- Justin Trudeau refuses to commit to a national caucus meeting following the crushing byelection defeat in Toronto-St. Paul's, despite pressure from several of his party's MPs, though the astute reader will note that this is not the same as refusing to consider one. One MP who spoke anonymously said that several MPs are planning not to run in the next election, presumably seeing the situation as hopeless.
- South of the border, there are hints that Joe Biden just might recognize that he's in over his head. According to unnamed sources close to him, he understands that his viability as a candidate may be on the line, although his public statements indicate otherwise. Of course a lot of people already know what the stakes are; whether he can be made to understand this remains to be seen. Nate Silver thinks it's worth a try, at least.
- Donald Trump is promoting a social media post that advocates holding a televised military trial for Liz Cheney on the grounds that she is guilty of "treason". The post was created by another user, but Trump's retweeting of it is all too much in character.
- The news is somewhat better in the UK, where the opposition Labour Party is expected to win today's election handily. Just how big the win will be remains to be seen.
- The City of Winnipeg is making moves to speed up the process by which vacant buildings can be seized by the city, to be sold to nonprofits for the construction of affordable housing. Clearly something like this is needed for numerous reasons; hopefully it can be made to work.
- One of the people injured in an act of arson in Winnipeg's Tyndall Park neighbourhood has died; the suspect has now been charged with manslaughter. Another resident of the same unit has survived but with what are expected to be life-altering injuries.
- Recent heavy rains have overwhelmed the drainage systems of the small but fast-growing cities of Morden and Winkler in southern Manitoba. Both cities have issued notices to their residents advising them to limit water use, though Morden's advisory has now been lifted. One business owner in Winkler whose restaurant was flooded says he hopes it's "not the future"; unfortunately stuff like this is likely to become more common.
- Hurricane Beryl is bearing down on Mexico after causing substantial damage in Jamaica as well as devastating two islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Ten people are known to have died, though this is expected to be higher once the situation in those islands becomes more apparent. Meteorologists say it's unprecedented for the hurricane season to take off this big, this early.
- A utility robot that worked at the city hall of Gumi, South Korea threw itself down a two metre drop after circling erratically, in an event being described as the "first robot suicide" in the country. You know the future looks bad when even the robots don't want to be part of it.
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