Tens of thousands gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana to protest a Jan. 3 raid in Venezuela that officials say killed 32 Cuban officers; their remains arrived and burials were scheduled after memorials.
The Federal Court of Appeal unanimously upheld a 2024 ruling that the 2022 invocation of the Emergencies Act by the Trudeau government was unreasonable and infringed Charter rights; legal experts say the government will probably seek Supreme Court review, with an application due by mid-March.
Michael Kovrig, who was detained in China for 1,000 days, told CBC he hopes Canadian officials remain mindful of security and influence risks as Prime Minister Mark Carney visits Beijing and pursues cooperation on energy.
B.C. announced it will not seek renewal of its three-year drug decriminalization pilot, which began in January 2023, and the province said the trial did not deliver the expected results. Opposition parties and members of the public reacted with differing critiques.
President Trump said he might invoke the Insurrection Act after officials reported a federal officer shot a person during a confrontation in Minneapolis; federal agents remain in the city amid ongoing protests, and no formal military deployment order has been announced.
Alberta Health Services confirmed that 21 of 42 family medicine beds at the University of Alberta Hospital will be relocated to Leduc, and the provincial government has ordered a public fatality inquiry into a recent emergency department death.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy's series premiere visits Bajor in live-action for the first time since Deep Space Nine's 1999 finale, and the episode establishes Captain Nahla Ake's backstory and her role as Starfleet Academy's Chancellor.
Several websites used sentimental backstories and identical stock images to pose as family-run shops, while domain records and consumer reviews reported links to recent registrations abroad and complaints about poor-quality goods and refunds.
Bitget released a global video starring World Cup winner Julián Álvarez that uses a stylized football megastore to illustrate the company's Universal Exchange (UEX) concept of providing unified access to multiple asset classes through one account.
Prime Minister Mark Carney's visit to Beijing produced an agreement to lower tariffs, reportedly expanding Canadian canola exports and allowing Chinese electric vehicles into the Canadian market; the accord also frames cooperation on energy and renewable technology.
