The federal government announced $850,000 to support 14 Indigenous-led critical minerals projects in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario. Several communities will receive $50,000 each to support engagement work for a proposed Greenstone Transmission Line upgrade and a Ring of Fire utility corridor study.
British Columbia announced it will not seek an extension of its three-year exemption that decriminalized small amounts of drugs, and the pilot is set to end on Jan. 31.
President Trump announced a 25% tariff on certain advanced computing chips, citing national security, and the measure excludes chips imported for U.S. data centres and several specified civil and public-sector uses.
Timothy Busfield was ordered held without bond after turning himself in on charges of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse; a detention hearing is to be scheduled within five business days.
The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a war powers resolution that would limit the president's ability to order further military strikes in Venezuela; the vote follows the U.S. detention of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and faces pressure from President Donald Trump.
The article says Netflix’s live-action One Piece leans into the anime’s silliness and preserves distinctive animated moments, and it contrasts that approach with Disney’s recent realistic remakes, which the piece describes as more literal and less lively.
The Department of Homeland Security announced a rule removing a prior one-year outside-the-U.S. requirement for R-1 religious workers after their five-year limit, allowing them to depart and apply to re-enter immediately.
The Hadamamo Mist is a 60 mL compact insect repellent formulated with weak acidity similar to skin pH and four moisturizing ingredients; it is designed for daily and travel use and is reported to be sweat- and water-resistant.
Alberta has asked Calgary to provide documents back to 2004 as part of a review into repeated ruptures of the Bearspaw South Feeder Main; city officials say the pipe has been repaired, water is safe to drink and limited restrictions remain in place.
Provincial and federal strategies and developing First Nations partnerships are advancing plans to develop Northern B.C.'s Golden Triangle, which Natural Resources Canada reports holds about 75% of Canada's known copper reserves and large quantities of other critical minerals.
