Global National: Dec. 18

A teenaged Ottawa boy accused of plotting an attack against the Jewish community has been hit with new charges. What the new counts are, and how this case coincides with the terrorism case against three teens and a 20-year-old man in Calgary. Israel is facing growing calls to change its strategy to wipe out Hamas, as close to 20,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attacks. The growing desperation and despair in Gaza; and on what happened after a shell struck a maternity and children's facility attached to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. BP is the latest commercial shipping company to suspend vessels from travelling through the Red Sea to the Suez Canal because of attacks from Iran-backed Yemeni Houthi rebels. The consequences for the supply chain, how the Israel-Hamas conflict factors in, and how the U.S. is responding. Bethlehem is usually bustling with people celebrating Christmas during December. But this year is a much different story. As Daniele Hamamdjian discovers, the Israel-Hamas conflict has prompted Bethlehem to cancel Christmas. And the Alberta Energy Regulator has warned oil and gas companies it may need to restrict their access to water, as the Prairies deal with severe drought conditions. Why water is critical to the energy sector; and how farmers and firefighters on high alert after Canada's historically bad wildfire season.