- An explosion and fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta has killed at least four people and injured numerous others, 19 of them critically. There were some rumours that this resulted from oil and gas infrastructure being hit during an exercise, but the DND says there is no evidence to support this; they also say there is no evidence that this was a terrorist incident. Alberta separatist leader Jeffrey Rath made allegations, entirely unsubstantiated, of a "cover up", and suggested that "DEI programs" and "gender fluid soldiers" were to blame for the disaster.
- Albertans are voting today on ten referendum questions, including one on moving towards separation from Canada. Polls suggest that the separatist movement has lost some momentum recently; that said, they could still win if the turnout is sufficiently low, as separatists tend to be more highly motivated to actually vote. Reassuringly there are signs that turnout will be high; more than 700,000 people had voted in advance as of Saturday. I suspect that reason will prevail, but probably not by as big a margin as the polls would predict.
- Green Party member Pete Fry has been elected mayor of Vancouver, defeating right-leaning incumbent Ken Sim.
- The Trump regime is apparently looking for means to strip Ilhan Omar of her citizenship, according to reports following the DHS raid on her home last week. During the raid her passport was among the items seized; the regime appears to be trying to claim that her age was misrepresented and that she was actually an adult when her late father applied for citizenship, meaning she would have had to apply separately. What's remarkable is that none other than Marjorie Taylor Greene, who doesn't agree with Omar on much of anything, is coming to her defense.
- A federal judge in the US has ruled that the Trump regime likely acted illegally when it banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico journalists from the White House, and has reinstated access for them pending a final judgment on the legality of the move.
- Nick Adams, the Trump regime's "Special Presidential Envoy for American Tourism, Exceptionalism, and Values" (yes, that's actually his title) expressed outrage at travel boycotts aimed at the US. He called the failure of foreigners to spend money in his country "theft". This comes as travel to the US is facing drastic declines in tourism - they had a 5.5% drop in international visitors last year (and a decline of almost 21% from Canada).
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