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December 28

QMJHL Roundup: Philipp Kurashev scores winner, Remparts edge Armada in OT
Marner scores in shootout to lift Leafs over Panthers
Mitch Marner celebrates his game winning goal with right wing William Nylander and defenseman Morgan Rielly.
Report: Operator error caused 2015 train derailment by Alma
Canadiens blow lead, Johnson scores in OT to lift Lightning
RCMP say semi-truck driver might not know he hit and killed man on highway
Activist who freed minks pleads guilty to federal charge
Marner scores in shootout to lift Leafs over Panthers
South Korea cuts 2017 growth forecast to 2.6 per cent
Americans cruise to 5-2 win over Slovakia at world juniors
Slovakia's Marian Studenic, left, navigates the puck away from the United States' Jordan Greenway during second period IIHF World Junior Championship hockey action, in Toronto on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Regina police allege woman used axe during robbery of business
Thanks, 2016, for all the sports memories
The Latest: Jury to weigh whether Maui murder was 'heinous'
Japan's defence minister visits Yasukuni after Pearl Harbor
Reactions to the death of actress Debbie Reynolds Wednesday
Lockdown lifted at Saskatchewan prison which saw riot earlier this month
Bad weather derails search for men missing on B.C.’s North Shore mountains
Rescue crews began their search for Tin Hou Lee and Chun Sek Lam on Monday morning.
Canadians concerned about anti-malarial drug mefloquine’s effects on armed forces: poll
Members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment get into position as they arrive to assume responsibility for the airport at Bali Dogle, Somalia, on December 15, 1992. Canada is taking part in a UN relief operation in the East African country.
British Columbians support broad range of treatment amid opioid crisis: survey
A new survey by the Mustel Group, conducted for the InnerChange Foundation, found British Columbians are deeply concerned about the overdose crisis and want to see improved access to addiction treatment
Once close to extinction, South Africa’s first people have a new claim on life
Blade Witbooi is a hunting guide from Africa’s San people, which he prefers to call Bushmen. He is shown on the Kalahari hunting farm that is now community-owned by the San as a result of a land claim.
Canadian Rhena Bliss was missing in plain sight, for 36 years
Actress Debbie Reynolds, 84, dies a day after daughter
FILE- In this March 6, 1959, file photo actress Debbie Reynolds boards an airliner in New York en route to Spain where she will film a new picture. Reynolds, star of the 1952 classic "Singin' in the Rain" and mother of Carrie Fisher, died Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, according to her son Todd Fisher. She was 84. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File)
Colombia congress adopts amnesty for rebels under peace pact
City officials say massive dump of snow in Winnipeg could take weeks to clear
Argentine court convicts activist defended by UN panel
China: Police shoot dead 3 who killed 2 in Xinjiang attack
Trudeau promises aboriginal language bill, but activists say whole system needs overhaul
Indigenous languages are at risk of disappearing from our social fabric. In a bid to keep the cultural connection alive, a group has been using languages on billboards and signs to provoke people on why it’s important to keep these languages in use.
Dozens of eagles electrocuted while landing on power poles in B.C.
A bald eagle is seen along the Harrison River in Harrison Mills, B.C. Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. A wildlife rehabilitation group is sounding the alarm amid a steep increase in electrocuted eagles in Metro Vancouver.
Australian police seize 1 ton of cocaine, arrest 15 men
A police officer guards a haul of drugs that are on display at an Australian Federal Police office in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016. Officials have seized more than a ton of cocaine worth about 360 million Australian dollars ($260 million) in what police have dubbed one of the largest drug busts in the nation's history. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Victoria Hand Project is forging prosthetics from plastic for a pittance
Two of the students working to fit a Victoria Hand recipient.
Joel Eriksson-Ek scores twice, Sweden beats Switzerland 4-2
Joel Eriksson-Ek's two goals lead Sweden past Switzerland 4-2 at world juniors
Sweden players celebrate their fourth goal as Switzerland's bench looks on during third period IIHF World Junior Championship hockey action, in Montreal on Wednesday, December 28, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Minnesota officer fired after hit in video now reinstated
Team Canada is confident but not cocky at world juniors
Canada defenceman Thomas Chabot (5) reacts after scoring against team Slovakia during second period IIHF World Junior Championships hockey action in Toronto on Tuesday, December 27, 2016.
Syrian refugee family settling into new life in Burnaby, B.C.
Raid Abazeed his wife Manar Alsaid Ahmed and their 14-month-old daughter Salma at their home in Burnaby, British Columbia, Tuesday, December 20, 2016. They arrived from Jordan in January of 2016 after fleeing the conflict in Syria.
Latest: Man walking in woods found missing NJ woman, child
This combination of photos released by the Hamilton Police Department in New Jersey shows Barbara Briley, left, and her 5-year-old great-granddaughter La'Myra Briley. Officers scoured hotels, businesses, rest areas and trucks stops across a large swath of Virginia in the search for the pair, who vanished during a holiday road trip to see family. (Hamilton Police Department via AP)
The Latest: Car involved in drive-by shooting of boy found
NewsAlert: Actress Debbie Reynolds has died, son says
Woman, 52, dies in fire in mobile home south of Winnipeg; fire deemed accidental
The Latest: Utah attorney general to sue over monument
FILE - This April 5, 2012 file photo shows rock formations in Gold Butte, located about 90 miles northeast of Las Vegas. President Barack Obama designated two national monuments Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at sites in Utah and Nevada that have become key flashpoints over use of public land in the U.S. West, marking the administration’s latest move to protect environmentally sensitive areas in its final days. In Nevada, a 300,000-acre Gold Butte National Monument outside Las Vegas would protect the scenic and ecologically fragile area near where rancher Cliven Bundy led in an armed standoff with government agents in 2014. It includes rock art, artifacts, rare fossils and recently discovered tracks. (Jeff Scheid /Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
B.C. court rules against allowing man's trial to be held in French
Coming Around: Jacob Trouba getting comfortable on right side of Jets' defence
When Jacob Trouba was a holdout at the beginning of the NHL season, one reason he and his agent gave was his desire to play on his natural right side and have a bigger role in the team's Top 2 pairings. Trouba, right, checks Vancouver Canucks' Sven Baertschi during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday December 22, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Guilty verdict in missing Maui pregnant woman's death
FILE - In this July 16, 2014 file photo, Kimberlyn Scott poses for a portrait in Makawao, Hawaii. Scott's daughter, Carly "Charli" Scott, went missing in February 2014 and has not been seen since. Steven Capobianco was the ex-boyfriend of Carly Scott. A jury Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016 found Capobianco guilty of murder and arson charges in the death of Scott. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia, File)
NewsAlert: Debbie Reynolds has been hospitalized in Los Angeles: media reports
Marine Corps squadron commander relieved of duties
Three popular M&A theories that didn’t pan out
Globe and Mail reporter Tim Kiladze.
The 10 most fundamentally attractive stocks in the S&P 500
The equal-weight strategy covers for a few flaws in the market-cap style.
Business Highlights
Pacific NorthWest LNG mulls cheaper options for B.C. terminal
In September, the federal Liberal cabinet approved construction of an $11.4-billion terminal on Lelu Island to export liquefied natural gas from B.C.
Fred's and Nvidia sink while Coach rises
US official says top Islamic State commander killed in Syria
'Delusions' likely trigger for break-in call in Nanaimo, B.C.: police
Detroit demolishes thousands of structures; many more to go
Obama expands environmental legacy with 2 Western monuments
Senators to retire Daniel Alfredsson's No. 11 before game against Red Wings
Daniel Alfredsson takes part in a news conference after signing a one-day contract Thursday, December 4, 2014 in Ottawa. Through the Ottawa Senators 25-year history no one has made more of an impact than Alfredsson.The Senators will honour Alfredsson by raising his No. 11 to the rafters, making him the first player to have his jersey retired by the organization with a special ceremony before Thursday night's game against the Detroit Red Wings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Cold start to winter makes natural gas a hot commodity
Frigid temperatures in key regions of the continent have driven up natural gas prices to levels not seen in more than a year, and longer-term developments in the industry point to sustained gains.
Brother of JonBenet Ramsey sues CBS for $750M over series
FILE - In this June 29, 2006, file photo, John Ramsey hugs his son, Burke, facing camera, at the graves of his wife, Patsy, and daughter JonBenet, during services for his wife at the St. James Episcopal Cemetery in Marietta, Ga. Burke Ramsey is suing CBS and others for $750 million over a series that aired in September 2016 that Ramsey alleges concluded he killed his sister. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)
Tensions erupt between Obama and Trump, setting up fraught transition
US President Barack Obama shakes hands as he meets with Republican president-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Nov. 10, 2016.
Florida family sues hospital after toddler swallows battery
Globe editorial: Russia finally confesses to cheating at the Olympics. Now it has to pay the price
Russian Anti-Doping Agency Director General Anna Antseliovich attends an interview in Moscow this year.
The Latest: Vacationing Obama dines at Hawaii restaurant
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Globe editorial: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima – errors in different measures?
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, joined by President Barack Obama, speaks on Kilo Pier overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Cleared of violating Iran sanctions, man hopes for pardon
Alexa a witness to murder? Prosecutors seek Amazon Echo data
FILE - This July 29, 2015, file photo shows Amazon's Echo speaker, which responds to voice commands, in New York. A prosecutor investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a hot tub wants to expand the probe to include a potential new kind of evidence: the suspect’s Amazon Echo smart speaker. Amazon has called the request “overbroad or otherwise inappropriate." (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Saskatchewan hints at wage rollbacks to fight ballooning deficit
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall arrives for leaders' debate at the CBC Saskatchewan building in Regina on March 23, 2016.
Alberta man punches cougar in head to save dog during attack near Tim Hortons
The Wednesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. Stepping into a raging diplomatic argument, Kerry staunchly defended the Obama administration's decision to allow the U.N. Security Council to declare Israeli settlements illegal and warned that Israel's very future as a democracy is at stake. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Nielsen's top programs for Dec. 19-25
Resurgent 'Today' show has December ratings milestone
Rapper T.I. and his wife to split as she files for divorce
FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2010 file photo, Grammy award winning artist Clifford "TI" Harris, left, poses for media with his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris, right, during an Alzheimers "For the Love of Our Fathers" foundation honoree luncheon at the Luckie Lounge in Atlanta. The wife of rapper T.I. has filed for divorce from the hip-hop entertainer. Henry County Court records show Tameka “Tiny” Harris filed for divorce after six years of marriage with the 36-year-old rapper. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)
Woman charged in $2 million theft from Catholic Charities
In photos: Compact crossovers that won't break the bank
2016 Hyundai Tucson The all-new third-generation 2016 Tucson raises the bar in the growing crossover segment. Built on a completely new platform, the third-generation 2016 Tucson gets a bolder new look outside and a more posh, upscale interior with soft-touch, high-quality materials. The cabin and cargo area have also grown so there’s more space for passengers and grocery bags. Behind the rear seats, there’s 513 litres of space. Prices start at $24,399 for the base FWD. Move up to AWD for $28,999.
Employer health plans should not end at 65
Many employee benefit policies in Canada are null and void past 65, regardless of a person’s employment status. That’s because many employer plans still use 65 as a criterion for ending insurance contracts instead of basing coverage on active versus retired status.
NFL, Canada's CTV hopeful for favourable Super Bowl ad ruling
Avoid dull snapshots: Tips for taking stunning pictures
Police arrest Ottawa man who allegedly fled to avoid testifying at murder trial
Natural gas prices
Polygamous leader takes plea deal in food-stamp fraud case
FILE - In this July 9, 2015 file photo, Seth Jeffs, right, brother of imprisoned polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, participates in a state water board meeting in Pierre, S.D. Jeffs, another high-ranking polygamous group leader appears ready to take a plea deal in a multimillion dollar food-stamp fraud case. Jeffs has a change of plea hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, morning in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/James Nord, File)
Meet the team that customizes toys for disabled children
In this Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016, photo, University of North Florida students, Garrett Baumann, right, Chris Martin, center, and Jason Pavichall, work to customize a toy car so that it can be used by a girl with cerebral palsy at the university in Jacksonville, Fla. At the university, engineering and physical therapy students are converting drivable toy cars from store shelves into custom-made fun for disabled children. The Adaptive Toy program is now in its third year, has received a 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health and is helping families with disabled children while giving the students a dose of community service that will stick with them long after graduation.
Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic retires from tennis at 29
FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016 file photo, Ana Ivanovic of Serbia serves to Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Ana Ivanovic is retiring from tennis at age 29, ending a career in which she was ranked No. 1 in 2008 but can no longer play at the highest level because of injuries. In a live broadcast on Facebook, Ivanovic said Wednesday, Dec. 28, “it was a difficult decision, but there is so much to celebrate.” The Serb won 15 tour titles, including the 2008 French Open. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
It may not be a critical darling, but there’s no end in sight for Supernatural
Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles star as the heroes of Supernatural. The longevity of the show is partly due to the chemistry between the two actors, according to executive producer Robert Singer.
High-end children’s furniture emerges as 2017 trend at Milan Design Week
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I want to be healthier in 2017. Is there an app for that?
Police launch investigation into woman's 1981 disappearance
Artist Sheila Hicks tells tales with textiles
Sheila Hicks, seen in 2015, admits to being a bit of a scavenger, who likes being open to using unconventional materials in her work. in front of elements from The Treaty of Chromatic Zones, 2015. Photo by Cristobal Zanartu.
B.C. expects strong 2017 after leading the country in retail sales growth
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign defensive back Gainey to contract extension
Family members stranded on holiday road trip now recovering
This combination of photos released by the Hamilton Police Department in New Jersey shows Barbara Briley, left, and her 5-year-old great-granddaughter La'Myra Briley. Officers scoured hotels, businesses, rest areas and trucks stops across a large swath of Virginia in the search for the pair, who vanished during a holiday road trip to see family. (Hamilton Police Department via AP)
New Jersey makes case to Supreme Court on sports betting
Leonard Cohen, Austin Clarke, Don Getty: Canadian newsmakers who died in 2016
Gordie Howe watches the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks play during an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on November 14, 2013. Howe was among the notable Canadians who died in 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Atheist United Church minister starting new secular community in Toronto
Reverend Gretta Vosper is pictured on March 20, 2008.
Support rolls in for disabled veteran who lost home in fire
Atheist United Church minister starting new secular community in Toronto
Rev. Gretta Vosper is seen at her West Hill United Church in Toronto on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Vosper, a minister deemed unsuitable by the United Church for declaring herself an atheist, is now at the heart of an effort to establish a type of church-style, secular community in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
1 dead, 4 injured when stolen vehicle loses control, rolls east of Calgary
The best Financial Facelift pictures of 2016
Now that Nat and Nadine are mortgage-free with cash in the bank, their thoughts are turning to quitting their jobs.
The most popular millennial paycheque profiles of 2016
Florent Conti sitting by his van in the mountains of British Columbia.
The Latest: Twin boys die, man burned in south LA house fire
German hospital uses graphic image to promote safe fireworks
Tickets still available to Centennial Classic; NHL expecting sellout
Workers install the rink at Toronto's BMO Field on Monday, December 19, 2016 as preparations continue for the NHL Centennial Classic between Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings on Jan.1. Tickets are still available to the NHL's Centennial Classic, the next in a long line of high-profile sports events in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Fans create impromptu Hollywood star for Carrie Fisher
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 file photo, Carrie Fisher presents the life achievement award on stage at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. On Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, a publicist said Fisher has died at the age of 60. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Invision/AP, File)
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