Residents across Waterloo region, Guelph and Stratford are facing another blast of extreme cold this weekend as Environment Canada has issued a yellow cold warning for the area.

The federal weather agency says wind chills of up to -30 are expected Sunday night continuing Monday morning.

“Extreme cold puts everyone at risk,” Environment Canada said in its alert, noting heightened dangers for young children, seniors and those without adequate shelter.

Sunday will see a high of -13 C, though it will feel significantly colder. Wind chills may reach -30 at times before improving slightly to around -20 later in the day. The risk of frostbite remains high, particularly on exposed skin.

Overnight, temperatures will to drop to -24 C, with wind chills near -30.

Monday will remain cold, with a high of -10 C and wind chills again approaching -29 in the morning. Temperatures are expected to ease a bit later in the week, with daytime highs approaching zero by Tuesday, although the area could still see the occasional flurry.

In its warning, Environment Canada urged residents to dress warm and limit time outdoors. The agency also recommends checking on vulnerable family members, friends and neighbours and keeping emergency supplies, such as blankets and jumper cables, in vehicles.

With the number of measles cases in Manitoba swelling, experts caution those who aren’t vaccinated for the disease to stay away from large public gatherings until the outbreak settles down. 

The warning comes after Manitoba’s government said those who attended the AG Days indoor farm show in Brandon late last month might have been exposed to measles. 

About 35,000 people attended the annual event at the southwestern Manitoba city’s Keystone Centre between Jan. 20 and 22. Those who visited hotels, restaurants and shops in the city during the three-day event were also possibly exposed to the virus, according to Manitoba public health. 

“It’s absolutely terrifying,” said Dr. Philippe Lagacé-Wiens, a medical microbiologist and physician at St. Boniface Hospital.

“In a closed space, 90 per cent of people who are susceptible will catch measles if there’s a person who’s infectious and goes into that room.”

With symptoms of measles becoming physically evident sometimes weeks after getting infected, a person with the disease could spread it unknowingly.

“This chain of transmission going downstream is when you’ve got that many exposed people. It is very concerning,” he said.

In January, Manitoba reported the highest monthly count of confirmed measles cases since the outbreak began in February 2025. 

As the illness continues to circulate at this extent, people are more likely to be exposed to the disease in larger groups, and those who aren’t vaccinated have a high chance of getting infected, Lagacé-Wiens said. 

Measles can stay in the environment hours after an infected person has been in a space, and  Lagacé-Wiens said that unlike with COVID-19, physical distancing or masks do little to protect someone from contracting it.

“The really big message is if you’re not vaccinated against measles or you have any kind of measles-like symptoms, don’t go to these festivals,” he said. 

The same message should also be relayed by event and festival organizers, Lagacé-Wiens said. 

Visible signs that remind people how measles can spread at large events, and the importance of staying home if presenting symptoms are an alternative, he said. 

Not a time for restrictions just yet

Angela Rasmussen, a virologist and principal scientist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in the University of Saskatchewan, said herd immunity is no longer an option to protect unvaccinated people from contracting the virus.

The only opportunity to prevent infection risks is to minimize the chance of exposure, she said. Measles is much more contagious than other illnesses in part because you have to be exposed to less of the virus to get infected.

The recommendation is that, for example, newborn babies who are not yet eligible to get vaccinated or children who have not gotten the measles shot, even if it is because they are immunocompromised, should avoid large public gatherings, Rasmussen said.

“It’s really unfortunate that parents have to make those choices, but this is what happens when the vaccination rate goes down like this.”

Manitoba’s measles outbreak has not reached the extent where restrictions or event cancellations would be needed to control the spread, according to Dr. Lagacé-Wiens.

“If we start to see situations where infants are cramming in intensive care units and stressing hospital systems … we might start to see public health pushing for reducing events,” he said.

On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic — where widespread isolation measures and vaccine policies triggered public backlash — there’s also little appetite for restrictions around measles, and Lagacé-Wiens said that at the moment, immunization alone is still a solution to curb the number of measles cases.

But stricter measures cannot be completely ruled out in the future given the likelihood of larger virus outbreaks.

“If people don’t roll up their sleeves quite literally and get vaccinated, it’s always a possibility,” Lagacé-Wiens said

“I’m not seeing a way out of this uncontrolled measles transmission for at least a year or more at this point, unless we really have a sincere look at our vaccine rates,” he said. 

Rasmussen said there has been a continuous effort from disinformation campaigns to undermine the advice of public health on vaccination, making it really hard for experts to push for measles immunization among those who have not had the shot yet. 

At this stage she said health authorities have to find a strategy that’s more effective and aggressive against misinformation.  

“We need to reach the people who are undecided about vaccines and figure out a way to communicate with them directly,” she said. 

Following public health guidance

Brandon Mayor Jeff Fawcett said the city has been monitoring the possible measles exposure at AG days but the province has not advised of any uptick in local cases yet. 

Measles has not been a significant public health issue in Brandon, Fawcett said. He credits it to high immunization rates driven in part because a large number of residents in the city lived through Canada’s measles outbreak in the 1980s.

“Our parents didn’t think twice about making sure we were taken care of by our science. It’s been well understood, and we have a lot of that generation around,” he said. 

At the moment Brandon is following the lead of Manitoba health authorities, reminding people of vaccination availability and encouraging residents to monitor for symptoms. 

Restrictions on gatherings would only come if public health officials recommend it, he said.

“We do have other events going on and we’re not going into an aggressive approach to it,” he said. “Life is continuing out here. People do take care of their health.”

A man has been arrested over the death of a student in her accommodation at the University of Lancashire.

Carla Georgescu, 19, was found dead at her accommodation in Victoria Street, Preston, on Thursday afternoon, Lancashire constabulary said.

Officers attended the address after reports of a “sudden death”, which is being treated as suspicious.

Georgescu was in her second year at the university studying clinical psychology.

A 34-year-old man, who was known to her, has been arrested and remains in custody.

The force said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the investigation.

A spokesperson said: “We know that news of this young woman’s death and the police activity will be concerning to many, but we want to tell you that we have a team of detectives and uniformed officers working hard to try and establish the circumstances.”

Members of the public with concerns or information have been asked to contact police on 101 quoting log 0560.

A University of Lancashire spokesperson said staff and students were “deeply saddened by the tragic loss”.

Their statement read: “The wellbeing and safety of our students and staff is our priority. Support is being offered to anyone within our university community who is affected by this devastating incident, and our thoughts are very much with loved ones, friends and all those who knew our student at this incredibly distressing time.”

New York Republican Rep. Mike Lawler reiterated his criticism of President Donald Trump on Sunday after a post from Trump last week included a racist animation of former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama depicted as apes. 

“I think sometimes in our public discourse it is best to just say, ‘I’m sorry,'” Lawler told ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. 

Lawler, who was one of the first Republicans to criticize Trump over the post on Friday, said that he is taking the White House at its word that the post was a “mistake” made by a staffer. Lawler added that whoever originally created the meme “is an idiot.”

Asked on Friday if he would apologize for the video, Trump told reporters he would not.

“No, I didn’t make a mistake. I mean, I look at a lot of — thousands of things,” Trump said. “And I looked at the beginning of it, it was fine.”

Asked if he condemned the racist portion of the video, Trump said, “Of course I do.”

Trump’s post included claims of debunked 2020 election conspiracies before the Obamas’ faces appear near the end on the bodies of apes abruptly and briefly without explanation with the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” playing over it. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt initially blasted criticism of the video as “fake outrage” before the White House later blamed it on a staffer and deleted the post about 12 hours after it went online.

GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of Trump’s staunchest allies, was one of the first prominent Republican to call out the president, calling the post “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”

“I think Tim Scott obviously was one of the first people to speak out. I don’t think he was engaged in fake outrage,” Lawler said.

“I think the vast majority of Americans recognize that that type of imagery, and trying to, you know, compare, the first Black president to a gorilla or a monkey, is insensitive, it’s offensive, it’s racist,” Lawler said. 

He added, “Whether it was intentional or a mistake, the fact is it’s wrong. And we should all just be able to acknowledge that and move forward.”

Here are more highlights from Lawler’s interview:

On reports Trump asked for Penn Station and Dulles International Airport named for him

Karl: We learned that President Trump told Chuck Schumer, the Senate leader, that he would be willing to unfreeze $16 billion in funding for a major infrastructure project in New York and New Jersey if the president — if Schumer were willing to endorse the idea of renaming Penn Station — and, by the way, Dulles Airport — after Donald Trump. How how is that OK? 

Lawler: I have been against freezing the funds. But how did we get here? Chuck Schumer decided, last fall to shut the government down for 43 days. And as a result, this critical infrastructure project was frozen during that shutdown, in which the entirety of the federal government, you know, was depleted of funds. I know there have been numerous conversations between the president and Senator Schumer to try and resolve this.

Karl: I mean, he’s holding the money hostage for having these things named after him. I mean, this is not like part of a, ‘Let’s honor somebody.’ He wants it named after himself and he’s saying he will unfreeze the money if they’ll do it. 

Lawler: Jon, at the end of the day to me, I really could care less what the name of a building is. A critical infrastructure project is. I care that it gets done. And ultimately in my, from my vantage point, you know, work it out. These guys have been in, in, known each other for roughly 50 years. You know, this goes back a long time from my vantage point.

On a bipartisan immigration solution 

Lawler: Look, this is an issue that I’ve been focused on for years. You know, for 40 years, we have not solved our immigration crisis. The American people were rightly outraged by what happened under the Biden administration, where you had over 10.5 million migrants cross our border, most of them illegally. You know, porous southern border needed to be shut down, President Trump did that. The fact is that we have had nine straight months of net-zero illegal border crossings. You’ve had 675,000 people deported, 1.9 million people self-deport, many of those folks, criminal aliens or people who have been involved in the criminal justice system, the American people overwhelmingly support that. But what they do believe, if you’ve been in this country, right or wrong, for five, ten, 15, 20 years, your children and your grandchildren are American citizens, people don’t want to see families broken apart.

And so there’s got to be a legal path forward, not a path to citizenship, but a legal path forward for people to come out of the shadows so that they can work legally, that they can pay their taxes, pay any back taxes owed, pay a fine, not collect government benefits, and not commit a crime that is the basis of the Dignity Act, so that we can actually start to solve a crisis that has been in effect for 40 years. We have over 25 million people in this country who are undocumented. You’re not rounding them all up and kicking them out. It’s not realistic.

With Alisson marooned upfield for a set-piece as Liverpool searched for a late equaliser, Rayan Cherki kicked the ball towards an empty net.

Haaland gave chase and was clearly going to outpace Dominik Szoboszlai.

The City striker had overtaken Szoboszlai 25 yards from goal and looked certain to win the race – but he was pulled back.

It was a clear foul which referee Craig Pawson identified, but he played an advantage.

As the ball rolled towards the goal with the same two players still jostling to reach it, Liverpool’s Hungary international was about to slide in and clear it off the line.

Before Szoboszlai could do so, however, Haaland pulled him back, and that stopped the home player from keeping the ball out of the net.

The first pull on Haaland muddies the waters. After all, it seemed Haaland was definitely going to score.

But they are two distinct situations. You have to separate the first foul by Szoboszlai and the subsequent offence from Haaland.

Would Szoboszlai have prevented the goal had he not been fouled? There is a high chance.

On that basis it is impossible for the goal to stand.

Remember that Pawson played advantage. Had Szoboszlai been allowed to successfully keep the ball out, the play would have been brought back and he would have been sent off.

The end result would be the same as the outcome of the VAR intervention: no goal and Szoboszlai sent off for denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity.

If you take out the first pull on Haaland, it is hard to see how anyone could have a problem with the goal being disallowed.

This is not the first time, or the last, that the VAR has correctly disallowed a goal and people really struggle to stomach it.

Yes, the goal could be important for Manchester City at the end of the season. But the goal conceded could also turn out to be vital for Liverpool.

President Donald Trump had a few choice words for U.S. Olympic skier Hunter Hess, who said it was hard for him to represent his country amid U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations.

In a Truth Social post Sunday morning, Trump zeroed in on the Olympian, writing, “U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

During a press conference on Friday, freestyle skiers for Team USA at the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, tried to distance themselves from the lawful federal immigration operations that have been clearing illegal alien criminals out of American communities, per Breitbart News:

Hess also expressed that it was “a little hard” for him to “wear Team USA gear” as there was “a lot going on that” he isn’t “the biggest fan of.”

“Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S.,” Hess added.

Hess and his fellow skiers took heat for their comments, with fans demanding they be cut from the team.

Chad Caton of the Veterans for Trump Coalition also commented on Hess’s statements, writing, “What you ski with that flag on your arm and run your mouth on the world stage?? Some of us wore that flag on our arm and buried our friends under it. STFU AND GO PLAY IN THE SNOW.”

Meanwhile, Breitbart News reported that “1980 Olympic Gold medalist Mike Eruzione, captain of the famed U.S. ‘Miracle on Ice’ men’s hockey team that defeated the vaunted Soviets in what was and still is the greatest upset in sports history, took to X to make his displeasure known.”

A lifelong dream led one man to plan an extreme road trip of thousands of miles across several continents — just to see the northern lights.

In an extended journey that would likely defeat most people, Malik Al-Sultan, 28, drove more than 5,600 miles from Saudi Arabia to northern Norway — spending thousands of dollars on the trip — to catch a glimpse of the aurora borealis.

He planned the long journey for over a year, news agency SWNS reported.

Rather than flying, he chose to make the trip by road so he could experience other countries along the way.

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The freelance digital creator from Saudi Arabia set off on Dec. 20, 2025, driving his Toyota Land Cruiser pickup truck across Europe and Scandinavia.

The three-week journey took him through 19 countries, with a final destination of Bodø, Norway.

Over three weeks, the freelance digital creator drove his car, shown above, through 19 countries as he headed toward his destination.  (SWNS)

He said the idea for the trip came about roughly a year before his departure.

That’s when he began mapping out a route, saving money and preparing his vehicle for long-distance travel.

In the five weeks leading up to his departure, Al-Sultan spent a lot of free time making sure his truck was road-ready and securing the necessary travel documents, he said — including a Schengen visa required for Saudi citizens traveling across much of Europe.

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The cost of his trip, which included fuel, food and hotel stays in every city where he spent the night, totaled about $12,300, SWNS reported.

His route took him through countries that included Kuwait, Turkey, Serbia, Italy, Germany and Sweden.

“It made the whole journey worth the trouble.”

Along the way, he made an unplanned detour to the United Kingdom — where he visited London for the first time and decided to remain for a few days.

“When I arrived in London and saw it,” said the intrepid traveler, “I decided to stay for a couple [of] days and enjoy the atmosphere.” (iStock)

“At first, the United Kingdom was not part of the plan,” he said. “But when I visited it, I was amazed by the beauty of the roads. When I arrived in London and saw it, I decided to stay for a couple [of] days and enjoy the atmosphere.”

After logging approximately 5,600 miles, Al-Sultan arrived in Bodø — and was finally able to witness the aurora borealis lighting up the night sky.

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“It was quite a long journey, traveling through so many different cultures and lands,” he said.

“It made the whole journey worth the trouble,” Al-Sultan said.

“I was so amazed [at] watching the lights,” he said.

The route carried him through multiple countries across Europe and the Middle East, including Kuwait, Turkey and Germany, before an unexpected detour to London. (SWNS)

Al-Sultan said his journey itself became just as meaningful to him as the ultimate destination.

“I will always remember both together, because one could not exist without the other for me,” he said.

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After soaking in the experience, Al-Sultan said he plans to continue driving back to Saudi Arabia — possibly taking a different route home.

“Love his camping set-up,” wrote a social media commenter. “Would love to sit by his fire and listen to his stories.”

Malik Al-Sultan, 28, pictured above, drove more than 5,600 miles across continents, spending over a year planning to fulfill a dream.  (SWNS)

In another extreme journey that made headlines recently, a man’s longtime friendship led him to make a one-day, 14,000-mile journey to say goodbye to a dying pal, as. Fox News Digital recently reported. 

Bob Walker traveled from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Arbroath, Scotland, and back again, just to spend a few hours with his friend Peter Gould, 82, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in December. 

The two men had been friends for more than four decades, first meeting while working as aircraft engineers in Papua New Guinea in the 1980s. Despite living in different countries for much of their lives, they stayed in close contact over the years.

“I really wanted to [make] the journey.” 

“There’s not many opportunities where you can actually say goodbye to people, so I really wanted to [make] the journey,” Walker said.

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On Jan. 16, the friends sat together in Gould’s hometown — sharing cans of their favorite beer and reminiscing about their years working, traveling and raising families.

“I’m very grateful for what Bob did,” he said. “He didn’t have to do it.”

A convicted robber who absconded from prison has been found, police confirmed.

Scott Warner, 37, was reported missing from a roll call at HMP Hollesley Bay, Woodbridge, Suffolk.

He had been serving a sentence of four years and seven months for robbery and other offences.

Essex Police confirmed on Sunday that Warner, who has links to Essex, was arrested in the Colchester area on Saturday evening.

He has been taken into police custody and will be returned to the prison system.

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Police thanked members of the public for their assistance after issuing appeals.

HMP Hollesley Bay is a Category D open prison.

Detainees are typically allowed to spend most of their day off-site for work, education or other resettlement purposes in these facilities.

Lindsey Vonn has suffered a devastating crash in the women’s downhill skiing final at the Winter Olympics.

The 41-year-old American ruptured her ACL in a crash at a World Cup race in Switzerland on 30 January but was determined to compete at the Olympics nevertheless.

She is in a stable condition, her team confirmed.

Just 13 seconds into her final run in Cortina, northern Italy, on Sunday, Vonn crashed on the piste, having clipped a slalom gate while mid-air.

The Team USA athlete was heard screaming after the crash as she was surrounded by medical personnel for several minutes.

Vonn was then strapped to a gurney and flown to hospital by helicopter.

She broke her left leg and needed surgery to stabilise the injury, according to regional governor Luca Zaia.

People in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched as the skier crashed and was taken away from the course. Vonn’s father was also in the stands and stared at the ground while she was being treated.

Vonn’s teammate, Breezy Johnson, won the women’s downhill, becoming the second American woman to take the Olympic downhill gold. Vonn was the first US woman to accomplish the feat.

Vonn was considered a medal hopeful despite her ruptured ACL and completed two impressive training runs earlier this week.

She had returned to elite ski racing last season after nearly six years in retirement, having had a partial titanium knee replacement in her right knee.

As well as the ruptured ACL, she also had a bone bruise and meniscus damage.

I would really recommend it if you have thick frizzy hair like I do!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve seen the hype around the Dyson Airwrap. Promising to shape, dry and curl your hair without tangles or frizz, it’s always seemed like the dream hair tool.

But with a hefty £400 price tag, I’ve never bought one, as it seemed like way too much money for what is essentially a glorified hairdryer. On a recent trip to Costco in Thurrock, I found that they were selling the Airwrap for about £280 with tax – a fraction of what it costs from the actual Dyson website.

So I decided to treat myself and see if it was really worth the hype! Full disclaimer, I have thick, pretty wavy hair that gets really frizzy if I let it air-dry on its own.

I also have a significant amount of damage from when 20-year-old me decided to dye her whole head blonde with a box dye from Superdrug. So I had pretty low hopes that the Dyson would actually do my hair how I want it to, despite the big price tag.

The Airwrap I bought came with the fast dryer attachment, a loop brush and a 40mm barrel to curl my hair. You can buy newer models with more attachments, but these are obviously more expensive.

I did some research on how to use the Airwrap most effectively after I made my purchase, and people on social media said to blow-dry your hair to about 80% dry after washing before going in with the curling barrel.

I also used the Beauty Works Dream Shine Leave In Blow Dry Formula spray after drying my hair a bit, to see if it would help hold the curls there for longer. My first impression was that the dryer is pretty strong!

I have a fair amount of hair, and my old Babyliss dryer would take about 15 minutes to dry it all. The Dyson got it to 80% dry in maybe 10, which I was very impressed with, considering how small the airflow hole is!

Then it was time to curl. The model of Dyson I bought has a little toggle on the top, so you can change the airflow direction to make the curls go the way you want them to.

I took small sections of hair, held them flat against the barrel until they caught on, and boom – the machine did the rest of the work for me! I really enjoyed not being burned by a curling iron, and I found the curling process much less sore on my arms than if I were to do it manually with a normal tool.

It was also significantly quicker. I got a full blow-out look in about 15 minutes – when I used to attempt it with a round brush and a dryer, it would take more like 45 minutes and two achy arms.

These curls held for a few hours – but I have a bad habit of touching my hair all the time, which probably made it last for a shorter period. It also definitely takes getting used to, and I’m considering buying a mouse to make the style last all day!

There are also other options if you’re looking to splurge on a fun hair-drying tool. The Shark Flex Style is a significantly cheaper option, clocking in at about £210, and the £220 Beauty Works AERIS Multi-Styler has some rave reviews too.

I do have a couple of issues with the Dyson, though. Firstly, you do need to buy products to put on your hair to make the curls hold if you have flat, frizzy hair like I do, which obviously makes the experience even more expensive. Secondly, the model I bought didn’t come with a bag to put it and all the attachments in, so I had to purchase a separate storage bag!

In summary, if you’re looking to treat yourself and want a hair tool that won’t damage your hair as much as a traditional curling iron, I would really recommend the Dyson Airwrap. I would definitely look at some reviews on TikTok or Instagram, in addition to some tutorials, to make sure you really get the most bang for your buck – but if you have a girlfriend who’s been yearning for one of these for ages, they make for a perfect Valentine’s Day gift!