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Gatineau shipping container village welcomes first residents

A new shipping container village in Gatineau, Que., aimed at reducing homelessness welcomed its first seven residents days before Christmas.The shipping container community, dubbed Village...

Quebec labour minister mulls law change to give province authority to end strikes, lockouts

Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet is contemplating changing the law to grant the government more authority to intervene in labour disputes.In his year-end review, Boulet openly...

Clarenville legend and Christmas staple Ralph ‘Boonie’ Lethbridge dead at 80

Ralph "Boonie" Lethbridge, a local legend in the eastern Newfoundland town of Clarenville, has died. (Terry Roberts/CBC)A Newfoundland man known for his enduring acts...

Stabbing suspect was already wanted for escaping from custody, police say

RCMP say they have arrested a 60-year-old man form St. John's over an alleged stabbing in St. Alban's over the weekend. (CBC)A 60-year-old man...

Looting cripples food supply in Gaza despite Israeli pledge to tackle gangs, sources say

By David Gauthier-Villars, Nidal al-Mughrabi, John Davison-Israel has failed to crack down on armed gangs attacking food convoys in Gaza, despite a pledge to...

Parts of the Maritimes could see snowy, tough Christmas Eve travel

Many in the Maritimes will see a white Christmas as an Alberta clipper sweeps into the region on Tuesday. On the flip side, travel...

Ottawa wakes to 15 cm of snow, collisions on roadways after Monday snowstorm

Ottawa woke Tuesday morning to about 15 centimetres of snow and reports of collisions on slippery roadways, as the snowstorm that started Monday afternoon moved eastward.Light snow fell...

Half-sisters who didn’t know each other meet in Winnipeg for the holidays

Two siblings have come together in Winnipeg for an unlikely holiday family reunion: Their first-ever meeting after spending more than four decades unaware of each...

Toronto police closing fewer cases than they did last decade, their own figures show

Before the Toronto police board voted to approve a $46.2-million budget increase request for next year, a police director explained that case closure rates...

‘Here we go again’: 3rd break-in of the year leaves thrift store feeling hopeless

A Kitchener thrift store that helps survivors of domestic violence is picking up the pieces, yet again, after they were broken into for the...

These Caldwell First Nation members installed home security cameras. Now, they’re being evicted

Maryanne Kenny's father passed away when she was four, without ever knowing he was part of Caldwell First Nation. It was a journey to make...

Toronto paramedics calling in sick, refusing overtime, city memo says as union cites ‘burnout’

The chief of Toronto's paramedic services says the city is dealing with a "concerning number of sick calls" and more staff refusing to work...

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