Global National: Dec. 14

Health officials across Canada remain divided on how to address the pediatric hospital crisis amid a national surge of respiratory illnesses. The state of various children’s hospitals, and the different measures provinces are taking to address the situation. Winnipeg Police Board Chair Markus Chambers has apologized for “any harmful impact to a community still grieving”, regarding previous comments about the feasibility of searching a landfill for the remains of murdered Indigenous women. Reactions from the community in mourning. LGBTQ2 leaders and survivors from the shooting at a Colorado Springs nightclub have testified in Washington, following the November massacre at Club Q which left five dead and 18 injured. The growing fears the LGBTQ2 community are facing amid a rise in extremism and hate crimes. Plus, BTS, the biggest K-pop group in the world, is on hiatus after its oldest member, began his mandatory 18 months of military service for South Korea. How die-hard fans are taking the news, how it could affect the South Korean economy and whether a musical comeback is on the cards in the future.