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Good morning. After years of frosty relations, Ottawa is testing whether a Beijing reset is worth the domestic and diplomatic fallout – more on that below, along with ICE clashes in Minnesota and the shrinking public service. Bur first:Today’s headlinesIran hints at fast trials and executions of protesters as the death toll exceeds 2,500As Venezuela begins releasing prisoners, a Manitoba man held there since 2013 seeks Ottawa’s helpAn Ontario court seeks the arrest of a man in a $10-million music-industry heist case
January 14, 2026 - 06:34 | Danielle Groen | The Globe and Mail
After two-and-a-half years without a permanent leader, the Quebec Liberal Party finally elected one last summer. Now, they’re leaderless again. A week before Christmas, Pablo Rodriguez resigned amid allegations of vote buying, plunging a once-dominant political machine back into crisis. The Liberals are polling around 20 percent and scrambling to rebuild trust with a base that’s fed up with the disarray and fleeing. Meanwhile, support for the governing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) has collapsed; according to recent polls, François Legault is Canada’s least popular premier.
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January 14, 2026 - 06:30 | Caitlin Walsh Miller | Walrus
The holiday break is now behind us, and Premier François Legault has yet to take his walk in the snow. All signs point to him running his fifth election campaign as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec this fall—and his third as premier.
However, the embattled premier will have a steep hill to climb. A new Quebec survey from Pallas Data of decided and leaning voters, partly commissioned by The Walrus, suggested the holiday break did nothing to improve Quebecers’ mood toward their government in Quebec City, nor toward Legault himself.
Let’s first look at the province-wide figures.
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January 14, 2026 - 06:29 | Philippe J. Fournier | Walrus
When we launched our regional bureaus last year, it was part of a broader effort to deepen our coverage of the most consequential stories unfolding across the country and to strengthen the role of local reporting in our national conversation.
We began with three bureaus. This year, we are expanding again—and we are especially pleased to announce the launch of our Quebec desk. The timing could not be more important. With a provincial election scheduled for October 2026, we will be paying close attention to the political, social, and economic forces shaping the province over the next year...
January 14, 2026 - 06:28 | Carmine Starnino | Walrus
Quebec is replacing pap tests with a more sensitive human papillomavirus test to detect cervical cancer earlier. The rollout aims to improve screening across the province and future self-swab tests could make prevention even more accessible.
January 14, 2026 - 06:19 | | CBC News - Ottawa
A transgender woman convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a 13-year-old Edmonton girl who was lured to a golf course, sexually assaulted, strangled, stabbed, then bludgeoned to death with a hammer, has lost her bid to stay in a women’s prison.
Michelle Autumn, who identified as Michael Williams at the time of the killing, challenged her involuntary transfer from Grand Valley Institution for Women (GVIW) to Millhaven Institution, a male institution, in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice.
“Regardless of whether the decision to involuntarily transfer (Autumn) from GVIW to...
January 14, 2026 - 06:00 | Chris Lambie | National Post
