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Coyote close call | GST holiday a "Go" | GO commuter alert
Top of the morning! Light snow today in the GTA. High of 2 degrees (feeling like minus 5) with gusty winds.
MORNING NEWS SCRAMBLE
Coyote Close Call
It was a close call for a Toronto woman and her small dog returning home from a walk in Liberty Village. A coyote attacked the woman’s pup, and showed no fear when she told it where to go.
GST break officially on the way
PM Trudeau’s 'holiday bill' passed by a majority of the House of Commons late last night.
Commuter alert
No GO Train service from Union Station to Oakville this weekend.
Crazy 401 shooter caught on video
New video footage shows the alleged 401 shooter suspect attempting to carjack several vehicles at gunpoint in Toronto’s east end on Wednesday evening.
Buying it back?
The province says it’s been talking to the owners of the 407, but the Finance Minister says he hasn’t looked at the numbers yet.
Striking workers at Canada Post face layoffs
The Union says it’s a ‘scare tactic’ and Canada Post isn’t acting ‘fairly.’
Australia passes social media ban for children under 16
The law forces tech giants like Instagram, Facebook and TikTok to stop minors logging in or face fines.
Can I see your face please?
Air Canada is set to roll out facial recognition tech at domestic gates in Vancouver next week. It’ll be the first Canadian airline to do so. It means passengers can walk right to the plane without showing any physical I.D.
No doctor? Have a nurse practitioner instead
Ontario plans to make changes to allow nurse practitioners and registered nurses to provide more services and tests.
Baby shark doo doo doo doo doo doo…
Cruel and unusual punishment? A shopping mall in downtown Montreal is being criticized for using the popular children's song "Baby Shark" to discourage homeless people from loitering.
The Super Bowl for U.S. Retail
It’s Black Friday, the big kick-off to the start of the holiday shopping season, especially in the U.S. The “season” is shorter this year than most, given that U.S. Thanksgiving is so late in November.
Black Friday FOMO apparently a thing
Malls are open early today in GTA. Be warned: it’s all designed to tap into that impulse spending.
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Just one income?
Thinking of dropping down to just one income at home? Here are some tips if you want to give it a shot.
“Nightmare” for business
Seems small businesses aren’t keen on the proposed two-month GST break on certain items. They say it’ll be costly and complicated for them to implement.
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HEALTHY START
Worst flu ever down under
This year was the worst flu season on record in down under. According to experts, the jury’s out on whether Australia’s experience can predict how bad this season’s will be in Canada. Right now, the dominant strain in each country is different.
Another reason to get your sleep
A new study finds that people who have extreme daytime sleepiness are more likely to develop a condition called motoric cognitive risk syndrome, which is a pre-cursor to dementia.
AND… ANOTHER THING!
Wanna buy a ski resort?
Here’s one for sale in B.C. for just $6.5-million. The sales video says it’s known as the “Shangri-La of powder ski destinations” and it’s “where Olympians come to train”. This News Rooster wonders if they’d have a Black Friday Sale?