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Trudeau to resign | Check your flight | Taste of Oakville dates
Top of the morning! Some sun today high -5, wind making it feel like -17 at times.
OAKVILLE’S MORNING NEWS SCRAMBLE
Trudeau to step down: Globe and Mail
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The Globe and Mail is reporting Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as today he will resign as Liberal Party Leader. This, as the Prime Minister faces a caucus revolt and polls that show him losing in a landslide to Pierre Poilievre.
Could Trudeau decision have something to do with the MILLIONS who’ve watched Jordan Peterson sit down with Pierre Poilievre?
The Conservative leader tells Peterson that a Liberal leadership race shouldn’t get in the way of an election: "41 million people are not obliged to wait around while this party sorts out its sh**. Like, these guys could have got rid of Trudeau a year and a half ago.”
Flying out of Toronto Pearson today? Major U.S. storm impacting flights
It's a chilly start to the morning as we begin operations. Locally, we don't expect any weather-related disruptions on operations.
We are continuing to monitor a significant winter storm impacting travel across parts of the U.S. We've seen airlines cancel flights connecting… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Toronto Pearson (@TorontoPearson)
11:30 AM • Jan 6, 2025
Storm impacting millions of Americans across dozens of states
Travelers: Be sure to check your flight status with your airline before leaving home. Get real-time airport updates at fly.faa.gov. #FAAWeatherSquad#winterstorm
— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews)
9:59 PM • Jan 5, 2025
Around 60 million Americans in 18 states from the Dakotas to Delaware are under winter weather alerts, spreading from Kansas to the East Coast.
Festive RIDE results
This Festive RIDE season, #OPP officers across the province have upheld their commitment to #SafeCommunities and a secure #Ontario. Unfortunately, too many drivers still chose to drive impaired, putting lives at risk.
The statistics speak for themselves. Today—and every day—we… x.com/i/web/status/1…
— Ontario Provincial Police (@OPP_News)
10:33 PM • Jan 3, 2025
The OPP says it laid more than 1,200 impaired driving charges during this year’s Festive RIDE campaign. 155 people also had their licences suspended because they were in the warn range. The service says “Unfortunately, too many drivers still choose to drive impaired, putting lives at risk”.
Pearson’s wettest year ever
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Place de-icing at Pearson. Source: Cockadoodle News
Environment Canada says 2024 was the wettest year ever at the airport, in part because of two big summer storms. Pearson recorded 1,145mm or rain last year, which is 300mm (almost a foot) more than the 30-year average.
Tree toss time!
Halton Region will be picking up real Christmas trees this week and next week on your regular waste pick-up day. They’re reminding us to remove all tinsel, lights, tree stands and plastic bags before putting them at the curb.
Taste of Oakville dates
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Downtown Oakville. Source: Cockadoodle News
Taste of Oakville will run from February 17th to March 10th this year. The list of restaurants isn’t out yet, but it’ll feature spots across town including Downtown, Kerr Village, and Bronte with prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus.
Award season off and running
A Golden Globes golden moment for Demi Moore. Also taking home Golden Globes last night: Zoe Saldana, Shogun and The Brutalist (but not much for Wicked).
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KEEP THE CHANGE
Annual grocery bill heading $801 higher
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A grocery store in Oakville. Source: Cockadoodle News.
Canada’s Food Price Report predicts the average family of four will spend $16,833.67 on groceries next year, which is an $801 increase. The report also says 8.7-million Canadians struggle to afford the food they need.
Tips for your New Year’s finances
Money.ca has put together a list of money lessons from the last couple of years to make sure we start this year off right. It includes a check on how well Canadians are managing their debt loads and grocery costs.
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HEALTHY START
What’s OK: 2 or 15 drinks a week?
If you’ve poked around online for what’s a safe level of alcohol per week, you’ll know there’s little consistency out there. Canadian Press has put together a piece explaining the conflicting advice in Canada, including how a recent high-profile Canadian study urges 2 drinks a week, but how the government hasn’t budged on its 10-15 limit.
Waking up in the dark
Real Simple has put together a list of 6 things to make it easier to get out of bed when it’s dark outside. Seems consistency is key.
AND… ANOTHER THING!
Post-Christmas clean-up!
The American Cleaning Institute has four suggestions for your post-Christmas clean-up. Including a tip for getting tree sap out of anything!
Dog catches ‘zoomies’ …in the car!
Win The Weekend: This dog got so excited while riding in the back of the car, he had to run to both windows to enjoy the views.
— Good Morning America (@GMA)
3:18 PM • Jan 4, 2025