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TORONTO -- While no one knows for sure what a post-pandemic world will look like, one expert expects that society will return to its social norms almost immediately when the day comes. Steve Joordens, a psychology professor from the University of Toronto Scarborough, told CTV News Channel that despite Canada being in the midst of a second wave of COVID-19, he is optimistic that social norms will eventually return. Source

HARRISBURG, PA. -- Pennsylvania's highest court on Saturday night threw out a lower court's order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot in the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to thwart President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the battleground state. Source

Chris Kennedy's Christmas display features a seven-foot Black Santa that stands tall in his yard along with a Christmas tree and a large shining sign that reads "Joy." Until now, he has received nothing but compliments since he first moved to his North Little Rock, Arkansas, neighborhood in 2017. Source

MANITOULIN ISLAND -- There was an overwhelming showing of support Saturday on Manitoulin Island, as Ontario Provincial Police Const. Marc Hovingh was laid to rest. While he is best known as a heroic officer who lost his life in the line of duty, he was also known as a dedicated family man. Source

WASHINGTON -- A former Trump campaign associate who was the target of a secret surveillance warrant during the FBI's Russia investigation says in a federal lawsuit that he was the victim of "unlawful spying." The suit from Carter Page alleges a series of omissions and errors made by FBI and Justice Department officials in applications they submitted in 2016 and 2017 to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to eavesdrop on Page on suspicion that he was an agent of Russia. Source

JERUSALEM -- About 1,000 protesters gathered outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem on Saturday night, pressing ahead with their months-long campaign demanding his resignation. A mix of grassroots groups have held the weekly protests, saying Netanyahu should step down while he is on trial for corruption and because of his handling of the coronavirus in Israel. Source

EDMONTON -- Five more Albertans were reported to have died of COVID-19 on Saturday as the province added 1,731 new cases, its largest single-day increase of the pandemic. Two of the five deaths were linked to existing outbreaks. Source

PORTLAND, MAINE -- Police in Maine have arrested a man accused of killing his father's cat with a frying pan on Thanksgiving -- a day after he was released on bail for a separate incident. The Bangor Daily News reports that 43-year-old Ryan T. Source

The U.S. Justice Department has rushed to change the rules around federal death penalties as they expedite a slew of scheduled executions in the final days of the Trump administration, including expanding possible executionmethods to include electrocution and death by firing squad. Source

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