Friday, December 05, 2025

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In Detail Full day, Friday, December 05, 2025, Timezone: America/Chicago

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Search for grizzly behind 'extraordinary attack' on B.C. school group is called off

sootoday - Conservation officers in British Columbia are no longer actively trying to capture the grizzly bear responsible for last month's "extraordinary attack" on a group of schoolchildren and teachers that left four with severe injuries.

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Canada drops terror sanctions on Syria and its interim government

John Marchesan / citynews - Canada is dropping its terror listing for the group that has governed Syria since the ouster of dictator Bashar Assad one year ago. Syria is no longer listed as a state supporter of terrorism, while the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, is no longer lis…

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Almost one-quarter of all Alberta MLAs facing citizen-led recall petition drives

Jack Farrell / theglobeandmail - All but one are members of Premier Smith’s UCP caucus, with the other being an NDP MLA who is the first opposition member to face recall

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Ottawa announces first procurements under new Defence Investment Agency

Kyle Duggan / theglobeandmail - Projects include a fleet of submarines, Arctic over-the-horizon radar, and a fleet of early warning-and-control surveillance aircraft

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Man charged with murder after elderly woman killed in Toronto house fire

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - A man has been charged with first-degree murder after an elderly woman was killed in a Toronto house fire last month.

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Netflix set to buy Warner Bros studios, streaming unit for US$72B

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The agreement follows a weeks-long bidding war where Netflix seized the lead with a nearly US$28-a-share offer that eclipsed Paramount Skydance's nearly US$24 bid.

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Federal judge orders release of Epstein grand jury transcripts

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The U.S. Justice Department has requested the unsealing of documents from three Epstein-related cases from 2006-2007, 2019 and Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 sex trafficking case.

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Health Canada recalls glucose monitors that may give ‘incorrect’ readings

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Health Canada is asking diabetes patients to check if their glucose monitor is subject to an international recall that has serious health risks.

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Frank Gehry, renowned Canadian-born architect, dies at age 96

Chris Jancelewicz / globalnews - Gehry died in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief of staff at Gehry Partners LLP.

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Newfoundland girl’s parental abduction prompts calls for tougher laws

Sarah Smellie / theglobeandmail - Once a child is removed to a country that has not signed The Hague Convention, getting them back from that country is extremely difficult

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Statistics Canada to release November job figures ahead of Bank of Canada decision

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Statistics Canada is set to release fresh employment figures for November this morning. A Reuters poll of economists expects the unemployment rate ticked up to seven per cent last month with a forecast loss of 5,000 jobs. Royal Bank is calling fo…

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Critics question Saab’s offer to bring 10,000 aerospace jobs to Canada

News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab’s pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets. The Swedish company has said little about how it came to that number, making it hard to evalu…

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Minister says government launching review of firearms classification regime

sootoday - OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the federal government is launching a review of Canada's firearms classification regime that will include consultations with Indigenous communities on the SKS rifle.

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