LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg was arrested in central London on Tuesday while supporting pro-Palestinian activists who are staging a hunger strike to protest their imprisonment while awaiting trial on charges related to a series of earlier demonstrations.

Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product edged down 0.3 per cent in October as the manufacturing sector slowed.

A segment of the American news program “60 Minutes,” pulled by CBS News prior to its U.S. airing, began circulating online Monday with the branding of Canadian broadcaster Global TV.

WASHINGTON – A mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement on trade kicks into high gear next year as U.S. President Donald Trump continues his campaign to realign global trade and poach key industries from America’s closest neighbours.

WHITEHORSE – A deep freeze affecting much of Western Canada has one northern territory urging its residents to limit their power use.

JERUSALEM (AP) — A former close aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that immediately following the October 2023 Hamas attack that triggered Israel’s two-year war in Gaza, the Israeli leader instructed him to figure out how the premier could evade responsibility for the security breach.

PARIS (AP) — France’s fractured parliament is debating an emergency bill Tuesday designed to prevent a U.S.-style government shutdown next week, after negotiations on a 2026 budget collapsed.

SALT LAKE CITY — It was hard to miss the presence of Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman on this just-completed road trip through St. Louis, Denver and Salt Lake City — one that produced a single point and pushed the team further into the NHL abyss.

Residents of a once-quiet North Kildonan neighbourhood say a Winnipeg Transit route change that put an end-of-the-line stop in their community, led to safety concerns that have been amplified by bitter winter weather.

Premier Wab Kinew is ordering a public inquiry into the Sio Silica affair in order to distract Manitobans from “the many failures” of his NDP government, says Tory leader Obby Khan.

What’s your holiday tradition?

“We’ve moved” and “Closed for relocation” signage dots the food court’s perimeter at Kildonan Place.

Mike O’Shea has finally owned up to the fact that promoting Jason Hogan to offensive co-ordinator was a mistake.

Manitoba’s highest court has acquitted a Flin Flon man convicted of robbery and aggravated assault after ruling the trial judge relied too heavily on the evidence of the only witness to testify — the alleged victim.

Ryan Nother says showing up at the bus stop on time has repeatedly failed to secure him a ride home.

Manitobans continue to clean up after back-to-back snowstorms last week, with crews in Winnipeg aiming to finish plowing residential streets, sidewalks and back lanes by Tuesday night.

WINNIPEG – Many Manitoba campers will be paying more in 2026, as the provincial government is raising fees for yurts, cabins and some other types of campsites.

Debilitating injuries, sudden explosions and a Porsche that came out of nowhere were some of the tall tales told in an effort to scam Manitoba Public Insurance in 2025.

EDMONTON – Alberta’s election agency says it has approved a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada.

The Granite Curling Club has asked the Court of King’s Bench to review whether the City of Winnipeg is allowed to ignore a recommendation by the Municipal Board and build an affordable housing development in the club’s parking lot.

During a year end interview @winnipegfreepress.com, the premier revealed he was – with the help of large language models – multitasking. Kinew has been busying himself with trying to understand how AI will help & hinder the province he governs #mbed #wfp www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...

For today's @winnipegfreepress.com arts and life section, I rounded 10 notable local books published this year (which probably could have been 20): www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

OTTAWA – Ottawa and First Nations are presenting the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal with competing plans to reform the First Nations child welfare system today — the latest step in a lengthy fight that has stretched nearly 20 years.

A former psychiatric nurse who witnessed the aftermath of a stabbing that severely injured a longtime friend and colleague alleges she was wrongfully terminated after being traumatized by the event.

MONTREAL – Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers say they have reached tentative agreements.

Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates tariffs from the Trump administration and slumping demand for a product that needs years of aging before it is ready.

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney is appointing a global investment banker and pension fund manager to be Canada’s next ambassador in Washington.

WINNIPEG – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are making adjustments to their coaching staff ahead of the 2026 CFL season.

A transgender employee of the National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration and seeking to block enforcement of a presidential executive order and other policies the employee says violate federal civil rights law.

MOSCOW (AP) — A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year. Investigators said Ukraine may be behind the attack.

PARIS (AP) — A suspected cyberattack knocked France’s national postal service and its banking arm offline Monday, blocking and delaying package deliveries and online payments at the height of the busy Christmas season.

AP Media Writer (AP) — CBS News’ “60 Minutes” on Sunday didn’t air a planned story on Trump administration deportations of immigrants to El Salvador, pulling it only hours before airtime at the direction of new editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government is looking at cracking down on so-called “differential pricing” on groceries and implementing further controls on milk as part of its ongoing attempts to contain the rising cost of living.

VICTORIA – It should have been a very bad day for David Eby’s government.

OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign appeared to move at a breakneck pace towards Canada’s economy this year.

OTTAWA – Rural municipalities, Indigenous organizations and civil society groups are calling for changes to ensure people in remote parts of Canada receive emergency alerts during a crisis.

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Vatican cardinals on Monday to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside, as he followed in Pope Francis’ footsteps and used a Christmas greeting to gently criticize his closest collaborators.

The tabs open on Premier Wab Kinew’s laptop will all but certainly surprise the average Manitoban.

A Palestinian family that came to Winnipeg from Gaza to get medical care for their son is adjusting to life in Winnipeg, thanks to help from local organizations.

A teenager, whose grandmother turned him in after she found a loaded gun on the couch where he had been sleeping off a night of drinking, has been sentenced to six months of house arrest.

Christmas seems to be a key time of year for Amanda Green, no matter what line of work she chooses.

Janet Adam enjoys being in the kitchen so much that family members have quipped she may need help.

From new volumes by seasoned writers to new faces on the local literary scene, 2025 proved to be a banner year for books by Manitoba authors, many of which were bestsellers in the province and beyond.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says several types of Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops are being recalled due to possible microbial contamination.

SALT LAKE CITY — Adam Lowry stood in front of the Winnipeg Jets media backdrop, a grim look on his face, and immediately put on a display of public accountability by pointing the finger of blame at himself.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully supportive of President Donald Trump’s “America First” priorities.

A city councillor wants to find a more equitable way to pay for Winnipeg school play structures.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary to protect survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced financier.

We didn’t get any lumps of coal, thankfully, but there wasn’t a ton of joy to be found when we opened the holiday edition of the Winnipeg Jets mailbag.

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people cheered and danced around Stonehenge as the sun rose over the prehistoric stone circle on Sunday, the winter solstice.