- Five former members of Canada's World Junior Hockey Championship team have been acquitted of sexual assault following a lengthy trial.
- Dennis Modry, the former CEO of the Alberta Prosperity Project, is claiming to have had discussions with Trump officials about the possibility of getting a loan from the US to assist with the costs of secession from Canada.
- An Afghan man who served as an interpreter for the US military in the early years of the post-9/11 war was detained by ICE following a seemingly routine appointment related to his application for a green card. The DHS claims that he is "under investigation for a serious criminal allegation" but provided no details about said allegation. One thing is clear - if sent back to Afghanistan he would not be a good risk from a life insurance company's point of view.
- Starlink's entire network went down worldwide on Thursday.
- Carmen Prefontaine has officially entered the race in the byelection to replace deceased Winnipeg city councillor Jason Schreyer. She has been endorsed by the Winnipeg Labour Council. Besides her labour credentials (she is a CUPE vice-president) she has worked for the city's 311 service in the past, which should give her a reasonably broad-based understanding of how the city bureaucracy actually works. On the other hand, the other viable candidate, Emma Durand-Wood, has excellent urbanist credentials. If I lived in the ward I would doubtless vote for one of the two, but I'm not at all sure which one. I do have to admire the youthful enthusiasm of the third candidate, Zekaria Selahadin, though.
- Some residents of Winnipeg's North Kildonan ward are angry at the fact that their neighbourhoods are now more accessible by Transit with the recent changes, blaming it for increased criminal activity. The long-term solution, of course, would be to improve social conditions to reduce crime, but of course that is a long-term goal (and one that North Kildonan residents probably wouldn't want to pay the taxes needed in order for to it work). Failing that, Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1505, which represents Transit employees, is calling for more enforcement of fare evasion, hoping that this will discourage the more desperate and less lawful elements from making the trip.
- Three people, including the suspect, are dead following what police are calling a "neighbourhood dispute" in Maple Ridge, BC. A couple in their sixties were shot to death in their home, and several vehicles torched, before the suspect died of a self-inflicted wound during a standoff with police. According to someone in this Reddit thread he had been threatening the victims for years over such petty matters as on-street parking and property lines.
- Several large pickups and SUVs in Elmira, Ontario had their tires deflated on Monday morning. The tires were not actually slashed; the valves were just partially opened and left to deflate overnight. A statement was emailed to the CBC claiming responsibility on behalf of an organization called Tyre Extinguishers, saying they wanted to "bring attention to the immense danger these gas guzzlers present to the environment, pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists".
- Two "street preachers" with a history of harassing women have been arrested on hate-motivated mischief charges after attempting to interfere with services at two Surrey churches and spewing misogynist and anti-LGBT* bile.
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