True North’s Daily Brief is a daily podcast to keep you up-to-date on the news you need to know. Featuring host Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and other True North journalists, the Daily Brief will bring you the top stories of the day and True North exclusive stories you won’t find anywhere else.

The Canadian Taxpayer Federation has put Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the top of its annual Naughty List, as Canada's worst "grifting politicians." Boston received a "majestic white spruce" Christmas tree, an annual gift from Nova Scotia recognizing the essential aid provided to Halifax after the devastating explosion a century ago. Canadian charitable giving has hit a 20-year low, according to a Fraser Institute report. This alarming decline raises concerns about charities' ability to support communities. Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global coal demand has hit a record high in 2025, despite years of international climate pledges. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding an apology after Skate Canada banned future events in the province over legislation protecting women's sports. A Conservative MP is challenging Tim Hortons after Canadian workers were reportedly told they would be fired during a franchise sale. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada's Islamophobia Czar falsely claimed she had never used taxpayer dollars to fund an Islamophobia Research Hub in Toronto, but records show she approved $80,000 to the project. A former Trudeau-era cabinet minister and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party has resigned after being the subject of a criminal investigation into alleged vote-buying and party-donation schemes. A public school in Whitby, Ontario, erased Christmas, rebranding it as a “winter display,” while religions more commonly associated with foreign cultures are celebrated by name. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protests mount outside the office of former Conservative MP Michael Ma who crossed the floor, giving the Liberals one seat away from achieving a majority government. An Edmonton business owner is being singled out for his posts online praising terror groups and warning Canadians that a Bondi Beach-style terrorist attack is “now coming to your front doors.” A federal court has decided to shield an Indian immigrant from deportation after he was convicted of possessing child pornography after trying to "flagpole” across the border to expedite his permanent resident status. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anti-Israel activists protest Canadian Hanukkah events just hours after deadly ISIS-aligned terrorist attack on Jewish people in Australia. U.S-Canada trade talks are not expected to take place until the pre-scheduled review of the Canada U.S. Mexico trade agreements. The B.C. government is still withholding reports from the Kamloops band who received millions of taxpayer dollars to excavate the 215 soil anomalies it first reported as the bodies of children. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bill granting citizenship to the foreign-born children of immigrants who became citizens is now law.Amid a public feud between members of OneBC, the province's newest right-of-centre party, one of the party's candidates has announced he will no longer run in the party, calling the dispute a “soap opera.” The Canada Border Security Agency reported that it seized 30 stolen vehicles from the Greater Toronto Area, bound for export, last month. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney blocked another cabinet minister from interacting with reporters, making it the second day he's stopped his government from speaking to media. Conservatives are calling for immigration reform after 14 extortion suspects delay deportation through the asylum claim system. A Canadian Armed Forces member was arrested and charged with alleged foreign interference. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite flagging concerns about political bias at Canada's “anti-hate” organization, Liberals still approved $200,000 in taxpayer funds to the self-described “anti-fascist” group. A new poll found that over half of British Columbians are concerned about their private property rights after a BC Supreme Court justice granted the Cowichan tribe Aboriginal title in the province. Health Canada contradicted its own officials' testimony and admitted that Canadian tax dollars are used to fund the procurement of drug paraphernalia, such as crack pipes, at drug consumption sites. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Liberal heritage minister Steven Guilbeault says his department doesn't track how much of its funding to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network went to Antifa, or how it ensures that public funds don't go to such groups. U.S. conservative commentator Glenn Beck, as well as Canadian war veteran Kelsi Sheren, are attempting to save a Saskatchewan woman who signed up for euthanasia after Canada's healthcare system failed her. Political activist Yves Engler has been barred from running in the NDP leadership race after the party accused him of antisemitism stemming from his past social media remarks. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberal government plans to vote against a Conservative motion seeking parliamentary support for a new bitumen pipeline to BC, despite a recent memorandum of understanding with Alberta. The federal Liberal government has spent over $1 billion on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshops for public servants since 2016, employing nearly 600 bureaucrats to advance DEI in the public sector last year alone. Medical associations are applauding a federal initiative to fast-track permanent residency and increase immigration of healthcare professionals, but want to see further reforms to improve Canada's healthcare system. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canada Border Services Agency has revealed that over 10,000 removal orders have been in its backlog for more than a year. The Bloc Québécois and David Eby's NDP government in BC are teaming up to fight a Memorandum of Understanding between the federal government and Alberta that would allow Alberta to export crude oil to Asian markets. Eby announced new BC guidelines, which would enable doctors to administer overdose prevention drugs to youth involuntarily in an effort to curb the province's opioid overdose crisis. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anti-euthanasia advocates are urging MPs to support a Conservative bill which would ban mental illness as the sole reason someone can access Medical Assistance in Dying. Alberta independence leaders are claiming a victory as Alberta passed a bill that separatists say would have allowed Elections Alberta to block or delay a referendum for independence. Canada's Catholic Bishops are urging Ottawa to reconsider planned amendments to Bill C-9, which would strip good-faith religious expression as a defence in the Criminal Code. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC NDP government is tightening rules around its “safe supply program” to curb redistribution of drugs into the community. BC Conservative leader John Rustad has officially resigned as the party's leader, leaving Canadians to speculate on who could take his place. Emails released by military veteran Kelsi Sheren show that Green Party Leader and two BC MLAs pushed to give an illegal immigrant health coverage to access assisted suicide. Tune into the Daily Brief with Walid Tamtam and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier Danielle Smith has invoked the Sovereignty Act, ordering provincial and federal police not to enforce Ottawa's firearm seizure scheme. BC Conservative leader John Rustad is refusing to resign despite a majority of his caucus voting for him to step down. Taxpayers are on the hook for another $235 million to support Ukraine, bringing Canada's contribution to nearly $22 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine. Tune into the Daily Brief with Alex Zoltan and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another BC Conservative riding is calling for the party's leader to resign, meaning at least six riding associations have publicly called for John Rustad's removal. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her “biggest regret” was giving free rein to the province's health services on procurement decisions with little government oversight. Taxpayer advocates say Ontario Premier Doug Ford needs to scrap corporate and political welfare, warning that at this rate, Ontario's debt will surpass $500 billion in just two years.Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Clayton Demaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre roasted Laurentian elites this weekend and said the recently resigned cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault's "brand of crazy" fits in with the NDP's alignment with “furries and queers for Palestine.” Following the resignation of Steven Guilbeault last week, Marc Miller has been appointed to Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet to assume the role of Canadian Culture Minister. A new poll finds that lacking a family doctor could mean Canadians are more than twice as likely to struggle accessing the rest of Canada's health care system, including early screening for cancer.Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives call for reforms to Canada's asylum and immigration system despite several proposed amendments being rejected, as a committee-led study on Bill C-12 came to an end. The Alberta independence movement scored a critical victory during the United Conservative Party's Annual General Meeting over the weekend, with four pro-separatist candidates winning seats on the party's board of directors. Conservatives urge Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to disclose the services Liberals plan to cut from Veterans Affairs Canada, as $4.23 billion was earmarked as savings from the department in the 2025 federal budget. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ontario school board is attempting to scrub the record from its parent-led meeting minutes after one parent objected to the use of land acknowledgements. Alberta and Ottawa have struck a verbal deal; Ottawa will scrap the emissions cap and strike down other laws which would prevent Alberta oil to tidewater. A national security analyst is urging Ottawa not to wait for the U.S to designate Muslim Brotherhood-aligned organizations, and warns that Canada is “not prepared” for the threat their ideology poses. Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CTV is under fire after platforming the head of the Khalistani movement's Sikhs for Justice. After a wave of Class 1 truck driver accidents, Alberta vows to “close the loophole” which allowed commercial truck drivers to wreck a truck at one company and begin driving for another without disclosure. A new study found that over 23,500 patients have died while waiting to access both critical and non-essential healthcare services last year. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdsza and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives are calling on Carney to divest from Brookfield and disclose the nearly 1,900 other Brookfield companies he profits from that are exempt from ethics screening. Alberta's government is introducing sweeping healthcare reforms, which would allow physicians to work in both public and private systems, in the hopes of shortening medical wait times. A feature on X revealed a prominent environmental activist account protesting on Vancouver Island actually has U.S. origins. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling for world leaders to ensure that artificial intelligence data centres are “carbon neutral,” while praising carbon taxes in Europe. The Liberal government has poured nearly $37 million into groups to fight violent extremism, but doesn't mention Islamist extremism and barely mentions antisemitism in its funding targets. The Canada Revenue Agency has gained nearly half a billion from a snitch line that allows Canadians to report their neighbours whom they suspect of tax evasion. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and William McBeath! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police veterans association is under fire from veterans after it invited members to learn about the government's assisted suicide program. The Liberal government is launching new "consultations" to reintroduce failed internet censorship legislation. Prime Minister Mark Carney has pledged over $1 billion in tax-funded spending to a global health fund to combat infectious diseases in poorer countries. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A customs and border union president warns that Canada's understaffed border security agency is prioritizing "facilitation" over public safety, jeopardizing national security by relying on phone apps instead of in-depth human interviews. A former Trudeau-era Liberal minister has been awarded a new position as Canada's ambassador to the UN despite leaving behind a scandalous legacy from his time in government. In the name of “equity and fairness,” Ontario is preparing to make it significantly easier for psychologists in the province to get licensed. Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liberal ministers admit they don't track how many immigrant doctors, who the immigration minister Lena Diab said is a "vital role" of her department to bring into the country, actually become doctors once in Canada. More BC Conservative riding association officials join the now 30-person chorus calling for their leader, John Rustad, to resign, but Rustad refuses to budge. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she's just days away from getting “clarity” on Prime Minister Mark Carney's future policies around her province, getting a pipeline. Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney applauded Toronto for now having an immigrant population which surpasses ts native born population. Alberta is lifting some of the restrictions on Canada's “universal healthcare system” by introducing a hybrid model, allowing the private sector to alleviate some of the backlog faced in the province. Two NDP MPs abstained from voting on Carney's 2025 federal budget preventing a Christmas election. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drawing loud boos every time he appeared on screen, Prime Minister Mark Carney faced a hostile crowd at the CFL Grey Cup in Manitoba. A couple of individuals asking questions at a CBC-hosted event in Surrey, B.C,. were outraged when CBC staff tried to cut their questions short by snatching microphones from their hands. Several Canadian cities have raised the Palestinian flag to recognize a Palestinian state. Though recognition wasn't enough for some attendees. Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberal government is facing criticism after failing to meet its performance targets at the border for the third year in a row. Conservative MP Jamil Jivani and Ned Kuruc's “Restore the North” events on campus are being praised by attendees for spurring open dialogue. Conservative Immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner is asking the Liberals to provide clarity on their plans for temporary residents already in the country. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A second free speech event hosted by academic Frances Widdowson was disrupted again by drumming, shouting and foot stomping. Grocery prices rise while CBC News promotes grocery stores that offer "big savings" on expired or nearly expired food. The federal government's new directive to train public servants in firearms and drone operations has garnered a wave of criticism. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Liberal MP is calling foul on Conservatives after they seized on a video of the MP criticizing the federal budget. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Carney to "get out of the way" of resource development projects. The Public Safety Minister confirmed that the government has no timeline to release the promised foreign agents registry. Tune into The Daily Brief with Clayton DeMaine and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A net zero U.K minister praised his "good friend" Prime Minister Mark Carney when asked about cooperation with Canada on climate policy.A B.C. university is advertising hiring black people exclusively for faculty positions exclusively.Critical call out Brazil 's climate hypocrisy as it hosts three diesel-guzzling cruise ships for global elites at the COP30 climate summit.Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Courts in Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan are banning their staff from wearing poppies to remember veterans and serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces. Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to give a major project announcement in British Columbia on Thursday, though he won't say if it will be an announcement allowing a new pipeline to be developed. A poll shows Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre still enjoys massive support from Conservatives ahead of a scheduled leadership review. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BC Conservatives say plan to introduce anti-drug education to schools killed by NDP over misplaced priorities.Carney's budget will spend more on the Liberal's gun buyback program than on NATO operations and border enforcement combined.TD Bank will waive the fees on people's chequing accounts but only for those who "identify as Indigenous."Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative MPs and supporters aren't buying the recent change of heart from the House of Commons' latest floor crosser; many are calling him a "coward" and accusing him of betraying his constituents to further his career.Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal budget approved $141 billion in new spending and is projected to run a $78.3 billion deficit.Tamara Lich, known best for her role in organizing the Freedom Convoy against vaccine mandates and lockdowns is bringing the fight back to the government by appealing her mischief conviction to defend Canadians' Charter rights.Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The number of foreigners in Canada's prisons has surged by over 30 per cent since the Liberals came into office, and Ottawa claims to have lost track of over a third of their citizenship information. A chain migration bill is going into its third reading in the House of Commons after Conservative and Bloc Québécois amendments were revoked. British Columbia Premier David Eby dropped plans to run his own anti-tariff ad after meeting with the federal government, following a breakdown of trade talks caused by an Ontario ad. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Canadian Armed Forces veteran laid into MPs at a Veterans Affairs committee, demanding action from the government to prevent suicides among veterans. Ontario Premier Doug Ford is disputing Prime Minister Mark Carney's claims that he wouldn't have released an anti-tariff ad that led to a breakdown in trade talks with the U.S. Melanie Joly, the Liberal's industry minister, avoided answering questions about the government's controversial multi-billion dollar deal with the automaker Stellantis. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pro-equity professor from Virginia revealed a typically unspoken truth about trans rights and how they can conflict with the rights of girls during a talk at a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion conference. A Liberal MP is pushing to limit the use of religious expression rights as a defence in hate speech cases claiming that some verses in the bible are “hateful.” Prime Minister Mark Carney's culture minister Steven Guilbeault, is propping up Carney's industrial carbon tax as a “key component” of the government's climate policies. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberal government has pledged $660 million in new funding to LGBT plus and gender equality organizations. Another First Nation group has begun to launch a land title claim, this time in Quebec, potentially endangering property rights for residents, as they are in Richmond, B.C. One of Canada's top public spending watchdogs highlighted more than a billion dollars has been spent annually on “Bizarre” research projects. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is demanding an apology from the U.S. ambassador to Canada after reports say he “dressed down” Ontario's delegate to the U.S. over Ford's Reagan ad. Environmental alarmist Bill Gates wrote in a recent blog post that he no longer believes climate change will lead to humanity's demise, asserting people will thrive globally for the foreseeable future. Structural barriers and capacity constraints prevent Canadian medical students who study abroad from practicing medicine in Canada, while foreign students take training spots only to leave the country. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blames Prime Minister Mark Carney for allowing trade talks to be derailed by a Ronald Reagan ad that the PM was aware of. An investigative journalist is raising alarm bells about foreign interference, highlighting Carney's private-sector ties to the Chinese government. Crime statistics show that crime in Canada's capital city has spiked by nearly two-thirds since the Liberals took office. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ontario Premier Doug Ford threw the prime minister under the bus, saying he approved a Ronald Reagan ad, which Prime Minister Mark Carney admits is the reason Canada faces a new suite of tariffs. Carney is set to meet with China's dictator, President Xi Jinping, in South Korea this week, days after Canada's foreign affairs minister said Canada aims to strengthen its “strategic partnership” with the communist country. Alberta's NDP leader Naheed Nenshi has called Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's attempts to build more pipelines a “pipedream.” Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The President of the Canada Border Services Agency revealed that the agency can't find at least 32,000 illegal immigrants who were otherwise set for deportation. The "I am Alberta" rally at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton saw thousands of attendees calling for an independent Alberta. Canada's subsidized auto industry is suffering more losses after General Motors dropped out of its pledge to produce electric vans. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney refused to explain what sacrifices Canadians will have to make ahead of his upcoming federal budget. A senior border official revealed Canada plans to deport less than 10 per cent of people facing removal orders. A new study shows Alberta's charter schools are outperforming government-run schools across every grade and subject. Tune into the Daily Brief with Clayton Demaine and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An American Islamic preacher's event at a Quebec university is drawing the ire of Quebec politicians and civil society groups over the figure's extremist rhetoric. Liberal immigration officials claim they don't track what happens to migrants after approving their permits yet are still responsible for issuing more migration permits. Seven elected Board of Directors members of the B.C. Conservative party have requested that Leader John Rustad step down immediately and make way for a leadership race. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grocery prices continue to rise, increasing at a rate higher than the target set by the Bank of Canada. Calgary has a new mayor who won by a slim margin, deposing incumbent mayor Jyoti Gondek's four-year run. CBC executives faced harsh criticism over their DEI policies and foreign worker hiring during a heritage committee meeting. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Civil liberties advocates are warning that Canada's recognition of the World Health Organizations pandemic regulations, threatens Canada's sovereignty and violates Canada's constitution. The BC Conservatives have lost their fifth MLA since last election, this time the MLA opted to sit in the legislature as an independent candidate. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for a hard cap to Prime Minister Mark Carney's federal deficit spending as Liberals announce a “substantial shortfall” with no target to balance the governments unreleased budget. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hundreds of homeowners in Richmond, BC, were warned that their private property rights could become null with a recent ruling granting another tribe aboriginal title over the land. While other premiers fight for more freedom to use the not-withstanding clause, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew introduced a bill to limit its use in Manitoba. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree quietly admitted that the 1000 new border officers that the Liberals' promised since the election won't even all be front-line officers. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney caves to Conservative pressure, rolling out tougher bail and sentencing laws. Alberta considers back-to-work legislation to end a province-wide teachers' strike. Albertans to vote on new licence plates branded with the slogan “Strong and Free.” Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A pro-Hamas Islamist group has hijacked visual and audio systems at four American and Canadian airports. The Liberal government's Immigration department is advertising Canada's public healthcare system to attract immigrants, despite experts saying health services are overwhelmed. B.C. Premier David Eby has once again admitted that the province's illicit drug decriminalization experiment was a “mistake.” Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre joined world leaders in celebrating Hamas' release of Israeli hostages who had been held captive since Oct 7, two years ago. A Canadian think tank is warning the Liberal government that Canada works best when the federal government doesn't overstep by making decisions outside of its “constitutional lane.” Diplomatic relations between Canada and India seem to have been mending as the Liberal's foreign affairs minister travelled to India with both countries agreeing to cooperate more closely. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ontario elementary school union is offering art workshops, but white members of the union are not allowed to participate. Elections Alberta has approved a citizen petition which could end the province's decades-old “funding follows the child” and school choice. U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated that he will declare Antifa, which is now designated as a domestic terror organization, as an international terror organization. Tune into The Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney said he wants to “salute President Donald Trump” for his role in brokering a peace deal between Hamas and Israel. Vancouver city officials are apologizing after facing backlash from trans activists for approving a Harry Potter-themed attraction at the city's Stanley Park. Ontario's education minister is condemning a Toronto high school after it replaced O Canada with an Arabic version of the anthem on the second anniversary of the October 7th terror attack. Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices