Bruce McArthur pleaded guilty to eight counts of first-degree murder. Selim Esen, Andrew Kinsman, Majeed Kayhan, Dean Lisowick, Soroush Mahmudi, Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi and Kirushna Kanagaratna were all killed by the landscaper, now officially by his own admission:

Meng Wanzhou is now the subject of a formal extradition request. The U.S. department of justice announced its 13 criminal charges against Huawei and its CFO, Wanzhou, who has been laying low in Vancouver. Amidst it all, Rogers hasn’t changed anything about Huawei’s sponsorship of hockey.

West Block parliament sounds suited for distraction. Justin Trudeau deflected questions about China in order to praise the builders of the long-term temporary House of Commons. The day's work for Parliament also included a unanimous endorsement of putting a middling NHL player into the Hockey Hall of Fame for mostly just one goal:

“I’m not worried about my own political future. I’m worried about the future of this country.” Jagmeet Singh says he’s not selfish when it comes to the Burnaby South byelection—even as Nanos is tracking a federal NDP crash. Meanwhile, the Liberals are pushing harder on hopes that they could gain the Outremont seat vacated by Tom Mulcair.

Ferris wheel sounds fine to many polled over Ontario Place. The flight path of Billy Bishop Airport would limit its potential height to 45 metres, but an amusement like the 135-metre-high London Eye appeals to 54 per cent of respondents to a survey from Forum. Nonetheless, only about 30 per cent of Torontonians want to see the land become a casino:

“Informer” helps Snow fall back upwards again. The reggae rapper from Ajax remade his 1993 hit last year with a video filmed in Bucharest. He’s got another shot via Puerto Rican star Daddy Yankee, who has reimagined “Informer” in a new single, “Con Calma.” And so, Darrin “Snow” O’Brien can count on paying his heating bills this winter:

USMCA isn’t official enough to stop CBS Super Bowl spots from beaming across the border. The updated free trade agreement includes a reversal of a recent CRTC decision that prevented Canadian commercials from overriding the U.S. cable feed. But since USMCA hasn’t been ratified, the CRTC won’t yet surrender its 2016 policy, to Bell’s chagrin.