Global NewsGlobal National: Dec. 27, 2025 | Canada pledges billions to Ukraine as fighting intensifies

Canada is pledging billions more to Ukraine as the war intensifies ahead of new peace talks with the United States. Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Halifax on Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced an additional $2.5 billion in economic aid. The pledge coming in the wake of another sleepless night for millions in Kyiv after a massive Russian attack left at least two dead and injured dozens. Mackenzie Gray has more.

Winter storms that have been sweeping across Eastern Canada and the Maritimes are also wreaking havoc across parts of the eastern U.S. The system is threatening to disrupt holiday plans for millions of travellers. Candice Cole reports.

The last surviving member of the Dionne quintuplets has died. Annette Dionne passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 91 in Montreal. She and her sisters became a global sensation following their 1934 birth as the first quintuplets to survive past infancy. But as Eric Sorensen reports, that notoriety came at a personal cost.

Alberta’s premier may have reset her government’s relationship with Ottawa this year, but national unity could still be under threat. There will likely be at least one, possibly two, referendums on Alberta’s separation held in the province in 2026. As Heather Yourex-West explains, that could lead to a messy fight.

Defence ministers from Thailand and Cambodia have signed a ceasefire agreement to end a series of deadly clashes along their disputed border this month. Violence between the southeast Asian nations resumed in December following an earlier truce in July. Redmond Shannon has more on what comes next for hundreds of thousands of displaced residents.

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