- The Trump regime claims that the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran will see the Strait of Hormuz "open to all" by this coming Friday. The actual details of the MOU have yet to be released, however, so this claim should be taken with several kilograms of salt.
- The Carney government is suspending several certificates of citizenship that were sent out to people who applied after becoming eligible under the "lost Canadians" law. The suspensions are claimed to be justified based on the supporting documents not being original source material; those receiving the notice are being told that their applications may be reinstated if they provide satisfactory supporting evidence. Some 4,000 people around the world, around half of them American, had been sent certificates under the new legislation; it's not clear how many of these people are affected by this.
- Last week new regulations from Canada's telecommunications regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), took effect, prohibiting telecoms from charging extra fees to activate, change, or cancel cellphone plans. Shortly before the regulations came into force, Bell Canada and Telus rebranded these fees as a "handling fee" in the case of Bell, and a "SIM card fee" in Telus' case. The CRTC sent stern letters to the companies suggesting that these new fees may still be illegal; whether they take more concrete action than this remains to be seen.
- A man suspected of murder in the death of a 61 year old woman in the township of Greater Madawaska, Ontario was arrested in Winnipeg after police investigating the killing discovered threats that the suspect had made to a local business here. When captured he was found in possession of a shotgun as well as three jerry cans full of gasoline.
- In 2022, it was claimed by Russia that several public health facilities in Ukraine, which had received funding from the US, were actually biological warfare research facilities. The official story is that facilities were working to secure Soviet-era bioweapons and then turned into general purpose public health labs once this had been done. Russia's claims were denied by the US at the time. Of course, one could reasonably ask whether the Americans can be trusted to tell the truth about this, but notably these claims have also been dismissed by the UN as well as by some actual Russian scientists (who had best keep a safe distance from windows for the foreseeable future). However, a Canadian blogger, Patrick Armstrong, now claims to have new evidence supporting Russia's assertions. The source for this information is Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who has released what she calls declassified information that allegedly supports the claim. Those convinced of Russia's righteousness in the conflict are naturally pleased with this report; whether information put out by the Trump regime can be trusted to be truthful on this matter (or any other) is left as an exercise for the reader.
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