Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Police in Toronto are investigating after a man was seriously injured in a shooting outside Drake's mansion this morning. A heavy police presence remains in place outside the rapper's home, according to reports.
Drake’s property taped off by police after shooting in ritzy community leaves man with serious injuries https://t.co/YdzGWU5eHV pic.twitter.com/adsY6D3SWy
— New York Post (@nypost) May 7, 2024
A plot to assassinate Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, has been foiled, according to security service officials in the country. The officials claimed Russia was behind the plot.
Two Ukrainian security officials have been detained for planning to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelensky, authorities say https://t.co/3VAIaQ5pAw
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) May 7, 2024
The federal government is planning to stop giving provinces and territories free COVID-19 rapid tests, according to the CBC. Ottawa currently has about 70 million of the tests.
The Government of Canada plans to stop supplying provinces and territories with free COVID-19 rapid tests.
— CBC News (@CBCNews) May 7, 2024
All of the tests in the federal inventory will expire by December. https://t.co/8oU82x1n50 .
A museum in Australia that excludes men from an exhibit containing artworks by the likes of Picasso is continuing its fight to privilege women. Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art said it now wants to convert the exhibit into a "toilet," thus allowing men to be legally excluded.
Women-only museum becomes a toilet to keep men out https://t.co/ywdDShrhkp
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) May 7, 2024
The increase in weather alerts across Canada has become an added barrier in the struggle to keep kids active, according to a new report. ParticipACTION's latest review gives children a "D+" on physical activity, claiming that only 39 per cent of people aged between five and 17 are getting at least 60 minutes of moderate exercise a day.
The 2024 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is here!
— participaction (@ParticipACTION) May 7, 2024
Read the report card to discover the key grades: https://t.co/CdWOLGybFB
The 2024 ParticipACTION Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth is proudly supported by Saputo. pic.twitter.com/1yBx0F7TUp
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