Good morning. We are back from a long weekend to look at the latest trade news, check in on the community healing in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., and catch up on the Olympic Games. Let’s get to it.

The latest: Janice Charette, a former Privy Council clerk and high commissioner to the United Kingdom, has been named chief trade negotiator with the United States. The role is high stakes, as she will also be acting as a senior adviser to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc on the coming review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement set for July 1.

The context: The USMCA provides the foundation for more than $1-trillion in Canada-U.S. trade and has served as Canada’s primary defence against President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with the agreement allowing more than 85 per cent of Canadian exports to the U.S. to cross the border tariff-free.

What’s next: A massive Canadian trade delegation arrived in Mexico on Sunday for a six-day trip to make up for lost time and strengthen economic ties between our two countries in the face of U.S. protectionism.

After that: Mark Wiseman is Ottawa’s first envoy to Washington not to come from a political or diplomatic background. Here are four challenges Canada’s new ambassador to the U.S. will face.

Opinion: How Canada and allies can stand up to Trump and other great-power bullies.

The latest: Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said over the weekend that analyses of samples from Alexey Navalny’s body had “conclusively” confirmed the presence of epibatidine, a toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America. Yesterday, the Kremlin rejected the accusations that the Russian state had killed President Vladimir Putin’s most prominent domestic critic two years ago.

What else: Yesterday marked the second anniversary of Navalny’s death. Yulia Navalnaya, his widow – who alleged from the outset that her husband had been murdered by the Russian state – said on Monday that the findings provided the necessary proof to back her stand.

The latest: Caring for a family member or friend with a long-term health condition, disability or problems related to aging is an intensive second shift. Those putting in full-time hours at work spend an average of 4.5 extra hours a day helping family members, according to a survey from the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence.

What’s next: Researchers warn that companies failing to address this cohort will face steep losses in productivity and retention – but a new kind of “caregiver-friendly” workplace is starting to emerge. They include flexible work arrangements, paid and unpaid leaves, benefits offering respite care, specialized counselling, peer support groups, online resource portals and job protection.

The latest: In a remote fishing and mining town on the southernmost tip of the province, residents have an outsized connection to the horror that struck a small northern British Columbia town on the other side of the country. Lawn has just 600 people, but one of its largest families is the Strangs, which lost three relatives in the mass shooting. “Although many miles may separate us, our communities share a special bond,” wrote Mayor Shane Kearney in a statement on behalf of the town council.

What’s next: As the mass shooting’s shock subsides, and as the media spotlight begins to shift away from Tumbler Ridge, many residents are finally finding a chance to breathe, and to grieve. The community continues to pull together in face of unimaginable tragedy as they vow to keep