- Four people who died as a result of a horrifying mass shooting in Winnipeg's West Broadway neighbourhood this past weekend have been identified. A fifth victim is clinging to life in hospital; no information about suspects or motive has been made public so far.
- Recent polling suggests that the federal Liberals are significantly behind the Tories in 34 key swing ridings that they took from the Tories in 2015. This does not bode well for those of us who want to see the Conservatives kept from power.
- The pause in the Israel-Gaza conflict has been extended by two days, but so far no sign that those displaced by the fighting will be able to return to what remains of their homes, and aid agencies are dreading what will happen when the fighting resumes. In the US, activists are staging a hunger strike in front of the White House, calling for Biden to press Israel towards a lasting truce. And in Saskatchewan, an NDP MLA has been forced to apologize for liking someone's Instagram post of a video in which people can be heard chanting the "from the river to the sea" slogan.
- Getting people to eat less meat is a huge challenge. Since it's not the sort of thing that can be realistically legislated, some are looking at what kind of "nudges" can be employed to get people to freely choose to reduce their meat consumption.
- It has emerged that the UAE had plans to use the COP28 summit to make deals on the sale of fossil fuels. I have to say that this is a bit of a conflict of interest.
- A BC man opposed to children learning of the existence of LGBT* people led police on a low speed chase in a tractor before being run off the road. Video here.
- A company that sold tickets for a three-year "Life at Sea" cruise has cancelled the cruise after two postponements and offered refunds, after admitting that they hadn't been able to scrounge up a boat for the cruise. Some of the prospective passengers are now in a bad way, having sold or rented out their homes in anticipation of being away for three years. Oops.
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