Global National: Dec. 9

Winnipeg police are facing growing pressure to search a landfill north of the city for the remains of murdered Indigenous women. The force says it’s not easily done, but it has been done before. We hear from a retired RCMP investigator who worked on the case of serial killer Robert Pickton in British Columbia. The premiers and the feds are once again fighting over health-care cash. The provincial pleas, and Ottawa’s ultimatum. Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine campaign is getting another boost. The new shot in the arm Health Canada just approved for kids aged 5 to 11. As the fighting in Ukraine’s Donetsk region ramps up, the country’s defence ministry is taking to Twitter to thank Canada for its help. How it used the sounds of a famous Canadian rock band to send the message. There is fresh frustration in the fight to resettle Afghan refugees. Why a program Ottawa just launched has already stopped accepting applicants. Plus, why Los Angeles County officials have issued a “unicorn licence” to a young girl. And in Saskatchewan, how bringing holiday cheer to some Indigenous children is a cinch, when you’re the dancer known as the Powwow Grinch.