Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Israel has done it again – this time in Qatar. The Israel Defence Forces said today it has targeted the leadership of Hamas in Doha, the Qatari capital, in an operation it linked to the October 7, 2023 massacre. Qatar has responded with fury, accusing Israel of violating international law.
💥 Explosions shook Doha as Israel claimed a “precise strike” on senior Hamas leaders
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) September 9, 2025
➡️ Hamas says the attack hit while negotiators discussed Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan
🇶🇦 Qatar: a “blatant violation of international law” https://t.co/hUd1YayOrz pic.twitter.com/KwZ9ir3OaX
In a coincidence of astronomical proportions, the CBC has published an article this morning declaring that Mark Carney's controversial decision to pause the EV sales mandate "might not be bad for the climate." Interviewing "climate policy researchers" and EV industry insiders, the public broadcaster has learned that everything could be hunky-dory after all, which is no doubt excellent news for the Liberal leadership as it attempts to quell disquiet within the party over Carney's approach to the environment.
Pausing the EV sales mandate might not be bad for the climate https://t.co/Id0BZjopVP
— National Newswatch (@natnewswatch) September 9, 2025
Find out more at https://t.co/1zbPY5H87t pic.twitter.com/xaiSIuZiiA
The Alberta government has followed through on its promise to revise its policy of banning books from schools if they contain sexual material. Now books that contain written descriptions of sex will be permitted, but images of sex will be forbidden. It means books such as Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita – about the grooming and repeated rape of a child by the man caring for her – will not be prohibited in schools.
Alberta bans sexual images in school library books under revised order.https://t.co/TycWiowqto
— Barrie 360 (@Barrie360) September 8, 2025
A man from Ottawa has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for promoting propaganda against the Jewish people. Patrick Gordon MacDonald was also convicted of facilitating terrorist activities.
Ottawa man sentenced to 10 years in neo-Nazi terrorist propaganda trial https://t.co/OroY1G5Tyu
— CityNews Ottawa (@CityNewsOttawa) September 9, 2025
Mark Carney told a crowd in St. John's, Newfoundland on Monday that an offshore oilfield and a hydro deal with Quebec could boost the economy in Canada's easternmost province. Carney's positive appraisal of the plans came after Premier John Hogan pitched them as ideal candidates for inclusion on the prime minister's list of "nation-building projects."
Carney touts Bay du Nord oilfield and Quebec energy deal in Newfoundland https://t.co/oHQpC7YaZP via @CdnPressNews
— Nancy Crouse (@Nancy_Crouse) September 9, 2025
