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1. Mexican president shares AI-generated image of Ryan Wedding

   

   Mexican President Claudia Shienbaum on Monday presented reporters with a picture that purported to show Ryan Wedding, a longtime Canadian fugitive and accused drug kingpin, at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, suggesting it amounted to evidence that he had voluntarily turned himself in. CBC News has determined the image was, in fact, generated using AI and posted to a debunked Instagram account.

2. B.C. billionaire Jim Pattison's Virginia warehouse could become ICE facility

   

   The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in talks to buy a Virginia warehouse owned by British Columbia billionaire Jim Pattison and plans to turn it into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility. One business ethics expert says companies need to be clear about where they draw the line on who they do business with.

3. Minneapolis mayor says some federal troops will start leaving the city Tuesday

   

   Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump about the immigration crackdown in his city and some federal officers will begin leaving.

4. This storm just froze half of North America

   

   A massive winter storm has buried millions under a historic blanket of snow and ice, locking much of North America in a dangerous Arctic air mass. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down the rare atmospheric collision of a polar vortex and an atmospheric river — two extreme weather phenomena that combined to create this record-breaking, high-impact event.

5. Canadian ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding pleads not guilty to murder, drug trafficking charges