Here's a selection of stories from The Canadian Press to get you up to speed…
Carney, Trump and Sheinbaum will meet at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington
Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet US President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Washington today as the future of a continental trade deal hangs in the balance.
The 2026 World Cup draw marks the first time all three leaders will meet in person and comes ahead of next year's mandatory renegotiation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Trade Agreement, known as CUSMA.
While relations between the three countries have been upended by Trump's sweeping tariffs, Canada and Mexico have been protected from some damaging tariffs by excluding CUSMA-compliant goods.
The trade pact was negotiated during the first Trump administration, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement, which Trump previously called the best deal ever but has since reversed course.
The government is beginning a review of the firearms classification regime, the minister said.
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangari said the federal government is beginning a review of Canada's firearms classification regime that will include consultation with Indigenous communities about the SKS rifle.
The government has come under fire from gun control advocates for not including the semi-automatic SKS on the list of prohibited firearms.
Anandasangari says the review will take a broad look at the legal framework for firearms, ammunition and magazines, emphasizing simplicity and consistency.
SKS is commonly used in Indigenous communities to hunt for food and has also been used in police killings and other high-profile shootings in recent years, and one gun control group has asked that these hunters be exempted from prosecution.
Critics question Saab's bid to bring 10,000 aerospace jobs to Canada
Critics have questioned the strength of Saab's plans to create 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to open a Gripen fighter jet assembly facility in the country.
US President Donald Trump's trade war and comments about making Canada the 51st state prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to launch a review of F-35 procurement back in March.
Richard Shimuka of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute think tank says he thinks the job total is “completely unrealistic.”
Conservative defense critic James Bezan said the review, which he called unnecessary, jeopardizes Canadian jobs that are part of the F-35 supply chain.
Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says politician recalls law being misused
The original author of Alberta's recall law says it should never be used as a political weapon.
Jason Kenney says the Recall Act was designed as a definitive tool for accountability if a politician engages in illegal or unethical behavior, rather than being created to settle political differences.
His comments come as 14 members of the United Conservative caucus face recall petitions from citizens, with another petition against Prime Minister Danielle Smith herself looming on the horizon.
The theme of those seeking the recall is that UCP politicians have failed to listen to constituents' concerns and have undermined trust by trampling on teachers' rights by using the Charter's no-tolerance clause to end the recent province-wide strike.
Bryzgalsky's painting of snowshoes in striped coats is the star of HBC's first online auction
The first in a series of online auctions to sell off Hudson's Bay treasures ended Thursday, with one painting by Kuba Bryzgalski of snowshoes in striped coats selling for $170,000 and one bidder dropping a total of $27,100 for seven vintage quilts.
The purchases were among the most exciting sales organized by Heffel Fine Art to find new homes for 159 works from the HBC collection.
Heffel has already sold the most prominent pieces from the defunct retailer's collection, including a Moroccan painting of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in a live auction last month that netted HBC creditors more than $4.9 million.
The company will sell the remainder of HBC's 4,400-piece treasure online over the next year to reduce the $1.1 billion in debt it had when it filed for protection from creditors in March.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 5, 2025.
