- The surviving suspect in the Bondi Beach attack has been charged with 15 counts of murder as well as 40 counts of causing grievous bodily harm as well as with committing a terrorist act.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is willing to consider a referendum on the surrender of territories occupied by Russia. The Trump regime is demanding that Ukraine withdraw from the Donbass region as a condition of peace; Zelenskyy is not willing to unilaterally offer this but has offered a referendum to placate Trump and Putin.
- Winnipeg's executive policy committee plans to hire a full-time transit planner in order to address the concerns about Winnipeg Transit's new network. Whether this can resolve the issues remains to be seen, though one transit activist is hopeful.
- Brayden Bushby, who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Barbara Kentner in Thunder Bay in 2017, has been granted day parole for the second time. The first time it was granted, it was subsequently revoked following numerous breaches of conditions, including associated with people he'd been ordered not to as well as theft and impaired driving. He also got a Confederate flag tattoo while on day parole, and after he was locked up again he was seen on video mowing a swastika into a prison lawn. None of this seems to bode well for his rehabilitation prospects.
- A professor of nuclear science and engineering at MIT has died after being shot in his home on Monday. Nuno F Gomes Loureiro had been working on developing nuclear fusion technologies; a suspect and motive for the killing have not been identified so far.
- A Chilliwack, BC woman was killed by a falling tree after taking her kids to a local park. The children escaped injury.
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