Public school data show absenteeism has increased nationwide, with particularly large rises reported in Montreal and Quebec City school districts between the 2018–19 and 2024–25 school years.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew warned that Doug Ford's threat to remove Crown Royal from Ontario stores could weaken a united Team Canada response to U.S. tariffs, and Ford has reiterated he will stop selling the whisky after Diageo closes an Ontario bottling plant next month.
Ofcom has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over reports that its Grok chatbot was used to create sexual deepfake images. A new U.K. law criminalizing sexual deepfakes comes into force this week and officials say further legislation may target tools that produce them.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Denmark will work to prevent a U.S. takeover of Greenland after talks involving Greenland, Denmark and U.S. officials, and announced a working group on Arctic security with an update to be given to the Danish government and NATO on Friday.
Canada's privacy commissioner has expanded an existing investigation into X to include xAI and its chatbot Grok after reports the service generated sexualized deepfake images; the probe will examine whether valid consent was obtained for use of Canadians' personal information.
Canada's federal privacy commissioner has expanded an investigation into sexualized deepfakes shared on X and launched a related probe of xAI and its Grok model to examine whether personal information was used without valid consent under federal private sector privacy law.
The Hollywood Reporter says writer Quoc Dang Tran has been tapped to develop a new Game of Thrones sequel that may center on Arya Stark in Essos, following the cancellation of a planned Jon Snow sequel; HBO has not commented and no actors are attached.
In an Oval Office interview, Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal and blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for slowing peace talks; recent negotiations have focused on security guarantees and territorial issues.
Civil liberties and migrant-rights groups called nationwide rallies after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Macklin Good in Minneapolis, and Minnesota authorities opened a separate criminal inquiry while the FBI leads a federal investigation.
Retired Olympic champion Shaun White will attend the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy as a VIP and is leading the Snow League, a new halfpipe tour that uses head-to-head elimination and recently secured about $15 million in funding.
