Gerrid Hunt accepted a Nova Scotia Medal of Bravery for rescuing his neighbour from a Jan. 11, 2025 house fire; Hunt says he still struggles with the events, and Halifax Fire reported the blaze was accidental and the home lacked working smoke detectors.
The Strathmore Municipal Library is restarting many regular programs for the new year, while a few early literacy sessions are postponed until February and several clubs and events are already scheduled.
The GrandPals program pairs Grade 5–6 students with adults aged 55-plus for eight weekly one-hour sessions in Beachburg and Cobden, and was introduced to the Whitewater Region in spring 2025.
Judith Rosella Liske died on January 8, 2026, just before her 80th birthday, and a memorial service is scheduled for January 24 at Bethany Lutheran Church.
President Trump said the Canada‑U.S.‑Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) is 'irrelevant' to the U.S. while touring a Ford factory in Dearborn, Mich.; automakers and industry groups say the pact supports integrated North American supply chains and the agreement is up for review this year.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez used her first state of the union address to promote oil industry reforms intended to attract foreign investment and said revenue would fund health services and infrastructure.
An off‑duty Kelowna paramedic stopped to assess a man on a downtown sidewalk who appeared to be overdosing and was reported as stable. Emergency Health Services recorded 165 toxic drug poisoning calls in Kelowna in December 2025, a 34 per cent increase from the same month a year earlier.
While in Mumbai on a trade mission, Premier David Eby said Indian mining and energy firms are showing interest in B.C.'s LNG projects, and he said the province's extortion task force will provide an update next week.
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva expressed support for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and emphasized the importance of central bank independence; Powell is under a government probe over renovation cost overruns and denies wrongdoing, and a legal case involving Fed Governor Lisa Cook is scheduled for the U.S. Supreme Court next week.
New research estimates an Earth-analog at TRAPPIST-1e would receive about 0.9% of Earth's photosynthetically active radiation, and a simple scaling gives roughly 63 billion years for a Great Oxygenation Event; accounting for spectral and physiological factors reduces that estimate to about 1–5 billion years.
