Boxing Day News

Parking restrictions in the Watford and Three Rivers areas will not be enforced on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, it has been announced.

Moments before the New Year's Eve countdown of 1999, then-Mayor Mel Lastman said: "The new century brings promise, opportunity and untapped potential.

The Boxing Day shootout on Yonge St. that killed schoolgirl Jane Creba was a "spontaneous event," not a robbery gone awry, a judge heard yesterday.

CHRISTMAS has come early for would-be Boxing Day Dippers. Hundreds of people brave the chilly waters off Seaburn each December 26, raising thousands of pounds for charity a ' and this year should be bigger and better than ever.

A SPECIAL Boxing Day event has been planned for people in Chard who will be alone over Christmas.

Christmas and New Year statutory holidays are again likely to cause confusion for employers, who are being urged to seek professional advice to avoid making pay errors to their workers.

BBC TV and radio are lining up a massive series of programming across the network to celebrate what would have been Elvis Presley's 75th birthday in January.

The holidays are always shrouded in mystery. What is Boxing Day? Why do we celebrate New Years in the middle of winter? Why do we decorate evergreen trees? What exactly is eggnog? What is mistletoe and why kiss under it? And many more perplexing questions.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, December 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The annual Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race leaves Sydney Harbour on Boxing Day each year and attracts thousands of people to watch it get underway.

A Toronto man who spent four years in custody awaiting trial for the Boxing Day shooting of Jane Creba was "disgusted but relieved" when the gun charges were withdrawn today in court.

PUBLIC transport operators are failing to promote a car-free message over the Christmas and New Year period, it has been claimed.

Public transport in West Yorkshire will grind to a virtual halt during the festive period, bus and train users were warned today.

By Chandra Orr Creators.com Boxing Day is Dec. 26. No, it doesn't have anything to do with muscled combatants sparring on pay-per-view. It's an English tradition rooted in charity, a day for those more fortunate to give to those in need -- and observing the tradition is the perfect way to beat the post-holiday blues.

The frenzy of after-Christmas shopping in New Brunswick might see an abbreviated start in some cities and towns as it all starts on a Sunday this year.

Merseytravel is offering free bus services on Christmas Day designed to help hospital staff and visitors.

Uptown and Carolina Improv Company will open their new holiday show "The 12 Games of Christmas" on Saturday at their new venue in the Myrtle Beach Mall.

A North Bay Mayor Vic Fedeli is again looking to pick the brains of the city's ex-pats returning home for the holidays.

SOUTH Australians will not be able to go shopping on Boxing Day, even though it is not a public holiday.

Sault Ste. Marie City Council has tonight agreed on the wording of a a question about Boxing Day shopping to be placed on ballots for the 2010 municipal election.

Jane Creba, 15, was shot to death on Dec. 26, 2005, as two groups of people exchanged gunfire in a crowd of holiday shoppers on Yonge Street.