Damage due to a blaze at an industrial building in the city’s northwest end is pegged at $250,000, London Fire Department officials say. Just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday, fire officials said in a statement on social media that crews were at the scene of a blaze at an industrial building at Blue Heron Drive […]

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As Christmas coincided with the start of the 2025 Holy Year celebration that he dedicated to hope, Francis called for broad reconciliation, 'even (with) our enemies.'

Culture

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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In Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, Christmas festivities have been cancelled for the second year in a row due to ongoing fighting between Israel and terrorist groups

Culture

The Christmas tradition has become nearly global in scope: Children from around the world track Santa Claus as he sweeps across the Earth, delivering presents and defying time. Each year, at least 100,000 kids call in to the North American Aerospace Defence Command to inquire about Santa’s location. Millions more follow online in nine languages, […]

Society

The 10th annual ‘best thing about each Edmonton Oilers players’ Christmas list is in. And the best thing things about each of the following Edmonton players is… Leon Draisaitl. He’s never played better — even as he has unheralded line-mates — which should give him an excellent shot at winning his second Hart Trophy as […]

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VANCOUVER — B.C. Ferries has cancelled many sailings on Christmas Day after Environment Canada issued dozens of wind and heavy rain warnings for British Columbia’s south coast. The ferry firm said the “severe” forecast meant all sailings between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in Nanaimo, B.C., on Wednesday had to be axed, while trips between Tsawwassen […]

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Residents of Baynes Sound, south of Courtenay, have been fighting the business that dismantles derelict ships on the shore of the Salish Sea.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The janitors who clean Vancouver’s International Airport have ratified a new collective agreement. The strike at the airport ended on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Strike action was set to escalate today, however SEIU Local 2 suspended those actions and was able […]

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