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Santa Claus is coming to town: When and where to catch local parades

Here comes Santa Claus! There are a number of parades set to take place in November and December both during the day and in the evening. Here's a list of where you can find the big man in red.



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Tornado touched down in Fergus Sunday, research team confirms

The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fergus, Ont., on Sunday night.



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Regina Rams win 1st all-Sask. Hardy Cup in more than 2 decades

The Regina Rams won the Hardy Cup showdown against the Saskatchewan Huskies Saturday, in the first finals clash between the two teams in 22 years.



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'It hurts': Saskatchewan Roughriders react to West Final loss in Winnipeg

Head coach Corey Mace, quarterback Trevor Harris and linebacker Jameer Thurman talk about coming up short in the CFL West Final. The Roughriders lost the the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 38-22 sending the Bombers to their fifth straight Grey Cup.




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A treaty from the 1700s allowed these 2 Sask. Indigenous women to enlist in the U.S. military

These two Indigenous women veterans from Saskatchewan were able to serve in the U.S. Navy and Airforce because of the Jay Treaty, a 1794 agreement that allows some First Nations people to travel freely across the Canada-U.S. border for employment, study, retirement, investing and immigration.



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Saskatchewan Huskies head coach Scott Flory after losing a defensive battle to provincial rival

It was only the second time the Saskatchewan Huskies and the Regina Rams have met in the Hardy Cup championship game. This time it was the Rams coming out on top 19-14. Huskies head coach Scott Flory says there were too many turnovers and too many plays left on the field after a hard fought game.




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Sask. NDP wins all but 1 seat in Regina and Saskatoon after final votes counted

The final election results are in for the 2024 Saskatchewan election, which received a higher vote turnout than 2020. The NDP's April ChiefCalf won Saskatoon-Westview. And Saskatchewan Party’s Ken Cheveldayoff was re-elected in Saskatoon-Willowgrove.



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Sask. residents encouraged to check radon levels in their homes

A recent study out of the University of Calgary estimates that more than 10 million Canadians are being exposed to high levels of radon, an odourless, tasteless radioactive gas that is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the country.



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Ottawa urges return to table after B.C. port dispute talks break down

One week after the lockout began at B.C.'s ports, the federal labour minister is again urging the employers and the union, back to the table.



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Remembrance Day ceremonies held throughout B.C.

A number of ceremonies were held in B.C. on Monday as veterans and communities gathered to commemorate Remembrance Day.



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Surrey, B.C., police transition deal still in works, less than 3 weeks before handover to municipal force

The Surrey Police Service is less than three weeks from taking over from the RCMP to manage policing in British Columbia's second most populous municipality, but there's still no formal deal on how responsibilities will be split between the two forces.



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Fire displaces residents of North Vancouver building for 2nd time in 2 years

A blaze at an apartment building has displaced residents and led to two injuries, almost two years after a fire at the same building displaced dozens.



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Family of B.C. worker killed by falling pallets calls company's response 'too little, too late'

The family of forklift operator Bill Sherstobitoff says that the company he worked for, the Great Little Box Company (GLBC), has not made enough of an effort to make things right in the two years since his death in December 2022.



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Wind, rain warnings issued as 'vigorous' storm approaches B.C.

Officials have issued wind and rainfall warnings for Tuesday night in several regions as another fall storm approaches southwestern B.C.



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Penticton, B.C., city councillor faces more historical sex offence charges in Ontario, police say

A Penticton city councillor who was arrested and charged with historical sexual offences this summer is facing new charges after more victims were identified, say police in Sarnia, Ont.



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Swearing-in ceremonies at B.C. Legislature kick off start of new political season

Two newly elected members of British Columbia's Green Party will officially take their seats in the legislature following the first of three swearing-in ceremonies since last month's provincial election. 



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Carleton warns of 'significant measures' as deficit balloons

Carleton University will soon need to take 'significant measures' to balance its budget, according to a letter the Ottawa institution recently sent out to staff and students.



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NCC explores adapting standards around opening Rideau Canal Skateway

The National Capital Commission says it opened the Rideau Canal Skateway below its usual stands for ice thickness a few times last season — and plans to do the same this year. 



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It’s time to get your flu and COVID-19 vaccines in Ottawa

Health officials say it’s the right time to get your seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccines as levels of both viruses rise in Ottawa. The CBC’s Kimberley Molina reports.




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Community health centres apply for 2 addictions, housing hubs in Ottawa

The Pinecrest Queensway and Somerset West health centres are aiming to get a slice of $370 million of provincial funding to operate centres focused on addictions recovery and links to supportive housing.



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Transit deficit the elephant in the room as Ottawa prepares for draft budget

OC Transpo is short $120 million for next year, and Wednesday's draft budget will shed light on who can expect to pay the bill.



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Canadians in 3rd after men's singles, ice dance short at Rostelecom Cup

Canada's Roman Sadovsky is in third place after the men's short program with 84.59 points, meanwhile Canadian ice dancing duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen.



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Figure skating Grand Prix Final cancelled over travel rules

The figure skating Grand Prix Final next week has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic for the second season in a row. The Dec. 9-12 event in Osaka, Japan, was the only global event matching the best skaters across all four disciplines before the Winter Olympics in Beijing in February.



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Keegan Messing holds on for win at ISU Challenger Series event in Croatia

A clean, fifth-place performance in Saturday's free skate was enough for Canada's Keegan Messing to hold off Russia's Andrei Mozalev for the win at figure skating's Golden Spin of Zagreb in Croatia.



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Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu nearly becomes 1st skater to land quadruple axel

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu nearly became the first skater to land a quadruple axel while easily outpacing Shoma Uno and Yumi Kagayami to win the Japanese national championship on Sunday.



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Canadian Olympic athletes on tenterhooks trying to avoid COVID ahead of Beijing

Faster. Higher. Stronger. Together — and just don't test positive. That's the rallying cry for thousands of athletes as they prepare for the Olympics.




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Vanessa James, Eric Radford still eligible for Olympic team despite withdrawal at nationals

Vanessa James and Eric Radford withdrew from the pairs competition at the Canadian figure skating championships before Saturday's free program in Ottawa.



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Canada's Keegan Messing, Madeline Schizas claim 1st national figure skating titles

Keegan Messing won the men's title at the Canadian figure skating championships on Saturday, all but clinching his berth on the Olympic team for Beijing.



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Keegan Messing wins 1st national title, Roman Sadovsky takes silver

That Figure Skating Show recaps the men's program at the 2022 Canadian National Championships in Ottawa and discusses who likely made the Olympic team.




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Olympic stock watch: Temperatures rise at figure skating nationals

CBC Sports' daily newsletter breaks down whose fortunes are looking up and whose are down after the weekend's winter Olympic sports action.




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American figure skater Nathan Chen eyes elusive Olympic gold medal in Beijing

Nathan Chen has accomplished just about everything that one can accomplish in the sport of figure skating. The only thing he's yet to accomplish? Winning Olympic gold.



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Motorcyclist dies in weekend Kingsville crash

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say one person is dead after a Saturday afternoon single-vehicle collision in Essex County involving a motorcycle.



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Windsor asked people to help tax vacant homes and the results surprised them

Windsor's push to tax people that own houses that sit empty in a city dealing with an affordable housing crunch has led to some surprising early results.



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Windsor school board trustee says recent education cuts had 'very little' to do with resigning

Midway through her second term as a public school board trustee in Windsor-Essex, Sarah Cipkar is resigning for what she calls mainly “personal and professional” reasons.



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2 people allegedly tied to biker gang arrested after scuffle at Sarnia Remembrance Day ceremony

A Remembrance Day ceremony in Sarnia, Ont., was disrupted Monday, police say, by the presence and arrest of multiple alleged members of an outlaw motorcycle gang.  



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'There is stigma, but there is help:' Death of CBSA officer shines light on mental health in profession

Details remain scarce surrounding the death of a Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officer at the Ambassador Bridge on Saturday. The border authority and union said an employee died by suicide while on the job on the Windsor, Ont., side of the border. 



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Thieves use vehicle to rip door off of Windsor sporting goods store

CBC's Dalson Chen talks to Bob Reaume about a break in that resulted in an estimated $40,000 in merchandise taken just before the busy holiday season.




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Suspect wanted after 3 armed robberies in 30 minutes, police say

According to investigators, a suspect went into a convenience store in the 300 block of Shepherd Street West just before 8 p.m. and showed a handgun, demanded money from the cashier and left with both cash and items. 



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Windsor-based fuel distribution company receives nearly $5M from feds in 'green shipping' money

With hundreds of vessels passing through Windsor's waterways every year, the company that fuels many of them will receive nearly $5 million in new funding to improve their infrastructure for the distribution of lower-carbon fuels — making the shipping industry more sustainable and lower emission. 



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Arson suspected in Kamloops, B.C., fire that destroyed Red Bridge

Kamloops RCMP say they are investigating the fire that destroyed the Red Bridge Thursday as an arson.



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Concerns for fish after burned Kamloops, B.C., bridge collapses

Concerns are mounting over the potential environmental impact on fish populations following the destruction of Kamloops' historic Red Bridge, which collapsed into the South Thompson River during a fire.



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City apologizes after porn shown during Kamloops council meeting

The Interior B.C. city is reviewing its policies for public hearings following the incident.



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Okanagan man charged in drug-deal double homicide takes stand

Wade Cudmore told the jury at his first-degree murder trial that he was not present when brothers Carlo and Erick Fryer were killed during a drug deal in May 2021.



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Residential school monument finds home at national history museum

"People actually reached out and hugged it and they told their [stories] about residential school," master carver Stanley C. Hunt says.



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Residential school survivors press Ottawa for more money to find unmarked graves

A group of residential school survivors and their supporters are asking the federal government to reverse what they're calling a funding cut and come up with more money to help find the unmarked graves of students who went to these institutions.




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Book of poetry shows resilience of residential school survivors

Garry Gottfriedson, who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School for five years, drew on his own experience at residential school, as well as those of his siblings and parents, for the book. He describes the process of gathering their stories as "powerful."



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Kamloops mayor in court over allegation he owes ex-lawyer $35K

Lawyer David McMillan alleges the mayor owes him payment for services provided between 2021 and 2024.



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How a resolution at the B.C. Law Society became a debate about residential school denialism

A recent request to change the wording in a mandatory Indigenous intercultural course for lawyers in British Columbia led to a debate over whether the changes amounted to residential school denialism. 




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B.C. voting stations affected by power outages reopened

A handful of voting stations were temporarily closed due to power outages on Saturday morning during the final day of B.C.’s provincial election, while the only station in Dease Lake was fully closed because an election official had travel difficulties.



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Canadian RJ Barrett close to return from injury as Raptors prepare for Wednesday's season opener

Canadian swingman RJ Barrett was upgraded to day-to-day and engaged in non-contact practise on Monday, two days before Toronto hosts the Cleveland Cavaliers at Scotiabank Arena.