Canada
Trudeau flies to Florida to meet with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
The trip comes days after incoming U.S. president Donald Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico.
Trudeau says ‘no question’ Trump is serious on tariff threat
'One of the things that is really important to understand is that Donald Trump, when he makes statements like that, he plans on carrying them out,' Justin Trudeau said.
Conservatives plan to use Jagmeet Singh's words in latest non-confidence motion
The proposed motion quotes Singh as saying the Liberals caved to corporate greed when they ordered binding arbitration in labour disputes involving the country's two largest rail yards and at ports in B.C. and Montreal.
Poilievre’s refusal to get security clearance ‘entirely inexplicable’ to Canadians: Trudeau
Speaking in Charlottetown friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre on his refusal to through security clearance to have access to top secret government meetings relating to national security.
Canada to pause private refugee sponsorship applications until 2026
The government says applications received annually far outpace the number of spaces for private refugee sponsorships, and is looking to clear the backlog.
RCMP looks to redeploy 25% of eastern region workforce, including to border
Cpl. Martina Pillarova, an RCMP spokesperson, said the temporary redeployment is aimed not only at supporting border integrity, but other federal policing priorities as well.
‘Tax holiday’: From Christmas trees to Pokémon cards, what it includes
Starting next month, Canadians could get a temporary 'tax holiday' on dozens of items as a Liberal bill inches closer to becoming law.
He haunts us still? New Macdonald bio at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Christopher Moore: This week, the Dictionary of Canadian Biography's weekly online publication of a new biography has been supplemented by the release of a revised biography: that of John A Macdonald, previously issued in 1990 and now extensively reworked. It deserves attention from students of historiography as well as of history.
The Provinces
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek announces run for a 2nd term
Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek said Friday's announcement is to 'end speculation and stay focused on the business of leading Calgary.'
Oath to monarch now optional in Yukon after council refused pledge to King
"I actually sat there and I looked at it, and I read it probably about 15 times, and it didn't get any easier to do," he said, adding that, as an Indigenous man, the history that the Crown has had with his people was lingering on his mind.
Le ministre Jean-Yves Duclos dit avoir fini de se «chicaner» avec la ministre Geneviève Guilbault sur le pont de Québec
«Moi je ne suis pas ingénieur, Mme Guilbault non plus. Donc, on va arrêter de parler à travers les journalistes et on va demander à nos experts de travailler ensemble. [...] Au lieu de se chicaner entre politiciens, ce que les gens n'aiment pas et que je n'aime pas non plus, on va mettre les experts ensemble.»
Elsewhere
Zelenskyy suggests 'hot phase' of Ukraine war could end in return for NATO membership if offered - even if seized land isn't returned immediately
The Ukrainian president told Sky News's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay NATO membership would have to be offered to unoccupied parts of the country in order to end the "hot phase of the war", as long as the NATO invitation itself recognises Ukraine's internationally recognised borders.
Media
Canadian news organizations sue OpenAI for ChatGPT copyright infringement
The plaintiffs include CBC/Radio-Canada, Postmedia, Metroland, the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail and The Canadian Press. They’re seeking punitive damages from OpenAI, payments for any profits the ChatGPT creator made from using their news articles and a ban on further use of their content.
Science and tech
Russia arrests ransomware attacker Wazawaka
The US Department of Justice is offering a $10 million reward for Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev.
Meta is reportedly planning a $10 billion, globe-spanning subsea internet cable
Meta is said to be planning a $10 billion undersea fiber-optic cable that will span the world. The cable will reportedly steer clear of geopolitical hotbeds and give Meta more control over its infrastructure.