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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

JUST WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR HEALTH SYSTEM IN ONTARIO?

Every time I visit this topic, there is a significant discrepancy about the size of Valles Marineris on Mars, either that or I forgot how to do simple math.

Here is all of the breakdown I spent part of the night researching on - Google Search -

It looks like a failing heart monitor.〽️

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As of late 2025, Ontario has hired more than 260 U.S.-licensed doctors and nearly 1,400 U.S. Health care workers

The final statistics for December 31, 2025, were not yet available in the latest reports from that time.

These figures reflect the total number recruited throughout 2025, supported by a provincial initiative launched in June 2025 to fast-track the licensing process for American healthcare professionals.

Key Details Include:

Doctors: More than 260 U.S. physicians had moved to Ontario by September/November 2025.

Nurses: Nearly 1,400 U.S.-based nurses had registered to work in the province by September

2025.Process:

A new policy allows qualified U.S.-licensed physicians and nurses to work for up to six months while their full registration with the relevant provincial college is processed, removing a major barrier to employment.

ONTARIO IS FACING HOSPITAL AND CLINIC CLOSURE. WHY?

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Underfunding:

Primarily due to chronic underfunding, severe existing staff shortages and burnout, and a policy shift towards private clinics that draws resources from the public system. The recent hiring of U.S.-licensed professionals is a measure to help alleviate the staffing crisis, but it is not enough to offset these systemic issues.

*Inadequate Funding:*

Ontario's provincial funding for public hospitals is lower per capita than in any other Canadian province. The current funding increases often do not keep pace with the combined pressures of inflation, population growth, and an aging population, forcing many hospitals to operate at a deficit and make cuts.

• Widespread Staff Shortages and Burnout:
• Reliance on Private Agencies:
• Increased Demand:
• Insufficient Capacity Planning:

FORD ADMINISTRATION GOT 3.1 BILLION FOR OVER THREE YEARS for Health Care in February of 2024. Where is this $3.1 billion, Mr. Thief Ford?

If this is so, $3.1 billion in federal money, how come we still have a shortage in the hospitals and clinics that are currently operating? With all these new doctors and nurses, you would think there would be an improvement in the health system. I don't see any, MR. FORD, and I've been in and out of clinics to see doctors, and I've been in a hospital twice in the past ten years, and it's still the same old mess. I also have to go to another city to see a specialist because there are none where I live. Nothing has changed

WHY DON'T YOU COUGH UP WHAT YOU STOLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, MR. THIEF FORD?

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As of late 2025, Ontario is experiencing a mix of permanent and temporary closures of some clinics and hospital services

primarily in rural areas, due to staffing shortages and funding issues. At the same time, the provincial government is investing in new and expanded health care facilities and services across Ontario.

Clinic and Service

Walk-in Clinics:

At least one health system in the Huron and Perth counties permanently closed its last remaining walk-in clinic at the end of 2025 due to a lack of available physicians and a lack of provincial funding for its operation.

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Temporary ER/Urgent Care Closures

Many rural hospitals and urgent care centers across Ontario continue to face frequent temporary closures or service reductions, often during nights or weekends, with staffing shortages (especially nurses) cited as the primary cause.

Service & Bed Cuts:

Concerns about potential service cuts or the loss of thousands of nurses and hospital beds across the province.

• Government Expansion and Investment:
• expansion and new facilities:
• New Construction/Expansion:
• Primary Care Action Plan:

Hospital Funding:

Ontario is providing up to $1.1 billion in additional hospital funding for 2025-2026, which includes base funding increases and one-time funding for the surgical system, intended to maintain high-quality services. And add 260 U.S.- LICENCED DOCTORS AND NEARLY 1,400 U.S. Health care workers

• Privatization of Surgeries:

EXCUSE ME, MR THIEF FORD. WHERE IS THE $3.1 BILLION OVER THREE YEARS FOR HEALTH CARE?

Is this $1.1 billion part of the February 2024 deal Federal government, Trudeau administration allotted $3.1 billion over three years?

IF CANADA IS TO SURVIVE ALL THIS FINANCIAL CALAMITY WE HAVE TO GET THE THIEVES AND LEACHES OFF THE FEDERAL TITY.

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In the 2024–25 fiscal year, the Ontario government projected health sector

Expenses of approximately $91.6 billion. The figure of $30 billion is not the total health budget but is referenced in different contexts related to the province's finances.

Here is a breakdown of how the figure of $30 billion relates to Ontario's finances and health sector:

• Total Program Expense Increase:
• Health Infrastructure:
• Federal Funding:

On February 2024, Ontario signed a health care agreement with the federal government that will provide $3.1 billion over three years to invest in the province's health care system.

• One-Time Tax Rebate:
• Early Pandemic Response:

BREAKING NEWS:

SNAP bans on soda, candy and other foods take effect in five states Jan. 1

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia are the first of at least 18 states to enact waivers prohibiting the purchase of certain foods through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

It’s part of a push by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to urge states to strip foods regarded as unhealthy from the $100 billion federal program – long known as food stamps – that serves 42 million Americans. "We cannot continue a system that forces taxpayers to fund programs that make people sick and then pay a second time to treat the illnesses those very programs help create,” Kennedy said in a statement in December...

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PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2025, 3:19 PM ET - 11 hr ago

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Trump administration freezes child care payments to Minnesota amid federal investigation into alleged fraud

The US Department of Health and Human Services says it has frozen all child care payments to the state of Minnesota, as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigate allegations of fraud, including at child care centers, in the latest show of federal force in the state — home to the country’s largest Somali population.

Deputy Secretary of HHS Jim O’Neill announced the funding freeze on X Tuesday, weeks after ICE launched operations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area to specifically target undocumented Somali immigrants, precipitated by revelations about widespread fraud against the state as well as President Donald Trump’s comments that he “doesn’t want” Somalis in the country.

The stepped-up effort also comes days after YouTube content creator Nick Shirley, who has created anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim videos in the past, posted a viral video in which he claimed to find widespread fraud at Somali-run child care centers. The video, which includes limited evidence for the creator’s allegations, has received more than 2 million views on YouTube as of Tuesday morning and was retweeted by Vice President JD Vance and former Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk...

• Surge follows viral video:
• DHS and FBI say they are investigating fraud:
• Dozens arrested in previous fraud scandal
• President has long-standing grudge against Somalis:

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Updated Dec 30, 2025, 9:28 PM ET - 5 hr ago

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Russia is approaching a grim milestone: by mid-January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that began with the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 and ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

Putin is famously obsessed with World War II and official veneration of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany is part of the ideological glue that holds together the Russian state. Putin’s Russia has even seen the rehabilitation of Josef Stalin, the Communist dictator who presided over a ruthless purge in the 1930s before leading his country in what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. But nearly four years after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a decisive victory over Kyiv eludes the Kremlin leader:...

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PUBLISHED Dec 31, 2025, 12:01 AM ET - 2 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Motorcycles seized in raids targeting Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding valued at $40M US: FBI

Other items seized included vehicles, artworks and what Mexican authorities described as Olympic medals

U.S. authorities have released more details on dozens of high-end motorcycles believed to belong to Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian athlete now accused of running an international drug ring. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says the motorcycles, which were among the items seized in raids in Mexico City and the surrounding state of Mexico, have an estimated value of $40 million US ($54.7 million Cdn).

Last week, Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection said multiple agencies carried out raids on four homes linked to a suspect whose description matched Wedding's...

New pictures of Ryan Wedding show changes in fugitive’s appearance

CBC Explains10 ways ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding has evaded arrest for 10 years

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Posted: Dec 30, 2025 8:27 PM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Major water main break in northwest Calgary leads to significant flooding, stranded cars

Fire official says 13 people were rescued from their cars

Ford, Trudeau sign $3.1B health-care funding deal that will see Ontario hire more health workers | CBC

Trudeau and Ford to sign Ontario health-care deal on Friday

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhEjcGxOGAM

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

NEWS AGGREGATION & COMMENTARY

May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Here it is, Tuesday morning coming down. 🌄 I pray that you are all well, have a productive and safe day, and that the Great Spirit guides you.

I was up at 6:00 am, but the blankets felt so lovely and warm that I stayed in bed till 7:00 am. It appears we may be having another windy, cloudy day. Looks like my artificial palms survived the blast. I had them well tied down with package twine. 😄 My astroturf is still there; I had it weighted down with plenty of extra bricks 🧱 we keep around for stuff like this.

There were many power outages in the province last night, some of which were reported as not expected to be restored until sometime this afternoon. We didn't lose power, and if we do, we are prepared. I set up the solar generator and panels in the south-facing windows and tested them; they work and are ready to use if needed. I also have a propane heater prepared to go. The kitchen ventilation system would act like a chimney even without power. And the sliding doors open just a crack and voila! Ventilation of fresh air in and toxic out. We are blessed with plenty of groceries and a solar generator to keep the fridge going. Our fresh water supply comes from six 5-gallon bottles of reverse-osmosis water. Best stuff since the spring-well, back at the homestead.*_

Now that will be about enough from me, you got the survivalist tip of the day for free, 😄 what else do you want, Eh? Hmmm, how about some butterscotch ice cream? 🍦 Unless something new and noteworthy falls on my bunion, ☄️ 🦶 I will just breeze through the rest of the news. Otherwise, I'll HOWL FOR YOU, IF I NEED YOU! I'll shout out loud while hopping up and down on one leg.😱

A forked-tongue white man makes for a good steak! Trumpo The Typo and Dunce Cadets, Wolf 🐗 observes, looking out from the woods while hunting. The Wolf Clan has the Snake Tongue White Man Steak Barbecue Yearly Contest. 🔥 🥩 💭 These white men are tempting, but luckily, it is not hunting season yet. Soon be time ta round 'em up and make them heap big smoke before we get on the ship 'em out, Trumpo The Typo list. As Trumpo and gang commences ta shouting out loud for everyone ta hear, as he snaps the whip and ORDERS ATTACKS ON CHRISTMAS DAY, then has the hypocrisy and the gall (or "gallessness") of saying that he wishes to protect the Christian people of Nigeria. Thank you, Trumpo The Typo. Merry Christmas and many happy crappy diaper days, and may you crap in your diaper, A LOT on New Year's Day. Thank you, You Ugly, FAT Old Orange Turd.

✊~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~ ✊

Resistance is the only way to liberate We, the People, as we are being undermined and slowly enslaved by the rich and the greedy like never before. What do they intend to do with all of the deportees in detention? Trumpo The Typo wants to reopen the coal mines, right? Well, there's the labor! These MAGA bums and Dunce Cadets are like a runaway pandemic, like the underground coal fires in Pennsylvania, slowly eating away everything that's any good from the inside out. Or like termites in a house. We can stop this if WE ALL WORK AS ONE and resist in every way possible. If you don't want to resist your a MAGA bag of 🧳 of communist 💩

BREAKING NEWS:

Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast

The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that country.

The drone strike, the details of which have not been previously reported, targeted a remote dock on the Venezuelan coast that the US government believed was being used by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to store drugs and move them onto boats for shipping, the sources said. No one was present at the facility at the time it was struck, so there were no casualties, according to the sources.

Two sources said US Special Operations Forces provided intelligence support to the operation, underscoring their continued involvement in the region. But Col. Allie Weiskopf, a spokesperson for US Special Operations Command, denied that, saying, “Special Operations did not support this operation to include intel support.”...

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Updated Dec 29, 2025, 10:10 PM ET - 13 hr ago

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More artists pull out of Kennedy Center shows following name change

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PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2025, 12:16 AM ET - 11 hr ago

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to introduce Zohran Mamdani at New Year’s Day inauguration

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration will feature Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the two most prominent leaders of the Democratic Party’s progressive movement. Mamdani, who will be publicly sworn in at a City Hall inauguration ceremony on New Year’s Day, will be introduced by fellow New Yorker Ocasio-Cortez, his transition team told CNN.

“For the many New Yorkers who have long felt betrayed by a broken status quo, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embodies a new kind of politics that puts working people at the heart of it,” Mamdani said in a statement. “I’ve been so proud to count her as a partner across the many stages of our people-powered movement—from the primary campaign to our Forest Hills rally in October to the very first day of the transition—and I’m honored that she’ll be a part of our historic City Hall inauguration.”...

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PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2025, 7:00 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Elbows up in 2025: How a year of Canadian boycotts on U.S. products played out

Canadians hit the U.S. where it hurts: booze, travel and orange juice

It became a rallying cry, a cultural touchstone, a marketing strategy and — our favourite — often described in international media as "a hockey term" or "a Canadian phrase." We are, of course, referring to "Elbows Up," Gordie Howe's signature move to ward off opponents.

The 2025 #ElbowsUp movement may have started as a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to annex Canada, but it also came to symbolize the boycott of U.S. products as Trump's tariffs launched a cross-border trade war. Over the course of the year, Canadians have deliberately tried to spend their money closer to home, boycotting everything from U.S....

• Raise your glass:
• US Booze Drop Chart Included

WATCH | U.S. bourbon back on store shelves in Nova Scotia:

• There's no place like home:

Travel To Us Plumets Chart Included

• WATCH | U.S. tourism faces billions in losses:
• OJ felt the squeeze:

Orange Juice Imports Plumeting Chart Included

WATCH | You have options to Florida orange juice:

Dec 30, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

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CRA says it's owed $10 billion in COVID-related benefits sent to ineligible recipients

Canada Revenue Agency has recouped about $4 billion but $10 billion still outstanding

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, Edmonton-based country singer Patrick Masse, like millions of other Canadians, applied for relief benefits. All the gigs he'd lined up were abruptly cancelled.

"I had really good projected earnings for that year, right? But then everything bottomed out when the world dropped," said Masse. From April 2020 to June 2022, Masse received more than $41,000 in government benefits — only to later get a letter from the Canada Revenue Agency saying he wasn't eligible for the money, and that he had to pay it back...

Chart of money owed to CRA from various COVID-19-related benefits.

• CRA: Pay up or face legal action:

WATCH | Debt owed to the CRA can be reduced. Here's how:

• Taxpayers group demands accountability:

Posted: Dec 30, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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Russia says its negotiating stance on Ukraine will toughen after accusing Kyiv of attack

Ukraine's foreign minister says allegation is baseless, intended to prolong conflict

The Kremlin said Tuesday its position would toughen in talks on ending the war in Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of attacking a Russian presidential residence — an allegation that Kyiv said was baseless and intended to prolong the conflict. Kyiv has said Russia's accusations are "lies" aimed at justifying more attacks on Ukraine, and its foreign minister said Tuesday that Russia had not provided any evidence "because there's none."

Russia said Monday Kyiv had attacked a presidential residence in the Novgorod region with 91 long-range attack drones. It said it would retaliate and review its negotiating stance, but would not quit talks on a possible peace deal...

Ukraine says no attack happened:

LISTEN | Ukrainian opposition MP speaks to CBC's As It Happens:

• Russia attacks Ukraine's Black Sea ports:

Posted: Dec 30, 2025 6:53 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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Humor: Vladimir Putin and Trumpo The Typo.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q8hlzjFEvc4

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

I'm feeling somewhat more active today, with more energy, but still a little wobbly on the legs from being bedridden for so long, just a little of the belated chills after getting up, I hope. I'm sitting on the couch, all bundled up, doing the news on my laptop, as I feel the warmth spread through me; I don't do well with the cold anymore.

What happened to the fantasy, legends, and poetry, storytelling, and other attributes of human behaviour and interests I studied in my research of who we are and how we got here, and when I thought fantasy was good therapy for anxiety? I started with humor, thought-provoking moments, and the human emotional elements in my research on human behavior. You might say that's all that really matters until you see the complexity of human behavior, which can vary as much as the number of books on the topic. The library on this single topic is a work in progress that has been underway for millennia!

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Human Behavior

Before you even delve in, you need to feel comfortable walking down that rabbit hole of humanity, and be happy or uplifted, making others happy as well as keeping your audience informed along the way. I had a social network for a while, but the feedback I got was too negative for me to handle, so I started the blog.

https://cindyopenhouse.blogspot.com/

If you are that kind of person, all I can say is that the world needs more like you in these Social Networks, to tell stories, share experiences, and share uplifting things, and teach what I have learned from my own experiences whenever and wherever possible. I love imagination, and adding humor and, of course, much compassion and care for others.

About Social Networks WITHOUT COUNTERS:

Why don't they all have VIEW counters so one can see whether members are interested in your work?* On these networks, it's as though, or it feels like it, like no one pays me any attention or gives a damned if I'm there or not. I believe view counters are necessary, as all I need to know is whether there was any activity in my group. If you wish, you are welcome to respond to my postings in my group on any of the networks. TREE HOUSE NEWS is open to comments. In groups that don't have counters — I may very well be posting to an empty room — if I at least had a sign of life, like someone posts a heart now and again, that would be encouraging; it would be most encouraging.

Having NO VIEWS, no COMMENTS, not even a heart, ❤️ as far as I know, could be a sign that no one is interested in even looking at my posts. DO YOU HAVE TO BE A SPECIAL MEMBER TO GET HEARTS?❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ or a comment on BlueSky? or am I the wrong color? Or did I forget to wash my underarms?I don't know how Rachel Madow pulled this off so well here, except that she is well-known, even though she had to start from the bottom. I wish she could give me some pointers. I am a member of her group. How did she make it to the top? I wish someone would tell me how this Social Network works, instead of giving me zeros for my efforts.

I know there are a lot of members on Blue Sky, probably as many as on X. But all I get is a fat zero, because they don't have a view counter. That can be disappointing, compared to Reddit, where I get anywhere from 300 to 1k views, and on X, which has a views counter, I get anywhere from 20 to 40 views per day—even 5 or 6 on Facebook, which has the lowest attendance of all the networks at this time.

I don't necessarily want to chat as much as I would like to know if someone is reading my stuff; otherwise, I feel like I'm wasting my time in an empty room on BlueSky. I keep posting there in the hope that someone is still reading, and maybe someday they'll trust me with a heart. ♥️ For my work, it means a lot to me, thank you.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump suddenly sounds a lot like Biden on the economy

Trump suddenly sounds a lot like Biden on the economy

President Donald Trump never misses an opportunity to criticize his predecessor about the economy, alleging former President Joe Biden caused an inflation crisis. But some of Trump’s economic proposals are starting to sound a lot like Biden’s. At the start of Biden’s presidency, the unemployment rate remained high, but the overall economy was growing at a fast pace, bouncing back from the pandemic.

Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress passed a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package that included $1,400 direct checks to taxpayers just a year after Trump signed a previous stimulus bill and the Federal Reserve knocked rates to zero to boost growth. Democrats largely ignored concerns from critics that all that stimulus could send prices soaring. It was far from the only factor, but those warnings came true: Inflation reached a four-decade high in 2022...

• The ‘Trump Rule’
• Econ 101:
• Trump may get what he wants:

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PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2025, 5:00 AM ET - 7 hr ago

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Trump doubles down on big foreign policy bets in end-of-the-year flurry

President Donald Trump is spending the end of the year trying to cash in huge foreign policy bets on which thousands of lives may depend and that will define his attempt to wield decisive power far beyond American shores.

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in South Florida has become a center of global diplomacy, with high-stakes talks Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to follow Monday. The twin meetings mark significant attempts by Trump to cement a legacy as a global peacemaker. In Ukraine, he’s seeking to finally end a war he once said he could fix in a day but that is still raging nearly a year into his second term...

• Trump hopeful of Ukraine deal but warns it could all fall apart:
• Trump’s other big bet: Gaza:

Displaced Palestinians stand outside a tent shelter following heavy rains in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, on December 13. Eyad

Displaced Palestinians gather to receive food portions at a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp on December 20.

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• A new front for ‘America First’ foreign policy:

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Updated Dec 29, 2025, 6:43 AM ET - 5 hr ago

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China announces war games around Taiwan after hitting out at major US arms deal

China’s military announced Monday it was mobilizing army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for “major military drills” aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forces interfering with the island...

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Updated Dec 29, 2025, 9:51 AM ET - 2 hr ago

Trump to meet Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on second day of key US diplomacy

What We're Covering

• Netanyahu meeting: President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida today as he doubles down on big foreign policy bets in an end-of-the-year flurry. Netanyahu is expected to press Trump on taking more aggressive action against Israel’s enemies, but the US president has grown wary of some Israeli actions.

• US-Venezuela tensions: Trump said the United States had taken out a “big facility” last week as part of a pressure campaign against Venezuela but did not provide further details.

• Ukraine war talks: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Trump yesterday amid efforts to end the conflict, but the leaders did not announce any major breakthroughs. Trump held a “positive call” with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, the White House said, and US and Ukrainian teams could meet again as early as next week to finalize the peace plan...

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Updated 12:17 PM EST, Mon December 29, 2025

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Sleet, freezing rain to round out the year in Eastern Canada

A mix of freezing rain, ice pellets, sleet and strong winds are forecast as power outages spread

Freezing rain, blowing snow, ice pellets and strong winds are prompting weather alerts for much of Eastern Canada. As of Monday morning, orange alerts — the second-highest level — are in place for Ontario, Quebec and some parts of Nova Scotia.

The Ottawa and Montreal areas could see up to 15 millimetres of ice accretion from freezing rain, starting Monday and ending Tuesday evening. Southwesterly winds of up to 70 km/h are also expected, with winds of up to 90 km/h in Montreal and the western parts of the island. Powerful wind and a cold snap expected in Toronto after a night of heavy rain Messy mix of freezing rain, snow and rain on the way for Maritimes Ice storms, high winds and intense flurries hit London, Ont...

WATCH | A mix of freezing rain and snow has caused power outages and travel interruptions:

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Posted: Dec 29, 2025 8:41 AM EST | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago

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I know I saved lots of people's lives': Ahmed al-Ahmed recounts disarming a Bondi Beach shooter

Al-Ahmed was shot five times after grabbing the gun of one of the Bondi Beach shooters earlier this month

Ahmed al-Ahmed was focused on one thing when he grabbed the gun of one of the men shooting at people attending a Hanukkah celebration at Syndey's Bondi Beach earlier this month — saving as many lives as he could. "My target was just to take the gun from him and to stop him from killing a human being," al-Ahmed, 43, told CBS News in an interview. He says the need to stop the gunman overrode any fear of the second shooter positioned on a nearby bridge.

"I know I saved lots of people's lives," al-Ahmed said. "But I feel sorry still for the lost."...

WATCH | What we know about the man who disarmed a shooter at Bondi Beach:

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 Posted: Dec 29, 2025 11:43 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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THERE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF EMPATHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evwgu369Jw

 

TREE HOUSE NEWS 🏡

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Here on the Niagara Peninsula, today is supposed to be a mixed bag of rain and freezing rain, with temperatures ranging from 25° F to 41° F, and some heavy rain by 11:00 PM, with light winds from the ESE. On Monday, it will start the same as today, but it will get colder later in the day, with winds up to 45 mph and more with rain in the morning, then a couple of snow showers in the afternoon. Neither day is ideal to even think of leaving the house, but at least it's not extremely cold, and we are missing most of the snow; everyone else to the north and south of us is getting it, as usual, and I ain't a complainin'.

I like the green grass, and I have the Christmas tree all lit up, that's enough reminder of winter, but it's lovely to sit here on the couch and relax at night, just looking at all the lights reflecting everywhere from my mirrored, glass-front curio cabinet. I also have the outdoor laser projector sending tiny lights into the trees across the drive. Again, that will be enough outdoors for me. There was a long time in my life when I had no one to celebrate holidays with, so they didn't mean much to me except for an extra day off work. Now I can enjoy it more with Paula, who has been here to share it with me. I wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR 🧨 ✨ 💥 💫 🎊 - Be Blessed and Be Happy. Thank you for reading the News.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

These small-business owners will become uninsured after key ACA subsidies expire

When patients come to Eric Frankenfeld's chiropractic practice with insurance woes, his wife, Lisa, the office manager, tells them not to worry because she'll work with them to keep care affordable.

But starting in January, the Frankenfelds might need to ask for the same treatment from their own doctors, since they will become uninsured. The Point Pleasant, New Jersey, couple will no longer be able to afford their Obamacare plan after the enhanced premium subsidies lapse at year's end. They decided to forgo coverage after learning that their plan's premium will skyrocket to $1,928 a month, up from $340 this year. Though they are both healthy, the idea of losing coverage keeps Lisa Frankenfeld, 62, up at night — worrying one of them might be diagnosed with cancer, suffer a stroke or heart attack, or get into a serious accident...

The potential to lose everything

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PUBLISHED Dec 27, 2025, 7:00 AM ET - 18 hr ago

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The Trump administration has enacted significant cuts and policy changes to health and social services, primarily through the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and various executive actions, with profound effects on coverage, funding, and accessibility...

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Key Changes Include

Health Care and Coverage

• Medicaid Cuts:
• Affordable Care Act (ACA) Undermining:
• Hospital and Clinic Closures:
• Restructuring and Staff Cuts at HHS Agencies:

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• Social Services and Other Programs:
• Nutrition Assistance (SNAP) Cuts:
• Housing and Energy Assistance Reductions:
• Disability Benefits:
• Reproductive and LGBTQ+ Health:
• Global Health and Foreign Aid:
• Mental Health Services:

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• Status of Aid Programs :
• Foreign Aid:
• Domestic Programs:
• Core Safety Nets:

• Public Opinion and Perception of Compassion
• Support for Aid:
• Partisan Divide:

Perception of Compassion:

Aid organizations argue that the cuts are at odds with "mainstream American values" and have devastating human consequences, which some argue amounts to a "GLOBAL EMPATHY CRISIS". Conversely, proponents of the cuts argue for an "America First" approach, emphasizing that the Government should concentrate on domestic problems and ensure taxpayer money is used efficiently.

DO YOU CALL THIS EMPATHY? THESE MISERABLE MONSTERS ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO KILL EMPATHY. DO WE WANT THIS GARBAGE IN CANADA?

*THE TRUMPO THE TYPO WANTS - YOU - TO LIVE IN A TENT ON THE STREET! WITHOUT CARE OR AID, JUST DIE LIKE A STARVING DOG ON THE STREET.

*TRUMPO THE TYPO AND HIS DUNCE CADETS DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT YOU, YOU'RE JUST ANOTHER NOTHING IN A MEAT SUIT, TOO MANY THAT HE NEEDS TO GET RID OF. IF YOU WANTED AN UPDATE ON THIS EVIL INSANITY THEY CALL NAZIISM,

*YOU JUST SOLD YOUR SOUL TO IT. WELL, YA JUST GOT THE STRAIGHT POOP ON THAT ONE!

Go ahead and fight for what morals are left, it may be too late since the federal government has already fallen apart to do the will of the oligarchs through chaos, doubt, violence, and Naziism! But the Orange Retard behind it is so crazy coo-coo, stupid to know how to create a Nazi government. But somebody else can design one for him. In My Opinion

TRUMPO THE TYPO'S DUNCE CADETS, PLEASE REPORT TO THE SADISSTS DESIGNING ROOM

BREAKING NEWS:

Zelensky and Trump to meet in Florida after weeks of intensive peace talks

West Palm Beach, Florida

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives here Sunday as his frozen capital of Kyiv comes under assault by Russian missiles and drones, a deadly reminder from the war’s aggressor that its attacks would continue even amid accelerated peace talks.

The 1 p.m. ET Mar-a-Lago meeting between Zelensky and President Donald Trump, announced only two days beforehand, is intended to close gaps in the original 28-point peace plan that Trump first proposed last month and which Ukraine has since revised to 20 points. Intensive work has been underway by American envoys to finalize a proposal both Ukraine and Russia can agree on.

Trump, who has been in Palm Beach since December 20, will interrupt his holiday break for the discussion. The meeting was arranged after Zelensky held an hour long phone call late last week with Steve Witkoff, Trump’s foreign envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law who is working to finalize the peace agreement...

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PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2025, 4:00 AM ET - 5 hr ago

- CNN -

It’s time for Republicans to start thinking about 2028 and the post-Trump era

The next presidential election is several eternities away from now in terms of politics. Only a fool would try to predict the form of the political conversation in three years, much less a few months in the unpredictable Trump era. But we do know the next election will offer Americans new choices on the right and the left. There won’t be a Trump, a Clinton or a Bush anywhere near the ballot.

About half of Americans said in a new CNN Poll that the 2028 presidential election has been on their mind at least somewhat. At Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Arizona last weekend, the conservative group’s leader Erika Kirk all but endorsed Vice President JD Vance, even though he has not launched a campaign...

• JD Vance is Republicans’ 2028 pace car:
• Trump is teasing a Vance-Rubio ticket:
• Vance will need to become his own candidate. But he’s morphed before:
• He has evolved. He could continue to evolve:
• DeSantis, Cruz and others on the outside looking in:
• Practice makes perfect:

Watch for Republicans positioning on key issues and testing Trump

• How a libertarian could go mainstream:
• A loose coalition without an ideological center:

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PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2025, 7:00 AM ET - 2 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

This Toronto long-term care home is being redesigned after learning from the COVID-19 pandemic

Expert says provincial standards outdated, more small-scale care homes needed

A downtown Toronto long-term care home is rebuilding with a new design that considers lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, going beyond the province’s standards — but some say those standards are out of date.

Right down to the placement of garbage cans, the new design of the Rekai Centre’s Cherry Place aims to prevent the spread of viruses and prioritize residents’ emotional and social needs, according to the centre’s CEO, Sue Graham-Nutter. “We never wanted our residents to go through this ever again,” she said...

• Smaller cohorts, more privacy:
• ‘Small care homes’ best practice, expert says:

Ontario narrowly misses target of 4 hours direct care for long-term care residents

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Posted: Dec 28, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Zelenskyy meets with Carney in Halifax before Ukraine president’s talks with Trump in Florida

Canadian PM announces additional $2.5B of economic aid to assist Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Halifax on Saturday during a stopover before heading to the U.S. to meet with President Donald Trump for talks aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war.

"Under President Zelenskyy's leadership, we have the conditions, the possibility of a just and lasting peace," Carney told reporters before he and Zelenskyy left for their bilateral meeting. The prime minister also announced an additional $2.5 billion of economic aid for Ukraine...

WATCH | Consensus reached between U.S.-Ukraine on ending Russia-Ukraine war:

• Security guarantees on agenda with Trump:

WATCH | The 20-point peace plan laid out by Zelenskyy:

Posted: Dec 27, 2025 6:15 AM EST | Last Updated: December 27

- CBC -

Ukraine's president says Russia 'doesn't want peace', ahead

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Dec 28, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R6U346XB8c