Donald Trump shrugs off comparisons to Hitler: Top Stories

Media in the U.S. and elsewhere are starting to compare Donald Trump to AdolfHitler after his comments about banning Muslims from America.And U.S. Steel pensioners could see money from the province starting Jan. 1, 2016. These are a fewof our top stories worth your time this morning.

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Should council stop street construction before LRT?

It's a move that's caused some controversy among complete streets advocates on social media.

And on Wednesday, Terry Whitehead's move to put a temporarystop to major changes to Hamilton's lower-city roadswill get its proverbial day in court.

Whitehead wants to stop doing studies or making design changes to streets until Metrolinx and the city has a traffic plan for light-rail transit (LRT).

U.S. Steel pensioners won't see provincial money until new year

The $3 million promised to U.S. Steel pensioners by the provincial Liberal government in October will finally begin to be disbursed January 1, according to the steelworkers' union.

The money will be going out two months after the six-month emergency fund was first announced on Oct. 21.

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Donald Trump shrugs off comparisons to Hitler

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shrugged off comparisons to Hitler on Tuesday after he called for a"total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States."

In a phone interview with GeorgeStephanopoulosonGood Morning America, Trump was characteristically blunt about such criticisms.

Donald Trump Muslim ban: Fascist or not, it's time Republicans face their Trump problem

The CBC's Keith Boagon the Donald Trump Problem:

Seriously, who didn't see this coming?

Donald Trump has already mused aboutestablishing a central databasefor tracking Muslims in America.He has repeatedly, and falsely, claimed that Muslims in New Jerseycelebrated the 9/11 attackseven while the dust was still settling onlower Manhattan.

He'scalled Mexicans criminalsand rapists.The record, then, is clear: Trump has proved impossible to embarrass, utterly shameless and apparently willing to say anything.So why wouldn't hecall for a banon all Muslims travelling to the U.S.?