Year in review: A look at events in February 2026
By Canadian Press on March 5, 2026.
A look at news events in February 2026:
1 – Demonstrators gathered in downtown Montreal to protest immigration enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis and other American cities. Protesters assembled outside the U.S. Consulate following the fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal agents in recent weeks. The rally follows a weekend of demonstrations across North America, including protests in Vancouver and strikes across the United States opposing the Trump administration’s immigration measures. Outrage has intensified after the killing of Alex Pretti during an immigration enforcement operation and the earlier death of Renee Good, who was shot by an ICE officer in January.
1 – Krishnan Suthanthiran, a U.S.-based medical technology entrepreneur, again pitched plans to revive the long-abandoned former mining town of Kitsault, B.C., as a West Coast energy export hub. He proposed building oil and natural gas pipelines from Alberta to a marine terminal near Kitsault, where crude and liquid butanol would be shipped to Asian markets. Suthanthiran argued shifting geopolitics and trade tensions with the United States have created momentum for new Canadian energy infrastructure, though similar past proposals for the town have failed.
1 – Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically acclaimed “Debi Tirar Mas Fotos.” It’s the first time a Spanish-language album has taken home the top prize. Bad Bunny dedicated the award to all the people who have had to leave their homeland to follow their dreams. He and other artists used their time on stage to spread a pro-immigration and anti-ICE message.
2 – Fred la Marmotte predicted an early spring. The famous groundhog in Quebec reportedly did not see his shadow. The legend says there will be six more weeks of winter if a groundhog sees their shadow, and an early spring if they don’t. Ontario’s Wiarton Willie made his prediction with the help of Mayor Jay Kirkland, also calling for an early spring this Groundhog Day. Meanwhile, Punxsutawney Phil’s handlers say he’s seen his shadow and is therefore predicting six more weeks of winter weather. Phil’s annual prediction occurred shortly after dawn this morning outside his tree stump in Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania.
2 – A budget watchdog said he expected Ottawa’s plan to increase the GST credit and offer a one-time payment to Canadians will cost the federal government an estimated $12.4-billion over five years. The figure released by the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer is slightly higher than Ottawa’s initial projection. Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced a 25 per cent hike to the GST credit over the next five years and a one-time payment in the spring worth 50 per cent of the credit. It’s part of his promised new measures to help lower-income consumers deal with the high cost of groceries.
2 – The Southern Alberta Mustangs said three players were killed in a vehicle crash while travelling to practice in southern Alberta. RCMP said the collision involved a semi truck and a passenger vehicle at an intersection near Stavely, Alberta, south of Calgary. Police said two 18-year-old men from B-C, and a 17-year-old from Alabama were killed, while the semi driver suffered minor injuries. The Mustangs, who play in the U.S. Premier Hockey League, said they are working with authorities and supporting players, staff and families.
3 – Former prime minister Stephen Harper called for national unity and independence at the unveiling of his official portrait. Harper stressed that parties have to work together in order to preserve Canada for generations to come. His official portrait was presented in a ceremony at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building in downtown Ottawa. It was painted by Canadian artist Phil Richards, who’s known for the Diamond Jubilee Portrait of Queen Elizabeth.
3 – Darko Rajakovic was tapped to coach the World Team at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game this month. He’ll be the third Toronto Raptors coach to participate in the All-Star game — joining Dwane Casey and Nick Nurse. This year’s all-star format features two teams of American players and one international team. They’ll compete in a round-robin tournament with four 12-minute games on Feb. 15 in California.
4 – With the opening ceremonies of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics still days away, competition was already underway because of scheduling demands. Canada’s Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman are a husband-and-wife team from Alberta who opened the mixed doubles curling tournament against Czechia with a 10-5 win. Men’s alpine skiing also got underway with downhill training on the Stelvio course in Bormio.
4 – The NDP said it wanted the prime minister to cancel its F-35 fighter jets contract, including for the 16 U.S.-made jets its already committed to buying. Interim NDP Leader Don Davies said Canada should instead buy Gripen fighter jets from the Swedish firm Saab. Davies said Canada can’t be left vulnerable to the whims of Donald Trump or any future U.S. president who could withhold F-35 parts over policy disagreements. Canada launched a review of the F-35 contracts last year but no decision on the future of the fighter jet fleet has been made yet.
5 – Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said corruption has no place in policing. In a major announcement, York regional police said seven Toronto police officers and one retired officer were among 27 suspects facing charges in an organized crime and corruption investigation. The investigation allegedly involved bribery, conspiracy to commit murder and drug trafficking, among other offences. Demkiw called the case unsettling and said no corner of society is immune from the reach of organized crime.
5 – A federal government employees union called an increased office mandate “insulting and disrespectful.” Ottawa ordered its public servants back into the office four days per week, starting in July. President Sean O’Reilly of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada said he was not surprised by the move. He said he was skeptical about discussions the Treasury Board said it will have with unions about working out return-to-office issues.
6 – The opening ceremonies for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics took place in multiple sites across northern Italy. Olympic champions Mikael Kingsbury and Marielle Thompson carried the Canadian flag in Livigno, while the main ceremony was happening in Milan. Competition already got underway because of scheduling demands. Canada’s opening game against Finland in women’s hockey was postponed to after some members of the Finnish team got norovirus.
6 – Statistics Canada said the economy shed 25,000 jobs in January, ending a run that saw four straight months of job growth. The tariff-sensitive manufacturing sector led losses last month by shedding 28,000 positions. Desjardins economist Kari Norman said January was a bit of a U-turn for the labour market but it was too soon to call the weakness a trend. The unemployment rate meanwhile fell three ticks to 6.5 per cent last month as fewer people were searching for work at the start of the year.
7 – Canada won its first medal at the Milan Cortina Games. Speedskater Valerie Maltais captured the bronze medal in the women’s 3,000 metres. The La Baie, Que., native finished the race in 3:56.93. Elsewhere on Day One of the Games, Canada’s women’s hockey team opened its gold-medal defence against Switzerland with a 4-0 win, after its original opener against Finland was postponed.
7 – Members of Prince Edward Island’s Progressive Conservative party selected a new leader in Charlottetown. Rob Lantz not only takes over the party’s leadership but will also become the premier of P.E.I. Lantz ran against Mark Ledwell for the top role and won by over 300 votes, eking out 53 per cent with close to 2,900 votes. Ledwell — considered an underdog for much of the campaign — managed just over 2,500 votes, or 46 per cent. Lantz has had a trial run in the role having previously been named the party’s interim leader and interim premier in February of last year following the resignation of Dennis King after nearly six years in power.
8 – Hong Kong ex-media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison under the city’s national security law. The 78-year-old democracy advocate was convicted of conspiring with foreign forces and publishing seditious material. The case has raised international concern about press freedom, with criticism from the U.S. and UK. Lai already remains in custody on separate charges.
8 – The Southern Alberta Mustangs junior hockey team won a memorial benefit game 9-6 on Sunday in honour of three of their teammates who died in a highway crash last week. Players J.J. Wright, Cameron Casorso, and Caden Fine were remembered by friends, family and teammates for their motivation and sense of humour during a ceremonial puck drop in Stavely. Mustangs owner Lisa May said it was important to get the players back on the ice to help them process their grief and establish some normalcy.
9 – Freestyle skier Megan Oldham won Canada’s second medal of the Milan Cortina Olympics with a bronze in women’s slopestyle. The athlete from Parry Sound, Ont., entered the final run in third spot at Livigno Snow Park and solidified her podium position with her best score of 76.46. Meanwhile, Canada’s women’s hockey team beat Czechia 5-1 but lost captain Marie-Philip Poulin to injury.
9 – Canada’s largest airline suspended flights to Cuba as the country faces a worsening energy crisis. Air Canada said it made the decision because of an aviation fuel shortage on the island during a U.S. blockade of oil to Cuba. Air Canada will be sending empty flights southbound to pick up about 3,000 customers to bring them home in the coming days.
10 – The mayor of Tumbler Ridge, B.C., said the whole community is grieving after a deadly shooting left nine people dead, including the shooter, and dozens more injured. Darryl Krakowka said he’s lived in Tumbler Ridge for 18 years, calling the community of 2,700 people northeast of Prince George a “big family.” RCMP says officers responded to reports of an active shooter at an area high school earlier today and found eight people dead, including the female shooter. Two more bodies were found at an area home believed to be connected to the incident.
10 – The Canadian women’s hockey team suffered its first loss of the Milan Cortina Olympics today, falling 5-0 to their rivals from the U.S. The defending-champion Canadians were without captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who suffered a lower-body injury in its 5-1 win over Czechia. Hockey Canada says Poulin was listed as “day to day” after being hit by a Czech player.
11 – RCMP investigators identified the teenage shooter, who they said systematically killed members of her family and then moved to a local school and opened fire on random students. Police said the shooter was 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who died from a self-inflicted wound after killing six people at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School and two others at a nearby residence. Officials say 12-year-old Maya Gebala remains in critical condition at B.C. Children’s Hospital with her mother. Prime Minister Mark Carney and B.C. Premier David Eby joined hundreds of residents at a candlelight vigil to mourn the five young students and veteran teacher killed in the mountain community.
11 – President Donald Trump threatened to veto a bipartisan push by the U.S. House of Representatives to end his 35 per cent “fentanyl emergency” tariffs on Canadian goods. The president took to social media to label Canada as “among the worst in the World to deal with.” Democratic Representative Gregory Meeks said the tariffs are based on a false premise, noting that U-S government data showed almost no fentanyl is entering the country from the northern border.
12 – The Tumbler Ridge killings prompted a very different start to the new session of the B.C. legislature. Governments traditionally use the throne speech opening a new legislative session to outline their agendas. But the lieutenant-governor’s brief speech focused on the people of Tumbler Ridge and expressed gratitude for the first responders. B.C.’s three official parties agreed to skip the lieutenant-governor’s usual red-carpet entrance with a guard of honour, music and 15-gun salute.
12 – A one-time GST top-up payment is on the way for 12-million Canadians this spring after the federal government’s new affordability bill received royal assent. The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit cleared its final hurdles in the Senate this afternoon, fast-tracked with support from the Conservatives despite their “Band-Aid” disapproval label. The federal finance department said the immediate payment would be worth 50 per cent of the usual credit, followed by a 25 per cent permanent increase starting this July.
13 – RCMP in Tumbler Ridge, B-C, said they don’t know where the main gun used in the mass shooting came from. They said the shooter used an unregistered shotgun to kill her mother and sibling at their home before using different firearms at a high school. RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald said a shotgun was the main firearm used at the school and it had never been seized by the Mounties. Police had previously been called to the shooter’s family home for mental health concerns and Mounties seized guns at the time but they were later returned.
13 – Crown Royal will remain on Ontario liquor store shelves after its parent company agreed to spend $23 million in the province. Premier Doug Ford had been threatening to pull the product from liquor stores for months, after Diageo announced it would close a Windsor-area Crown Royal bottling plant. Ford announced Diageo’s new spending in Ontario, including about $11 million buying grain neutral spirits from eastern Ontario. But New Democrat MPP Lisa Gretzky said the deal does nothing for the 200 Diageo workers losing their jobs in her riding.
14 – Defence Minister David McGuinty’s office said he signed a memorandum of understanding with his counterparts in Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands. His office said the agreement signed at an international security forum is aimed at strengthening co-operation with Denmark on defence matters. In a news release, McGuinty said a clear message is being sent: the Arctic is secure and will be kept that way. The release also noted Canada’s shared 3,000-kilometre maritime border with Denmark, along with the historic and cultural ties shared between the countries’ Inuit populations.
14 – Canada added another piece of hardware at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Canadian speedskater Laurent Dubreuil has won the bronze medal in the men’s 500 metres. At Beijing 2022, he missed the 500-metre podium by just three one-hundredths of a second but won silver in the 1,000 metres a few days later. He finished eighth in the 1,000 metres earlier at these Games.
15 – Anthony Edwards won the Most Valuable Player award while leading his “Stars” team past their fellow Americans on the “Stripes” team 47-21 in the final of the NBA All-Star Game. The Minnesota Timberwolves star claimed his first All-Star MVP award with a tying three-pointer in the first round-robin game followed by eight points in the final. The slightly older Stripes team had beaten the Stars on De’Aaron Fox’s three-pointer at the buzzer two mini-games earlier.
15 – Charles Milliard was welcomed by hundreds of people in Trois-Rivières, Que., on Sunday as the new leader of the province’s Liberal party. About 600 people were on hand at the city’s Delta Hotel where Millard outlined his five key priorities for a potential Quebec Liberal government. Those priorities include strengthening the economy, improving public services, supporting regions outside Quebec’s major urban centres, promoting culture and addressing access to housing. Milliard was acclaimed as Liberal leader this month after Pablo Rodriguez stepped down in December amid a crisis involving allegations of vote-buying and reimbursed donations during the June leadership race.
16 – A Quebec inquiry concluded the province’s auto insurance board hid the true cost of its failed digital platform. Judge Denis Gallant found senior leaders gave inaccurate information while expenses surged far beyond early projections. The system ultimately cost at least $1.1-billion, with delays and widespread service problems marking its launch to the public. The government says the findings raise serious concerns about oversight and accountability within the agency.
16 – Millions of people around the world celebrated the Lunar New Year with ceremonies, fireworks and family gatherings. The holiday marks the start of the Year of the Horse in the traditional Chinese zodiac calendar. Events included temple prayers, street festivals and cultural performances across Asia and beyond. The celebration is considered the most important annual holiday in many East Asian communities.
16 – Megan Oldham captured Canada’s second gold medal of the Milan-Cortina Olympics with a victory in women’s freestyle skiing big air. The 24-year-old from Parry Sound, Ont., posted a two-run score of 180.75 to edge China’s Eileen Gu, while Italy’s Flora Tabanelli earned bronze. Courtney Sarault added a third medal to her Games haul with silver in the women’s 1,000-metre short-track speedskating event. Canada also earned a chance to play for women’s hockey gold after Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice in a 2-1 semifinal win over Switzerland.
17 – Canada should never be held hostage by other nations over its own security. That’s what Prime Minister Mark Carney said in Montreal as he announced the country’s first-ever defence industrial strategy. Carney said the strategy looks to increase Canadian firms’ share of federal defence contracts to 70 per cent over the next decade and boost defence exports by 50 per cent. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has already dismissed the $6.6-billion plan as a “salad bowl of buzzwords.”
17 – Prime Minister Mark Carney met with former Liberal MP Tatiana Auguste after the Supreme Court invalidated her election. She had been declared the winner in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne in last April’s federal election by a single vote. The Bloc Québécois candidate successfully challenged the vote after a supporter complained her mail-in vote was returned and never counted. Carney and Auguste spoke with residents at a local restaurant in the riding.
18 – It was quite the scare but Canada made it through. Mitch Marner scored the overtime winner 1:22 into the extra period to lift Canada to a 4-3 quarterfinal victory over Czechia at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Canada was down 3-2 before Nick Suzuki’s tip-in goal with 3:27 left in regulation tied it up. Captain Sidney Crosby left the in the second period and did not return to the game after sustaining an injury.
18 – Canadian short-track speedskater Steven Dubois won gold in the men’s 500 metres at the Milan Cortina Olympics, finishing in 40.835 seconds. It was Dubois’s second medal in Milan Cortina, following the silver he won in the mixed team relay last week. He now has five Olympic medals. Canada’s speedskaters also won bronze in the women’s 3,000-metre short-track relay.
The team of Danaé Blais, Florence Brunelle, Kim Boutin and Courtney Sarault reached the podium at three-tenths of a second behind winner South Korea. It’s Sarault’s fourth medal at the Games, and she becomes the first Canadian short-track speedskater to reach the podium four times at a single Winter Olympics.
18 – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre lost another MP to the Liberals. Poilievre accused departing member Matt Jeneroux of betraying voters in his Edmonton riding. Jeneroux announced a few months ago that he planned to resign his seat. But he referred to the prime minister’s speech in Davos and what he called “the gravity of the moment” in a statement explaining his floor-crossing decision.
19 – Canada’s Olympic women’s hockey team was denied a repeat gold medal. The Canadians suffered a crushing 2-1 overtime defeat to the United States. The deciding goal came about four minutes into overtime as American forward Megan Keller scored a shot past Canadian goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens. Meanwhile, Canada’s men’s curling team moved through to the Olympic final with a 5-4 extra-end win over Norway.
19 – U.S. authorities investigating the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie might turn to DNA genealogy databases. That same step helped police unravel a decades-old series of murders in California and the fatal stabbings of four college students in Idaho. The 84-year-old mother of NBC’s “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie went missing Feb. 1 and no arrests have been made. If unidentified DNA evidence can be connected to even a distant relative, it would give investigators more information and possibly lead to a suspect.
20 – B.C. Premier David Eby said reports that OpenAI had prior concerns about the Tumbler Ridge shooting suspect’s online activity were profoundly disturbing for victims’ families and British Columbians. RCMP were investigating threats circulating in the community, as a funeral for victim Kylie Smith was cancelled and her family moved to a safe location due to harassment. Police said a safety plan is in place while officers work with local leaders following the Feb. 10 attack that left eight people dead. OpenAI says it banned an account linked to the suspect months earlier but did not alert law enforcement because it did not identify credible or imminent planning.
20 – The U.S. Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda. In a 6-3 decision, the top court struck down Trump’s use of a national security statute for his Liberation Day tariffs and fentanyl-related duties on Canada, Mexico and China. This doesn’t affect his use of other tools to hit Canadian steel, aluminum, autos and more with separate tariffs. Trump boosted duties on Canada to 35 per cent last August but those tariffs do not apply to goods compliant under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, which is up for review this year.
21 – Canada’s Brad Jacobs captured Olympic gold in men’s curling with a 9-6 win over Great Britain’s Bruce Mouat at the Milan Cortina Games. The victory marked Jacobs’ second Olympic title as a skip and helped secure gold for teammates including Marc Kennedy and Ben Herbert, while Brett Gallant earned his first. Rachel Homan’s Ottawa-rink took home bronze in women’s curling.
21 – U.S. President Donald Trump pledged Saturday to raise a new worldwide tariff to 15 per cent, a day after the Supreme Court struck down his use of emergency powers to impose earlier duties. He signed an order invoking Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act to enact a 10 per cent global tariff for up to 150 days, with the option to increase it to 15 per cent. The White House said CUSMA compliant goods were exempt and the measure would not stack onto existing sector specific tariffs. While the affect Canada was expected to be limited, the shifting measures add uncertainty ahead of this year’s review of the Canada-U-S-Mexico trade pact.
22 – The Canadian men’s hockey team gave it their all in the gold-medal game of the Milan Cortina Olympics. But in the end, they headed home with a silver after losing 2-1 in overtime in a nail-biting showdown against archrivals the United States. This was the first time the Americans won gold at the Games since Lake Placid in 1980. Canada secured 21 medals overall at these Winter Games. Canadian speedskaters Valerie Maltais and Steven Dubois carried the Maple Leaf into the closing ceremonies in Verona, Italy.
22 – Global Affairs Canada issued a warning to Canadians in the area of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to shelter in place due to violence. Mexican government officials warned residents that Jalisco State was not safe for travel right now. This comes as the Mexican army confirmed it had killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
23 – Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said he has summoned representatives from OpenAI to Ottawa after reports linked the Tumbler Ridge shooter’s online activity to ChatGPT. The Wall Street Journal reported the suspect’s account was banned last June over troubling posts involving gun violence scenarios, but OpenAI said they did not meet the threshold to alert police. Solomon said he is deeply disturbed and expects the company’s safety officials to explain their protocols for escalating cases to law enforcement. He added Ottawa is considering all options, including potential regulation of AI chatbots.
24 – Canadian airlines resumed flights to Puerto Vallarta after suspending weekend service due to cartel-related violence. Tourists in several regions were told to shelter in place following unrest linked to the death of a cartel leader. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said more than 55,000 Canadians in Mexico have registered with Ottawa and advised travellers to monitor the evolving situation. Global Affairs Canada recommended exercising a high degree of caution, with decisions on travel to be made day by day.
24 – U.S. President Donald Trump said he will continue pushing tariffs to reshape global trade, despite a Supreme Court ruling limiting his powers. In his State of the Union address, Trump called the decision very unfortunate but said he had already signed a new order, under a different law, imposing a 10 per cent tariff on imports worldwide. He told Congress that his tariffs would strengthen American manufacturing, reduce reliance on foreign goods, and could eventually replace much of the country’s income tax system. The earlier ruling blocked Trump from using emergency economic powers to impose tariffs on countries including Canada, Mexico, and China, but his new order allows duties of up to 15 per cent for 150 days unless Congress extends them.
25 – The U.S. point person on trade laid out what he says Canada will have to do to get a trade deal with the U.S. U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer has told CBC that Canada will have to open its dairy market to more American access and help more industry return to the U.S. He said Canada will also have to accept higher tariffs as part of a potential trade deal.
25 – Canada pledged $8 million in food aid for Cuba and there could be more help coming in the future. The federal government said the funding aimed at addressing urgent needs will be delivered through United Nations agencies instead of the Cuban government. The island was already dealing with shortages of food and medicine when it lost its main source of fuel last month when the U.S. took control of Venezuela’s oil reserves. U.S. officials suggested economic pressure could topple the communist regime, but a Canadian official recently said the Cuban government is stable.
26 – Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk said he was unhappy with a White House AI video insulting Canadians. The altered clip inserted fabricated audio of Tkachuk describing Canadians as “maple syrup eating” with an expletive that was bleeped out. Tkachuk said he did not appreciate the AI-doctored video and it was not something he would ever say. He also denied being the voice heard shouting “close the northern border” during Team USA’s celebratory phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump.
26 – A false claim about a city councillor handing out illegal drugs on the streets on Christmas Day was started by Vancouver’s mayor. Ken Sim made the comment earlier this month during a briefing for Chinese-speaking reporters. Councillor Sean Orr says he’s appalled to find out Sim made the accusation against him. Orr denied the claim and added he wasn’t even in the city on Christmas Day.
27 – B.C. Premier David Eby credited OpenAI for not trying to cover anything up, but says it still made a “colossal” mistake before the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. The artificial intelligence company revealed the Tumbler Ridge shooter had been banned from using its chatbot, but that she managed to set up a second account. Eby says the company made a “horrific mistake” by not telling police before the killings. The premier has reiterated his call for a national reporting standard for the AI industry and for Canada to prevent harm while not losing the benefits of AI.
27 – Four more recall petitions against members of Alberta’s governing UCP failed. Elections Alberta said half of the two dozen petitions launched against government MLAs late last year did not collect enough signatures. One of the latest unsuccessful campaigns was against Agriculture Minister RJ Sigurdson. He said the low turnout shows he has support in his southern Alberta riding.
28 – Iranian state media confirmed the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Some Iranian Canadians celebrated the attack, saying it could help end decades of repression under the Islamic Republic. Others expressed concern for family members in Iran amid internet blackouts and reports of at least 201 deaths and more than 700 injuries. Advocacy groups and some politicians condemned the strikes, warning they risk escalating into a broader regional conflict.
28 – Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada aims to sign a comprehensive trade deal with India by the end of the year and double two-way trade by 2030. Speaking in Mumbai, Carney said current trade of more than $30 billion annually and $100 billion in investments falls short of the countries’ potential. The visit came amid ongoing concerns about alleged Indian foreign interference, with ministers saying threats were taken seriously but offered no direct assessment. Both governments emphasized renewed economic and academic partnerships as part of a broader reset in relations.
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