The opinion argues the recent Greenland episode and Davos debate have weakened NATO’s credibility and contends middle powers should deepen trade and security cooperation with like-minded partners.
The article notes a bitterly cold weekend and lists five local events across Waterloo region from Jan. 23–25, including concerts, winter activities, sports games and a whiskey festival.
Heated Rivalry, a Canadian series, is presented as a popular cultural diversion amid broader shifts in international relations; the piece also reports that actor François Arnaud faced online harassment after fan speculation about cast relationships.
Alamos Gold has announced a 2026 Investor Day; the company operates mines in Ontario and Sonora and employs more than 2,400 people.
Global fashion figures and members of the public gathered at the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs in Rome for Valentino's funeral after a two-day public viewing at his foundation.
President Trump is scheduled to meet Ukraine's President Zelenskyy while Kyiv faces widespread power outages and very cold temperatures after recent strikes on the power grid.
Hootsuite has pursued social-media monitoring work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including a US$95,000 pilot, and federal officials in Ottawa have drafted plans to ban social media for children under 14 as part of an online harms bill.
Medicine Hat College students will join the Medicine Hat Health Foundation on Feb. 6 for the third annual PJs for a Purpose fundraiser, seeking $5,000 to help complete a new themed room in the pediatric unit; the event has already funded two themed rooms.
Samples taken after a large bird die-off in southern Manitoba tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, and authorities reported about 500 dead birds were found in early December.
President Trump has again argued the United States should acquire Greenland to support a proposed "Golden Dome" missile-defence system; Greenland hosts the Pituffik Space Base, a long-range early-warning radar site.
