Father and son dress as Santa, visit Gaza tent city with gifts, music to celebrate New Year
The father and son had decided to visit the tent city with gifts, dressed in Santa Claus costumes. The area around Al-Maqousi Towers in northern Gaza City used to be a bustling neighbourhood where thousands of people lived. Izzat Al-Qawasmeh plays saxophone as his son Mohamed hold balloons near a tent city in Gaza Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. In another neighbourhood, Al-Rimal, west of Gaza City, other Palestinians shared some of their hopes for the New Year. Izzat Al-Qawasmeh is seen with his son Mohamed as Al-Qawasmeh plays saxophone in a bombed-out building overlooking a tent city in the north of the Gaza strip.
Source:CBC News
January 02, 2026 00:02 UTC
New year, new tax measures: What to expect in 2026
(tax measures introduced in the middle of a tax year start at half the rate and then bump up to the full cut the following year). When the measure was rolled out, Finance Canada projected maximum tax savings of $840 per couple with two incomes. The credit is temporary and, for now at least, will only be available for the 2026 to 2030 tax years. That means that in 2026, the first ceiling maximum contribution for an employee is $4,230.45. Employers contribute a matching amount of 1.4 multiplied by the employee contributions for a maximum contribution in 2026 of $1,572.30 up from $1,508.30 last year.
Source:CBC News
January 02, 2026 00:02 UTC
2025 on P.E.I.: Looking back at the Island’s biggest news stories of the year
now has its 3rd premier of 2025 — here's all the reaction from Island politicians: P.E.I. PC leadership | Duration 1:45 Rob Lantz announced he was officially stepping down as interim leader of the P.E.I. summer leads to flood of irrigation requests: This is PEI 17:59 Dry P.E.I. Island oyster fishers, growers and processors called on both the provincial and federal government for support as their livelihoods are rattled. In 2025, the MV Northumberland become the second permanent ship for Northumberland Ferries Limited on the run between Nova Scotia and P.E.I.
Source:CBC News
January 01, 2026 23:58 UTC
Water main break in Calgary leads to major flooding
Water main break in Calgary leads to major floodingNewsDuration 3:34Parts of Calgary are on a boil-water advisory after a water main broke on Tuesday. Emergency personnel rescued 13 people stranded in their vehicles amid challenging flood conditions. City officials are urging residents to minimize water usage while they work to restore water service.
Source:CBC News
January 01, 2026 21:07 UTC
Montrealer’s graphic novel explores his youth as a child of Haitian immigrants in the 1970s
Montrealer’s graphic novel explores his youth as a child of Haitian immigrants in the 1970sNewsDuration 2:55Jimmy Suzan, a Quebec author born to Haitian parents, has created a graphic novel about his family’s immigration story. Migrasyon was released in October and in no time, has become a critically acclaimed success.
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January 01, 2026 21:03 UTC
Where to go in 2026: expert travel recommendations
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January 01, 2026 17:47 UTC
Trump says he's pausing efforts to send National Guard to Chicago, L.A. and Portland
Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that he's removing the Guard troops for now. Members of the U.S. National Guard are seen at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Chicago on Oct. 9. A judge permanently blocked the deployment of National Guard troops there in November after a three-day trial. That paves the way for the California National Guard troops to fully return to state control after Trump federalized the Guard in June. "For six months, California National Guard troops have been used as political pawns by a President desperate to be king," Bonta said.
Source:CBC News
January 01, 2026 17:30 UTC
Where is the true north? Magnetic north pole is drifting away from Canada — toward Russia
A lesser known feature of the planet Earth’s magnetic field has recently gained a special Canadian connection that is often overlooked in the better known science story about the magnetic north pole drifting away from Canada toward Russia. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementSo the magnetic north pole is drifting away from Canada toward Russia. The geomagnetic pole is less actively mobile, and gets less attentionThere is also a geomagnetic north pole, different than either the geographic or the magnetic north poles. The geomagnetic north pole, therefore, is the point around which these auroras form in the high atmosphere, unaffected by the local surface drifting of the magnetic north pole. So, while the magnetic north pole is moving comparatively quickly across the Arctic Ocean, the geomagnetic pole is less actively mobile, and gets less attention.
Source:National Post
January 01, 2026 17:25 UTC
The career of Paul Anka and the Canadian will to survive
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January 01, 2026 16:16 UTC
Seven Canadians injured in Machu Picchu train crash
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January 01, 2026 16:00 UTC
Woman charged with impaired driving after vehicle hit by train at Toronto GO station
Toronto police say a woman has been arrested for impaired driving after she allegedly drove her car onto the tracks of a west-end GO station and got hit by a train. The collision happened just after 10 p.m. Wednesday near the Etobicoke North GO station, on Kipling Avenue, just north of Highway 409, according to Toronto police. The 19-year-old driver was arrested with minor injuries and a male passenger who was also in the car was not injured, police say. Police tell CBC Toronto there are no reported injuries to any of the train’s passengers. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementAfter the collision Toronto Fire says they assisted people off the train.
Source:CBC News
January 01, 2026 15:56 UTC
Cowboys DC: Aaron Whitecotton Next Up in 2026?
Aaron Whitecotton could be the next Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator, and the more I look at it, the more it makes sense. Cowboys players respect him, he’s coached under some serious defensive minds, and honestly, the idea doesn’t feel all that wild. Players Already Respect Him, That’s Half the JobI have found this is a coach players genuinely respect. Players respect Whitecotton because he’s a teacher, communicator, and grinder, not a spotlight chaser. Why Promoting Whitecotton Isn’t CrazySo here’s why I think promoting Whitecotton isn’t crazy.
Source:thestar
January 01, 2026 15:44 UTC
New book tells story of Black history in New Brunswick
New book tells story of Black history in New BrunswickNewsDuration 3:43Jennifer Dow has written Beyond Borders, which provides a timeline of more than 400 years of Black history in New Brunswick. The book will be used in schools around the province in both languages and will be available in public libraries.
Source:CBC News
January 01, 2026 14:32 UTC
Teacher wins Guinness World Record for working 61 years at the same school
LISTEN | Full interview with Guinness record-holder Glenda Akin: As It Happens 6:40 Teacher wins Guinness World Record for working 61 years at the same schoolRetired Tennessee teacher Glenda Akin has lived and worked through a whole lot of history. Akin, 84, has been certified by Guinness World Records as the longest serving female teacher at the same school . “I think they would do well to put them away when they're at school,” Akin said. Akin, centre, poses with her new Guinness World Record and two of her former students, including Westmoreland High School Principal Rick Duffer, left, and school administrator Amber Regan, right. (Westmoreland High School/Facebook)She also served as a librarian at a time when school literature became an extremely politicized issue.
Source:CBC News
January 01, 2026 13:58 UTC
NB government ‘cannot cancel’ PROENERGY contract, Holt says in response to AWI letter
New Brunswick’s premier says her government “cannot cancel” the contract between NB Power and the U.S. company PROENERGY as suggested in a strongly worded letter from Barry Rothfuss, executive director of the Atlantic Wildlife Institute. “NB Power has informed us that they are committed to working with PROENERGY to support the communities near the proposed site and address any concerns being raised,” she adds. The premier was responding to a letter from Rothfuss sent more than three months earlier on September 2 urging her to stop the project. ‘Repair relationships’The Rothfuss letter accuses Holt of falsely claiming, during a CBC Radio appearance in August, that the project would be co-owned by First Nations in New Brunswick. To read the Rothfuss letter, click here.
Source:CBC News
January 01, 2026 09:56 UTC