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Good evening, these are your top stories for Tuesday, December 31, 2024.
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Canada Live! Countdown 2025; fireworks

Canada Live! Countdown 2025

December 31 , 2024 at 05:59:00 p.m. MST • :

Happy New Year! CBC News Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault and Host of the National Ian Hanomansing ring in 2025 LIVE in all six of Canada's time zones.

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'Car wash cat' reunited with Alberta family after 7 years away; After vanishing from her home seven years ago, Sophie made her home outside an Alberta carwash before being reunited with her family\.

'Car wash cat' reunited with Alberta family after 7 years away

December 31 , 2024 at 01:54:34 p.m. MST • :

An Alberta cat has been reunited with her family seven years after she vanished. Sophie returned in time for the holidays, thanks to community volunteers and Good Samaritans who helped her survive a prolonged stay on the streets of Spruce Grove, west of Edmonton.

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Here's where you can go to celebrate New Year's Eve in Edmonton and surrounding communities; Fireworks at 11 p\.m\. planned as the grand finale to Edmonton's Canada Day\.

Here's where you can go to celebrate New Year's Eve in Edmonton and surrounding communities

December 29 , 2024 at 08:00:00 a.m. MST • :

There's no shortage of things to do in Edmonton and surrounding areas on New Year's Eve. Read on to see a list of places you can go. 

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A look back at Jimmy Carter's 2017 visit to Edmonton; Jimmy Carter in a CBC interview in 2017

A look back at Jimmy Carter's 2017 visit to Edmonton

December 30 , 2024 at 06:18:44 p.m. MST • :

As Habitat for Humanity honours the late U.S. president, here's part of our 2017 conversation with Jimmy Carter when he was in the city.

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Albertans face new taxes on EVs, vaping products in 2025; A closeup shows an electric vehicle charging in Toronto on Aug\. 5, 2015\.

Albertans face new taxes on EVs, vaping products in 2025

December 31 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. MST • :

Albertans who drive Teslas and other electric vehicles will have to pay an extra $200 when they renew their annual vehicle registrations, starting in early 2025. The province is also bringing in a new tax on vaping products.

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189 kilograms of cocaine seized at Alberta border crossing; RCMP have arrested a 26-year-old man of Big Island Cree Nation in the death of a woman on the Cree Nation last week\.  

December 30 , 2024 at 02:26:20 p.m. MST • :

189 kilograms of cocaine seized at Alberta border crossing

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Double homicide suspect found dead near Calgary; Benedict Kaminski was found deceased near a rural community northwest of Calgary\. Police say he was the main suspect in a double homicide over the weekend\.  

December 30 , 2024 at 06:51:20 a.m. MST • :

Double homicide suspect found dead near Calgary

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Edmonton firefighters awarded retroactive 5-year deal with the city after arbitration; Firefighters were called in at 12:46 a\.m\. Friday to a structure fire on 107 Street and 79 Avenue\.  

December 29 , 2024 at 08:45:32 a.m. MST • :

Edmonton firefighters awarded retroactive 5-year deal with the city after arbitration

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The Canada Post strike is over but some rural Alberta communities are still feeling the effects; A Canada Post employee drives a mail truck at a delivery depot in Vancouver, B\.C\., Tuesday, 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\.  

December 30 , 2024 at 05:23:29 p.m. MST • :

The Canada Post strike is over but some rural Alberta communities are still feeling the effects

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IN PHOTOS | 2024's most compelling Canadian images; Paris 2024 Olympics - Swimming - Women's 200m Butterfly - Heats - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - July 31, 2024\.  Summer McIntosh of Canada in action\.  

December 21 , 2024 at 02:00:00 a.m. MST • :

IN PHOTOS | 2024's most compelling Canadian images

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