| | | Hello, these are your top stories for Monday, January 01, 2024. Go to cbc.ca/news to read more stories. | | | | | January 1 , 2024 • 04:00 AM EST | New tax measures, and changes to existing ones, will begin affecting Canadians in 2024. But tax experts say the effects on most individuals are likely to be minor, unless they're high-income earners. | Read more | | | | December 31 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST | With a major deadline to repay a pandemic era loan on the horizon, many small businesses say they're weighing their options but they wish the federal government had given them more time. | Read more | | | | December 30 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST | Satellite imagery and radar images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite are being used to map the damage in the Gaza Strip. It shows that the tempo and intensity of bombing and destruction outpace anything seen so far in the 21st century, leading to a predictably high number of civilian casualties. | Read more | | | | | December 30 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST | To unlock the 250,000 jobs and $48 billion that the EV battery supply chain will add to the Canadian economy, the industry will have to deal with some thorny environmental issues, such as what to do with millions of spent EV batteries and whether we should develop one of the world's largest carbon sinks. | Read more | | | | December 22 , 2023 • 07:01 PM EST | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is heading to Jamaica next week for a family vacation over the holiday break. The Prime Minister's Office says the family will cover the cost of its stay as well as reimburse the cost of travelling on a government plane. | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was forwarded to you. | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |