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• Getting the recommended amount of exercise is tied to lower risk of cancer: study

  26-12-2019 23:39
  
  A new study sheds light on one potential health benefit of exercise: a lower risk of certain cancers. The study, published Thursday in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, analyzed data from more than 750,000 adults in the United States, Europe and Australia, and found that recommended amounts of physical activity correlated with lower risks of seven types of cancer, of the 15 types that researchers looked at. These cancer types were colon, breast, kidney, myeloma, liver, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and e
  
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• Israel's embattled Netanyahu wins landslide in primary

  26-12-2019 23:18
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday scored a landslide victory in a primary race for leadership of the ruling Likud party, giving the embattled leader an important boost ahead of the country's third election in less than a year. The strong showing by Israel's longest-serving leader could give him another opportunity to form a government following the March election, after falling short in two previous attempts this year. By easily fending off Likud lawmaker Gideon Saar, Netanya
  
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• TC Energy announces plan to sell 65% stake in Coastal GasLink pipeline

  26-12-2019 22:58
  
  TC Energy announced plans Thursday to sell a 65 per cent equity interest in the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project to KKR and the Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo), acting on behalf of certain AIMCo. clients. Additionally, TC Energy announced that it has secured financing with a syndicate of banks to finance upwards of 80 per cent of the project's $6.2 billion price tag. "The partial monetization of Coastal GasLink advances our ongoing efforts to prudently fund our $30 billion secured ca
  
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• Fans push for Paul Henderson to join Hockey Hall of Fame, but the legend says he's at peace

  26-12-2019 22:26
  
  While fans want to see Paul Henderson in the Hockey Hall of Fame, the legend says he is at peace with his place in the game. Henderson scored the most famous goal in Canadian hockey history 47 years ago. The last minute “garbage goal,” as he describes it, meant Canada beat the Russians in a dramatic eight game series, and elevated his status in the sport. But, despite scoring the game winning goal in games six, seven and eight, and having a stellar international career, Henderson is
  
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• Hundreds of skiing Santas hit the slopes at Banff Sunshine Village

  26-12-2019 22:10
  
  With the pressure off, a few hundred very merry Santas enjoyed their day off Wednesday by taking to the slopes at Banff's Sunshine village. Over 400 skiing Santas revelled in some of the best skiing conditions all season, after Banff Sunshine received 118 cm of 'fresh champagne powder' over the past five snowy days leading up to one of the whitest Christmases in recent memory.  To top it off each Santa (and staff) enjoyed a Christmas gift of their own:  free skiing. "For us, it's our C
  
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• Parks Canada warns of considerable avalanche risk in B.C. and Alberta

  26-12-2019 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parks Canada says the avalanche danger rating forecast is considerable to moderate for Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks through Saturday.
  
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• Lafreniere, Canada roar back to beat the U.S. at world juniors

  26-12-2019 22:02
  
  Canada and the United States usually save their fireworks for later. Huge goals, big saves, moments of both triumph and heartbreak have peppered the intense rivalry at the world junior hockey championship through the years. With some deft hand-eye coordination and a sweet move in tight, Alexis Lafreniere wrote his own chapter Thursday. The projected No. 1 selection at the 2020 NHL draft scored seven seconds after the U.S. tied the game late in the third period as part of a stunning four-point pe
  
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• Canada roars back to beat the U.S. at world juniors

  26-12-2019 22:02
  
  Alexis Lafreniere scored seven seconds after the United States tied the game late in the third period as Canada beat its North American rival 6-4 on Thursday in the opener for both countries at the 2020 world junior hockey championship. Barrett Hayton, with two, Connor McMichael, Nolan Foote and Ty Dellandrea, into an empty net, also scored for the Canadians, who got 28 saves from Nico Daws. Lafreniere, the projected No. 1 pick at the 2020 NHL draft, added three assists. "He's an amazing player,
  
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• CN train derails near Alberta-B.C. border

  26-12-2019 20:10
  
  Officials with CN Rail are working to determine the cause of a train derailment in Fraser-Fort George, British Columbia Thursday morning. Early reports indicate that 23 railcars derailed at approximately 7 a.m. on Dec. 26. One user on Twitter captured photos of the derailment, showing multiple railcars on their sides.At least one grain car is in Moose Lake. Tracks torn up as well. pic.twitter.com/fg8hP1gHhc— Dónal O'Beirne (@DonoYEG) December 26, 2019 No one was injured and none of
  
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• No injuries after plane makes emergency landing near Bear Lake

  26-12-2019 19:43
  
  A pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on Christmas after the plane’s engine lost power. The first report of a downed aircraft came in around 6 p.m. on Dec. 25, with multiple agencies responding to the call, including STARS, RCMP and the Grande Prairie Fire Department. Shortly after, STARS spotted the aircraft in a field on the shores of Bear Lake near the Grandview Hutterite Colony. Crew members made contact with the two occupants of the Cessna 150, who were not injured. The plan
  
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• World Junior's Roundup: Host Czechs open with 4-3 win over Russia

  26-12-2019 19:35
  
  Jan Jenik had a goal and an assist as the host Czech Republic opened the world junior hockey championship with a 4-3 win over Russia on Thursday. The 19-year-old Jenik -- an Arizona Coyotes prospect playing for the Ontario Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs -- scored what turned into the winner with just under three minutes to go in the second while on a 5-on-3 power play. Simon Kubicek, Jan Mysak and Matej Blumel also found the back of the net for the Czech Republic (1-0-0), which finished seven
  
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• Mac's tournament kicks off in Calgary

  26-12-2019 19:25
  
  An annual Calgary Boxing Day tradition for over four decades, the Mac's AAA hockey tournament kicks off Thursday at the Max Bell arena. The tournament, first held in 1978 is for players between 15 and 17 years old. 25 teams from across Canada, the United States and Europe are participating in the 2019-20 tournament. Past winners have included teams from Czechoslovakia, Russia, Illinois, Finland, Belarus, Russia and Sweden. Calgary teams have won numerous Mac's tournaments, including the AAA Flam
  
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• Bianca Andreescu named The Canadian Press female athlete of the year

  26-12-2019 19:13
  
  Bianca Andreescu started the season as an up-and-coming teenager eager to make her mark on the WTA Tour. She finished the campaign as one of its top stars. A murderer's row of tennis talent -- Kerber, Venus, Wozniacki, Svitolina, Pliskova, and of course, Serena -- all fell to the upstart Canadian who shone in the key moments and on some of the sport's biggest stages. Andreescu capped her unforgettable season Thursday by winning the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as The Canadian Press female athlete of t
  
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• Feds, Alberta set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

  26-12-2019 18:17
  
  OTTAWA -- Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal funding for their own. The promised supplement was originally proposed as a joint funding venture between the federal and provincial governments. But in negotiations over the funding arrangement, Alberta officials have sought to have their existing spending count towards the cost-matching approach instead o
  
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• Snow possible in Metro Vancouver for Boxing Day: Environment Canada

  26-12-2019 18:12
  
  Metro Vancouver residents might see some snow flurries Thursday night, as a special weather statement has been issued for the region. Environment Canada says "small accumulations of snow" are possible, particularly at higher elevations and in the Fraser Valley. Related: Get the latest forecasts on our weather page"A front moving southward along the B.C. coast will meet a somewhat cool airmass in place over the Lower Mainland early this evening," Environment Canada's warning says.  Whil
  
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• Alberta, Feds set to clash over cash for new rent supplement

  26-12-2019 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta is pushing back against the Trudeau Liberals' expectation that provinces and territories pick up half the cost of a new rent supplement, asking instead to substitute federal funding for their own.
  
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• Trump warns of 'carnage' in rebel stronghold in Syria

  26-12-2019 17:56
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump is speaking out against the "carnage" involving thousands of civilians in a rebel stronghold in Syria. In a tweet Thursday, Trump wrote: "Russia, Syria, and Iran are killing, or on their way to killing, thousands of innocent civilians in Idlib Province. Don't do it! Turkey is working hard to stop this carnage." The tweet refers to an intense air and ground bombardment by government forces in southern and eastern Idlib province, the last rebel-held bastion in the count
  
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• No injuries following SoHo house fire

  26-12-2019 17:47
  
  London fire crews were kept busy battling a house fire in the SoHo neighbourhood Thursday. Emergency crews were notified about the fire at 71 Adelaide St. North just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday after heavy smoke was seen billowing out of the back of the house. There are no injuries but there is extensive damage to one of the apartment units. All tenants managed to get out safely but a secondary search for occupants took place. Platoon Chief Gary Mossburger tells CTV News that it was a challenging
  
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• 10-year-old dies on Christmas Day after ATV goes through ice

  26-12-2019 17:12
  
  Police say a 10-year-old boy died in Newfoundland on Christmas Day after the all-terrain vehicle he was riding alongside his father went through the ice. The RCMP said in a news release that the boy was on a side-by-side ATV in Clarenville, N.L. when it broke through the ice. He and his father had been driving across a pond, the RCMP said. “The father tried unsuccessfully to get his son out of the water but the boy became trapped when the vehicle was submerged,” the news release said
  
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• Brazil investigates Christmas Eve attack over Netflix show

  26-12-2019 16:04
  
  Brazil's police on Thursday were investigating a video on social media that shows a gasoline bomb attack targeting the makers of a Christmas program on Netflix that some critics have described as blasphemous. There were no injuries in the Christmas Eve attack on an empty video production house in Rio de Janeiro, and a security guard extinguished the flames. But the emergence of a video in which a man claims responsibility for the attack in the name of a 1930s-era ultranationalist group startled
  
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• Erdogan: Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya

  26-12-2019 13:19
  
  ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey's president said Thursday that the U.N.-supported government in Libya has asked Ankara to send troops to help authorities in Tripoli defend the city from an offensive by rival forces. Turkish lawmakers could vote as early as next week on the move, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, adding that his government will submit a bill to allow for the deployment of Turkish forces to Libya. Speaking to his ruling party's officials, Erdogan said the Tripoli government of Libyan
  
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• Canadians feel better about money, worse about romance: Ipsos year-end poll

  26-12-2019 13:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Canadians are feeling somewhat better about their financial situation heading into a new year and decade, according to exclusive polling conducted by Ipsos for Global News.
  
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• Lindsey Vonn goes social with P.K. Subban marriage proposal

  26-12-2019 02:13
  
  Lindsey Vonn popped the question to hockey star P.K. Subban. "Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone!! On our 2 year anniversary, in a "non traditional" move, I asked PK to marry me and he said, Yes," Vonn tweeted on Christmas Day. "Yes (bashful emoji) ! Women aren't the only ones who should get engagement rings!" The former ski racer closed the tweet with the hashtags "MerryChristmas" and "equality." Vonn linked a picture of herself and Subban with the ring, with the couple wearing matchin
  
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• A Christmas mystery: Did Peter ever get his letter?

  26-12-2019 01:15
  
  Elizabeth Alexander spends her Tuesdays volunteering with the Friends of the Vancouver Public Library, sorting donated books and preparing them for the organization's regular book sales. In just a few months on the job, she's come across all sorts of things inside the volumes she goes through. "Sometimes, there's actually prayers, business cards, really adorable bookmarks, and you will, every once in a while, find letters," Alexander said. Recently, she came across a letter that she just couldn'
  
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• Fossils found in N.S. represent earliest 'evidence of parental behaviour' in vertebrate

  26-12-2019 00:12
  
  A team of researchers from Carleton University say a recent fossil discovery in Nova Scotia represents the earliest known examples of a creature exhibiting the behaviours of a parent. The findings were recently published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution and detail the discovery of a large and small lizard-like reptile known as a varanopid synapsid. The creatures were foundin the root of a tree stump in Cape Breton. The smaller reptile is positioned under the hind leg of the larger r
  
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