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What I learned from people who live car-free across Canada
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we share the experiences of people across Canada who don’t own a car; track China’s progress on cutting emissions; and check out an efficient way to remove invasive species. Source link
CSIS director holds rare news conference
Daniel Rogers, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, delivers his first annual update on threats to Canada’s security and takes questions from journalists. Source link
CSIS braces for possible foreign interference as Alberta, Quebec eye sovereignty
With Canada facing not one but two possible sovereignty referendums in the coming years, the head of the country’s spy agency is bracing for the possibility that foreign adversaries could try to meddle in them. Source link
Only 1 member of Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap barred from entering Canada: Immigration Department
The Immigration Department only took a decision to ban one member of the controversial Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap from entering Canada, it told CBC News, contradicting a public claim from a Liberal MP in September that none of them would be allowed in country. Source link
Israeli settlers torch West Bank mosque, scrawl hateful messages
Israeli settlers torched and defaced a mosque in a Palestinian village in the central West Bank overnight, scribbling hateful messages in a show of defiance, a day after some Israeli leaders condemned a recent attack by settlers against Palestinians. Source link
Zelenskyy grapples with fallout from corruption scandal after 2 Ukrainian ministers quit
Ukraine’s top military commander said Thursday he visited troops holding the front line in a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grappled with the fallout from a corruption scandal that has engulfed his administration. Source link
Hamilton boys hockey team culture was ‘cesspool’ of bullying and sexual misconduct: adjudicator
A Hockey Canada investigation found youth hockey players in Hamilton filmed bullying and harassment of teammates. One victim’s family complained. Nearly two years later, they can talk about what happened. Source link
From fat-shaming to thin-shaming — why we're so mad when 'body-positive' celebs lose weight
While society’s obsession with female bodies is nothing new, a wave of celebrities who embraced their larger bodies are shedding pounds — often with the help of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro — and it’s touched a cultural nerve. While some have bemoaned the supposed betrayal, others point out the hypocrisy of shaming […]
#TheMoment a solar storm fired up the northern lights
Trenten Pentelichuk tells The National about the moment he saw the northern lights illuminate the sky where he lives in St. Paul, Alta. Source link
60 years later, Nevada homicide victim identified as missing Calgary woman
Anna Sylvia Just was initially reported missing by her sister after she was last seen boarding a bus in Calgary in 1966. Decades later, her remains have been identified in Nevada. Source link