Starting next September, those people will have to trek to one of those border stations or use one of the yet-to-be-established designated telephone reporting sites when entering Canada. Through the Remote Area Border Program (RABC), set to end next September, the Canada Border Service agency issued annual permits allowing pre-approved Canadian and U.S. residents to freely cross the border in five remote and sparsely populated areas. The program “historically” attracts about 11,000 members annually, according to CBSA, 90 per cent of whom are Americans. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementNational Post has contacted CBP for more information about its programs and remote border entry. Last September, Canada put the program on pause, suspending all new applications and renewals, while it underwent an administrative review.

OTTAWA — As Prime Minister Mark Carney ushers in a new era of climate policy for the Liberals, a key decision is hanging over the governing party’s approach to electric vehicles. The regulation requires manufacturers to hit certain sales targets for zero-emission vehicles, with those targets progressively rising until all new vehicle sales are zero emissions by 2035. Carney launched a 60-day review of the policy back in September, pausing the requirement for 2026, which would have mandated that 20 per cent of new vehicle sales be zero-emission. The federal definition only includes plug-in battery hybrids and fully electric vehicles or ones powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Doran nevertheless points to examples like the European Union, where more affordable models of electric vehicles remain available, including from Japanese and South Korean automakers.

Carney defends climate policies following pipeline pushbackNewsDuration 2:42After facing criticism for signing an agreement to support a new pipeline out of Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney defended his climate policies in a year-end interview, saying Canada needs more action and fewer regulations.

After Bill Staubi was diagnosed with liver cancer and told he only had 18 months to live, he was determined to find a home for his life's work: a 1,300-piece art collection, four decades in the making. Now, he's going to continue to support the art community by starting a new collection. "I'm getting a whole new life and there's a whole new life of artwork out there to see and support," Staubi said. LISTEN | Bill Staubi discusses life in remission: 12:58 Bill Staubi gave away his massive art collection after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Francis Ferland/CBC)After spending months spreading his collection among friends, family and institutions, Staubi said he doesn't want the art returned.

Trump administration defends limited release of Epstein filesNewsDuration 1:41Several members of the Trump administration are defending themselves against criticism over what was released from the Epstein files, specifically the amount of information that was redacted or removed.

“This is probably going to be a more severe flu season compared to the average," he said. 'Never too late to get the flu shot,' expert saysThat’s why it’s important to get immunized, he urged. “We've known the flu shot isn't perfect since flu shots emerged, but it still can reduce the risk of infection.”Bogoch recognized this year’s flu shot isn’t “perfect,” especially since the component that protects against the H3N2 strain is not as good as he says he’d like it to be. Pharmacist Deanna Kang said it’s not just those who are vulnerable who should be getting the flu shot. “It's never too late to get the flu shot and you never know who you may be impacting just walking down the street or being out in public.

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How this family's front-yard Christmas tree ended up in downtown CharlottetownNewsDuration 2:29The giant Christmas tree lighting up downtown Charlottetown this year has a special story behind it. Mildred Dover describes how the tree that sat for 25 years on her front lawn in Sherwood made it to the steps of the Confederation Centre of the Arts.

Russian investigators say Ukraine could have been behind the killing of Lt.-Gen. Fanil Sarvarov, 56. A car bomb killed a Russian general on Monday, the third such killing of a senior military officer in just over a year. Since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine nearly four years ago, Russian authorities have blamed Kyiv for several assassinations of military officers and public figures in Russia. An investigator works at the scene where Lt.-Gen Fanil Sarvarov was reportedly killed in a car bomb in Moscow on Monday. Moscow's troops eventually drove them out but the incursion distracted Russian military resources from other areas and raised Ukrainian morale.

“I don’t think the Americans are willing to push the Israelis at the present moment to accept a Palestinian state — and I think that’s the crucial question here,” said H.A. Disarming HamasAnother major obstacle is Hamas’s refusal to fully disarm — which the militant group says it won’t do unless a “sovereign” Palestinian state is established. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementIn Gaza, many Palestinians believe Israeli troops never intend to leave the areas they now control. “Hamas committed to a ceasefire and the first part of that ceasefire was releasing all of our hostages. A Palestinian child carries water containers amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza City on Nov. 19.

A horse owner near Stewiacke, N.S., says the current shortage of hay in the province is putting pressure on her financially. Like other farmers and horse owners in the province, Kaila Watters usually gets hay locally. “It is a concern and it's something that keeps me up at night,” Watters said. “We actually had to start feeding hay two months prior to what we normally would have. She thinks a similar approach could help farmers here, especially during extreme weather events like this year’s drought or floodings.

The Intact Insurance athletes' unwavering determination and remarkable journey make them ideal ambassadors of the values and winning spirit championed by Intact and the COC. Intact athletes Ella Shelton and William Dandjinou, as well as snowboarder champion Laurie Blouin, will be featured in Intact Insurance's Olympic multi-channel ad campaign in early 2026. Intact Insurance adds hockey player Ella Shelton to its roster of Intact athletes, joining short track speed skater William Dandjinou. Intact athletes Ella Shelton and William Dandjinou, as well as snowboarder Laurie Blouin, will be featured in Intact Insurance's Olympic multi-channel ad campaign in early 2026. In Canada, Intact distributes insurance under the Intact Insurance brand through agencies and a wide network of brokers, including its wholly- owned subsidiary BrokerLink.

"When students aren't there, you can't build relationships, you can't do the teaching and learning that really needs to happen to move students forward. Education Minister Claire Johnson said the province-wide goal is to reduce chronic absenteeism to 26 per cent by 2028. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementTo meet those targets, teachers in the Anglophone sector are being directed to a 70-page report released in June, titled Chronic Absenteeism: A Multi-Tiered System of Supports. "If we can't get them to school, we can't put eyes on them," she said. Once the dashboard is live, aggregate chronic absenteeism data will be updated three times per school year.

Politics not just to do with growing antisemitism, but with the broad issue of gun control. Australia has some of the most stringent gun control in the world, but now there are calls to make it even tighter. How predictable: another mass shooting, another call for tighter gun control. After each mass shooting, gun sales go up. After every school massacre, slaughter at a public event, or assassination, whether based on hate, racism, politics or insanity, the media light up with stories about the need for gun control and thousands light candles and attend rallies.

On a rainy December day, divers braved the currents of the Burrard Inlet to plant thousands of microscopic bull kelp onto a new underwater rock reef. WATCH | A new rock reef is coming to Lynn Creek: Massive underwater rock reef built to protect salmon at North Vancouver's Lynn Creek | Duration 2:03 For various predators, the mouth of Lynn Creek in North Vancouver can be a salmon smorgasbord. As Troy Charles explains, a major underwater rock reef is being created to give the fish a fighting chance. Rebecca Hansen, kelp restoration dive technician at the University of B.C., says five or six full-grown bull kelp would help to form a new lush kelp forest at the Lynn Creek Estuary in North Vancouver. “We want to see these bull kelp start their own self-driven forest, and we can just come back and admire the work.”