Tennis player Eugenie Bouchard is the repeat winner of the Bobbie Rosenfeld award, Canadian Press’s female athlete of the year. Bouchard, a 20-year-old from Montreal, climbed from No. 32 in the world to finish the season at No. 7 in… »
Highlights / Year: 2014
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Marc Montgomery, Lynn Desjardins and Wojtek Gwiazda are off this week, but Caroline Arbour is at the helm. On the show: advice for avoiding injuries while making the best of winter, the beautiful story of how a menorah was passed… »
The wonderful story of Zoe’s plush toys
What started out last year as a campaign to make one Quebec girl’s last wish come true turned into a wave of comfort for suffering children in other countries. As if her first few years on this earth had not… »
Oxygen masks donated to save pets lives
There are no recent, nationally compiled statistics on house fires in Canada and no data on resulting pet fatalities. However, there were 10,733 fires resulting in injury, death or dollar losses in Ontario alone, in 2013. Considering that almost half of Canadians… »
International, Society, Sports
Junior hockey: glory tempered by broken dreams
The best young hockey players in the world are competing in Canada over the next 10 days in what is billed as a feast for hockey lovers. The players from under-20 national teams from around the world are here in… »
Boxing Day bargain hunters hit the stores
Friday marks the day that a whole lot of Canadians–credit cards at the ready–will shop ’til they drop. It’s Boxing Day, the traditional bonanza for retailers and another chance for shoppers to plant themselves firmly behind the financial eight ball,… »
Environment & Animal Life, Health, Society
Avalanche warning issued in British Columbia
Hikers and skiers heading into British Columbia’s backcountry are being warned to take special care over the next several days. Wild weather swings have heightened the potential for avalanches in large areas across the province and in western Alberta Avalanche… »
Dispelling the myth that blacks are ill-suited to northern climates
Since 1995 and as a result of a motion in Canada’s parliament, February has been designated Black History Month in Canada. It has been so designated in order to recognize the contribution of black Canadians to this country including such… »
A primer on Christianity
Christmas is a day of celebration for Christians around the world, but how many of the rest of us know–really know–the essence of the legacy of the man whose birth is celebrated today? I know little about Christ’s legacy. Only… »
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PM asks for prayers for the military
In his annual Christmas message, Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged Canadians to remember the 700 members of the military who are battling Islamic extremists in northern Iraq and to pray for their safety. All are participating in the international effort… »
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