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Author: Alan Freeman
Publication Date: December 8, 2025 - 16:00
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Activist René Dallaire was an articulate voice for Quebec’s disabled community
December 8, 2025
In 1970, a week before his 19th birthday, René Dallaire was competing at a downhill ski event at Mont Vidéo, a ski centre near his hometown of Rouyn-Noranda, Que.
He missed a turn and veered into the woods, the hard snow projecting him forward at high speed until he hit a tree. When help came, the first thing he said was, “I can’t feel my arms or legs.” As his sister Suzanne Dallaire later recalled, that incident sealed the course for the rest of Mr. Dallaire’s life.
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In the narrow channels of Johnstone Strait off northeastern Vancouver Island, northern resident killer whales appear to have discovered an unusual foraging strategy: follow the dolphins.In a rare example of two marine mammal species working together, scientists have documented northern resident killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins co-operatively hunting chinook salmon. The sophisticated partnership was revealed through aerial drones and biologgers – specialized suction-cup cameras attached to killer whales that captured underwater video, acoustic and motion data.
December 11, 2025 - 11:00 | Jenn Thornhill Verma | The Globe and Mail
An Ontario woman is accused of being a serial Jellycat burglar after a police raid uncovered a large collection of the trendy plush collectible toys at her home, worth an estimated $7,500.
Jellycats are soft, stuffed toys that come in a wide range of whimsical designs, including animals and food items, that have become a trendy, hot collectible craze — reminiscent of Beanie Babies in the 1990s.
The dark side of the Jellycat obsession started to unravel on Oct. 25 when an unspecified number of Jellycats were stolen from a store in Kitchener, Ont.
The store was hit again last...
December 11, 2025 - 10:52 | Adrian Humphreys | National Post
Lisa Weir says her 86-year-old father needs to be in nursing home due to dementia, but waiting in hospital for a bed is putting his health further at risk.
December 11, 2025 - 10:51 | Reeti Rohilla | Global News - Canada
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