A once-in-a-generation winter storm is sweeping across the southeastern United States. Leigh Waldman looks at the system that has 40 million people from Texas to the Carolinas under winter weather alerts and could bring record amounts of snow.

U.S. President Donald Trump is wasting little time rolling out his plans for America. Karin Caifa looks at the flurry of active during Trump’s first full day back in the White House.

“High demand,” said Lynn St-Laurent, a spokesperson for Hydro-Québec, about what caused equipment failure at a substation that led to power outages in 100,000 homes in Montreal as cold temperatures hit the area. Gareth Madoc-Jones reports.

“It’s huge this year,” says Lynn O’Donnell of the Citizen Action Committee of Verdun, as Quebec’s housing tribunal recommended a rent increase of nearly six per cent – a 30-year-high. Alyssia Rubertucci reports.