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No drop in Calgarians' water usage despite request from city after water main break
A day after officials first asked Calgarians to reduce their water use in the wake of Tuesday’s catastrophic water main break, the city says it is not seeing any real reduction in usage. Source link
New safe supply rules take effect in B.C., with mixed reactions
Most people who take prescription opioids as an alternative to illicit drugs must now take them under the supervision of a pharmacist. Some worry the move will push people back to toxic street drugs, while others say the changes were long overdue. Source link
Why this former Hab auctioned off his Stanley Cup ring — and how much it sold for
Longtime NHL defenceman Petr Svoboda recently auctioned off his Stanley Cup ring from the Montreal Canadiens’ 1986 championship to raise funds for a cause that hits close to home. Source link
Dozens feared dead after explosion in Swiss ski resort bar, police say
Swiss police said on Thursday that several people had died and others were injured due to a fire of unknown causes at a bar in the ski resort of Crans-Montana in southwestern Switzerland. Source link
Father and son dress as Santa, visit Gaza tent city with gifts, music to celebrate New Year
Sunset bathed the north of Gaza City in golden light Tuesday evening as Izzat Al-Qawasmeh and his 11-year-old son Mohamed climbed through rubble to the top of a building that once housed hundreds of people. The duo had decided to visit the tent city with gifts, dressed in Santa Claus costumes. Source link
A small shop in Saguenay, Que., sewed up the contract to dress Canada’s highest court
How to balance tradition with modernization? The team at Les Rabat-Joies in Saguenay, Que., got the opportunity to spruce up the wardrobe for Canada’s nine justices of the Supreme Court. Source link
After terminal diagnosis, this Hamiltonian is focusing on love, bucket lists and living fully in 2026
Cole DeLargie-Campbell is a 38-year-old living in Hamilton. They were diagnosed with a rare, grade three meningioma and given six to 12 months to live. Source link
Snowmobiler dies in avalanche in the Rocky Mountains near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
Avalanche Canada says three snowmobilers were riding about 35 kilometres southwest of Tumbler Ridge when the avalanche was remotely triggered from the base of the slope. Source link