B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene says the federal government has largely been absent from meetings on flood mitigation for the Sumas area after two major floods in five years, and she is calling for Ottawa to join local and Indigenous authorities at the table.
Justice Minister Sean Fraser said he will keep the current federal process for judicial appointments after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith asked for a greater provincial role and warned she would withhold some judicial funding if Ottawa did not agree.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered a severe security crackdown on nationwide protests that activists say killed thousands, and he has allowed nuclear talks with the United States as tensions rise with an American flotilla nearby.
PAHO issued an epidemiological alert after a sharp rise in measles across the Americas; Canada reported 5,436 cases in 2025, including two deaths.
Toys 'R' Us Canada has filed for creditor protection in Ontario as it seeks a court-supervised restructuring; its 22 stores remain open for now.
DIAGNOS and ÉTS said federal support exceeds CAD 1 million for a multi-year retinal AI research program; the funding package and company contributions will support eight graduate and postdoctoral researchers.
Vince Gilligan said Pluribus season 2 is in active development and that the show will likely follow a year-end release pattern, though he indicated a December 2026 return is unlikely.
Border czar Tom Homan said about 700 federal immigration officers will be withdrawn from Minnesota following two recent fatal shootings involving federal officers. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights review into one of the shootings while the other has not been the subject of the same review.
The High Commission of Canada in Tanzania continues to support Valerie Msoka as a CEFM Champion, and the article reports she empowers young women to oppose female genital mutilation. The story is published by Global Affairs Canada and references an earlier archived account from 2018.
The Trump administration said it will withdraw about 700 immigration officers from Minnesota, reducing a federal deployment of roughly 3,000. Border czar Tom Homan said the move followed agreements with state and local authorities to transfer arrested immigrants to federal custody.
