ISIS - 5 things to know about the jihadi group's ideology: Top Stories

Here are five things you should know about ISIS and why it does what it does. And, the skull of Winnie-the-Pooh is on display at a museum in London, England. These are a couple of our top stories worth your time today.

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Dundas group is planning a warm welcome for a Syrian family of 14

Just a few short months ago, Jean Archbell felt like one of the few people in Dundas thinking about Syrian refugees. A canon at St. James Anglican Church, Archbell was fundraising to help the Niagara diocese sponsor 50 refugee families for its 140th anniversary.

It was moving slowly. Money came in trickles. Rather than a push, "I felt like I was pulling," Archbell said. Now, everything has changed.

Stolen, torched SUV had child's specialty wheelchair inside

An $8,000 specialty wheelchair needed by a Brantford child was destroyed when thieves stole the SUV it was in and then later burned the vehicle. 

A 2005 Cadillac Escalade that was stolen from Lynden Park Mall in Brantford, Ont., on Tuesday was found by Six Nations Police, completely destroyed by fire, Brantford Police said Wednesday.

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ISIS: 5 essential things to know about the jihadi group's ideology

Wayne White, a scholar at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C., says ISIS's strategy "doesn't make sense to us, but it makes sense to the sort of mentality that one finds in organizations, even governments, that are similarly minded thugs."

Here's a closer look at some of the key details about the group's ideology that may help explain its often confounding approach.

Winnie-the-Pooh's skull on display in London museum

The skull of the world's most famous bear is now on display at the Royal College of Surgeons' Hunterian Museum in London, England.

Winnipeg, the black bear that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh, was originally purchased for $20 by Canadian soldier and veterinarian Harry Colebourn. She was later donated to the London Zoo, where she was frequently visited by an adoring boy named Christopher and his father, author A.A. Milne. Milne began writing Winnie-the-Pooh stories in the mid-1920s.