Unpublished Newswire
Hundreds across Canada marked the start of the new year by gleefully plunging into frigid lake and ocean water, some for their first time. Alejandra Lopez, who’s visiting Nova Scotia from Mexico, said she likes to do cold dips in a tub with ice water back home, but she’d never done a polar plunge.
January 1, 2026 - 16:01 | Lyndsay Armstrong | The Globe and Mail
Repair work continues in Calgary, where Mayor Jeromy Farkas said the city is committed to fixing a problematic water main that has burst twice now in a year and a half.
January 1, 2026 - 15:57 | Karen Bartko | Global News - Canada
Cédric Raffa said he wanted to kick off the new year with a "good challenge." Read More
January 1, 2026 - 15:43 | Peter Hum | Ottawa Citizen
Earthquakes Canada says it registered three earthquakes in the same region near the Yukon-Alaska border within minutes of each other.
January 1, 2026 - 15:10 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
The Chief of Pimicikamak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba has urged Prime Minister Mark Carney to send in the military to deal with a crisis caused by a prolonged power outage.The community has been without power since late Sunday when a line crossing the Nelson River snapped.
January 1, 2026 - 13:25 | | The Globe and Mail
The Pimicikamk First Nation chief is calling on the federal government to send in the armed forces, to help with an on-going public health and safety crisis.
January 1, 2026 - 13:11 | Moosa Imran | Global News - Canada
