- A report prepared by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and ISN Maskwa has concluded that a search of the Prairie Green Landfill is feasible, and may actually be cheaper than initially feared, however searchers could face significant risks from the asbestos buried in the landfill. Also on the MMIWG* file, police have a suspect in custody in the death of Crystal Saunders, whose body was found in a ditch near St. Ambroise in 2007.
- A curious fact - neither of Canada's two largest political parties has a mechanism for tossing out their leader unless they first lose an election. If you want to throw out your leader to reduce the risk of losing, you're out of luck.
- A new president and CEO will be announced for MPI next week. The job of cleaning up the mess made by the previous management will no doubt take some time.
- Low water levels due to insufficient precipitation are interfering with hydroelectric generation, forcing Manitoba and BC to buy electricity from other jurisdictions. Hopefully they're looking at adding more solar and wind capacity to reduce the chance of this having to happen in the future.
- Joe Biden's economic policies have had some benefits for Americans, but getting the people to believe that things are improving is a problem. The Democrats are also having a hard time selling the public on the climate benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act, which has largely been sold to the public as a jobs program.
- Illinois is the latest state to consider keeping Trump off the ballot, however the state's elections board are looking for a court ruling to advise whether the 14th Amendment applies in this case. Presumably the board would rather judges get death threats than themselves.
- Israel is claiming that employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) participated in atrocities during the Hamas attack in October. Palestinian officials have accused Israel of falsifying information about the attack; the UN is investigating, but in the meantime several countries have suspended funding to the agency.
- A Labour MP in the UK has been suspended from the party's caucus for a tweet made the day before Holocaust Memorial Day. The tweet simply said "Tomorrow is Holocaust Memorial Day, an international day to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, the millions of other people murdered under Nazi persecution of other groups and more recent genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and now Gaza"; I guess that's too hot for Labour to handle right now.
- A teenager in Utah is facing charges of causing property damage after allegedly duct taping dead fish to bank machines. The motive is unclear.
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