Spruce Meadows sees record-breaking attendance at annual Christmas market

On Tuesday, officials announced that nearly 100,000 people went to the event over the three weekends it was held – more than ever before.

The timing of the market could also have helped encourage shoppers to attend, as it started the first day Canada Post workers were on strike.Calgary company Thistle and Clover used social media to express appreciation for the people in attendance. Two Ontario men are facing charges after police in the U.S. say they seized 540 kilograms of cocaine from a tractor-trailer along Interstate 80 in Illinois.Quebec prisons were in lockdown on Tuesday after a correction officer at the Sorel-Tracy detention centre was attacked this week.A Taylor Farms salad kit is being recalled over concerns of a salmonella contamination, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

A 64-year-old man who went missing from his Saanich long-term care home last month has been found deceased on the Westshore – with his wallet and Cleveland Browns trading cards, according to family.Meth, guns seized during drug trafficking bust in North Battleford, 3 charged: RCMPWoman taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after early morning shooting: Regina police

Environment and Climate Change Canada says a man is facing a fine of $10,550 after 35 walleye fish were found in his Saskatchewan home and four rosaries and three rings made of elephant ivory were seized after an initial search of luggage at Toronto Pearson International Airport.Process around Ontario Place redevelopment was 'unfair' and didn't follow rules: AG

A man was severely injured Tuesday morning when he leaped onto a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled in the Far North community of Fort Severn.A Mississauga First Nation woman has been charged with assault after she took offence to comments about her on social media.A North Bay family is struggling to find peace and justice as the five-year anniversary of the brutal death of toddler Oliver McCarthy approaches.

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