- Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire primary by an 11 point margin; Nikki Haley is not giving up, however, and this is sending Trump into conniptions. Meanwhile Hawaii has joined the ranks of states planning to keep him off the ballot.
- A Federal Court judge has handed the Freedom Convoy (or as some have called them, the "Flu Trux Klan") a significant legal victory by ruling that the use of the Emergencies Act did not meet the standards of reasonableness. The judge in question, Richard Mosley, was appointed to the court in 2003, thus it would have been the Chrétien government that appointed him. One person commenting on this Reddit thread remarked that while the invocation of the Emergencies Act would indeed have been unnecessary if the police had done their jobs, they did not; perhaps the judge was unwilling to open that can of worms though. In any case, the decision is being appealed.
- Ken McDonald, the Liberal MP for Avalon in Newfoundland, is calling for a leadership review, though he stopped short of calling for Justin Trudeau's resignation. It's worth noting that McDonald voted against his own government on the carbon tax issue on two occasions. Nonetheless, Trudeau's brand has become sufficiently toxic that McDonald has a point, though the question of who could replace him looms large. On a related note, a recent poll suggests that most Canadians who plan on voting Liberal would do it to stop Pierre Poilievre rather than out of enthusiasm for Trudeau and the Liberals.
- The City of Winnipeg is suing the owners of two vacant buildings over unpaid inspection bills and other fees. The provincial government is looking at further measures, so that such buildings could be expropriated and turned into social housing, though this will take some time. No doubt something needs to be done for housing, in any case, and more than just a few expropriations. The Free Press' Brent Bellamy has some ideas for other measures.
- A long-serving and high profile Winnipeg city councillor, Janice Lukes, is considering a run for the federal Conservatives, despite some possible qualms about Poilievre.
- The City of Calgary is planning to turn one of the parking lots at an LRT station into social housing, though this is getting pushback from park-and-ride users. The city says that there will still be enough parking for this, however, while adding an estimated 200 to 300 housing units.
- A man entered Edmonton's city hall and opened fire with a firearm described by police as a long gun capable of firing multiple rounds, then threw a Molotov cocktail. Evidently he's not a very good shot; nobody was injured. The suspect has not been identified publicly as of this post, but given that he was captured alive I'm guessing he's probably white. Whether this was politically motivated, the actions of a disgruntled employee, or a failed attempt at suicide by cop remains to be seen.
- Democrats in Minnesota plan to introduce legislation prohibiting municipalities from introducing mandatory parking minimums, something widely recognized as necessary to facilitate the construction of more housing.
- The cap on student visas announced by the federal government is raising concerns at universities and other postsecondary institutions; these institutions get a lot of revenue from international students, and that needs to be replaced somehow.
- Pro-Palestinian protesters were attacked with an unknown foul-smelling substance at Columbia University in New York City last Friday. Some protesters sought medical treatment; police are investigating.
- A Russian IL-76 military transport plane has crashed in the Belgorod region of Russia; 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian POWs being transported for a prisoner exchange, have been reported killed. Russia claims that the aircraft was shot down by the Ukrainian military; Ukraine has not yet commented on these allegations.
- Pastor Dwayne Waden of Elevated Life International Ministries in High Point, North Carolina received a complaint from his wife, a manager-in-training at a McDonald's, that her employees were "disrespecting" her. In response, he apparently showed up at the restaurant, punched a cook in the face, and shoved the man's head in the direction of the deep fryer. I guess he interpreted "turn the other cheek" as "turn the enemy's cheeks towards the hot oil".
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