Housing & Safety: A Brampton landlord was convicted on seven charges tied to a 2023 house fire that killed a pregnant woman and her 3-year-old daughter, after the property was converted into four units without permits and rented without meeting fire-code and smoke-detector requirements. Parole & Public Safety: Marvin (Casper) Ouimet, a former Hells Angels figure in Quebec, asked the Parole Board to release him again while serving a lengthy sentence. Construction Tech: Field Materials says it’s launching deterministic AI “agents” that can process orders and invoices end-to-end inside construction workflows. Climate Resilience Funding: Ottawa announced $34.2M for 141 climate adaptation projects in 128 communities, including about $650K for extreme-heat housing support in the Region of Waterloo. Transit Cost Pressure: Metrolinx confirmed Ontario Line costs have climbed to about $34B, citing supply-chain shocks and trade uncertainty as critics question procurement and accountability. Rent Affordability: A proposal in P.E.I. calls for a 0% rent freeze for 2027, arguing renters face higher core housing need and shelter-cost stress than homeowners. Rail Infrastructure: VIA Rail began the co-development phase for the Dorval multimodal hub, integrating rail, exo transit, and airport shuttle service, with construction planned for 2027. Energy Infrastructure: Enbridge’s Line 5 tunnel project in the U.S. moved forward after the Army Corps issued a key permit, while a separate court ruling upheld that Enbridge must remove a pipeline segment from Bad River Band reservation land.