Global National: March 7

A mother, her four young children and an adult family friend have been killed in Barrhaven, a suburb about 20 kilometres southwest of downtown Ottawa. Febrio De-Zoysa, 19, has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. The police investigation, and has reaction from stunned neighbours. Concern is spreading through Western Canada about a difficult drought season ahead as the weather warms up. How those provinces are scrambling to prepare for water restrictions and hydroelectricity production workarounds. The Canadian Armed Forces is having trouble recruiting people. How Defence Minister Bill Blair is calling the problem a “death spiral.” U.S. Army reservist Robert Card killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine in October 2023, before being found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The findings from the special commission investigating that state’s deadliest mass shooting, including how Card was “likely” suffering from a brain injury. And branching out in space: how and why Japan created a satellite made from wood instead of metal.