- All but one of the 242 people aboard the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed in Ahmedabad have died. The survivor, a 40 year old man, was injured and dazed but walked away from the wreckage and up to an ambulance that took him to a hospital. In addition to most of the other passengers, at least five people on the ground are believed to have died when the aircraft slammed into the dining area of a medical college. One Canadian, a Mississauga dentist, is known to have been on the plane.
- California Senator Alex Padilla was dragged out of a press conference and handcuffed after attempting to ask a question of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
- Wab Kinew is now hinting at using emergency powers to force hotels to make rooms available for wildfire evacuees.
- Cycling activists in Winnipeg made a makeshift separated bike lane on Wellington Crescent last Friday, one year to the day after cyclist Rob Jenner was killed by a speeding vehicle at that location. City staff quickly removed it, with Coun. Janice Lukes claiming that it posed a hazard; advocates are unimpressed with the contrast between how fast it was removed and how slowly the city is moving to create one properly.
- Two BC MLAs who were elected as Conservatives have formed a new party, One BC, apparently because the BC Conservatives aren't extreme enough for their liking.
- Environmentalists on both sides of the Canada-US border are concerned about two gigantic dairy projects moving forward in North Dakota, with a total of 37,500 head of cattle.
- A San Francisco-based robotics company has developed a countertop robot that it claims can make up to 100 pizzas an hour.
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