But one holiday item you probably still have lying around the house? Candy canes. It's easy to buy candy canes in bulk at the start of the season — after all, they're one of the quintessential ...

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It’s a classic chocolatey confectionery that’s been available in Canada for more than a century. Canadians appear to have a love-hate relationship with Hershey’s Cherry Blossom, a sweet, syrupy treat ...

It’s thick chocolate on the outside, creamy on the inside and has a very special centre. Serena Austin is a Toronto-based general assignment reporter at the Star. Reach her via email ...

(NEXSTAR) — Flags across the U.S. are meant to be at half-staff for another eight days, but they were at full staff in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Why was the nation’s capital in defiance of a ...

It is Inauguration Day and while today's ceremonies will celebrate the peaceful transition of power in the United States, some flags across the country will remain at half-staff during the ...

Gov. Tony Evers confirmed that state flags will remain at half staff in remembrance of former Jimmy Carter despite pressure from President-elect Donald Trump to raise flags during his inauguration ...

Gov. Tina Kotek's ordered all flags at Oregon public institutions to be flown to full staff in recognition of Inauguration Day pursuant to Presidential Proclamation, her office said in a Monday ...

Flags at the U.S. Capitol will be flown at full-staff when Trump is sworn in for the second time. Trump had previously been exasperated by the idea that flags would be flown at half-staff in ...

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Merz and the Union party, comprised of the CDU and their Bavarian sister party the CSU, lead the polls with 30% of the vote. Last week, Merz, a former investment banker at BlackRock with a pilot ...