Darlene Jacques

What Actually Mattered This Week: Tariffs and Gerrymandering Standoffs 🔔 Want to stay updated on global politics every weekday? Subscribe to GZERO Daily to get the news delivered straight to your inbox. WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERED THIS WEEK The Texas Gerrymandering Fight Coul...

the share of americans who prefer that congressional districts be drawn to not advantage either party: 67%

thank you, fellow americans. and listen up, lawmakers.

Canada’s 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes Fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick, according to new data from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

Canada’s 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record.

The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick.

Fireflies are lighting up summer skies. But the glowing bugs are still on the decline More fireflies than usual are lighting up summer evenings in the U.S. Northeast. But scientists say the lightning bugs are still on the decline.

It took a soggy, humid spring to create the right conditions to see the surge of fireflies this summer. 🌟💫

Sadly the bugs are still on the decline and they’re waning at a faster rate than ever before. Habitat loss, pesticide use and light pollution are responsible.

#BlueEarth #Biodiversity #Nature

EPA plans to end a program that makes solar power available to low-income Americans The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.

The Trump administration plans to end a $7 billion Biden-era program that helps low-income households get solar power.

Trump officials avoid contempt proceedings for defying Venezuela flight ban Boasberg had found probable cause against federal officials for violating his temporary retraining order.

NEW: A federal appeals court today overturned a judge's threat to open contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials who defied an order to halt deportation flights.

‘Heartbroken and astonished’: Ontario senior hit with $290K medical bill after suffering cardiac arrest in Florida An Ontario woman who was visiting a friend in Florida was hospitalized for two weeks after suffering a cardiac arrest, and while she had travel medical insurance, she was shocked to learn that a year later, her claim was denied and she’s on the hook for more than $290,000.

‘Heartbroken and astonished’: Ontario senior hit with $290K medical bill after suffering cardiac arrest in Florida

The employment rate (the percentage of population with a job) for 15-24 year olds is at the lowest level since 1998, excluding the pandemic.

Creating an economy with no jobs and no housing for the next generation is going to end very, very badly.

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11-year-old reported missing in Brantford The Brantford Police Service is asking for the public’s help to find a missing girl.

11-year-old reported missing in Brantford

Lukashenko: Putin is not bloodthirsty.

I could have added hours and hours of footage of Putin's soldiers attacking #Ukrainian schools, hospitals, daycares, maternity homes, residential buildings, playgrounds... to this video.

Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want to Talk About Golden Dome National missile defense is still impossible—and expensive.

Pete Hegseth doesn’t want to talk about his hugely ambitious missile defense project.

Maybe that’s because all anyone knows about Golden Dome is that it will be an expensive, all-azimuth defense against everything that flies - and unlikely to work

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Sister of Canadian military adviser fears looming deportation, Taliban reprisal The sister of a man who worked as an interpreter for the Canadian Armed Forces during the war in Afghanistan says she fears she will be deported back to her former home, where she could face violent reprisal at the hands of the Taliban.

Sister of Canadian military adviser fears looming deportation, Taliban reprisal

Iran International network says two journalists working in Canada targeted by regime Two journalists working for Iran International in Canada are among dozens who have been targeted by regime officials in recent weeks, the network says.

Iran International network says two journalists working in Canada targeted by regime

Even though President Donald Trump often argues the US economy is booming under his watch, he warned Friday of a 1929-style crash if courts strike down his use of emergency powers to justify sweeping tariffs. cnn.it/3H1BuNK

Democrats investigate FBI effort to "hunt down" Texas legislators The lawmakers are arguing that the operation is a partisan misuse of federal resources.

House Democrats are probing the FBI's efforts to locate the Democratic state legislators from Texas who fled the state in a bid to stop Republicans from redrawing Texas' congressional maps.

Mexico discounts risk of ‘invasion’ after Trump order to target cartels Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum insisted Friday that there would be “no invasion of Mexico” following reports that President Donald Trump had ordered the U.S. military to target Latin American drug cartels.

Mexico discounts risk of ‘invasion’ after Trump order to target cartels

U.S. attorney’s office subpoenas New York AG Letitia James The Department of Justice is scrutinizing a prominent opponent of the president over her office’s investigations of the Trump organization and the National Rifle Association.

The US Attorney’s Office has issued two subpoenas to NY AG Letitia James stemming from a pair of politically charged civil cases against Trump and the NRA.

Florida farm identified as source of raw milk that sickened 21 The Florida Department of Health has identified Keely Farms Dairy as the source of raw milk that has sickened 21 people with E. coli or campylobacter since January.

Florida farm identified as source of raw milk that sickened 21

Police seize drugs, money and weapons from Kitchener home A drug investigation in Kitchener has resulted in two arrests.

Police seize drugs, money and weapons from Kitchener home

3 Sept. 11 victims’ remains are newly identified, nearly 24 years later Three 9/11 victims’ remains have newly been identified, officials said this week, as evolving DNA technology keeps making gradual gains in the nearly quarter-century-long effort to return the remains of the dead to their loved ones.

3 Sept. 11 victims’ remains are newly identified, nearly 24 years later

I Watched the Senate Break Down. Here’s How to Fix It. The Senate used to run on deals involving everything from pipelines to feral cows. Reviving them could be the first step to fixing politics.

"If Donald Trump and the Senate want to share responsibility for staffing this administration, each side must return to what they’ve largely abandoned: cutting a deal, even with the people who frustrate you the most," writes former Director of Confirmations Jim Secreto.

"This may be the last evacuation from Pokrovsk," Hennadii Yudin, head of the White Angels police unit, wrote.

According to him, the situation in the city is becoming increasingly critical: the number of injured is growing, the sick cannot receive medical care,

RFK Jr.‘s war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust, threatens Canada’s access to development: experts Kennedy recently announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was halting funding for 22 mRNA vaccine projects worth nearly US$500 million.

Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s defunding of mRNA vaccine development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world.

PM Carney says Israel taking over Gaza City will hurt both Palestinians and hostages Prime Minister Mark Carney says Israel’s announced plan to take over part of the Gaza Strip will further a humanitarian crisis for Palestinians and hostages.

PM Carney says Israel taking over Gaza City will hurt both Palestinians and hostages

Federal law enforcement to begin interviewing unaccompanied migrant children in government custody | CNN Politics The Trump administration notified shelter providers who care for unaccompanied migrant children this week that federal law enforcement agents will begin conducting in-person interviews of kids at shel...

The Trump administration notified shelter providers who care for unaccompanied migrant children this week that federal law enforcement agents will begin conducting in-person interviews of kids at shelters around the country, according to an internal notification obtained by CNN

"News is reporting you were sexually assaulted in CECOT. Some of our president's supporters are saying that is a lie. Just wondering if you want to tell us what the truth is."

Andry: "I don't like lies...the abuse, the sexual harassment that I suffered...it was totally true."

Here’s how Ontario family doctors say they’re grappling with rising costs and endless paperwork — and what it would take to fix it The Star spoke with three about their problems, solutions that would help them and why, despite the challenges, they are sticking with the profession.

Here’s how Ontario family doctors say they’re grappling with rising costs and endless paperwork — and what it would take to fix it

The Star spoke with three about their problems, solutions that would help them and why, despite the challenges, they are sticking with the profession.

Ukraine pulls civilians back from parts of endangered Kherson Vladimir Putin has never given up hope of retaking the city Russia lost in a humiliating defeat in 2022.

Ukraine is evacuating hundreds of people from Korabel, an island district of Kherson city in southern Ukraine, after Russia last week severely damaged the only bridge connecting the suburb with the rest of the city.

1/ Russian field medics have been given only six days of training before immediately being sent to their deaths as stormtroopers, due to commanders ignoring the value of their specialty, according to a scathing commentary from a Russian army medical team. ⬇️