- The Conservative Party of Canada posted a video to their Twitter/X feed which was supposed to promote their support of Canadian values. Funny thing is, the jet fighters in the video that were supposedly "defending our home and native land" turned out to actually be Russian; the party has deleted the video but not before someone found it and made a copy. You have to wonder - were they actually so sloppy as to not pay attention to what stock footage they were using, or was this meant as a dog whistle to far-right elements that actually like Putin? Hard to say, but it's not a good look either way.
- The Kinew government will allow municipalities to withdraw from the Winnipeg Metropolitan Region and the associated Plan 20-50. Not sure what the benefit for the government is; perhaps they're hoping to win Selkirk back in the next election, but I don't know if it will work.
- People in the AI industry have paid lip service to the need for caution with the technology. Now that a new bill before California's legislature seeks to actually regulate it, Silicon Valley is having a conniption.
- A Winnipeg police officer who allegedly threatened an employee of a convenience store is denying the accusations against him. Now of course you'd expect him to do that; however this isn't the first time this particular cop has been accused of abusive and threatening behaviour.
- Researchers at the University of Manitoba are working with Opaskwayak Cree Nation on a vertical farm project in the community. The crops are being tailored to improve their nutritional value, potentially reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes.
- The federal Liberal Party has withdrawn from Ottawa's Pride parade following a pledge of solidarity with Palestinians by the parade's organizers.
- A man who was the subject of a protection order related to his ex forced his way into her home in McCreary, Manitoba. When she escaped, he proceeded to go to her parents' house and kill them and her brother, then himself.
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