Ontario's education minister has assumed control of the Peel District School Board and halted a planned layoff of 60 teachers; the board is under provincial supervision and has been given two weeks to respond.
The federal government will send 20 additional officers and helicopter support to British Columbia, and Premier David Eby said a national summit of police leaders will be held in Surrey within two weeks; Surrey police are investigating a possible extortion-related shooting at a strip mall with no injuries reported.
Tesla announced roughly $20 billion in planned capital spending to expand production, scale its nascent robotaxi business and build AI infrastructure, and said it will discontinue the Model S and Model X to repurpose that plant capacity for Optimus humanoid robots.
Israel's prime minister says the Rafah crossing will reopen this week as part of the ceasefire's second phase, but officials say daily passage will be limited and no goods will move for now.
Premiers David Eby and Danielle Smith met Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa to discuss a proposed pipeline from Alberta’s oilsands to a west-coast export terminal; Eby called the meeting 'borderline friendly' and reiterated concerns about spills and First Nations opposition.
The Dark Energy Survey released results from its six-year sky survey that combine four measurement methods and deliver constraints on cosmological parameters more than twice as precise as earlier DES analyses.
B.C. Premier David Eby said officials from B.C., Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario will meet in Surrey within two weeks to coordinate on ongoing extortion cases, and Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to provide additional federal resources for the RCMP in B.C.
A Winnipeg councillor released recommendations asking the province, the city and school divisions to fund play structures rather than rely on parent fundraising after a 10-day task force and meetings with local leaders.
After a cold snap left the provincial emergency shelter open 24 hours for several days, Summerside’s mayor and local advocates are asking the province to make the facility available around the clock year-round; the province says it opens shelters for full days only during extreme weather and relies on community partners for broader supports.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she and B.C. Premier David Eby share common ground on expanding the Trans Mountain pipeline, and Smith said Alberta will present a project proposal in June.
