Indoor zipline harness fails, injuring 11-year-old
Indoor zipline harness fails, injuring 11-year-oldNewsDuration 1:57Parents in Scarborough, Ont., are warning others about the potential risks at indoor playground facilities after their 11-year-old son Ramin Azizi was injured in a fall from a zipline.
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January 07, 2026 20:59 UTC
3 former school properties listed for sale by Greater Essex County District School Board
The Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) announced Wednesday that it’s selling three of its former school properties. Windsor Stadium, the former Kingsville District High School and the former Kingsville Public School have been listed for sale on publicboard.ca , reads a news release from the GECDSB. The release says the three properties will be available for viewing as follows:Kingsville District High School: Jan. 22 at 10 a.m.Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementKingsville Public School: Jan. 22 at 2 p.m.Windsor Stadium: Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. Last May a spokesperson for Ontario's minister of education told CBC News that Windsor Stadium was going through a process that could lead to its sale. The GECDSB operates 52 elementary and 14 secondary schools in nine regional communities providing public education to approximately 36,000 students across Windsor and Essex County.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 20:00 UTC
'Death ball' sponge, tiny opossum among cool new species of 2025
The largest species, named Satyrex ferox, has a leg-span of 14 centimetres (about the width of a slice of bread). In October, the Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census announced 30 new species discovered in the Southern Ocean near Antarctica. Phyllidia ovata is one of two wart slug species discovered in Sulawesi, Indonesia. (Heike Wägele)New Canadian crayfishOne of the new species discovered in Canada this year was also an aquatic creature. Three of the unusual species discovered this year include toads that live in trees, far from water, in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 19:33 UTC
Downtown evacuation lifted after live grenade found in Sydney building
An evacuation order was lifted on Wednesday evening after a live explosive device was reported in an area of downtown Sydney, N.S., earlier in the day. "The explosive device was safely disposed of by the military's explosive disposal unit. Evacuations have been lifted and the area has reopened to public access," Cape Breton Regional Police said in a news release sent at 6:20 p.m. AT. Darren Barrington, police were called to 153 Pitt St. at around 7:30 a.m. after a live grenade was found inside a business. “When the police arrived on site, they entered the building and they found what appeared to be an explosive device sitting on the floor,” Barrington said in an interview with CBC Radio’s Mainstreet Cape Breton.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 19:29 UTC
‘The Pitt’ is back for another harrowing 15-hour shift. Is it even possible to up the ante?
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January 07, 2026 19:00 UTC
Some Montreal-area clinics say they may not close after all amid changes to doctor pay law
Some Montreal-area clinics say they may not close after all amid changes to doctor pay lawNewsDuration 2:06After Quebec’s controversial Bill 2 led to some clinics threatening or planning to close, and others dealing with doctors leaving, some now say they’re reconsidering after the government agreed to both delay and significantly amend the law.
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January 07, 2026 17:57 UTC
Nunavut MP says she won’t cross the floor to join Liberals ‘at this point’
Nunavut's MP says she has no plans right now to join the federal Liberal Party. Two other MPs — Chris d'Entremont and Michael Ma — recently left the Conservative Party to cross the floor and join the Liberals. An emailed statement from the office of Idlout’s neighbouring MP in the N.W.T., Liberal cabinet minister Rebecca Alty, said Alty has not approached Idlout about crossing the floor. “Over the last year, Minister Alty has met with leaders and representatives throughout the North, including MP Idlout. CBC News also contacted the Liberal Party to confirm whether the party was in talks with Idlout about crossing the floor.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 17:46 UTC
Trump sees acquiring Greenland as a national security priority
Trump sees acquiring Greenland as a national security priorityNewsDuration 3:03The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump and his team are considering a range of options in efforts to acquire Greenland as the ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro continues to reverberate in the Western Hemisphere.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 17:20 UTC
CBC News took the rare step of emailing all Alberta teachers. Details here
If you’re reading this note, you probably got a message in your school email inbox. Why did CBC email teachers directly? How often will CBC email teachers this way? We’re not keeping an address list, because we have no plans to email all Alberta teachers again. We normally cover teachers' perspectives through the organizations that have staff dedicated to listening and research — the Alberta Teachers’ Association and researchers at post-secondary institutions, for example.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 17:07 UTC
Trump has always been intent on acquiring Greenland 'from the very beginning,' Rubio says
Denmark and Greenland are seeking a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, hoping to calm tensions between the two countries after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over the Danish territory. Despite the rhetoric, The Wall Street Journal has reported that Rubio told congressional lawmakers during a closed-door briefing Monday that Trump’s goal is to buy the island from Denmark rather than take it by force. Here’s the latest as tensions escalate:Trump ‘not the first U.S. president that has examined how we could acquire Greenland,’ Rubio saysMarco Rubio in remarks to reporters on Wednesday stated that acquiring Greenland had always been Trump’s intent since his first term. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement“That’s always been the president’s intent from the very beginning,” Rubio told reporters on Capitol Hill where he was to address Senate and the House, The Associated Press reports. Lars-Christian Brask, vice-chairman of the Danish foreign policy committee, stressed the importance of the meeting to Bloomberg TV in an interview.
Source:National Post
January 07, 2026 16:26 UTC
Neverendum — Greater Fool – Authored by Garth Turner – The Troubled Future of Real Estate
The pandemic ended up offing 64,500 Canadians – and people are still buying Vancouver real estate. Sales of detached homes last month dropped almost 13%, and prices lost more than 5%. However, without a doubt, 2025 turned into a watershed year in which confidence in real estate was seriously shaken. The real estate board slapped a lot of lipstick on this porker suggesting, again, it’s uppa, uppa from here. “Despite global economic uncertainty, property sales in the Victoria market were steady and pricing remained relatively balanced.
Source:National Post
January 07, 2026 15:59 UTC
Sociology Professor Talks Femicide Rates with CBC
Dr. Myrna Dawson, sociology professor and founder of the Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence who co-authored a new report on femicide in Atlantic Canada, spoke with CBC News about the factors that made New Brunswick the province with the highest rates of femicide in the country.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 14:40 UTC
Warner Bros. rejects revised Paramount bid, tells shareholders to stay with Netflix
Warner Bros. In a letter to shareholders, Warner Bros.' board said Paramount's revised $108.4-billion US hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject. "Our binding agreement with Netflix will offer superior value at greater levels of certainty, without the significant risks and costs Paramount's offer would impose on our shareholders," Warner Bros. WATCH | More on Paramount's offer to Warner Bros.: Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. | Duration 2:03 Paramount Skydance made a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. The company's hostile bid is still on the table, and Warner shareholders currently have until Jan. 21 to "tender" their shares.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 14:28 UTC
Cuba braces for worst: Tensions rising between Washington, Havana
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January 07, 2026 13:20 UTC
A look at the female farriers who keep the Okanagan’s working horses from slipping in the snow
The snow blanketing B.C.’s north Okanagan has created slippery conditions for the region’s working horses. She custom-makes special winter horse shoes used for traction, so the horses don't slip, and to prevent buildup of snow and ice. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementShe also adds a hot pink snow pad to his shoe to prevent buildup of snow and ice in the crooks of his hoof. MacDonald uses antique corks in the horse shoes of the 900-kilogram Percheron horses that work at the Caravan Theatre. Jenn Thiele adds a snow pad to a horse's shoe.
Source:CBC News
January 07, 2026 13:08 UTC