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Canada a 51st State? | Snow alert for GTA | Muskoka snow recovery continues
Top of the morning! Sun & cloud mix today with a high of 2.
WEATHER ALERT
Be warned: 5-10cms of snow on way for GTA tomorrow.
MORNING NEWS SCRAMBLE
Sign up for winter programs today!
Registration for City of Toronto Winter Recreation Programs starts this morning at 7am for facilities in Etobicoke, York, Toronto, and East York. It opens tomorrow at 7am for North York and Scarborough facilities.
Cockadoodle WHOT? Canada a 51st state?
New details are leaking about that Trump-Trudeau dinner meeting in Palm Beach Friday, including Trump ‘joking’ about Canada becoming a 51st state!
Taking on Tariffs
For months, Ontario has been preparing for a new administration in Washington. As part of that work, today we’re launching a national U.S. advertising campaign.
In a changing world, let’s bring jobs back home and build together — more workers, more trade, more security, more… x.com/i/web/status/1…— Doug Ford (@fordnation)
12:15 PM • Dec 2, 2024
Ford government launches a multi-million dollar ad campaign stateside over Trump tariff threat.
Highway 11 reopened, but snow recovery continues
A generator hard at work in Cottage Country. Source: Cockadoodle News subscriber Murray in Muskoka
Thousands still without power in cottage country.
Framework closer, but nowhere near ratification
A Canada Post box in Toronto. Source: Cockadoodle News
Talks between Canada Post and striking workers still on hold as the clock keeps ticking down to Christmas.
Just in time for Christmas
Thanks to the Canada Post strike, the U.S. postal service won’t accept mail bound for Canada.
Metrolinx Boss resigns
The head of the agency that runs GO Transit and the much criticized Eglinton Crosstown LRT has resigned. Phil Verster has taken a new job, and will be temporarily replaced by the CEO of Infrastructure Ontario.
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KEEP THE CHANGE
Coffee high
The price of coffee has hit a 47-year high. Global supply fears have driven prices up 70% this year.
How bad could it be?
Scotiabank has done the math on the potential impact of U.S. tariffs on the Canadian economy. It figures that a 25% tariff on Canadian goods entering the U.S. will wipe 3.8% off our country’s GDP, and the loonie would fall by 20%.
HEALTHY START
Hold the sugar!
The team at Eating Well has a list of the 8 worst foods to eat for inflammation, which is linked to many diseases including diabetes, arthritis and cancer.
Soy myths
A new study says soy foods are safe, and do not cause cancer, dispelling a myth that postmenopausal women should avoid them due to effects on markers related to estrogen related cancers.
AND…ANOTHER THING
Do you have ‘Brain Rot?’: Take the quiz
Brain Rot is the Oxford word of the year. Here are 12 questions to help you find out if you are taking in waayyyy to much online content.
Have you been ‘Snowglobed?’
You quickly fall into a relationship over the holidays, only to see it dry up like a Christmas tree.