Unpublished Newswire
An Alberta panel aimed at finding ways the province can strengthen its autonomy has offered up seven recommendations, including options for referendum topics.
December 19, 2025 - 18:20 | | CBC News - Canada
Vanessa Gilles and Jonathan David have been named Canada Soccer Players of the Year for the second year in a row.Gilles, a centre back who plays her club football for Germany’s Bayern Munich, beat out San Diego Wave forward Adriana Leon and Manchester United defender Jayde Riviere.
December 19, 2025 - 18:06 | | The Globe and Mail
One day in 1954 at Saint Ignatius of Loyola Catholic Church, in a ritzy area of Newton, Mass., just outside of Boston, an unusual group sang at Mass. They were four former Toronto choirboys: Jimmy Arnold, Frankie Busseri, Connie Codarini and Bernie Toorish. The soda-shop set knew them as the Four Lads, harmonizing pop vocalists based in the United States whose signature hit at the time was a novelty number from a year earlier, Istanbul (Not Constantinople), their first gold record.
December 19, 2025 - 17:56 | Brad Wheeler | The Globe and Mail
A dog in Alberta died in November after being exposed to highly pathogenic avian influenza. It's the second confirmed fatal case of avian flu in a domestic dog in Canada, with the first being reported in Ontario in 2023.
December 19, 2025 - 17:45 | | CBC News - Canada
A Quebec judge has granted bail to a man who has spent 33 years behind bars for four murders, after concerns were raised about the fairness of his trial.Daniel Jolivet’s case is being examined by a federal panel for a possible miscarriage of justice. In the meantime, Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie announced on Friday at the Montreal courthouse that Jolivet will be released from prison pending the outcome of the review.
December 19, 2025 - 17:37 | | The Globe and Mail
At a neighbourhood Christmas party in Ottawa earlier this month, there were all the usual holiday delights: festive decor, treats and even a visit from the big man up North. It was an evening to remember for Christine Guptill, but not in the way she had imagined.Tucked into a party room at Royale Ranch, a horse farm in the city’s south, there were nearly 40 people at the party – half children, half adults. Ms. Guptill said some children were coughing and she overheard one family say they had left their sick kid at home.
December 19, 2025 - 17:35 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
