- Jagmeet Singh and the federal NDP has evidently lost their patience with the Liberal government, saying that several of the promises made by the Liberals in making the confidence and supply accord have not been fulfilled. Accordingly, they have torn up the agreement, potentially meaning that the government could fall at any time.
- Kamala Harris has a solid lead against Donald Trump in the nationwide popular vote, but remains statistically tied with him in key swing states. So somewhat promising but a sane outcome remains far from assured thanks to the peculiarities of the Electoral College. A big concern is the possibility of something analogous to the "shy Tory" factor in British politics.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to get his name removed from the ballot in several states following his endorsement of Donald Trump - but in Michigan and in North Carolina this request has been denied. Yet strangely, he is still trying to get reinstated to the ballot in New York after having been previously removed for misrepresenting his residency.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he plans to hold onto the seized Russian territories indefinitely, not because he wants to annex them but as a bargaining chip.
- Doug Ford has severely restricted safe injection sites, banning them within 200 metres of a school among other things. Yet he's more than willing to allow stores near schools to sell one of the most socially damaging drugs. He doesn't like it when this is pointed out, though.
- A list of donors to the so-called "Freedom Convoy" in 2022 includes several of the BC Conservative Party's candidates in the upcoming provincial election.
- The TTC has introduced a feature to its transit app that will show unplanned reroutes in real time. Seems to me that something like that is needed in Winnipeg (and elsewhere).
- While leaded gasoline has been banned for automotive use in most places for decades, it is still widely used in aviation. California is moving to change that, and plans on a full ban by 2031.
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