The Spoon: Canada proposes a trade… for us

I'll make him a counteroffer: How about if we buy Alaska and throw in Minnesota and Minneapolis at the same time?

🇨🇦 The leader of a province to our north said he was joking. (CTV)

🍳 A cookware advocacy group sued Minnesota over its new ban on "forever chemicals," saying that while non-stick pans use PFAS, they're safe for cooking. (KARE 11)

• State officials believe the law is "legally sound."

🐺 The Biden Administration denied a bid to remove gray wolves from the endangered species list in the Great Lakes states. (Minnesota Reformer)