- The response to Mayor Scott Gillingham's announcement that he wants to see the barriers come down at Portage and Main has so far been better than you might expect. The owners of most of the neighbouring buildings agree with the decision; some folks, though, are concerned about the fates of the businesses that draw much of their customer base from users of the underground concourse.
- Donald Trump faces yet another trial this summer over the classified documents stored at Mar-a-Lago. With luck it could be completed before November, not that this will stop most of his sycophants from voting for him.
- Super Tuesday is this coming week. Most of the states involved use a winner take all system, meaning that it's Nikki Haley's last realistic chance of avoiding annihilation (and a pretty slim chance at that).
- Desjardins Group, North America's largest federation of credit unions, has announced that they will no longer issue mortgages for properties at high risk of flooding.
- Haiti is under a state of emergency after armed gangs stormed a prison, releasing around 3,700 prisoners.
- Germany is accusing Russia of eavesdropping on a military conference call in which the war in Ukraine was discussed. Of course, that's kind of what espionage is all about...
- Transnistria, that breakaway region of Moldova that looks like a Soviet theme park, is requesting protection from Russia, accusing the Moldovan state of "genocide" against its people.
- The city of Ithaca, NY is pushing hard to eliminate the use of fossil fuels to heat buildings. They have set a goal to eliminate these emissions by 2030.
- Do you use your phone for online banking? I don't. If you do, make sure your phone doesn't get stolen, or at the very least have it well secured.
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