For the first time in 25 years, child mortality rates for preventable diseases are projected to increase, after having declined for 25 years time.com/7338791/chil...

Last Week at Queen's Park: Ford Government Pours Fuel on the Affordability Crisis by Refusing to Address Housing Crisis. open.substack.com/pub/mikeschrei…

Homan on ICE detaining U.S. citizens: "If they have reasonable suspicion to stop and question somebody and shortly hold them and detain them…they can stop. So do I think there's been zero U.S. citizens that have been detained?…Soon as that questioning is over they'd be released"

Jim Clyburn: 'Michelle Obama is absolutely correct' that America is not ready for a woman president

Truth and reconciliation, 10 years later: Education got us into this mess. Will it get us out? We can't move on from the dark residential-school chapter of history until its lessons have been absorbed, by @tanyatalaga.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

The Kremlin had to exhibit self-control to praise this only after it was published.

And Ukrainian journalists, civil society, and legal institutions still work.

Police in Edmonton, Canada, have started a pilot project using AI-equipped body cameras to detect faces on a "high risk" watch list.

‘Sort of blackmail’: Billions in rural health funding hinge on states passing Trump-backed policies

Police probing pair of overnight break-ins in Waterloo

CNN: “Trump issued 1,500 pardons in his first month—compared to 212 for Obama over two terms, 189 for Bush over two terms… Has he possibly had enough time in the day to look long and hard at each? He is abusing the presidential pardon."

"There is one person who can never face any accountability for the killing of people clinging to an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September," writes Zachary B. Wolf | Analysis https://cnn.it/3XF5weM

The government’s top watchdog is retiring — but the Trump probes continue

The only live news report of the attack on the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, in Oahu, Hawaii, on this day, 1941, more than 2,400 Americans killed. (Courtesy Smithsonian Channel.)

Russian attack on Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region today. A house was destroyed by the attack. Its owner was trapped under the debris - a 71-year-old lady. Ukrainian rescuers got her out, thank God. This is who Russia attacks.

MTG says many Republicans aren’t criticizing Trump because they’re “terrified” of getting a “nasty Truth Social post on them.” “I watched many of my Republican colleagues go from making fun of Trump…to when he won the primary in 2024, they all started kissing his ass,” MTG told 60 Minutes.

⚡️Ukraine braces for 'critical damage' after Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast dam threatens water supply. Russia attacked the Pechenihy dam on Dec. 7, threatening the reservoir that supplies water to Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city.

You need to read the story to see how he was treated and how screwed up this event was. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Alberta separatists have no intention of paying attention to legal rulings or the supreme law of the land. albertapolitics.ca/2025/12/albe... #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Sen. Mark Warner: "For them to now say they're going to show the first strikes but then the balance of the next hour with the second strike is somehow classified, that doesn't pass any smell test. I think Congress needs to see it and I think the American people need to see it."

Danielle Smith's comments about the judiciary are among the most worrying things she's said about Alberta democracy. Conservatives need to stand up to her. Now. open.substack.com/pub/drjaredw...

Sen. Mark Warner: "There was the claim that they were going to meet with a second boat. There was no evidence that there was ever a second boat. But if you assume there was a second boat…wouldn't you wait until they get with the second boat?"

@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social: "Once you release part of it, how do you not release the rest of the video?" Sen. Mark Warner: "I see nothing here that would display any kinds of sources and methods. They lost any ability to make that argument when they put these videos out in the first place."

In Kostiantynivka, a man leaving his brother’s funeral, killed by a Russian drone, was himself struck by an FPV. He suffered a broken leg and shrapnel wounds. Fighters from the "Predator" brigade heard the blast and his cries, rushed in, gave first aid and evacuated him. Russia's war on civilians.

Important thread from @rgoodlaw.bsky.social.

An additional 500 National Guard members have arrived in Washington, D.C., bringing the total deployment to 2,750 troops, according to the National Guard and bringing the cost to taxpayers to roughly $1.6 million per day.

Many reporters went to Albany, Georgia, when it became one of America's first COVID hotspots. But @propublica.org's Ginger Thompson kept returning, kept reporting. What she uncovered reveals some ugly truths about American healthcare. Read her new 5-part series, Sick in a Hospital Town:

One of Istanbul’s most extraordinary buildings was left to rot for decades. Now it’s been brought back to life

Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing.

The 14th Amendment says that all people born in America, regardless of race are citizens and have a right to equal protection under the law. For SCOTUS to be remotely confused on that text speaks to their racism, not the Constitution (1/3) www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Winnipeg moves to scrap bird-friendly window bylaw developers argue is barrier to development Window treatments among 'the easiest ways that we can help to reverse the biodiversity crisis': Nature Canada

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Sask. army veteran among prospects for Canada's highest military medal The Canadian Victoria Cross was created in 1993 and has never been awarded

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Alberta lawyers must take Indigenous education course tied to TRC. New legislation could change that The Path was put in place in 2021 to respond to a call to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Some Halifax Explosion artifacts pulled from the harbour will have a new home A car-size chunk will be placed on display outside the Naval Museum of Halifax

www.cbc.ca/news/science... Want to see a snowy owl? This could be your winter Animal rescues say they're seeing more young birds earlier than usual, suggesting an 'irruption'

www.cbc.ca/news/politic... American F-35s could be serviced in Quebec starting in 2028-29, says L3Harris Proponents say U.S. approval — and Canada's full order of jets — would be necessary

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Canada has legal duty to provide safe water, housing to remote First Nations, federal judge rules 2 decisions rule on 1st stages in class-action lawsuits launched by Manitoba, Ontario First Nations

Japan said that it has protested to China after a military jet that took off from the Chinese carrier Liaoning locked its radar on Japanese fighter jets near the southern island of Okinawa, the latest spat between the two countries whose ties have plunged over the Japanese leader’s Taiwan remarks.

Woman from Plattsburgh, N.Y., charged after alleged smuggling runs from Canada

@juliaioffe.bsky.social discusses the Soviet feminist experiment, the differences between Western and Russian feminism, the lessons we can learn from the women in “Motherland” and more.

This week alone, Russia launched over 1,600 attack drones, around 1,200 guided bombs, and nearly 70 missiles at Ukraine, Zelensky reported. The main targets: infrastructure supporting everyday life. Today’s strike involved 240+ drones and 5 ballistic missiles.

The group, which called itself the Military Committee for Refoundation, on Sunday announced the removal of the president and all state institutions. n.pr/4oCWhXu

The Kremlin has welcomed changes in the U.S. National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington's previous policy were "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.

‘I was surprised’: Canadians heading to U.S. share different border crossing experiences

‘Never say never’: Green Party leader on future support for Liberal government www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com

Black women face up to 70 per cent higher breast cancer mortality, study finds

New AP reporting from the Mali–Mauritania border reveals widespread allegations of killings and sexual violence by Africa Corps fighters.

How microplastics could be fuelling brain diseases like Alzheimer’s

Why are diagnoses of ADHD soaring? There are no easy answers. Some say it’s overdiagnosis, others say it’s greater recognition. But it’s clear we must think about how our society is impacting human development, by Gabor Maté www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com