Apple TV's Monarch: Legacy of Monsters universe is expanding with a prequel focused on a younger Lee Shaw and a season 2 trailer that introduces Titan X, described in the footage as "bigger than Kong and Godzilla."
A recent commentary reports that global warming is likely to exceed the Paris Agreement goals and that Canada is assessed as a country with mixed outcomes — some new agricultural and shipping opportunities alongside increased climate-related risks and geopolitical pressures.
A White House statement said the United States and Taiwan reached an agreement to lower tariffs and promote investment in the semiconductor sector; the statement did not name any company, and the article mentions reports that the accord would call for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. to build additional plants in Arizona.
Environment Canada now uses yellow, orange and red for warnings, advisories and watches to indicate likely effects; a recent snowstorm put the Greater Toronto Area and Ottawa under an orange alert.
School boards and transportation groups review road, weather and carrier input each morning before recommending bus cancellations; some parents say late or unclear notices have caused disruptive last‑minute arrangements.
Mission 31 raised $140,000 in December for the Elgin Street Mission in Sudbury, with funds designated to help provide hot meals through the winter.
A mass fruiting of native rimu trees has prompted increased breeding among New Zealand's roughly 236 kākāpōs, and officials expect more than 50 chicks to hatch.
Ontario has proposed pausing requirements that allow some cities to require affordable housing units, citing higher financing and construction costs and a strained residential development market; the province says the pause would run until July 1, 2027.
A man pleaded guilty and was fined $2,000 for flying a drone near Lake Louise; Parks Canada said a helicopter had flown through the same area about 30 minutes earlier, raising safety concerns.
Canada has not had diplomatic relations with Iran since Ottawa closed its embassy in Tehran in 2012; Italy now acts as Canada's protecting power in Iran and consular support there is extremely limited amid ongoing unrest.
