National News Briefs
- Home Sold Without Owners Knowledge – The owners of a Toronto home discovered that their property had been fraudulently listed and sold by two people pretending to be them while they were abroad on a business trip. The two people, who police are looking to identify, allegedly hired a real estate agent, sold the property and the new homeowners have taken possession of the property. (CP24)
- Air Travel Industry Needs More Competition – New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says the holiday travel woes that left passengers stranded at airports show why the Canadian travel industry needs more competition. Singh said the lack of choice for passengers is also making flying less affordable. (CTV)
- McCarthy Fails To Be U.S. House Speaker – For a third day, divided Republicans left the Speaker’s chair of the U.S. House empty Thursday, as party leader Kevin McCarthy failed and failed again to win enough votes to become the House Speaker. With his supporters and foes seemingly at a stalemate, feelings of both boredom and desperation seemed increasingly evident with no end in sight. (CBC)
- Ukraine Rejects 36-Hour Ceasefire – Ukraine has dismissed an offer from Russia for a 36-hour ceasefire over Orthodox Christmas, saying there would be no truce until Russia withdraws its forces from occupied land. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia wants to use the truce as cover to stop Ukraine’s advances in Donbas and bring in more equipment.(Al Jazeera)
