures, languages and religions — there are still ways to come together in community and magic.

Culture

10 hours ago Kochetkov bloque 22 rondelles et obtient deux aides dans un gain des Hurricanes

Le seul but des Rangers a été l’œuvre de Jimmy Vesey.

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11 hours ago Neighbourhoods in and around Toronto where people are most likely to overbid on houses

The real estate market in much of the Toronto area may have softened over the course of the last 12 months, but there were still some pockets where bidding wars persisted, regardless of activity generally trending downwards.Contrary to the best spots in the region for getting a deal on a home compared to asking prices — which included Eastlake in Oakville, Lakeview in Mississauga and Huttonville in Brampton — the communities that were the most overbid saw residences go for up to 24 per cent more than what they were listed for, on average.The hottest was by far the Danforth in Toronto, where homes were not only the most overbid of anywhere in the GTA in a single month (by the aforementioned 24 per cent in April), but where properties were most consistently overbid this year.According to Wahi, a real estate listing site that summarizes how far over or under list prices that homes in various locations are selling for each month, the Danforth was in the top five fo...

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15 hours ago Santa braves sticky heat of Amazon jungle to bring gifts to kids in Brazilian village

CATALAO, Brazil — Santa Claus braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to children in a village near the Brazilian city of Manaus. The visit was arranged by Amigos do Papai Noel, a Brazilian charity that has been taking gifts to children in the Amazon rainforest […]

Society

18 hours ago Second mudslide victim’s body found as more high winds strike B.C. coast

Emergency crews have recovered the body of a second victim killed in a mudslide in the Sea to Sky region during another windstorm last weekend.

Events

21 hours ago At least 10 killed as plane crashes into Brazilian town popular with tourists

A small plane crashed into a Brazilian town that’s popular with tourists on Sunday, killing all 10 passengers and crew on board and injuring more than a dozen people on the ground, Brazil’s Civil Defense Agency said. The agency in a post on X said the plane hit the chimney of a home and then […]

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