Swedes hang on for win over resilient Latvians, advance to world junior semifinals | Woman dies after Boxing Day crash near Perth, Ont. | Familiar names advance to playoffs at Canadian Olympic mixed doubles curling trials
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Swedes hang on for win over resilient Latvians, advance to world junior semifinals; Sweden, which topped Group B in the preliminary round with a 4-0 record, is looking for its first world junior hockey title since 2012\.

Swedes hang on for win over resilient Latvians, advance to world junior semifinals

January 2 , 2025 at 03:35:47 p.m. EST • :

David Edstrom's second-period power-play goal stood as the winner, and Sweden held on for a 3-2 victory over Latvia in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa.

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Woman dies after Boxing Day crash near Perth, Ont.; OPP name new detachment commander for Sudbury and area

Woman dies after Boxing Day crash near Perth, Ont.

January 2 , 2025 at 05:10:31 p.m. EST • :

An 87-year-old woman from Carleton Place has died in the hospital after a collision on Boxing Day, police say.

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Familiar names advance to playoffs at Canadian Olympic mixed doubles curling trials; Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing clinched the final playoff spot in Pool A at the Canadian Olympic mixed doubles curling trials in Liverpool, N\.S\. The playoffs begin Thursday evening at Queens Place Emera Centre\.

Familiar names advance to playoffs at Canadian Olympic mixed doubles curling trials

January 2 , 2025 at 03:28:16 p.m. EST • :

Sixteen of the country's top mixed doubles curling teams arrived in Liverpool, N.S., at the beginning of the week hoping to advance to the playoffs and compete in the championship game. That number has now been trimmed to six. 

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These tiny shards of glass are a sign of shifting drug use in Ottawa; A glass pipe spotted on Nelson Street near Rideau Street last month\.

These tiny shards of glass are a sign of shifting drug use in Ottawa

January 2 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

As users turn toward smoking instead of injecting hard drugs, the number of glass pipes recovered on Ottawa's streets has begun surpassing the number of needles.

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Homelessness and addiction hub approved for Chinatown; Somerset West Community Health Centre

Homelessness and addiction hub approved for Chinatown

January 2 , 2025 at 12:31:08 p.m. EST • :

Somerset West Community Health Centre is among nine Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) hubs approved, the province says.

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Feds promised to test a new 'automatic' tax filing service — but recycled an old program; Roughly two-thirds of all Canadian taxpayers file their paperwork electronically through the Canada Revenue Agency's Netfile or EFile systems\. Some tax software packages allow users to file their returns via a smartphone or tablet\.  

January 2 , 2025 at 04:00:50 a.m. EST • :

Feds promised to test a new 'automatic' tax filing service — but recycled an old program

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Man killed in single-vehicle crash near Smiths Falls, Ont.; OPP name new detachment commander for Sudbury and area  

January 1 , 2025 at 04:26:02 p.m. EST • :

Man killed in single-vehicle crash near Smiths Falls, Ont.

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Some federal retirees lament being left behind as employee dental plan improves; Dental hygienist Rosemary Vaillant runs The Perfect Smile mobile dental clinic in Ottawa\.  

January 2 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Some federal retirees lament being left behind as employee dental plan improves

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Plane crash survivor returns to Canada to thank 'heroes' who saved his life; David Chetrit survived a plane crash in July 2023 which killed the other occupant\.  

December 29 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Plane crash survivor returns to Canada to thank 'heroes' who saved his life

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Earthquake in western Quebec rattles people in Ottawa, Montreal; An aerial photo of Maniwaki, Que\., taken in 2022\.  

December 29 , 2024 at 04:03:23 p.m. EST • :

Earthquake in western Quebec rattles people in Ottawa, Montreal

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