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Dec 31, 2024 · Environment Canada’s use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025. It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and felt every day. Canadians wear clothes measured in inches and buy gas by the litre. They drink from ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak as they attend the opening of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Prime Minister Justin ...

Dec 31, 2024 · The federal government plans to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc takes part in a news conference after a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall, in Ottawa, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS ...

Dec 20, 2024 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new lieutenant governor of B.C. Friday (Dec. 20). Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia will be taking over the role as lieutenant governor from Janet Austin, Trudeau announced in the news release.

November 9, 1941 - December 13, 2024. In loving memory ~ DENNIS SAUNDERS, Beloved Husband, Father, Papa, Brother, Uncle and Friend to many, died peacefully on December 13, 2024, in Fernie, British Columbia, at the age of 83.

Dec 31, 2024 · A massive fire has broken out at the historic northern Vancouver Island village of Telegraph Cove early in the morning on New Year's Eve. Port McNeill Fire Rescue posted on its social media around 8 a.m. warning people to stay out of Telegraph Cove while North Island fire crews are working.

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Dec 26, 2024 · UPDATE: B.C. Ferries cancelled sailings the morning of Thursday, Dec. 26 between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen, saying the next available sailing will be at 2 p.m. from Tsawwassen and 3 p.m. from Swartz Bay.

Dec 20, 2024 · A Canada Post employee returns to a delivery depot in Vancouver, B.C., Dec. 17, 2024. Canada Post trucks, conveyors and mail carriers are moving again after a month-long strike by more than 55,000 postal workers left letters and parcels in limbo.