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.'

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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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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, […]

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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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Up to 100 millimetres of rain could drench Metro Vancouver and other areas, while winds up to 100 km/h could hit Vancouver Island.

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Amber Heard is weighing in on Blake Lively’s sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni. Last week, Lively, 37, accused her It Ends With Us director and co-star Baldoni, 40, of harassment during the making the movie, which adapted Colleen Hoover’s bestselling 2016 novel and explores themes of domestic violence and emotional abuse. In the complaint, […]

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Fire started in bedroom but cause not yet known

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