Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek will skip the city’s annual menorah lighting ceremony, asserting that she can’t attend because the event politically supports Israel.

Plus, “white supremacy” and “colonialism” stand in the way of achieving net-zero climate targets claimed a COP28 panel of climate activists from Canada and abroad.

And Greg Fergus signalled he will stay on as the House of Commons Speaker although the Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois have called on him to resign.

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