Fugitive Ryan Wedding arrested; Polar vortex coming; Keeping cows warm

Fugitive Ryan Wedding arrested; Polar vortex coming; Keeping cows warm

Author: Global News January 24, 2026 Duration: 25:14
The manhunt is over for Ryan Wedding, the Canadian Olympian who ended up on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Touria Izri explains how the alleged drug kingpin ended up back behind bars. A polar vortex is coming for millions of Canadians. Mike Armstrong looks at how people are coping in the cold, how the frigid weather fuels the demand for electricity, and Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell looks at how long these bitter conditions will last. Jillian Piper reports from Quebec City, where Prime Minister Mark Carney made a speedy exit from the federal Liberal party's retreat, as the U.S. Treasury Secretary, in a new interview, weighed in on Canada's sovereignty and a potential Alberta separation referendum. Heidi Petracek reports from Nuuk, Greenland, where the military is showing what it's capable of as questions are raised about Arctic security. Redmond Shannon looks at what many Ukrainians are enduring without electricity, water, or heat during another bitter winter as Russia's war approaches its fifth year. And back in Canada, Marney Blunt is in Woodlands, Manitoba, where she meets a rancher and learns how he's keeping his cattle warm in the extreme cold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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