Here's a selection of stories from The Canadian Press to introduce you…
New HIV prevention guidelines say doctors shouldn't 'police' PrEP
A coalition of doctors across Canada is releasing new guidance on prescribing medications that can prevent HIV infection, with a focus on increasing advocacy and awareness of an expanding class of drugs.
The clinical guideline contains 31 recommendations and 10 best practices for prescribing antiretroviral drugs before and after potential exposure to HIV to prevent infection.
Lead author Dr Darrell Tan said 19 doctors spent the last three years reviewing the latest research to write the new guidelines as the range of available pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) options has expanded since the last guidelines were issued in 2017.
The recommendations are aimed at reducing the increase in HIV incidence in Canada over the past few years to achieve the country's goal of eliminating sexually transmitted infections as a public health threat by 2030.
NA is open to conversations about projects on protected lands, says the minister
Nova Scotia's minister says she has no interest in allowing a world-renowned golf developer to build a course in Cape Breton Provincial Park.
However, Natural Resources Minister Kim Masland says she is open to discussing other conservation land projects.
Masland's comments last week drew criticism from the opposition, who said she appeared to be talking out of both sides of her mouth.
Cabot, a Toronto-based company that builds golf courses around the world, has tried three times to build at West Mabou Beach in Cape Breton.
Nova Scotia starts selling off American booze and plans to donate proceeds to charity
Starting today, Nova Scotia liquor stores will once again stock U.S. booze, but only for a limited time.
The province is selling off its remaining U.S. alcohol stockpile and plans to donate proceeds, estimated at $4 million, to food charities.
Nova Scotia liquor stores pulled American booze from their shelves earlier this year in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats.
Premier Tim Houston said the province had already paid for the product and it shouldn't go to waste, although there were no plans to re-order supplies from the U.S. once those stocks were sold.
Price versus Patriotism: The Holiday Season Tests Canadian Buying Sentiment
With the holiday shopping season in full swing, small business owners are keeping an eye on whether Canadians are putting their money where their mouth is.
Some research shows many Canadians plan to support domestic companies when receiving gifts, but business owners say shoppers aren't following through.
Lisa Posin, who owns Giving Gifts in Vancouver, says shoppers still value the household items on her shelves, but their country of origin doesn't carry the same weight it once did.
The same is true in Toronto, where toy store owner Sam Care says people aren't boycotting American products as much as they were earlier this year.
Montreal museum illuminates the history of sex worker activism and resistance
When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name the “new patron saint of Jewish Montreal,” the winner was Mamie Pinzer.
An activist, Pinzer founded a community space for her fellow sex workers in 1915.
Decades later, she was honored with a black, white and hot pink mural in the Mile End area. She also became the namesake and inspiration behind sex worker rights group Stella, l'amie de Maimie.
Now she and generations of other “defiant women” are at the center of an exhibition in Montreal highlighting the activism of sex workers, both in defense of their way of life and as part of other social causes, from the fight against AIDS to the fight against poverty.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 1, 2025.
