Unpublished Newswire
On October 9, Israel and Hamas agreed to a truce backed by the Donald Trump administration. The first phase of the peace plan, which includes the exchange of hostages and prisoners and calls for humanitarian aid to be allowed back into Gaza, is nearing its end. What comes next? I reached out to Jon Allen, who served as Canada’s ambassador to Israel from 2006 to 2010 and is now a senior fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History, to talk about how the ceasefire is progressing so far and what to expect in the coming weeks.
Over the past two months, Israel has...
December 17, 2025 - 06:30 | Samia Madwar | Walrus
A few months ago, I went to a birthday party at a bar in Neepsend, an old industrial neighbourhood by the River Don in Sheffield. The bar had been a steelworks once, but now it was another example of the international style you find everywhere, from Portland, Oregon, to all the other Portlands in Canada, England, Australia, and New Zealand: exposed brick, steel beams, concrete floors, Edison bulbs. The steelworkers had been transformed into accountants and brand managers, the molten pig iron into £9 cocktails.
When we sat down for dinner, I was placed next to a German who ran a small...
December 17, 2025 - 06:30 | André Forget | Walrus
I was undone by a giant bag of Cool Ranch Doritos. I was twenty-three and—as I was prone to doing in those years—hadn’t eaten anything all day. When I arrived at the downtown hotel room where a friend was hosting a birthday party, the tangy chips beckoned. I crunched on them by the fistful. But by the time I’d emptied the bag, something felt terribly wrong. It wasn’t just my cheeks puckering from the acerbity. My jaw stiffened. My ears rang. What felt like an electric current seemed to be zapping through my face and down my neck.
I spent the rest of the night locked in the bathroom,...
December 17, 2025 - 06:29 | Carine Abouseif | Walrus
Good morning. Canada’s new grocery code of conduct aims to level the playing field between retail giants and their food suppliers – more on that below, along with the Arctic’s record warmth and a very candid interview from Donald Trump’s chief of staff. But first:Today’s headlinesThe Bondi Beach suspect is charged with terrorism and 15 counts of murderA CAF member allegedly leaked the identity of a soldier involved in covert intelligenceNDAs have been blamed for keeping victims quiet. This Vancouver violinist is breaking hers
December 17, 2025 - 06:24 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa and Ontario are set to sign a deal Thursday that will reduce the regulatory burden on large projects, including the road to the Ring of Fire, The Canadian Press has learned.Provincial and federal government sources who are not allowed to speak publicly say Ottawa has agreed to eliminate any duplicative work on its impact assessments on large projects.
December 17, 2025 - 06:22 | Liam Casey | The Globe and Mail
Olivia and Noah are once again the most popular names for new babies in Ontario, according to a list released by the province on Tuesday. And Muhammad appears for the first time in at least 10 years on the list.
December 17, 2025 - 06:10 | | CBC News - Canada
