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Winnipeg police say a series of extortion and arson incidents last July targeted several small businesses and a warehouse; five people have been arrested and two suspects remain the subject of Canada-wide warrants.

Neil Young announced a one-year offer of free online access to his full music catalogue for people in Greenland, posted on his NYA Times-Contrarian site; the offer requires a cellphone with a Greenland country code and was framed as a response to reported U.S. interest in the territory.

A University of Toronto team used fractal-patterned surfaces to encourage podocytes to develop more branched, mature features; the study was published in Nature Communications.

TikTok agreed to settle a landmark lawsuit alleging its platform addicted young people, with settlement terms undisclosed. Jury selection starts this week in Los Angeles for bellwether trials that will proceed against Meta and YouTube.

An annual indoor golf tournament at the Brechin-Mara Legion raised over $4,000 this year and has contributed more than $70,000 to the Legion over the past decade.

Researchers report a quasar, ID830 at z = 3.4351, accreting around 15 times the Eddington limit while showing unusually strong X-ray and radio emission; this combination is unexpected under standard super-Eddington scenarios.

Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson has provided conditional approval for Marineland to export its remaining beluga whales to the United States, and said final permits will be issued once Marineland supplies further required information.

Broadcast audiences for the 2024 Olympics rose, and broadcasters are expanding streaming, data tools and creator-driven coverage as viewing shifts toward more personalised and remote production.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he did not direct or know about a reported U.S. order for armoured 'Senator' vehicles from Brampton-based Roshel, after earlier praising the deal; the order and Ford's remarks have drawn political attention.

Composer Philip Glass withdrew the world premiere of his Symphony No. 15 "Lincoln" from the Kennedy Center, saying the center's values conflict with the symphony; the premiere had been scheduled for June.

Dr. Oz said about 400 businesses operating from the Griggs-Midway building in Minneapolis billed roughly $380 million to Medicaid over recent years, and he questioned why state oversight did not detect the cluster sooner; he also noted increased federal supervision and attention.

U.S. Homeland Security Investigations agents will assist the State Department with security for U.S. delegations at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 6–22, and several Italian politicians and groups have publicly objected to their presence.

The federal government announced an enhanced GST credit, a one‑time top‑up and new funding for supply‑chain resilience, while Manitoba froze the retail price of milk for a year; food inflation was over 5% in December 2025.

Lionsgate says a Dirty Dancing sequel will begin filming later this year, with Jennifer Grey returning as Baby and serving as an executive producer.

The European Union and India announced a broad free trade agreement after nearly two decades of talks, cutting tariffs on about 97% of European goods entering India and eliminating many EU duties on Indian exports; officials said a formal signing is expected later this year and the deal could take effect by early 2027.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms adapts George R.R. Martin's Tales of Dunk and Egg and presents a simpler, more character-driven tone that contrasts with earlier Game of Thrones entries.

ACEA data shows fully electric cars made up 22.6% of EU registrations in December, narrowly exceeding gasoline-only cars at 22.5%, while gasoline-electric hybrids held the largest share at 44%.

Neil Young announced he will give people in Greenland one year of free access to his full music catalogue, saying the offer is meant to ease stress tied to recent political remarks about Greenland.

Officials said a Russian drone strike on Odesa killed three people and wounded 25, and damaged energy and residential infrastructure; Ukrainian and Russian negotiators are due to meet for U.S.-brokered talks on Sunday.

Tropic said it delivered $85 million in customer savings in 2025 and reported surpassing $18 billion in spend under management.

Parks Canada incident commander Dean MacDonald led the response to the Jasper Wildfire Complex in 2024, a lightning-started series of fires that burned more than 33,500 hectares and was brought under control after 47 days.

A University of British Columbia team reported a topical gene-editing therapy that corrected faulty genes in human skin models and restored up to 30% of normal function for a rare inherited disorder, in results published in Cell Stem Cell.

Canada and China signed a trade deal that will let up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles enter Canada with reduced tariffs; security experts and some provincial officials say cybersecurity and privacy concerns remain unresolved.

State Street and the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) will open an Al Ain operations hub expected to create more than 300 jobs. The hub is part of ADIO's FIDA cluster, which is projected to add AED56 billion to Abu Dhabi's GDP and attract at least AED17 billion in investment by 2045.

People lined up in Calgary to sign a separatist petition; Premier Danielle Smith defended the petition as a democratic expression while former mayor Naheed Nenshi said Smith is 'playing both sides.'

A new pre-print from the HWO Technology Maturation Project Office says the Habitable Worlds Observatory has advanced from Concept Maturity Level 2 to 3 and highlights that components will need stability at the picometer scale—about 1,000 times better than James Webb—to directly image Earth-like planets.

Bricks & Minifigs reached more than 300 stores in 2025 and opened 150 locations since 2023, growing its franchise network through a buy-sell-trade LEGO retail model.

The 1939 film Wuthering Heights will stream on HBO Max from Feb. 1, and Emerald Fennell’s new remake starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi opens in theaters on Feb. 13 amid criticism over casting and marketing.

A one-block closure of East Broadway between Main and Quebec will last about four months for work on the Broadway Subway Project, and local business leaders say owners are anxious and are due to meet the transport minister Tuesday.

The federal government will boost GST rebates with a one-time top-up this year and phased 25% increases over the next five years; advocates say the measure is a useful step but may not be enough to end food insecurity.