| Residents in three provinces stay in dark as efforts continue to restore power Posted: 26 Dec 2013 02:35 PM PST  Utility companies called for patience and understanding as crews worked around the clock to bring the lights back on for homes that had been without electricity for five days in some cases. About 78,000 customers in Ontario, 5,000 in Quebec and 19,000 in New Brunswick still didn't have power on Boxing Day. In Toronto alone, about 48,000 customers remained without power, down from a peak of 300,000 earlier this week. Toronto Hydro said it had been focusing on efforts that would restore power to the most amount of people in the shortest amount of time, but added that it was moving into the final stretch on Thursday of clearing debris and reconnecting individual homes.
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| 2 die as snowmobiles strike fallen tree in Thorold; another injured Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:20 PM PST THOROLD, Ont. - Niagara Regional Police say two men have died in a double snowmobile accident on a trail in the city of Thorold in southern Ontario.  |
| Norm Kelly defends quick trip to Florida Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:38 PM PST Toronto deputy mayor Norm Kelly took an overnight trip to Florida to be with family over Christmas as pockets of the city, including his own ward, remain in the dark after a weekend ice storm, CBC News has learned.  |
| Canada tops Germany 7-2 to open world junior championship Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:55 AM PST  MALMO, Sweden - Anthony Mantha looked more relieved than jubilant after his three goals helped Canada start the world junior championship with a victory. It may be because there had been doubts the Longueuil, Que., native would make the team — despite lighting up the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season — because of his questionable defensive play. No one doubted his ability to put the puck in the net, as Mantha demonstrated with a hat trick in Canada's 7-2 win over Germany on Thursday. It helped that Mantha was on a line with perhaps Canada's most dynamic playmaker in Jonathan Drouin, who assisted on all three of his goals — two on power plays and one at even strength.
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| Boxing Day sales draw pre-dawn lineups Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:04 AM PST  After a short reprieve from the frenzy of holiday shopping, stores were luring people back today for Boxing Day discounts, with some bargain hunters lining up before sunrise to score special deals.
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| Video: Milos Raonic named Canada's Male Athlete of the Year Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:30 AM PST  Tennis player Milos Raonic has been voted Male Athlete of the Year by sports editors and broadcasters across the country in an annual Canadian Press survey. Raonic reached a career-high world No. 10 ranking in 2013.
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| Crews still working but parts of US, Canada hit by ice might remain without power till Friday Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:11 PM PST  GARDINER, Maine - By Thursday, Bob and Katrina Johnson had grown weary of lugging around a portable generator to prevent a freezer-load of moose meat from spoiling and to keep her mother's home warm. The Maine couple spent Christmas Eve at a family member's home without electricity. "You have to go with the flow and adapt, and do the best you can," Katrina Johnson said Thursday, before their power was restored. Utility officials said it could be days longer before power is restored to everyone after a weekend ice storm that turned out the lights from Michigan to Maine and into Canada.
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| Canadian Greenpeace activist due home Friday; second still awaiting exit visa Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:23 AM PST  MONTREAL - The mother of one of two Canadian Greenpeace activists detained in Russia since September says she's getting a wonderful late Christmas present. Nicole Paul says her son Alexandre Paul has been cleared to leave the country and is scheduled to touch down in Montreal on Friday afternoon. "I spoke to him on Christmas and he was in good spirits," she said. Paul's fellow Canadian Greenpeace activist — Paul Ruzycki of Port Colborne, Ont. — was facing a slight delay in his own departure from Russia because his exit visa hadn't been processed.
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| Toronto ice storm: make sure that electrician is licensed Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:22 AM PST  A Toronto electrician says some unlicensed contractors are ripping off homeowners desperate to have their power restored in the wake of last weekend's devastating ice storm.
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| Restoring power in N.B. complicated by power surges Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:32 AM PST NB Power is asking people to turn off unnecessary appliances, and to keep heat and lights low to "avoid load issues when power's restored."  |
| Manitoba Hydro workers warmly welcomed in icy Toronto Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:31 AM PST  Manitoba Hydro workers who volunteered to skip Christmas and go to Toronto are getting a hero's welcome from frigid residents.
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| Quebec values charter could be key in snap election campaign in 2014 Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:00 AM PST  MONTREAL - Quebec's proposed charter of values has already been the subject of heated debates, threats of court challenges and predictions it will drive immigrants out of the province if it becomes law. The document that would ban public sector employees — including teachers and daycare workers — from displaying or wearing religious symbols such as the hijab will go under the microscope again as public hearings begin Jan. 14. Given those areas are where the Parti Quebecois draws most of its support, it is entirely possible Premier Pauline Marois could once again make identity politics — and specifically the need for the charter — a main plank of an election platform. An election is a possibility because the opposition Liberals have threatened to vote against the provincial budget expected in March if they don't like what they see.
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| Apartment block fire forces Surrey residents from homes Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:44 AM PST  Around six people have been forced from their homes on Boxing Day, after a fire broke out in a small apartment complex in Surrey.
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| Military budget cuts mean cadets without parkas, asked to swap used uniforms Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:47 AM PST  OTTAWA - Military budget cuts are leaving cadets out in the cold, with a freeze on the purchase of parkas just as winter kicks in. A $2-million chop to the outfitting budget also means some of Canada's 53,000 cadets will have to recycle and swap used uniforms, and to forgo military-issue gym gear. The clothing crunch comes as the Canadian Forces are being ask to tuck and trim everywhere to help the Harper government slay the federal deficit by 2015. Expensive parkas were the first item of kit to be banned, even as a post-holiday surge of recruits is expected in January.
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| Christmas tree recycling depots set to open in Winnipeg Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:56 AM PST  Sure, Christmas is only a day old but if you're already thinking it's time to heave the tree, the City of Winnipeg will open its recycling depots starting on Friday.
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| Ten-year-old Toronto girl gets presidential autograph Posted: 26 Dec 2013 04:04 PM PST  HONOLULU, Hawaii - A ten-year-old Toronto girl received a presidential Christmas memory this week. Kyrstin Lavelle received an autograph from U.S. President Barack Obama on Christmas Eve. Kyrstin met Obama in Hawaii where the president is spending his holiday vacation. She was with her uncle and older brother at a gym at a Marine Corps Base in Hawaii where Obama was working out.
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