- Israel continues to prepare for a land invasion of Gaza. Meanwhile, a nephrologist at a hospital in Richmond Hill has been suspended and doxxed in response to a tweet expressing skepticism about some of the reported atrocities by Hamas. And some folks, including David Matas from B’nai Brith Canada, are calling for a ban on "pro-Hamas" rallies... but one has to ask if a rally protesting the bombing of civilians necessarily qualifies as "pro-Hamas", or whether those investigating rallies will bother to make the distinction. And in the UK, the Labour Party is deeply divided on the conflict.
- The US Congress has failed yet again to elect a speaker. with Jim Jordan losing a third vote despite other Republican members being threatened with violence by his supporters.
- Francine Champagne, the trustee at the Louis Riel School Division who was previously suspended for problematic posts on social media, has been suspended again for refusing to sign on to the school division's code of conduct.
- A CBC investigation has found that technicians at several computer repair stores have been accessing files "not relevant to the repair" on computers brought to the stores by undercover journalists.
- A community refrigerator set up by a Waterloo organization called The 519 Community Collective was stolen in August but has now been replaced. Notably, the organization is not planning to install security cameras, for fear of alienating the marginalized people who use the fridges. This is laudable, though if it keeps happening they'll have to consider whether it's maybe a necessary evil to keep the service functioning. Yes, some people might be reluctant to use the fridge if there's a camera pointed at them, but nobody will use the fridge if it isn't there.
- India is threatening to strip dozens of Canadian embassy and consulate staff of their diplomatic immunity, forcing Canada to scale back operations in that country. This is expected to cause difficulties for those seeking Canadian visas.
- A judge in Maryland has been shot to death outside his home; police suspect the killer to be a man who he had ruled against in a custody battle.
- Travis King might well be wishing he'd stayed in the DPRK given that besides desertion he's been charged with possession of child pornography.
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