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INVESTIGATORS DEPLOYED TO SCENE FOLLOWING A TRAIN DERAILMENT NEAR CRANBROOK, BC ★ CANADIAN WATCHED CHILDHOOD HOME BURN AS HONG KONG BLAZE KILLED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ★ UKRAINE HITS TWO RUSSIAN ‘SHADOW FLEET’ OIL TANKERS WITH NAVAL DRONES ★ MOLDOVA SAYS RUSSIAN DRONES ENTERED ITS AIRSPACE AGAIN, POSING AVIATION THREAT ★ LNP, PREMIER CELEBRATE HUGE SWING IN BY-ELECTION WIN ★ ALBERTA UCP MEMBERS ADOPT MEASURES ON PARENTAL RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION, AND FLAG POLICY ★ ‘HIGHLY PATHOGENIC’ FORM OF AVIAN FLU IDENTIFIED AT 4 SOUTHERN ONTARIO PROPERTIES, CFIA SAYS ★ AIRLINES WORK TO FIX SOFTWARE GLITCH ON A320 AIRCRAFT AND SOME FLIGHTS ARE DISRUPTED ★ DAY IN PHOTOS: BATTLE OF NAPOLEON’S ARMY, PROTESTS IN GERMANY, AND AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER’S WEDDING ★ CORY MORGAN: SMITH AND CARNEY TAKE AN IMPORTANT STEP WITH ENERGY DEAL DESPITE POLITICAL COST ★ BC, OTTAWA ANNOUNCE JOINT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS EXTORTION TARGETING BC COMMUNITIES ★ ALBERTA TO BAR POLICE FROM ENFORCING FEDERAL GUN BUYBACK ★ THIS CHEMIST MAY HAVE CRACKED AMERICA’S RARE EARTH PROBLEM ★ UKRAINIAN DELEGATES TRAVEL TO US TO RESUME PEACE TALKS ★ PNG CAN’T FULLY FUND BASIC SERVICES DESPITE AUSTRALIAN AID, ANNOUNCES $2 BILLION INFRASTRUCTURE SPEND ★ LIMITS TO HIGH RISK HOME LOANS IN AUSTRALIA COMING IN FEBRUARY 2026 ★ NO TICKET TO RIDE: $15 BILLION TRAIN LINE TO OPEN TO FANFARE ★ AFGHAN PAROLEE CHARGED WITH TERRORISTIC THREAT ★ EUTHANASIA NOW ACCOUNTS FOR 5 PERCENT OF ALL DEATHS IN CANADA: DATA ★ ANTHONY ALBANESE TIES THE KNOT WITH FIANCEE ★ ‘HOW CHAOTIC’: HERE’S AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE U.N.’S DISASTROUS CLIMATE CONFERENCE ★ INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS GROUP CHIEF SAYS SYRIA'S REFORMS ARE PROMISING BUT DEMOCRACY IS STILL LACKING ★ ENGLAND’S PREMIER LEAGUE UNCOVERED: THE TEN BILLION DOLLAR GAME | ROB WILSON ★ UKRAINIAN DELEGATION EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON AFTER PREVIOUS NEGOTIATOR RESIGNS ★ TRUMP'S PARDON OF EX-HONDURAN PRESIDENT HERNANDEZ INJECTS WILD CARD INTO ELECTION ★ ANTIFA AGITATION TURNS VIOLENT IN GERMANY, BOLSTERING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S FOREIGN TERROR LABEL ★ AFRICAN UNION SUSPENDS GUINEA-BISSAU AFTER COUP AND FORMER PRESIDENT FLEES TO REPUBLIC OF CONGO ★ RARE VIDEO EMERGES OF CHINESE GENERAL’S SECRET TRIAL FOR DEFYING TIANANMEN ORDERS ★ ‘REAGAN WOULD BE ROLLING IN HIS TOMB’: UKRAINE TALKS HIGHLIGHT GOP PIVOT AWAY FROM BUSH ERA FOREIGN POLICY ★ MOLDOVA SOUNDS ALARM AFTER RUSSIAN DRONES ENTER AIRSPACE FOR THIRD TIME ★ STATE DEPARTMENT WARNS UK OVER GROOMING GANG HANDLING: 'UNSPEAKABLE ABUSE' ★ AUTHORITIES PROBE CORRUPTION AND NEGLIGENCE IN HONG KONG'S DEADLIEST FIRE IN DECADES ★ GEORGIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGED ARSON ATTEMPT AT TBILISI COURT ★ VALUE OF STATE DEPARTMENT PRESS BRIEFINGS IN QUESTION AS TRUMP TRIMS THEM ★ ITALY JOINS THE U.S. IN CONTAINING CHINA – WITH NUCLEAR AMBITIONS ★ TRUMP DECLARES VENEZUELAN AIRSPACE CLOSED AS US INTENSIFIES PRESSURE ON MADURO ★ GOVERNMENTS ENDORSE GREATER PROTECTIONS FOR SHARKS AMID CONCERNS ABOUT OVERFISHING ★ ‘DESTROY JUSTICE AS WE KNOW IT’: GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL CALLS FOR CANCELLATION OF MAGNA CARTA’S JURY-TRIAL STANDARD ★ ‘PRIME CONSPIRATOR’ ARRESTED FOR SHOOTINGS AT KAP’S CAFÉ IN BC, INDIAN POLICE SAY ★ WHAT NDP LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES ARE CAMPAIGNING ON ★ 5 QUESTIONS ABOUT SOUTH KOREA'S CRACKDOWN ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN CRIME SYNDICATES ★ INDEPENDENT REPORT INTO QUEBEC LIBERAL VOTE-BUYING ALLEGATIONS DUE IN JANUARY 2026 ★ GERMAN FAR-RIGHT PARTY SETS UP ITS NEW YOUTH WING AS THOUSANDS PROTEST ★ RUSSIAN ATTACKS KILL 3 AS DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO END THE WAR IN UKRAINE GAIN MOMENTUM ★ POPE LEO TOURS ISTANBUL'S FAMOUS BLUE MOSQUE, DECLINES TO PRAY ALONGSIDE IMAM ★ OPPOSITION LEADER DETAINED IN AZERBAIJAN'S CONTINUING CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT ★ PALESTINIAN DEATH TOLL HAS SURPASSED 70,000 SINCE THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR BEGAN, GAZA MINISTRY SAYS ★ UKRAINE'S NAVAL DRONES STRIKE RUSSIAN OIL TANKERS IN THE BLACK SEA OFF THE TURKISH COAST ★ FLORAL TRIBUTES POUR IN AFTER DEADLY HONG KONG BLAZE ★ FORMER UKRAINIAN ‘CO-PRESIDENT’ YERMAK SAYS HE’S ‘GOING TO THE FRONT’ AFTER SHOCK RESIGNATION ★ SOLAR STORM SOFTWARE BUG PROMPTS URGENT AIRBUS A320 OVERHAUL ★ INDONESIAN RESCUERS SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS AS THE DEATH TOLL FROM FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES TOPS 300 ★ EU’S NEW ‘DEMOCRACY SHIELD’ PROMPTS FREE SPEECH CONCERNS ★ GOOGLE LAWSUIT HIGHLIGHTS CHINA-BASED TEXT SCAM SCHEME ★ A CHRISTMAS TREE IN MEXICO CARRIES THE FACES OF LOVED ONES WHO NEVER CAME HOME ★ POPE VISITS ISTANBUL'S BLUE MOSQUE AT START OF DAY OF MEETINGS WITH TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS ★ DEATH TOLL FROM FLOODS AND LANDSLIDES ON INDONESIA’S SUMATRA ISLAND RISES TO 248, AUTHORITIES SAY ★ EU STATES BACK AWAY FROM FORCING BIG TECH TO DETECT AND REMOVE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ★ MAJOR K-POP ARTISTS AND RECORD LABELS DONATE MILLIONS IN AID AFTER HONG KONG APARTMENT COMPLEX FIRE ★ PERUVIAN COURT SENTENCES FORMER PRESIDENT CASTILLO TO OVER 11 YEARS IN PRISON FOR REBELLION ★ DAY IN PHOTOS: FLOODS IN ASIA, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN HONDURAS, AND CARS EXHIBITION ★ PREMIER SMITH TOUTS PIPELINE AGREEMENT WITH OTTAWA, OTHER INITIATIVES AT UCP MEETING ★ TRUMP SAYS HE WILL PARDON EX-HONDURAN PRESIDENT CONVICTED BY JURY IN US DRUG CASE ★ CANADA’S BEIJING ENVOY SAYS OTTAWA WORKING AT ‘RAPID PACE’ TO BUILD CHINA TIES: REPORT ★ NOVA SCOTIA SELLING REMAINING US ALCOHOL INVENTORY WORTH $14 MILLION ★ NORTHERN ALBERTA COUNTY SPLIT OVER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PROPOSAL ★ CALGARY PASTOR SAYS HE FACES MORE JAIL TIME AFTER REFUSING TO WRITE APOLOGY LETTER OVER DRAG STORY TIME PROTEST ★ CALGARY GENEALOGISTS WORKING TO UNRAVEL MYSTERY OF THRIFT STORE BOX OF HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA ★ PERU TO DECLARE A STATE OF EMERGENCY AS MIGRANTS LEAVING CHILE TRIGGER BACKLASH ★ STATE-BACKED HACKERS GAINED ‘PRE-POSITIONED ACCESS’ TO CANADIAN WATER SYSTEMS: CYBER DEFENCE AGENCY ★ AUSTRIA CONVENT STANDOFF: NUNS REJECT SOCIAL MEDIA 'GAG ORDER' FROM RELIGIOUS SUPERIOR ★ CANADIANS TRAVELLING TO UK WILL NEED ELECTRONIC PRE-AUTHORIZATION STARTING IN FEBRUARY 2026 ★ MPS PUSH MINISTER ANAND FOR FOREIGN AGENT REGISTRY TIMELINE, SAY INTERFERENCE A MAJOR CONCERN ★ ALBERTA’S PROPOSED ‘PETERSON LAW’ DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH ★ ISRAEL RELEASES BODY-CAM VIDEO OF DEADLY SYRIA RAID TARGETING MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD-AFFILIATED TERRORISTS ★ ‘UNVETTED AND UNCHECKED’: TRUMP VOWS TO END THIRD WORLD MIGRATION AFTER DEADLY NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING ★ VANCOUVER POLICE SEIZE GRENADE LAUNCHER, DRUGS IN DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE ROOMING HOUSE ★ VENEZUELA BANS SIX INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES THAT OBSERVED US AIRSPACE WARNING ★ CIBC ANALYSTS CAST DOUBT ON PRIVATE SECTOR TAKING ON NEW BC PIPELINE ANY TIME SOON ★ ANAND SAYS GLOBAL AFFAIRS CUTS WON’T HARM CONSULAR ACCESS ★ POPE LEO JOINS EASTERN AND WESTERN PATRIARCHS IN TURKEY TO PRAY FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY ★ US DRAMATICALLY ESCALATES SOMALIA AIRSTRIKES AS TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS ISIS, AL QAEDA TERRORISTS ★ MADURO BRANDISHES SWORD AT RALLY AS HE RAILS AGAINST 'IMPERIALIST AGGRESSION' AMID RISING TENSIONS WITH US ★ UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL YERMAK RESIGNS AS CORRUPTION PROBE ENCIRCLES ZELENSKYY ★ DNC CHAIR ‘NEVER WANTS TO HEAR AGAIN’ THAT DEMOCRATS HAVE ‘PROBLEM WITH YOUNG MEN’ ★ POPE LEO XIV SPEAKS IN TURKEY AHEAD OF ECUMENICAL MEETING WITH ORTHODOX PATRIARCH ★ BEHIND THE CURTAIN, RUSSIA IS CRUMBLING ★ ENERGY ORG ASKS DHS TO DENY GRETA THUNBERG ENTRY TO COUNTRY DUE TO DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR ★ PUTIN CALLS TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN A ‘STARTING POINT’ AS HE WARNS UKRAINE TO PULL BACK OR FACE 'FORCE' ★ CATHOLIC BISHOPS ISSUE CALL TO ACTION IN NIGERIA ★ TRUMP MAKES MOVE AGAINST RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA ★ ‘ACT OF TERROR’: TRUMP SAYS NATIONAL GUARD SHOOTING SUSPECT AFGHAN WHO ENTERED U.S. THROUGH BIDEN PROGRAM ★ MOMENTUM BUILDS IN UKRAINE PEACE PUSH, BUT EXPERTS FEAR PUTIN WON’T BUDGE ★ POPE LEO XIV OPENS FIRST FOREIGN TRIP IN TURKEY WITH A VISIT TO CHRISTIANITY’S EARLY HEARTLANDS ★ POLITICIAN NAMED ADOLF HITLER BECOMES FOCAL POINT OF LOCAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ★ GERMANY WARNS RUSSIA COULD ATTACK NATO BY 2029 AS INTELLIGENCE THREAT ASSESSMENTS MOUNT ★ TRUMP TOUTS 'PROGRESS' ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA DEAL, ADMITS IT'S 'ONE OF THE MORE DIFFICULT' CONFLICTS TO SOLVE ★ FIRE TEARS THROUGH HONG KONG HOUSING COMPLEX, KILLING AT LEAST 36 WITH HUNDREDS MISSING ★ ARREST WARRANT FOR MISS UNIVERSE CO-OWNER ISSUED AFTER COURT NO-SHOW IN FRAUD CASE ★ MIDDLE EAST OFFICIALS LOOK TOWARD SECOND PHASE OF ISRAEL-HAMAS CEASEFIRE WITH TWO HOSTAGES LEFT IN GAZA ★ RUSSIA WARNS IT MAY REJECT US-UKRAINE PEACE PLAN IF IT FAILS TO UPHOLD ALASKA SUMMIT 'UNDERSTANDINGS' ★ TRUMP TOUTS 'TREMENDOUS PROGRESS' BUT SAYS HE'LL MEET PUTIN AND ZELENSKYY 'ONLY WHEN' PEACE DEAL IS FINAL ★ ALL 24 KIDNAPPED NIGERIAN SCHOOLGIRLS RESCUED AFTER ARMED ATTACK IN KEBBI, PRESIDENT SAYS ★ EU'S TOP COURT RULES SAME-SEX MARRIAGES MUST BE RECOGNIZED ACROSS ALL MEMBER STATES ★ TRUMP MOVES AGAINST MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AS ISLAMIST GROUP SPREADS IN WEST ★ FOUR MORE ARRESTED IN LOUVRE JEWEL HEIST, AUTHORITIES SAY ★ IDF ANNOUNCES TRANSFER OF DECEASED ISRAELI HOSTAGE REMAINS THROUGH RED CROSS ★ NIGERIAN CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 5 AMONG HUNDREDS KIDNAPPED, NUN SAYS ★ ‘DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY’: NIGERIA’S CHRISTIAN KILLINGS TEST TRUMP’S PROMISE OF ACTION ★ ‘THE WHITE HOUSE WAS NOT AWARE’: TRUMP STANDS BY HUCKABEE AFTER UNANNOUNCED POLLARD MEETING ★ ‘REBUILD AND INVEST’: TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN FOR RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR REVEALED ★ BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE: THE WEST MUST PREPARE FOR IRAN’S NEXT CRISIS ★ COFFEE PRICES TO SINK? TRUMP STRIKES 4 NEW TRADE DEALS WITH U.S. ALLIES ★ ARMOR UP SATELLITES FOR SPACE SUPERIORITY ★ ‘FATHER OF 100 CHILDREN’: RESTRICTIONS LOOMING FOR SPERM DONORS AFTER STUDY RESULTS ★ ‘CITIZENS FIRST’: FLORIDA LAUNCHED FIRST STRIKE AGAINST VISA ABUSE, BUT H-1B IS ONLY HALF THE BATTLE ★ BAFFLING: ‘NET ZERO’ WAS EXACTLY HOW MUCH SUCH PLEDGES WERE WORTH ★ U.S. REPORTEDLY WEIGHING STRIKES ON NARCO TARGETS INSIDE VENEZUELA ★ TRUMP LOWERS REFUGEE CAP, PRIORITIZES ‘VICTIMS OF UNJUST DISCRIMINATION’ FROM SOUTH AFRICA ★ TRUMP ‘GRATEFUL’ FOR BILL GATES PIVOT, DECLARES VICTORY OVER ‘CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX’ ★ ‘I HAD NO CHOICE!’ TRUMP ORDERS DEPARTMENT OF WAR TO RESTART NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTS ★ MAMDANI’S MOM BOASTS: HE’S ‘NOT AN AMERICAN AT ALL’