Some of the videos posted on social media showed survivors dragging fellow passengers away from the wreckage of the plane

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One male is dead following a house fire overnight in Scarborough while an elderly woman was critically hurt in a separate blaze in Toronto. Toronto Police said on social media site X that officers were called to Birchmount Rd. and Hwy. 401 at 2:39 a.m. for a “large house fire.” Police said a man was […]

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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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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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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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Victor Ho and fellow Canadian Joe Tay are among six overseas activists wanted for national security offences like secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces

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The man killed at an Edmonton jail last week was a young military veteran struggling with mental health issues, his grieving girlfriend says. Nathaniel Burchat, 25, died in hospital after suffering a head injury during an “altercation” on Dec. 18 at the Edmonton Remand Centre, police say. Brooke Murray, Burchat’s girlfriend, said she was stunned […]

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Two organizations in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that help people transform their lives through meaningful work say the need for their services is greater than ever this year.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — President-elect Donald Trump promised on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on federal death row partly to stop Trump from pushing forward their executions. Trump criticized Biden’s decision on Monday to change the sentences of 37 of the 40 condemned people […]

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Suspected gang members opened fire on journalists in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday as they covered the attempted reopening of the country’s largest hospital, according to a local radio station. Radio Tele Metronome said seven journalists and two police officers were wounded. Police did not immediately respond to calls. Street gangs have taken […]

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