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By Nicole Healey Global News Posted January 3, 2025 5:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan charities are hoping the federal government’s decision to extend the deadline for 2024 charity donations will encourage last-minute donors to step up. In December, the federal government announced it intends to extend the deadline for making donations eligible for tax support in the 2024 year to Feb. 28. Get weekly money news Get expert insights, Q&A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal finance information delivered to you every Saturday. The government says the extension will mitigate the…
As some people try to cut down their drinking and embrace Dry January, they may look to Canada’s health agencies for guidance — and find some conflicting advice. This week, the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research launched a website where users can calculate their health risks — including cancer, heart disease and stroke — based on the amount of alcohol they consume.The website is built on guidelines issued two years ago by the government-supported Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction (CCSA), which said the risk of cancer rises at much lower levels of alcohol consumption than previously thought.…
Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary’s Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the woman who would become his wife.“She was saying, ‘Are we serious or not?’ So I said, ‘I know, I’ll buy a brick,’” Beggs recalled Friday as he and his wife, Barb, picked up the brick inscribed with their names.Looking back, he said, there’s only one reason he bought the brick.“So she’d marry me.”As part of a fundraiser ahead of the 1988 Olympics, people could purchase and…
Three people have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of a 34-year-old woman in a motel room on the south side of Lethbridge. Lethbridge police say the woman, identified as Christina Webber, was found dead inside a ground-floor motel room along the 2200 block of 7 Avenue South on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024.The criminal investigation division took over the case and determined two men and one woman, all known to Webber, were at her motel room on Dec. 26.A subsequent “interaction involving a firearm” resulted in Webber’s death, police said.Police said after that, the three suspects…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size RCMP in the Halifax area say a 30-year-old man was found dead inside a home after a lengthy standoff. Officers were first called to the home on West Porters Lake Road in Porters Lake, N.S., at around 4 a.m. Thursday. It was reported a man was in distress and was believed to be armed.Members of the RCMP, the crisis negotiation team, the emergency response team and police dog services all attended. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a…
Sarah Bauer woke up to a shaking house. She thought maybe an earthquake had struck near her home in Torrance, a village in Ontario’s cottage country.But when she looked outside, she saw a massive tree had collapsed onto her driveway under the weight of rapidly accumulating snowfall, taking down a power line with it.“It was freaky,” she said.The storm that hit parts of central Ontario in late November and early December was the biggest in recent memory, meteorologists said, reportedly dumping a reported 140 centimetres on Gravenhurst, a town just south of Torrance.Another round of intense lake-effect snow hit areas…
It was a Christmas miracle for Lucky Convenience store owners when residents of Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood stepped up after their store was robbed just days before Christmas Eve. “Bad things happen, but good things happen too,” said Polly Xue, who has owned the shop at 244 Perth Ave. with her husband Andy Xue for 15 years.On security footage obtained by Global News, two suspects can be seen breaking into the store through the back entrance and making their way to the cash register.Toronto police confirm they responded to reports of a break-in on Dec. 21, 2024, just after 12:50 a.m.,…
A former luxury hotel in downtown Vancouver is set to be demolished. Cadillac Fairview confirmed to Global News that it has applied for a demolition permit for the Four Seasons Tower at the corner of Georgia and Howe streets.The hotel closed its doors in January 2020 after 44 years of operations and initially, it was reported there were plans to redevelop the site.Cadillac Fairview said the nearby Nordstrom building will not be knocked down. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. In…
It was a holiday miracle when a Nova Scotia couple learned they were $2.5 million richer after being one of two winners for the Lotto 6/49 classic jackpot, according to the Atlantic Lottery. Heather Bryan and her daughter were wrapping Christmas presents and watching holiday movies on Dec. 21, 2024 when her husband Peter told them they had won the lottery.The couple matched all six numbers on their ticket, purchased at a Sobey’s in Cole Harbour, in the draw worth $5 million. The Bryans were one of two winners, as a second winning ticket was purchased from Western Canada Lottery…
Picking up a new sport came easy to Nicholas Rush. “At first I was a little skeptical cause I heard pickleball was for a certain age,” Rush said.The former competitive badminton player traded his racket for a paddle about five years ago and hasn’t looked back.“It’s a lot of fun and I was still able to get my competitive juices flowing,” Rush, who’s also the president of the Pickleball Club of Winnipeg, said.Rush is just one of many who are part of the pickleball craze.“I got into pickleball, tennis was sort of dying out for my generation,” Cole Lacap said.Pickleball…