Unpublished Newswire
Leslie Burns and her husband Michael have wintered in Tavernier, a small, laid-back community in the Florida Keys, since 2010. The Collingwood, Ont., couple doesn’t see themselves as tourists anymore. “We stay in a residential neighbourhood and do our best to blend in,” Leslie said from their long-term winter rental where the weather reached 21 degrees Celsius this week under “Windex-blue” skies.
The retired couple is part of a formidable flock of snowbirds still wintering in the U.S. New border scrutiny and anger over the U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs have thinned the flock....
January 7, 2026 - 06:00 | Sharon Kirkey | National Post
Mushers and former board members say the Yukon Quest is cancelled this year, because there is no one left to organize the iconic sled dog race.
January 7, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
A former Manitoba Progressive Conservative Party leadership candidate is suing the province, two wildlife officials and three NDP cabinet ministers for preventing his ecotourism company from operating offroad polar bear viewing vehicles east of Churchill.
January 7, 2026 - 06:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Re: No job losses under new recycling program, City of Ottawa says, online, Jan. 2 Read More
January 7, 2026 - 05:00 | Doug Menary, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Sun
Memorial University's campus radio station has been broadcasting in St. John's for 50 years. But as students turn away from traditional media, the non-profit station is encountering financial problems. As a result, station manager Rhea Rollmann says they're now shifting focus.
January 7, 2026 - 04:30 | | CBC News - Canada
B.C. Premier David Eby says public drug use will not be permitted when the province’s contentious decriminalization trial comes up for renewal at the end of this month.But it remains to be seen whether his government will seek to extend the pilot in any iteration. After successive amendments, drug decriminalization in B.C. is currently limited largely to private residences.
January 7, 2026 - 04:15 | Andrea Woo | The Globe and Mail
