Femicide case frustrating, sad but not surprising, London advocate says
A 56-year-old man will return to court on Tuesday for a charge of second-degree murder, laid in a case London police have called an act of femicide. Farquharson appeared in court on Friday and was remanded into custody, with a court date scheduled for Tuesday. "It's devastating ... women are not disposable," said Megan Walker, the former head of the London Abused Women's Centre and former London Police Services Board member. The City of London declared femicide and intimate partner violence an epidemic in 2023. In London, support is also available through Anova, Atlosha Native Family Healing Services, London Abused Women's Centre, Regional Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre, and Victim Services of Middlesex-London.
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December 23, 2025 08:27 UTC
Advocates push to legalize the sale of raw milk
Advocates push to legalize the sale of raw milkNewsDuration 2:33Selling unpasteurized milk has been illegal in Canada since 1991, due to its high risk of carrying potentially deadly bacteria. But advocates argue there’s still demand for the product, with some Alberta municipalities lobbying the federal government to make sales legal.
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December 23, 2025 08:17 UTC
60 Minutes prison segment postponed by CBS briefly viewed in Canada on Global TV
A portion of a postponed 60 Minutes segment critical of the Trump administration's deportation policies was temporarily available to watch Monday through a Canadian network. In the 60 Minutes episode, correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi said the reporting team spoke with some of the men who endured "one of El Salvador's harshest prisons." The segment caused a furor without ever going to air after CBS News pulled the episode from its schedule. WATCH | CBS decision led to an uproar on Sunday: CBS pulls 60 Minutes report on El Salvador's CECOT prison hours before airtime | Duration 4:27 CBS News pulled a 60 Minutes report on El Salvador's CECOT prison just hours before its scheduled Sunday broadcast, saying it would air at a future time. Global is owned by Corus Entertainment, which has a brand licensing deal to air 60 Minutes in Canada.
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December 23, 2025 07:01 UTC
'Never again,' says Windsor, Ont., senior after embarrassment of empty gift cards
Store-bought gift cards might seem like convenient stocking stuffers this time of year, but one Windsor, Ont., man says he'll never purchase them again — after wasting $275 on cards drained by scammers. Duguay was then tasked with using the money to buy five Tim Hortons gift cards, each with $55 on them. "So once somebody comes in and buys those gift cards, they are activated at the point of sale. Consumer Reports recommends that gift givers consider ordering gift cards online or only trusting cards that are stored behind the counter. Duguay with the empty Tim Hortons gift cards he bought for friends.
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December 23, 2025 06:28 UTC
Trump says U.S. 'needs' Greenland for national security reasons
During an announcement Monday about new warships, Trump said the U.S. "needs" Greenland for national security and that Landry wanted to be part of that goal. 'Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders'Denmark's foreign minister told Danish broadcasters that he would summon the U.S. ambassador to his ministry in response. "Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders and the U.S. shall not take over Greenland," they added in the statement emailed by Frederiksen's office. In March, Vice-President JD Vance visited a remote U.S. military base in Greenland and accused Denmark of under-investing there. "We stand in full solidarity with Denmark and the people of Greenland," she wrote.
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December 23, 2025 06:23 UTC
Who benefits from the Arctic economic and security corridor? It depends who you ask
By Samuel WatProminent northern leaders have been touting the Arctic economic and security corridor as a “nation-building” project that will bring economic benefits to the two territories it straddles, but others are split on how much good will come out of it. Amanda Dumond, the manager of the Kugluktuk Hunters and Trappers Organization (HTO), isn’t sold on the benefits of the project. But the economic benefits to communities in the neighbourhood, if you will, have been profound,” he said. There’s also the Arctic security aspect to the project. However, Nunavut NDP MP Lori Idlout says there’s a clear distinction between bolstering Arctic security, and Arctic sovereignty, and she doesn’t believe there’s much emphasis on the latter with this project.
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December 23, 2025 04:20 UTC
Supreme Court case involving Indigenous could have repercussions in the North
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal reduced Cope’s original sentence, but Crown attorney Erica Koresawa took the case to the supreme court. A 2019 amendment to the Criminal Code required courts to give “primary consideration” to deterring violence against Indigenous women — a response to the recommendations of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. First Nations, Métis and Inuit women and girls are also six times more likely to be killed than non-Indigenous women and girls. Mesher believes this Supreme Court case could also affect the way Gladue reports are delivered. Looking outside the courtroomEven as a lawyer, Iqaluit’s Anne Crawford doesn’t believe changes in the judicial process will adequately protect Indigenous women.
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December 23, 2025 04:20 UTC
Mark Wiseman chosen as Canada's next ambassador to the U.S.
Mark Wiseman chosen as Canada's next ambassador to the U.S.NewsDuration 2:31Prime Minister Mark Carney has picked business executive Mark Wiseman to serve as Canada's ambassador to the U.S. after Kirsten Hillman leaves the position in February. Wiseman is expected to broker negotiations in Washington amid the ongoing U.S.-Canada trade war.
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December 23, 2025 01:28 UTC
Scientist says we’ve got whale song all wrong
This set him down a lifelong path to try and figure out just what all their singing actually means. Whale songs are not quite like human songs or bird songs, in that they don't have a start and stop. And if you monitor what they're doing, you'll realize that they're cycling through a fixed sequence of patterns. When the whales are singing, they’re by themselves, and almost always they're not moving. When the whales are singing, they’re by themselves, and almost always they're not moving.
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December 22, 2025 23:21 UTC
Trump's Venezuela campaign was meant to target illegal drugs. Now, his motives are less clear
Trump’s four-month pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro began with the stated purpose of stemming the flow of illegal drugs from the South American nation but has developed into something more amorphous. Trump announces 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankersTrump and his administration have defended its military's actions but haven't explained the motivations behind its pressure campaign on Maduro. China is biggest buyer of Venezuelan crudeSince the Coast Guard's first tanker seizure, Venezuelan crude exports have fallen sharply. Some companies, particularly U.S. oil giant Chevron, transport Venezuelan oil in their own authorized ships. A White House spokesperson said the "falsely flagged vessel" carried sanctioned oil and was part of Venezuela's shadow fleet.
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December 22, 2025 23:18 UTC
Nova Scotia Clears First Hurdle for Massive Jet Fuel Project
Now it could be put on the map for an entirely different reason: low-carbon, sustainable jet fuel. The company describes the products as “two critical low-carbon fuels for decarbonizing the transportation sector.”The project would proceed in two phases. The jet fuel plant would require 60 truckloads of biomass (wood waste) per day and 586 cubic meters of fresh water per hour, which would be pulled from two nearby lakes. Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is a cleaner alternative to traditional jet fuel, made from sustainable sources such as biofuels, biomass, and captured carbon from oil and gas operations. SAF has another Canadian connection in Parkland Corporation, which in 2024 produced the first batch of made-in-Canada low-carbon jet fuel from its facility in Burnaby, British Columbia, just outside of Vancouver.
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December 22, 2025 23:04 UTC
New study finds AI chatbots can influence some Canadians to change their vote
Talking with an AI chatbot can successfully convince people to change their votes and could affect the outcome of future elections, according to a new study. The study, which included 1,530 Canadians, also found that the chatbots had more success convincing Canadians to switch their votes than it did with Americans. The study found that interacting with the chatbot did prompt some participants to change their voting intention. Pennycook pointed out that participants in the study took six to eight minutes to interact with the AI chatbot, versus watching a quick ad. WATCH | Some toys are using AI technology: Toys loaded with AI chatbots are here, but are they safe for kids?
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December 22, 2025 22:31 UTC
How to enforce a public service policy you don't believe in
Icefields Parkway has been closed for so long that the residents of Jasper, Alta., have started placing bets on when it will reopen.It’s been nine days and counting since the rugged, scenic 232-kilometre highway connecting Banff and Jasper was closed after being walloped by a winter storm that buried it in snow and swelled the avalanche risk along the route.
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December 22, 2025 22:03 UTC
Canada to end remote border crossing program used largely by Americans
Starting next September, those people will have to trek to one of those border stations or use one of the yet-to-be-established designated telephone reporting sites when entering Canada. Through the Remote Area Border Program (RABC), set to end next September, the Canada Border Service agency issued annual permits allowing pre-approved Canadian and U.S. residents to freely cross the border in five remote and sparsely populated areas. The program “historically” attracts about 11,000 members annually, according to CBSA, 90 per cent of whom are Americans. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementNational Post has contacted CBP for more information about its programs and remote border entry. Last September, Canada put the program on pause, suspending all new applications and renewals, while it underwent an administrative review.
Source:National Post
December 22, 2025 19:35 UTC
Feds to reveal future of EV mandate in 2026, as Liberals urged to relent on 100% target
OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney ushers in a new era of climate policy for the Liberals, a key decision is hanging over the governing party’s approach to electric vehicles. The regulation requires manufacturers to hit certain sales targets for zero-emission vehicles, with those targets progressively rising until all new vehicle sales are zero emissions by 2035. Carney launched a 60-day review of the policy back in September, pausing the requirement for 2026, which would have mandated that 20 per cent of new vehicle sales be zero-emission. The federal definition only includes plug-in battery hybrids and fully electric vehicles or ones powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Doran nevertheless points to examples like the European Union, where more affordable models of electric vehicles remain available, including from Japanese and South Korean automakers.
Source:National Post
December 22, 2025 19:00 UTC