Новости за 06.01.2024

The community of Smithers, B.C., is rallying to support two teenage boys and their families, after the boys suffered serious burns in a New Year's Day explosion just north of the town.

Chicago's NHL team placed rookie centre Connor Bedard on injured reserve Saturday with a broken jaw after he was levelled by New Jersey defenceman Brendan Smith midway through the first period of Friday night's 4-2 loss.

A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides.

Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late Friday, just hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and forced an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. No one was seriously hurt.

Joey Salmingo took his two-and-a-half-week-old son to a Markham hospital with a fever. He wasn't seen by a doctor for eight hours. Experts in the industry say this is indicative of a worsening crisis in emergency room wait times, and more needs to be done.

Carson Brière, the son of former Gatineau, Que., hockey great Daniel Brière, will enter a program for first-time offenders after being charged for pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down the staircase of a Pennsylvania bar last year.

Though creating new habits is hard, experts say there are specific ways to craft your new year’s resolutions to be more likely to succeed — as well as a few approaches to avoid. 

The province has had years to achieve its goals and hasn't, say advocates and people in the disability community. Still, they say the year from the deadline shouldn't be wasted, and needs to be spent trying to close the gap on accessibility.

Women’s hockey has always been a physical sport, but officiating hasn’t allowed it consistently. The PWHL is aiming to allow more physicality along the boards, and for more consistent officiating.

A father wants to spread awareness about synthetic opioids sold to teens after he says his son died of an overdose. The 15-year-old took a drug known as isotonitazene thinking it was oxycodone.

Meg Whitton took a part-time job at a local dump in her county to see what people chose to throw out, what it says about consumerism and how people attach meaning to possessions.

A Hamilton man has been found not criminally responsible for stabbing and killing a stranger who tried to help him — renowned Niagara winemaker Paul Pender — in early 2022. A judge found Bradley House's mental illness and delusions caused the stabbing.

Professional and amateur players have taken the game of cornhole from backyards and school gymnasiums into giant warehouses, convention centres — and even onto ESPN.

As the slaughter continues in Gaza from Israel’s unrelenting attacks, there are fears along the northern border about how Hezbollah may retaliate against a presumed Israeli strike this week on Beirut.

Last year saw three of the most popular e-petitions ever in Canada, as hundreds of thousands of people weighed in to endorse positions on a variety of weighty and controversial subjects.

A Canadian government plan to track plastics could help put more money into consumers' pockets and keep plastic waste out of landfills.

The Canadian housing market is expected to remain soft at least for the first part of 2024 while interest rates remain high. But some parts of the country will see busy markets as investors look for lower prices outside of Toronto and Vancouver, forecasters say.

The 70-year-old Grammy-winning singer added that he is taking a break from touring while recovering.