Featured News

Al Jazeera: Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast wins Chile’s presidential election

Reuters: Trump vows 'very serious retaliation' after deadly ambush on U.S. military convoy in Syria

The Globe And Mail: Federal government funds four quantum computer developers, aiming to keep them in Canada

The North Star: Small town endangers its residents by laying off its firefighters

WPRI: 2 dead, 9 injured in shooting at Brown University

Canada & USA

Canadian news:

• B.C. files civil claim against e-cigarette giant, alleges company fuelled youth addiction

• B.C. government looks to offer loan guarantees to property owners in Cowichan Aboriginal title area

• Canada open to restart U.S. trade talks, but next engagement likely CUSMA review: LeBlanc

• Canada saw massive drop in overdose-related deaths year-over-year: Health Canada data

• Canadian English supporters urge Carney to abandon federal shift to British spelling

• Eby plans $150 million in loan guarantees for Cowichan land owners

• How a UCP bill renewed Alberta separatist bid to force referendum, after court shot it down

• Interim NDP leader says party ‘open’ to Speaker of the House role in exchange for resources

• Treaty Chiefs Warn of “Severe Impacts” as Alberta Passes Water Legislation

USA news:

• DOJ weighs novel federal hate crime case against Charlie Kirk's alleged killer

• Kansas Native American tribe in turmoil over deal to design ICE facilities

• Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE agents in Minnesota

• Top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by Trump allies

• Washington state flood waters receding after days of rescues and evacuations

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World News

• 6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed in drone attack on UN base in southern Sudan

• Australia: What we know so far about the Bondi Beach shooting

• Belarus frees 123 prisoners including Ales Bialiatski as US lifts sanctions

• Brazilians rally against effort to soften punishment for Bolsonaro, allies

• Ex-President Arce Jailed in Bolivia a Month After Leaving Office

• Israeli military confirms killing of top Hamas commander Raad Saad in Gaza City drone strike

• JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids 'midair collision' with US Air Force tanker

• Myanmar military acknowledges airstrike on hospital, claims armed opposition groups used it as base

• Nepal’s Indigenous communities pay the highest price for their part in the organized illegal wildlife trade

• Only 1,000 people turn out to Tommy Robinson’s ‘Christmas service’

• Thailand says Cambodian rocket fire has caused its first civilian death in new border fighting

• Thousands march in Hungary demanding Orban’s resignation over child abuse scandal

• UN chief says 6 peacekeepers killed in drone strike on a UN facility in Sudan

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What I’m Reading

• Rich people waste much more money than poor people

• The Province at War with Unions