Star Wars to stream in Canada only - Netflix: Top Stories

Netflixdecides the Force is strong inCanada. And meet the Hamilton woman who helped set up a women's studies program at the university in Kabul, Afghanistan where she was once banned from teaching. These are a couple ofthe top stories worth your time this morning.

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Women's studies in Kabul: Hamilton woman helps develop first-ever program

At the university whereMarufa Shinwariwas once forcedto stop teaching because she's a woman, there's now a gender and women's studies Master's degree program. Classes startedthis week.

And Shinwari, who moved to Hamilton as a refugeein the mid-1990s,played a role in helping set up the curriculum, inspired in part by her own studies as a Master's student at McMaster University.

Red Hill collisions: Bad road or bad drivers?

Adiscussion erupted Sunday in response to news of 10 collisions being reported on the Red Hill Valley Parkway on Saturday.

Hamilton Police eastern division acting Staff Sgt. Greg Jackson attributed the messto a"combination of people's driving, the rain and road conditions."

Elsewhere

5 dead, 1 missing after whale watching vessel sinks off Tofino, B.C.

The BC Coroners Service says five people have died after a whale watching vessel sank off the coast of Tofino, B.C., Sunday, while 18 were sent to hospital.

TheJoint Rescue Co-ordination Centreconfirms that the MV Leviathan II, operated byJamie's Whaling Station,had 27 people onboard when it sankwest ofVargas Island.Of that total, 21 have beenrescued, while one person remains missing.

Netflix to stream Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Canada and nowhere else

Turned, the tables have been.

After what seems like light-yearsofgripingabout the fact thatNetflixusers getmore (and sometimesbetter) titles in the U.S., Canadianswill soon have exclusive access tosomething our American friendsmight actually install a VPN for:Star Wars: The Force Awakens.