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Publication Date: December 5, 2025 - 18:00
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Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Fri. December 5th, 2025
December 5, 2025
2025 has been a challenging financial year for a lot of us. And as the holiday shopping season rolls around, most families have had to adapt. On a scale of 1 to 10, are you changing your Christmas gift-giving habits this time around? Are you keeping it small, or are you leaning towards personal experiences instead of material things? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Claire Tsai, a Marketing Professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Meantime, as a ban on American liquor persists, Ontario wines are witnessing a boost in sales. Canadian wine writer Natalie MacLean explains further in Hour 1. But first, we bring you up to speed on today’s top headlines.
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February’s full snow moon will light up Ontario skies on Sunday, marking the peak of the lunar month amid the province’s deep freeze and heavy snowfall.
February 1, 2026 - 06:00 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Canada
February’s full snow moon will light up Ontario skies on Sunday, marking the peak of the lunar month amid the province’s deep freeze and heavy snowfall.
February 1, 2026 - 06:00 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Ottawa
You gotta love China these days.
Canada, the U.K., South Korea and other nations are getting cozy with Chinese leadership as a hedge against an unpredictable Trump administration. It’s a dicey move. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening retaliatory tariffs, citing Canada as a pressure-relief valve for Chinese overcapacity dribbling into the U.S. market. The Chinese Communist Party’s end game is more opaque.
To find out more, I track down China-watcher and fellow Canadian journalist Cleo Paskal. She often reports from remote places in the world, revealing what happens when China...
February 1, 2026 - 06:00 | Donna Kennedy-Glans | National Post
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