A federal agency has very quietly decided the government shouldn’t be using TikTok.

You can now add electoral influence to your list of “things the West and China are fighting about” in addition to spy balloons, research funding, and real estate investing.

Last year, over 40,000 migrants entered Canada through an unofficial border crossing linked with Québec. In the last six months, the feds have relocated over 5,300 to other provinces. 

BC is testing out decriminalizing drug possession—which nears the top of the “what not to bring up at a dinner party” list—with the rest of the country looking on and taking notes.

Think your Sunday Scaries are bad? Members of Parliament returned to Ottawa after a six-week winter break with enough on their plates to keep yours truly hiding in bed. 

The country’s top court is deciding whether pretend people can help defend real crimes.

After watching the new Top Gun, we’ve realized that fighter jets are super cool. We also suspect the timing of the government’s first jet order in three decades is no coincidence. 

Canada’s proposed Online Streaming Bill Canadian is starting to make creators sweat.  

Danielle Smith, the newly-elected leader of Alberta’s United Conservative Party (UCP), will be sworn in as the province’s premier today.

Why it matters: Smith campaigned for the job on an “Alberta First” slogan and promises to adopt a more antagonistic posture towards the federal government. 

François Legault, Leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), will stay on as the premier of Québec after winning a majority government in a landslide victory. 

Catch up: Legault started his political career in the separatist, social democratic Parti Québécois (PQ) before founding the CAQ a decade ago. The new party dropped calls for independence in favour of a nationalist agenda and pro-business views.