Dec. 6, 2024 | With holiday shopping in full swing, Purolator and UPS have frozen some shipments to catch up on a package backlog triggered by the Canada Post strike. Taylor Swift lands in Vancouver for the last three shows of her Eras Tour. Plus, breaking down New Brunswick’s healthcare crisis and the province’s plan to fix it.

00:00 The National for December 6, 2024
01:06 Purolator, UPS freeze courier shipments
04:27 Family struggles to get diabetes supplies
06:46 Quebec premier wants to ban praying in public
07:23 Syrian opposition fighters threaten Homs
10:36 35 years after École Polytechnique massacre
11:23 Search for suspect in insurance CEO killing
12:00 Biden considering preemptive pardons
14:13 Canada's unemployment rate jumps to 6.8%
14:37 Canada moves to advance Arctic strategy
17:33 CBC's Make the Season Kind events
18:48 Taylor Swift brings final shows to Vancouver
23:25 Maple syrup heist gets new Amazon series
25:58 The Breakdown
26:39 The state of healthcare in New Brunswick
28:38 How Premier Holt wants to fix health care
37:50 The benefits of collaborative care clinics
43:52 The Moment | Wedding venue fire

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