Environment Canada has been busy issuing extreme cold warnings from Quebec to B-C. The BC Kootenay region could see wind chills as low as minus 40.

If your new year resolution is to lose weight and get fit… be careful. Evan Kelley with The Better Business Bureau (BBB) Serving B.C. wants people to read the fine print before they commit to a gym contract.

It’s the time of year when the shopping frenzy is at its peak but a Global News poll shows many Canadian want to give up on holiday gifting.

When Prince Harry’s fiancée Meghan Markle went to her first Christmas church service with the royal family, Britain’s best photographers were there but a member of the public ended up getting the best shot.

Some people don't like fruitcake -- and or those who were delayed at a Washington state ferry terminal, they probably like it even less.

Canadian hockey legend Johnny Bower has died after a short battle with pneumonia - he was 93.

Weekly check-in with Warren Kinsella. This week: Trudeau’s ethical decisions, his future and what comes next in 2018.

Guest: Warren Kinsella - Toronto based lawyer, consultant, and author.

Weekly check-in with Keith Baldrey. This week: The year that was in politics for leaders provincially and federally.

Guest: Keith Baldrey - Legislative Bureau Chief, Global BC

Police in Melbourne, Australia say there is no evidence of terrorism after a man rammed his vehicle into a crowd of pedestrians. The 32-year-old has been identified as an Australian citizen with a history of drug use and mental health issues.

Closer to home...Transportation Safety Board is looking into the Ontario helicopter crash that killed 4 Hydro One workers last week.

And today at the United Nations...ahead of a dramatic vote today, President Donald Trump made an unprecedented threat to fellow members of the international community.

A Saskatchewan oil worker has come forward after being seriously injured on the job, by what he believes was a mixture of crude oil and hydrogen sulfide. His life is forever changed, but there was no government investigation into what happened.

Guest: Carolyn Jarvis - Network Investigative Reporter, Global News

We have three, great, happy stories to bring you on our last edition of Three Things before Christmas! Starting off with the story behind a photo that has gone viral...of a young woman taking a college exam while in the hospital...and while she was in labour!

When a five-year-old California girl heard about the death of firefighter Cory Iverson, who died battling the Thomas wildfire last week, she tossed her plan to buy a My Little Pony out the window and started a fundraiser for “people who have lost their daddies in the fire.”

And ending with a Christmas story about a former music graduate who is now a police officer in Portland, and who is receiving a lot of attention after he sung an impromptu Christmas carol to passersbys while on duty last week.

A wrap up of 2017 with Matthew Fisher.

Guest: Matthew Fisher - Foreign Affairs Specialist

Yesterday, Trudeau’s government finally announced their long promised “pensions-for-life” program for injured veterans...but along with the complicated plan, also announced that the assistance wouldn’t begin until 2019.

Guest: Mike Blais - Founder, Canadians Veterans Advocacy