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SEOUL, South Korea – Grieving relatives of South Korean plane crash victims gathered at the site to pay their respects to their loved ones on New Year’s Day, as officials said they extracted data from one of the recovered black boxes to find the cause. exact accident. . All but two of the 181 passengers…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip – Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war moves into the new year with no end in sight. One attack hit a house in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the most isolated and destroyed…
Parts of the historic boardwalk and several buildings at Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island were destroyed by a large fire, Port McNeill Fire Rescue said Tuesday. The fire department issued a public safety announcement asking people heading to the area to watch the fire to stay away as it hindered crews’ efforts to extinguish it….
Quebec MPs are increasing pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as leader. Quebec caucus president Stéphane Lauzon consulted with MPs individually over the holidays and communicated the caucus’ position to national caucus leaders, according to sources who spoke to CBC News. A Quebec Liberal MP told CBC News that the consensus among…
Next year will see some changes to existing tax measures, but those changes are expected to have only minor impacts on people. Daniel Rogozynski of the University of Waterloo’s School of Accounting and Finance told CBC News that, for the most part, 2025 will be a “status quo year” on the fiscal front. “There’s not…
A school division in southern Alberta says colleagues, friends and students will deeply miss one of their teachers, who was the victim of a double homicide over the weekend. In a statement Tuesday, Rocky View Schools said Ania Kaminski had been working as a teacher at an elementary school in Cochrane, northwest of Calgary, before…
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities around the world have begun to welcome 2025 with spectacular light shows, hugs and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to celebrate, as thousands of people crowded into the center or climbed the city’s ring of volcanic peaks to enjoy a viewing…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A blackout affected almost all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the US territory prepared to celebrate the New Year, leaving more than 1.3 million customers in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power. The blackout hit at dawn, plunging the island into…
Experts say simply copying and pasting your 2024 budget isn’t enough to help you achieve your goals and maximize your finances for the new year. “Things are not staying the same. Prices are still going up,” said Jessica Morgan, founder of the financial education site Canadianbudget.ca. “You want to start the new year with a…
PALM BEACH, Florida – US President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to attend former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral. Asked about it as he entered a New Year’s Eve party at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, Trump responded: “I’ll be there.” Asked if he had spoken to members of Carter’s family, Trump said he…