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WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting down to the new year and cheering as colorful fireworks launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, and a spectacular light show in the center. Thousands of people also crowded into the city center or…
STREET. JOHN’S, NL – As officials look for ways to reduce the rising costs of flights for people in Labrador, one airport executive hopes a massive new energy deal with Quebec will help. The northern region is served by PAL Airlines and its partner, Air Borealis, and Goose Bay Airport Corporation’s Rex Goudie says a…
New Year’s Eve revelers will welcome the arrival of 2025 tonight, but there will be a wide variation in weather conditions across Canada on the last night of the year. In Halifax, Montreal and Ottawa, overnight lows will be near the freezing mark, leading to cold nighttime festivities. Toronto expects snow to form in the…
Police discovered the suspect dead in a double homicide that took place in Calgary on Sunday night. Calgary police have canceled an emergency alert for an armed man they say is a suspect in the double murder of his wife and father after locating the man Monday afternoon. In an update, police said that at…
Toronto police say they are receiving an “increasing” number of reports about a scam in which suspects send their victims “graphic violent images” in an effort to extort money from them. In a news release issued Monday, police said residents in the Toronto area have been receiving calls or text messages from American phone numbers…
Authorities at the Coutts, Alta., border crossing seized 189 kilograms of cocaine, estimated to be worth about $2 million, being shipped to Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says staff intercepted drugs that were hidden inside a commercial truck attempting to enter Canada on November 13. Authorities say the seizure is the result of…
What do overripe avocados, stinky cologne, and lost phones have in common? Generally speaking, none of them justify a 911 call. That’s the message from E-Comm – the company that handles the vast majority of 911 calls in BC – which once again urges the public not to occupy crucial emergency lines unless they are…
While fireworks have become a popular way to ring in the new year, many Canadians could enjoy a much larger light show in the night sky. As of Monday afternoon, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Prediction Center is predicting a strong chance of the northern lights across much of Canada…
A police watchdog is asking witnesses to come forward after a man who allegedly urinated on a BC RCMP detachment “sustained an injury” during his arrest. The Independent Investigations Office said the incident occurred Saturday night in North Vancouver, where RCMP officers were called to help discharge a man from Lions Gate Hospital. “Shortly thereafter,…
After spending almost 48 hours longer than planned in Costa Rica, an Ottawa family finally returned home. The Sachs family was supposed to depart on a WestJet flight from Liberia airport to Toronto on Saturday night, but after a five-hour delay and a surprise sinkhole on the runway, they were forced to find their own…