News

The yellow cold weather warning that has been in effect over the weekend continues through this morning, where we’ve got temperatures feeling as low as -29. I’ll have more weather after the sports.

If you might be interested in running for County Council in the 2026 municipal election, The Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) is offering a free online workshop for potential candidates in the October 2026 municipal elections. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, April 8 from 10 – 11:30 am. More information can be found on the County website at thecounty.ca

Ottawa is throwing another financial lifeline to Canada Post after it burned through an earlier government loan faster than expected last year amid massive losses and a renewed labour dispute. Late last week, Public Services and Procurement Canada said it will make another $1.01-billion loan facility available to the mail carrier to help it “maintain its solvency and keep services running” while it moves ahead with a major overhaul of its operations. The money will be provided on an “as-needed” basis and must be repaid. This is effectively a top-up to a $1-billion loan facility Ottawa provided to Canada Post in January, 2025, to help the Crown corporation deal with a cash crunch caused by large continuing losses and a $500-million bond repayment due last summer. That credit line was supposed to last through the 2025-26 fiscal year. However, Canada Post had exhausted the available cash by December, following a record third-quarter loss caused in part by a strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The federal government – which is Canada Post’s sole shareholder – has said the carrier’s current business model is unsustainable, and it cannot keep bailing the Crown corporation out.

Sanae Takaichi has become the first elected female prime minister in Japan after her ruling Liberal Democratic party took two-thirds of the seats in the country’s House of Representatives. The biggest task Takaichi now faces is fixing Japan’s economy. It is the world’s fourth largest but it has struggled with sluggish growth for decades.

Finally, the Glenora Ferry will be out of service tomorrow from 6.30am to 4pm for dock work at Adolphustown. More information can be found on the Ministry of Transportation website.

Sports

Seahawks field goal kicker Jason Myers set a Super Bowl record with 5 field goals and another for the most points by a kicker in the big game as Seattle took a 29-13 win over the New England Patriots. An estimated 127m people tuned into Super Bowl 60 yesterday, which was not nearly as entertaining as the last time the two teams met in the big game. In case you missed it, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny was the half time entertainer, and he was joined by Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin. Much better than the game itself.

Scottie Barnes had 25 points and 14 rebounds to help the Toronto Raptors beat the Indiana Pacers 122-104 yesterday afternoon. Barnes was 12 of 20 from the field and had six assists, four blocks and two steals in 33 minutes. Toronto won its second straight to move 10 games above .500 at 32-22.

In Olympics news, Canadian curling mixed doubles pair Jocelyn Peterman and Brent Gallant won’t advance to the playoffs after a rough weekend where they went 3 and 5. And in team figure skating, Canada placed fifth, while the US took gold over Japan and Italy.