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Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035
17Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
Politics

Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 17, 2024 11:49 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035. The rules, adopted Monday, applies to all “light-duty” vehicles, which the province describes as cars, light trucks, pickup trucks, and most SUVs.Starting Jan. 1, 2034, it will be illegal to sell a new or used version of any 2035 model of vehicle subject to the rule, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid models. Get daily National news Get the day's top news...
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Here’s how Singga battled depression and found healing in the gym
17Dec By No Comments
Health

Here’s how Singga battled depression and found healing in the gym

Punjabi singer-actor Singga recently opened up about a deeply personal battle – a struggle with severe depression. The mental health challenges led him down a difficult path, causing him to gain significant weight, and lose touch with his physical and emotional well-being. While navigating these emotional struggles, Singga realised the need to reclaim his life. "I wasn’t myself. I didn’t feel like doing anything. I was ignoring my health and work, and every day felt like a struggle,” he expresses. “But then, one fine day, something changed. Something hit me, and I realised I needed to give myself a second life. I had to rebuild myself—not just for me but for my family, who must have been worried seeing me in that state,” he added. Sharing how physical fitness and diet played an important...
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Canada Post warns of delays as workers return after strike – National
17Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Canada Post warns of delays as workers return after strike – National

Thousands of Canada Post workers are returning to work on Tuesday, but the postal service is warning of delays as it gradually works through the mountain of backlog after a month-long strike. Postal operations across the country were set to resume at 8 a.m. local time on Tuesday.The Crown corporation said in a statement on Monday that employees will deliver mail and parcels that were held back due to the strike “on a first-in, first-out basis.”Canada Post will start accepting new commercial mail on Thursday and new international mail on Dec. 23.“Canadians should expect delivery delays through the remainder of 2024 and into January 2025,” the company said.“With a large, integrated network of processing plants, depots and post offices, stabilizing operations will take time and the company as...
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Canadians more cautious about holiday spending despite tax break: poll – National
17Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Canadians more cautious about holiday spending despite tax break: poll – National

This holiday season, Canadians are being more cautious about their spending despite a tax break on a slew of items, new polling shows. Nearly 40 per cent of Canadians said in an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News and released Tuesday that they plan on reining in their gift shopping this holiday season. That is an increase of 10 points compared to when similar polling was done last year.Four in 10 also plan to spend the same amount as last year — down nine points compared to October 2023 — while 11 per cent said they will increase their spending on gifts this time around, the Ipsos poll showed.“At the moment, it looks like people are approaching the holidays pretty cautiously and to the extent that people are moving past caution, it’s not to spend more, it’s to spend less,” sa...
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Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say
17Dec By No Comments
World News

Freed prisoner who said he was a victim of the Assad regime was an intelligence officer, locals say

By Tim Lister and Eyad Kourdi, CNN A man discovered in a locked cell in a Syrian prison. Photo: CNN A man who was filmed by CNN being released by rebels from a Damascus jail was a former intelligence officer with the deposed Syrian regime, according to local residents, and not an ordinary citizen who had been imprisoned, as he had claimed. CNN initially found the man while pursuing leads on the missing US journalist Austin Tice. In a video report, chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward and her team, accompanied by a rebel guard, came across a cell in a Damascus jail that was padlocked from the outside. The guard blew off the lock with a gun, and the man was found alone inside the cell, under a blanket. When he emerged into the open air, the man appeared bewildered. Questione...
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MPs set to take holiday break after a tumultuous fall sitting – National
17Dec By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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MPs set to take holiday break after a tumultuous fall sitting – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Members of Parliament are set to begin their holiday break later on Tuesday, capping off a tumultuous fall sitting filled with non-confidence votes, filibusters, stalled legislation, a growing deficit and the finance minister’s resignation. After Chrystia Freeland’s bombshell departure from cabinet Monday morning, several Liberal MPs called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step aside as well.Ontario MP Chad Collins left an evening caucus meeting telling reporters the Liberal caucus is divided and that the party needs a leadership race.Dominic LeBlanc was sworn in as the new finance minister Monday, minutes after the government’s fall economic statement was released.The economic update ...
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Why earthquakes are more common in places such as Vanuatu
17Dec By No Comments
World News

Why earthquakes are more common in places such as Vanuatu

By Elissa Steedman for the ABC The magnitude-7.3 quake hit 30 kilometres west of Port Vila at a depth of 57 kilometres. Photo: EARTHQUAKES USGS. GOV A major earthquake has struck Vanuatu, causing major damage across its capital city. While seismic activity is relatively frequent in the region, Tuesday's earthquake is considered to be one of the strongest in recent years. Here's what you need to know. What happened? At 12.47pm AEDT, a magnitude-7.3 earthquake struck near Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila. The quake hit 30 kilometres west of the city, at a depth of 57 kilometres, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Dan McGarry, a journalist in Port Vila, described the tremor as a "violent, high-frequency shake" that lasted for about 30 seconds. A tsunami warning was iss...
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Vanuatu quake: ‘You could hear people absolutely screaming their heads off’
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Vanuatu quake: ‘You could hear people absolutely screaming their heads off’

The embassy building is one of many in Vanuatu that has suffered heavy damage. Photo: Dan McGarry Vanuatu locals have described hearing screams from collapsing buildings as the strong earthquake struck off the coast of Port Villa. The 7.3 magnitude quake - which struck at a depth of 57 kilometres - has caused at least one death, according to reports. Twenty-year-old Emma Thompson was at a restaurant with a friend in the second storey of a building in Port Villa when the quake hit. "As soon as we started to take a few steps, the whole floor of the restaurant building dropped about 40 centimetres, and all the steel from the building was sticking out. I was on the floor with a statue all over my leg." "The building right next to us, it was a two three story building completely collapsed al...
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What’s next for South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol?
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World News

What’s next for South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol?

By Nectar Gan and Gawon Bae, CNN Yoon Suk Yeol. Photo: HANDOUT / AFP Analysis - The vote by South Korea's Parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday marked the culmination of a stunning political showdown sparked by his shock decision to impose martial law on the vibrant democratic country. Yoon, whose short-lived decree triggered weeks of protests and political turmoil, was suspended from office, after at least 12 members of his own ruling party voted in favor of his impeachment following his refusal to resign. But the fate of the embattled leader is far from sealed. Yoon now awaits a top court to deliberate the impeachment motion and decide whether he will be formally removed from the presidency or reinstated in office - a process that could take up to six months. Me...
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Vanuatu 7.3 magnitude quake: Seasonal worker in NZ fears for young family at home
17Dec By No Comments
World News

Vanuatu 7.3 magnitude quake: Seasonal worker in NZ fears for young family at home

A member of security inspecting a collapsed building in Vanuatu's capital Port Vila after a powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island. Photo: AFP A Ni-Vanuatu seasonal worker in New Zealand is scared for his young family who live on an island in Vanuatu. A large 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Vanuatu's capital Port Vila on Tuesday, flattening buildings and causing landslides. The man, who would like to remain anonymous, says he has four children and a wife back home and they have been through a lot together, with twin cyclones hitting the archipelago last year. He says while he was home to protect his family then, right now he's in New Zealand: "It's more scary... because we haven't contacted them since this earthquake happened... so the women haven't got any network ...
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