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Many mark the new year with ‘exhilarating’ polar dip in icy water
By Canadian Press on January 1st, 2026
HALIFAX — Hundreds in Dartmouth, N.S., marked the new year by plunging into the frigid water of Lake Banook. Laurel Floyd from Ottawa was one of the brave dippers who waded into icy lake with her daughter and son in-law, saying the plunge felt exhilarating. It was her first time doing a polar dip, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pimicikamak chief calls on Carney to deploy military over power outage fallout
By Canadian Press on January 1st, 2026
CROSS LAKE — The chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba has urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to send in the military to deal with a crisis caused by a prolonged power outage. The community has been without power since late Sunday when a line crossing the Nelson River snapped. Manitoba Hydro said Wednesday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Snowmobiler dies in avalanche in Rocky Mountains in northeastern B.C.
By Canadian Press on January 1st, 2026
A snowmobiler has died after being buried by an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains in northeastern British Columbia. Avalanche Canada says three snowmobilers were riding in the Bullmoose area near Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday when an avalanche was remotely triggered from the base of the slope. The organization says one of the three was fully ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spy watchdog reviewing Canadian security agencies’ use of artificial intelligence
By Canadian Press on January 1st, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy watchdog is examining the use and governance of artificial intelligence in national security activities. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency has informed key federal ministers and organizations of the study, which will look at how the security community defines, uses and oversees aspects of AI technologies. Canadian security agencies have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2026 arrives with celebrations from coast to coast
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
Canadians in Newfoundland were the first to ring in 2026, including residents of St. John’s. The city hosted a series of New Year’s Eve celebrations culminating in a classic midnight countdown and fireworks. In Montreal, the night was billed as “Le Grand Minuit,” featuring lights, music and what organizers described as a whole lot of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oxfam-Québec surprised to find itself on list of NGOs set to be barred from Gaza
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian non-profit Oxfam-Québec says it was surprised to find itself on a list of 37 organizations set to be barred from Gaza by Israel. The country is reportedly moving to suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations as of Jan. 1 for failing to comply with new vetting rules for international organizations working ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young girl identified as victim who died after shootout involving police in Nunavik
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
MONTREAL — Authorities in Quebec’s Nunavik region say the person who died 10 days after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service on Dec. 20 was a young girl. Maggie Emudluk, Kativik Regional Government chairperson, says in a statement the girl was an innocent victim of a sad tragedy. Quebec’s police watchdog confirmed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We lost a young man’: RCMP still search for suspects in Sask First Nation shooting
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
BIG ISLAND LAKE CREE NATION — Security has been doubled on a Saskatchewan First Nation as the search continues for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting. The RCMP says the shooting happened early Tuesday morning in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, which left one person ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seven Canadians were injured in Peru train collision: foreign affairs minister
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
Canada’s foreign affairs minister says seven Canadians were injured Tuesday in a train crash near the Machu Picchu archaeological site in Peru. Anita Anand says on social media that Global Affairs officials are providing consular assistance to those affected and are in close contact with local authorities. She says Canada stands by the people of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: Claim Rogers collects biometric data from store cameras unfounded
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
The claim Rogers retail stores used facial recognition on customers through its surveillance cameras appeared on social media in December. Rogers says it does not use the technology at its storefronts and its door screening policy at some locations is meant to ensure staff and customer safety. Stores must follow privacy laws that dictate the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians’ anxiety: pollster
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future. David Coletto, whose polling firm Abacus Data has been studying what it calls the “precarity mindset” in Canada for the last year, says that uncertainty ... Read More »
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