Global National: Feb. 28

Newly released federal documents are offering insight into why two scientists from China were escorted out of the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg in 2019, before being fired in 2020. How Ottawa says this was a case of foreign interference by China, and whether there is any evidence those two scientists took top-secret information out of Canada. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has revealed sweeping new restrictions on renewable energy projects. Why the measures are being implemented, what this means for new wind and solar projects, and why green energy advocates see this as a setback. A massive, out-of-control wildfire, which only began two days ago, is raging through the Texas Panhandle. The destruction, how some people escaped the flames just in time, and how the smoke has reached parts of Canada. Yulia Navalnaya is urging the European Union to confront Russian President Vladimir Putin, less than two weeks after her husband, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, mysteriously died in prison. Her powerful message, and the plans for her husband’s funeral. Plus, staying put: how NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and Winnipeg Jets co-owner Mark Chipman are reassuring hockey fans there are no plans to relocate the team. And the leap year loophole spawning a compensation conundrum: are you working for free on February 29?