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Publication Date: December 23, 2025 - 04:00
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This year's flu is packing a punch. How hospitals are trying to deal with surging cases
December 23, 2025
Flu cases across Canada are on the rise and may push hospitals to their limits over the holidays and into the new year, leading health officials in regions across the country to warn people not to visit emergency rooms unless it's absolutely necessary.
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Most Canadians will be inclined to wish others a Merry Christmas this season, but some of them will do so with the stress of the season hidden behind the festive greeting, a new survey has found.
Polling of 1,002 adults in Canada conducted by Research Co. found that
67 per cent of Canadians prefer Merry Christmas...
December 23, 2025 - 07:00 | National Post Staff | National Post
“They said, ‘We’re looking for a real asshole, and you’re it,’” Kevin O’ Leary told TMZ about when Josh Safdie and his co-writer Ronald Bronstein approached him to play a key supporting role in their squalid, 1950s picaresque Marty Supreme. The film concerns a callow ping-pong prodigy (Timothée Chalamet) trying to scrounge together the money to play in a high-profile tournament in Tokyo. O’Leary plays a nasty high-roller debating whether or not to act as the kid’s benefactor.
Set a thief to cast a thief, as they say, and hire an asshole to play an asshole; sometimes, the simplest...
December 23, 2025 - 06:30 | Adam Nayman | Walrus
We didn’t realize until afterwards, but the thin layer of ice on top of the water was razor sharp. After we came out of the water, slapping and rubbing our cold arms and legs back to life, we saw little droplets of blood at our ankles and knees. I bled the most because I was the first into the water and had broken the ice. We looked at each other and grinned: lesson learned. Next time, we will bring a hockey stick to smash any ice before we go in, and wear long sleeves and leggings.
Over the summer of 2025, I took time for myself to swim at high tide at Apex beach in Iqaluit. I enjoyed...
December 23, 2025 - 06:29 | Laakkuluk Williamson | Walrus
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