 | | | | | | Hello, these are your top stories for Saturday, December 23, 2023.
Go to cbc.ca/news to read more stories. | | |  | | | | December 23 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST | | Some Canadians are cutting back on spending this Christmas as they face yet another year of inflation. For many, wallets are feeling especially light as they struggle to meet the expectations of buying gifts and cooking hearty meals for family and friends. | | Read more | |  | | | | December 23 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST | | Donald Trump is on the verge of entering 2024 as the election frontrunner. It's an unusual position for a candidate who's never led his past races as he is now, but he's also beset by legal threats. With primaries starting in January, here's the outlook entering the U.S. election year. | | Read more | |  | | | | December 22 , 2023 • 12:41 PM EST | | The UN Security Council has adopted a watered-down resolution calling for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civilians in Gaza, but without the original call for an "urgent suspension of hostilities" between Israel and Hamas. | | Read more | | |  | | | | December 23 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST | | The mother of Austin Lathlin-Bercier speaks for the first time about her son's journey from Opaskwayak Cree Nation in northern Manitoba to the Russia-Ukraine War, and her quest to repatriate his remains. | | Read more | |  | | | | December 23 , 2023 • 04:00 AM EST | | The carbon tax, Speaker controversies and unidentified aerial objects. It was another busy year in Canadian politics. How much of it can you remember? It's time for The House's end-of-year quiz. | | 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 | | | | | | | | December 22 , 2023 • 05:11 PM EST | | | Watch | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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