Year in review: A look at events in November 2024

A look at news events in November 2024:

1 – A New Brunswick woman who lost two military sons to PTSD says she’s honoured to be named this year’s National Silver Cross Mother. Seventy-eight-year-old Maureen Anderson says she hopes to use her time in the role, on behalf of mothers who have lost a child to active military duty, to keep speaking about post-traumatic stress disorder and to encourage veterans to get all the help they can.

1 – The end of 2024 will mark the end of MTV Canada. Bell Media says it is pulling the plug on the channel, which launched in 2006 as a specialty channel under the CTV Network, and offered Canadians a localized version of the MTV brand.

1 – Collins Dictionary declares “brat” as the word of 2024. The album title for singer Charli XCX’s sixth album has become a summer-living ideal, defining the “characterization of a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude.” Collins says “brat summer,” became “one of the most talked about words of 2024,” levelling up to a cultural phenomenon that has resonated with people around the world.

2 – The United Nations conference on biodiversity in Colombia agrees to establish a subsidiary body including Indigenous peoples in talks on nature conservation. The COP-16 summit comes as a direct followup to the historic 2022 accord in Montreal, which includes 23 measures to save Earth’s plant and animal life.

2 – Archeologists unearth an ancient Middle Kingdom tomb near the famed Egyptian city of Luxor. The archeologists found 11 sealed burials in the South Asasif necropolis.

2 – Susan Holt officially takes office as New Brunswick’s first female premier. She and her 18 cabinet ministers were sworn into office at a ceremony in Fredericton. Holt took a moment during the ceremony to thank all the female MLAs elected to the legislative assembly before her. New Brunswick’s Liberals unseated former Progressive Conservative premier Blaine Higgs in the previous month’s provincial election.

2 – Alberta’s United Conservative Party gives Danielle Smith a 91-per cent vote of confidence. The leadership review vote was part of its annual convention in Red Deer, Alta. There is no mandated minimum level of support needed, but Smith’s predecessor Jason Kenney resigned after receiving 51 per cent support in 2022.

3 – The World Series averages 12.9 million viewers in Japan as Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto make their first appearance. Those ratings made the Fall Classic the most-watched baseball event in the nation’s history. The five-game series between the L.A. Dodgers and the New York Yankees saw combined ratings of 28.7 million viewers, when counting Japan and the U.S.

3 – Basketball Hall of Famer Vince Carter’s iconic Number 15 jersey becomes the first number retired by the Toronto Raptors. A banner with his name and number was lifted to the rafters at Scotiabank Arena in a halftime ceremony during the previous night’s game against the Sacramento Kings. Carter was the Raptors’ first superstar and is credited for impacting basketball across Canada, influencing a generation of future NBA players.

4 – Former senator and Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairman Murray Sinclair dies at the age of 73. A member of Peguis First Nation, his traditional Anishinaabe name was Mizhana Gheezhik, or The One Who Speaks of Pictures in the Sky. Sinclair released his memoir in September, continuing his call for Canadians to take action on reconciliation, saying, “The work we do today will immeasurably strengthen the social fabric of Canada tomorrow.”

4 – Employers lock out more than 700 unionized workers at B.C.’s ports. The union said the lockout would shut down all ports in the province until further notice. The B.C. Maritime Employers Association said it was a “difficult decision” to impose the lockout after the union began strike activity at port terminals.

5 – Voters head to the polls to cast their ballots for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris in one of the most historic U.S. presidential races. Trump held a campaign watch party in Palm Beach, while Harris attended an election night party at Howard University in Washington, a historically Black campus.

5 – B.C. Premier David Eby wants an all-party probe into mistakes made in the recent provincial election. Those mistakes include an uncounted ballot box and unreported votes in three-quarters of the province’s 93 ridings. B.C.’s chief electoral officer Anton Boegman says none of the mistakes were enough to change the initial results.

5 – Mysterious white blobs washing up on Newfoundland beaches are identified as globs of plastic. Memorial University earth science professor Hilary Corlett collected a few sticky globs from a beach in Arnold’s Cove last month before having chemistry professor Christopher Kozak test them. Kozak found the blobs were made of polyvinyl acetate, a plastic commonly found in adhesives.

6 – Japan’s Mount Fuji finally gets its trademark snowcap, more than a month after it normally would, after setting a record for the most-delayed snowfall in 130 years.

6 – Donald Trump is elected as the 47th president of the United States. He is the first person convicted of a felony to ever win the White House, and the first former president to regain power since 1892. He will be joined in the new administration by his vice-president, Ohio Senator JD Vance.

6 – Police in Brantford, Ont., search for a couple of slippery crooks who allegedly stole $1,200 worth of butter from a grocery store. It was the latest in a string of what other investigators have called “large-scale” butter thefts in the province.

6 – Ontario announces a new university nursing program — the first in 20 years. Provincial officials say Carleton University will offer a direct entry three-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program starting next September. It says the program will partner with the Queensway Carleton Hospital for hands-on training. The first class of up to 110 nursing students will be ready to practise as registered nurses by 2029.

6 – The federal government says it has ordered the dissolution of TikTok’s Canadian business following a national security review of the Chinese company behind the social media platform. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the dissolution will address the risks related to ByteDance’s establishment of TikTok Technology Canada. He says the move will not block Canadians’ access to the app, but will allow for the review of foreign investments that may harm Canada’s national security.

7 – Speaking in his first on-camera appearance since Donald Trump’s election victory, U.S. President Joe Biden says the U.S. is going to be OK, but Americans need to stay engaged. Biden says he has spoken with Trump and assured him that he would direct his administration to ensure a “peaceful and orderly transition.”

7 – The NCAA lifts an eligibility ban on Canadian Hockey League players competing at U.S. colleges. This landmark decision has the potential to shake up the NHL’s two largest sources of development. CHL players previously deemed to be professionals because they received a stipend of up to $600 per month for living expenses are allowed to compete at U.S. colleges effective Aug. 1.

7 – Canada’s Walk of Fame honours Manitoba folk and country singer William Prince. The musician from Peguis First Nation, north of Winnipeg, is named the recipient of the Allan Slaight Music Impact Honour.

8 – Argentine prosecutors charge three people in connection with the death of Liam Payne. The former member of musical group One Direction suffered a fatal fall from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires the previous month. The three unidentified suspects are charged with the crimes of “abandonment of a person followed by death” and supplying and facilitating the use of narcotics.”

8 – The Canadian Football League announces that the 2026 Grey Cup championship will be hosted by the Calgary Stampeders at McMahon Stadium on Nov. 15 of that year. The 2024 season’s Grey Cup was played on Nov. 17 in Vancouver, while Winnipeg is set to host the championship in 2025.

8 – Beyoncé becomes the most-nominated artist in Grammy history. Her album “Cowboy Carter” got 11 nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards, bringing her career total to 99 nominations.

8 – Canada Soccer says it has found the drone-spying scandal of the Paris Olympics was not an isolated issue. An independent review confirmed that the spying has happened before, and Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue says it is a symptom of a past pattern of an unacceptable culture and insufficient oversight within the national teams.

9 – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are secured to take on the Toronto Argonauts for the Grey Cup. The Bombers beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 38-22 in the CFL West Division final while the Argos defeated 2023 Grey Cup winners the Montreal Alouettes 30-28.

10 – Indigenous leaders gather along with politicians, family and friends in celebrating the life and legacy of Murray Sinclair. The former Truth and Reconciliation Commission leader died on Nov. 4 at the age of 73. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau paid tribute to Sinclair at the commemorative ceremony held at Winnipeg’s Canada Life Centre, home to the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets.

11 – For the first time since 1944, a British leader stood beside his French counterpart to mark the end of the First World War. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has joined French President Emmanuel Macron at a Paris ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Armistice. The pair laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The last time such an event happened, General Charles de Gaulle was playing host to Winston Churchill.

12 – The federal government steps in to end the strikes at Canada’s two largest ports. Labour Minister Steven Mackinnon says negotiations reached an impasse and he’s directing the Canada Industrial Relations Board to order the resumption of all operations at the ports in Vancouver and Montreal. He’s moving the labour talks to binding arbitration and extending the terms of existing collective agreements until new ones are established.

12 – Former British Columbia premier John Horgan dies at the age of 65. Horgan served as B.C.’s New Democrat premier for five years before stepping down in 2022. He was appointed ambassador to Germany last year but went on leave in June when he was diagnosed with cancer for a third time. Political scientist Hamish Telford says Horgan accomplished a rare feat in politics, leaving office more popular than when he was first elected.

13 – A Calgary zoo mourns the death of a female lowland gorilla while vowing to figure out what happened. Officials at the Wilder Institute-Calgary Zoo say two-year-old Eyare died the day before, soon after she was injured while moving between back-of-house spaces. It’s the second death at the zoo this year.

13 – The NHL’s Winnipeg Jets become the fastest team to 15 wins in league history. The Jets beat the Rangers 6-3 in New York the night before in their 16th game of the season. Five other teams reached the 15-win mark in 17 games.

13 – Canada’s Public Health Agency confirms the British Columbia teenager hospitalized with bird flu the previous Friday is the country’s first domestically acquired human case. The agency says testing at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirmed the teen contracted H5N1 avian flu. It is also confirmed to be the same strain being found in B.C. flocks as part of an ongoing outbreak at poultry farms. B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the teen is in critical condition and is “experiencing acute respiratory distress” and is being treated at B.C.’s Children’s Hospital.

14 – Ontario signs a $100 million deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to deliver high-speed internet to remote residents in rural and northern communities. The new ONSAT program will bring SpaceX’s Starlink high-speed satellite internet system to 15,000 premises next summer.

14 – Taylor Swift thanks her Canadian fans as she hits the stage in Toronto. The Canadian leg of the Eras Tour kicked off after more than a year of anticipation with “Miss Americana & the Heartbreak Prince” and “Cruel Summer.” This was the first of six shows scheduled for Toronto, with each night expected to draw about 50,000 fans.

15 – Canada Post workers go on strike after failing to reach a deal with the Crown corporation. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it’s been asking for fair wages, safer working conditions and other improvements over nearly a year of bargaining. The union issued a 72-hour strike notice earlier in the week. Canada Post has previously said if there was job action it would do its best to minimize service disruptions, but warned that delays may be unavoidable.

15 – Comedian Conan O’Brien announces he will host the Oscars for the first time. The former late night talk show host has presided over other high-profile award shows like the Emmys and the White House Correspondents’ dinner. The Oscars will air live in early March.

15 – Two red panda cubs named after the Weasley twins from the “Harry Potter” book and movie series make their debut at the Edmonton Valley Zoo. Fred and George shuffled out of their nest and entered their new home behind a glass display for the first time. Animal care supervisor Laura Castor says first-time mom Kiki gave birth about four months ago and the cubs have already proven to be quite adventurous and mischievous. There are fewer than 2,500 Red Pandas remaining in the wild, including near the foothills of the Himalayan mountain range in India, Nepal and China.

15 – Ten newborn babies are killed and 16 others injured after fire tears through a neonatal intensive care unit at a hospital in northern India. Officials say the fire broke out and spread quickly through a ward where 55 infants were being treated. Forty-five babies were rescued and are receiving medical care.

15 – The charismatic and polarizing gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi, who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, dies at the age of 82. No cause of death was given. Karolyi and wife Martha trained multiple Olympic gold medallists and world champions but he was criticized for his methods. Several former gymnasts blamed the Karolyis for their role in the Larry Nassar scandal, saying the culture they helped create allowed Nassar’s abusive behaviour to run unchecked for years.

16 – Beloved Nova Scotia artist Tom Forrestall dies at the age of 88. Known as one of the pioneers of the Atlantic realism movement, Forrestall’s work won critical acclaim in the 1960s for inspiring a renewed interest in realist painting. One of his best-known works, “Island in the Ice,” hangs permanently on display at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, where more than 100 of his works are housed in the gallery’s permanent collection.

16 – Health officials in California say they have found the United States’ first case of the new form of Mpox first seen in eastern Congo. The infected person had travelled to eastern Africa and is undergoing treatment in Northern California according to the California Department of Public Health. The World Health Organization says more than 3,100 confirmed cases have found around the world since late September, with the majority of them in three African countries.

17 – A Hezbollah official says the group’s main spokesman has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut. Mohammed Afif was killed in the strike as Israeli warplanes pounded the southern suburbs of Beirut after the military warned people to evacuate from several buildings. Afif had been especially visible after Israel’s military escalation in September and following the assassination of longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

17 – The Toronto Argonauts win the 111th Grey Cup in a 41-24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Nick Arbuckle threw two touchdown passes to lead the Argos to Toronto’s 19th Grey Cup win, the most in CFL history. The Argos have won in their last eight appearances dating back to 1991 and improved to 8-0 all-time against Winnipeg in the big game. Toronto receiver Dejon Brissett was named the most valuable Canadian in the win.

18 – Toronto author Anne Michaels wins the Giller Prize for her novel “Held.” The book is a multi-generational examination of war, trauma and love.

18 – Arthur Frommer, the travel author whose guidebooks books convinced average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died at the age of 95 from complications of pneumonia. Frommer began writing about travel while in the U.S. army in Europe in the 1950s. He launched the Frommer’s brand that remains one of the best-known names in the travel industry.

19 – Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons. Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country. His endorsement of the new nuclear deterrent policy comes on the 1,000th day after he sent troops into Ukraine in 2022. It also follows U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied, longer-range missiles.

19 – Ontario launches a new mental health program for first responders. The province says the Mental Health Supports for Public Safety Personnel program will provide help for police officers, correctional workers, paramedics and firefighters. The $32 million program will include a 24-hour call line and a web portal for services such as internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy and peer support.

19 – Tennis great Rafael Nadal retires from the sport following his elimination from the Davis Cup. Nadal’s career ends after two decades and 22 Grand Slam titles, including 14 at the French Open, and 92 singles titles overall.

19 – Author Sheung-King, who is from Richmond, B.C., wins the Writers’ Trust fiction prize. King came in the top spot and earned the $60,000 prize for his book “Batshit Seven,” a story about a detached millennial living through the Hong Kong protests. Another big winner is Toronto writer Martha Baillie, whose family memoir “There Is No Blue” takes home the $75,000 non-fiction prize.

20 – Former One Direction members reunite for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family to remember the 31-year-old in a church service in an English town northwest of London. Actor and comedian James Corden, former soccer player Robbie Keane and media mogul Simon Cowell were also among the mourners. Payne died in a fall from a hotel window in Argentina the previous month.

20 – A major Canadian railway company says two new hydrogen production and refuelling stations in Calgary and Edmonton are operational. They’re part of Canadian Pacific Kansas City’s hydrogen locomotive program. The railway company is retrofitting a number of diesel locomotives with hydrogen fuel cells so they can operate without directly generating emissions.

20 – Randy Boissonnault announces he is leaving his post as employment minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. It comes after weeks of questions about the Edmonton MP’s past claims of Indigenous identity.

20 – The longtime voice actor behind Milhouse Van Houten, Bart Simpson’s very uncool friend in “The Simpsons,” announces she is stepping away after 35 years of whining. Seventy-year-old Pamela Hayden has voiced Milhouse, Jimbo Jones, Rod Flanders, Janey and Malibu Stacy since Milhouse first appeared in a Butterfinger commercial in 1989.

20 – Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale wins the National League Cy Young Award after being the league’s first pitching triple crown winner since 2011. In his first season with the Braves, Sale led the N-L with 18 wins and 225 strikeouts. The 35-year-old was an All-Star for the eighth time and also won his first Gold Glove, taking home 26 of 30 first-place votes in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

20 – The art world goes bananas for a banana duct-taped to a wall. The conceptual piece by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan went up for auction in New York. The final hammer price announced was $5.2 million, plus another million in auction-house fees. Sotheby’s revealed afterwards that the buyer of the duct-tapped banana was Justin Sun, a Chinese collector and founder of a cryptocurrency platform.

21 – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government plans to temporarily lift the federal sales tax off a slew of items just in time for the holidays. Trudeau announced the proposed affordability measures this morning, saying a GST break that would apply to toys, diapers, restaurant meals and more items would begin mid-December and last about two months. He also says his government will send $250 cheques to more than 18 million Canadians this spring to help ease affordability pressures. In order to get the measures passed through Parliament, the Liberals will need the support of an opposition party — and the NDP appears poised to do that.

22 – One of the most prominent figures of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” in Ottawa is found guilty on five counts. A judge says Pat King is guilty of mischief, counselling others to commit mischief, counselling others to obstruct police and two counts of disobeying a court order. He has been found not guilty of intimidation and obstructing police himself. King was involved in the three-week demonstration against COVID-19 public health restrictions that gridlocked some streets in the capital.

22 – The two men accused of human smuggling at the U.S.-Canada border are found guilty on all charges. A jury took little time to deliberate and convict Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel on four counts each. The prosecution argued the two men were part of a smuggling ring that saw Indian nationals brought to Canada then made to walk across the border into the U.S. During one trip in 2022, a family of four froze to death in a blizzard.

23 – Russia bans the adoption of Russian children by people in countries where gender transition is legal. President Vladimir Putin signed the bill into law, while also approving legislation outlawing the spread of material that encourages people to not have children. The adoption ban would apply to at least 15 countries, including Canada.

23 – Countries at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan agree on a $300 billion funding package for poor nations. The package would help poor nations in curbing and adapting to climate change while weaning off fossil fuel use. The plan was hammered out early Sunday by the head of United Nations climate talks in Azerbaijan. The deal of “at least $300-billion by 2035” is a compromise between the $1.3 trillion a year that developing nations were looking for and the current amount of $100 billion.

23 – Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin wins gold in the 3,000-metre race at the ISU World Cup in Japan. The 34-year-old Ottawa skater led the race from start to finish at the first event of the World Cup season. It’s Canada’s second medal in two days after Quebec’s Laurent Dubreuil won silver in the 500-metre race at Nagano’s M-Wave.

23 – Canadian hockey star Sidney Crosby scores his 600th goal. He is the 21st player in NHL history to do so. He reached the milestone with a power-play goal in the second period of a 6-1 loss at home to the Utah Hockey Club. Crosby and Alex Ovechkin are the only active players to have scored at least 600 goals in the NHL.

24 – Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” dies at the age of 83, at home in Texas with his wife present. Woolery was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007 and earned a daytime Emmy nomination in 1978. Later in his career, he became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19.

24 – Former Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Rico Carty dies at the age of 85. Carty went by the nickname “Beeg Boy” and also played in Atlanta, Cleveland, Oakland, Texas and with the Chicago Cubs. He won the 1970 National League batting title while playing for Atlanta. The Braves say Carty’s unforgettable smile and generous nature will be sorely missed.

25 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, a British journalist who became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the saga “A Woman of Substance,” dies at the age of 91 at her home in New York City. Starting with “A Woman of Substance,” published in 1979, Bradford averaged nearly a book a year as one of the world’s most popular and wealthiest writers. Her more than a dozen novels were published in 40 languages and sold more than 90-million copies.

25 – Ontario passes a divisive bill to remove and block certain bike lanes. The fast-tracked bill requires municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a lane of vehicle traffic. It also removes several bike lanes in downtown Toronto. The bill also exempts a planned new highway around Toronto’s suburbs from the provincial Environmental Assessment Act.

25 – U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China as soon as he takes office. In a pair of posts on his Truth Social website, Trump wrote that he will sign all necessary documents to charge Canada and Mexico a 25-per-cent tariff on all products coming into the U.S. as one of his many first Executive Orders. He also threatened to charge China an additional 10 per cent tariff above any other tariffs.

25 – Former Hamilton Tiger-Cats player and general manager Joe Zuger dies at the age of 84. Zuger played 10 seasons with the team as a quarterback, defensive back and punter from 1962 to 1971. He joined Hamilton’s front office after retiring and was named general manager in 1981. He stayed in the role for over a decade, during which the Ticats won the Grey Cup in 1986.

26 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security Cabinet approves a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. It clears the way for a truce to take effect but Israel is retaining the right to resume fighting if Hezbollah breaks the terms of the agreement. Netanyahu says Israel can now focus its efforts on Iran and Hamas militants in Gaza. U.S. President Joe Biden calls the ceasefire agreement “good news” and expressed hope it will be a catalyst to also end the war in Gaza.

26 – Nova Scotia Tory Leader Tim Houston and his Progressive Conservatives win a second consecutive majority government following a snap election. The party earned 43 of the 55 seats in the provincial Legislature, with the NDP securing nine seats, the Liberals dropping down to two seats, and one Independent. Workers at the PC party headquarters burst into rounds of applause and cheers as the results indicated a decisive win. This time around, the Tories put forward plans to raise the minimum wage and lower some taxes.

26 – Toronto author Wendy H. Wong wins the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy thanks to her book on how mass data collection affects democratic freedom. The Writers’ Trust of Canada presented Wong with the $60,000 award for “We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age.” Jurors praised Wong’s book as an “eye-opening, gripping look at the ways in which humanity is being codified, monitored, and tracked at alarming speed and intensity – in largely unaccountable ways.”

27 – The White House says three American citizens imprisoned for years by China have been released and returned to the United States, in a rare diplomatic agreement between the U.S. and China as part of a prisoner swap. Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung had been designated by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained with one of them facing a death sentence on drug charges and the other two imprisoned on espionage charges.

27 – Female racing pioneer Mary McGee dies at the age of 87 of complications from a stroke. McGee’s unparalleled achievements in off-road racing and motorcycle racing inspired generations of athletes that followed in her footsteps. A short documentary about McGee called “Motorcycle Mary” premiered at the Tribeca Festival in June.

28 – The Australian Parliament passes a social media ban for young children, the first of its kind in the world. The law makes it possible for social media platforms to be fined for systematically failing to stop children under the age of 16 from holding accounts. Exemptions will apply for health and education services, including YouTube, WhatsApp, Kids Helpline and Google Classroom. Platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram will have a year to work out how to implement the ban before penalties are enforced.

29 – John Herdman resigns as coach of Toronto FC after being caught up in the Paris Olympics drone spying scandal. The team gave no reason for Herdman’s resignation. A FIFA Appeals Committee ruling this summer put Herdman at Ground Zero within Canada Soccer for spying on rival teams. The drone-spying scandal has already cost Canadian women’s head coach Bev Priestman her job after an independent report into the matter.

30 – The “Anne of Green Gables”’ novel manuscript is recognized as a Canadian heritage document in a United Nations agency’s registry. The honour coincides with author Lucy Maud Montgomery’s 150th birthday. She was born on Prince Edward Island on this day in 1874. Montgomery’s text about the adventures and shenanigans of an 11-year-old red-haired orphan drew inspiration from her childhood home in the town of Cavendish, where the novel is set.

30 – U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatens to impose 100 per cent tariffs against a bloc of nine nations if they act to undermine the American dollar. His threat is directed at countries in the BRIC alliance, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates. Trump says he wants a commitment from the bloc that it will not create a new currency or otherwise try to undermine the U.S. dollar.

30 – The Manitoba Métis Federation becomes the first Métis group to sign a modern treaty with the federal government. The signing ceremony recognized the group as the government of the Red River Métis. An agreement was reached in 2021 to recognize the federation’s self-government, and members voted overwhelmingly in favour of the treaty last year. Three other provincial Métis organizations in Ontario, Saskatchewan and Alberta are waiting for treaties of their own.

30 – Members of the Métis Nation British Columbia vote to withdraw immediately from the Métis National Council. The group says despite 40 years of “good work,” the governance structure of the national council is no longer equitable. B.C. vice-president Melanie Allard says she was dismayed the groups could not find a way to continue together, but the B.C. organization must directly advocate for priorities that matter to Métis people in that province.

The Canadian Press