As 2025 comes to a close, hear True North's predictions for the New Year.Will Prime Minister Mark Carney's honeymoon period extend into 2026? Could the Liberal's secure a majority with future floor crossings? Is Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre going to remain on as the party's leader? Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canadian Taxpayer Federation has put Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the top of its annual Naughty List, as Canada’s worst "grifting politicians." Boston received a "majestic white spruce" Christmas tree, an annual gift from Nova Scotia recognizing the essential aid provided to Halifax after the devastating explosion a century ago. Canadian charitable giving has hit a 20-year low, according to a Fraser Institute report. This alarming decline raises concerns about charities' ability to support communities. Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Global coal demand has hit a record high in 2025, despite years of international climate pledges. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is demanding an apology after Skate Canada banned future events in the province over legislation protecting women’s sports. A Conservative MP is challenging Tim Hortons after Canadian workers were reportedly told they would be fired during a franchise sale. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Canada’s Islamophobia Czar falsely claimed she had never used taxpayer dollars to fund an Islamophobia Research Hub in Toronto, but records show she approved $80,000 to the project. A former Trudeau-era cabinet minister and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party has resigned after being the subject of a criminal investigation into alleged vote-buying and party-donation schemes. A public school in Whitby, Ontario, erased Christmas, rebranding it as a “winter display,” while religions more commonly associated with foreign cultures are celebrated by name. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Protests mount outside the office of former Conservative MP Michael Ma who crossed the floor, giving the Liberals one seat away from achieving a majority government. An Edmonton business owner is being singled out for his posts online praising terror groups and warning Canadians that a Bondi Beach-style terrorist attack is “now coming to your front doors.” A federal court has decided to shield an Indian immigrant from deportation after he was convicted of possessing child pornography after trying to "flagpole” across the border to expedite his permanent resident status. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anti-Israel activists protest Canadian Hanukkah events just hours after deadly ISIS-aligned terrorist attack on Jewish people in Australia. U.S-Canada trade talks are not expected to take place until the pre-scheduled review of the Canada U.S. Mexico trade agreements. The B.C. government is still withholding reports from the Kamloops band who received millions of taxpayer dollars to excavate the 215 soil anomalies it first reported as the bodies of children. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bill granting citizenship to the foreign-born children of immigrants who became citizens is now law.Amid a public feud between members of OneBC, the province's newest right-of-centre party, one of the party’s candidates has announced he will no longer run in the party, calling the dispute a “soap opera.” The Canada Border Security Agency reported that it seized 30 stolen vehicles from the Greater Toronto Area, bound for export, last month. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prime Minister Mark Carney blocked another cabinet minister from interacting with reporters, making it the second day he’s stopped his government from speaking to media. Conservatives are calling for immigration reform after 14 extortion suspects delay deportation through the asylum claim system. A Canadian Armed Forces member was arrested and charged with alleged foreign interference. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Despite flagging concerns about political bias at Canada’s “anti-hate” organization, Liberals still approved $200,000 in taxpayer funds to the self-described “anti-fascist” group. A new poll found that over half of British Columbians are concerned about their private property rights after a BC Supreme Court justice granted the Cowichan tribe Aboriginal title in the province. Health Canada contradicted its own officials' testimony and admitted that Canadian tax dollars are used to fund the procurement of drug paraphernalia, such as crack pipes, at drug consumption sites. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Liberal heritage minister Steven Guilbeault says his department doesn’t track how much of its funding to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network went to Antifa, or how it ensures that public funds don’t go to such groups. U.S. conservative commentator Glenn Beck, as well as Canadian war veteran Kelsi Sheren, are attempting to save a Saskatchewan woman who signed up for euthanasia after Canada’s healthcare system failed her. Political activist Yves Engler has been barred from running in the NDP leadership race after the party accused him of antisemitism stemming from his past social media remarks. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Liberal government plans to vote against a Conservative motion seeking parliamentary support for a new bitumen pipeline to BC, despite a recent memorandum of understanding with Alberta. The federal Liberal government has spent over $1 billion on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion workshops for public servants since 2016, employing nearly 600 bureaucrats to advance DEI in the public sector last year alone. Medical associations are applauding a federal initiative to fast-track permanent residency and increase immigration of healthcare professionals, but want to see further reforms to improve Canada’s healthcare system. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Alex Zoltan! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Canada Border Services Agency has revealed that over 10,000 removal orders have been in its backlog for more than a year. The Bloc Québécois and David Eby’s NDP government in BC are teaming up to fight a Memorandum of Understanding between the federal government and Alberta that would allow Alberta to export crude oil to Asian markets. Eby announced new BC guidelines, which would enable doctors to administer overdose prevention drugs to youth involuntarily in an effort to curb the province's opioid overdose crisis. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anti-euthanasia advocates are urging MPs to support a Conservative bill which would ban mental illness as the sole reason someone can access Medical Assistance in Dying. Alberta independence leaders are claiming a victory as Alberta passed a bill that separatists say would have allowed Elections Alberta to block or delay a referendum for independence. Canada’s Catholic Bishops are urging Ottawa to reconsider planned amendments to Bill C-9, which would strip good-faith religious expression as a defence in the Criminal Code. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The BC NDP government is tightening rules around its “safe supply program” to curb redistribution of drugs into the community. BC Conservative leader John Rustad has officially resigned as the party’s leader, leaving Canadians to speculate on who could take his place. Emails released by military veteran Kelsi Sheren show that Green Party Leader and two BC MLAs pushed to give an illegal immigrant health coverage to access assisted suicide. Tune into the Daily Brief with Walid Tamtam and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Premier Danielle Smith has invoked the Sovereignty Act, ordering provincial and federal police not to enforce Ottawa’s firearm seizure scheme. BC Conservative leader John Rustad is refusing to resign despite a majority of his caucus voting for him to step down. Taxpayers are on the hook for another $235 million to support Ukraine, bringing Canada’s contribution to nearly $22 billion since Russia invaded Ukraine. Tune into the Daily Brief with Alex Zoltan and Geoff Knight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another BC Conservative riding is calling for the party’s leader to resign, meaning at least six riding associations have publicly called for John Rustad’s removal. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her “biggest regret” was giving free rein to the province's health services on procurement decisions with little government oversight. Taxpayer advocates say Ontario Premier Doug Ford needs to scrap corporate and political welfare, warning that at this rate, Ontario’s debt will surpass $500 billion in just two years.Tune in to the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Clayton Demaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre roasted Laurentian elites this weekend and said the recently resigned cabinet minister Steven Guilbeault’s "brand of crazy" fits in with the NDP's alignment with “furries and queers for Palestine.” Following the resignation of Steven Guilbeault last week, Marc Miller has been appointed to Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet to assume the role of Canadian Culture Minister. A new poll finds that lacking a family doctor could mean Canadians are more than twice as likely to struggle accessing the rest of Canada’s health care system, including early screening for cancer.Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Geoff Knight ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conservatives call for reforms to Canada’s asylum and immigration system despite several proposed amendments being rejected, as a committee-led study on Bill C-12 came to an end. The Alberta independence movement scored a critical victory during the United Conservative Party’s Annual General Meeting over the weekend, with four pro-separatist candidates winning seats on the party’s board of directors. Conservatives urge Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to disclose the services Liberals plan to cut from Veterans Affairs Canada, as $4.23 billion was earmarked as savings from the department in the 2025 federal budget. Tune into the Daily Brief with Isaac Lamoureux and Walid Tamtam! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ontario school board is attempting to scrub the record from its parent-led meeting minutes after one parent objected to the use of land acknowledgements. Alberta and Ottawa have struck a verbal deal; Ottawa will scrap the emissions cap and strike down other laws which would prevent Alberta oil to tidewater. A national security analyst is urging Ottawa not to wait for the U.S to designate Muslim Brotherhood-aligned organizations, and warns that Canada is “not prepared” for the threat their ideology poses. Tune into the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Melanie Bennet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The CTV is under fire after platforming the head of the Khalistani movement's Sikhs for Justice. After a wave of Class 1 truck driver accidents, Alberta vows to “close the loophole” which allowed commercial truck drivers to wreck a truck at one company and begin driving for another without disclosure. A new study found that over 23,500 patients have died while waiting to access both critical and non-essential healthcare services last year. Tune in to the Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdsza and Clayton DeMaine! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices