Global National: Dec. 12

Parliament is suddenly adjourned due to the death of respected politician and former cabinet minister Jim Carr. How political friends and foes are honouring the Winnipeg MP and his dedication as a public servant, and the legislation he passed while ill. Pressure is building on Winnipeg police to search a nearby landfill for the remains of two murdered Indigenous women, Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran. Now a forensic anthropologist is weighing in on the complexity of such a search. A federal panel is calling some expenses incurred on Governor General Mary Simon’s trip to the Middle East in March “unacceptable.” How much money was spent on ice, apple juice, lemons and limes. Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency firm FTX, has been arrested in the Bahamas. What U.S. authorities are expected to do next. Plus, how climate change will wipe out many endangered plants which are critical to producing new pharmaceuticals, according to scientists. And fusion power: the breakthrough that could lead to a future of clean energy.