- Canadian senators have been issued panic buttons following an increase in security incidents involving aggressive protesters. The issues motivating the protesters in question are various, but whatever the cause, it seems more of them are crossing the line into intimidation.
- The fuss over Steven Guilbeaut's remarks about not wanting to invest in more roads continues, as well as a related fuss over his desire to phase out pure fossil fuel vehicles (not hybrids, despite what you might think from the unhinged rants from Danielle Smith). Columnist Deveryn Ross spins the infrastructure ideas as "coercive", which is ridiculous - they're not going to put you in jail for driving to work, at most they'll make it more convenient to get to work by some other means. Unfortunately, such rhetoric works very well on Joe and Jane Sixpack, and the Conservatives are salivating at the opportunity.
- The US has submitted a resolution to the UN calling for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, even as they vow to veto an existing resolution set to be heard by the Security Council today. Meanwhile the UK Labour Party is now calling for an immediate end to fighting, and even the Prince of Wales is expressing concern that "too many" have been killed (though he hasn't made any actual calls for a ceasefire).
- Chinese diaspora organizations in Canada say they are boycotting the public inquiry into foreign interference, due to the standing granted by the inquiry's commissioner to three politicians that they consider excessively close to the Chinese state. The organizations appear to fear that the ability granted to the politicians to cross-examine witnesses could expose the identities of activists in China.
- The US Supreme Court is set to hear a case to determine whether municipalities can fine homeless people for camping on public property when there is no proper shelter available. In Canada, courts have ruled against cities more than once on this issue, but things may be different down there.
- Over 21,000 households used Harvest Manitoba's food bank in January, an increase of over 3,000 from the same month last year.
- Louis Riel was honoured with an update to the portrait of him at the legislature, naming him as the honourary first premier of Manitoba.
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