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Older News ~ July 2017 -- December 2017

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Frankford - Variety: Canadian ‘Sound of Music’ actress Heather Menzies-Urich dead at 68

iPolitics: Canada expels Venezuelan Ambassador and second in command in retaliation for Canadian diplomat getting boot

Guardian: Queen pays tribute to Grenfell Tower survivors in Christmas speech; remembers terror victims and praises Prince Philip on 60th anniversary of first Christmas TV broadcast

Patrick Brown - Toronto Sun: The truth about mental health

James Wallace - Toronto Sun: Hydro customer debt and disconnections soar under Kathleen Wynne

Jim McPherson - Toronto Sun: You call this 'independent'? Not when IESO political masters won’t allow it to make electricity more affordable for Ontario ratepayers

CBC: West Wind grounding hints at 'glaring' safety issues: aviation experts

Toronto Star: Anti-poverty activist files $1B class-action lawsuit over bread-pricing scheme

CBC: Investigators comb through sewers for clues to deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

iPolitics: Would Canadians drive to border towns if NAFTA raised duty-free limit?

CBC: Venezuela moves to revoke Canadian diplomat's status, accuses him of meddling

Toronto - NY Post: Billionaire couple faced financial woes before ‘suspicious’ deaths

CBC: Family demands answers after fatal shooting at Morrisburg OPP detachment

AFP/South China Morning Post: Toronto tycoon tried to stop probe into Trudeau fundraising, days before he and wife were found strangled

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: Christmas at Harrington Lake not quite the Bahamas

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Pay raise for women at Wilfrid Laurier creates new inequity — for men

Anthony Furey - Toronto Sun: Trudeau ethics ruling reminds elites that rules are for them, too

CBC: Ottawa family says United Airlines lost track of 92-year-old woman travelling from North Carolina; airline claimed she didn't get on flights and her whereabouts 'not their problem'

Global News: Majority of Ontario residents believe it’s time for leadership change at Queen’s Park: Ipsos poll

Toronto Star: Transport Canada grounds northern Saskatchewan crash airline citing operational deficiencies

Anthony Furey - Toronto Sun: Canada projecting deficits until 2040, Finance Dept report reveals

Reuters: Canada economic growth stalls in October, dampens odds of January rate hike

CBC: Aga Khan not subject to lobbying law, says commissioner; incredibly, short-sighted decision made because "he's not paid to lobby"...

CTV News: Diplomats warn Canada of Russian meddling in finance and elections

CBC: 39% of cannabis users admit to driving after smoking pot, government survey finds

CTV News: Bread price-fixing scandal: Class actions, payout doubts and a corporate war of words

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Did you hear that Santa is alleged to be moving to the South Pole? Your tax dollars at work...

UPI: Canada drops charade of progressive trade with China

Smiths Falls - CTV News: Parents 'hysterical' with joy after Sun Life says it will cover $120K treatment for 8 yr old son's rare disease

CBC: Nissan Canada breach may have exposed data of up to 1.1 million customers

Ottawa - CTV News: Ian Bush handed 2 life sentences for attempted murder of 101-year-old war vet

CBC: Improperly secured bag likely caused deadly Tweed helicopter crash: TSB

CTV News: PM should repay taxpayers for vacation trip to Aga Khan's private island: Opposition

CBC: Then-Secretary of State John Kerry was on Aga Khan's private island at the same time as Justin Trudeau, in new wrinkle to corruption saga

Editorial - Toronto Sun: Brown's bold pledge on mental health care

CTV News: It's not just you: Apple admits to slowing down old iPhones

CBC: Aga Khan could face lobbying probe for Trudeau trip

BNN: Wynne Govt ditches Canadian transit supplier Bombardier, opens itself to more legal action over Metrolinx car supply

Tim Harper - Toronto Star: An ethics breach that should stick to Justin Trudeau

Andrew Coyne - National Post: My exclusive interview with the Prime Minister (Prime Minister not included)

Hamilton Spectator: Trudeau becomes first Prime Minister found in violation of ethics law

Editorial - Globe and Mail: Justin Trudeau fails his ethics test "The Prime Minister needs to gets his moral compass in working order. It has failed him so far"

CBC: B.C. actors approve new contract that includes anti-harassment measures; deal prohibits auditions or meetings in hotels or private residences where the performer is alone

Napanee Beaver: No injury after car-carrier transport jack-knifes and drops car on top of occupied police cruiser

Global News: Trudeau defends Bill Morneau, insists he told Finance Minister to ‘tell the truth’

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: Trudeau guilty, just before Hell was about to freeze over

Globe and Mail: Community rallies after Burlington, Ontario, man behind elaborate Christmas display dies after ladder fall

CBC: Trudeau apologizes for violating ethics laws with visits to Aga Khan's island; 'vacations accepted by Mr. Trudeau or his family could reasonably be seen to have been given to influence' him

CBC: Gatineau, Quebec, woman among at least 12 killed in Mexico bus crash; woman's partner and their 2 children were injured on bus trip from cruise ship early Tuesday

CBC: Metro, Sobeys say they didn't violate Competition Act as bread price-fixing story unfolds; major grocery chains say they are co-operating fully with investigation

Financial Post: U.S. upholds massive tariff decision on Bombardier in Boeing case — but it could still all go away in February

Toronto Star: Trudeau violated conflict-of-interest rules with vacation to Aga Khan’s island: outgoing Ethics Commissioner

Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner: Report finds Trudeau guilty [full text]

Breitbart: Justin Trudeau: Returning ISIS jihadists can be ‘extraordinarily powerful voice’ in Canada

Globe and Mail: Loblaw admits to bread price-fixing scheme spanning more than 14 years

Toronto Star: Date for legalized pot is ‘next summer’ — not July 1st, Trudeau says

CTV News: Four Canadians among 12 people killed in Mexico tourist bus crash: reports

CTV News: B.C. snow storm leaves 75,000 without power

CBC: Canada, U.S. to co-host meeting on North Korea in Vancouver

Napanee - Canada Free Press: Eastern Ontario hospitals see climbing electricity costs

Josh Wingrove - Bloomberg: Trudeau vs. Singh is next battle for hearts of Canada’s Left

Toronto Star: Veteran cop leading Sherman probe has track record of high-profile death investigations

Toronto Star: Colleagues write letter of support for Wilfrid Laurier profs embroiled in free speech controversy

Barrie Advance: Patrick Brown discusses People's Guarantee, Simcoe North at Barrie coffee shop

CBC: Montreal mayor Valérie Plante cancels Formula E race, calls it 'financial fiasco'

CBC: Rogers, CBC ink deal to keep Hockey Night in Canada on CBC until 2026, streaming included

Anthony Furey - Toronto Sun: Conservative leader Andrew Scheer already talking free speech with schools

iPolitics: Manley, CEOs urge Trudeau to join new U.S.-free Trans-Pacific Partnership

Financial Post: 'A relief': Inter Pipeline to build $3.5B plastics project in boost to Canadian oilpatch

Globe and Mail: Wilfrid Laurier University exonerates TA Lindsay Shepherd

Editorial - Toronto Sun: Justin Trudeau's dwindling support is a wake up

Scott Thompson - Global News: We need a solution to Wynne’s energy mistake, not propaganda in our bills

Andre Marin - Toronto Sun: Another $1 billion down the drain? Liberal goofs come home to roost and waste

Alberta - Global News: Strathcona County addresses cannabis production facilities, plans to amend land-use bylaw

Financial Post: ‘It’s the entire ball game’: Bombardier guns to steal world's private jet crown

updated - Toronto Star: Both strangled; Homicide investigators take over case of slain billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman

Globe and Mail: Hunter Harrison, former head of both major Canadian railways, dead at 73; took medical leave this week from CSX

Editorial - National Post: Why won't the Liberals stop foreign donors from influencing our elections?

CBC: Jury finds Millard and Smich guilty of 1st-degree murder in death of Laura Babcock

Conrad Black - National Post: As Trump boldly fires up American success, Canada stumbles along weakly

Toronto Star: Murder-suicide is the working theory for police investigating death of billionaire and his wife

Joe Warmington - Toronto Sun: Vaughan hostage taker wore suicide vest, demanded crystal meth and to speak with Trump; terrorist was shot dead by police before 9-bomb vest was exploded

Rex Murphy - National Post: When there's a Liberal ethics scandal, the 'commissioner' helpfully smothers it

CTV News: Change to CPP death benefit panned as insufficient to cover funeral costs

CBC: Hydro One IDs crew members killed in Tweed-area helicopter crash

CTV News: Toronto billionaire and wife found dead in mansion; police call deaths 'suspicious'

Vancouver - NY Times: High-profile Liberal donor found to have swindled millions in immigration scheme

Chris Selley - National Post: Ontario Liberals pass on chance to make consequences for dangerous driving

Financial Post: Slumping home sales to cost economy $1 billion and almost 12,000 jobs next year, CREA warns

CBC: Grinch cop fines driver of Santa Claus parade float; dump truck was collecting food bank donations along parade route as it has for 15 years; normally used on a farm and maintained by mechanic owner

Angus Reid: Trudeau’s popularity falls below 50% for first time

CBC: TD Canada Trust backs down, releases family's $846K inheritance; bank had claimed it was lost by UPS, and shrugged

Global News: About 3,000 international students take tuition refund after college strike

Global News: Retraining Canada’s older workers could help boost national economy by $65B: report

CBC: Alberta exporters hope NAFTA can be saved but ponder life without it

Global News: NAFTA negotiators hope to work around U.S. auto parts demand in new phase of talks

CBC: Recall 'embarrassing' edition of CP Stylebook full of errors on Inuit, says journalism professor; went ahead without proper proofreading

Gary Mason - Globe and Mail: Kent Hehr does not belong in cabinet

Vancouver - CBC: 'Sugar Mountain' tent city residents vow to stay despite eviction order

Calgary Herald: UCP Leader Jason Kenney cruises to victory in Calgary-Lougheed by-election

CBC: 4 dead in Hydro One helicopter crash in Tweed, Ontario

CTV News: ‘It happened too fast’: Passenger recalls Fond du Lac plane crash

CBC: Trudeau PMO staffer Claude-Éric Gagné suspended, under investigation for inappropriate behaviour; denies allegations

CBC: Budget watchdog details $$ millions in potential GST revenues on carbon pricing

Financial Post: Senate urges Liberals to ditch or delay foolish tax reforms; Morneau responds with red tape tweak to income sprinkling rules and full speed ahead

Saskatoon - National Post: Last candidate to join SaskParty leadership run bows out to avoid vote-splitting

Lake effect - CBC: London digging out from under a foot of snow overnight

Financial Post: Bombardier bills itself as major U.S. employer, touts C Series as American-made in Boeing trade fight

Terry Glavin - National Post: As Chinese money corrupts western politics, Trudeau's Liberals keep cashing in

Susan Delacourt - iPolitics: Conservatives are killing it in Question Period. Does anyone care?

Hamilton Spectator: Empire to convert 255 Sobeys and Safeway stores into Freshco

CP/Toronto Star: Indigenous leaders raise concerns about marijuana rules creating black market on First Nations lands

CTV News: Symbolism: Singh launched doomed NDP by-election campaign in wrong Ontario riding

Hamilton Spectator: Mother Corp bows to lobbyist pressure; CBC pulls 'Transgender Kids' doc from schedule

Reuters: CIBC plans U.S. listing of $2B Caribbean unit - sources

CBC: Trudeau names 2012 Harper appointee from Quebec as Canada's new Chief Justice

iPolitics: Another complaint about rudeness by Liberal Disabilities Minister Hehr

Reuters: Canada to Boeing: back down or lose chance of big fighter order

Hamilton Spectator: Snowplow carjacked on Hamilton Mountain, still missing

Napanee: ABcann enters into agreement to acquire leading medical cannabis clinic

Ottawa Citizen: Black Tomato to close after 23 years; owner blames minimum wage hike

CTV News: Liberals stage by-election upset, winning three of four

James Delingpole - Breitbart: The ugly truth about that dying polar bear on Baffin Island

David Reevely - Ottawa Citizen: Ontario will run deficits despite the healthy economy, watchdog says

Joe Warmington - Toronto Sun: Host Stephen LeDrew fired from CP24 by Bell for being interviewed on Fox News; ironically, one question was whether free speech in Canada

John Ivison - National Post: Public deserves answers on Chinese takeover of Canadian construction giant

CBC: Ride-hailing service Lyft expands outside U.S. for 1st time to take on Uber in Canada

David Pugliese - Ottawa Citizen: French-Italian frigate proposal would have headed off job cuts at Irving, consortium says

Defamable? - CBC: Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne sues Opposition Leader Patrick Brown for defamation; least popular Ontario Premier in history plays weak card; red herring to distract from Wynne's abysmal record?

Global News: Ontario Liberals on track for $4B deficit in 2017-2018, watchdog says; continue to mislead citizens on finances

Tristin Hopper - National Post: What everybody got wrong about that viral video of a starving polar bear

CBC: Uber apologizes after customer billed $18K for 21-minute ride; says massive over-charge a result of driver error

CTV News: Ontario PCs call for criminal investigation into ineligible expenses by power generators

Global News: The math bogeyman: Anxiety in Ontario students, teachers and parents show dismal record of new programs

CBC: B.C. Coroners Service says fentanyl detected in most of the 1,208 overdose deaths so far this year

Times Colonist: BC Govt lets $10B Site C hydro project go ahead, says it has regrets

CBC: Feds reach deal with provinces on sharing pot tax revenue; price pegged at about $10 a gram; provinces to get 75% of tax revenues from legal cannabis sales, federal share capped at $100K

National Post: "Shame shame on you!" Hundreds complain to Veterans Affairs about disorganized Vimy Ridge ceremony

CBC: Canadian doctor says there's evidence of 'man flu'; that some men experience harsher cold and flu symptoms than women who disparage them as 'whiny'

New Scientist: Brock University researchers may have found answer to 'fraternal birth order effect' in increasing levels of antibodies in immune systems of mothers of gay sons

Global News: Mississauga wants to raze long-time trailer park and evict 200 residents, many of whom are on fixed incomes

CTV News: 'Widespread snowfall' headed for Toronto, GTA in time for evening commute

Vancouver Sun: Coquitlam school trustees' free trips to China raise ethical concerns

Divided loyalties - CBC: As Australia ousts MPs with dual citizenship, Canada's Parliament embraces many in its ranks

British Columbia - Global News: Carbon monoxide exposure at farm in Delta sends over 40 to hospital

Stuart Thomson - National Post: We've come a long way from Little Potato: Is the international media's treatment of Justin Trudeau changing?

Andrew MacDougall - Ottawa Citizen: In China, Justin Trudeau discovers hard limits of soft power

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Top court ruling on text messages protects predators, says dissenting judge

CTV News: CRA backs down in row with diabetics denied disability tax credit

Andrew Coyne - National Post: CBC's idea of a ‘level playing field’ — subsidies for us, taxes for others

CTV News: Ontario communities can't opt out of marijuana shops: Wynne Govt

Chris Selley - National Post: Liberal Minister's thalidomide disaster an insult to all Canadians' intelligence

Thomas Walkom - Toronto Star: A damning indictment of the Ontario Liberal government’s private power strategy

Toronto Star: Toronto Deputy Mayor Denzil Minnan-Wong to seek Ontario Tory nomination for 2018 election

Ottawa - Global News: Text messages can be private once received, Supreme Court rules

Reuters: Kinder Morgan Canada wins Trans Mountain pipeline expansion appeal

CP/Global News: Ontario opposition parties call for names of power generators that billed ineligible expenses

BBC: U.S. trade agency rules against Canada in lumber dispute

CP/Global News: Ontario drivers worry legal marijuana will impact road safety: CAA survey

Huffington Post: Liberal Indigenous Relations Minister quiet on call to replace head of troubled MMIW Inquiry

CTV News: Flu cases showing up earlier than usual, could be harbinger of bad season: experts

Globe and Mail: First Nations demand control over cannabis sales

Lisa McLeod - Toronto Sun: The Liberals' waste and special insider treatment needs to end

iPolitics: Cities want a third of cannabis excise tax revenues

Editorial - Toronto Star: Trudeau blunder in Beijing risks undermining Canada on NAFTA

Windsor Square: Ontario AG reports excessive government waste

Theresa Boyle - Toronto Star: Ontario’s AG says cancer patients travel to U.S. for stem-cell transplants caused by tardy response to known needs; audit of province’s 75 community health centres found insufficient info to show whether cost-effective

Toronto Sun: Waits for cancer biopsies in Ontario not meeting targets: AG

CTV News: Ontario Hydro customers paying for scuba gear, car washes: AG report

Toronto Sun: Ontario lags in emergency planning: Auditor report

Toronto Star: Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk takes aim at Ontario Liberals over continuing mis-spending and waste

Lorne Gunter - Toronto Sun: Morneau charges ahead with tainted tax changes

CBC: NDP MPP's bill would create Ontario poet laureate position in memory of Gord Downie

Windsor Star: More than 1,200 St. Clair College students claim full tuition refund after strike ruined their academic quests

CBC: The day after Boeing filed its trade complaint, Australia offered Canada its used fighter jets

Toronto Star: Two former teachers in Durham admit sexual misconduct with teens

Financial Post: Rogers is considering selling the Toronto Blue Jays, Cogeco stake, CFO says

Toronto Star: Basil Borutski gets life with no parole for 70 years for three Renfrew County killings

Alex Pierson - Global News: Ladies, pick your battles

CTV News: WestJet, Delta sign preliminary deal to expand partnership

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Tearful Liberal MP should accept James Bezan's fifth apology and move on

CTV News: Saskatchewan to let landlords make the rules on tenants' use of pot

China Economic Review: China and Canada abandon launch of trade agreement talks

CTV News: 'Free the beer' advocate says prohibition-era rules are holding Canada back

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: Trudeau’s trade deal with China turns into an embarrassment

Susan Delacourt - iPolitics: For God’s sake, stop using sexual harassment as a political weapon

National Post: After Liberals bend to Senate's will on Indian Act bill, watchdog predicts seven times the cost

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Trudeau can’t land a trade deal — because he’s no free trader

Reuters: Canada scraps plan to buy Boeing fighters and will go with used Australian F-18s: sources

John Ivison - National Post: Trudeau breaks the three rules of doing business in China, leaves Beijing empty-handed

David Pugliese - Ottawa Citizen: Liberals reject warship proposal that companies said would save taxpayers as much as $32B

Antonella Artuso - Toronto Sun: Forum Poll shows Kathleen Wynne's Liberals trail both Brown's Tories and NDP

Lindsay Shepherd - National Post: My Laurier interrogation shows universities have lost sight of their purpose

Chris Hall - CBC: Justin Trudeau's great expectations clash with reality in China

Edmonton Journal: Hail-damage claims by Alberta farmers drop in 2017 as fewer severe storms hit province

Hamilton - CTV News: Father says paramedics didn't take dying son's injuries seriously; Good Samaritan had been trying to stop a senior from being accosted outside mosque

Calgary Herald: With no candidates declared, Alberta Party moves back leadership vote

Global News: Search for missing plane near Revelstoke suspended after 9 days; two aboard

Mark Cameron - Toronto Sun: Brown's carbon tax a win-win; truly revenue-neutral, it allows taxes to be cut

CBC: Ontario has 'zero' chance of meeting 2020 electric vehicle target, analysts say; govt way short on promised charging stations

Editorial - Toronto Sun: Thumbs up on Brown's pledge to kill Green Energy Act

Victor Schukov - Montreal Gazette: Canada 150th anniversary let-down

Trevor Tombe - Macleans: Kathleen Wynne’s attack on the Ontario PC carbon tax plan misleads voters

Antonella Artuso - Toronto Sun: PC transit plan specific and detailed: Toronto Mayor John Tory

John Snobelen - Toronto Sun: Wynne's worried about Brown's People's Guarantee

CBC: Ontario to limit criminal prosecutions of HIV-positive people who don't disclose status

Global News: Canada’s unemployment rate dips below 6% for 1st time since 2008

CTV News: Proceeds from Neil Young's high-profile live-webcast show from Omemee tonight to go to village's Scott Young Public School, named for his famed writer dad

Toronto Star: Canada has not talked to U.S. about joining missile shield, defence chief says

Ottawa - CBC: Supreme Court rules 1990 Umbrella Final Agreement trumps Yukon Government's sovereign powers in rejecting Peel watershed land use changes

Editorial - London Free Press: No hidden agenda, Brown's a Red Tory

David Akin - Global News: Bill Morneau’s father sold 200K shares in family company days before tax changes announced

Drew Brown - Vice: The Liberals need to end the suffering of Bill Morneau; For the good of the Liberal Party, I mean.

Financial Post: Canada's global prosperity ranking slips to lowest level in 11 years, but we still beat the U.S.

Philip Cross - Financial Post: Trudeau and Morneau understand tax dodging. They do it, too

Toronto Star: MPP who’s battled depression accuses Liberal Health Minister of insensitivity for flippant remark over mental health funding shortfalls

CTV News: Tory leader Scheer calls for Morneau to resign Finance post

Tony Keller - Globe and Mail: Pragmatism on steroids: An Ontario PC platform that could actually work

Financial Post: Canada's reliance on foreign financing grows as exports tumble; current account deficit widened to $19.3B, third highest on record

John Ivison - National Post: Liberals stand by beleaguered Morneau in face of Conservative calls for his head

London - CBC: Brown commits to 'safety first' on Hwy 401, will build concrete median barriers west of London

London Free Press: Tory Leader Patrick Brown says high-speed rail ‘would be great for Southwestern Ontario’, will continue environmental assessment

Global News: Second-hand ‘toke’ could lead to people failing workplace drug tests: University of Calgary study

iPolitics: Indigenous groups disappointed with PM’s Supreme Court pick

Windsor Star: St. Clair College has seen 600 students withdraw since strike ended

Global News: Missing Florida teen may have fled to Canada with 27-year-old soccer coach: police

Financial Post: Is Dollarama about to meet its match? Miniso, Japan's $2.99-store, plans to open 500 shops in Canada

Ottawa - Global News: Liberals lag in gun control promises, mass shooting survivors say

Don Braid - Calgary Herald: For Alberta NDP, using a tight belt won't be enough to balance the budget. They need a compactor

Global News: Toronto woman charged after threat made against Mississauga school

Warren Kinsella: An open letter to the worst Minister in Canada

CP/Global News: Driver arrested in naked multiple kidnapping south of Edmonton facing more charges

Kelly McParland - National Post: The Liberals are in trouble when even the Toronto Star applauds Brown

Toronto Star: Yes, it’s going to be this cold until at least 2018

Kevin McGran - Toronto Star: Johnny Bower was the face of the best of the Maple Leafs

Few players in NHL history were as well-liked by their peers and fans as the warm, gentle, good-natured man from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.

Toronto Star: Toronto Maple Leafs legend Johnny Bower dead at 93

ABC News: More bitter cold, snow expected after snapping Christmas Day records

NBC Mach: Can new water-gathering devices help avert 'pipeageddon'?

Christmas spirit - CBC: Via Rail train's mechanical failure strands 98 passengers in tiny
Spy Hill, Saskatchewan; community responds by feeding the eastbound holiday travellers


The community of Spy Hill, Saskatchewan (population 300), showed can-do Canadian spirit and warmth and fed stranded eastbound Via Rail passengers on Christmas Day after the train travelling from Vancouver to Toronto suffered mechanical failure due to extra cold weather (–30 C / -22 F).

iPolitics: Santa’s on his way: How NORAD’s Christmas tradition got started

Rex Murphy - National Post: The fake news of 2017 was prompted by media
needing an excuse for 2016 election coverage which was the greatest
journalistic failure — the largest act of group incompetence — in decades

Robert Fulford - National Post: Why this unbeliever is happy to celebrate Christmas

A 21 meters (69 feet) high Christmas tree coming from Poland is backdropped by the dome of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017.

Paul Bedard - Washington Examiner: Year One List:
81 major Trump achievements, 11 Obama legacy items repealed

New York: Canada foolishly abstains, fails to support U.S. in shameful UN
vote condemning American embassy move to Jerusalem

Fox News: World put on notice as U.S. House of Representatives gives
final approval to tax reform bill, handing Trump major year-end victory

CNBC: South Korea to create special 'dronebot combat'
team in 2018 that could target Kim Jong Un


Experts say the small weaponized drones could potentially fly into North Korea to attack rocket launchers, radar installations or communications infrastructure. They also believe the drone swarms could be effective in targeting ground forces and convoys of vehicles, among other things.

CTV News: Saudis intercept Yemen rebel missile targeting royal palace in Riyadh

NY Times: Speed cited in Amtrak derailment that killed at least 3 in Washington

updated DuPont - AP: Toll revised to 3 dead as Amtrak train derails on its inaugural run;
train was speeding at 81 mph when it derailed onto southbound I-5 roadway

updated CBC: 'Injuries and casualties' as Amtrak train 501 derails
onto busy Interstate 5 highway 64 km south of Seattle at DuPont, WA




The train had locomotives at front and rear; the lead locomotive ended up on I-5 while the rear power unit remained upright on tracks while every car in-between was derailed and some them toppled into trees. Transitdocs.com, a website that maps Amtrak train locations and speeds using data from the railroad's train tracker app, says Train 501 was going 130 kilometres per hour moments before the derailment. There were 83 people aboard: 78 passengers and 5 crew. Transitdocs.com, a website that maps Amtrak train locations and speeds using data from the railroad's train tracker app, says Train 501 was going 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph) moments before the derailment. ~ CBC Pierce County Sheriff's Department

AP/CBC: Trump tips Putin to bomb plot, saving lives; Kremlin says Putin thanked Trump

Newsweek: China must prepare for imminent war
with North Korea, top national security experts warn

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Now is the time for broad
reform of Canada's productivity-killing tax system

Financial Post: A quarter of Canadian companies are considering
moving to U.S. amid NAFTA uncertainty and pending U.S. tax cuts

IEEE Spectrum: How long before sodium batteries are worth their salt?

Today, lithium is the active ingredient in batteries that power smart phones, laptops, and cars. But because of the price of lithium, researchers have been looking for another, more abundant element that could replace it. Besides its availability, sodium has several other important properties — not the least of which is its resistance to catching on fire. What’s more, “It was a good candidate because it could store a similar amount of energy as compared to lithium,” says Minah Lee, who does research on sodium batteries at Stanford University. ~ IEEE Spectrum

CBC: SeaLegacy's remarks about polar bear hunt
'racist and factually untrue,' says Iqaluit mayor

Financial Post: Bombardier expects revenue to grow — to over US$17B next year

Global News: No fatalities as 25 aboard crashed plane near Fond du Lac, Saskatchewan

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Another 'green' power
boondoggle sinks taxpayers and consumers in the red

Weather Network: Extreme cold alert, squalls and another clipper for Southern Ontario

Swans head west along Adolphus Reach in the Bay of Quinte Tuesday morning as temperatures hover at -13C (9F). ~ Bill Daverne

New York - Reuters: AT&T begins testing high-speed internet over power lines;
goal is 1,000+ megabits per second — matching and exceeding fibre



NY Daily News: NY Gov. Cuomo wants internet companies
to sound alarm when terrorists research bombs online

NY Times: Port Authority bomber was inspired by ISIS Christmas attacks, officials say

Fox News: NYC Port Authority explosion: Suspect ID'd in 'attempted terrorist attack'

Four injured, no deaths as New York rush-hour 'ISIS-inspired' attack failed because bomb went off early. Explosive belt detonated at massive Port Authority bus station near Times Square.

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Canadian finds
polar bears are doing fine — and gets climate-mauled

LA Daily News: Southern California brings in big 747 tanker as fires explode

As the fires that have burned hundreds of homes and tens of thousands of acres rage across Southern California, a Boeing 747 capable of dropping 18,500 gallons of retardant was finally put to use Thursday afternoon to help battle the Liberty fire in Murrieta. But the plane has its limitations, and wasn’t used for the fires burning in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. For one, the 747’s 211-foot wingspan makes it difficult and dangerous to fly the huge plane into canyons, said Battalion Chief Mike Mohler, a Cal Fire spokesman. ~ Cy Phenice

Independent: 10 key sentences from the Brexit document and what they really mean

Financial Post: $53B Brexit deal struck, clearing path for tough trade talks

LA Times: Ventura fire rages on, threatening communities both coastal and inland;
90,000 acres scorched, path of destruction more than 10 miles from Santa Paula to Pacific


An aerial view shows homes that burned in the Thomas fire in Ventura County. ~ Brian van der Brug Los Angeles Times

Seoul - AP: North Korea says war is inevitable

Reuters: As promised, Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, starts Embassy move

Ventura: More than 1,000 firefighters battle out-of-control southern California inferno

A fire crew passes a burning home during a wind-driven wildfire in Ventura, California, U.S., December 5, 2017. The Thomas Fire raged in the foothills above and in the city of Ventura some 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Los Angeles, fire officials said late Tuesday. The blaze, which began on Monday, had charred more than 50,000 acres, they said. “We are still in the middle of an aggressive and active firefight on the ground,” said Robert Welsbie, spokesman for the Ventura Fire Department. “If the winds pick up, we will face quite a challenge.” The fire, which was entirely uncontained, was being whipped by unpredictable Santa Ana winds, which blow in from the California desert. Wind gusts were forecast to top out at 70 miles per hour (115 km per hour) on Wednesday and remain strong through the week. ~ Mike Blake Reuters

Telegraph: MI5 foils Islamist suicide terror plot to kill Prime Minister May

NY Post: Sky News says terrorist plot to assassinate British PM Theresa May foiled

CTV: Thalidomide survivors say 'degraded, insulted' by Liberal Disabilities Min Kent Hehr;
"So, you probably have about 10 years left now. That's good news for Canadian Govt."

Global News: Russian Olympic team banned from 2018 Winter Games over doping scandal

Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutrals despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday. The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic committee and IOC member Alexander Zhukov, and also banned Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vilaty Mutko from the Olympics for life. Mutko was the sports minister in 2014 and is the head of the organizing committee of soccer’s next World Cup.

Syracuse: 2017's only supermoon spectacular around the world this weekend

The moon rises over the CN Tower and skyline in Toronto, Saturday, December 2, 2017. ~ Mark Blinch AP

NY Times: Bali volcano evacuees sneak back into danger zone

Mount Agung on the Indonesian island of Bali vented ash and smoke this week, prompting an evacuation. More than 1,000 died after a major eruption in 1963. ~ Andri Tambunan Getty Images

Financial Post: Canadian weed grower plans cannabis-infused
dog chews to help improve canine quality of life

Fox News: Latest North Korean missile could hit entire U.S. mainland, Pyongyang says

Bloomberg: North Korea says nuclear program completed after today's ICBM test

NY Daily News: Shania Twain’s Grey Cup entrance was as Canada as it gets

Shania Twain arrived at the Grey Cup half-time show in a dog sled Sunday night. ~ Justin Tang AP

Mercury News: Using open-source technology, and smarts, U.S. non-govt researchers are figuring out North Korea’s nuclear secrets

Ahram: Egypt army launches air strikes in North Sinai following deadly mosque attack

updated Egypt - Independent: Toll 305 in North Sinai mosque terror attack;
survivors say as children screamed in terror, the extremists shouted Allahu Akbar

Dutch News: A Thanksgiving story: How the Netherlands
played a part in the iconic American holiday


The embarcation of the Pilgrims by Robert Walter Weir

CBC: What's ruthenium-106? What you need to know about Russian radiation

The Guardian: Russian nuclear facility denies it is source of high radioactivity levels

BBC: Will Merkel ask German President to call snap election?

The Guardian - LIVE: Markets rattled as German coalition talks collapse

CP/Sportsnet: National Hockey League had humble beginnings a century ago

The Stanley Cup stands in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. ~ Nathan Denette CP

William Watson - Financial Post: Turns out Harper Govt was actually terrific
for wage growth; “real average income of all tax filers rose 2.6%” from 2014 to 2015

Neil Mohindra - Financial Post: Who's the skunk that's stinking up
the TPP party? Trudeau's Canada, of course

Driving: A few more inconvenient truths about EV emissions;
Tesla battery production releases as much CO2 as 8 years of gasoline driving

Bloomberg: Americans will eat a record amount of meat in 2018

Daily Wire: WikiLeaks drops proof that New York Times colluded with Hillary Clinton

Fox News: Amazon might buy Target, but could Trump stand in the way?

Andrew McCarthy - National Review: As the dossier scandal looms, the New York Times struggles to save its collusion tale; comes up with replacement narrative

AP: Trump threatens to cut off U.S. aid to Palestinian Authority because they are "no longer willing to talk peace"

CBC: Iran's supreme leader blames protests on meddling by 'enemies' as death toll rises; prominent judge warns some demonstrators could face death penalty

Fox News: Hillary Clinton backer paid $500G to fund women accusing Trump of sexual misconduct before Election Day, report says

CBC: Nikki Haley confirms U.S. holding back $255M in aid for Pakistan

Fox News: Florida, Georgia issued Winter Storm Watch as bitter cold grips U.S.

Fox News: Leaked meeting notes show how panicked Iranian regime considered stopping deadly protests: 'God help us'

CBC: Death toll from Iranian protests climbs to 12; latest deaths occur in Tuyserkan, Shahinshahr in protests over economic issues

Stephen L. Miller - Fox News: Iran's protests are powerful and real. Why are mainstream media outlets so hesitant to report on them?

Gulf News: Stirrings of a liberal revolution in Iran

Independent: Donald Trump attacks Pakistan -- 'they have given us nothing but lies and deceit' in return for $33B aid; 'They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!'

North Korea: Kim Jong Un taunts: 'the entire United States within range of our nuclear weapons'; 'a nuclear button is always on my desk'

updated Fox News: Costa Rica plane crash kills 12, including 10 American vacationers; family of 5 from NY identified

Global News: South Korea seizes 2nd ship suspected of transferring oil to North Korea

Click2Houston: Intoxicated man found with small arsenal on top floor of Hyatt Regency downtown, police say

AP: New economic protests in Tehran challenge Iran’s government

Reuters: Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea - sources

Independent Journal Review: Friday dump: State Dept poised to release 2,800 Huma Abedin docs recovered from Weiner's laptop

Daily Caller: Cuomo copies California Sanctuary State laws, pardons 18 illegal immigrants

Frontpagemag: The Obama years: a legacy of scandal and deception; Joe Biden’s bizarre disconnect regarding his scandal-ridden former boss

NY Times: The most expensive mile of subway track on Earth; how excessive staffing, little competition, generous contracts and archaic rules dramatically inflate capital costs for transit in New York

BBC: Egypt attack: Twelve die as gunmen hit Coptic Christians

Reuters: India rooftop restaurant fire kills 14 during birthday party

NY Post: At least 12 dead after fire sweeps through Bronx apartment building

Trump interview with NY Times: Russia inquiry makes U.S. ‘look very bad’, no collusion with Russia except by Democrats

BBC: South Korea seizes tanker amid row over illegal oil transfer to North Korea

Peggy Noonan - WSJ: The lies of ‘The Crown’ and ‘The Post’; when people get history from entertainment, Hollywood’s obligation to the truth is heightened

Jerusalem Post: New Western Wall train station to be named after Trump

BBC: Russia says its failed satellite programmed with 'wrong co-ordinates'; no word on fate of 18 other satelittes aboaurd launch vehicle from Russia, Norway, Sweden, the U.S., Canada, Germany and Japan

Guardian: Alabama election: Roy Moore challenges loss to Doug Jones in lawsuit

Afghanistan - CTV News: 41 dead in ISIS-claimed attack on Shiite centre in Kabul

Mashable: The FCC approves first 'at a distance' wireless charging system

Bloomberg: Farewell to the 747 from U.S. carriers, the plane that shrank the world

Fortune: Blockchain is pumping new life into old-school companies like IBM and Visa

Mitch Tuchman - Marketwatch: Heed Warren Buffett’s warning: bitcoin is pure FOMO

Editorial - Salt Lake Tribune: Reduction in corporate tax rate will boost the economy

Reuters: U.S. federal agents found fetuses in body broker's warehouse

William McGurn - Wall Street Journal: The ‘stupidity’ of Donald Trump; not your averge populist politician record-wise

USA Today: U.S. retail holiday sales jump 4.9%, biggest increase since 2011

Washington Post: Record-setting Christmas storm buries Pennsylvania's fourth largest city under more than 4 feet of snow

NY Times: Fish may be good for the growing brain

Shropshire Star: Post-Brexit Britain to leapfrog France in world economic rankings – think tank

Weather: Feet of additional snow to bury Great Lakes snowbelts of New York, Northern Michigan through Wednesday

Fox News: Haley announces $285M cut in 2018-19 UN operating budget

Kabul - NBC: Suicide bomber kills six people in Afghan capital

AP/CBC: Russian election officials ban Putin critic Alexei Navalny from running for office; 'Going to the polls right now is to vote for lies and corruption,' says Navalny

AP/CBC: Mirroring Trump's decision, Guatemala plans to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

Andrew McCarthy - National Review: Was the Steele Dossier the FBI’s ‘insurance policy’?

PJ Media: Homeland Security official confirms Friday attacks on police in Harrisburg were terrorism

Politico: In California, harassment scandals roil ruling Democrats

Palm Beach - AP: Trump speaks to members of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard, stationed in Qatar, Kuwait and Guantanamo Bay by video hook-up, wishing them a Merry Christmas

Palm Beach - Fox News: President Trump slams McCabe's 'alleged' misuse of FBI email

South China Morning Post: Zero chance of survival: fire rips through Philippine shopping centre, killing at least 37

Palm Beach - CBS: President Trump at Mar-a-Lago winter White House for Christmas after busy year

PJ Media: Rep. Gaetz: Email evidence from McCabe indicates that Hillary Clinton was going to get an 'HQ special'

New York - AP: Hot holiday items: Multi-use cookers, toy monkeys, velvet

Fox News: With criminal immigrant pardons, California Gov. Brown butts heads again with White House

Montreal Gazette: North Korean defectors are sending flash drives full of real news, documentaries into the country with balloons

Fox News: President Trump rips FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe amid reports of retirement plans

NY Post: A deafening media silence on the Obama-Hezbollah scandal

Xinhua: Death toll from Philippine tropical storm Tembin rises to 200: police

Fox News: Sessions orders DOJ review after report Obama administration gave Hezbollah a pass

Penn Live: Harrisburg shooter Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty targeted and shot police officers before caught and killed

CTV News: Ukraine grateful for U.S. weapons, Russia outraged

Zero Hedge: Subway contracts again, closes 909 Stores in 2017

Toronto Star: California wildfire now the largest blaze officially recorded in state history

ABC Australia: NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, first to fly untethered in space, dies aged 80

CBC: Canada attending Nikki Haley's 'friendship' party after Jerusalem vote at the UN

LA Times: Man planned Christmas ISIS attack on San Francisco’s Pier 39, FBI says

Huffington Post: You were warned: Bitcoin price crashes, down more than a third in days

La Jolla - CBC: Dick Enberg, legendary sportscaster, dead at 82

Kalina Oroschakoff - Politico: Russian submarine activity ‘highest since Cold War’ warns NATO chief

Josh Meyer - Politico: The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook; an ambitious U.S. task force targeting Hezbollah's billion-dollar criminal enterprise ran headlong into the White House's desire for a nuclear deal with Iran

CNBC: Apple sued after it admits to slowing down older iPhones

NY Post: Pence makes surprise visit to Afghanistan for war meetings

Australia: ‘Deliberate act’: Car mows down pedestrians; man who drove into Melbourne crowd injuring 19 people was a 32-year-old of Afghan descent with history of drug use and mental illness, say police

Australia - ABC: Flinders Street: More than a dozen Melbourne pedestrians hit by SUV outside major train station, driver arrested

Dailywire: Voter fraud investigation launched into Alabama Senate special election

Michael Barone - Washington Examiner: Republicans have reformed taxes — will they fix 1970s budget rules next?

Washington Examiner: The Left is wrong: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act benefits the middle class

Bloomberg: Tax cut impact: Fifth Third Bancorp raising min/hr wage to $15, will give $1,000 payout to 13,500 employees; Wells Fargo raises min/hr wage to $15, pledges $400M to community and non-profit orgs; Comcast gives 100,000 workers $1,000 bonus, pledges to make $50B+ in infrastructure investments over next 5 years

Washington Post: Virginia court tosses out one-vote victory that briefly ended GOP majority in State House

Business Insider: New York Times reporter Glenn Thrush to be dismissed from White House beat after suspension

Washington Post: How Republicans pulled off the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years

Tax cut impact: AT&T announces plan to increase U.S. capital spending by $1B and provide $1,000 special bonus to more than 200,000 U.S. employees

AP: Trump says tax bill's repeal of individual mandate, effectively 'repeals Obamacare'

Politico: Tech’s challenge: How to spend its tax windfall; Apple said last month it will add more jobs as a result of tax reform

Washington Examiner: Very illegal: Rosie O'Donnell tried to bribe GOP senators to vote with $$ millions against tax bill

CNBC: Jim Cramer: Gary Cohn is right — stock market will soar higher on GOP tax bill

AP: Trump, GOP plan White House celebration as tax bill OK nears

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Airport outage: Delta CEO to seek repayment for lost revenue

CNBC: Senate Republicans approve tax overhaul, sending it to the House for another vote

Barrons: FedEx stock soars on soaring profits, and predicts huge bump from tax cuts

Bloomberg: A cryptocurrency founder sold all his coins after 7,500% rally

Independent: Brexit: What would a Canada-style free trade deal with EU mean for the UK economy?

Seattle Times: Train derailment near Olympia: Officials pushed ‘aggressive’ timeline before safety technology was ready

Reuters/Fox Business: U.S. Senate approves tax bill, sends it back to House for final vote

Weekly Standard: White House Watch: How Trump got tax reform through Congress; so much winning

Thomas Lifson - American Thinker: The importance of no leaks after McCabe testified for 8 hours before House Intelligence Committee

Editorial - Seattle Times: Rail safety can’t wait, no more delays

Editorial - NY Post: Obama tax doldrums finally over with tax bill passage a mere formality

Conrad Black - National Review: Trump’s whirlwind year; in the end, his 2017 was quite a success

Monica Showalter - American Thinker: The nightmare of Obamacare, about to be finished off

Paul Ryan - Wall Street Journal: Tax reform means your paycheck will grow; so will the economy, as the bill brings U.S. corporate taxes in line with the developed-world norm

American Thinker: The Sorcerer's Apprentices: FBI, DOJ, GPS, DNC

ABC: New international group will put pressure on North Korea, Tillerson says

LA Times: Rail experts ask why new track in Washington state Amtrak crash did not have speed control system

Pennel Bird - American Thinker: The punk rock President; Trump's raw, paradigm-nuking candidacy was a flip of the bird to the entrenched, systemic corruption of the establishment

updated CNBC: House needs to vote again Wednesday on sweeping tax bill over procedural snag; was approved but 'Byrd rule' trips up 3 minor issues

DuPont - AP: Official: Feds look at whether train engineer was distracted

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Search warrant records offer insight into Las Vegas shooting investigation

Fox News: White House says North Korea was behind massive ‘WannaCry’ cyberattack in May

Boston - AP: Man gets 28 years in plot to behead conservative blogger Pamela Geller

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Victims of Crime receives 4K claims in Las Vegas Mandalay Bay shooting

Reuters/CNBC: Britain's new $4B aircraft carrier has a leak

Kyodo News: Japan decides to introduce new Aegis shore-based missile defense amid North Korea threat; U.S. systems could each cost at least $888M, according to Defense Ministry officials

CNBC: Bitcoin is a 'gigantic price chase based on nothing': Cryptocurrency bear warns

Mexico City - AP: Royal Caribbean confirms passengers in fatal bus crash

Reuters: Greenyard targets U.S. market with talks to acquire Dole Food

AP/CBC: Tourist bus crashes in Mexico, 12 reported dead

Trump Doctrine - Boston Globe: Central tenets of Trump’s new national security strategy

Kingston Whig-Standard: Trump 'America First' national security strategy looks to #MAGA on world stage

USA Today: Amtrak's Cascades rail lines saw a derailment in July; speeding regularly cited in Amtrak incidents

CNBC: Al Franken 'unresigning' would be political suicide for Democrats

Salena Zito - NY Post: Why depression and suicide are rampant among American farmers

CNBC: Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim reportedly will cut his stake in New York Times nearly in half

AP/CBC: John McCain returning to Arizona after cancer treatment, could miss tax bill vote; but told Trump he'd return if his vote needed

NY Post: Women’s March organizer Sarsour accused of covering up sex abuse

Recode: Why is Facebook admitting that social networks can be bad for our health?

Jon Gabriel - AZcentral: Pace yourselves, journalists. Fake Trump news only hurts you

AP/CBC: 9 killed by suicide bombers attack on church in Pakistan

Conrad Black - NY Sun: Liberal hysterics on Trump show that it’s the wish that fathers the thought

Editorial - Richmond Times-Dispatch: How we won the war against ISIS

Ross Douthat - NY Times: A war Trump won

Merrill Matthews - The Hill: How average Americans benefit from the GOP tax reform

CBC: Australian police allege man tried to sell missile parts to help North Korea

Fox News: Brady: The tax bill's message to the world is 'we're not going to fall behind again'

California - AP: Residents flee as flames approach Montecito and Santa Barbara

Anthony Watts - Watts Up With That: Sun dimming by an amount that "exceeds all of our planet’s other energy sources (such as natural radioactivity in Earth’s core) combined"

Maria Bartiromo - Wall Street Journal: Dow 24000 and the Trump boom

Hollywood Reporter: Fox-Disney: Now get ready for the power struggle

AFP: Delta orders 100 Airbus planes in blow to Boeing

updated - The Hill: Former Harvey Weinstein lawyer Lisa Bloom sought donor cash for two Trump accusers; bribery?

Kimberley Strassel - Wall Street Journal: Secrets the FBI shouldn’t keep

Fox Business: Wall Street indices close at records with tax overhaul in sight

CNBC: House plans to vote on tax bill Tuesday, NBC reports

Reuters: Republicans finish tax bill, gain support from Rubio, Corker

AP/Global News: NATO concerned Russian missile system breaks Cold War pact

Global News: U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says there’s a 30% chance of war with North Korea

Fortune: CSX shares fall after famed CEO Hunter Harrison takes unspecified medical leave

Reuters: U.S. says concerned about Myanmar's silence over where Reuters journalists are being held

Egypt Independent: U.S. says missile parts prove Iran is illicitly arming Houthis

updated - France: Toll revised again, reduced to 4 students dead after train hit school bus

Fox Business: Disney to acquire 21st Century Fox assets in $66.1B deal ($52.4B in stock); included: film and TV studios, and cable and international TV, but not Fox News, U.S. broadcast network, or sports networks

AZcentral: Sen. John McCain hospitalized for 'normal side-effects' of cancer treatment

Fox News: Trump called her 'real dummy,' but court tosses her $4M defamation case

Back to rock - Reuters: Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame newest members include Bon Jovi, The Moody Blues, The Cars and Dire Straits

Lee Smith - The Federalist: Washington Post profile of Fusion GPS downplays firm’s shady Russian connections

Doug Schoen - Fox News: What Doug Jones’ victory over Roy Moore really means for Washington (and America) in 2018

London - Reuters: Concerned F1 drivers put on united front

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: The Trump-Russia 'dossier' scandal deepens; not because of what it reveals about Trump, but what it is revealing about behind-the-scenes efforts to ruin his Presidency

Matt Welch - LA Times: Journalists are at war with their critics — and they're losing badly

Glenn Greenwald - The Intercept: The U.S. media suffered its most humiliating debacle in ages and now refuses all transparency over what happened

Kevin Roose - NY Times: Hoo boy, did I blow it. I was wrong about Bitcoin. Here’s why

Reuters: Gas supply from Austrian gas hub back to normal after deadly blast

USA Today: Jones victory a boost for Democrats — and some Republicans

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Trump is 'inspiring great journalism'?

Leah Libresco - Washington Post: I used to think gun control was the answer. My research told me otherwise.

NBC News: Trump attorney says FBI, DOJ ‘conflicts’ require second special counsel

Global News: Deadly explosion at Austria’s main gas plant forces Italy to declare state of emergency

Bloomberg: Oops, Trump actually right about trade deficit with Canada when Canadian data used

NY Daily News: Incompetent Port Authority bomber mocked Trump online hours before attack: 'You failed to protect your nation'

AP: Iran state TV: M6.2 earthquake rocks southern Iran

Daily Mail: Britain shivers on its coldest night for seven years as temperatures plummet as low as -15C and hundreds of schools stay closed for a second day

Nate Silver - FiveThirtyEight/Yahoo: What the hell is happening with these Alabama polls?

AP: Subway blast arrest leads to discussion of immigration rules

Bloomberg/Yahoo: A Disney deal for Fox is coming within days

CNBC: Manufacturing CEO survey shows record high optimism on prospect of tax reform

Toronto Star: Trump directs NASA to send U.S. astronauts to the moon and Mars

Piers Morgan - Daily Mail: It's true, we've never had a President like Trump - he actually keeps his promises. No wonder the liberal media can't stand him

Global News: Justin Bieber, Hailee Steinfeld, Tennessee Titans NFL players among celebrities reaching out to Tennessee boy after bullying video goes viral

AP/CBC: Saudi Arabia to allow movie theatres to open after 35-year ban

Global News: North Korea’s nuclear test in September still causing aftershocks, shifted Earth’s crust

Kangaroo court? - Reuters: Judge tells fired Trump campaign chair Manafort to stop communicating with media; pre-trial gag order given unprecedented extension

Fox News: Port Authority explosion suspect: What we know about Akayed Ullah

AP: Rash of retirements triggers Texas political bonanza

Fox News: Convicted South Carolina serial killer says he has other victims, 'outside state, and outside country'

CTV News: Israel: Hamas tunnel destroyed using new techniques

Daily Caller: Seven times CNN botched the news in 2017 — so far

Rex Murphy - National Post: Endless sex scandals expose hypocrisy of Hollywood and media industry

Paul Beaudry and Martin Masse - Financial Post: Don’t freak over ending net neutrality. It’s only been making the Internet worse

Kurdistan24: Iraq ‘totally liberated’ from ISIS, says PM Abadi

Editorial - National Post: On Jerusalem, Trump finally reveals hard truths about Mideast 'peace'

Daily Caller: CNN botches major ‘bombshell’ alleging contacts between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks; any credibility left?

LA Times: State Democrat Assemblyman Matt Dababneh to resign following sexual misconduct allegations

The Hill: Analysis: Apple poised for $47B windfall from GOP tax bill

AP/Global News: 14 UN Peacekeepers killed, 40 wounded in Congo attack

CNBC: Economy firing on all cylinders as November job growth tops hopes; 228,000 jobs created, 200,000 had been predicted by economists

LA Times: As winds kick up again, tall flames menace communities far and wide

CNBC: Boeing CEO says 'tax reform is the single most important thing' for U.S. economy

St. Paul - AP: In Franken’s fall, sudden Senate pickup chance for GOP

LA Daily News: On Day 4 of Southern California fires, a stark collection of losses and gains

Fox News: Bernie Sanders' wife's land deal still under FBI probe; witness recently questioned

AP: Flames engulf semi-rural San Diego area, destroying dozens of houses, in newest wildfires

Weather: Winter storm Benji delivering a wintry mess to the Deep South, then the season's first snow along the Eastern seaboard

Reuters: AT&T/Time Warner antitrust trial set for March

Extremetech: Nvidia launches $3,000 Titan V, ‘world’s most powerful PC GPU’

PC Mag: Apple is ready to ditch the Mac

AP: Elite thoroughbred race horses killed in California wildfire

Baltimore Sun: Even newer forms of birth control can increase the risk of breast cancer, study says

Atlanta - AP: Some panic as wintry mix threatens wide swath of South

LA Daily News: How to buy your own piece of vintage Disneyland

Inverse: The story of human migration out of Africa just got re-written

Reuters: Japan to acquire air-launched missiles able to strike North Korea

AL: Snow falling on Alabama: Weather service raises some projected amounts to 5 inches

Washington Post: Argentine ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner charged with treason

KSAT: Snow making a kid out of everyone in San Antonio

LA Times: Scientists use CRISPR to turn genes on without editing their DNA

Vivian Bercovici - National Post: It took Trump to expose the stupidity of denying Jerusalem's reality

AP: Key Republicans oppose effort to reduce corporate tax cut

Financial Post: GE to slash 12,000 jobs, almost 20% of its power division's workforce, as world turns its back on reliable conventional power

AP: As Franken’s support collapses, Democrats expect resignation

LA Times: Fires close 265 L.A. Unified schools; Santa Monica-Malibu closures continue

AP: Trump move on Jerusalem highlights Arab divisions

KTLA: Nearly 30 horses found burned to death by Creek Fire in Tujunga Canyon

LA Times: Homes burning in ritzy Bel-Air as 150-acre fire closes the 405 Freeway and forces evacuations

Fox News: Corey Feldman's 1993 audio files naming alleged sexual predators found by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office

CBS News: Al Franken to make announcement after fellow Democrats urge him to resign

David Harsanyi - Federalist: Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem makes ‘peace’ more likely

updated Reuters: At least 25 Democrat Senators call for Franken's resignation; rubbed a lot of people the wrong way

Ben Voth - American Thinker: Tax cuts do not cost money and, empirically, they are almost certain to increase revenue to the U.S. Federal government

Chris Edwards - National Review: The Senate tax bill favours the middle class, not the rich

Boston Herald: Fourth Republican takes state seat from a Democrat this year nationwide as Tran flips Massachusetts Senate race

Will Rahn - CBS News: President Trump starts to rack up wins

Editorial - NY Sun: The Mueller firing speech Trump should deliver

Reuters: Saudi-led blockade cuts fuel lifeline to Yemen

Bloomberg: It’s official: Putin says he’ll run for re-election

Paul Sperry - NY Post: Double-crossing FBI agent must be held accountable

Chuck Ross - Daily Caller: Top Clinton aides face no charges after also making false statements to FBI

Reuters: U.S. Air Force unveils criminal reporting reforms in wake of Texas shooting

Reuters: Fox and Disney reportedly near a deal for TV and studio assets

Michael Ledeen - PJ Media: Nothing about collusion

NY Post: British security had intel about Manchester concert bomber weeks before

Catherine Herridge - Fox News: Mueller deputy praised DOJ official after she defied Trump travel ban order: 'I am so proud'

NY Post: Wisconsin closer to drug-testing adults applying for food stamps

CBS News: Under siege, Rep. John Conyers announces retirement, endorses son to run for seat

Stuart Varney - Fox News: A growing economy is close to being the end of the world for Democrats

LA Times: More than 150 structures destroyed, 27,000 people evacuated in raging Ventura wildfire

Lee Smith - Federalist: Fusion GPS scandal implicates media in possible pay-to-publish scheme

USA Today: How will the tax bill conference committee work? Not the usual way (because the Democrats lost their gamble when they chose not to participate)

Reuters: Yemen's ex-president Saleh shot dead after switching sides to back Saudi coalition in civil war

Fox News: Supreme Court permits full enforcement of Trump travel ban

CNBC: CVS-Aetna deal could force Wal-Mart to buy Humana, analyst says

Reuters: Aeromexico eyes Delta's CSeries Bombardier jet order amid U.S. trade spat: sources

AP/National Post: Airstrikes pound Yemen's capital as Saudis back ex-president

Guardian: 10 arrested over murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

Reuters: CVS-Aetna deal to change how big employers buy health benefits

CNBC: Cathay Pacific crew saw North Korean missile from plane

Byron York - Washington Examiner: In Trump-Russia probe, was it all about the Logan Act?

Reuters: Trump account tweets about Russia probe spark warnings from lawmakers; lawyer says he drafted tweet, and made misleading punctuation mistake

Fox Business: CVS agrees to buy Aetna in $69B deal: sources

Guardian: Why did Roy Moore go to Australia in the 1980s?

Toronto Star: 13 dead, 2 missing after South Korean fishing boat capsizes after collision with tanker

Washington Post: Trump’s campaign: Big Macs, screaming fits and constant rivalries: Lewandowski/Bossie book

Reuters: Mueller removed FBI agent from Russia probe for anti-Trump texts: reports

Daily Mail: Israeli bomber jets 'kill 12 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard' in Syrian airstrike

Timing critical - Fox News: ABC News suspends Brian Ross over 'serious error' in Trump-Flynn report; affected stock market

New York - AP: American Airlines, pilots reach deal to avoid cancelling flights

AP: San Francisco defends sanctuary status as backlash mounts over unjust verdict in Kate Steinle murder by five times deported illegal immigrant

NTK Network: Leon Panetta: It’s a ‘stretch’ to say Trump team broke law with Russian contacts

AP: NBC source: No payout for Lauer on rest of his contract

Washington Post: McConnell says Senate has the votes to pass GOP tax bill

Fox News: Gen. Michael Flynn pleads guilty to false-statements charge in Russia probe

Fox News: Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting report triggered FBI hunt for leaker, new emails show

Breaking Defense: Canadian Navy competition previews U.S. frigate fight

Fox News: McCain to vote for Senate tax reform bill; boosts chances of passage of sweeping legislation as it faces a likely final vote within hours

France24: Argentina ends efforts to rescue sub survivors

NY Post: Matt Lauer’s lawyers trying to get him $30M payout after firing

Editorial - NY Daily News: Expose Lauer’s enablers: Who protected the 'Today' show predator?

Nicholas Kristof - NY Times: Americans don't realize how likely war with North Korea is; one lesson from history: when a President and his advisors say they’re considering a war, take them seriously

David French - National Review: Elizabeth Warren, progressive fraud

Omeemee - CTV News: Small town residents excited amid evidence Neil Young's live show Friday night will be broadcast from his childhood hometown

iPolitics: Trudeau names Alberta judge Sheilah Martin to SCC

Kitchener - CTV News: Witnesses describe seeing ‘wall of flames’ along Hwy 401 as out of control grass fire shuts down Canada's busisiest highway at Cambridge

Mike Crawley - CBC: Ontario PCs try to grab political centre, build trust in Patrick Brown as Premier-in-waiting

Steve Paikin - TVO: Ontario: One little sentence sets the Progressive Conservative platform apart

CTV News: Canadian Karim Baratov accused in Yahoo hack pleads guilty in American court

Radio Canada: Majority of Canadians want to dismantle trade barriers between provinces: Ipsos poll

CBC: 'Time's a-wasting': Prescott mayor renews call to make Hwy 401 safer as 2017 death toll rises

Toronto Star: Finance Minister Bill Morneau silent on stock sell-off before tax changes

Times of India: Touch affects babies at molecular level, find researchers at UBC and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

Ottawa Citizen: Hwy 401 partially closed as two dead, trucker arrested in crash near Prescott

iPolitics: Poilievre alleges Morneau sold $10M in shares before tabling fiscal measure

Hamilton Spectator: As many as 50 GTA families who defected from North Korea facing deportation

Tasha Kheiriddin - iPolitics: Patrick Brown plays it safe

Editorial - Toronto Star: Patrick Brown’s plan deserves a serious look from voters

Kelly McParland - National Post: Trudeau announces another plan he expects the provinces to pay for

Toronto Star: Province should take over TTC and other cities’ transit systems, says Toronto Region Board of Trade

Global News: Postmedia shuts down 21 community newspapers after swap with Torstar, which will shut down three of seven daily newspapers it acquired in deal

Global News: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle engaged

David Reevely - Ottawa Citizen: Ontario's Tories promise all things to all people with their new platform

Martin Regg Cohn - Toronto Star: Tory leader Patrick Brown is singing a new tune

National Post: ISIS brides returning home and raising the next generation of jihadist martyrs

CP/National Post: Ontario PCs vow to cut taxes, hydro rates in new 'People’s Guarantee' platform

Pierre Poilievre - Ottawa Citizen: Why Morneau's tax changes are anything but neutral

Chris Selley - National Post: You can argue it's 'Liberal lite,' but Ontario PC platform offers a pathway to victory

CTV News: Ontario allowing several water bottling companies to take water on expired permits

Robert Benzie - Toronto Star: People's Guarantee: Brown's Tories would take over and expand Toronto’s subways, cut taxes, early-release election plan reveals

Toronto Star: Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown opens up about life, love and his new haircut as a June election looms

Toronto Star: Ontario PCs convene in Toronto to hone election strategy, hear from Patrick Brown

CBC: 'Free speech advocates' rally to support WLU TA Lindsay Shepherd

Global News: Man in Sweden found guilty of ‘online’ rape of girls in Canada and around the world

Fox News: Conyers 'sure as hell' won't be pressured by Pelosi to resign, attorney vows

Global News: Newly tested drugs could cut monthly migraines by half: study

Huffington Post: CNN fires Jake Tapper's senior producer after behaviour complaints

AP: Haley: North Korea ‘brings us closer to war’ the U.S. doesn’t seek

Fox News: GOP Rep. Barton announces retirement after more lewd messages surface

AP: What North Korean photos say about new Hwasong-15 ballistic missile

The Hague - CBC: UN war crimes defendant dies after taking poison in court

Fox News: Garrison Keillor fired by Minnesota Public Radio over allegations of inappropriate behaviour; had mocked criticism of Franken for loutish behaviour

Boston Herald: NPR chief news editor David Sweeney ousted after sexual harassment allegations

NY Times: NBC fires Matt Lauer over detailed sexual misconduct allegation

Boston Herald: McDonald’s worker charged in Tampa serial killings was a St. John’s hoops player

NY Post: Minnesota paper calls out Franken for lame apology

Fox News: North Korea fires ICBM into Japanese waters; flew 10 times higher than international space station

Howie Carr - Boston Herald: Elizabeth Warren: OK, Fake Indian, time to either give up the claim or prove it

Reuters: Indonesia extends Bali airport closure due to Agung eruption

Emily Miller - Washington Post: In defense of Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Fox News: Marine colonel challenges Moore in Alabama Senate race, launching long-shot bid 15 days before election

Bloomberg: White House weighs personal mobile phone ban for staff

Fox News: 'Blowback': Clinton campaign planned to fire me over email probe, Obama intel watchdog says

Global News: Victims of scams involving Western Union wire transfers eligible for refunds

Fox News: Possible North Korea defectors may be occupants of skeleton-filled ghost ship found on Japan coast

EDNS blog: 'Net Neutrality' wasn’t all it was cracked up to be

LA Times: Better Homes and Gardens publisher buys Time Inc. in $2.8B deal

Fox News: Bali volcano: Lava pools up in crater, ‘will certainly spill over to the slopes’

AP/CBC: Saudi crown prince leads Islamic military alliance meeting; 'Today we start the pursuit of terrorism and we see its defeat,' Mohammed bin Salman tells Muslim nations

Reuters: China's trade with North Korea sinks in October after UN sanctions

Washington Examiner: President Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of Thanksgiving

AP/CBC: Myanmar, Bangladesh sign deal for Rohingya's return

AP/Globe and Mail: Hunt for missing Argentine submarine zeros in on mysterious 'noise' in ocean

Reuters/Business Insider: Air China indefinitely suspends flights between Beijing and Pyongyang

Todd Shepherd - Washington Examiner: Fusion GPS paid journalists, court papers confirm

Global News: The emotional reunion with two dogs that helped their walker survive 2 days in the wild

CBC: RightNow co-founder says group aims to elect 'enough pro-lifers' to pass 'much-needed legislation'

CBC: Canadian Karim Baratov, charged in Yahoo hacking case, to plead guilty in U.S., court records say

CBC: Sobeys to lay off 800 workers across Canada as part of reorganization

CBC: Mosque attack a reminder of threat to Canadian Sinai force

Calgary - CBC: Fear of 'imminent building collapse' forces 125 people to flee Kensington apartment block

CTV News: Profs call on Wilfrid Laurier University to support free speech without limits

John Ivison - National Post: Canada’s allies are killing their ISIS fighters, while we put our hope in counselling

Not polite enough? - CBC: 'It's okay to be white' posters pop up at University of Regina; security investigating

CBC: Refugee lawyers under 'major pressure' amid backlog of asylum claims; U.S. decision to follow Canada's 2016 lead and end emergency residency for Haitians in 2019 expected to mean another wave of illegal arrivals in Canada; why not simply deport illegal arrivers?

Metro News: Tone-deaf Liberals nixed plan for NHL game on expensive Parliament Hill temporary rink; typical clueless Joly move in 100th year of NHL and 150th for Canada

Tim Naumetz - iPolitics: MPs slam cost and duration of temporary $4.3M rink on Parliament Hill lawn; a puck shot away, the Rideau Canal ice rink is free alternative

CBC: Chief Liberal Party fundraiser tied to $8M loan to offshore trust in Cayman Islands; flies in face of prior claims by Trudeau buddy Bronfman

CBC: Ontario Liberals roll dice on major job losses by boosting minimum wage to $15 an hour in re-election bribe instead of simply reducing payroll taxes from lowest earners

London - CBC: Unbeaten, record-setting football Mustangs head to 53rd Vanier Cup in Hamilton to take on defending champs from Laval for university title

CTV News: Queen's University PhD student makes groundbreaking discovery that may prevent spread of cancer

CBC: Toronto District School Board, Canada's largest, falls for activist rhetoric and cancels police presence in schools program started after student shot to death in 2008; some snowflakes intimidated? how many lives lost before reinstated?

660 News: Missing dog walker, three dogs, found alive in Coquitlam backcountry

Editorial - Globe and Mail: CRA to Canadians: Thank you for not calling

Calgary Herald: Bad news, Stamps fans: No touchdown horse allowed at Grey Cup in Ottawa

Globe and Mail: Toronto families in ‘panic mode’ as Big Brother Ontario caps after-school program time

CBC: Auditor criticizes cheating and misconduct at Royal Military College in Kingston; examined 54 'serious' incidents involving drunkenness, drug abuse and mental distress

Windsor - CBC: Alone, cold and forgotten: 4-year-old girl left on school bus, driver fired

Financial Post: CRA blocks more than half of calls to meet service targets, regularly provides wrong information to taxpayers: Auditor General

Susan Delacourt - iPolitics: Stuck on hold: The AG’s report and a government that can’t get things done

CP24: Feds not tracking outcomes for Syrian refugees: AG

LA Times: Wave of Hollywood sex assault claims sends LAPD into uncharted territory

Marsha Lederman - Globe and Mail: I woke up so sad this morning: An appreciation of teen idol David Cassidy

Vanity Fair: The New York Times is "torn" about whether its White House reporter Glenn Thrush should lose his job over sexual-misconduct allegations

Editorial - Detroit Free Press: U.S Rep. John Conyers must resign

AP: U.S. declares ‘ethnic cleansing’ against Rohingya in Myanmar

AP: In surprise reversal, Lebanese PM Hariri puts resignation on hold

Bloomberg: Millionaire tunesmiths, including longtime airwave rulers Jon Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, Drake and Steve Miller, threaten to withhold their music if radio stations don’t give songwriters a bigger share of revenue; big boys doing it for the low-profile composers who fuel the industry

Reason: FCC Head Ajit Pai: Killing net neutrality will set the internet free; "we're going to see an explosion in the kinds of connectivity and the depth of that connectivity" like never before

Ajit Pai - Wall Street Journal: How the FCC can save the open internet

Daily Mail: What is causing the mysterious 'booms' heard in 64 locations around the world this year?

Bloomberg: Uber paid hackers to delete stolen data on 57 million people; heads have rolled, but how does anyone know data was deleted?

AP: Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits drop 13,000

AP: Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Mnangagwa, 75, returns home to cheers

Dutch News: The Hague tribunal finds Ratko Mladic guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity; gets life in prison

Hollywood Reporter: John Lasseter's pattern of alleged misconduct detailed by Disney/Pixar insiders

Geoffrey York - Globe and Mail: Zimbabwe erupts in celebration as Robert Mugabe quits

Fox News: CBS News fires high-profile veteran Charlie Rose following sexual misconduct allegations

LA Times: Controversial Obama-era net neutrality rules targeted for repeal by FCC chairman

Toronto Star: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe resigns; recently fired VP to take power, party official says

Buzzfeed: She said that a powerful (Democrat) Congressman harassed her. Here’s why you didn’t hear her story.

Fox News: New York Times star White House reporter Thrush suspended after sex harassment claims

LA Times: As sexual harassment in politics investigations widen, California Democrat Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra accused by six new women; he announced today he will resign in 2018; was reprimanded for groping in 2009

Reuters/Global News: Zimbabwe to start impeachment process for President Mugabe on Tuesday

Globe and Mail: Trump administration ending temporary permits for almost 60,000 Haitians in July 2019; Trudeau ended Canada's program in August 2016

David Lauter - LA Times: Strong economy boosts Trump among otherwise skeptical voters

Chuck Devore - Fox News: Does your gas and electricity cost too much? You can thank liberals for that

Deutsche Welle: German coalition talks collapse: 'A terrible end is better than unending terror'

Kurt Schlichter - Townhall: Let’s all savour the Democrats’ Pervgate pain

Washington Post: Over the past 20 years, Congress has paid $17.2M in settlements for violations including sexual harassment

CBC: CBS suspends Charlie Rose, PBS halts show amid sexual misconduct allegations

Washington Post: Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls

Globe and Mail: Trump declares North Korea a state sponsor of terror; new sanctions expected

Calgary Herald: Green groups seek new ways to block Keystone XL pipeline after final Nebraska approval

Editorial - Wall Street Journal: Germany’s green energy meltdown; voters promised a virtuous revolution get coal and high prices instead

LA Times: Charles Manson crawled from the Summer of Love to descend into Helter Skelter

Washington Post: Charles Manson, cult leader and serial killer who terrified nation, dies at 83

680 News: Truck and minibus collide head-on in Pakistan, killing 20

Fox News: Southern border agent killed, another injured while on patrol in Texas

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Review of former DNC Chair Donna Brazile’s election post-mortem book — 'Hacks'

News 24: Zimbabweans pray for Mugabe to step down

CNBC: Trump calls Crooked Hillary the 'worst' loser ever, after she says he's 'disgraced' the office

Toronto Star: Attempted communications heard from missing Argentine submarine

The Economist: Price of cannabis falling; Mexican drug cartels losing market share; American producers raising funds in Canadian stock market

BBC: George Bush Senior accused of groping by eighth woman

Bloomberg: Snapchat has a child-porn problem

Global News: More than 1,000 North Koreans defect every year. It’s dangerous but here’s how they do it

CBC: Malcolm Young, AC/DC co-founder and guitarist, dead at 64

Conrad Black - National Post: Trump is already the most successful U.S. President since Ronald Reagan

David Booth - Driving: The inconvenient truth about Tesla’s truck

Editorial - NY Post: A big win for tax relief – despite Chuck Schumer’s fact-twisting

Reuters: Trump starts paying his own legal bills on Russia probe: attorneys

CBC: Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF replaces Mugabe with his fired vice president as party leader

Reuters: Tanzania: 11 die as tourist plane crashes in Ngorongoro crater

NY Daily News: Menendez bribery in plain sight: Is quid-pro-quo corruption fully legal in America again?

Globe and Mail: Morneau didn't seek clearance from Ethics Commissioner before introducing pension bill

Global News: Andrew Scheer: Laurier University controversy highlights larger issue of ‘stifling’ free speech

CBC: Another lawyer quits MMIWG inquiry as resignations, firings mount; at least 8 resignations and firings in last 2 months alone

BNN: Morneau gets lowest approval rating among Trudeau’s cabinet ministers, Angus Reid poll finds

Toronto - CBC: TTC CEO Andy Byford leaving job after 5 years to lead New York City Transit

Toronto Star: 'Talking Points' Wynne gets an earful at raucous town hall; blasted for "gutting" healthcare, Hydro rip-off

BNN: Canadian Business Hall of Fame unveils 2018 inductees

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Time proving that Harper Conservatives were better at governing than Trudeau Liberals

Jen Gerson - National Post: In disciplining Lindsay Shepherd, Wilfrid Laurier chooses catechism over education, bullying over opening minds

Margaret Wente - Globe and Mail: Wilfrid Laurier graduate student delivers a wake-up call; thought police alive and well and running Canadian universities

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Bloomberg: Moderna's goal is for cancer patients to win battle by using own mRNA to fight

Pipettes at Moderna labs in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. ~ Adam Glanzman Bloomberg

ABC News: Zimbabwe military controls capital and state broadcaster, holds President Mugabe, 93, and his wife, Grace, 52; starting a process to 'restore Zimbabwe's democracy'

CTV News: ‘Bloodless correction’or coup, Zimbabwe army has Mugabe, wife in custody

Telegraph: Zimbabwe crisis: Army 'secures' Robert Mugabe and takes control of Harare

Rome - AP: ‘A national shame’: Local papers react as Italy fails to qualify for World Cup

CBC: North Korean soldier critically wounded while crossing DMZ in hail of bullets

Buffalo News: On either side of Niagara Falls, when it rains, it pours sewage and stormwater

Niagara Falls water officials admit the wastewater outfalls are “probably at the worst possible location.” ~ Derek Gee Buffalo News


~ Lest We Forget ~
Canada's National War Memorial an enduring symbol of service, sacrifice and connection


[above] National War Memorial in Ottawa was unveiled May 21st, 1939, just 4 months before the start of WWII. [top] Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was added in 2000. The memorial is located on the site of the former Central Post Office, demolished for it.

CTV News: White elephant saga continues: another new roof for Montreal's 'Big Owe'


Reuters: Trump snags over $250+B in deals from China trip

Colby Cosh - NatPost: The republic of science kills a god by adopting a new kilogram

The original cylinder of platinum and iridium used as the standard weight for one kilogram. ~ AFP PHOTO BIPM

Seoul - Washington Post: Trump strikes at the heart of the North Korean
regime with powerful speech to South Korea's National Assembly


President Trump gave North Korea a stern warning during his remarks before South Korea's National Assembly in Seoul on November 7, 2017. ~ Melissa Macaya The Washington Post

Washington Post: Donna Brazile: 'I considered replacing Clinton with Biden as 2016 Democratic nominee'; BOMBSHELL in her new book; Booker would have replaced Kaine

Donna Brazile at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016. ~ Ricky Carioti The Washington Post

Tony Heller - Principia Scientific: The history of the modern climate change scam

WSJ: The future of programmable materials; a new generation
of products and tools promises to move and shift to meet our needs

Reuters: Long-awaited U.S. Republican legislation calls for deep tax cuts

updated Bradford - Global News: ‘Almost Armageddon’: At least three dead after fiery
crash on Hwy 400 north of Toronto involving 14 vehicles, including two fuel tankers


Police said the Hallowe'en crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in 400 northbound lanes between Cty Road 88 and Hwy 89, about 60 km north of Toronto, 40 km south of Barrie. “The vehicles that were involved, approximately 14 or more vehicles, five commercial vehicles, at least two fuel tankers,” OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt told reporters on the scene. ~ @NewTecFireChief Twitter

NY Post: Terror suspect in NYC truck attack had pledged allegiance to ISIS

updated CBS News: New York attacker drove down bike path, killing cyclists and pedestrians before veering back into traffic lanes, striking a school bus and another vehicle

updated Fox News: NYC Islamist terror attack; 8 dead, 12 injured; shouted "Allahu Akbar"
perp shot/arrested; used rental pick-up truck to mow down bikers along bike path near WTC



The 29-year-old attacker, identified as Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov and described as a Middle Eastern man with a beard, was shot by police and taken into custody, law enforcement sources told Fox News. Travelled blocks along bike path in Home Depot rental truck. Uzbeki citizen came to U.S. in 2010 through Diversity Immigrant Visa (green card) lottery.

Bob Plamondon - National Post: Book excerpt: Canada survived risky Chrétien by luck as his hidden agendas and personal vendettas deeply endangered country he so misunderstood

Montreal Gazette: More than a GPS, creators call SmartHalo the 'future of biking'

“We wanted to create not just a navigation device. For us, it’s a bike companion. I think our first pitch was, ‘Turn any bike into a smart bike’,” says SmartHalo co-founder Xavier Peich of the device, which began selling in Apple Stores across the U.S. and Canada two weeks ago. It will soon expand to outlets in Europe, and is also available on the SmartHalo website.

CBC: Tensions high as Spain seeks charges against Catalonia's leaders

Fox News: Gowdy slams Mueller team over leaks about charges in Trump-Russia probe

Guardian: Catalonia: Madrid warns of Puigdemont jailing as thousands rally for unity

Reuters: First poll shows political parties opposing split by Catalonia have small lead

Telegraph: Pro-unity Catalans rally to reject declaration of independence from Spain

Calgary Herald: Kenney wins big in UCP leadership race, fires warning shot at NDP

“We have united, we have chosen a leader and if we work hard, stay humble and earn every vote, we will ensure that this deceptive, divisive, debt-quadrupling, tax-hiking, job-killing, accidental socialist government is one-and-done,” he said to cheers. Jason Kenney celebrates his victory Saturday. ~ Gavin Young Postmedia

CTV News: 'Napping on NAFTA': Harper blasts Trudeau Government
handling of trade negotiations in private note to clients

Madrid - CBC: Spanish PM axes Catalan government after region declares independence;
secession vote 'not only goes against the law but is a criminal act,' says PM Mariano Rajoy

France 24: Spanish PM Rajoy asks Senate for authority to depose
Catalonian leader Puigdemont; radical times require radical measures

Fulford - National Post: Smart people still fall for murderous fraud of communism

Conrad Black - National Post: Ottawa has made a mess of Indigenous policy in this country

France 24: Spanish senate grants Madrid power to impose direct rule on Catalonia

CBC: Catalonia votes to establish republic, but Spain could soon take control

NY Times: U.S. economy grew at 3% rate in Q3, despite storms battering Houston, Florida

Business Insider: How newspapers around the world reacted to JFK's assassination

President John F. Kennedy was popular worldwide and his assassination in Dallas stunned the world. Above, the famous photo of Vice-President Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as President aboard Air Force One as JFK's body was brought back to Washington. Jackie Kennedy is still wearing the blood-spattered clothes from the ill-fated motorcade. Everyone alive at the time remembers where they were when they heard the news that Friday.

NY Times: JFK files, though incomplete, are a treasure trove for answer seekers

The Guardian: JFK files: government releases classified assassination documents – live

President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy arrive at Love Field in Dallas, Texas less than an hour before his assassination on November 22, 1963. ~ Handout Reuters

SCMP: Faint sounds emitted by stresssed rocks could give week’s warning before quake

CBC: New U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft pays tribute to Gord Downie

U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft and Canada's Governor General Julie Payette in Ottawa on Monday October 23, 2017. ~ CBC

London - Reuters: Victory for Abenomics lifts world stocks to new record

Tokyo - ABC: Japanese PM Shinzo Abe scores major victory in national elections

AP: Egyptian officials say 55 police killed in Cairo shootout

Conrad Black - National Post: Quebec is now Canada's beacon of astute economic policy

CBC: Airbus CEO expects to sell 'thousands' of CSeries aircraft, with most made in Quebec

CTV News: Winter forecast: More snow in Ontario & Quebec, 'dangerous' cold in Prairies

Candice Malcolm - Toronto Sun: Conflict of interest? Morneau's firm doing
work for the feds; has contract with Bank of Canada worth more than $8M

CTV News: Auditor-General: Ontario Liberals using expensive trick to mislead voters;
taxpayers will pay $$ billions more; inefficient producers to make same high profits


Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk: “The accounting proposed by the government is wrong, and, if used, would make the province’s budgets and future consolidated financial statements unreliable. This cannot be taken lightly,” Lysyk said Tuesday.

Reuters: Stunning CSeries deal saves Bombardier jobs, gives Boeing the shaft
Now, the jet will be built for U.S. airlines at Airbus’s Alabama assembly plant,
circumventing any import penalties in a move that apparently caught Boeing off-guard

CBC: Europe's Airbus to buy majority stake in Bombardier CSeries program;
HQ will remain in Montreal area, 2nd assembly line will be set up in Alabama

AP: Is the end near? First observed kilonova 764 trillion miles from Earth ripples 'fabric of space and time', sends out deadly rays and heavy matter; seen through telescopes in August

Times Colonist: Bell Media confirms it is laying off local radio and TV employees; Toronto's CFTO among stations losing high-profile anchors; Bell owns owns 30 local TV stations and 105 radio stations

CTV News: Residents challenge Wynne on devastating college strike at town hall meeting; call her evasive non-answers "disgusting"

CBC: Yukon government to control pot distribution, legal age will be 19

Toronto Star: Conservatives slam Trudeau as soft on terror as push for security changes begins

Kingston Whig-Standard: Expect a classic cold and snowy Canadian winter: Meteorologist

CBC: 15,000 on Canada's deportation list, but some 'unco-operative' countries won't take their citizens back

CTV News: Ontario college faculty returning to work after legislation ends 5-week strike; students return Tuesday

Reuters: Mexico, Canada shun NAFTA autos counteroffers: sources

Blackburn News: Sunday snow squalls sweeping across Midwestern Ontario

CBC: Loblaw to be early adopter of Tesla's all-electric Semi

Bloomberg: Nanos Poll finds only 25% of Canadians describe Trudeau’s performance as an economic manager as good or better

Penny Collenette - Toronto Star: Political conflicts of interest will only get trickier

Global News: Classes could resume two days after back-to-work bill passes, Ontario colleges say

CTV News: Despite criticism, 57% of Canadians find Edmonton Eskimos name 'acceptable': survey

Financial Post: CN Rail says it will be hiring thousands as shipments surge

CBC: Fewer slashes means more goals; NHL GMs happy with crackdown

Financial Post: After a decade-plus of Liberal mismanagement, the hottest housing market in the world is facing a reckoning

CBC: Alex Trebek, Tragically Hip receive Order of Canada; Hip 'created a sense of what it's like to love—and live in—this country'

Global News: Manitoba Premier Pallister hospitalized after ‘serious fall’ in New Mexico

CBC: While other Western nations mark their ISIS fighters for death, Canada offers 'reintegration support'

CBC: New hope stirs in northern Manitoba after Fairfax joins groups to buy Churchill railway; Toronto investment firm teaming up with First Nations and communities in effort to buy railway, port

CBC: Canadian Senator Tobias Enverga dies in Colombia on parliamentary trip

updated Financial Post: 'Sickening': Canadian First Nations left empty-handed as U.S.-financed environmentalist pressure kills B.C. energy projects

Ottawa Citizen: Bombardier hiring 1,000 workers as part of ramp-up for Global 7000 business jet

Global News: Toronto Drug Squad officer dies of fentanyl overdose: police

Montreal Gazette: Police seek two suspects in west-end firebombing

Global News: North Bay cabin where Dionne quintuplets were born to be moved

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Without meaning to, the Liberals have revealed all their broken promises

CBC: Trade Ministers back away from NAFTA negotiating table

Cam Tait - Edmonton Sun: We need to make the most of the world so many fought and died for

Jack Mintz - Financial Post: Tax fairness cannot be the only goal for tax policy. Economic growth counts. Complexity matters; U.S. tax reform and a revised NAFTA will force Canadian federal and provincial governments to put competitiveness on front burner

Bloomberg: NAFTA bickering begins again today

Robyn Urback - CBC: Trudeau government's 'mandate tracker' is one mighty piece of propaganda

Bloomberg: Cannabis grower Aurora proposes industry's largest takeover

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Canada’s pathetic, empty-headed crusade against coal

CBC: Loblaws plans to close 22 unprofitable stores and launch home delivery

National Post: Directionless: Canada offers troops, helicopters and planes to UN, but still can't say what missions they might be used in

Trudeau Meter: Platform progress versus failures

National Post: Ottawa looking at 15% ethanol blend in gasoline; warranties at risk?

The Hill: Roy Moore attorney oddly says Canadian Ali Velshi should understand why Moore asked girls' mothers' permission to date them

Bloomberg: Canadian home sales rise as Toronto shows signs of bottoming out

John Ivison - National Post: Liberal government doing an outstanding job, says Liberal government

CBC: Unknown soldier: 1 forensic anthropologist, 27,000 Canadians missing in action

Toronto Star: Anthopoulos lands on his feet in Atlanta; Braves' new buck-stops-here GM after serving as VP in LA

Barrie Today: Recycling blues: PM reassures Duterte he will get rid of Canadian trash stuck in the Philippines

Globe and Mail: Bombardier seals second C Series deal since Airbus tie-up

Ottawa Citizen: Life on hold: Algonquin students on what they have gained and lost during the strike

CBC: Bob Rae working with tribal activists who want to rename half of Alberta cities and places; ruined Ontario as Premier, now another province targeted

Global News: Lyft and Uber to battle each other for drivers and riders in Toronto

Hill Times: Liberals have a ‘credibility gap’ due to high-profile hypocrisy of Bronfman, Morneau, say pollsters, political observers

Montreal - CTV News: Smog warning in effect for Montreal and surrounding areas; politicians blame wood stoves, not record cold weather, demand they not be used to keep people warm

Sudbury: Barrie college students organizing sit-ins to protest strike

CTV News: PM, Canadian Ambassador to U.S. settle defamation suit filed by would-be candidate and ex-Liberal MP; terms sealed

Globe and Mail: Canada’s first permanent road to Arctic coast set to open this week

Jim Warren - Toronto Sun: It's time for a royal commission on taxation

Rex Murphy - National Post: There is no company Liberals will not keep in pursuit of climate action

John Doyle - Globe and Mail: Revamped The National is a harebrained muddle

CBC: Montreal's new Mayor demands Canada fix illegal asylum debacles; says Safe Third Country Agreement loophole needs be stopped to end deluge

CBC: Communities across Canada hold solemn Remembrance Day tributes

Stuff - NZ: Danang: Renamed TPP 'a damned sight better', could be in place in a few months

Vancouver Sun: American producer on Arrow, Supergirl and other Vancouver-shot shows suspended over sexual harassment allegations

Japan Times: Pacific trade deal closer, but leaders still shying away from formal endorsement

National Post: Canadian officials downplay reports of major breakthrough in TPP talks but say deal is closer

Conrad Black - National Post: Canada must address our bad education system and overreaching courts

CTV News: Ethics commissioner investigating Morneau's sponsorship of pension bill

Financial Post: Higher prices, lower profits and $20B lost production: That’s what life without NAFTA looks like in Canada

Ross Ayotte - Canada Free Press: Only in Ontario; latest invasion of our privacy

TPP roller coaster - CBC: Agreement on 'core elements' of revised Pacific trade deal, now Canada says

CTV News: Life saver? Vancouver offers drug-checking service so users can scan street drugs for fentanyl and other substances such as stimulants and psychoactive drugs like MDMA

Another stumble on world stage - CBC: 'Outstanding issues': Trans-Pacific Partnership faces uncertain future after Trudeau skips leaders' meeting

Sudbury Star: Trippy tea to blame for naked kidnapping?

Danang - Reuters: TPP trade pact in disarray as Canada holds up talks

Toronto Star: TPP meeting cancelled in Vietnam as some international media place blame on Trudeau

Toronto Star: Judge rejects defence bid to have charges dropped in Liberal gas plant scandal trial

Huffington Post: Winter weather: Eastern Canada to see snow, wind, below-zero temperatures

CTV News: Allowance cut worries Canadian Forces members, angers opposition

CBC: 'Global Warming' still missing locally: Winter weather advisory in effect for Ottawa-Gatineau

Toronto - CP24: City to see first blast of winter weather today but don't expect Snowmageddon

CTV News: 1 in 3 Canadians say Morneau doing poor job as Finance Minister: Nanos poll

CTV News: Saskatchewan Premier says Governor General shouldn't mock people of faith

Andrew Coyne - National Post: If the ethics commissioner had done her job, Morneau wouldn’t be in this mess; if Morneau were ethical he wouldn't have to blame her

AP/National Post: Talks on Pacific Rim trade pact minus U.S. at regional summit

Jason Kenney - Calgary Sun: Kids' best interests matter the most

Reuters: Airbus eyes Canadian military deal, further cooperation with Bombardier; Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet in RCAF future?

Lorne Gunter - Edmonton Sun: Kenney's UCP turning GSA trap back on NDP

Autosport: Montreal Formula E race could switch to Canadian GP F1 track

Montreal Gazette: No Formula E race on city streets, Plante says

National Post: Saskatchewan education minister faces heat for complaint about 'wholesale infusion' of Indigenous history in curriculum; history assignment suggested all pioneers to Canada were ill-meaning; propaganda creating backlash

MTL blog: Montreal is officially run by more women than men

John Ivison - National Post: Liberals braced for another ’huge wave’ of illegal asylum seekers from U.S.

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: Trudeau Liberals have lost control of their narrative

Toronto Star: U of T’s endowment, pension funds have investments in two offshore tax havens

Candice Malcolm - Toronto Sun: Canadians leery of mass immigration: govt survey

CBC: Indian Act changes could give 1.4 million official Indigenous status; consultations on how to implement key change could be divisive, lawyer says; conflict seen as tribal government expected to be disrupted

Ben Eisen - Toronto Sun: The lowdown on Ontario’s job growth; good reasons to be concerned about Ontario’s future growth prospects

CBC: Liberals cave to Senate demand and will move to end sex discrimination under explicitly racist and obsolete Indian Act

Global News: McKenna praises Syria on Twitter, then deletes tweet after wide criticism; thin-skinned #ClimateBarbie blames staff for gaffe

CTV News: Kidnapping charges pending in bizarre Alberta crash involving naked suspects

Fox News: Former Blue Jays-Phillies star Roy Halladay killed in Florida plane crash

William Watson - Financial Post: Democracy without tweets; Coderre got he deserved, pasture-ization

British Columbia - CTV News: Alberta man faces charges in Abbotsford shooting rampage that killed police officer

CBC: Paul Martin's sons' company one of offshore firm's 'largest clients,' Paradise Papers show

CTV News: Canada to spend more than $6,600 per person on health care in 2017

CBC: Murray Koffler, founder of Shoppers Drug Mart, philanthropist, dead at 93

Montreal Gazette: Montreal election results: Two-way race became a referendum on Coderre’s personality

Montreal Gazette: Valérie Plante goes from obscurity to history as Montreal's first female Mayor in its 375 years

Toronto Star: Liberal fundraisers held family millions in offshore trust, leaked 'Paradise Papers' documents reveal

CBC: Trudeau's chief fundraiser and pal linked to Cayman Islands tax avoidance scheme; cost Canada "$$ millions" in avoided taxes

CBC: 4 federal by-elections, in Newfoundland, B.C., Saskatchewan and Ontario, set for December

CBC: Scheer blasts Trudeau for supporting Governor General after divisive 'divine intervention' comment

Al Jazeera: Russia retaliates after Canada imposes sanctions

NY Post: Space travel permanently changes the brain: New England Journal of Medicine

Chris Selley - National Post: With her dig at religion, Julie Payette plays a dangerous game for Liberals

Globe and Mail: Liberal Justice Minister also broke ethics rules with shares; failed to make report to Ethics Commissioner as required

Toronto Star: LCBO announces first 14 cities to have legal recreational marijuana shops

Globe and Mail: Canada sanctions 52 human-rights violators under new Magnitsky law

CBC: Thin-skinned, one-note Ottawa Enviro Minister makes Vancouver press conference all about her; demands media not call her #ClimateBarbie

Global News: Quebec woman sentenced to 7.5 years in Australian prison for smuggling cocaine

Editorial - National Post: The important thing is that Payette learn from her mistake

Martin Patriquin - iPolitics: The problem is no longer Morneau's tax policy. The problem is Morneau.

Robyn Urback - CBC: In what universe is it appropriate for a Governor General to deride people for their beliefs?

Inside Belleville: Rural Schools Matter drive underway; when rural schools close it becomes difficult to attract young families; results in rural die-out as jobs disappear and population ages

CTV News: Unemployment up in 5 provinces, static in 2 as national rate goes up to 6.3%

News 1130: Vancouver hopes to prevent last year's winter transit problems with Kevlar tire booties used in Norway, overhead wire treatments, and new bus use protocols during ice, snow

Rex Murphy - National Post: Governor General appoints herself umpire of questions of faith and science; was it her intent to ridicule the religious beliefs of so very many faiths?

Toronto Star: Postmedia chair Rod Phillips tapped as star candidate for the PCs in Ajax

Campbell Clark - Globe and Mail: Justin Trudeau rolls the dice on immigration

Toronto Star: Proposed Ontario welfare reform plan includes 22% boost to payments

CTV News: Canada admission of 340,000 immigrants a year by 2020 will include almost 50,000 refugees

Toronto Star: Canada intends to raise annual immigration intake by 13% by 2020

CBC: Hwy 400 crash victim, father of 9 kids, 'loved his family,' widow says

Global News: Supreme Court OKs development of B.C. ski resort on so-called 'sacred' Indigenous ground; superstitious beliefs protected by Charter but not their attachment to material places

CBC: Ontario cracks down on illegal marijuana shops in new legislation for sale, distribution

CBC: Bombardier inks new deal for up to 61 C Series jets, but will deliver fewer of them this year due to engine delays

Globe and Mail: Ontario colleges, faculty union restart talks, but conflicts are long-standing; meanwhile, students suffer

CBC: Fully loaded tanker trucks that exploded in Highway 400 pileup were 'bombs on wheels,' police say

Howard Solomon - IT World Canada: Canadian government suffers dozens of successful state-sponsored cyber attacks: report

CBC: Costs to run Prime Minister Trudeau's office climb higher

Calgary Herald: Liberal bill to curtail info access could also hinder Indigenous land claim efforts, watchdog tells MPs

Toronto Sun: Morneau pays $200 fine under Conflict of Interest Act

CP/Canoe: OECD head slams Trudeau for being all talk on climate change promises

Paul Adams - iPolitics: Morneau broke Trudeau's bargain with Canada — and there's no going back

CTV News: 'Apocalyptic' Hwy 400 crash may be yet another example of truck driver inattention: OPP; have investigated over 5,000 transport truck-related collisions this year; 56 of them killed 67 people; government inaction notable

CTV News: N.S. Tory Leader Jamie Baillie to step down as party leader

Philip Cross - Financial Post: Morneau’s fiscal update reveals ugly truths about the failure of stimulus

CBC: Ontario man who pleaded guilty to terror charge sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

Vancouver Sun: Vancouver imam urges sending weapons to Palestinians to fight 'Zionists'

Jonathan Kay - Medium: Tarek Fatah’s journalistic courage reminds us how seldom we celebrate the trade’s true heroes

CBC: Ontario to introduce legislation to sell, distribute marijuana; Cannabis will be sold in up to 150 stores run by Ontario Liquor Control Board

Edmonton Journal: Alberta privacy commissioner investigates 800,000 deleted government emails

Unequal justice demanded - CTV News: Advocate calls for increased punitive damages in deaths of indigenous women; follows death in police 'drunk tank'

Globe and Mail: Canada GDP growth drops below economists' predictions; but say 12 of 20 major industry sectors still showed growth in August

CP/Global News: Canada GDP shrank 0.1% in August

Vancouver Sun: Alzheimer's discovery points to new approach to treatment

Montreal Gazette: 50,000 still without power across Quebec after Monday storm

Ontario - CTV News: Two dead, 5 in hospital after highway crash in Thunder Bay

Editorial - Chronicle Herald: Tighten the conflict rules for Cabinet Ministers

Globe and Mail: Toronto eyes new tax class that could spell relief for small businesses; big property tax assessments loved by free-spending bureaucrats

Rick Bell - Calgary Sun: United Conservatives, NDP go toe-to-toe

Globe and Mail: Trudeau rebuffs calls to name other Cabinet Ministers who used loophole to keep control of assets

Global News: Economy will start to cool in the coming year, key interest rate to rise: PBO

CBC: Morneau should donate shares to charity instead of selling them first: experts

Globe and Mail: Ethics watchdog says other Trudeau ministers using same loophole as Morneau

Victoria - Times-Colonist: B.C. bill seeks to ban union, corporate political donations in civic elections

Lorne Gunter - Edmonton Sun: Alberta NDP defection could lead to more

CTV News: Ottawa, Volkswagen, both want diesel vehicle investigation documents sealed

Montreal Gazette: Ex-Revenue Canada auditor going to jail for extortion attempt

Dartmouth - CBC: Drunk man arrested with rifle may have fallen out of tree, police say

updated Smiths Falls - CBC: U.S. alcohol conglomerate Constellation Brands buys 10% stake in leading Canadian pot company Canopy Growth; will work together to produce marijuana-based drinks

CTV News: Winterized trailers soon to provide shelter to still-coming illegal asylum-seekers at Quebec border; will replace tents erected in August

CBC: Juliette, singer and TV star in 1950s and 1960s, dead at 91

Weather Network: 100 mm of rain, winds as nor'easter targets eastern Ontario, southern Quebec and the Maritimes

CTV News: Jason Kenney to seek seat in Calgary as long-time MLA steps aside

Hamilton Spectator: Bernie Sanders awed by Canadian health care

Christie Blatchford - National Post: A tale of duplicity or ineptitude — here's what McGuinty's staffers first told police

Don Braid - Calgary Herald: Kenney works a political miracle, but challenges await

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Accused’s spouse incredibly tells gas plants trial he didn't know what her job was

CTV News: Jason Kenney wins Alberta United Conservative leadership race with 61% of vote

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Christ Church in Virginia imposing today’s politically correct values on 1790s

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Bill Morneau can't fix the problem, because clearly the problem is him

Ottawa - CBC: Minister says 300,000 new immigrants a year is Canada's 'new normal'

Vancouver Sun: 'Absolutely alarming': Five die in Abbotsford in 10-hr period following drug overdoses

AFP: Belgian prosecutors ask court to extradite Catalan ex-leader

Reuters: J.B. Hunt, Wal-Mart climb aboard Tesla's electric truck

U.S. News and World Report: Puerto Rico utility head resigns after slow Hurricane Maria response

Fox News: Dem candidate boasts of 'hayloft' romp, sex with 50 women in bid to pre-empt oppo research

CNBC: Comcast in talks with 21st Century Fox about buying major assets, sources say; competing with Disney

38 North: North Korea’s submarine ballistic missile program moves ahead: indications of shipbuilding and missile ejection testing

Miami Herald: Florida Democratic Party chief resigns after accusations of workplace impropriety

BBC: North Korean defector found to have 'enormous parasites'

NY Daily News: Argentine navy loses contact with submarine carrying 44

Business Insider: The Clintons held the Democratic Party hostage for 2 decades — and the sudden revisionism is inconveniently late

Washington Post: Why Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand saying that Bill Clinton should’ve resigned is a big deal

Geoffrey York - Globe and Mail: Zimbabwe's clean slate: What brought Mugabe down, and why he didn't see it coming

CTV News: Tesla unveils plan for million-mile electric semi-trucks, new $200G roadster

Fox Business: Stocks surge on passage of House GOP tax bill

Financial Post: Siemens to cut 6,900 jobs amid power industry ‘disruption of unprecedented scope and speed’

Reuters/Global News: Russia blocks UN action on Syria chemical weapons attacks

Fox News: McConnell joined by Schumer and top Democrats in seeking ethics probe of Sen. Al Franken sexual assault allegations

AP/Global News: 3-year-old girl the only survivor of deadly plane crash in Russia

AP: Strong earnings from Wal-Mart, Cisco drive U.S. stocks higher

Media Equalizer: Melanie Morgan: 'After TV appearance, Al Franken harassed me too'

Byron York - Washington Examiner: 6 scenarios for GOP disaster in Roy Moore Senate race

Fox News: Sen. Al Franken accused of kissing, groping LA TV host without consent during USO tour in 2006; jokes about it, later says "no excuse"

San Jose Mercury News: Are "Google, Facebook and Amazon are the kinds of natural monopolies that need to be regulated"?

CNN: New George H.W. Bush accuser says he groped her during 1992 re-election campaign

Chicago Tribune: Koch Brothers are said to back Meredith bid to buy Time Inc.

Fox News: House OKs GOP tax bill in Trump win; Senate fate less clear

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Zimbabwe's coup, Venezuela's default, and the ongoing failure of socialism

Fox News: The Left turns on Bill Clinton, Biden over behaviour toward women

Editorial - NY Post: The Justice Department has a duty to consider a probe of the Uranium One sale

Fox News: Mistrial declared in Sen. Bob Menendez bribery case, after jurors twice reported they were hopelessly deadlocked

Rolling Stone: Elon Musk: The architect of tomorrow

NY Post: California shooter’s wife found dead in her home

National Post: France ran out of money last Tuesday — and within days, so will the rest of Europe

ABC News: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri's brother breaks silence, says he supports brother's decision to resign and blasts Iran

AP: Republicans begin pushing tax cut bill through Congress

NY Post: Soccer official commits suicide after damning testimony at FIFA trial

Daily Beast: Steve Bannon and allies have second thoughts about Roy Moore, sources say

NY Post: California shooter was out on bail for stabbing neighbor

LA Times: Southern California smog worsens for second straight year despite reduced emissions; can't trust 'science'?

AP: New money: Mnuchin and Carranza now on the dollar bill

NY Post: Trump to UCLA players: Where’s my ‘thank you’?

AP: FDA clears nerve stimulator to aid recovery from opioids

New York: UN Australian diplomat falls to his death from roof after ‘trust game’ goes wrong: cops

Arab News: Visiting Lebanese patriarch meets Saad Hariri in Saudi Arabia

AP: Official: U.S. would consider individual sanctions for Myanmar

updated Record Searchlight: California: 5 dead, 10 hospitalized in Rancho Tehama shootings; no children among dead; shooter a 44-year-old man who had problems with neighbors

NY Post: Puerto Rico asks for $94B in hurricane aftermath

NY Post: House OKs bill reducing ex-Presidents’ pensions

Washington - AP: Trump’s AG Sessions considers special counsel in tainted uranium deal

NY Post: Trump intervenes, China releases three accused UCLA basketball players

AP: Trump Jr. responds to illegal leak from Congressional committee by publicly releasing all his communications with Wikileaks

Rasmussen Reports - Daily Presidential tracking poll: 44% of likely U.S. voters approve of President Trump’s job performance

Tehran - AP: Rescuers search debris after Iran-Iraq quake kills over 530

Toronto Star: ESPN to start streaming NHL games in spring

Forbes: General Electric slashes its dividend 50% as CEO Flannery resets ailing conglomerate

CBC: Softbank invests billions into Uber, to own up to 14%

updated Tehran - AP: M7.2 quake: Powerful earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills over 400

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: How the ex-DNC chair ruined Clinton’s chance at 2020

Axios: Breitbart aims to discredit Roy Moore's accusers

Editorial - NY Post: Turns out Trump didn’t ruin America’s economy

AP: Putin manipulating Trump with flattery, ex-director suggests

Rasmussen: Just 32% think Hillary Clinton won Democratic nomination fairly

Bloomberg: Trump offers to play South China Sea peacemaker as trip wraps up

AP: Spanish PM urges Catalans to vote separatists out of office

Commentary magazine: Trump Fatigue Syndrome: A diagnosis

Business Insider: How Alibaba turned an obscure, made-up Chinese holiday into a $17.8B shopping extravaganza that's bigger than Black Friday

AFP: Spain PM Rajoy calls on companies not to leave Catalonia

AP: Dubai Air Show opens with Emirates’ $15.1B Boeing buy

Stephen B. Presser - American Greatness: Sex, Politics, and the Judiciary: We’ve seen this movie before

AFP: Philippines' Duterte set for drug war backing at summit

Amy L. Wax - Commentary magazine: Saving the runaway American Dream

Tim O'Shei - Buffalo News: 'They've lost the point of the kneel': Doug Allen on the anthem, protests and patriotism

ABC News: Trump faces tough leader, bloody drug war and terror threat in the Philippines

New American: Racial slurs at Air Force Academy a hoax by now-expelled black cadet, military investigation reveals

AFP: China's Silk Road revival hits the buffers

updated AP/CTV News: Putin denies hacking accusations, Trump calls Obama's intel chiefs 'political hacks'

Kimberley Strassel - Wall Street Journal: Lifting the Steele Curtain; the Fusion GPS dossier was one of the dirtiest political tricks in U.S. history

LA Times: A top secret desert assembly plant starts ramping up to build Northrop's B-21 bomber

AFP: Saudi Arabia says 201 people held in anti-graft swoop

Peter Barry Chowka - American Thinker: Big new problems ahead for CNN

Zero Hedge: Podesta Group CEO unexpectedly quits just days after Tony's departure; harbinger of charges?

Monica Showalter - American Thinker: The lawn clippings claim in the attack on Senator Rand Paul falls apart

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Diabetes of the brain is connected to Alzheimer's, new study shows; high glucose concentrations in brain tissue linked to dangerous plaques

Robert Bryce - National Review: An environmentalist sues over an academic disagreement

Bruce Deitrick Price - American Thinker: K-12: The math you need is not the math you get

AFP: Tillerson warns against using Lebanon for 'proxy conflicts'

Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review: A second Fusion GPS dossier implicated Clinton Foundation donors

Boston Herald: GE confirms plan to eliminate jobs; new Boston HQ to also suffer staff cuts

Rick Moran - American Thinker: Radioactive cloud that moved across Europe likely came from Russia or Kazakhstan

Sutherland Springs - AP: Parishioners: Gunman acted oddly week before church attack

Reuters: Fox News owner Murdoch interest in buying CNN?

AFP: CBS takeover of Australia TV network given court approval

Peter Barry Chowka - American Thinker: Tucker Carlson: The Democrats have debased American politics

Beirut - AP: U.S. joins calls for PM’s return to Lebanon from Saudi Arabia; if Hariri wants to step down, Tillerson said, he needs to “go back to Lebanon” and formally resign

Washington: Judicial Watch sues Department of Justice for communications relating to ‘Russian lawyer’ immigration parole

Michael Barone - National Review: 2016 is looking like the new normal

Toronto Star: Missile fired at Saudis by Yemeni rebels had ‘Iranian markings,’ U.S. official says

CBC: UK leader Theresa May firm on Brexit date, as EU seeks 'sufficient progress' within 2 weeks

Chunka Mui - Forbes: Driverless bus smart enough to anticipate impending accident but too dumb to get out of the way

National Post: Saudi Arabia detains more than 200 people in expanding 'anti-corruption' probe

Arab News: Saudi Arabia calls on citizens to leave Lebanon immediately

Politico: McConnell calls on Moore to step aside if report on relations with teenagers is true

USA Today: Woman tells newspaper Senate candidate Roy Moore groped her when she was 14; other women make similar claims

Breitbart: After endorsing Democrat candidate in Alabama, Bezos’s Washington Post plans to hit Roy Moore with allegations of inappropriate relations with teenagers; Judge claims smear campaign

NY Post: Japan is going crazy for the Trump burger

AFP: Rouhani warns Saudi Arabia of Iran's 'might'

NY Post: ISIS retreats from its last stronghold in Syria

Al Arabiya: King Salman, crown prince most powerful leaders Saudi has ever seen

Fox News: Veteran unemployment rates fall to record low in October

NY Post: Boeing signs $37B in commercial deals with China

Al Arabiya: Saudi Arabia calls on UN Security Council for action against Iran

Beijing - Fox News: Trump says U.S. trade with China has not been fair, blames past Presidents, not China; urges Chinese to squeeze North Korea

Reuters: Sweden seeks to buy $1B U.S. Patriot air defence missile system

Arab News: Saudi Arabia: Vision 2030 eyes the future while learning from the past

Sutherland Springs - AP: Authorities review inhouse-video of Texas church attack

The Hill: U.S. Navy to carry out rare 3-carrier battle group exercise over Sea of Japan: USS Ronald Reagan, USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Nimitz

Yuval Levin - National Review: Scoring the mandate; CBO re-think expected to make impact of changes more realistic

Reuters: U.S., AT&T spar over CNN in Time Warner deal

AP: Self-operating shuttle bus crashes after Las Vegas launch

Howie Carr - Boston Herald: Donald Trump hate is a cult; new moonbat religion eschews facts

AP: Amid booming economy, homelessness soars in West Coast Democrat states

Hollywood Reporter: Unprecedented: Christopher Plummer to replace Kevin Spacey in already-completed 'All The Money In The World' due for release December 22nd

Reuters: Saudi Arabia makes fresh arrests in anti-graft crackdown: sources

AP: China’s largest online retailer to buy Montana beef

Michael Graham - Boston Herald: Anti-gun crowd can’t keep facts straight

CNBC: Anti-Trust move: DOJ demands CNN or DirecTV be sold as condition for AT&T, Time Warner deal approval

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: How Brazile’s book exposes liberal media’s Hillary health coverup

AP: Soldiers, jumping children greet Trump at Beijing airport

Fox News: Saudi Government to confiscate $800 billion from alleged corrupt individuals

Reuters: Snapchat launches redesign as growth disappoints Wall Street

CTV News: Alcohol linked to several major cancers by American Society of Clinical Oncology

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Unhappy birthday: Communism's tragic centenary

Wall Street Journal: Who Leaked the Paradise Papers? Is the consortium of journalists fronting for an intelligence agency?

LA Times: Over-the-counter painkillers treated painful injuries just as well as opioids in new study

Fox News: Brazile rips Schultz over 'perks' that kept chair 'fat and happy' amid DNC cash crunch

Miami Herald: Brazile blasts Wasserman Schultz’s DNC leadership in new book

Boston Herald: Church killer had 4 guns, but no license to carry them in Texas

NY Post: Texas killer went to church festival days before massacre

Rich Lowry - NY Post: The heroes of Sutherland Springs

Jonathan Turley - The Hill: Did Hillary commit any crimes in 'rigging' the Democratic primary?

AP/CTV News: In Seoul, Trump calls for North Korea to 'make a deal'

Reuters/Global News: Donald Trump praises Saudi Arabia purge on Twitter: ‘they know exactly what they are doing’

AP/Global News: Texas church shooting: Police say they ‘won’t mention gunman’s name again’

Washington Post: Analysis: Here’s what the Saudi royal purge means for investors

Denver Post: U.S. Air Force says it failed to follow procedures, allowing court-martialled Texas church killer to obtain firearms

Fortune: Why Google search features are a threat to many concerns

NPR: Former NRA instructor who exchanged fire with Texas killer: 'I was scared to death'

Telegraph: Sleep deprivation stops brain cells firing properly, changing how we see the world

NY Post: Sharpshooting plumber fired shot that took down Texas church gunman wearing body armour; chased perp at 95 mph

CTV News: Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont lambasts Spain while fighting extradition from Belgium

Bloomberg: Broadcom offers $105B for Qualcomm in landmark deal

Saudi Gazette: Saudi Arabia freezes accounts of detained corruption suspects

MySanAntonio: Hero describes how he tracked down church shooter after attack

Daily Mail: Former classmates say Texas gunman was an 'outcast' who 'preached his atheism' online; was caught and killed by armed citizens

CBS News: Church killer Devin Kelley, 26, dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force and court martialed in May 2014; his 26 victims range in age from 5 to 72

updated Texas - KSAT: 27 dead, including shooter, 30 injured in Sutherland Springs Baptist church shooting; perp ID'ed as Devin Kelley, found dead after pursuit; neighbour with gun wounded killer and forced him to flee, then pursued him - from press conference

Politico: Democrats shaken and angered by Brazile book

NY Times: Saudi Crown Prince’s mass purge up-ends a longstanding system; has at least some popular support, as did his move to grant more rights to women

Zero Hedge: All dead after Saudi helicopter carrying 8 high-ranking officials and Prince Bin-Muqrin crashed near Yemen border

NY Times: Citigroup, Twitter, Lyft: Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal’s arrest touches many

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: New York Times’ coverage of Mueller is peak liberal bias

Deroy Murdock - NH Union Leader: Political correctness contributed to NYC attack

AP: Senior Saudi royal ousted, princes reported arrested by Saudi Govt media

CBS News: Mueller probe draws in Tony Podesta, Vin Weber: AP

Al Arabiya: 11 Saudi Princes, 4 cabinet ministers and ‘tens’ of former ministers detained in anti-corruption probe

Fussa - AP: Trump calls Japan 'crucial ally' as he kicks off Asia trip

Daily Mail: Outrage as Alec Baldwin admits he heard about Weinstein rapes, but did nothing; nailed for 'victim blaming'

France 24: Belgium examines Spain's EU arrest warrant for Catalonia's cowardly Puigdemont

France 24: Saudi Arabia intercepts missile from Yemen targeting main airport

Al Arabiya: Saudi Arabia intercepts missile from Yemen northeast of Riyadh

CNN: Heart disease death rate plummets, but overdose death rate rises: CDC

BBC: Lebanese PM Hariri resigns, saying he fears assassination plot

Stephen F. Hayes - Weekly Standard: The Big Reveal: the story of how 470,000 documents from Osama Bin Laden's compound finally got into the open

Reuters: Broadcom plans record tech deal with Qualcomm bid: sources

AP: Iran displays missile during anniversary of 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover

The Hill: Network newscasts don't mention Brazile Clinton-DNC revelations

Zero Hedge: Trump was right: mainstream newscasts entirely ignored Clinton-DNC rigging revelations from Brazile

Reuters: U.S. job growth speeds up, unemployment rate falls

Business Insider: Fraud? Facebook quietly updates two key numbers about its user base: suddenly admits it has as many as 60 million fake accounts and 207 million duplicate accounts that advertisers paying for

Business Insider: Trump calls on FBI to investigate 'Crooked Hillary' after former DNC chair alleges she hijacked the Democratic primary

Forbes: Ricketts shuts down money-losing local newsites DNAInfo and Gothamist after unionizing vote

ABC News: Is Hollywood cleaning house amid sexual misconduct scandals fallout?

LA Times: Las Vegas shooter had been losing money for two years and 'was going in the wrong direction,' sheriff says

CNBC: Trump picks Jerome Powell to succeed Yellen as Fed chair

NASDAQ: "We believe the USA presents the best place for Broadcom to create shareholder value": CEO

Bloomberg: Broadcom CEO announces moving HQ back to U.S. from Singapore at White House; will bring $20B in revenue into U.S.

CNBC: Full text of GOP House tax bill

The Hill: Uranium One deal led to some exports to Europe, memos show

Wall Street Journal: Republicans stick with big job-producing corporate tax cuts in House Bill; maneuvering allows fast-track

AP: GOP tax plan slashes corporate rate, cuts brackets, rates for all taxpayers

Roll Call: House GOP tax bill keeps 39.6% rate for high-earners, cuts corporate rate to 20%

Washington Free Beacon: Donna Brazile: Clinton money laundering operation was all about controlling DNC, blocking Sanders

Reuters: U.S. jobless claims near 44-1/2-year low; productivity accelerates

Politico: Inside Hillary Clinton’s secret takeover of the DNC; Donna Brazile pulls back the curtains and reveals Clinton rigging

Glenn Kessler - Washington Post: Senate Democrats falsely claim GOP tax plan will raise taxes for most working-class families

Fox Business: Obama FBI's handling of Trump dossier is 'scandal of the decade': Judicial Watch's Tom Fitton

Bloomberg: Bitcoin and Blockchain are among the fastest-growing skills online

AFP: Plane-sized 'void' discovered in Egypt's Great Pyramid: scientists; untouched for 4,500 years

Bloomberg: Electric cars from Tesla and GM may start losing their tax credits

NY Daily News: Trump says he won’t send Manhattan terrorist to Guantanamo Bay, calls for death penalty

AP: 9/11 neighbourhood shaken by truck attack fears it’s targeted

National Post: Osama bin Laden's video collection included 'Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?'

CBS: FBI: Terrorist planned to continue killing spree on the Brooklyn Bridge; Saipov did attack 'in the name of ISIS'

Jerusalem Post: UK's May: Criticism of Israel not an excuse for anti-semitism

The Guardian: May 'proud' to mark 100 years of UK support for Israel with Netanyahu visit

AFP: Axed Catalan leader spurns Spanish legal summons

CTV News: Spain court could jail Catalan politicians in rebellion case

CNBC: U.S. private sector added 235,000 jobs in Oct, vs 200,000 new jobs expected: ADP

Reuters: Two Russian skiers get life bans over Sochi Games doping

NY Post: Probers believe terror suspect made dry runs before NYC attack

ABC News: Feds interviewed suspected NYC truck attacker in 2015 about possible terror ties

NY Post: Trump says "would consider" sending NYC terror suspect to Gitmo for trial

CBS News: NYC terror suspect Sayfullo Saipov brags about attack from hospital bed

National Post: A life in exile or 30 years in jail? Ousted Catalan leader summoned to Spanish court from Brussels

National Post: Boy in suicide vest kills at least seven in attack on Kabul diplomatic enclave

Ralph Peters - NY Post: Kelly is right about Robert E. Lee

ABC News: Feds interviewed suspected NYC truck attacker in 2015 about possible terror ties

Circa: A Japanese company gave non-smokers six extra days off to make up for co-workers' smoke breaks

Wapo/Hamilton Spectator: Maybe humans didn’t outsmart the Neanderthals. We just outlasted them...

NY Post: Victims of deadly NYC terror attack include a Belgian, students, school staff, and Argentinians

The Verge: Algorithm can identify suicidal people using brain scans

Deutsche Welle: Germany marks 500th anniversary of Protestant Reformation in Wittenberg

Kyodo - Japan Times: Zama man arrested after police discover nine dismembered bodies in his apartment

The fugitive - Toronto Star: Catalan leader Puigdemont says he travelled to Brussels to seek ‘freedom and safety’ outside Spain

National Post: From Cancun to Los Cabos, tourists scared off Mexico's beaches

Chicago Tribune: Are they trying to silence me?' Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan responds to arrest warrant for drug charge

Global News: Harvey Weinstein now has 93 accusers, 13 of them alleging rape

Montreal Gazette: Wife of Chechen accused of plotting to assassinate Vladimir Putin shot dead near Kiev

National Post: After Kim Jong Nam's murder, China breaks up North Korean plot to kill his son

Hotair: Dershowitz: Manafort indictment is ‘all about leverage’

Fox News: Tony Podesta, brother of Clinton campaign chair steps down from lobbying firm amid reports of scrutiny from special counsel Mueller

BBC: Manafort snagged for allegations of 'white collar crime', including tax fraud, not political shenanigans

updated Ontario - CBC: Elderly couple dead after shooting at Cobourg hospital, SIU investigating

Edmonton - CP/National Post: Alberta United Conservative leadership contenders vow to band together post-vote

Toronto Star: IT consultant hired to clean hard drives in McGuinty’s office tells court he had immunity deal with police

Allan Lanthier - Financial Post: Morneau's passive-income 'tweak' for small businesses is as ill-informed as ever; new passive-income limit is woefully inadequate for a growing business

Quebec - CBC: Man accused of beating daughter who refused to wear hijab; Gatineau police urge others to follow teenager's lead, report so-called 'honour-based' violence

National Post: Alberta court rules $1,000 deposit requirement for federal election candidates is unconstitutional; fully refundable since 2000, the deposit was introduced in 1874 to deter frivolous candidates

David Reevely - Ottawa Citizen: Hydro prices to keep rising, just a bit more slowly, Liberals say, pre-election

County Live: Prince Edward County Council unanimously supports legal challenge of Ontario Green Energy Act

Vancouver Sun: The Vancouver connection to the JFK assassination investigation

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Sweeping access to computers in Premier's office was unprecedented, gas plant trial told

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Bloated, glossy $212,000 federal budget cover a fitting symbol of modern government

Tonda MacCharles - Toronto Star: Ethics watchdog set to look into potential conflict of interest involving Morneau

Global News: Now Ontario Liberals say hydro bills will increase by 43% over next decade

Toronto Star: Top Trump official says U.S. isn’t offering ‘anything’ to Canada in exchange for NAFTA demands

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Math is NOT about white privilege but intellectual skill

Toronto Star: False report of armed hostage-taker on King Street West causes traffic chaos, baffles police

Financial Post: Aecon Group stock surges 20% after China's CCCI inks $1.5B deal to acquire company

CBC: Ottawa pays $31.3M settlement to three Canadian men tortured in Syria during Chretien regime

CBC: Another Liberal-caused crisis as long-term care homes threaten to leave Toronto; at least 10,000 new Ontario long-term care beds needed in next 5 years

Kitchener-Waterloo Record: 70% of hospital workers in region don’t get flu shot

CBC: Liberal MNA Guy Ouellette arrested, questioned by UPAC

Toronto Star: Liberals make forecast cloudy for Ontario horse racing’s rural tracks; kill jobs, traditions and futures

CBC: Blind survivor of Hamilton house explosion charged with arson

NY Post: Mom kidnapped by Taliban speaks out for first time

Toronto - CTV News: Stompin' Tom, Donovan Bailey, Anna Paquin, Viola Desmond, Ted Rogers and David Suzuki being added to Canada's Walk of Fame in November

Éric Grenier - CBC: 21.9% of Canadians in 2016 were immigrants, the highest share in 85 years: StatsCan

Vancouver - CTV News: Missing women's families on edge as police search farm

Halifax Chronicle Herald: More and more, 'average Canadian' is anything but, says latest 2016 census

Ottawa - Toronto Star: Morneau Shepell ties to Bombardier flag ‘minefield’ for Finance Minister: Opposition critics

Lorrie Goldstein - Toronto Sun: Taxpayers put up $300,000 to renovate Premier Kathleen Wynne's offices

Toronto Star: International and national unions using loophole in provincial law to spend millions in grey money to influence Ontario election in June; American $$ telling Canadians how to vote?

Sudbury - Toronto Star: Technical win at trial for Liberals or wide-open path to appeal based on statute misinterpretation by judge?

Global News: Napanee man runs Toronto marathon dressed as Gord Downie

Windsor - CTV News: Ontario Liberals re-open two hospitals, re-open other closed beds in province as under-funding created healthcare crisis

Globe and Mail: Govt scramble to re-open Ontario hospital beds to address shortage they created

Globe and Mail: HBC to sell Lord & Taylor flagship store; wins equity injection

Global News: Federal by-elections: Liberals pull off upset in Quebec, Conservatives increase their vote and hold on in Edmonton

CBC: Canada welcomes 'extraordinarily important' gift of explorer John Franklin's wrecks from Britain

CTV News: Tragically Hip album sales, audio streams soar after Gord Downie's death

Toronto Star: HBC under fire after CEO quits

Éric Grenier - CBC: 4 parties vying for federal byelection win in battleground Quebec; Voters heading to the polls in 2 ridings in Quebec and Alberta

CBC: TD insider says bank doesn't want you to know it's outsourcing work overseas

Tri-coastal-connected Canada - CBC: Harper's new Arctic coast highway opens up remote Tuktoyaktuk

CBC: Goodale says illegal migrants are obtaining U.S. travel visas for the sole purpose of coming to Canada; asks U.S. for help

Michael Barclay - Macleans: Gord Downie: 1964–2017 Remembering the life and legacy of The Tragically Hip frontman

Editorial - Toronto Sun: Ontario Liberals' green energy policies killed jobs

WIBQ: Canada's Liberals look to economy to guide them past huge ethics scandal

CBC: Ontario Auditor General says Wynne Liberals have been hiding hydro-related emails from her investigation

Editorial - Toronto Sun: For starters, Morneau needs to say he's sorry

Editorial - Globe and Mail: After two years, the real Justin Trudeau emerges

Editorial - National Post: Let Morneau be the test of the Liberals' principles

Rex Murphy - National Post: Liberal A Team works diligently to seem obnoxious, evasive, out of touch

Angus Reid: Only 13% of Canadians think Trudeau Govt is "making real progress and getting things done"

CTV News: No kidding. Failed Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne moves to sue Opposition leader for defamation; draws more attention to her court appearance

Editorial - Globe and Mail: Ontario’s increasingly creative hydro accounting

Anthony Furey - Toronto Sun: Liberal privilege: Bill Morneau seems to resent even having to explain himself

Globe and Mail: Rogers eyes network upgrades amid record customer growth

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: The unrelatable quandary of richy-rich Bill Morneau

David Akin - Global News: Finance Minister Bill Morneau has been getting at least $65K a month from firm he regulates; time for resignation? charges?

Erinsville - CBC: Morneau's latest 'step back' abandons careless tax proposals that created a crisis for family farms, fishers

Montreal - CTV News: ‘I will be a prisoner’: Muslim woman, supporters call Bill 62 discriminatory; that's the point, in Canada no one should be forced by anyone to cover their face

Toronto Sun: Warning issued not to destroy gas plants e-mails, court hears; top bureaucrat made it clear to Liberal Premier Chief of Staff

Global News: Rapid growth of automation threatening jobs in Canada: report; also, “gig economy” is real and has to be recognized in labour and tax laws

Robyn Urback - CBC: Please, no questions for the Finance Minister; Just be patient. You will get your canned answers soon enough

Financial Post: If NAFTA dies, old Canada-U.S. FTA would live on, right? Not so fast, Canada

Aaron Wherry - CBC: Trudeau celebrates his second anniversary on the defensive

CTV News: B.C. mayor says three workers were doing maintenance when killed by ammonia at Fernie hockey rink

Toronto Star: Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon resigns over abuse allegations

CBC: Volunteer firefighter dies battling one of nearly a dozen wildfires in Alberta, Saskatchewan

CBC: 'I should see your face, and you should see mine,' Quebec Premier says of new religious neutrality law

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: The political corruption of the Wynne Liberals is a contagion

John Ivison - National Post: Liberal tax reforms’ most lasting impact may be on Morneau's reputation

CBC: Quebec bans all public workers and all those receiving any government service from wearing a niqab or burka; applies to all municipalities, metropolitan communities and public transit organizations

CBC: Toronto may spend $20M more on settling rising number of refugees in local hotels

CBC: Gord Downie, iconic Tragically Hip singer, dead at 53

Financial Post: Ottawa sets $50,000 threshold on taxing investments in corporations

Ross McKitrick, Elmira Aliakbari - Financial Post: 75,000 manufacturing jobs lost — that’s the price of Ontario’s electricity disaster

Globe and Mail: High electrical costs have driven thousands of manufacturing jobs from Ontario: report; Liberals' high-price policies drove province into ground

Christie Blatchford - National Post: McGuinty Liberals ‘not in compliance’ with gas plants disclosure, former top bureaucrat says; "office of the Premier had not understood or wilfully ignored the legal requirements' of the committee order"

Susan Delacourt - iPolitics: Liberals are knifing Liberals in public. Ah, nostalgia.

Tim Harper - Toronto Star: Morneau walks himself into a political crisis

Globe and Mail: Ethics watchdog contradicts Finance Minister; Dawson didn't advise Morneau not to establish blind trust, it was his decision

CBC: Bombardier shares jump as much as 26% on CSeries deal with Airbus

Globe and Mail: Bombardier-Airbus deal saves CSeries; first all-new single-aisle airliner to come to market worldwide in nearly 30 years

Blogto: Toronto ranked one of the greenest cities in the world

Quinte News: Belleville arena $20M reno almost ready for arrival of AHL Senators

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Tax reform debacle exposes phoniness of Trudeau's populist act

CTV News: Morneau's credibility on the line as Liberals hit reset button on rejected tax reforms

National Post: Incumbents take the day throughout Alberta in municipal elections

London Free Press: GM's CAMI workers accept deal, end month-long Ingersoll strike

Kingston - CTV News: Police lay 330 charges, arrest 33 during Queen's homecoming weekend

CBC: PEI sends 19 tonnes of potatoes to Puerto Rico

TVO: Four things we learned from the Ontario Progressive Conservatives’ policy motions

Thomas Walkom - Toronto Star: Donald Trump isn’t all wrong about NAFTA; the three-nation pact does favour low-wage Mexico

Gordon Ritchie - Globe and Mail: Canada must prepare for life after NAFTA

Huffington Post: NAFTA talks: U.S. demands end to supply management for dairy, eggs, poultry

News 1130: Federal Liberals confirm will trim small-business tax rate to stanch political bleeding; will finally get to 9% just in time for 2019 election

Newstalk 1010: Loblaws laying off 500 managers, executives

National Post: Month-long strike fails to pry pledge from GM to keep auto plant jobs in Canada

Ottawa Citizen: 'Mr. Hockey and stem cells' on the agenda at U of O brain conference

CBC: MP Peter Kent calls on ethics commissioner to investigate Morneau over undisclosed French villa; FinMin didn't disclose company that owns his villa in France for two years

Toronto - CTV News: Manager of recently opened pot dispensary murdered outside shop door [video]

National Post: Taliban-linked network that took Canadian and his family captive could face justice in Canada

Ottawa - Global News: Trudeau reportedly switching course again, expected to belatedly honour 2015 election pledge to reduce small business tax to Conservative Govt level of 9%

Raymond Filion - Siver Times: Mid-terms Justin Trudeau: the honeymoon is over?

CTV News: Toronto Hydro: Power restored to 97% of customers after widespread storm outage

Windsor - CBC News: Local impact: 'All teaching is suspended:' St. Clair, Lambton join Ontario college faculty strike

CTV News: Students want tuition refunds as more than 12,000 Ontario college faculty at 24 colleges walk off the job [video]

Janice Kennedy - Ottawa Citizen: So ... what has Trudeau accomplished? (Hint: very little)

CTV News: Growing marijuana industry sparks new research around cannabis, scientists say

Moncton - CBC: High school football game ends after 9 players suffer head injuries

Global News: Calgary Election 2017: New poll pegs Bill Smith to take over mayor’s office; 13-point lead over incumbent Naheed Nenshi

CBC: 100-year-old former Sears store manager's health benefits and insurance axed

Editorial - Toronto Star: Bill Morneau’s French villa controversy couldn’t have come at a worse time; ethics avoidance

Windsor Star: Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown swings through Windsor - again; 10th visit in 2 years shows serious about local seats

Global News: Sears Canada: The rise and fall of a department store empire

Vivian Bercovici - National Post: Why Trudeau's shocking Holocaust blunder caused gasps worldwide

Global News: Joshua Boyle: Freedom a ‘bizarre combination of elation and depression’

CTV News: New mother who lost all limbs to flesh-eating disease sues Halifax hospital

Kelly McParland - National Post: Patrick Brown's victory plan? Stop his own party from screwing up again

CP/Global News: Marc Garneau makes Canadian pitch to Tesla executives; wants more Canadians put at risk from driverless cars

Conrad Black - National Post: Law society confers capricious dictatorial powers on its own administration

Chantal Hébert - Toronto Star: Bill Morneau feels the heat as Liberal support slips

Dr. Jessica Ross - National Post: The legalization of pot is upon us. We haven't prepared our kids to deal with it

Angus Reid: From sunny ways to mid-term blues? Two years after Trudeau majority, Liberals and CPC in dead heat; 29% of 2015 Liberal voters have deserted them

CBC: Coquihalla Highway reopens near Kamloops after snow forces closure

Editorial - National Post: Removing 'chief' from job titles makes reconciliation look ridiculous; the word chief is not of indigenous origin. It comes from French, and from Latin before that. This is not an issue of cultural appropriation.

Don Macpherson - Montreal Gazette: Philippe Couillard shuffles cabinet, and misdeals

Colby Cosh - National Post: $200,000 on a budget cover? That's exclusively Liberal tomfoolery

CTV News: Sears Canada liquidation of final 131 locations approved

CTV News: B.C. researchers develop affordable, quake-resistant spray-on concrete ideal for retro-fitting

Ottawa Citizen: Growing wild turkey population takes bite out of Ontario forests

Vancouver Sun: Surprise guilty plea entered in B.C. Liberals' 'quick wins' scandal

CBC: Finance Minister Bill Morneau waited 2 years to disclose company that owns French villa to ethics watchdog; yet hides behind cloak of 'fairness'

CBC: Montreal actress Erika Rosenbaum latest to say Harvey Weinstein harassed, assaulted her

Wall Street Journal: Trump says separate trade pacts with Canada, Mexico could replace NAFTA

CTV News: CAMI strike: GM may move more production to Mexico

Business Insider: Family freed after 5 years of Taliban captivity now refuses to board U.S. plane due to Khadr link

Toronto Star: Cash-flush Blue Jays fire 23, including actual working staff in media department

Calgary Sun: Taxes top issue for Calgary voters

William Watson - Financial Post: Why Canada’s ‘best’ health-care system just got ranked last — again

Bloomberg: Trudeau’s predecessor Stephen Harper says it’s conceivable Trump will scrap NAFTA

Washington - CBC: After warm welcome for Trudeau, Trump hints at bilateral trade deal with Canada

Editorial - Toronto Sun: Public rejecting Wynne’s wage plan

Minneapolis good news - Ottawa Citizen: One step closer to home: Jonathan Pitre out of hospital in Minnesota

London - CBC: Fanshawe College to cancel classes if faculty strike

Financial Post: Amid uproar, Liberals change wording on employee-discount tax, say will start 'consultation'

CBC: No taxpayer money spent on Sears call centres in New Brunswick — yet

CTV News: Delta says CSeries deliveries may be delayed but not killed by duties

CBC: Trade troubles face Trudeau on trip to Washington and Mexico City

John Ivison - National Post: How the Liberals and the CRA ended up angering two million store clerks

Liz Braun - Toronto Sun: Newstalk 1010 DART Insight poll: 75% of Toronto residents want change; only 11% will vote for Wynne in 2018

Toronto Star: Liberals super-cluster game show pitch will benefit only large companies

Toronto Star: Sears Canada going out of business, laying off 12,000

CTV News: Govt of Canada targets retail workers with new employee discount tax

Barrie Today: Ekos-CP poll: Canadians pessimistic about their economic futures; working class beginning to skew more Conservative

Haley Byrd - Independent Journal Review: Online retailers eye NAFTA talks as make-or-break moment for modernizing trade

CTV News: Trudeau, Harper talk NAFTA in D.C. on same day

Paul Wells - Macleans: Throw another minister on the bonfire: the ballad of Bill Morneau

CBC: Manslaughter charges against alleged fentanyl dealers mount across Canada

Alan Carter - Global News: Kathleen Wynne’s coming Trudeau trouble

CBC: Remnants of Nate expected to "graze" Great Lakes and drop heavy rain on Southern Ontario

CBC: Trump's tough trade talk targets Mexico but his actions are hitting Canada

Lammam, MacIntyre - Macleans: The Trudeau government’s policies reward dependence, not hard work; its actions do not match lofty rhetoric

AFP: Canadian doctors helped 2,000 commit suicide in a year

Toronto Star: Two more staffers leave MMIWG inquiry

Kelly McParland - National Post: Liberals divide country with unflappable Bombardier support, disregard for energy

Michael Harris - iPolitics: 'He's a liar': Why the Left Coast may be writing off Justin Trudeau

Charles Adler - Global News: Montreal mayor dances on the graves of Alberta jobs

CBC: Mortgage carrying costs to rise 8% for new buyers next year, Scotiabank says; rising rates will hit new buyers hard

Financial Post: Tim Hortons franchisees sue corporate parent for $850M, alleging bullying and intimidation

Revenge of the PMO - CBC: New Brunswick MP kicked off 2 committees for breaking Liberal ranks on tax changes

Privacy breach - CBC: Legal files of 5 retired MPs disappear from federal mailroom

CBC: Indigenous residential school records can be destroyed, Supreme Court rules

updated CTV News: Feds announce payout of up to $750M in direct compensation to Indigenous victims of so-called '60s Scoop'; program had at-risk native children adopted by non-native families to save their lives

Joe Oliver - Financial Post: Canadians will suffer the punishment for Trudeau's egregious Energy East failure

CTV News: Shorter residency requirement for would-be Canadians set to take effect

International embarassment - The Guardian: Canada removes Holocaust memorial plaque that failed to mention Jews

CTV News: Victim of head-on crash in Hamilton may have been abducted: police

Global News: Kenney says Canada shouldn’t accept refugees denied asylum in U.S., calls for terrorist Sharif to be ‘kicked out’

Lorrie Goldstein - Toronto Sun: Trudeau erases Jews from the Holocaust, again

BNN: Google parent nearing deal to develop 12 acres of Toronto waterfront: Report

CBC: U.S. to present dairy demands at next round of NAFTA talks

Ottawa - CBC: Liberals face heightened political pressure over North Korean missile threat

Kristina Rutherford - Sportsnet: Bob McCown interview; retirement countdown for the multi-lived Bobcat?

Editorial - Financial Post: Only thing missing from Ottawa's 'evidence-based' tax crackdown is evidence

Global News: Toronto council rejects bid to rename Centennial Park stadium after Rob Ford

Ottawa - Globe and Mail: Russia vows reprisal as House of Commons passes Magnitsky bill targeting human-rights abusers

CTV News: Conservatives urge PM to 'explore' joining U.S. missile defence system; Sajjan says not ruling out

Huffington Post: Wayne Long, Liberal MP, skips Liberal Caucus meeting after voting against his party on tax consultations

Toronto Star: TransCanada ends bid to build Energy East pipeline after ‘careful review of changed circumstances’

AP: Spacewalkers installing replacement 'hand' on station’s Canada-built robot arm

CTV News: Justin Trudeau berated at Hill gathering over missing, murdered women inquiry

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: ‘Election of NDP Jagmeet Singh as NDP leader just upped Scheer’s chances

National Post: Liberals, Conservatives statistically tied, NDP a distant third: Ekos-CP poll

Global News: ‘He saved me’: Girlfriend of Maple Ridge man killed in Vegas describes his final moments

Barbara Kay - National Post: Liberals left reeling by clear, rational criticisms of M-103

Bloomberg: UK really blames Canada for Bombardier fight

John Ivison - National Post: Canada needs to stand firm and pass anti-corruption Magnitsky legislation

CBC: No people hurt as plane with 47 aboard strikes 2 deer while landing in northern Alberta

BNN: Marijuana, Couche-Tard shares play a part in Coutu takeover: Metro CEO

CP/Huffington Post: Justin Trudeau suggests $1 per gram excise tax on marijuana; 10% tax on sales over $10

CBC: Somali man charged in Edmonton attacks was ordered deported from U.S. in 2011

NY Times: Canada and The Times: the faraway nearby

CTV News: OPP say 4 factors behind 182 of 239 road deaths in 2017: distracted driving (63), speeding (56), drug/alcohol impairment (32), and not wearing seatbelts (31)

Éric Grenier - CBC: Youngest lineup of political leaders in Canadian history set to fight for youth vote

BBC: Somali on trial in Canada over journalist Amanda Lindhout's 2008 kidnap

CTV News: Tories take aim at Trudeau in taxes attack ad

Ottawa - CTV News: Liberals and NDP reveal extremist tendencies by ganging up to block pro-life MP from chairing committee; force chair role on other MP, over her objection

Bloomberg: U.S. adds wine to its growing list of trade disputes with Canada

Montreal - CTV News: CAQ newcomer upsets Liberals in Louis-Hebert by-election; new MNA due to give birth in 3 months; was a replacement candidate named in early September

Bloomberg: U.S. techies eye ‘boring’ Ottawa over hipster Toronto for jobs

Ontario - Global News: London police investigate "targeted" fatal stabbing on Lansdowne Avenue that injured a second man; fleeing suspects sought

Montreal: Mayoralty candidate promises referendum on baseball stadium, not a blank cheque

Forum Research poll: PCs hold clear lead in every region but Toronto, where they're tied

NY Post: Canadian Vegas massacre victim from Vancouver dies in festival-goer’s arms

updated CTV News: 3 Canadians killed, 7 wounded, 1 missing in Las Vegas mass shooting

BNN: RioCan to sell 100 properties worth about $2B by 2020; in future will focus ownership on large Canadian cities

Bloomberg: Divisive minimum wage experiment goes live in Ontario

Montreal - CTV News: Actions of three ex-railway employees cost 47 lives by causing Lac-Megantic disaster: Crown

updated CTV News: Jagmeet Singh named leader of federal NDP; Ontario MPP expected to resign his seat shortly; win on 1st ballot with 53.8% of vote

Edmonton - CTV News: Terror suspect in custody, police investigating as EPS officer and four civilians injured in series of attacks

CBC: Competing protesters temporarily shut Quebec border crossing as police keep them apart

Ed White - Western Producer: Why farmers are mad as hell at Morneau and Trudeau

Christie Blatchford - National Post: McGuinty aide was warned not to delete gas plants emails, trial told

Oakville - CTV News: Morneau gets an earful at town hall meeting on small business tax changes

iPolitics: National Defence blames 'fiscal restraints' of deficit-happy Liberals for cutting third Navy re-supply ship

Spencer Fernando: Illegal border crossing surge caused internal government fear about threats to Canadians

CBC: Quebec man who tried to join ISIS sentenced to 9 years

Editorial - National Post: New access to information bill falls short of Liberals' promises for increased transparency

Catholic News Service: Vatican diplomat also wanted in Canada on child porn charges

Andrew Coyne - National Post: A much-needed cultural revolution that isn’t revolutionary at all

Toronto - CBC: Obama says U.S. relationship with Canada 'not radically changed' under Trump; hosted by Liberal activist group Canada2020

The Guardian: Canada has spent $110,000 to avoid paying $6,000 for indigenous teen's orthodontics; meanwhile, Trudeau lies to UN

Fox News: Mueller Trump-Russia probe drills dry well; Manafort, associate charged for business dealings with former President of Ukraine long before Trump campaign

Fox Business: Americans' 401(k)s will be safe, GOP leaders set record straight

Rex Murphy - National Post: There is a Clinton angle to every great scandal

The Wrap: Roger Stone says he will sue Twitter over account suspension

Fox News: Trump says claims about Clinton camp spending millions on 'fake dossier' has GOP 'united & angry'

Michigan - Daily News: Evergreen Township: 3 children killed, six people injured as truck crushes horse-buggy from behind in Sunday morning crash

i4u: Electron microscopes being used to determine why batteries explode and how to prevent it

Senators Cornyn and Cassidy - Forbes: Tax reform to fuel economic growth

Wall Street Journal: Armies race to deploy drone, self-driving tech on the battlefield

Fox Business: GOP tax plan gets reworked, SALT on front lines as deadline looms

Sean Davis - The Federalist: Obama’s campaign paid $972,000 to law firm that secretly paid Fusion GPS in 2016

AP: Why the explosive growth of e-commerce could mean more jobs

Tech Times: NASA twins study: Space travel alters gene expression 'like fireworks'

AP: Saudi Crown Prince favors extending OPEC production limits

Newt Gingrich - Fox News: The Clintons started the so-called Russian collusion scandal and may be destroyed by it

AP: 8 crew presumed dead after missing Russian helicopter found on seabed in the Arctic

Anthony Watts - Watts Up With That: Inconvenient: oceans continue to cool

Carl M. Cannon: How Hillary and the Democrats played the Russia card

Daily Caller: CNN’s undisclosed ties to Fusion GPS

Washington Post: Royal Navy nuclear sub sailors fired after ‘absolutely disgraceful’ parties with a prostitute and cocaine

The Hill: GOP plans tax blitzkrieg

CTV News: 13 dead, 16 plus wounded in Mogadishu hotel blast

Peter Ferrara - NY Observer: How Trump got the economy booming in less than a year

NY Post: Felon who says he bought NYC Mayor de Blasio: 'I also scored hookers for top cops'

NTK Network: Leon Panetta: Intelligence Committee needs to look into Clinton/DNC dossier payment

Wall Street Journal: The rest of the Russia story; Justice shouldn’t protect the FBI and Fusion GPS from House subpoenas

Breitbart: Clinton lawyer who hired Fusion GPS ‘vigorously’ denied doing so to New York Times reporter

Reuters: $66B CVS-Aetna deal gets Wall Street thumbs up amid Amazon entry fears

Newsweek: Fearing Russia, Poland boosts army by 50%

Reuters: Hopes fade for 8 Russians missing in Arctic helicopter accident

National Post: Australian PM seeks to calm nerves after he loses majority over deputy's dual citizenship

Andrew Malcolm - Hot Air: As Trump’s Asia trip nears, U.S. moves in two more carrier strike groups

NY Daily News: JFK secret files reveal U.S. Government plans to kill Fidel Castro included poison, exploding seashell

Fox News: About 2,800 JFK records released, others withheld

David Harsanyi - NY Post: Why doesn’t Hillary’s ‘dossier’ trick count as treason?

Kimberley Strassel - Wall Street Journal: The coming Russia bombshells; A judge may order Fusion GPS to give House investigators its bank records

Fox News: House paves way for Trump tax reform plan by passing $4T budget

Reuters: 'Like a roar': Dozens killed in blasts at Indonesia fireworks plant

Zero Hedge: The time has come: Venezuela may be in default in under 48 hours

Patrick Buchanan: It's Trump's party now

Victor Davis Hanson - American Greatness: Investigating the investigators; was the zeal of the original accusers of felony behaviour with the Russian collusion merely an attempt at deflection? Was it designed to protect themselves from being accused of serious crimes?

NY Post: Vegas killer’s brother terrorized auto shop where he squatted

Fox News: Trump rips Clinton link to Fusion GPS dossier as a 'disgrace,' says Russia 'hoax is turned around'

Breitbart: TV execs scramble to stop plummeting NFL ratings, suggest cancelling 10 ‘Thursday Night Football’ games

Bloomberg: Pre-historic ape teeth found in Germany may re-write human history

Bloomberg: Demanding a Bachelor’s degree for a middle-skill job is just plain dumb?

Fox Business: Boeing sticks to 737 Max strategy after Airbus-Bombardier tie-up

Tammy Bruce - Fox News: CNN's latest, desperate attempt to hammer Trump is mind-boggling

Bloomberg: Boeing sticks to 737 Max strategy after Airbus-Bombardier tie-up

Washington Times: FEC complaint accuses Clinton campaign, DNC of violating campaign finance law with Russia-smear dossier payments

AFP: Tiny Singapore has world's most powerful passport: ranking

Byron York - Washington Examiner: After Trump dossier revelation, FBI is next

Bloomberg: FCC moves to end TV-newspaper ownership ban

Daniel Moss - Bloomberg: Mexico feels mortgaged to NAFTA. Time to re-finance

Holman Jenkins, Jr. - Wall Street Journal: The FBI’s political meddling; Mueller is the wrong sleuth when his ex-agency is so tangled up with Russia

NY Post: Yankees fan hit in the face by foul ball loses injury lawsuit

Daily Mail: A year of Clinton lies about Trump dossier exposed as Hillary's lawyer under fire for falsely denying paying for it

AP: Fats Domino, rock ‘n’ roll pioneer, dead at 89

NY Post: Trump responds to dossier revelation: I’m the victim here; will he sue Clinton?

KTLA: Las Vegas killer’s brother charged in child pornography case in San Fernando Valley

Washington Examiner: Judge who saw secret JFK files: Conspiracy theorists will be disappointed in Thursday's release

Daily Mail: Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday vowed to restore 'moderate, open' Islam; apparently included is a plan to build a retractable roof over Mecca's holiest site; video shows stadium-style technology, brews controversy

The Hill: Judge won't force Trump to keep making ObamaCare payments

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: The Trump dossier was Clinton’s dirtiest political trick

WBIR: Amazon offers the future of package delivery; includes buying a new lock for your front door and a security cam

updated Fox News: Confirmed: Clinton Campaign, DNC helped fund salacious, fiction-filled Trump smear dossier that has infamously misled FBI, media and public

San Juan - AP: Anti-Trump media reports crater Puerto Rico's needed tourism in wake of Hurricane Maria; island has open arms for visitors

Gary Varvel - Indianapolis Star: Rebutting The New Yorker caricature of Mike Pence

AP: Iditarod sled dog race is engulfed in dog-doping scandal

ABC News: 'He died fighting for his brothers,' Niger ambush survivor says of fallen U.S. soldier

Michael Rubin - NY Post: After ISIS: Hope in Iraq and new storm clouds in Syria

The Atlantic: The doom loop of modern Liberalism

AP: Russia vetoes extending Syria chemical weapons inspectors

Reuters: Amazon rivals turn to legal fine print to stem Whole Foods strategy

NY Post: Alzheimer’s may be preventable in a decade

Daily Beast: Hollywood terror: Director David O. Russell’s history of groping and on-set abuse

Buzzfeed: New data shows Mark Zuckerberg's U.S. tour isn't helping his image

Federalist: One year later, coastal elites still don’t understand why voters turned to Trump

AP: Trump crowdsources GOP senators on choice for Fed Chair

FiveThirtyEight: Understanding impact of tweets through retweets, replies and likes

AP: GM, other U.S. industrial giants, hit all-time highs

Buzzfeed: How Russians attempted to use Instagram to influence Native Americans

Judicial Watch: FBI recovered 72,000 pages of Clinton Records; have looked at only 32,000

AP: FBI: Newtown shooter had pedophilic interest in kids

WSOCTV: Mooresville twins thriving after complex surgery to separate them

Detroit News: GM loses $3B in Q3 on Opel-Vauxhall sale

ABC11: Zebulon family speaks out after receiving $25,000 personal check from President Trump

LA Times: California fires toll is staggering: 42 dead, 8,400 structures destroyed

Inquirer: Scientists develop a tech to crush slow 'peak time' internet speeds

CTV News: Well-known Moscow journalist stabbed by attacker; in coma

Tokyo - AP: After election win, Abe prioritizes North Korea, aging Japan

CBC: FBI agent who helped nab Via Rail plotters worries sleeper soldier in U.S. may have gotten away

Beirut - AP: At least 67 civilians found dead in Syria town Qaryatayn, in Homs province, taken from ISIS

Roger Cohen - NY Times: Trump’s road to 2024

Thomas Frank - The Guardian: What Harvey Weinstein tells us about the liberal world

James Kirchick - Daily Beast: The Left-wing heroes who treat women like garbage

Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review: The Obama Administration’s Uranium One scandal

Stuart Varney - Fox News: Frederica Wilson and the rest of the 'hate Trump' brigade have hit a new low

Salena Zito - NY Post: Democrats should be terrified by this governor’s race

Daily Wire: Jimmy Carter unleashed: Russians didn't alter election, Obama didn't deliver, 'We didn't vote for Hillary'

Business Insider: McDonald's and other restaurants now trying to appeal to millennial employees by offering daily paychecks

Kabul - AP: ISIS claims responsibility for Afghan mosque attack that killed 39, wounded 41

Washington - AP: Questions and answers on proposed ban on laptops in luggage

Barcelona - AP: Spanish Cabinet meets to revoke self-government in Catalonia

Robert Fulford - National Post: A confident Chinese leader works to bend the world to his will

It's about time dept - AFP: G7, tech giants agree on plan to block jihadist content online

Kimberley Strassel - Wall Street Journal: The Fusion collusion; Democrats are trying to protect the firm’s secrets — so the GOP should keep digging

NY Post: Mandalay Bay won’t rent Vegas shooter’s infamous suite again

AP/CTV News: Kelly emotionally defends Trump's call to war widow, accuses shallow congresswoman of politicizing what he called a "sacred" presidential effort to console the grieving loved ones of a slain soldier

Reuters: Trump tax cuts gain momentum as Rand Paul goes 'all in'

Tom Shattuck - Boston Herald: John Kelly gives eloquent address on deaths of soldiers that should be required listening for every American

John Beck - Al Jazeera: How a shocking reversal of fortunes unfolded in Kirkuk

AFP: Zurich Insurance sees $700M in hurricane claims in Q3

Michael Graham - Boston Herald: Hillary implicated in Russia probe

Daily Mail: MGM feels heat, restricts media access to security guard Jesus Campos to avoid scrutiny on massacre timeline, other facts

Trump bump - Bloomberg: Fewest jobless claims since 1973 show firm U.S. job market

TNT: Congress probes whether Obama DOJ used the ‘Trump Dossier’ before surveillance court

Barcelona - AP: Spain ready to revoke Catalan autonomy amid independence bid

Victor Davis Hanson - National Review: North Korea knowns and unknowns

Global News: Dow Jones hits record high, continues surge since Donald Trump was elected

David French - National Review: The fall of Raqqa is a marvelous, bipartisan American victory

Karol Markowicz - Fox News: No, 'not all men' are like Harvey Weinstein – but apparently the Left wants you to think so

ABC News: Puerto Rico warned power grid 'literally falling apart' before Maria hit

Howie Carr - Boston Herald: Latest violence by illegal immigrant on judges’ hands

NY Post: Peter Thiel-backed startup to finance Weinstein victims’ lawsuits

NY Post: Barbara Walters faces backlash after Corey Feldman clip resurfaces

Breitbart: ICE detainer issued for suspected wine country arsonist in Sonoma jail; did illegal immigrant Gonzalez light the deadly fires?

The Hill: FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow

Wall Street Journal: Amazon and big apartment landlords strike locker deals for package delivery

Bloomberg: Smartphones are killing Americans, but nobody’s counting; historic spike in U.S. traffic fatalities

Bloomberg: Space wars: From jamming and cyber attacks to “kinetic destruction,” there’s a “full range of threats” to U.S. early warning, Global Positioning System and communications satellites: U.S. Air Force Chief

Meduza: Russian 'troll factory' focus "was to incite racial animosity (playing both sides of the issue), and promoting the secession of Texas, objections to illegal immigration, and gun rights"

AP/CTV News: North Korea says 'a nuclear war may break out any moment'

Newsweek: Every excuse Hillary Clinton has given for her 2016 election loss; 'everybody's fault, but mine', she says; fingers Obama and Sanders in long list

Popular Science: Wi-Fi has a serious 14-yr-old vulnerability. Here's how to stay safe

Reuters/Investing: Canada's Trudeau calls treatment of women in Mexico 'unacceptable'

Business Insider: The Mexican peso is tumbling as the U.S. comes out with tough NAFTA demands

Forbes: Is Mexico ready for the end of NAFTA?

CBC: U.S. makes 'aggressive' demands to access Canadian dairy market, wants end to supply management

NY Times: Mexico braces for the possible collapse of NAFTA

Washington Free Beacon: Harvey Weinstein donated $10,000 to Bill Clinton’s legal defense in 1998

AP: Portugal wildfires kill at least 27; 4 dead in Spain

Breitbart: Backlash: Week 6 of the NFL reveals several nearly empty stadiums as fans continue to leave the league

AP: Militants rob bank, attack church in Egypt’s Sinai; 7 dead

Boston Herald: Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion, misbehaviour

The Hill: White House paper: Corporate tax cut would boost wages

AP: Putin halts North Korea ties in line with UN demands

Tristin Hopper - National Post: Did Castro know? Five JFK assassination secrets that may be revealed in new batch of declassified documents

AP: Firm behind Trump-Russia dossier balks at House subpoena

Boston Herald: Black leaders irked with Sen. Liz Warren

Don Pittis - CBC: A modest proposal for the UK as it eyes NAFTA — join Canada instead (not just a trade deal)

Backgrounder - The Economist: The march of democracy slows

Las Vegas - The Record: Mandalay Bay shooting victim, struck in the head, wakes from coma and walks

BBC: Catalonia: No sign of movement as Spanish deadline looms

AP: Trump’s lawyers: Courts have no say over his Twitter feed

Deutsche Welle: Diplomacy to continue with North Korea 'until first bomb drops,' Tillerson says

AP: Lufthansa offers to take over bankrupt Alitalia

NY Post: Shifting Las Vegas massacre narrative has gamblers on edge

Daily Mail: Austria: New leader, world's youngest at 31, says he wants to cut all benefits for foreigners and halt EU meddling

Global News: Austria shifts right as conservative star Sebastian Kurz seals election win

Fox News: It’s time to deploy U.S. ships off North Korea to knock out missiles when they’re launched

ABC: Nevada-based retailer Zappos offers to pay funeral costs for all Las Vegas shooting victims

New York - AP: British actress latest to accuse Harvey Weinstein of rape

Luis Fábregas - Pittsburgh Tribune: In last print edition, Pittsburgh Trib editor says 'journalism isn't dead'

Fox News: Harvey Weinstein expelled from motion picture academy

updated Fox News: Truck bomb kills 231, injures 275 in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu; U.S. Govt condemned it Sunday as a 'cowardly' attack

AP: Wildfires, now up to 100 miles wide, threaten more wineries

Santa Rosa - AP: Coffey Park is Ground Zero for California fire devastation

Rex Murphy - National Post: And the Oscar for moral hypocrisy goes to ... Hollywood!

Global News: California wildfires: Gusty winds fan blaze as it approaches Sonoma

Bret Stephens - Calgary Herald: Nobel Committee wrongly confuses pacifism with peace

Robert Fulford - National Post: Feminists are failing to confront Islamic society's treatment of women

Global News: California wildfire: Body-camera video shows officer helping people escape

George W. Iliff, Edward F. Klima - TC Palm: Six reasons we're skeptical about global warming predictions

Straits Times: Vietnam floods: Death toll hits 54

Washington Times: Trump calls on Democrats to negotiate with him on new health care plan

Independent: Iranian general threatens to 'bury' Donald Trump

Washington Times: Black Lives Matter, police-focused NFL protests overlook rising black-on-black homicides

AP: California declares emergency to fight hepatitis A outbreak

Splinter Newst: Layoffs hit ABC as rumours about the network's future swirl

David Harsanyi - The Federalist: It’s about time Trump ended Obamacare’s illegal insurance company subsidies

Washington Times: Two ‘Dreamers’ caught smuggling illegal immigrants into U.S.

NY Daily News: Former Playboy Playmate accuses Oliver Stone of sexual assault after director defends Harvey Weinstein

Toronto Sun: California couple heralded for filming narrow, movie-like escape from horrifying wildfires

Fox News: California wildfires kill at least 31, deadliest week for fires in state history

Daily Mail: Actress Rose McGowan rips Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon and Washington Post, says Harvey Weinstein raped her

NBC: Trump order will boost lower-premium health plans

NY Post: Trump signs executive order to unravel ObamaCare; allows purchase of healthcare across state lines

Roll Call: Ryan threatens to keep members in for Christmas to finish tax overhaul: "We have to get this done"

Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review: Borders matter; Trump finally gets his ‘travel ban’ victory; Supremes line up 8-1 to vacate lower-court rulings and associated Ninth Circuit nonsense

France24: Floods, landslides kill 37 in Vietnam, scores missing

Orlando Sentinel: U.S. to pull out of UNESCO, citing anti-Israel bias; Obama stopped UNESCO funding in 2011

Fortune: California gives green light to self-driving cars cruising highways without a human inside

AP/Global News: Spain issues deadline to Catalonia leader on independence declaration

The Guardian: Catalonia's suspended declaration of independence: what happens next?

NY Times: Trump questions NBC News legitimacy over 'fake news' report on nuclear weapons; should networks require FCC licensing?

CBS: Trump expected to nominate Kirstjen Nielsen as next DHS head; was DHS 2-in-C to Kelly

Las Vegas Review-Journal: In a time of unspeakable tragedy, Golden Knights unite Las Vegas

NY Post: Couple married for 75 years killed in California wildfires

Miami Herald: The Florida Keys want tourists to return after Irma. Their unusual approach: show the damage

Daily Mail: Las Vegas killer's brain shows no abnormalities

Paul Mulshine - Newark Star-Ledger: Trial of Menendez and the Medicare-milking doctor shows flaws of single-payer system

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Sheriff shares new details about Las Vegas shooting investigation

CNBC: U.S. trade deal with Canada, Mexico on 'thin ice' as new round of talks begin

Las Vegas Review-Journal: MGM Resorts disputes Las Vegas police timeline of mass shooting

Howard Kurtz - Fox News: Clinton, Obama finally appalled by Weinstein as The New Yorker runs sexual assault allegations

NDTV: Report: North Korea hacker stole U.S. and South Korea war planning documents during Obama Administration

Daily Mail: No deal with EU? UK would join bigger NAFTA in contingency Plan B?

NY Daily News: University of Hawaii sends email titled 'in the event of a nuclear attack'

Ronan Farrow - The New Yorker: 13 Women: From aggressive overtures to sexual assault: Harvey Weinstein’s accusers tell their stories

NBC News: California wildfires: Officials get more than 100 missing person reports

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas police say investigation continues on multiple fronts, few easy answers after timeline change

LA Times: Dramatically new timeline from Las Vegas police raises new questions, including about why the wrong info for a week

Timeline change - ABC: Las Vegas police now say security guard Campos was shot BEFORE Paddock started shooting at crowd

ABC: Friend says Paddock was 'caring', can't believe he was the gunman

AP/Global News: Parents of bullies could face jail time under anti-bullying law in Buffalo suburb

Sonoma - AP: Wind-whipped wildfires sweep into California wine country, destroying at least 1,500 homes and businesses and forcing evacuation of 20,000 through smoke and flames

AP/CBC: 'The war on coal is over:' Trump administration to terminate Obama's so-called 'Clean Power Plan'

Alan Dershowitz - Fox News: Trump's 'calm before the storm' is a message to North Korea and Iran

AP: White House to order health care alternatives

Bloomberg: Turkish markets tumble as Erdogan's spat with U.S. escalates

Jean M. Yarbrough - City-Journal: Trump — and Tocqueville?

AP: Fake news is still here, despite claimed efforts by Google, Facebook

Adriana Cohen - Boston Herald: The joke’s actually on the lefties of late night

Washington Times: Trump unveils new strict 70-point immigration enforcement plan

Steve Lopez - LA Times: Even in California, some people think Trump is doing just fine as President

Reuters: Thousands protest in Barcelona against Catalan independence

Bloomberg: Weakened Nate brings rain across South, thousands without power

LA Times: Weinstein sexual harassment controversy exposes Hollywood's double-standard

Daily Mail: Las Vegas prostitute who romped with mass killer Stephen Paddock says he enjoyed violent rape fantasies and boasted: 'I was born bad'

Washington Examiner: If Harvey Weinstein's behavior was an 'open secret,' how many Democrats knew and took his money anyway?

updated CTV News: Police say London taxi crash into crowd that injured 11 'not' terror

Washington Examiner: Shock poll: NFL now least-liked sport, core fans down 31%

Wall Street Journal: Facebook cut Russia out of April report on election influence

The Intercept: Harvey Weinstein urged Clinton campaign to silence Sanders' black lives matter message

AP: Welcome to Vegas: Billboards ask for tips on gunman’s motive

NY Post: California family sues Facebook, Google, Twitter over dad’s death in Barcelona terror attack

CBC: Spain's top court suspends Catalan parliament session, putting independence call in doubt

NBC26: White House, NRA, Congress agree on regulating rifle bump stocks approved by ATF during Obama years

NY Times: Las Vegas shooting: NRA supports new rules on ‘bump stock’ devices

NBC News: Paddock also scouted sites near Fenway Park

Serial stalker - TMZ: In August, killer Stephen Paddock rented rooms overlooking Lollapalooza festival in Chicago

Bloomberg: Catalans stall independence push with leaders divided

The Hill: Senate Intel Committee says hasn't found even a "hint of collusion" but will keep looking; Trump tweets they should look into "fake news networks ... to see why so much of our news is just made up-FAKE!"

AP: Las Vegas investigators "know he had a plan to survive the shooting and try to escape, though would not say how"

Global News: Las Vegas shooting: Stephen Paddock may have ‘had some help at some point’

Bill O'Reilly - The Hill: With Trump, Tillerson coverage, the media takes us all for 'morons'

Chris Bryant - Bloomberg: Ford needs less McKinsey and more Mustang

AP: Netflix raising U.S. prices by 10% for most popular plan

NY Times: Las Vegas killer chased gambling’s payouts and perks

The Hill: Private survey: Third-quarter job cuts fall to lowest level since 1996

AP: U.S. trade deficit narrows to $42.4B in August

Bloomberg: Amazon is testing its own delivery service to rival FedEx and UPS

Politico: 3 Russians named in Trump dossier sue Fusion GPS for libel

Bloomberg: Vegas killer's girlfriend says he left her in the dark

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas Strip shooter targeted aviation fuel tanks, source says

NBC News: Investigators looking for mystery woman seen with Vegas killer in the days before massacre

Daily Beast: Unarmed hotel security guard Jesus Campos took on Las Vegas killer Stephen Paddock and saved lives

LA Times: Trump to families of Las Vegas victims: 'We will never leave your side'

AP: Tillerson slams NBC report as erroneous, affirms he never threatened to resign

National Post: Three researchers win Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing 'Google Earth for molecules'

Las Vegas - National Post: Details emerge on Paddock background, he was once an IRS agent, but still no motive

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas gunman’s girlfriend arrives in U.S.; met by FBI at LA airport

Daily Caller: Sheriff Lombardo: Las Vegas shooter Paddock may have been ‘radicalized’

CNBC: Amazon ordered to pay $300 million by EU over 'illegal tax advantage'

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Golden Knights players lend a hand to their grief-stricken city

Reuters: Yahoo now says all three billion accounts hacked in 2013 data theft

BBC: Ford to move away from traditional cars, boost plant automation

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Las Vegas Strip shooter prescribed Valium in June; anti-anxiety drug can lead to aggressive behavior

The Verge: After its 4chan slip-up, is it time for Google to drop Top Stories?

BBC: Catalan referendum: Region's independence 'in matter of days'

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Route 91 clears Twitter, Instagram to make single statement on attack

CTV News: Once an obscure device, 'bump stocks' are in the spotlight

AFP: 40% of U.S. cancers linked to excess weight: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Daily Beast: Gunman's first target choice may have been rap concert the previous weekend blocks north of Mandalay Bay; rented condos there

Banality of evil - NBC News: Did failed liability lawsuit against Vegas casino lead to gunman's murder rampage?

The Hill: Las Vegas gunman wired $100,000 to girlfriend's home country: report

Reuters: Railroad owner Warren Buffett bets on trucking businesss, to buy majority of Pilot Flying J, largest U.S. truck stop operator with 750 locations in U.S. and Canada

Melbourne - AFP: Last Australian-made Toyota rolls off production line

Bloomberg: Automakers plan electric car blitz as Tesla burns billions

AFP: Skipping breakfast may double risk of hard arteries: study

Bloomberg: Guests scanned at the Wynn in glimpse of Las Vegas’s future

McClatchy DC: ‘We can’t protect ourselves from everything.’ Security officials cannot see what prevents another Vegas

Joe O'Connor - National Post: How an American ex-pat built a DIY
nuclear bunker in Canada from 42 buried buses and plenty of concrete


Born in Kansas, Beach was living in Chicago and working as a general contractor and electrical engineer around the time that President John F. Kennedy was advising Americans to stock up on canned goods and build backyard bomb shelters. He figured a better approach to ride out the coming nuclear war was to abandon the city entirely. So he moved to Canada in 1970. ~ NP

CBC: A first in Canada: Drone collides with passenger plane above Quebec City airport

Deutsche Welle: Austria's new Chancellor Sebastian Kurz: "I can promise you today
that I will fight for change in this country with all my power"


Sebastian Kurz speaks after his People's Party swept Austria's parliamentary election. ~ DW

CBC: Freed hostage Joshua Boyle says captors killed infant daughter, raped his wife

Washington Times: Trump decertifies Iran nuclear deal, announces new crackdown

Washington: Stephen Harper on trade deal criticisms: "I've looked at the data. These people do not (just) perceive they have been left behind. They actually have been left behind."

updated Toronto Star: Canadian man, American wife & family get freedom, on way home;
held hostage by Taliban-linked Haqqani network for 5 years; Pakistan thanked for rescue


Canadian Joshua Boyle and American Caitlan Coleman were kidnapped in Afghanistan in 2012. The couple and their children have been released, according to the Toronto Star's Michelle Shephard, who spoke to Boyle's father. U.S. President Donald Trump alluded to breakthrough in a speech Wednesday in Coleman’s home state of Pennsylvania. “Something happened today, where a country that totally disrespected us called with some very, very important news,” Trump said. “And one of my generals came in. They said, ‘You know, I have to tell you, a year ago they would’ve never done that.’ It was a great sign of respect. You’ll probably be hearing about it over the next few days. But this is a country that did not respect us. This is a country that respects us now. The world is starting to respect us again, believe me.” ~ SITE Intel Group

SF Gate: Santa Ana wind-driven fires: Toll now 21 dead, 380 missing in Sonoma County

AP/CBC: Northern California: 17 dead, almost 200 injured, almost 200 missing in fires

LA Times: At least 17 dead, 2,000 structures destroyed in Northern California firestorms

The Guardian: Carles Puigdemont sets out Catalonia independence plans - little resolved

updated AP/CTV News: California wildfires: Death toll rises as neighbourhoods levelled


Top: image provided by the California Highway Patrol shows total destruction in Santa Rosa's Coffey Park single family home neighbourhood on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. Bottom: smoke rises from a home that was destroyed by a wildfire near Monticello Road in the hills east of Napa, California, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. ~ Michael Short San Francisco Chronicle

Alphr: Half of the universe's missing normal matter has been found

Express Newsline: Neanderthal DNA seen shaping our modern looks

Conrad Black - National Post: Enough with the nonsense: Trump is doing fine

CTV News: Nate dumps heavy rain in Canada and U.S., spares wind damage to Gulf states

Toronto Star: Mississauga teen El Bahnasawy pled guilty in 2016 in New York terror plot;
but Obama Administration kept it secret from public during election year

Unsealed Justice Dept. documents reveal - NBC: ISIS trio planned
to 'create the next 9/11' with New York attacks

NOAA Live: Nate now a "rapidly weakening" tropical storm; surge flooding and heavy
rainfall continue; winds 45 mph, NNE at 23 mph; increase in forward speed expected

updated NOAA Live: Nate made Louisiana landfall as Cat 1 Saturday night

Jetsons - Bloomberg: Boeing bets on robot pilots, self-flying taxis with acquisition

Miami Herald: Hurricane Nate may punch Gulf Coast on weekend

Ross McKitrick - Financial Post: Americans have made hurricane
destruction worse (but not with carbon emissions)

John Robson - National Post: Latest global warming panic is topical, but it isn't science

Hamilton - CTV News: Canadian scientists suggest life on earth began in small ponds

BBC: Could wood pulp make cars lighter and more efficient?

This replica Citroen 2CV was crafted out of fruitwood. Will future cars contain wooden parts? ~ BBC

BBC: Las Vegas shooting: Trump says killer 'sick and demented'

NY Post: ISIS claims responsibility for Las Vegas massacre

updated Las Vegas - AP: At least 59 dead, 527 injured; shooter Stephen Paddock, 64,
found dead at shooting perch on 32nd floor of Mandalay Bay; multiple guns
in room; deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history




The mass shooting location in Las Vegas. ~ CBS, Fox Google Earth

Las Vegas - AP: Jason Aldean calls attack 'beyond horrific'; was on stage

updated Las Vegas Review-Journal: 58 dead, 515 wounded - 'It was a
horror show': Concert mass shooting by Mandalay Bay sniper on Las Vegas Strip


Shooting in Las Vegas. People fleeing (video from the Mandalay Bay hotel). ~ Eiki Hrafnsson Twitter

updated CBC: Edmonton terrorist known to Mounties and other police
Abdulahi Hasan Sharif, 30, is a Somali refugee; police had interviewed

Edmonton - CBC: 'Was he under surveillance?': Questions
surround 'acts of terrorism': security expert says

Edmonton Journal: 'Acts of terrorism': ISIS flag found in perp car after police chase

Global News: Edmonton police stabbed, U-Haul truck used
to run over people in terror attack [video]


Edmonton police are investigating an act of terror after a police officer was stabbed, several people rammed by the U-Haul truck shown above. ~ Global News

Global News: Edmonton police tell Global reporter to run
for cover during terror attack [video]

Mintz - Financial Post: Trump's tax bombshell is going to blow up Canada's competitiveness

Lac Brochet - CTV News: Canadian bear knows how to relax at the dump

Bear at Lac Brochet, Manitoba dump checks out furniture selection. Photogrpher Stantic says the bear “looked just like a human would, sitting on the couch, chillaxing.” ~ Mandy Stantic

Glenn Greenwald - The Intercept: Yet another major Russia
story falls apart. Is skepticism permissible yet?

WSJ: This crazy camera is the future of photography

The L16 fits in your back pocket, yet packs 16 lenses and sensors to capture a single holy-guacamole shot. Adjustments afterwards are unprecedented, including f-stop adjustment for depth-of-field (above).

New Indian Express: Earth lost 40% of its mass during formation: study

The Guardian: Carbon found in 3.95 billion-year-old Canadian rocks is oldest
found remnant of ancient life say researchers in Nature-published article


Until 3.8B years ago, scientists have determined the Earth was pounded by asteroids and comets left over from the formation of the solar system. University of Tokyo senior researcher Yuji Sano: "Life started on Earth during the heavy bombardment of meteorites, which is amazing.” ~ Guardian Stocktrek Images

Bloomberg: Bombardier dives on blow to $6B bet-the-company jetliner

Ontario - Global News: Wedding photos capture groom pulling boy from river in Kitchener

Photographer Darren Hatt captured photos of groom Clayton Cook rescuing a boy from a river in Kitchener. ~ Hatt Photography

Boris Starling - Telegraph: Why this Invictus Games will be the making of Prince Harry

Reuters: Japan's Abe announces snap election amid worries over North Korea

Cloverdale Reporter: B.C. man’s polite encounter with bears praised for being ‘so Canadian’
Jordan Cote calmly asks 4-legged family to leave because he has to get to work [video]




“Hope you enjoyed my yard, have a good day!” A Vancouver Island man’s encounter with bears in his backyard is getting plenty of attention online for being so politely Canadian. In the clip posted on social media Friday, Sooke resident Jordan Cote can be heard asking the four-legged family to leave, because he has to get to work. The equally-polite mother bear turns and walks with her cubs into the bushes on the left corner of his property. Bear encounters in B.C. are especially common in August and September, but can occur anytime between May and October. They can be active all year in mild areas like Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. When one does encounter a bear in a residential area, the Ministry of Environment wisely urges to remain calm and keep away from the bear.

Goodwin - NY Post: Wiretaps may prove Trump right — and that’s absolutely terrifying

John Ivison - National Post: Liberals' feel-good cultural policy review ignores newspaper struggles; is 'truthfulness of the news' elite-speak for the thin edge of the censorial wedge?

Financial Post: Middle-class families are paying more taxes, despite Liberal claims: report

Financial Post: America’s hard-line NAFTA demands risk scuttling trade talks, insiders say

John Ivison - National Post: Accusations Morneau breached conflict-of-interest screen raise tension over tax reforms

Jerry Dias - Toronto Star: The truth is NAFTA has damaged Canada’s auto industry; Mexico now has nearly half the auto jobs in North America, but only 8% of the auto market

National Post: Oakville town council rejects application to develop Glen Abbey golf course into housing, commercial use

CBC: Ottawa 'abdicated' responsibility to protect French in Netflix deal, says Quebec minister

World Economic Freedom report: Canada drops to 11th spot from 5th in 2017 economic freedom ranking

Editorial - Toronto Sun: Why Wynne deserves to lose

Change in the air - Angus Reid poll: Trudeau still seen as best PM, but Conservatives ‘best to form government’; turbulent summer for stumbling Liberals

Calgary Sun: RCMP police dog fires handgun during search for suspects; no charges against uninjured pooch

Kristine Kruszelnicki - National Post: Liberals and NDP bar pro-life candidates, and now want to control the Opposition's?

Globe and Mail: BlackBerry shares surge as profit rises on software strength

CP/CBC: Canada vs. Boeing: How the fight with aerospace giant began, on Pennsylvania Avenue

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Time to bust the myth. Canada does not have to be in aerospace

Bloomberg/Financial Post: Morneau won't budge on debt-boosting deficits despite Canada's red-hot growth

Sportsnet: Don Cherry calls media coverage of kneeling protests hypocritical

Bacchus Barua - National Post: Canada should learn from countries that do universal health care differently — and better

CTV News: Mother and 5-year-old daughter struck and killed in Toronto

Canada Journal: Cold weather increases heart failure risk, says new study led by researchers at Université Laval and Université de Sherbrooke

Drumheller Mail: Outstanding in our Field: Wheatland Crossing celebrates grand opening of K-12 school

Colby Cosh - National Post: A voice of dissent on Alberta's minimum wage frenzy

Chantal Hébert - Toronto Star: Morneau’s discomfort over proposed tax changes an unnecessary spectacle; some Liberals are covertly encouraging the Conservatives to keep putting the heat on their ministerial colleague says LaPresse

Toronto Star: Boeing may have won a battle, but not the war, says Quebec Premier of Bombardier battle

Bloomberg: NAFTA nations report modest progress as Bombardier tensions grow

Reuters: Royal Bank of Canada using blockchain for U.S./Canada payments: executive

Toronto Star: Netflix commits to spending $500M on producing Canadian content: reports

Reuters: Bombardier overshadows NAFTA talks as Quebec, Britain threaten retaliation

Voyage of the Damned - CP/Chronicle Herald: Govt plans apology for 1939 Liberal decision to turn away ship of Jewish refugees, many of whom died in Holocaust

Globe and Mail: Canada’s access-to-information system has worsened under Trudeau government: report

Toronto: Amid heat wave, cries for help silenced by hum of Liberal AC units

Marina Strauss - Globe and Mail: Metro says it’s in advanced talks to take over Jean Coutu

Telegraph: U.S. action in Bombardier dispute 'could jeopardise' future Boeing defence contracts, UK's Sir Michael Fallon says

CTV News: UK 'bitterly disappointed' as U.S. Bombardier ruling threatens jobs

CTV News: Ontario schools shut down for cold, but not for heat; Wynne blames others, shows no concern for suffering students

CBC: Ill-advised Boeing Super Hornet jet purchase likely to become 1st casualty in Trudeau trade war

National Post: Liberal government has spent upwards of $13.7M on sponsored Facebook, Twitter and Instagram posts

CBC: Ontario's plan to hike minimum wage to $15 an hour will cost the province's economy as many as 90,000 jobs by 2020: TD Bank

CBC: Trudeau to visit Mexico, U.S. amid contentious NAFTA talks

CTV News: Missing, murdered women inquiry hears stories of loss at first B.C. hearing

CBC: Major Trudeau fail as U.S. imposes 220% duty on Bombardier CSeries planes

CTV News: Pilot narrowly avoids crash with glider on Vancouver-to-Chicago flight

CBC: Siemens and Alstom merge rail business in setback for Bombardier

Kelly McParland - National Post: Gaffe-prone Ontario Liberals turn over green policy to California

CBC: Liberals walk out after Conservatives pick pro-life MP for status of women committee chair

National Post: Farmers ask government to delay proposed tax changes, saying they need time to prepare

CBC: Shut sweltering schools, teachers' union tells board

Tom Flanagan - Fraser Institute: The debate about Métis aboriginal rights — demography, geography, and history; the tangled web that derives from Canadian apartheid

CP/Winnipeg Free Press: Year-end deadline for new NAFTA looking impossible, trade experts say

QP Briefing: Brown's PCs at 49% support in Toronto: Mainstreet Research poll

Macleans: Uber set to cease operations in Quebec, reports say

Kevin Carmichael - Macleans: America is making country of origin rules a NAFTA priority. Look out, Canada

Fraser Institute: Extraordinary statement by Finance Minister Morneau captures federal government’s approach to the economy

Stanley Hartt - Policy Options: The flaws in a one-size-fits-all approach to tax policy; assumptions of proposed tax system changes are “based on theories about taxing every dollar the same way” and undermine thoughtful policy

Toronto Star: Canada not ready for second-wave of asylum seekers, union head warns; 5,712 illegal asylum seekers snuck across the Canada-U.S. border last month

Ben Eisen - Toronto Sun: Ontario: Fiscal leader to fiscal laggard

Fraser Institute: Quebec unemployment rate now lower than Ontario’s; more importantly, debt growth almost stopped

Bloomberg: Now that Saudi women can drive, Uber wants them

Reuters: Toshiba buying back 10% stake in Westinghouse unit for $522M

McClatchy DC: U.S. to expel two-thirds of Cuban diplomats amid sonic attack probe

Bloomberg: Gunman had 'bump-stock' device that could speed fire

Fox25Boston: TV station has first police photos from Las Vegas hotel room showing guns and hammer used by mass killer

CTV News: Tom Petty, rock 'n' roll hall of famer, dead at 66

Las Vegas Review-Journal: MGM Resorts shares tumble after Las Vegas shooting

Sportsnet: Dana White: UFC will donate $1M to those affected by Vegas shooting

AFP: Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock: retired accountant, heavy gambler

Las Vegas Review-Journal: Donors overwhelm blood banks after Las Vegas Strip massacre

Editorial - Las Vegas Sun: A community of heroes

NY Post: Vegas gunman’s ‘psychopath’ dad landed on FBI’s most-wanted list in the early 1970s

Terror in France - CBC: 2 women stabbed to death at Marseille train station, attacker shot dead

Bloomberg: No, Trump didn't botch the Puerto Rico crisis

Jorge Rodriguez - NY Post: ‘Inept’ Puerto Rican government ‘riddled with corruption’: CEO

Margaret Sullivan - Washington Post: Tension between Trump and the media? That’s nothing compared to journalism’s worst crisis

Spain - AP: Melee in Catalonia as Spanish police violently attack voters

NY Times: Canadian Monty Hall, co-creator and host of ‘Let’s Make a Deal,’ dead at 96

CBC: Air France Airbus A380 on way to LA makes emergency landing in Goose Bay after engine blow-out over Atlantic

Robert Robb - USA Today: John McCain ran on repealing Obamacare. He broke his promise

Conrad Black - National Post: The War on Drugs has been lost. It's time to try something else

CTV News: U.S. to Americans: Stay away from Cuba after health 'attacks'

Bloomberg: Why it's time to pay attention to the crisis in Catalonia

National Post: Millions of American women — including feminists — disagree with Michelle Obama: Donald Trump is their voice

AP: Iraqi ban on flights to Kurdish capital Irbil begins Friday

updated Financial Post: Elon Musk says his new rocket will fly you anywhere in the world in under an hour for the cost of economy airline ticket

AFP/Yahoo: Iraq forces launch attack on IS-held town of Hawija

Washington - AP: Trump to promote tax plan in address to manufacturers group

Bloomberg: Puerto Ricans hack through a maze of debris to move relief aid

Spain - AFP: Police seize millions of ballots ahead of Catalan vote in latest bid to block a banned independence referendum

CBC: 22 killed in stampede on pedestrian bridge in Mumbai

Engineering: LG launches world's first smartphone with ultrasonic mosquito repellent technology

LA Times: ICE arrests hundreds of illegal immigrants in 'sanctuary cities'

Trumponomics report card - CNBC: U.S. GDP grew 3.1% in Q2

Washington Examiner: Steve Scalise: 'I just started to pray' after the shooting

ZeroHedge: Leaked descriptions of infamous "Russia ads" derail collusion narrative "They showed support for Clinton"

Fox News: Scalise returns to Capitol Hill for first time since shooting, declares 'I'm back'

Washington Examiner: Chuck Schumer: Democrats, Republicans on 'verge' of bipartisan Obamacare fix

Josh Kraushaar - National Journal: Democrats lose touch with America

Fox News: Escape from Venezuela: Colombia border crossing mobbed as starving citizens flee

Thomson Reuters/CBC: White House lifts shipping restrictions to Maria-stricken Puerto Rico

Julie Kelly - American Greatness: More unsettled science on climate change

Washington Examiner: Donald Trump Jr. takes shot at New York Times Magazine writer for being 'surprised' that he flies commercial, economy class to Canadian Yukon

CTV News: Hugh Hefner, Playboy founder, dead at 91

Editorial - National Review: An opportunity for pro-growth and pro-family tax reform

Marc Thiessen - Fox News: The Warmbiers are right: North Korea should be back on the State Sponsors of Terror list

David A. Ricks - Wall Street Journal: Why tax American companies twice? The GOP plan would end the 35% ‘repatriation tax’ that makes it harder to compete — and create jobs

Fox News: Antifa leader, teacher Yvonne Felarca, 47, arrested at 'empathy tent' Berkeley brawl

Terence Corcoran - The Yucatan Times: Goodbye NAFTA, hello NATPA

Fox News: Alleged leaker Reality Winner hid NSA documents in pantyhose, report says

Paul Bedard - Washington Examiner: Record $135B a year cost for illegal immigration, average $8,075 each, $25,000 in NY

Reuters: Wall St. gains on financials boost, tax hopes

Toronto Star: NHL Nashville Predators star P.K. Subban says he won’t kneel during U.S. anthem; Canadian hockey player would “never” kneel for 'Star-Spangled Banner' because he has too much respect for American flag

Washington Examiner: Trump preparing executive order to let Americans purchase health insurance across state lines

McClatchy DC: Border apprehensions surge as immigrants try to get in before Trump’s wall

Reuters: Senator says Russian internet trolls stoked NFL debate

Wichita Eagle: Trump plan promises huge tax cuts for business and individuals, slashing rates and boosting deductions

Reuters: California moves presidential primary from June to March for bigger say in candidate choice

The Hill: Grasping at straws, Dems now finger Reddit as Russian propaganda tool

McClatchy DC: U.S. to pull diplomats out of Havana but does not believe Cuba is behind sonic attacks on them

Reuters: U.S. student Otto Warmbier held in North Korea died of oxygen-starved brain: coroner

Pittsburgh Tribune: Maurkice Pouncey: Steelers will stand during national anthem

Breitbart: Federal legislation seeking to strip taxpayer funding from sports arenas gains momentum following national anthem protests

AP/Pittsburgh Tribune: Adidas exec, 4 coaches charged in NCAA college basketball bribery scheme

Fox News: Rockets, grenades fired at Kabul airport after Mattis arrival

The Hill: GOP health effort on hold indefinitely; moving on to tax reform

Live NOAA Advisory: Maria now Tropical Storm, max sustained winds of 70 mph; heading N at 5 mph; watches remain along NC/VA coasts

Politico: Moore's win spells trouble for GOP establishment in 2018

The Hill: Moore wins Alabama primary over Trump-backed Strange

Dinesh D'Souza - Fox News: Colin Kaepernick's big lie

AP/CBC: Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive for the first time

Fox News: Trump speaks with Cowboys owner after protest: 'Players will stand for Country'

Politico: Donations pour in for woman who lost job after shooting robbery suspect

CBC: Twitter to test 280-character tweets, doubling old limit

Fox News: Donations pour in for woman who lost job after shooting robbery suspect

Politico: Russian-funded Facebook ads backed Stein, Sanders and Trump; very small purchase; unlikely any of candidates aware

Fox News: Embarrassment as Washington Post corrects its 'scoop' about Obama, Facebook and Russia

AP/NY Daily News: Construction starts on models of proposed Mexico border wall

Fox News: Sessions says DOJ will enter legal 'struggle' over free speech on campus, backing free speech

Crazy, man - Bloomberg: California considers combustion-engine car ban

Miami Herald: San Juan airport remains crippled by Hurricane Maria damage

Seoul - AP: Experts: North Korea lacks ability, intent to attack U.S. planes

Miami - AP: Visitors abandon vacations as Maria churns near Carolinas

Indonesia - AP: Fears of Bali volcano eruption spark exodus of 75,000

Miami Herald: The Florida Keys will officially reopen to tourists Sunday, nearly 3 weeks ahead of schedule

Financial Post: Top accountancy firm Deloitte has been hacked and client data breached

CP/Toronto Sun: Liberals spending $5.5M on ads touting hydro bill cuts

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Trudeau fires the shots of war — and hits himself in the foot

Global News: At least 1,000 planned rental units cancelled following new Ontario rent control rules: report

Gordon Isfeld - Financial Post: Enjoy it while it lasts. Headwinds are gathering for our economy’s growth spurt

Global News: CAMI strike: Union tables new deal, awaits GM’s response

CBC: Whitehorse man's homemade 'root heater' is growing veggies faster, longer

Bloomberg: Striking GM Canada autoworkers struggle with NAFTA realities

National Post: Melania Trump steps out on her own at Invictus Games with Prince Harry, Trudeau

David Pugliese - National Post: Federal government in court to challenge ruling it bungled $830M army truck purchase

BNN: Canadian economy can't handle third rate hike: Sun Life Global Investments [video]

CP/Global News: Attention intensifies around Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Invictus Games

Reuters: Canada posts $17.8B deficit in 2016-2017

David Akin - Global News: Poll finds Scheer’s Tories ahead of Trudeau’s Liberals but can we believe it?

News 1130: Watts enters the running for BC Liberal leadership, resigns as Tory MP

Forum Research poll: Conservatives could win at least a minority govt if election held today; even without Scheer firmly established; Conservatives 39%, Liberals 35%, NDP 15%, Bloc 5%, Green 4%

Barrie Today: Chief Canadian NAFTA negotiator not expecting progress on auto content rules

CBC: RCMP inks deal to return Louis Riel artifacts to Métis people

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: The jurisdictional impairment of Kathleen Wynne

CTV News: Deletion of gas-plant emails was deliberate attempt to keep info secret, Crown says

CBC: Crown sets out case in trial of 2 Dalton McGuinty staffers: breach of trust, mischief

CBC: Liberal, Conservative and NDP Premiers challenge Trudeau over controversial tax proposals

Toronto Star: Canada sanctions Venezuelan President, cohorts

Toronto - AP: Canadian retailers see potential NAFTA change as threat

CBC: 'It could be catastrophic': Morneau draws criticism from business, concerns from Nova Scotia Liberal Premier

Global News: Mastermind Toys eyes expansion in Canada to 60 stores by end of year as Toys ‘R’ Us flounders

Antonella Artuso - Toronto Sun: Private member's bill seeks to outlaw possession of pill presses for manufacturing counterfeit drugs

Alan Carter - Global News: Sudbury byelection trial and the unravelling of the promise of Kathleen Wynne

Toronto Sun: Wynne government still approving inefficient, high-cost, environment damaging wind turbine projects

CBC: Liberal MP warns against 'class warfare' rhetoric on proposed Trudeau tax changes

Times-Colonist: Canada-EU trade enters new era of openness as CETA comes into force

AFP: House-cleaning, walking to work, staves off death: Lancet study

Anthony Furey - Toronto Sun: M-103 talk turns to prosecution, censorship

CBC: GM laying off 255 at St. Catharines plant due to strike at CAMI facility in Ingersoll

David Akin - Global News: At the United Nations, Justin Trudeau turns Canada away from the world and to his country’s failures

CBC: Flames reveal $275M offer, saying they're scrapping pursuit of new arena

Nadia Alam - Toronto Star: Trudeau’s sinister stand against doctors

John Ivison - National Post: Resurrected TPP could get done this year and Canada is better off without U.S. in it

Global News: Dianne Watts to seek BC Liberal leadership, step down as Conservative MP

CP24: Accused ISIS terrorist at centre of Canadian Tire terror incident will face judge and jury trial

Scanadal two years old elsewhere - CBC: Ontario ministry searches Volkswagen Canada offices in emissions scandal

Lorrie Goldstein - Toronto Sun: Trudeau's strange ideas about small business

Blackburn: Wiarton Willie dead at 13; prognosticator's understudy, Wee Willie, 2, to take on Groundhog Day role

CBC: Sudbury by-election trial, Day 10 - bribery with public money?

Napanee: ABcann expansion plans on track as it receives $11.9M from exercise of warrants

Globe and Mail: Peter Munk says his historic $100M donation to cardiac centre a 'gift of gratitude' to Canada

CBC: 100,000 Canadian victims: What we know about the Equifax breach — and what we don't

John Ivison - National Post: Trudeau doubles down on class war declaration to shore up progressive vote; the demonization of ‘the wealthy’ will continue. It is in the Liberals’ political interests to make some Canadians worse off, rather than trying to make life better for everyone

Toronto Star: Toys ‘R’ Us will file for bankruptcy protection in Canada; follows Chapter 11 filing in U.S.

William Watson - Financial Post: Surprise! Child poverty in Canada comes from divorce, not capitalism

Global News: Hurricane Maria: Air Canada sends 5 flights to bring people home before the storm hits

Financial Post: Trudeau, Scheer draw election battle lines over small biz tax proposal

Global News: Liberals poised to make housing a right in new homelessness strategy

Financial Post: Canada flagged as hidden $14 trillion credit bubble stokes global crisis fears

Ottawa - Global News: Fumbling Liberals expected to release full scope of asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada in August

Iqaluit - National Post: Despite fears, crime not spiking following explosive opening of Nunavut's first liquor store

Tasha Kheiriddin - Global News: Trudeau needs a legal weed market by 2019 — and Wynne is happy to help

Reuters: Canada watchdog asks Equifax to help citizens impacted by breach

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Time for Reality TV in Parliament — get the cameras out or let them all the way in

Reuters: Facebook to launch election integrity effort in Canada; so it doesn't do what it did in U.S. in 2016

David Pugliese - National Post: Trudeau threatens to not buy Boeing Super Hornets Canada shouldn't be buying anyway, as oddball negotiating tactic

Reuters: Canadian teens tried to use Christmas lights for bomb: prosecutor

Toronto: Public trust in science news is low, study conducted for Ontario Science Centre reveals

Ingersoll - BNN: GM plant workers in Ontario strike as talks with union fail

CBC: RCMP exchange gunfire with suspect in Tatamagouche after woman found dead

Global News: Only 2 weeks left until winter tires mandatory in parts of B.C. as snow predicted for parts of southern Interior

CTV News: Byelections to be held in October in Tory-held ridings in Quebec and Alberta; formerly held by Lebel and Ambrose

Regina Leader-Post: Kids as young as 12 will be able to legally possess weed under federal marijuana legislation

Windsor Star: West Nile virus claims champion of Windsor arts, culture scene

Financial Post: Ontario heading into ‘uncharted waters’ with $15 minimum wage, study warns

Rex Murphy - National Post: For Trudeau, governing is entirely about sweet words, not action

Hill Times: It’s show time: fall sitting critical for Trudeau to start delivering results, say political players

Conrad Black - National Post: The Liberals' tax reforms will be a national disaster

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Why the rich should revolt — and it's not for the reasons they think

Rob Breakenridge - Global News: Ontario and the no good, horrible, very bad marijuana plan

Chantal Hébert - Hill Times: Latest plan won’t stunt marijuana black market

CBC: From fire to ice? Special weather statement warns of cold front in central B.C.

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Dangerous days lie ahead for symbol over substance Liberals

CP/Times Colonist: Manitoba NDP pick rookie MLA, Indigenous author Wab Kinew as party and Opposition leader

Durham Region: Toronto-Montreal hyperloop wins popularity contest, would take 39 minutes; Canadian test route on horizon?

Christie Blatchford - National Post: First Nation's $550K powwow is no surprise for band's members

Global News: Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders calls for review of 911 communications centre

BNN: Toronto's condo boom persists, even as house prices cool

Hill Times: Election 2019 campaign unofficially underway, expect ‘sharpened eyes’ on Liberals this fall, say opposition MPs

LA Times: Fearful of Trump's America, asylum seekers from across the globe illegally stream into Canada

Global News: Nova Scotia Liberal MP says changes to proposed Trudeau tax plan needed to make it ‘supportable’

Leslie Young - Global News: Shoppers still spending at Canada’s biggest malls, researchers say

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: ALL Canadian Conservatives need to support Andrew Scheer to win in 2019!

Roy Green - Global News: Ontario election next year a dry run for federal version in 2019

Reuters: Asylum seekers walking into Canada's Quebec more than doubled in August

Don Braid - Calgary Herald: Arena faceoff turns into political power struggle

Toronto Star: Quebec man wanted in connection with Amber alert captured by OPP in Griffith, Ontario after sighting in Napanee

Global News: Canada’s privacy watchdog opens up probe into Equifax hack

Toronto Star: Omar Khadr’s request for unsupervised visits with sister rejected

Quebec - Global News: Mother of 6-year-old boy taken in Amber Alert in St. Eustache found dead

CBC: Equifax faces mounting pressure after data breach as CAA reveals 10,000 clients hit

Global News: NDP launch national ‘end pension theft’ campaign in Hamilton

CBC: At least 5 Canadian diplomats and families hit by mysterious 'sound attacks' in Cuba

BNN: Ontario needs to stop treating wineries like tax problems: Peller

Hill Times: Liberal MP Arnold Chan dies after 3-year battle with cancer

Global News: Court case over fired New Brunswick janitor prompts debate over meaning of ‘Kafkaesque’

Desperate times, desperate measures - Sudbury Star: Witnesses describe Liberal discord in Sudbury after intervention by Wynne flunkies

Science, eh - CBC: Federal researchers lose pricey new submersible in Pacific on first deployment

Sudbury Star: MP Thibeault's switch created 'chaos,' staffer recalls

CBC: Omar Khadr seeks to ease bail conditions, get unrestricted access to controversial sister

Playing with fire - Toronto Star: Wynne threatens trade retaliation if Trump imposes ‘Buy American’ policies

CBC: Ottawa commits $50M to get all 25 Nunavut communities faster internet by 2019

Soo Today: Sault relief workers in Florida working 16-hour days after Hurricane Irma

John Ivison - National Post: General has sobering news for politicians who assume U.S. missiles will defend Canada

CP24: Smoke-screen; Liberals' legal threat against Brown 'will be ignored,' PC leader says

CBC: 'The fire is out of control': Southwestern Alberta wildfire quadruples in size in 2 days

National Post: Nearly 600 federal NDP members receive extra ballots ahead of leadership vote

Michele Mandel - Toronto Sun: Wynne slick and well-rehearsed as she stands at trial; credible?

National Post: Four hours to escape: Residents of historic Alberta village scramble to flee wildfire’s path

CBC: Trudeau Christmas vacation cost taxpayers nearly twice what he originally claimed, over $215,000

Financial Post: Morneau's tax changes are so complex and unfair, they'll turn accountants bald—and rich

Reuters: Boom under Harper led Canadian wage growth to accelerate: census

CBC: Hootsuite CEO says tax changes for small business could hamper innovation

Tom Adams and Parker Gallant - Financial Post: Judgement Day finally comes for the Ontario Liberals' gas-plant scandal

Kelly McParland - National Post: So Wynne's grand plan was unionizing your drug dealer

Reuters: Northern Ireland leaders appeal to VP Pence on Bombardier challenge

Sportsnet: Flames no longer interested in pursuing new Calgary arena

iPolitics: Liberal Wayne Easter, Finance Committee Chair, blasts tax changes: legislation drafter "doesn’t have a clue about the amount of effort that goes into being a small business or how it’s established"

Hope Standard: Police ask Ottawa to postpone date for legal pot beyond July 2018; more time and money needed to catch drug-impaired drivers

CTV News: Two in Windsor die from West Nile virus; first reported in Canada this year

CBC: Cardston County declares emergency, evacuees flee homes as Waterton Lakes fire burns out of control

André Picard - Globe and Mail: Ontario’s pot-store plan is legitimate – and pathetic

CBC: Guillermo del Toro says he'd like his own film studio in Hamilton; loves 'the Ambitious City'

CTV News: Canada deploys assessment team to Caribbean to determine how to help hurricane victims

Globe and Mail: Canadians stranded by Hurricane Irma criticize federal government’s rescue efforts; Trudeau MIA

CBC: Conservative leader says Liberal 'arrogance' behind tax changes, pipeline snag

CP/CTV News: The story of NAFTA, as told from a Canadian auto plant in Mexico

CTV News: Trudeau marks 9/11 by attending Come From Away forum in Newfoundland

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: Chumming the waters of failed Liberal ethics

TSN: NHL Hall of Famer Pierre Pilote dead at 85

Antonella Artuso - Toronto Sun: Gas plants e-mail trial starts Monday; Liberals' billion-dollar boondoggle cost every Ontarian

Hi-Tech Facts: Fentanyl detected in 81% of overdose deaths, BC Coroners Service says

CBC: BC Liberals expel Darryl Plecas from party after Speaker move

David Reevely - Ottawa Citizen: Ontario Government's rosy financials grow in a bed of BS

Global News: CBSA union outraged over delay in health notice from Health Canada on asylum seekers

Bloomberg: Canada pot stocks rally as Ontario Govt plans to open 150 stores

Reuters: Canada loses 88,000 full-time jobs, adds 110,000 part-time jobs during August; unemployment down to 6.2%

Sportsnet: MLB strangely rejects Montreal offer to host relief fundraiser games between Tampa and Yankees during Hurricane Irma

What court case? - CBC: Ontario to create cannabis control board, open up to 60 storefronts, sources say; not in LCBO outlets

Chis Selley - National Post: Day one of the Sudbury Liberal by-election trial — what is a 'candidate,' anyway? All the evidence is on tape. If Gerry Lougheed and Pat Sorbara are found not guilty, they're still not going to look very good

Global News: Man at centre of Ontario Liberal bribery allegations believed party jobs were on offer

Reuters: Canada producer prices drop 1.5%, biggest fall in 30 months

Nunavut - CBC: Iqaluit opens first liquor store since the 1970s; expected to impact bootleggers

CTV News: Quebecer who survived Irma on 'devastated' Saint Martin calls it terrifying; Canadian frigate on standby

CBC: Crown reveals former Sudbury NDP MP and now Liberal MPP Glenn Thibeault's demands for defection to Liberals; defence says Libs' internal machinations no concern of public

CP/Global News: Ontario says 2016 deficit was $991M, Auditor General says Liberal Govt ‘understating’ deficit

CTV News: Why Canadians who own Florida homes need both hurricane and flood insurance

Global News: Toronto to bid for Amazon’s second North American headquarters and its 50,000 jobs

North Bay Nugget: Drama level high for Liberal bribery trial

CTV News: Canadian who joined ISIS died in 2015; was a prominent fighter, recruiter and fundraiser for ISIS: U.S. officials

CBC: 2 ethics trials of Liberal insiders pose test for Kathleen Wynne; Liberal campaign director, fundraiser face bribery charges; two McGuinty aides charged with breach of trust

Global News: Concerns grow in the GTA about 911 wait times after Global News report

Global News: Toronto mayor, Cinespace break ground on Cinespace film studio expansion in Toronto’s west end

Victoria - CBC: Fentanyl detected in 81% of illicit drug deaths in B.C. in 2017, coroner says

Candice Malcolm - Toronto Sun: Stupid things Trudeau says

Windsor - CBC: Liberals 'betrayed neighbourhood' by allowing new bridge

BNN: Canada's Big Five banks boost prime rates again after Bank of Canada raises benchmark

Financial Post: Trudeau carbon tax to shrink economy by $3B hurt loonie, study warns

Windsor: Ambassador Bridge owners given Canadian permit for replacement bridge between Windsor and Detroit

Coquitlam - CTV News: No one behind the wheel of dump truck in double fatal Lougheed Highway crash

CTV News: 42% of Ontarians live paycheque to paycheque: survey

Toronto Sun: Stakes high for Wynne as Election Act bribery trial begins for two Liberals; crooked and incompetent?

Surrey Now Leader: B.C. dad seeks legal change so that kids can ride bus alone

Global News: Toronto woman, Rehab Dughmosh, who pledged allegiance to ISIS in court deemed fit to stand trial; calls people in coutroom 'infidels'

CBC: Loonie jumps to highest level in 2 years as Bank of Canada raises benchmark interest rate again; borrowing costs expected to follow suit

Forum Research: Support for Ontario Premier Wynne declining in Toronto; 73% disapprove of her job performance

Nanny state run amok: How fact-free parenting policies rob our kids of independence

CBC: Judges taking over bail hearings in Ottawa, Toronto

Marie-Danielle Smith - National Post: Government added privacy protections to MyDemocracy.ca contract only after privacy commissioner began investigation: documents

Don Pittis - CBC: Canadian borrowers wait and wonder if rates will rise tomorrow

Kelly McParland - National Post: Boring ACC rebranding sign of decline in interesting arena names; why not Scotiabank Gardens (across Bay St. from new CIBC HQ)?

Globe and Mail: Ontario high school students to negotiate final grades in experiment

Andrew Coyne - National Post: With North Korea, we are left with but one realistic alternative. It involves missiles

Toronto - Daily Courier: Canada's largest school board extends ban on Snapchat, Instagram, Netflix; their school hours usage eats up wi-fi network

Calgary Herald: Cenovus selling Pelican Lake operations to Canadian Natural for $975M

Global News: Liberal caucus retreat to focus on small business tax, other hot-button topics

Global News: OPP dismantle relocated blockade in Caledonia

CP24: NAFTA: Early sticking points encountered on numerous issues

CTV News: 'The Canadian construction sector is for sale,' as Aecon looks for a bidder

Naive - CBC: Trudeau condemns North Korean missile testing, calls test 'a clear and present threat,' asks UN to step in

Forum Research poll: Ontario: PC 40%, NDP 27%, Liberal 25%

CTV News: Honda settles some Takata lawsuits for $605M

Angus Reid poll: 57% of Canadians disapprove of Liberals handling of illegal border crossers; 53% say country ‘too generous’

Liberal danger zone - Global News: Justin Trudeau ‘will make no apologies’ for proposed radical tax changes that have put small business into turmoil

Winter coming - Toronto Star: Canada looks into heated trailers for asylum seekers

CBC: Liberal MPs ask Morneau to tweak small-business tax changes to stave off an electoral backlash

Christie Blatchford - National Post: School policing program latest casualty of the tyranny of a minority

Globe and Mail: TSX dips in broad retreat

Robert Fulford - National Post: How neo-liberal became bad, then good, then bad again

Toronto Star: Price of a litre of gas to rise by nine cents Saturday: expert

Panic - CBC: Federal government expanding would-be asylum seekers outreach beyond Haitian community; 6,000+ have crossed illegally into Quebec from New York since July

Toronto Star: Second round of NAFTA talks begins in Mexico City

Adrian Morrow - Globe and Mail: Trump's rhetoric has Mexico bracing for worst in NAFTA talks

Toronto Star: Migrant flight to Canada has big impact on Miami’s Little Haiti

Global News: Trudeau says he respects MP Darshan Kang’s decision to resign from Liberal caucus, won’t say if he asked him to

Toronto Star: Now UN wants to micro-manage Canada's immigration system

Editorial - Napanee Beaver: Patrick Brown on right track

Mark Bonokoski - Toronto Sun: As 50% of small business fail, Liberals plan to tax them more

Chronicle-Herald: Morneau calls nervous Liberal MPs as backlash to small biz tax proposals grows

Kelly McParland - National Post: Wasting a few hundred million is how Ontario Liberal cabinet ministers are trained

Peter Howell - Toronto Star: What’s the hottest TIFF title? Film buffs offer 25 good bets

Peter Shawn Taylor - Financial Post: Coming soon, another costly burden on harried homeowners — mandatory energy audits

Toronto Star: Skip Prokop, Lighthouse co-founder and drummer, dead at 74

CBC: Calgary MP Darshan Kang leaves Liberal caucus; denies allegations of sexual harassment

Toronto Star: No charges in Halifax ‘Proud Boys’ incident as servicemen return to duties: Navy

Toronto Sun: Ontario bringing up the rear in job creation

Toronto Star: Is Doug Ford poised to announce he’ll run for mayor?

Sue-Ann Levy - Toronto Sun: Don't let door hit you on way out: Councillors to Keesmaat

CBC: Widespread anger over controversial Liberal tax proposals to be focus at Govt caucus retreat

Toronto - Global News: Harvey: GTA gas prices could see sharp hike in coming days due to flooding, damage

CBC: Over 6,000 FedEx Canada employees will now help search for abducted children

Jerry Dias - Huffington Post: NAFTA took good Canadian jobs and made them bad ones in Mexico

Ontario - CBC: Government gets failing grade again despite $60M boost; half of Grade 6 students failed to meet province's math standard for 2nd year

Global News: B.C. slo-pitch player struck in head by thrown ball dies in hospital

Huffington Post: Jean-Francois Lisee, PQ leader, doubles down on remarks about Trudeau, illegal asylum seekers

CBC: Bernier vows to embrace Conservative critic role, be silent about supply management

John Ivison - National Post: Scheer and Poilievre to debut bon cop/bad cop double act

CBC: Conservative MP Gerry Ritz, 66, to announce his resignation, sources say

Huffington Post: Former white supremacists in Canada head up 'Life After Hate', an organization that provides support and counselling to white supremacists who want a way out

Toronto - CBC: Lost underground? New PATH mapping system rolling out in the spring

Andrew Coyne - National Post: With 'shadow cabinet,' Andrew Scheer puts a softer face on Conservatives

CBC: National Energy Board OKs Trans Mountain expansion of Burnaby terminal; met all 157 conditions

Huffington Post: CIBC argues against ‘free market’ education, calls for lower tuitions

Chatham Daily News: Turbine protesters chain selves together in North Kent to protest well water damage from pile-driving

Weak? - Toronto Star: $134M claim against Khadr is based on false information and should be thrown out, lawyer argues

Edmonton Sun: 'Mouths are going to drop': Telus World of Science planetarium theatre to feature 10K resolution, highest in world

Calgary - CBC: Gas-and-dash manslaughter sentencing to hear posthumous statement from victim's husband

Globe and Mail: Toronto's Air Canada Centre to be renamed Scotiabank Arena in $800M deal

CBC: 2 Canadians indicted over brawl at Turkish ambassador's U.S. residence in Washington

CBC: 'A Hail Mary pass': how the Port of Prince Rupert became a player in the world of global trade

Toronto Star: Liberal MP offered woman $100K to keep quiet about sexual harassment claim, father alleges

Montreal Gazette: Montreal police on bicycle patrol arrest fugitive on U.S. most-wanted list

Financial Post: New mortgage rules could depress housing demand by another 10%: TD

Kevin Donovan - Toronto Star: ORNGE’s mistakes led to deaths of four in ‘flight into total darkness,’ court told

Global News: Take John A. Macdonald’s name off schools, said no majority of Canadians, anywhere: Angus Reid poll

CTV News: 'Many streets' flooded in Windsor after heavy rain

Montreal Gazette: PQ leader wants Ottawa to pay for influx of illegal asylum seekers

Thomas Walkom - Toronto Star: Sir John A. not the only Prime Minister who wouldn’t pass muster today

John Ibbitson - Globe and Mail: Trudeau’s shuffle reveals two truths about Liberal cabinet

Toronto Star: Tories ask Auditor General to investigate controversial new GO stations

Joe O'Connor - National Post: The language of hockey in Quebec: Why it's actually not French

Editorial - Toronto Star: Metrolinx must re-think approval of two new GO stations; should be based on evidence, not political pressure

CBC: Maryland court releases Payette divorce documents; questions remain

Toronto Star: Provinces agree legal pot must be competitive with black market, Bill Blair says

Live NOAA model: Maria now a Tropical Storm, about to head East


National Post: 'At the complete mercy of the hurricane': Hurricane
Maria's force not seen in Puerto Rico in 'modern history'

Toronto Star: Canadian skier injured in 1978 is right at home in Finlay Home

Scott Finlay, ready for a race before the accident. Scott Finlay was a promising 21-year-old ski racer when he suffered a devastating brain injury in a ski crash at the 1978 Canadian championships in Lake Louise, Alberta, that left him almost completely paralyzed and unable to speak. His family has cared for him ever since. Through their efforts a facility in Napanee now offers the same quality of care for Scott and others. Scott's accident led to robust crash fencing for ski racing to protect from the trees and rocks he hit. ~ Finlay Family Photo

Daily Mail: Man, 18, arrested under Terrorism Act in Dover in 'significant' breakthrough in Parsons Green bucket bomb probe; threat level remains 'critical' as army take to the streets

Columbia U: Great headline ("Skin patch dissolves 'love handles' in mice") underplays
health benefits of local delivery of fat-shrinking drug to treat obesity and diabetes


Tampa Bay: Hurricane Irma: Florida winners and losers aplenty

London - AP: UK threat level raised to 'critical' after subway bombing

NASA: Cassini spacecraft ends historic exploration of Saturn

NASA says goodbye to the great Cassini

Pasadena - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Cassini: End of mission timeline

Mandy Miles - Key West Citizen: ‘Stay (away)… Just a little bit longer’

Key West Citizen: Monroe County Mayor Neugent: "The Lower Keys have
been hammered. Marathon pales in comparison. The destruction is amazing"
The U.S. Coast Guard is protecting island from invading looters and others

Key West Citizen: At least 8 dead in Keys, damage in 100s of millions
FEMA: over 90% of homes in Keys sustained damage or were destroyed

Ottawa - CBC: Senator Beyak says it's time to end Canadian apartheid: "Let's stop the
guilt and blame and find a way to live together and share. All Canadians are then free to preserve their cultures in their own communities, on their own time, with their own dime"

Orlando Sentinel: Post-Irma 5.6 million without power in Florida

Arlington - AP: President Trump on 9/11: 'America cannot be intimidated'

New York: Solemn, personal ceremonies as U.S. commemorates 9/11

Miami, Fort Lauderdale airports remain closed; West Palm to re-open Monday afternoon

Daily Beast: Bin Laden son poised to unify terrorists worldwide

Fox News: Drone video of Naples, Florida flooding, destruction

Video shot by drone in Naples, Florida shows impact of heavy rains in widespread flooding, some damage to housing, infrastructure.

Not finished with Florida: Degraded Irma causes record flooding in Jacksonville

Live NOAA model: Tropical storm Irma heads for Georgia, Alabama


Sunday 11:47 pm: Hurricane Irma losing eye, still monster at 100 mph


Live NOAA surge/flooding map: 11 pm: Inundation/surge risk remains high

Live NOAA Advisory: 11 pm: Hurricane Irma still a Cat 2 with 100 mph sustained winds; tornado risks; storm surge warnings drop to 6 ft; heading North at 14 mph

NHC/SFWMD tracking models: Irma predicted paths were too far West;
Marco Island landfall smothered destructive energy, saved Tampa



St. Petersburg/Tampa: Evacuate or hunker down now

Miami Herald: Irma's time-lapse path of infamy; record-breaking monster of September

NBC News: Irma: Even with supercomputers, model uncertainty is only certainty

Washington Examiner: North Korea "begging for war" says Haley to UN

Bloomberg: Irma now a Cat 5 as threat grows for Caribbean, Florida mainland and Keys

Washington Post: North Korea H-bomb triggers M6.3, M4.1 earthquakes, ups ante

WSJ: North Korea claims test of Hydrogen Bomb for long-range missile a success

USA Today: North Korea test success for missile-ready H-bomb: state-run TV

Toronto Star: Russian consulate in San Francisco empties after U.S. orders shutdown

The San Francisco Fire Department says acrid, black smoke seen pouring from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco was apparently from a fire burning in a fireplace. The smoke was seen billowing from the consulate building a day after the Trump administration ordered its closure. ~ Eric Risberg AP

Seth DuChene - Napanee Beaver: Patrick Brown: "My motivation is this: I don’t want
to settle for an Ontario that’s a 'have-not' province. I don’t want to settle for an Ontario
where we spend more in interest payments than we do on hospitals..."

NHL.com: Matthews, Marner likenesses crop up in New Brunswick corn maze

On a farm in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick, two of the Toronto Maple Leafs young players are outstanding in their field. Both a century of the Maple Leafs and their promise for the future are being celebrated this season in a 6-acre field on the Hunter Brothers Farm about 150 miles NW of Saint John. It's the latest of 17 annual corn-maze creations by brothers Chip and Tom Hunter, fourth-generation farmers who for 38 years have worked soil that's been family-owned since 1890. The helmeted, visored likenesses of Toronto forwards Auston Matthews and Mitchell Marner are featured this season with a gigantic Maple Leafs logo and a banner reading '100 Seasons', all part of a colossal maze through which the public soon will be invited to wander.

Daily Mail: China claims its knock-off version of hyperloop, the 'flying train' will
travel at 2,485 mph; but initial goal is 621 mph, slower than Musk's original


State-run space contractors gave no timeline along with their announcement. They claim 'flying train' would be 10 times faster than the world's fastest bullet train - which is also in China. The contractors announced they would be transporting the 'flying train' to 60 or so countries across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

Charlotte Hsu - Phys.org: Anti-depressants found in rock bass and nine other
species' fish brains in Niagara River; connects Great Lakes Erie and Ontario

CBC: U.S. sends elite warplanes to South Korea in show of force

USA Today: As Harvey spins north, who's getting wet and wilded next?


[top] NWS radar this morning (August 31st, 8:40 a.m.) shows Harvey's wide reach as it spins north from Louisiana. [bottom] The predicted path for next few days from NOAA. But the historic storm's impact will be felt hundreds of miles away in every direction as it continues to dump rain and affect continental weather patterns in the United States and Canada into Labour Day weekend.

USA Today: Nanomachines which rapidly kill cancer cells may replace painful chemo

CBC: Explosions reported at flood-damaged Arkema chemical plant outside Houston;
is without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as temperatures rise


Two rescuers from U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 are lowered to a house Wednesday after tropical storm Harvey flooded Beaumont, Texas.

Telegraph: Nanomachines which rapidly kill cancer cells may replace painful chemo

KHOU: Houston begins to dry out as death toll reaches 22 from Harvey

AP: Harvey pays a return visit, swamps evacuee shelter in Texas

Tevi Troy - Wall Street Journal: Trump’s reassuring hurricane response

CBC: Toll 18 dead; Harvey comes ashore again, now in Louisiana

Flooded Tidwell Road in Houston.

AP: Crippled Houston watches dams, levees; forecast offers hope

Global News: Donald Trump visits Harvey-hit areas, promises full relief efforts

Heavy: Why wasn’t Houston evacuated before Hurricane Harvey?
Governor believed in dire forecasts that came true, mayor didn't, put lives at risk

ABC News: Houston's Democrat Mayor defends his decision not to evacuate city;
anger rising as people lose cars and homes to floodwaters and unrelenting rain


A stranded motorist escapes floodwaters on Interstate 225 after Hurricane Harvey inundated the Texas Gulf coast with rain causing mass flooding, in Houston, Texas, August 27, 2017. ~ Nick Oxford Reuters

Texas flood disaster - Chicago Tribune: Harvey has dumped 9 trillion gallons of water

ABC News: Houston flooding from Harvey may be worst ever: Texas Guv

CBS News: Harvey continues to cause "catastrophic flooding": National Hurricane Center

Next? Is a 200-300 mile range enough for Tesla to break into electric trucking?

U.S. Long-haul Trucking: From the bureau of Transportation Statistics: “Long-haul freight truck traffic in the U.S. is concentrated on major routes connecting population centers, ports, border crossings, and other major hubs of activity. Except for Route 99 in California and a few toll roads and border connections, most of the heaviest traveled routes are on the Interstate System.”

Fox News: Hurricane Harvey pounds Texas with 'catastrophic' rains, high winds

Hurricane Harvey is now moving inland and has dropped to Category 1 strength, but its winds are spanning out and dumping heavy rain. This graphic from excellent website https://www.ventusky.com shows you the wind bands that are saturating Texas with rain.

NBC News: Category 4 Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas

After a relative lull of 12 years, Hurricane Harvey will hit Texas with similar impact to 2005's Katrina. Thousands of residents had fled parts of coastal Texas ahead of the storm, and the state’s governor warned people to leave low-lying areas. The National Hurricane Center warned of 12-foot storm surges and warned of up to 40 inches of rain in some areas through Wednesday.

San Antonio - Fox News: Port Lavaca, Texas mandatory evacuation; 12-ft storm surge expected; latest says up to 4.5 ft of rain expected

ABC News: Texas coastal residents urged to leave in 'strongest possible terms'
as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf; first big one in years?


Harvey takes aim at Texas coast and experts urge that it's time to "head for the hills" and leave the low coastal areas.
You can find these satellite images at: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/wxloop.old.cgi?vis1km_east+1 as both still photos and video looping images.

National Post: Liberals facing calls for longer-term solution to illegal migration from U.S.

Canadian soldiers set up tents to house asylum seekers at the NAV centre in Cornwall, Ontario just a few weeks before frost. ~ Graham Hughes National Post

Bellingham - CTV News: Tons of Atlantic salmon released into Pacific
after eclipse's high tides break farm net; potential crisis for Pacific salmon


Freedom for Atlantic salmon [shown] may be curtains for their cousins the Pacific salmon. Fishers are urged to catch as many as they can, with no limit.

Afghanistan speech - Fox News: Trump rejects ‘timetables’, says won't tell the enemy
his troop numbers or plans, ups pressure on Pakistan, refocuses on ‘killing terrorists’


President Trump outlined a comprehensive new strategy Monday night for achieving a “lasting peace” in Afghanistan – rejecting what he called “arbitrary timetables” for the U.S. troop presence, ratcheting up pressure on Pakistan to stop harboring militants and vowing to refocus the mission on “killing terrorists,” not nation-building.

Barcelona - AP: Police shoot and kill Barcelona mass killer Abouyaaqoub

Darkness day: Total solar eclipse cloud forecast quite certain now

Total cloud cover forecast for 2 p.m. Eastern, August 21, 2017. ~ weatherbell.com/Mark Torregrossa MLive

Canada: Local times of maximum eclipse will vary nationwide

CTV News: How, when and where to watch Monday's solar eclipse in Canada

Quebec City: So-called 'anti-fascists' violently clash with police, attack media

An anti-immigration rally and counter-protest in Quebec City descended into violence and vandalism as so-called 'antifa' thugs wreaked havoc on everything in their path. The masked anarchists hurled bottles, chairs and lit flares, and destroyed Global News TV camera as Mike Armstrong and a Global News cameraperson were caught up in the chaos. When will authorities deem antifa a terror group and make them pay for their damages?

Variety: Jerry Lewis, comedy legend, dead at 91
edgy, funny man, filmmaker; raised over $2.5B for muscular dystrophy


Jerry Lewis, a star since 1946, first headlined in Las Vegas in 1949 and most recently appeared there in 2016. He starred in dozens of movies directed by himself and others, in partnership with Dean Martin on stage and in film for a decade, on TV, and in raising money for MD with his annual telethon for decades. He described himself as "impatient", and some considered him abrasive when not performing.

American Thinker: Hottest year on record? Not exactly - the chart shows a different story

Collingwood - COPA: Tribunal quashes controversial 500-ft wind turbines near 2 airports

Above, smaller wind turbines near Chatham-Kent Municipal Airport. On August 16, 2017, the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal revoked the 8-turbine Collingwood project's approval on the basis it would cause serious harm to human health (pilots and passengers) and that no effective means to mitigate those harms had been presented. The controversial project was raised in the Ontario Legislature last year, with the Wynne Government voting down a private member’s bill to revoke the approval as an obvious threat to safety. Despite lobbying efforts by COPA (Canadian Owners and Pilots Association) and its members, the Federal Minister of Transportation refused to exercise his authority pursuant to the Aeronautics Act to stop the project as a threat to aviation safety.

CBS: Swan boats shut down, vendors shooed as nervous Beantowners
prep for free speech event in Boston Common

Daily Caller: Bannon says he resigned two weeks ago, left today

updated NY Times gets it wrong: Bannon resigned
August 7th, leaving delayed by Charlottesville

Burlington - Global News: Burned Baptist church was vandalized with ISIS graffiti


Firefighters were called to Trinity Baptist Church on Appleby Line, north of Hwy 407, just after 1 a.m. Wednesday morning. Pictures posted online show that the church was also vandalized. Graffiti spray painted on the side of the 126-yr-old building spelled out ‘ISIS’ and ‘ISIS will remaim’.

Spain - Guardian: Attackers in Audi at Cambrils hit "several pedestrians"
before police killed all 5 from car, who were "carrying explosive belts"

Cambrils - ITV: Five shot dead as Spanish police 'stop second terror attack'

Barcelona - Bloomberg: 13 dead but Catalan regional govt says
death toll could rise; at least 100 injured, driver not caught

Barcelona - Mirror: Horrific videos show bodies and blood strewn
across ground after deadly ISIS-claimed terror attack

CBS News: At least 13 dead in Barcelona after van plows into crowd
in terror attack, according to Spanish media reports

Barcelona: Two gunmen storm Turkish restaurant and take hostages
after Las Ramblas terror van rampage leaves dead and injured in wake

RCS: Winter comes early to the Arctic – Greenland gains 33% above normal ice

Marketwatch: Canada places three cities in top 5 of Economist Intelligence
Unit’s 10th annual Global Livability Ranking of 140 cities around the world


The Southbank Pedestrian Bridge in Melbourne, Australia. Melbourne was ranked Number 1 in the Global Livability Ranking for the seventh consecutive year.

Freetown: Nearly 400 bodies recovered from Sierra Leone mudslide, 600 still missing

updated Toronto - CBC: CN Tower's broadcast antenna fire extinguished

updated The fire in the broadcasting antenna of Toronto's CN Tower started around 4:15 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters extinguished it within 4 hours, shutting off power to the antenna mast atop the tower and evacuating all personnel from the structure. Over the air signals will be affected for an undetermined period of time. At 1,815.3 ft high, the CN Tower in Toronto was the world's tallest man-made structure for 32 years, until 2007. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere. ~ CBC

CBC: Treasonous Chelsea Manning banned from Canada

The Hill: NASCAR owners say they wouldn’t tolerate national anthem protests at races

NY Post: Former Congressman Anthony Weiner gets 21-month prison sentence

Global News: Person carrying guns near White House arrested: U.S. Secret Service

Reuters: Trump's new travel ban could be harder to fight in court: experts

Reuters: ABB buys GE business for $2.6B in bet it can boost margins

Jed Babbin - American Spectator: Unmasking: Yet another abuse of Powers

Nashville - AP: Tennessee church shooting suspect charged with murder

Monica Showalter - American Thinker: Alejandro Villanueva's courageous - and lonely - stand for the flag

CBS News: Steelers lineman Alejandro Villanueva, a veteran of three tours of duty in Afghanistan, refuses to join anthem protest

Bautzen - AP: German nationalists seek to allay fears; show cracks at top

Spiegel: Merkel lands fourth term, but at what cost?

Sydney - ABC: Australian space agency to employ thousands and tap $420B industry, Govt says

Bloomberg: Springsteen tickets hit $10,000, and Wall Street gets scalped

Florida - AP: 1st cruise ship since Irma docks in Key West; KW airport has re-opened for commercial service

Washington Times: Sure, players can kneel — and NFL’s customers should walk

Politico: Trump replaces temporary travel ban with restrictions on more countries; drops Sudan

Daily Caller: Trump wins when the NFL takes a knee

NY Post: Patriots fans rain boos on own players for anthem protest

Wayne Allyn Root - Las Vegas Review-Journal: Looming Obamagate will make Watergate look like a misdemeanour

BBC: Merkel wins, but the winner doesn't take it all, nationalist breakthrough, coalition talks expected

Liz Peek - Fox News: McCain’s defection on health care is inexcusable

Death wish - CBC: Trump has made 'our rockets' visit' to U.S. mainland inevitable, North Korean foreign minister says

BBC: North Korea: Tremor detected near weapons' test site

Reuters: France to skip 2018 Winter Games in South Korea if security not assured

ZDnet: Microsoft's subsea speed monster: A cable 16 million times faster than your broadband

Shanghai - Reuters: China complies with UN Security Council resolution, to ban some petroleum exports to North Korea

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: It’s time for Power to come clean about her ‘unmasking’ requests

Howie Carr - Boston Herald: President instantly sidelines criticism of NFL; pastime in twilight

NY Times: Pentagon tests lasers and nets to combat a vexing foe: ISIS drones

Brian C. Joondeph - American Thinker: NFL may lose bigly with social justice antics

Rocket twerps - Telegraph: Iran defies Trump and tests new missile that could hit Israel; camera in nose cone

Alabama - Fox News: Trump rips past Presidents: 'Little Rocket Man' should've been handled a long time ago

Trump right again - AP: In AP poll, 19 states confirm being hack targets

Wall Street Journal: Trump Administration to replace temp travel ban with more targeted restrictions

Rich Lowry - NY Post: Trump’s ‘sovereignty’ talk was what the UN needed to hear

Wilbur Ross - Washington Post: These NAFTA rules are killing our jobs

NY Times: Quake threatens to cause flight from Mexico City’s hip neighbourhoods

Christopher Wallace - Fox News: Mueller team under fire for 'brass-knuckle' tactics in bid to squeeze Manafort

Kimberley Strassel - Fox News: The fate of the GOP's Graham-Cassidy health care bill is in Sen. Lisa Murkowski's hands

AP: Ailing hypocrite McCain plays traitor card once again, in attempt to stop health insurance reform he had campaigned for

Fox News: 'Take a hard look': Maine Gov. LePage urges key Sen. Collins to support health care bill

AP: Dam failing as scope of Puerto Rico’s disaster becomes clear

ABC: On work trips, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos flies on her own plane at her own expense

Business Insider: All blue-eyed people have a single ancestor in common

CBC: At least 32 dead; death toll mounts as Hurricane Maria nears Turks and Caicos

AP: Trump piles on new economic sanctions against North Korea

Guardian: Uber stripped of London licence due to lack of corporate responsibility

ABC: U.S. search and rescue experts arrive in Mexico after deadly earthquake

AP: Mexico shocked by news: Girl trapped in rubble didn’t exist

BNN: Standard & Poor's cuts China credit rating, citing debt

CTV News: Mercedes to invest $1B in Alabama, add 600 jobs

AP: U.S. federal employees ordered to attend anti-leaking classes

ABC: Media wants us to believe $100,000 of illegally sold Facebook ads are more powerful than Clinton's $1B campaign warchest

Fox News: North Korea could test hydrogen bomb in Pacific, top diplomat says

LA Times: Trump announces new sanctions against North Korea, but China's role remains key

Independent: North Korea: Donald Trump announces new sanctions as China orders banks to stop working with regime

Washington Times: Trump’s war strategy hailed by Afghan president: ‘A difference of day and night’

San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego officials were warned about downtown public restroom facilities shortage repeatedly before deadly hepatitis outbreak

NY Magazine: Election interference is what Facebook is built for

The Verge: For weeks, Equifax customer service has been directing victims to a fake phishing site

Obama-Clinton crisis continues - CBC: Europe's pushback against migrants enters new phase — with Libya's help

Mike Vaccaro - NY Post: This MLB fan-danger problem should’ve been fixed 47 years ago

Washington - AP: Trump: GOP health bill short of votes before deadline

NY Post: Yankees players call for fan protection after little girl horror

Backgrounder: Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale dates only to 1971; life-saver has interesting origins

Mirror: North Korea defector saw 11 musicians 'blown to bits' by anti-aircraft guns then 'ground into dirt' by tanks

Windsor Star: Ford cutting production at Mexican and U.S. assembly plants as demand slips

The Hill: Puerto Rico imposes curfew over Hurricane Maria

The Hill: GOP Governors back latest ObamaCare repeal bill

Politico: Trump polling numbers rising

Miami Herald: Maria: Major damage in Dominica, U.S. Coast Guard ready to help in Puerto Rico

New York - AP: Young girl hospitalized by 105 mph foul at Yankee Stadium

NY Post: Mexico has volcano eruption same day as deadly quake

CBC: Dozens of schoolchildren feared buried as Mexico quake death toll rises

Independent: Hurricane Maria hits Puerto Rico as Cat 4 after battering Virgin Islands and Dominica

updated Global News: At least 217 killed as M7.1 quake strikes near Mexico City

Reuters: Ex-Trump campaign chief Manafort wants probe of politically motivated leaks

Fox News: UN Speech: Trump says 'rocket man' Kim Jong Un on 'suicide mission,' in broadside at 'rogue regimes'

National Post: Under fire over Rohingya, Suu Kyi defends Myanmar actions; facts matter

CBC: Hurricane Maria lashes Dominica, now menaces other islands

National Post: ‘The winds are merciless!’: Dominica’s PM rescued as Cat 5 Hurricane Maria slams Caribbean

CBS News: Puerto Rico imposes rationing as Hurricane Maria approaches

Fox News: Former Trump campaign chair Manafort was wiretapped by U.S. investigators, before/after election, confirming Trump's claim Trump Tower was bugged

CP: Senate leader praises revived GOP health law repeal drive

LA Times: With a deadline approaching, Republicans' last push to roll back Obamacare gains strength

Washington: FAA brings mobile air traffic control tower to Key West

Kelly McParland - National Post: Democrats prepare for 2020 with risky strategy: left-wing extremism

Independent: Yahyah Farroukh: First pictures of Parsons Green attack suspect as two men questioned over Tube bombing

United Nations - AP: Trump calls on UN to reform

Rep. Francis Rooney - Washington Examiner: It's time for serious United Nations reform

John Moody - Fox News: Listen up, UN -- Trump means what he's telling you

Reuters: British police arrest second man over London train bombing

updated San Juan - AP: Hurricane Maria jumps to Cat 5, threatens storm-battered Caribbean

Byron York - Washington Examiner: Over DACA, an acute case of Trump Panic Syndrome

Japan Times: If oil embargo imposed, will North Korea go Nazi route and liquefy coal?

AP/Global News: Black Lives Matter activists address Trump supporters at Washington rally after invitation

NY Times: Rolling Stone, once a counterculture bible, will be put up for sale by Wenners

Kimberley A. Strassel - Fox News: Here's what really happened to Hillary

United Nations: French envoy at UN: Discord at highest level since Cold War

Michael Barone - Washington Examiner: Hillary Clinton and what could have happened

AP: UK makes 'significant' bomb arrest but attack seen imminent

AP/Global News: Multi-linguist Melania Trump featured on billboards promoting English language school in Croatia

AP: St. Louis protesters go to upscale malls, suburbs

Telegraph: Parsons Green attack: Police raid foster parents' homes in west London in search for bomb factory

Jacob Heilbrunn - The National Interest: Chelsea Manning: What was Harvard thinking?

Catherine Rampell - Washington Post: Sanderscare is all cheap politics and magic math

NBC News: Changing face of U.S. media: Amazon scooping channels

Editorial - Washington Examiner: Hillary Clinton: Deplorable book, deplorable person

Live NOAA Advisory: Hurricane Jose: Tropical storm watch may be needed Saturday for portion of North Carolina coast

CBS News: Jose re-strengthens into Category 1 hurricane

James S. Robbins - USA Today: Trump, Pelosi and Schumer: Bipartisanship is back at the White House

CBC: UN Security Council condemns North Korean missile launch, vows to 'de-nuclearize' Korean peninsula

CTV News: Pedophile scandal sends Iceland's goverment into chaos

Kashmir Hill - Gizmodo: Backgrounder: Yes, Google uses its power to quash ideas it doesn’t like — I know because it happened to me

CNET: Liquid cats, sex-swapped bugs lead silly science awards

USA Today: Cruise lines deliver relief supplies, rescue evacuees, and cancel upcoming tourist stops in islands hit by Irma

Tampa Bay: Insurers begin taking stock of Hurricane Irma's damage

CBS News: Sliding NFL ratings could throw networks for a loss

BBC: Equifax data breach: Credit rating firm replaces key staff

Gizmodo: Chrome will soon block autoplay videos with sound — here's why you should be worried

London - CTV News: Bomb only partially exploded; many lives saved

AP: Character actor Harry Dean Stanton dead at 91

Sabrina Tavernise - NY Times: When history’s losers write the story

Washington Free Beacon: Democrats follow Bernie Sanders off a cliff

BNN: Pursuit of new Amazon HQ comes with massive cost risks: NYU Prof

Evening Standard: Parsons Green 'terror attack': 22 rushed to hospital after IED bomb explodes on packed rush hour Tube train

Washington Post: Harvard dean rescinds Chelsea Manning’s visiting fellow invitation, calling it a ‘mistake’

CBC: Trump voters sticking with him — DACA deal or no deal, wall or no wall; media contortionism starts with anti-Trumpism approach to every story

Sora News 24: North Korea fires new missile over Japan, residents woken by government warning systems

Fort Myers - AP: President Trump praises rapid response to Irma in Florida

Washington Examiner: Comeback poll: Trump's base returns, up with younger and black voters

WRAL: Dems blow credibility with false claims about private meal with Trump; wall built or no DACA deal

Weather: Irma's staggering toll: At least 68 dead, $$ billions in damage from the Caribbean to the U.S.

The Hill: Antifa activists say violence is necessary

AP: New details deepen mystery of U.S. diplomats' illnesses in Cuba

Miami Herald: Gov. Scott surveys massive damage in Florida Keys as death toll rises

Reuters: Florida Governor vows aggressive probe of 6 Irma nursing home deaths

Reuters: North Korea defiant over UN sanctions as Trump says tougher steps needed

Editorial - Tampa Tribune: Remaining patient after Irma

Reuters: Trump administration orders purge of Kaspersky products from U.S. Govt

Editorial - Tampa Tribune: Congress should create a national catastrophe insurance fund

Politico: Teflon Don confounds Democrats; Democrats have attacked the president every which way, but polling and focus groups show none of it's working

Willis L. Krumholz - The Federalist: Why the Russia story says more about the Deep State than it does about Trump

Reuters: Trump bars Chinese firm from buying U.S. chipmaker Lattice

Reuters: Amazon plans mega-warehouse for Mexico growth spurt

ABC Local 10: 6 dead after AC issue that forced evacuation of Hollywood nursing home

Reuters: U.S. won't issue visas to some in four nations after they refuse to accept deportees

Washington - AP: Supreme Court disagrees with lower court, okays Trump policy temporary ban on refugees

Reuters: Trump steps up talks with Democrats on taxes as timetable set

Global News: Hurricane Irma destroyed 25% of homes in Florida Keys: FEMA

AP: Europe leaders answer anger over Irma response in Caribbean

Reuters: Trump administration sued over phone searches at U.S. borders higher in Obama era

Sun-Sentinel: Florida Keys ravaged almost beyond recognition

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Did 'climate change' cause Hurricane Irma to fizzle?

Walter Shapiro - Roll Call: Opinion: How 9/11 permanently changed us

William McGurn - Wall Street Journal: The cruelty of Barack Obama; on immigration, the ex-President isn’t what he says he is

Tampa Bay: Town 'N Country man helping with Irma cleanup dies in gruesome chainsaw accident

France - Telegraph: Hardliners protest French labour reform in key test after Emmanuel Macron berates 'slackers'

Tampa Bay: Irma's wrath: more than half of Florida still in the dark

Roll Call: Taxes, immigration bigger tests for Ryan speakership than fiscal deal

ABC News: Irma death toll in U.S. rises to 11; Florida Keys face 'devastation'

Key West Citizen: No water, power or cell service in Keys, but airports re-opening and USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to anchor offshore to provide emergency services at Key West

Roll Call: White House tepid on GOP leaders after Bannon ‘War’ declaration

Carol M. Swain - Wall Street Journal: What it’s like to be smeared by the Southern Poverty Law Center

Al Arabiya: 18 dead after militants launch deadly attack on police convoy in Egypt’s Sinai

Editorial - NY Daily News: If Bob Menendez is guilty, boot him: No place for a senator on the take

Roll Call: Report: Romney prepping Senate run in Utah if Hatch retires

Miami Herald: Miami-Dade, Broward public schools closed indefinitely after Irma

Tampa - AP: Irma weakens into a tropical storm but keeps causing misery with flooded homes and streets

John Crudele - NY Post: Hillary not blaming the right people for stunning election loss

Miami Herald: Devastated Florida Keys impose dusk-to-dawn curfew after Irma

Naples Daily News: Endless piles of crumpled car ports, shin deep water at Naples Estates

Miami Herald: Irma: Search and rescue in the Keys, 10 dead in Cuba

Reuters: Global shares return to record high as Irma loses strength

Roll Call: Could more House retirements imperil GOP majority in 2018?

Fox News: Irma: Half of Florida lost power

NY Times: Spin zone: In free-range Trump, many see potential for a third party

AP/CTV News: 800 flights cancelled at Atlanta airport

NDTV: Irma weakens to tropical storm, batters Florida with powerful winds as it heads north

AP/CTV News: No bride's dress? No problem: Guard couple tie knot in Irma, then rescue others

NY Post: Plano: Dallas Cowboys watch party turns deadly; 8 dead

ZME Science: Researchers find warm oasis beneath Antarctica’s frozen wasteland

WFLA - Tampa: Pinellas County borders will be closed after Hurricane Irma passes through

Miami Herald: After Irma, are we going to get clobbered by Hurricane Jose next?

NY Post: Viking skeleton’s DNA test proves historians wrong

Tampa Tribune: Forecast: Irma's eye expected to pass over Tampa Bay with extreme winds, rain tonight

Miami Herald: A TV station caught people breaking into a store during Irma. Then police caught up

Miami Herald: Cruise lines are sending their ships on rescue missions in the Caribbean following Irma

Ft. Myers News-Press: Lee County on Gulf Coast says Germain Arena safe as a shelter for 5,000; says false report from Weather Channel must be ignored

Tony Heller - Real Climate Science: Hurricane superstition reaches record levels

Miami Herald: From inside the Florida Keys: ‘Everything is under water. I mean everything’

CTV News: Hurricane Irma centred just off Key West

Miami Herald: If path holds, Irma could swamp Southwest Florida, Tampa coast with surge

Miami Herald: Hurricane Irma latest news: 6.3 million Floridians told to leave, ferocious storm reaching Keys

Miami Herald: Irma weakens to Cat 3 but is expected to regain power as it heads to Florida Keys

Miami Herald: Wireless carriers waive talk, text and data overage charges for Florida customers facing Irma

ABC News: Hurricane Irma churns toward Florida where cities brace for storm surges up to 15 feet; Gov warns: "deadly, deadly, deadly storm surge"

AP/CTV News: Irma shifts: the prime is target is now Tampa, not Miami

Toronto Star: After Irma, an eerie online silence from tiny Caribbean islands

CNN: Forecasters: Hurricane Irma to regain Category 5 strength before it hits the Keys

Miami Herald: Latest Irma track shifts west again with hurricane watch widened

NBC News: Irma threatens to wash away Florida buildings after tearing through Caribbean

Orlando Sentinel: Irma: Traffic slow as evacuations continue; I-75 approved for shoulder-driving to Georgia border

Reuters: Irma drop to Cat 4 strength with 150 mph winds may be temporary as it powers toward Florida, leaving behind path of death, destruction

Mark Gauert - Orlando Sentinel: For Hurricane Irma, everything may depend on something small – no matter what it may be

ABC News: Barbuda PM: Irma destroyed 95% of tiny island's structures and vehicles

Reuters: 'Lips and teeth' no more as China's ties with North Korea fray

Orlando Sentinel: Irma: Supplies run short as scramble begins to board up homes

Miami Herald: Aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, mini-armada on the way to help after Irma

ABC News: Atlanta Braves cause outrage when play 'Rock You Like a Hurricane' during Marlins game; team issued official apology

AP: For Irma vs. Mar-a-Lago, the smart $$ is on Trump's house

updated Reuters: At least 32 dead after shallow, huge M8.1 earthquake hits south Mexico

NBC News: Equifax data breach: 3 of company's top execs sold Equifax shares before public disclosure

Orlando Sentinel: Irma: Governor orders all Florida schools closed Friday through Monday; includes colleges, universities

Washington Times: More than 5,000 illegal out-of-state voters may have tipped New Hampshire against Trump

Jason Rodger: Has soccer finally made it in North America?

Politico: Trump tells Dreamers 'you have nothing to worry about' for next 6 months

AP/Globe and Mail: Nations rush to help Caribbean islands devastated by Hurricane Irma

The Hill: Conservatives direct ire at GOP leaders — not Trump

AP: Federal help arrives at U.S. Virgin Islands

CTV News: Equifax says personal data from 143 million people exposed in hack, months ago

The Hill: Power shift as Trump opens door to Schumer, Pelosi

AP: Irma stays at Cat 5, kills across Caribbean, Florida and Carolinas in its projected path

The Hill: Senate approves Trump's debt deal with Democrats

Rasmussen Reports: Most say FBI should make Clinton files public

Ft. Lauderdale - AP: Most Florida flood zone property not insured

Local 10 ABC News: Florida officials fret construction cranes won't take Irma's winds, put many at risk

AFP: Israel hits Syria site reportedly used for chemical weapons

Telegraph: Caribbean airport where planes infamously swoop low over a beach destroyed by Irma

Harlan Hill - The Hill: If Democrats actually care about Dreamers, let’s make a deal

Robert K. Wilcox - American Thinker: North Korea's threat might be worse than we think

AP: Billions of beetle-killed dead trees force U.S. fire crews to shift tactics

AFP: FEMA Chief: Irma will be 'devastating' for U.S.

CBC: Amazon seeking location for second headquarters, known as HQ2; will employ 50,000, cost $5B

Independent: Facebook now says it sold $100,000 of political ads to fake Russian accounts during 2016 U.S. election

Telegraph: Hurricane Irma kills at least 10 in Caribbean as Florida braces for storm

The Hill: Clinton’s score-settling frustrates Democrats

The Guardian: Lack of sleep could contribute to mental health problems: researchers

Yahoo: Clinton book blames everyone else for her loss, including Joe Biden

Miami Herald: Irma ‘bigger, faster and stronger than Andrew’ the killer 1992 storm which flattened Homestead

Becket Adams - Washington Examiner: Reminder: The press really wanted Hillary Clinton to be president

Daniel John Sobieski - American Thinker: Corrupt Comey had the fix in

RR media: Book written by Clinton’s pastor pulled for plagiarism; Hillary allegedly wrote the book's 'foreword'

Tammy Bruce - Washington Times: Democratic leaders change their tune on Trump

AP: Ryan sees compromise on immigration after Trump forces issue

Tampa: Traffic begins to clog northbound highways across Florida

AP: Trump overrules GOP with deal on spending, debt, Harvey aid

Montgomery - WTXL: Alabama facilities to open for evacuated livestock from Florida

Irma - AP: Lake Okeechobee, canals lowered; sex offenders and predators won't be admitted to shelters; 25,000 already evacuated from Florida Keys, evacuations now mandatory from low-lying 130-mile archipelago

AP: 15 Democrat states sue to stop end of Obama's unconstitutional DACA Executive Order

Bloomberg: House approves $7.4B in disaster-relief funds by 419-3 as Texas flooding costs mount

Tabletmag: Holocaust Museum pulls 'study' absolving Obama Administration for inaction in face of Syrian genocide

Eric Berger - Ars Technica: At times during Harvey, the European model outperformed humans; NOAA's new hurricane model, HMON, performed terribly

Fox Business: EU court backs Intel's appeal of 2009 fine, in blow to regulator

Reuters: U.S. trade gap edges up; deficit with China at 11-month high

Counterpoint Research: Huawei surpasses Apple to be the second largest smartphone brand

AP: Trump pre-declares federal emergencies in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Florida ahead of Irma to free up resources

Miami Herald: Pentagon diverts 2 warships, Marine expeditionary unit for Hurricane Irma relief

AP: Frighteningly powerful Hurricane Irma bears down on Caribbean islands

AP: Florida suspends all road and bridge tolls to keep Irma evacuation traffic moving

ESPN: First-place Boston Red Sox admit they have been cheating for weeks, stealing signs and relaying them electronically to players

AP: Florida on edge; Hurricane Irma "bigger than Andrew"

USA Today: Hurricane Irma so strong it's registering on devices designed to detect earthquakes

Fox News: Hurricane Irma 'extremely dangerous' Category 5 storm, evacuations ordered for Florida Keys

Miami Herald: Irma becomes strongest Atlantic hurricane outside Gulf and Caribbean ever recorded

Fox News: Trump administration ends unconstitutional DACA, with 6-month delay

The Guardian: Not so super: why Hollywood's cinematic universes are on the way out

Bloomberg: Bitcoin tumbles as PBOC declares initial coin offerings illegal

Donald Trump - Journal Sentinel: We must fix our self-destructive tax code

Fox News: North Korea mountain used as nuclear test site at risk of collapsing, Chinese scientist says

Marketwatch: Tronc, publisher of LA Times & Chicago Tribune, buys failing New York Daily News

updated NBC News: Florida preps as Hurricane Irma becomes a full-fledged Cat 5 monster

CBS News: Florida Governor declares state of emergency as Hurricane Irma becomes Category 4

Reuters: WTO reverses Boeing 777X tax credit ruling in blow to EU

Politico: Report: Trump has decided to end DACA, with 6-month delay to allow Congress to act

AP: Trump keeps cards hidden; asked if he'd attack North Korea, says: 'We'll see'

AP: Frustration mounts over ever-rising Obamacare premiums for individual health plans

CTV News: Mattis: U.S. will answer any North Korean threat with a "massive military response -- a response both effective and overwhelming"; America does not seek the "total annihilation" of the North, but, he added somberly, "We have many options to do so"

No respect for disrespect - Cleveland: Police take stand against football kneelers, won't hold flag during Browns' opener

BBC: Frankfurt WW2 bomb defused after mass evacuation

Rolling Stone: Walter Becker, Steely Dan co-founder, dead at 67

AP: New floods possible in west Houston amid Harvey recovery

Daily Mail: China 'strongly condemns' North Korean nuclear test: foreign ministry

Tokyo - AP: What is North Korea's Kim Jong Un trying prove with H-bomb?

CBC: Trump says 'hostile' North Korea H-bomb test is 'an embarrassment to China'

CNN: Revealed: Read the Inauguration Day letter Obama left for Trump

Fox News: President Trump meets victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas: 'There's a lot of love'

Reuters: Trump greeted warmly by storm victims at Houston relief center

Fox News: Colleges rocked by left-wing rallies face backlash from parents, donors

Jacob Wohl - Medium: Domestic terror group Antifa has roots in the Obama Administration, says FBI and DHS

Politico: FBI, Homeland Security warn of more Antifa attacks; confidential documents call the anarchists ‘domestic terrorists’

ABC News: New 'sonic' attack reported in Cuba, 19 Americans now affected

Marc Thiessen - National Post: It's time for the left to really condemn antifa

Global News: Donald Trump asks Congress for initial $7.85B for Harvey disaster relief

Rex Murphy - National Post: 'Antifa' are despicable fascists — call them that, openly, now

AP: Russia lashes out after Trump orders diplomatic posts closed

National Post: Letting teens sleep in would save the U.S. roughly $9B a year, study says

The Guardian: Harvey aid: White House reportedly to ask Congress for initial $5.9B

Mexico claim - Reuters: Mexico, Canada to stay in NAFTA even if U.S. leaves: minister

CBC: Astronomers detect 15 signals from mysterious object in distant galaxy

Jason Perlow - ZDnet: Why I'm now using Android and might skip the iPhone 8

Fox News: Trump administration retaliates against Russia, forces closure of its U.S. posts in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York City by Sept 2nd

Daily Signal: Florida Democrat election official admits non-citizens, felons voting

Reuters: White House vows quick action as Harvey aid estimates soar

Politico: Outgoing Milwaukee County sheriff Clarke expected to take job in Trump administration

Free Beacon: Southern Poverty Law Center transfers millions in cash to offshore entities; left-wing non-profit pays lucrative six-figure salaries to top managers

Al Stahler - The Union: Understanding the physics of hurricanes

Howie Carr: Harvey coverage just latest example of hypocrisy from biased press

Austin - NY Times: Clinton-appointed Federal Judge temporarily blocks Texas ban on ‘Sanctuary Cities’; claims language 'vague'

CBS: Houston students will receive three free meals daily for 2017-18 school year

Gil Troy - TIME: Why the 'Alt-Left' is a problem

Dr. Roy Spencer: Why Houston flooding isn’t a sign of climate change; floods natural bad city planning isn't

The New Yorker: The Antifa protests are helping Donald Trump

India - BBC: Mumbai building collapse kills at least 11; some still trapped, 24 rescued

Germany - NPR: Frankfurt orders 70,000 to evacuate to defuse WWII bomb

George Parry - Philly: Will special counsel Mueller examine the DNC server, source of the great Russiagate caper?

Puts country first - SF Gate: Feinstein surprises San Francisco crowd by expressing hope for Trump

Trump bump - AP: U.S. economic growth upgraded to 3% in Q2

Marketwatch: Amazon is actually the weakest of the big U.S. retailers, Moody’s says

Washington - AP: Trump pushes tax overhaul, says it's 'badly needed'

AFP/Yahoo: Divided U.S. embraces floods as chance to pull together

Kim Brunhuber - CBC: Life in a Texas hurricane shelter

Jonah Goldberg - NY Post: Handling Harvey shows America at its best

Rich Lowry - National Review: Stop making excuses for Antifa thuggery

NY Daily News: America responds with heroism and heart to help Houston recover from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey

Jack Shafer - Politico: The Newseum deserves to die

NY Times: Newseum’s leader resigns amid review of finances

Washington Examiner: It's time to shoot down North Korean missiles

The Hill: 19 indicted for attack on protesters outside Turkish Embassy in Washington

CBS: Harvey sets new U.S. tropical rainfall record; 49.32 inches of rain and rising

Frank Somerville - SFgate: KTVU anchor: 'I experienced hate firsthand' at Berkeley rally

Fox News: Florida professor who tweeted Texans deserved Harvey for supporting Trump is relieved of teaching duties

AP: Inside Houston shelter, a loud and sometimes chaotic night

Washington - AP: Trump: 'All options are on table' after North Korea launch

Globe and Mail: North Korea fires missile over Japan, escalating tensions in ‘grave threat’

Galveston News: Fuel, food supplies spotty as high-water blocks roads

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Clinton's 'deplorables' pull together in Hurricane Harvey aftermath

Galveston News: 18 were airlifted from flooded assisted living facility by National Guard after viral photo alerted rescuers

WKRG: Shocking flooding photo went viral and proved power of social media and an empathetic nation

AP/NY Daily News: India and China agree to end border stand-off

NPR: Already flooded, Houston braces as two swollen reservoirs are opened

Germany - Euro News: Murdering nurse 'may have killed up to 84 people'

Iraq - ABC News: Car bombing at busy Baghdad market kills 12

Chronicle-Herald: Netanyahu rips UN, says Iran building missile sites in Syria

CBC: German students beat Newfoundland/Boston team to win Hyperloop competition; pod reaches speed of 324 km per hr

AP: Rescuers pluck hundreds from rising floodwaters in Houston

Fox News: Harvey causes 'catastrophic flooding' in Houston; airports closed, deep water blocks interstates

AP: Trump prepares to remove Obama's restrictions on surplus military gear going to police

AP: Black-clad, masked anarchists again storm a Berkeley rally, this time assaulting and beating at least 4, including prayer organizer

Fox News: Harvey sends floodwaters into Texas nursing home, 15 seniors rescued

AP: 8 mountain climbers die in 3 accidents in Europe's Alps

Emily Jashinsky - Washington Examiner: How do you say 'whoops' in Russian? Podesta Group retroactively files more DOJ disclosures for pro-Putin work

Rex Murphy - National Post: Deplorability of neo-Nazis no excuse for anti-fascist thuggery

AP: Trump meets and tweets as Texas Governor praises Harvey response

The Hill: Trump to travel to storm-ravaged Texas "as soon as that trip can be made without causing disruption"

NECN: Harvey is worst Texas storm since 1961's Carla; How it stacks up

Cuero - Fox News: Residents at epicenter of Harvey's landfall return to heartbreaking devastation

Michael Rubin - Washington Examiner: The political lynching of Sebastian Gorka

AP/St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Hurricane Harvey closes key oil, gas operations in Texas

Fox News: North Korea's latest missile tests didn't fail, U.S. military says in revised report

AP: Hurricane Harvey’s disaster mix: Warm water, huge rains, slow speed

London - ABC News: Man arrested outside Buckingham Palace for allegedly assaulting police

NY Times: Belgian soldiers kill knife-wielding man in Brussels

Rockport - ABC News: Texas Mayor tells those not evacuating for hurricane to put Social Security numbers on arms

Washington Examiner: Gorka latest to leave White House

Bloomberg: Trump orders military to reject new transgender recruits

Washington Post: Trump’s focus on Hurricane Harvey intensifies as monster storm approaches Texas

France24: Macron shifts communication strategy as popularity plummets

WattsUpWithThat: 3,700-year-old Babylonian tablet rewrites the history of maths – and shows the Greeks did not develop trigonometry

NY Post: Hurricane Harvey could be much worse than Sandy

Toronto Star: Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong sentenced to 5 years in prison

ABC News: Hurricane Harvey will bring 'large-scale' damage; FEMA chief 'afraid' residents won't heed warning

Toronto Star: Bad brakes, bus plunges off a pier in Russia, killing at least 17 workers

Boston Herald: Clinton keeps making excuses on why she lost; reality is that she was an atrocious, lazy candidate

IBI Times: Alleged Yahoo hacker, Canadian Karim Baratov, pleads not guilty to helping Russian agents conduct massive 2014 data breach

ZeeNews: Cyborg bacteria can harvest solar energy to produce fuel

Charlottesville Daily Progress: Kessler described as one-time wannabe liberal activist

Dutch News: Terror alert in Rotterdam, Mayor cancels concert after Spanish tip-off

Vallarta Daily: Mexico wants medical tourism to be part of new NAFTA

NY Times: Commander of U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet relieved of duty after series of deadly collisions

Phoenix - Global News: Trump hints he’ll pardon ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio, a strong opponent of illegal immigration sideswiped by a Democrat judge

570 News: One week into negotiations, Trump says he'll 'probably' cancel NAFTA

Washington Times: Alan Dershowitz: ‘Violent’ Antifa movement is ‘trying to tear down America’— ‘I think it’s the obligation of liberals to speak out against the hard left radicals’

Italy - Sky News: Ischia earthquake: Three young brothers rescued from rubble; 2 dead from M4.0 quake

Reuters: Trump to visit Arizona town on U.S.-Mexico border

Kurt Schlichter - Townhall: Normal Americans are bored by the fake drama

NY Times: Great Wall Motor of China sets its sights on Jeep

Reuters: A majority of Americans want to preserve Confederate monuments: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Daniel G. Jones - American Thinker: Trump is the real anti-fascist

Los Angeles - CTV News: Record $417M award in lawsuit linking baby powder to cancer

Bloomberg: Intel says new PC chip is ‘once-in-a-decade’ performance boost

BBC: Terror: Barcelona mass killer named as 22-yr-old Younes Abouyaaqoub; manhunt across Europe

Washington Post: Stricken U.S. destroyer arrives in Singapore after collision, 10 sailors missing

CBC: Terror: At least 1 killed in Marseille after van crashes into two bus shelters in different parts of the French city

Washington - AP: President Trump to address nation Monday night on new Afghanistan plan

PJ Media: Is Google working with liberal groups to snuff out conservative websites?

Ripoll - AP: Spanish police now believe 12-person terror cell had planned massive car bomb attack in Barcelona

Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. - Wall Street Journal: The extremist show is just starting; Charlottesville was a defeat for America but a win for the provocateurs in our midst

Thomas Lifson - American Thinker: Media contortions protect their established narrative in Boston

Freetown - AP: Hospital officials: Nearly 500 dead in Sierra Leone mudslides, flooding; 600 still missing

Scott Adams: How to know you’re in a mass hysteria bubble

Deroy Murdock - NH Union-Leader: Both sides were to blame for Charlottesville violence

Russell Nagelkirk - American Thinker: Why are there monuments of Confederate soldiers?

TIME: 'It's not worth taking a chance.' Man who experienced eye damage during 1962 solar eclipse warns others

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: ObamaCare, not Trump, is causing ObamaCare's massive rate hikes

Kalaloch - Peninsula News: Gray whale beached for three days lives to swim away from Olympic National Park (with human help)

Ned Barnett - American Thinker: Imposing 21st Century sensibilities on 18th and 19th Century actions

Boston - AP: Black-clad, masked leftists disrupt Free Speech Rally, yank U.S. flag from hands of elderly woman, knocking her down

Daily Mail: At least 23 dead, dozens hurt as train derails in India

Cassandra Fairbanks - Big League Politics: Vermont man says he was slashed by "Antifa" mob that found his name in an article about a Charlottesville attendee

Weekly Standard: Bannon: 'The Trump Presidency that we fought for, and won, is over'

Colin Clarke - Globe and Mail: When the car is a terror weapon, can we prepare for attacks?

AP: Spain, France press manhunt for ringleader in dual attacks

Politico magazine: Has a civil rights stalwart lost its way? The flash, cash and controversial stash of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Fox News: Bannon gone from White House back to Breitbart; vows 'I'm leaving the White House and going to war for Trump against his opponents -- on Capitol Hill, in the media, and in corporate America'

Politico: Battle joined to strip Confederate names from prominent U.S. military bases

Daily Signal: Black Pastors demand Smithsonian remove bust of racist Planned Parenthood Founder

Daily Caller: Barcelona terror cell allegedly planned to use explosives, accidentally blew up bomb factory

Reuters: Merkel, called 'traitor', defends refugee stance in rowdy east Germany

CNBC: Trump is a 'victim' and is being 'bullied' by mob mentality

Turku - AP: Finnish police arrest one, look for more stabbing suspects

AP: Barcelona's victims: A snapshot of the world

AP: Police: Attacks in Spain are linked, took long time to plan

Finland - Mirror: One killed after knifeman 'screaming Allahu Akbar' goes on rampage in city

Washington Examiner: Good riddance to White House corporate commissions

White House: Trump makes major infrastructure push; Executive Order speeds approvals, good news for 80% of projects not funded by federal govt

Independent Journal Review: Apocalyptic communist group at vanguard of left-wing agitation in and since Charlottesville; anti-everything

AFP: Venezuela rivals trade blame after jail shootout kills 37

Fox News: Missouri Democratic state senator says she hopes Trump is assassinated; top Missouri Democrats call for her to resign

Fox News: Democrat scandal grows as Imran Awan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz' ex-IT aide, indicted on 4 counts

AFP/Yahoo: Since 2007, using vehicles as weapons of terror in Europe

Bloomberg: Africa’s richest man to invest up to $50B in U.S., Europe

BBC: Trump defends 'beautiful' Civil War statues against ISIS-like removal; "You can't change history, but you can learn from it"

Conrad Black - American Greatness: Who was really at fault in Charlottesville?

CNBC: Dow posts biggest one-day fall in 3 months; concerns over Trump agenda grow but Cohn says he's going nowhere

AP: Maine Governor: Removing Confederate statues like losing 9/11 memorial; blames extremists on both sides for weekend conflict

CNBC: A Gary Cohn resignation would 'crash the markets,' management guru Jeffrey Sonnenfeld says

Reuters: Trump mulling lifting status of Cyber Command: sources

AP: Why hate came to the progressive island of Charlottesville

Reuters: U.S. to honor Japan defense pact 'without reservation': Tillerson

CNBC: Andrew Puzder: CEOs are 'shortsighted' leaving Trump's special councils

Freetown: Fears that Sierra Leone death toll will top 500

Pakistan - Reuters: Karachi rail revival faces shanty town delay; people literally living on the rails

Baltimore - AP/Yahoo: Mayor suddenly removing historic Confederate statues in dead of night was wrong say critics

Daily Caller: Woman who destroyed Durham Confederate statue is a pro-North Korea Marxist

Mike Murphy - Marketwatch: Steve Bannon: ‘We’re at economic war with China,’ there’s no North Korea solution

CNBC/Yahoo: China has got to fix its debt problem, the IMF says

Robert Kuttner - American Prospect: Steve Bannon, unrepentant

Reuters: South Korea's Moon says U.S. to seek Seoul's approval before any action on North Korea

AP: Two to tango; Virginia clashes bring attention to violence-prone 'anti-fascist' movement

Tristin Hopper - National Post: Obama’s viral tweet is sweet but wrong: science research shows babies are totally racist

U.S. News and World Report: A newer NAFTA; 3 ways President Trump can modernize the trade agreement

U.S. GDP jumping: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta projects real GDP growth in 3Q 2017 at 3.8% on August 16th, up from 3.7% on August 15th

Independent Journal Review: On Thursday, ICE announced unprecedented prosecution of White Supremacists

John Nolte - Daily Wire: Trump's epic presser clarifies three truths that have driven the MSM insane

Politico: Confederate statues in U.S. Capitol statuary hall likely going nowhere

Origins and membership of Ku Klux Klan: Founded by Democratic Party, KKK "sought to overthrow the Republican state governments in the South during the Reconstruction Era, especially by using violence against African American leaders"

Jack Shafer - Politico: The good news about the Nazis; America’s tolerance of fascist and communist idiots is one of its greatest strengths

Understanding American history: The Democratic Party opposed end of slavery, created Confederacy and triggered U.S. Civil War; post-War they "disenfranchised blacks (who were Republicans)"

Politico: Trump accuses Amazon of hurting 'tax paying retailers' and stripping jobs away from towns and cities across the country

Washington Free Beacon: Al Qaeda publishes blueprint for attacks on key U.S. transportation systems

Robert Fulford - National Post: How a Canadian priest became the most effective disseminator of Nazi propaganda in America

CBC: 'I worry about this': Trudeau's move to dissolve Indigenous affairs department prompts concern

Global News: Liberals target 60,000 student work placements with funding roll out; late and lower numbers than promised

Montreal Gazette: Canadian lumber producers get reprieve with end of 20% of preliminary duties

CBC: Canada's electronic spy agency to get new rules for sharing data with allies

CTV News: OPP seize $250M worth of cocaine in force's largest ever drug bust

Chantal Hébert - Toronto Star: Cabinet shuffle only targeted isolated trouble spots

Susan Delacourt - iPolitics: Trudeau hits the reset button — and keeps his friends close

Globe and Mail: Indigenous Affairs department split in cabinet shuffle

CTV News: Bruce Springsteen to perform at Invictus Games closing ceremony in Toronto; other performers at opening/closing ceremonies include Bryan Adams, Bachman & Turner, Kelly Clarkson, Alessia Cara, Sarah McLachlan and The Tenors

Montreal - CBC: Molotov cocktail hurled at Rosemont restaurant

Hamilton - CBC: $4M Canadian Coast Guard ship refit months behind schedule

Edmonton Journal: Liberals killing energy industry: Conservative leader Scheer

Newfoundland - CP/Chronicle Herald: Four dead in head-on collision on Trans-Canada Highway near Chapel Arm exit

Inside Toronto: NDP Premier Horgan eliminates tolls on two Vancouver-area bridges in blatant vote-buying; creates rift with Greens leader over resulting huge debt costs to province

CTV News: Officials eye El Salvadorans as potential source of next wave of border crossers

Toronto Star: Liberal Govt tries to block ex-Premier Dalton McGuinty testifying at lawsuit

Conrad Black - National Post: Canada suffers from unimaginative government. Here are some radical ideas

BNN: Hurricane Harvey likely to push pump prices up in Canada, too: Petroleum analyst [video]

CP/Global News: Americans seeking enforcement of U.S. judgement against Omar Khadr in Alberta

Vogue: Get to know Prince Edward County, Ontario — the Hudson Valley of Canada; but not an island, just an extreme peninsula

CBC: Whitby fire destroys townhouse complex under construction, $6M in damage

Peterborough Examiner: General Electric Peterborough plant to cease most manufacturing by September 2018

Toronto Star: Ontario hospitals scrambling to cope following surge in number of extremely sick babies; “Not enough NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) beds, equipment, RNs. UNACCEPTABLE." tweeted pediatrician calling out Health Minister Hoskins

BNN: Taxes at 42.5% of income surpass housing as biggest expense for Canadians, Fraser Institute study finds

CBC: Canadians to be able to choose 'X' as gender on passports starting August 31st

Toronto Star: New home sales in GTA plunge, prices soar in July; house prices rose 45% over last year as province continues to fumble file

Montreal Gazette: Up to 4,000 illegal migrants to receive welfare cheques from Quebec Govt starting August 30

John Ivison - National Post: Even John A. Macdonald isn't safe from a foolish revisionism that never ends

Huffington Post: Mike Duffy suing Senate, RCMP for nearly $8M in wake of expense scandal

J.D.M. Stewart - Globe and Mail: Don’t hold Sir John A. Macdonald to 2017’s values

CBC: Fighting cancer, responsnible for Phoenix debacle, Newfoundland and Labrador MP Judy Foote stepping down from cabinet, resigning as MP

CBC: York police release photos, video of suspects in anti-semitic, racist vandalism in Markham

CTV News: Mosquito species responsible for the majority of Zika cases caught in Ontario

Chris Selley - National Post: Astonishing nonsense from the Liberals amid surge of illegal asylum-seekers

Chantal Hébert - Toronto Star: Trudeau’s warning to would-be asylum seekers may fall on deaf ears

Global News: Manitoba RCMP arrest man after attempting to bring firearm on Toronto-bound flight

Globe and Mail: Immigration Minister denies obvious — that Canada was unprepared for surge of illegal asylum seekers

CBC: BC Ferries to ban smoking, staying in cars on closed decks

Cornwall Standard-Freeholder: Cornwall city council rejects proposal to give free bus passes to illegal asylum seekers temporarily housed at Nav Centre

CTV News: B.C. ends 2016-17 fiscal year with $2.7B surplus

Perils of vote seeking - CBC: Niki Ashton rejects NDP leadership endorsement from Holocaust denier

Napanee Guide: Smaller Ontario towns struggle to pay for infrastructure

CBC: Border crossers task force to meet, review next steps in coping with illegal asylum seekers

London Free Press: Western University researchers have made a breakthrough in testing for Zika virus exposure

CBC: Canada looking into possible illicit causes behind asylum spike

Field, BC - Calgary Herald: Pedestrian struck and killed by car at highway pull-out; 2nd pedestrian narrowly missed under suspicious circumstances

Ontario - Global News: Cornwall officials seek answers on arrival of illegal Haitian asylum seekers

CBC: Governor General-designate Julie Payette drops bid to keep divorce records sealed

Bloomberg: Canada inflation target under review as prices undershoot

CP/Globe and Mail: U.S. imports of German softwood up tenfold as duties weigh on Canada; Canadian share of U.S. softwood imports drops from 96% to 92%; home prices rising as a result

CTV News: Toronto man flagged as potential ISIS suicide bomber

Hill Times: Indigenous women’s representatives warn against ‘hard reset’ of foundering MMIW inquiry

San Francisco - Globe and Mail: Liberal-named Consul-General Rana Sarkar to make nearly double the office’s official salary; friend of PMO's Gerry Butts

Toronto Star: Rehab Dughmosh refuses to appear in court for third time on 21 terrorism charges; she will now be brought to a hearing scheduled for Monday by force if necessary, judge rules

Toronto Star: Women in Ismaili Muslim sect say they have had FGM in Canada

Reuters: Trudeau warns against entering Canada 'irregularly'

Toronto Star: Lawyer contradicts teen's testimony in 'Neptune Four’ case

Breitbart: Quebec Bill amendment would ban Islamic veil on public transport

Toronto Star: Nectarines are the next big thing in Ontario fruit

Hill Times: Multiple candidates vie for nomination in Ambrose’s former riding

Toronto Star: NAFTA countries agree to pursue ‘rapid pace’ for renegotiations

Toronto Star: City of Toronto shuts down short-term rentals on Dundas Street over safety fears

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Folktale 'Arab & his Camel' clarifies claims of Islamophobia

Heritage: Mosquitoes in Kingston, Napanee test positive for West Nile Virus

Peter Foster - Financial Post: Climate crusaders have got lost in space

Vancouver - Deadline: ‘Deadpool 2’ crash: Details emerge in death of stuntwoman Joi Harris

Financial Post: Here’s why everybody is so interested in Canada’s inflation data

Red Deer - CTV News: Tire cleaner containing naptha leads to car wash explosion injuring 3

CBC: Canadian killed in Barcelona attack identified as Ian Moore Wilson; his wife Valerie was injured

London - City News: Western University music students to live in retirement home with seniors

CTV News: Group of Sears Canada creditors wants to sue executives and board

Globe and Mail: Mother says she felt pressured to send daughter on trip where Toronto student died

BNN: American dairy divided: Some want Canada’s supply management left alone in NAFTA

CBC: Former LNG advocate Gordon Wilson sues B.C. Premier John Horgan for defamation in $5M lawsuit

CP/CTV News: Canada on list of 34 countries with citizens killed or injured in Barcelona

National Post: Rebel Media meltdown: Faith Goldy fired as politicians, contributors distance themselves

Montreal - Globe and Mail: Ontario to open shelter to help assist with influx of asylum seekers

Reuters: Auto groups side with Canada, Mexico on NAFTA origin rules; but modernization needed anyway

BBC: Peanut allergy treatment 'lasts up to four years'

Quebec - Reuters: Canada sees 'unsustainable' spike in illegal asylum seekers at U.S. border

Marketwatch: Raising the minimum wage leads workers in these industries to be replaced by robots

Toronto Sun: Facebook threat forces cancellation of free speech event at Ryerson: Jordan Peterson

CTV News: Agricultural leaders demand delicate touch to any potential NAFTA changes

CP24: Arson suspected in fire that destroyed part of Burlington Baptist church: Pastor

CBC: CIBC to swallow PC Financial's banking business, rebrand as Simplii

Toronto Star: NAFTA has ‘fundamentally failed,’ Trump’s top trade official says to open renegotiations

CBC: Confederate plaque on Montreal Hudson's Bay store removed

Global News: Illegal refugee claimants found in possession of child porn at Quebec border

Camrose - CBC: 'It still fits': Diamond ring missing since 2004 turns up on garden carrot

Kim Moody, Kenneth Keung - Financial Post: Canada’s tax proposals read like a class-warfare manifesto against private businesses

Toronto Star: Canada’s NAFTA demands unlikely to be considered, U.S. trade vets say

Charles Burton - Ottawa Citizen: Chrystia Freeland's disquieting silence around trade talks with China

Global News: Toronto police release more images of suspect in TTC subway bomb threat

National Post: Is the Liberals’ NAFTA wish list a sign they are setting up talks to fail?

Victoria: Economic hit to guide and outfitter industry as B.C. NDP ends Grizzly Bear hunt

Hamilton Spectator: Two Canadians killed in Burkina Faso attack were a pregnant newlywed grad of Queen's University, and a veterinarian food expert from Guelph

Independent: LinkedIn: Having a public profile just got more risky thanks to new U.S. court ruling

Global News: Tributes pour in for Brooklyn stunt stand-in for Domino character killed on ‘Deadpool 2’ movie set in Vancouver

Windsor - CTV News: Chatham man admits to threatening to blow up Parliament, gets 180 days in jail

Daily Caller: Illegal refugees complain about housing in Montreal

Vancouver - CTV News: Female stunt driver dead after accident on Deadpool 2 set

Toronto Star: Business coalition sounds alarm over Ontario’s minimum-wage hike; say will cost consumers and jobs

CTV News: McDonald's Canada selling 67-cent hamburgers to mark 50th birthday

Global News: Two Canadians among at least 18 killed in Islamist terror attack on popular restaurant in Burkina Faso

Daily Commercial News: Upsize announced for set of Napanee cannabis facility builds by ABcann

CTV News: RCMP shortages leave Mounties in 'crisis,' officers say

Toronto - CBC: Over 630 Ontarians have ended own lives since new law brought in; but now advocacy group wants to force religious institutions to allow assisted deaths, too

Showing the hand - CTV News: From labour standards to red tape, Canada outlines broad NAFTA goals

CTV News: As NAFTA talks begin, U.S. negotiator who praised the deal knows where all the compromises are buried, won't be buffaloed

CBC: Small business owners say they are unfairly targeted by proposed federal tax changes

CBC: Memo raises doubts about who was 'architect' of residential schools; Trudeau wrong again?

CBC: 'No guarantees' asylum seekers will get refugee status, Quebec premier points out; Philippe Couillard says it's 'sad' that people are being told it's easy to be admitted to Canada

Quebec - CBC: 1,200 asylum seekers wait to be processed at Lacolle border crossing

Toronto Sun: Ontario PCs initiate watchdog probe into Quebec power purchase

Conrad Black - National Post: Canada is failing to see the North Korea crisis clearly; It has been painful to read and watch the asinine Canadian media reaction to the North Korean crisis. The focus has not been on the lunacy of the North Korean regime but on President Trump

CBC: StatsCan blames computer error for spike in number of English speakers in Quebec

Montreal - CBC: Fire at Morin Heights' legendary recording hub, Le Studio

NY Times: A surge of illegal migrants crossing into Quebec tests Canada’s welcome

Chris Selley - National Post: Northern Ontario superballots are hard to justify, even in the name of reconciliation

Murray Mandryk - Regina Leader-Post: Through Brad Wall beat the heart of Saskatchewan

CBC: Montrealer sole resident of condo building after other units rented on Airbnb

Don Braid - Calgary Herald: From pipeline to Wall and Fildebrandt, a day that went all wrong

Huffington Post: Only French speakers should be allowed to immigrate to Quebec: PQ Leader

CBC: Military builds tent village to house surge of asylum seekers at Quebec border

Saskatoon Star-Phoenix: Saskatchewan politicians, business leaders and others react to Brad Wall's resignation

Global News: Late Napanee teen to be remembered through music festival, scholarship fund

CBC: Brad Wall's departure highlights changing political landscape of Western Canada; All 4 provinces will also have new Opposition leaders soon

CBC: Ottawa to force ships to slow down to prevent whale deaths in Gulf of St. Lawrence; Montreal, Quebec City raw sewage the real killer?

Edmonton - CBC: Fildebrandt apologizes, takes leave of absence from UCP finance critic role

CBC: Restaurant industry concerned lower blood-alcohol limit could serve up trouble

Marc Brouillette - Toronto Sun: Ontario-Quebec hydro deal bad for Ontario

CBC: Hamilton girl mistakes alligator in yard for a pool toy; takes authorities an hour to respond

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Thanks Mr. Runciman for a job well done!

Sophia Harris - CBC: Tim Hortons is hiring to feed 'huge' UK expansion, job postings say

Globe and Mail: Sweden aided Canada in North Korea's release of pastor

CBC: Impasse over intellectual property tying up warship bids; Unidentified ally has complained about the program 'directly to Canada,' internal documents say

CBC: 22-year-old man dies after being punched inside Starbucks in Burnaby, B.C.; police cover-up?

CBC: 'Mob' of motorcyclists menacing major highways in Ontario prompts investigation

New York Upstate: Lake Ontario 12 inches lower since late May, record water releases continue

Shawn Jeffords - Toronto Sun: Liberals overpaying in deal to buy Quebec hydro: Brown

Toronto Star: Judge orders former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to testify in horse breeders’ $65M lawsuit against the province

Financial Post: Safe haven assets jump amid North Korea threats

Global News: Napanee wildlife centre appeals to anglers to help them feed two injured ospreys who need local fish to survive

Seoul - Japan Times: North Korea says it has released detained Canadian pastor who was serving life sentence

Editorial backgrounder - Sudbury Star: Wynne not on trial, but will be judged

Kingston Whig-Standard: Guards' union says fentanyl found twice at Collins Bay Penitentiary

CBC: Canadian delegation in North Korea to seek Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim's release

CBC: Saskatchewan families divided on whether fumbling MMIWG inquiry needs 're-set' or should continue as-is

CTV News: Grand Theft Brainpower: Montreal study ties video games to reduced grey matter

Huffington Post: Jason Kenney bashes Al Gore's 'hypocrisy' after oilsands comment

CBC: MMIWG loses another key staffer as families slam 'colonial' inquiry process, demand hard reset from Trudeau

Energy Ontario: Ontario Energy Association disappointed about secret discussions between Hydro-Québec and Ontario on 20-year deal requiring payment whether power used or not

Fraser Institute: Obstacles to business investment in Ontario — high electricity prices

Candice Malcolm - Toronto Sun: Trudeau’s lost all control of our border crisis

Joe Warmington - Toronto Sun: Social media Samaritans enable OSPCA to rescue dog abused on TTC subway

CTV News: Hydro One Q2 revenue, profit fall as lack of mythical global warming cuts peak-price demand in Ontario

John Ivison - National Post: NEP 2.0: 'Another Trudeau's' tone-deaf rules sow seeds of another unity crisis

Montreal - Toronto Sun: More asylum shelters needed as refugees overload Olympic Stadium location; ironically, Trudeau ended Canada's temp program for Haitians a year ago, while Trump extended similar U.S. program until 2018

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Cases show deadly power of a teenage girl over love-struck boy

Globe and Mail: Andrew Scheer laying groundwork for federal election in summer travels

Surrey Now Leader: 111 people died of drug overdose in B.C. in June; total is 780 lives lost to overdoses so far this year, up from 414 at this time last year

CBC: Illegal border crossings could create 'urgent need' to revisit policy, Immigration Minister was warned in March

Editorial - Toronto Sun: How the Ontario Liberals buried us in debt

John Gormley - Saskatoon Star-Phoenix: The needless debate over 'ASIMIL8'

Fast Company: How Vancouver built itself into an urban transportation success story

Ontario - CBC: Waterspout, tornado, other high winds blamed for thousands of power outages in Muskoka, Brockville after wild Friday

CBC: Cut by construction: details emerging about why the lines went dead in Atlantic Canada

Toronto Star: Liberals mocked over ‘frivolous’ complaint that Tories, NDP are breaking fundraising law

Edward Keenan - Toronto Star: 500% property tax increase triggered by Ontario's MPAC will change the face of Yonge Street

CBC: Major Bell-connected Canadian cell, internet outages hammering customers in Atlantic provinces, Quebec and Ontario

Globe and Mail: Canada’s trade gap widens as exports pull back

Toronto - Global News: Princess Diana pal Bryan Adams, Kelly Clarkson to perform at Invictus Games closing ceremonies in September

Global News: Quebec City accepts Muslim community’s bid for land to build cemetery

Ottawa - CP/CTV News: Boosted by Trumponomics, Canadian economy adds jobs for eighth month in a row, though pace of growth slows

Toronto Star: Large commercial operators a growing concern in the Airbnb market, disputed study says

Peterborough Examiner: Two killed in fiery truck crash that closed Highway 401 between Port Hope and Cobourg

CBC: Rump idealists try to form Alberta Advantage Party from dregs of defunct Wildrose Party

Halifax - CP/CBC: Documents reveal two previously unknown nursing home deaths due to pushing; number disclosed since 2008 rises to 11 in Nova Scotia

Les Perreaux - Globe and Mail: Quebec's resources wear thin as wave of asylum seekers swells

Ultimate Classic Rock: Goldy McJohn, founding member and keyboardist of Canadian rock band Steppenwolf, dead at 72

Hill Times: Only five ex-Tory leadership candidates still paying off campaign debt; none say worried

CBC: Ambrose, ex-Tory minister Moore on Liberal government's NAFTA advisory council

Kingston Whig-Standard: 186th edition of Napanee Fair this weekend

CTV News: Kelly Knight Craft confirmed by U.S. Senate as Ambassador to Canada

Christie Blatchford - Calgary Herald: Why not name murder victims? New Alberta policy is absurd

Vancouver - The Province: Former Liberal MP Blair Wilson awarded $125,000 in defamation case

CBC: Rural electricity customers wary of Ontario's temporary rate cuts; "With their history, we know we're going to pay one way or the other. It's pretty obvious"

CP/Globe and Mail: Quebec dealing with 150 asylum requests a day: immigration minister

CP/National Post: Trump leaked phone call: 'Don't worry about Canada,' says he's happy with trade

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Is Trudeau’s Canada for sale?

Bob Hepburn - Toronto Star: Bad news keeps coming for Kathleen Wynne: polls, desertions, corruption trial

Big Brothers: Google, YouTube screening threatens free speech: U of T's Peterson

City News: Another crane rescue in downtown Toronto, man detained under Mental Health Act

Graham Thomson - Edmonton Journal: In UCP leadership race, Jason Kenney marches to his own drummer

Montreal - CBC: Montreal's Olympic Stadium used to house surge in asylum seekers crossing from U.S.; 1,000 illegal migrants in July alone

Toronto Star: Allegations of long-term financial mismanagement put African Canadian Legal Clinic’s funding at risk

Chatham Daily News: Pile-driving for wind turbines destroys well water; family spends $4,000 on water testing

Father Raymond de Souza - National Post: Trudeau evidently willing to use racial stereotypes to his advantage

680News: Former PM Brian Mulroney's daughter Caroline is seeking Ontario PC nomination for York-Simcoe

Bloomberg: Bees buzzing back from colony collapse disorder

Sean Coughlan - BBC: How Canada became an education superpower

Margaret Wente - Globe and Mail: Minimum wages: The small-town impact will be immense as local businesses and jobs evaporate

Montreal Gazette: Indigenous advocate wants Trudeau to write Rolling Stone to express ‘regret’ for his racist remarks

CBC: If the U.S. is alarmed about North Korea, 'we should be alarmed,' says MacKay

Napanee Guide: Grocer offended by Wynne Minister's minimum wage response

CP/Times Colonist: Trudeau Govt bolsters Canadian team in U.S. in prep for NAFTA talks

Financial Post: Walmart Canada scraps online pickup fee in latest shot across grocery bow

Janet McFarland - Globe and Mail: Canada’s cooling experiment; How a year of housing reform has affected Canada's real estate markets

Calgary Herald: Poll shows UCP would handily defeat Alberta NDP if election held today

BNN: Sprott Energy Fund joins exodus from Canada’s energy patch

CBC: Canada condemns Venezuela's 'undemocratic' vote but is not ready to follow U.S. sanctions yet

Chesapeake Shores - Times Colonist: Star-struck in Qualicum: film crews transform mid-Island into Qualiwood

Global News: 9 maps show where Canada’s illegal drugs are coming from

Martin, Wingrove - Hamilton Spectator: NAFTA battle will test strength of renewed Canada-Mexico ties

CBC: Napanee company FireRein sending corn-based fire suppressant Eco-Gel foam to fight B.C. fires

updated CBC: Hwy 401 now partially open after all 16 lanes shut down in Toronto due to fatal truck crash and fire

Globe and Mail: Wynne shuffles cabinet as Manitoban Murray leaves environment post to head radical Calgary lobbyist Pembina Institute

Gary Mason - Globe and Mail: Christy Clark’s undoing comes down to three tactical miscalculations

CBC: Liberals try to assuage fears ahead of possible free trade deal with China, documents show

CP/Times-Colonist: ‘Buy America’ policies to loom large as Canada gets ready for NAFTA talks

Peter Edwards - Toronto Star: Shootings, explosions, killings and the bloody fight to be ‘the next boss’ after mobster Vito Rizzuto’s death

Backgrounder - National Post: When will Commissioner of Elections Canada investigate unregulated foreign $$ millions spent to hijack 2015 Canadian election? Russian? American? Chinese? Whose $$ decided our election?

Financial Post: The more governments abuse and misuse carbon taxes, the more Canadians dislike them

Andrew Lawton - Global News: Justin Trudeau values coolness over competence, Rolling Stone reminds us

Editorial - National Post: Petronas debacle confirms that Canada simply isn't open for business

Hill Times: Jagmeet Singh positions himself as ‘growth candidate,’ makes gains in vote-rich B.C., as rivals attack

National Post: 'It's raining money': Quebec's economy crawled out of the doghouse. Now, it's a powerhouse

CBC: Trudeau Minister admits MMIW a big mess, says cabinet will address changes demanded by AFN, families

Neil MacDonald - CBC: CBC columnist calls Canadians "a supine, uninformed, apathetic bunch, inclined to do whatever they're told and behave like milk cows" as he advocates NAFTA changes

Randall Denley - Ottawa Citizen: Hydro One no longer has Ontarians' interests at heart

Dimmock, Miller - Ottawa Citizen: Two-year-old Ottawa boy fended for himself in apartment for 10 days after mom was killed

Colby Cosh - National Post: 'Forced' Aboriginal sterilizations a devastating failure of medical system

CBC: Christy Clark resigns as leader of B.C. Liberal Party, effective August 4th

CTV News: Woman sought in Calgary quadruple homicide taken into custody in Toronto

Robert Fife - Globe and Mail: Bernier shows he's still politically inept; says he wants to be CPC finance critic and also wants to run again for leader

CTV News: AFN Chiefs pass a resolution calling for changes to Liberals' stumbling MMIW inquiry

CBC: Adidas to sell CCM to Toronto-based firm for $110M U.S.

Reuters: B.C. Premier Horgan says 'hopeful' of softwood lumber deal with U.S. in August

CTV News: Woman sought in Calgary quadruple homicide might be in Ontario or Quebec

CTV News: Melania Trump leading U.S. delegation to Invictus Games in Toronto in September

Globe and Mail: Supreme Court of Canada: Indigenous people do not have a veto over resource projects affecting their traditional territory

CBC: Toronto mulls plans for 3 super-tall buildings in downtown core, ranging from 92 to 98 stories

CBC: 'What else was I to do?': Ontario jail guard faces discipline after tweets revealing desperate situation of inmate in segregation

Ontario - CBC: Human case of West Nile Virus reported in Timiskaming District

680News: Supreme Court quashes seismic testing in Arctic, allows Line 9 pipeline reversal; says local consultation adequate in one, inadequate in other

Hill Times: Trudeau’s 14-seat majority could ‘easily’ be reduced to minority ‘or worse’ in 2019

CTV News: 'Mountain' Police? 'Liberty' Party? Rolling Stone bumbles facts in fawning error-filled Trudeau profile

Global News: Mosquitoes test positive for West Nile virus on Toronto Island

Globe and Mail: Canadian Forces aim to improve transgender policy; U.S. says job of military is "decisive and overwhelming victory", not implementing social policy

Global News: Via Rail terror plotter Esseghaier to appeal life sentence after undergoing mental health treatment

Global News: Loblaws says minimum wage boost will mean higher food prices; analysts predict fewer jobs, more automation, too

Andrew MacDougall - Toronto Star: Payette scramble highlights a serious Trudeau flaw

Napanee Beaver: Four charged following armed robbery on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory

Globe and Mail: Protecting what used to be deemed swampland, now known as 'sacred wetlands' by bureaucratic decree, derails giant development near Niagara Falls

Susan Delacourt - iPolitics: Trudeau is rapidly running short of allies in the West

Financial Post: Condos buck Toronto housing slowdown as new construction sales hit record

Toronto Star: Liberals' desperation on Khadr fall-out reflected in Liberal columnist's conflation of unrelated economic and morality issues

Rob Carrick - Globe and Mail: The new Canada Child Benefit: Difference-maker or dud?

Chris Selley - National Post: Kathleen Wynne, witness for the prosecution at a bribery trial. That's special

Hill Times: Alberta Tory MPs lining up behind Kenney in provincial leadership race

National Post: Ex-Nazi interpreter stripped of Canadian citizenship a fourth time intends to challenge order

Ottawa - CBC: Botched procurement delays new inflatable boats for military

Toronto Star: Kathleen Wynne to testify in Sudbury byelection corruption trial involving former deputy chief of staff and Liberal activist

Ottawa Citizen: Serial killer nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer was fired twice but nursing regulator didn't take notice

Moodys Investor Services: Hydro One outlook changed to negative after $6.7B Avista splurge

Global News: B.C. wildfires likely to add to U.S. homebuyers’ frustration, as lumber supply crunch worsens

Peterborough - Global News: Rompin' Ronnie Hawkins selling legendary Stony Lake estate where rock royalty frolicked and made history

Globe and Mail: No surprise: Ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer found guilty of professional misconduct; murdered at least 8 patients

CTV News: 14-year-old girl drowns after trying to save dog in Edmonton

Times Colonist: B.C. religious community leaders found guilty of polygamy

CTV News: Tens of thousands of B.C. wildfire evacuees head home

Chronicle Herald: Shelburne bids celebratory send off to derelict MV Farley Mowat as weather delays towing

National Post: Liberals overhaul citizenship test: Warnings about barbaric cultural practices taken out, making fun of Indigenous peoples and immigrants put in

Montreal Gazette: Unborn baby dies after pregnant mother stabbed, man arrested after brutal Montreal North attack

Ross Ayotte - Bay Today: Liberal government buys and supports coal power plants in the U.S.A. that it blamed

CBC: Canadian dollar tops 80 cents U.S. for 1st time in 2 years as U.S. dollar sinks and commodities rebound

Justin Giovannetti - Globe and Mail: Ontario to select new private operator for GTA gambling sites

Margaret Wente - Globe and Mail: Saving Charlie Gard: It's a parent's decision, not the state's

Toronto - Global News: 2 men dead, woman in serious condition after shooting at backyard birthday party in Scarborough

Emma Graney - Edmonton Journal: United Conservative Party: The next steps

Ottawa - CBC: Liberals' move to send frigate building off-shore running into rough waters

PEI Guardian: Team in B.C. rescuing animals from wildfires; so far have saved 27 horses, some mules, four miniature horses, a donkey, nine cats, nine dogs, seven goats, two sheep and 250 chickens

CTV News: Federal Govt giving $900 per household to Red Cross to help BC fire evacuees

CTV News: Ontario transit agency won't let its longtime commuter train operator bid on next contract; attack on Bombardier and its Ontario employees takes Wynne Govt to new low

Edmonton - CBC: PC, Wildrose members decide today if there will be be a United Conservative Party in Alberta; leaders Kenney, Jean optimistic

Peterborough - Metro News: Driver charged after dramatic video shows him viciously attacking 74-year-old cyclist with a club

Catharine Tunney - CBC: Trudeau 'not working hard enough' on NAFTA file, says Scheer

Don Braid - Calgary Herald: Voting troubles cloud conservative unity vote

Belleville Intelligencer: Journalism in crisis as business models break down under digital assault

Robert Fulford - National Post: I'm older than I ever expected to be. Am I worth the expense?

Toronto - BNN: Magna warns Ontario at a ‘tipping point’ amid mounting costs; high hydro, new labour laws threaten jobs

CBC: Illegal border crossings by asylum seekers decline in Manitoba but spike in Quebec

CBC: Ontario businesses want corporate tax cut to offset crippling $15 minimum wage hike

Thunder Bay - TBNewswatch: Liberal Mayor Keith Hobbs and wife Marisa charged with extortion

Editorial - Toronto Star: Ontario ratepayers should share in gains of Hydro One; it should be used to offset crippling electricity costs

InQuinte: Napanee OPP asking boaters to slow down; police report high water damage to the shoreline continues in Greater Napanee, along the Bay Of Quinte and Adolphus Reach

Lake Mazinaw - CTV News: Man loses court battle over electricity charges for cottage without power connection for 8 months; Ontario Govt should intervene

Toronto Star: Five key NAFTA issues bound to spark friction between Canada, U.S.

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Hydro One's takeover of Avista is fake capitalism for monopolies; "benefits should be passed on to ratepayers, not shareholders"

David Reevely - Ottawa Citizen: How Ontario is getting back into the coal-power business

CBC: Julie Payette's vetting for Governor General questioned amid 'disquieting' revelations; cover-up's data erasure thwarted by U.S. background check databases

AP/Global News: 2 members of missing Burundi robotics team spotted crossing into Canada

Toronto Star: Hydro One's $6.7B acquisition funded by gouging ratepayers

National Post: Trudeau again vague on Payette vetting; claims didn't raise questions with her about police charges, deadly Maryland accident, her long years outside Canada

CBC: Dark web's largest illegal marketplace, founded by Canadian, shut down by Trump Justice Dept.

Global News: Canada revokes charity status of two Islamic groups, audit cites possible funding link to Pakistani militants

Montreal - Toronto Star: Four men found inside shipping container that arrived in Montreal from Germany; alive, but hurting after 10-day sail in heat of summer

Toronto - CityNews: 10 TTC employees face charges in health benefit fraud case

CTV News: Price shock: Fraser report shows Ontario hydro prices surging at twice national average

BNN: Average Toronto electricity bills highest in Canada; $201 vs $83 in Montreal; have risen by $77 in last 6 years

Financial Post: Ontario drivers, already paying the highest insurance rates in Canada, get dinged again

B.J. Siekierski - iPolitics: PMO has no comment on Julie Payette's expunged 2011 second-degree assault charge; one family court motion by Payette from 2013 withdrawn only on June 11, 2017; Payette lived outside of Canada for over 20 years

Napanee Beaver: Brampton transport truck driver, 52, charged with driving wrong way on Highway 401

CTV News: Trudeau faces questions over Julie Payette appointment, refuses to answer them

Lorrie Goldstein - Toronto Sun: Trudeau had numerous defences in Khadr lawsuit

Kevin Donovan - Toronto Star: Future Governor General Julie Payette involved in fatal collision months before assault charge in Maryland; other skeletons locked in closet?

John Paul Tasker - CBC: Andrew Scheer to unveil 'regional, gender diverse' House leadership team Thursday

David Akin - Global News: New documents on Trudeau’s Bahamas trip raise fresh questions on long-running ethics investigation

Sue-Ann Levy - Toronto Sun: Stepgate shows City Hall reality check needed

CP/Ottawa Citizen: Trudeau refusing to comment after pushed for details on government vetting of Payette for Vice-Regal role; will Queen be amused?

CBC: Deadline for decision on Canada Post home delivery missed as Liberals ponder way forward

Financial Post: Hydro One signs controversial blockbuster deal to buy U.S. West Coast energy company Avista for $6.7B in cash

Zerohedge: Is Canada really "In serious trouble": Goldman responds

Hamilton - CBC: Karim Baratov, alleged Yahoo hacker, to fight extradition in September

CTV News: Queen Elizabeth marks Canada 150 at Canada House in London

London - CBC: Governor-General David Johnston breaches royal protocol by touching Queen to avoid her stumbling on 'slippy' carpet

CBC: Changing the order paradigm: Tim Hortons order app to launch next week, franchisee says

Susan Delacourt - iPolitics: Private lives, public scrutiny: Julie Payette and the media; do messy divorces disqualify people from high office?

CBC: Health trouble brought on by mould exposure on Navy destroyers ends sailor's career

Hill Times: Shared Services Canada to begin talks on allowing federal departments to ‘opt out’ from centralized IT service

Ottawa - CBC: Trudeau Liberals secretively hire consultants to advise on airport sell-offs; includes former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister

Globe and Mail: Conservatives mount campaign against Trudeau over Omar Khadr settlement

J.J. McCullough - Toronto Sun: Much of Khadr debate has little to do with him

Edmonton - CBC: Buzz kill? Brian Pallister pushes other Premiers to delay legalization of pot by 1 year

National Post: Tories, NDP want Liberals to outline NAFTA priorities before Commons committee

CBC: 340 jobs axed at Siemens wind turbine plant in Tillsonburg

Victoria - CTV News: B.C. NDP set to form government for first time since 2001

Editorial - Toronto Sun: Our governments drown us in debt

Washington - CTV News: 'This will not be a short negotiation': U.S. releases list of demands for NAFTA

Financial Post: Return of the revolving door; Liberals to name industry veteran Ian Scott as new head of the CRTC

John Ivison - National Post: NDP leadership race about to heat up as party searches for a new voice

Global News: 5 Toronto businesses temporarily shut down after mice seen on video, infestation found

David Pugliese - National Post: Chemical weapons from secret Canadian-U.S. mustard gas program in Panama to be destroyed

ABC: Two dual citizens forced to resign from Australian Senate; Larissa Waters was born in Winnipeg in 1977

Montreal - CTV News: Warrant issued for imam who called for killing of Jews

CBC: NAFTA talks with U.S. and Mexico, and race for new pot rules top agenda for Premiers' meeting

Global News: Peel police say church fire in Brampton deliberately set

CBC: Average Canadian house worth $504,458 in June, down 10% since April

Paul Svoboda - Belleville Intelligencer: Taxpayers deserve better from mayor; found guilty by judge, won't apologize to taxpayers

Jason Miller - Belleville Intelligencer: Mayor guilty of conflict of interest but will remain in office

Global News: Most U.S. businesses positive about trade with Canada – but not Midwest, key Trump stronghold: Nanos poll

Stewart Bell - Global News: Female genital mutilation practitioners are travelling to Canada, border officers warned

Kelowna Now: Eight homes lost in Okanagan Centre fire

Globe and Mail: Ottawa gives unbudgeted millions more to shore up propaganda-filled Canada 150 project budgets

Toronto Star: George A. Romero, father of the zombie genre, dead at 77

Saint-Apollinaire - CBC: Referendum blocks re-zoning needed to allow Muslim-only cemetery near Quebec City

CBC: 'Smoke was billowing in behind us': B.C. wildfire evacuees arriving in Kamloops; thousands forced to leave Williams Lake Saturday night

Don Braid - Calgary Herald: Alberta: New parties looming in opposition to united conservatives

Providence - CBC: Freeland 'cautiously optimistic' after hearing Pence's 'win-win-win' comment; won't predict whether Monday's NAFTA scope will be a tweak or overhaul

Huffington Post: Canadians donating to family of slain U.S. soldier after Khadr settlement; $134,000 so far to the family of Sgt. Chris Speer

Winnipeg - CBC: Andrea Giesbrecht sentenced to 8.5 years for concealing remains of 6 infants; Judge says police unable to determine whether deaths occurred before or after birth

CBC: Trudeau curtly says he did not reach out to soldier's widow in wake of Khadr payout; 'I did not reach out and I have no comment on what the former prime minister did'

Editorial - East Bay Times: Canadians saying more about SFO near-disaster than FAA

CTV News: Scheer says Speer family and Americans generally need to know Canadians don’t back Khadr payment

Ottawa Citizen: Thursday's rowdy Bluesfest crowd threw rocks and cans of beer during much-hyped appearance by Atlanta hip-hop trio

Ottawa - CBC: 'Like animals': Bluesfest mob bent on mayhem, security boss says

Michael Gorman - CBC: Failed wind turbine plant needed 'special support' from Nova Scotia Govt from the start

CBC: Toronto Hydro investigates after another electrical vault explodes, sending smoke billowing through financial district

Norris McDonald - Toronto Star: Indy racing in Canada celebrates 50th anniversary in 2017

Accuweather: Cool air to suppress prolonged heat waves in Ontario and northeastern U.S. into August

Canada.com: Trudeau won’t recuse himself from hiring of new lobbying watchdog despite ongoing investigations

Whig-Standard: Kingston woman organizes top-free run to commemorate 1991 role of Gwen Jacob in making topless legal in Ontario

John Ivison - National Post: Canada's rocket woman personifies image to which Liberals aspire

CP/CityNews: Calgary quadruple homicide: Owner of burned-out car believed to be main target; 16 children lose moms

Star Phoenix: MMIW inquiry riven by division and accusations of incompetence; families complain about approach and treatment

David Rosenberg - Financial Post: The Bank of Canada is behind the curve, so get ready for more rate hikes

Maura Forrest - National Post: Insiders speak out on 'dysfunctional' missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry

CP/570News: Trudeau changes tune, now says Khadr settlement troubles him, but it could have cost more

Michele Mandel - Toronto Sun: Judge rejects widow's bid to freeze Omar Khadr’s assets

Toronto Sun: Former PM Stephen Harper reaches out to Khadr victim

Global News: Mortgage calculator: See how rising interest rates affect your payments

Alexandra Posadzki - CP/Financial Post: Consumers quickly feel the pinch as all five big banks follow BoC rate hike

BBC: Surge in higher tuition-paying foreign students into Canadian universities boosts economy

CTV News: Profile: Next G-G Julie Payette

St. Thomas - AP: NASCAR's DJ Kennington balances family, snow and Daytona; "fastest snowplow driver in Ontario"

Berlin - BBC: Germany makes arrests over theft of giant 100 kg solid-gold Maple Leaf Canadian display coin

Kevin Libin - Financial Post: The awesome, unstoppable revolutionary electric-car revolution that doesn't actually exist

CBC: Bank of Canada raises interest rate for 1st time in 7 years to 0.75%

Tu Thanh Ha - Globe and Mail: Federal Court voids fraud-related Canadian citizenship revocation for 312 people

CTV News: Families want more resignations from missing, murdered Indigenous women inquiry

Kathleen Harris - CBC: Problem-plagued MMIW inquiry loses Métis Commissioner Poitras; slams Liberal process, racist structure on way out door; latest in a series of setbacks, delays and criticisms

CBC: Employee featured in hit Sears Canada ad with famous brother Mike Myers loses job and severance

Éric Grenier - CBC: Jagmeet Singh tops NDP leadership endorsements, but front-runner status yet to be confirmed

CBC: Trudeau looks to court U.S. Governors as NAFTA talks loom; PMO claims not attempt to 'go around' Trump

Bill Curry - Globe and Mail: Federal commissioners asked to probe Liberal-connected firm’s cash-for-access pitch

Osoyoos - Jagran Josh: Defense Minister Sajjan faces wrath for littering road with cherry pits

CBC: Former astronaut Julie Payette to be Canada's next Governor General

Toronto Star: Buzz over ‘close to the greatest aviation disaster in history’ as Air Canada pilot almost lands on top of four packed planes waiting on taxiway beside designated San Francisco runway

Hamilton News: Ontario Tories will scrap selling unused power outside province, chop Hydro One executive salaries, stop signing contracts for unneeded power, says party’s finance critic Fedeli

Windsor Star: PC Leader Brown promises to scrap cap-and-trade, help greenhouse growers

John Ivison - National Post: 71% of Canadians say Liberals were wrong to settle with Omar Khadr; worse still, for Liberals, 61% of past Liberal voters agree government did wrong thing (along with 64% of 2015 NDP supporters)

Vancouver - Bloomberg: Could this be North America’s most fun business hotel? The $490M Parq Vancouver project is using its Las Vegas roots to create a non-Vegas experience

Rex Murphy - National Post: Trudeau skips the theme socks for his scheming Khadr apology

Dale Smith - Macleans: Protected nominations for MPs are an affront to our democracy; Liberals don't agree

Three Hills - National Post: Alberta 'Lawnmower Man' who defied tornado takes rightful place on top of parade float

Ottawa - Hill Times: Ridings won by 5% or less to be ‘battleground’ in next federal election; totals 70 seats, includes 5 cabinet ministers

CP/Vancouver Sun: 'Thank you for giving back:' Help pours in for evacuees, firefighters in B.C.

Calgary - Metro News: ThinkHQ/Metro poll: 62% disapprove of how NDP has managed Alberta economy since taking office

Michael Smith - National Post: Dalhousie Student Union's ban on Canada Day celebrations was shameful

CBC: Catholic bishops say Trudeau playing politics with abortion in foreign aid

Kelly McParland - National Post: If Khadr has changed, he'll give the money to the kids he orphaned

Paul Wells - Macleans: In the Khadr settlement, the Conservatives find their fight; score one for Andrew Scheer

Montreal - Toronto Star: Fatal Quebec seniors’ home fire was criminal, police believe

Ottawa Citizen: Despite cost, building warships in Canada good for navy: government official

Stewart Bell - Global News: More violent criminals entering Canada from Mexico after Liberal decision to lift visa requirements

CBC: 10,000 evacuees and counting: How B.C.'s wildfire fight took a turn for the worse

Toronto - CBC: Ontario Govt suddenly seeks input on $15 per hr wage after suddenly announcing $15 per hr wage

BBC: Canada 150: What is Canada really good at? Entertaining, invention, engineering... How much time do you have?

Global News: Halifax veterans speak out against Omar Khadr settlement

Heather Mallick - Toronto Star: Why I abandoned the left-left

Gord Henderson - Windsor Star: The war on history just beginning

Toronto Star: Average rent in Toronto passes $2,000 a month due to provincial govt actions: report

Salt Lake Tribune: Utah veteran angry over Canada paying $10.5M to terrorist Omar Khadr

Editorial - Globe and Mail: Why subsidies for electric cars are a bad idea for Canada

John Williamson - Globe and Mail: A clean-energy future comes with significant costs for Canadians

Lee Berthiaume - CP/CTV News: Much-maligned unit for injured soldiers facing third leadership change in a year

It has come to this - Globe and Mail: Across Canada, dump trucks and buses protect summer crowds from vehicle attacks

John Paul Tasker - CBC: Canadian Govt formally apologizes to Omar Khadr; Andrew Scheer condemns 'disgusting' payout made in secret on Wednesday

Financial Post: Trump bump helping across the border, as Canada adds more than 45,000 jobs and unemployment rate drops to 6.5%

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Liberal bias in Bloomberg’s Marc Champion analysis of Trump’s Warsaw speech

John Michael McGrath - TVO: Metrolinx was supposed to take the politics out of transit planning. Instead, it’s become a way for the Liberals to dress up taxpayer dollars for partisan gain

Robyn Urback - CBC: Terrorist Omar Khadr might be entitled to a settlement, but it's wrong to say he 'deserves' it

Global News: Petition against Omar Khadr’s $10M payout gains more than 52,000 signatures

Robert Fife - Globe and Mail: Ottawa quietly pays out $10.5M to Khadr in a move that circumvents legal efforts by two Americans to stop it

Chatham Daily News: Water Wells First continues battle with Chatham-Kent and Ontario Govt

John Robson - National Post: From the U.S. to the EU, people are desperate for some blunt conservative truth

updated John O'Sullivan - Principia Scientific International: Michael Mann risks contempt of court in libel suit against Canadian Dr. Tim Ball; 'climate science trial of the century'

Calgary Herald: Apache Corp. sells off Canadian assets in strategic exit from country

Vic Fedeli: Latest 'Focus on Finance' study reveals Ontario Liberals' new depths of deceit in denying facts and promoting untruths

Ottawa - Reuters: Federal Liberals publicly ignore widespread criticism on Khadr deal; privately panic

David Ljunggren - Reuters: Canadian exports and imports both hit record highs in May: StatsCan

Toronto - Reuters: El Salvadoran asylum seeker takes Canada to court over refugee law

SouthWesternOntario.ca: More Ontario job losses; Hydro rates force wire production out of Erin

Financial Post: Greater Toronto Area home sales plunge 37.3% in June despite jump in listings

updated Freetown - AP: 1,000 missing in deadly Sierra Leone mudslides

CBC: Toronto police release photo of suspect after Bloor-Yonge subway station bomb threat

Toronto police say they are looking for this man after a bomb threat was made on a Line 1 subway train on Sunday. The threat forced the evacuation of the train 'in an unsafe manner' at Bloor-Yonge station. ~ Toronto Police Service

CBC: Parti Québécois wants to nix Safe Third Country Agreement amid asylum seeker boom

Accuweather: Say goodbye to summer weather

September weather way ahead of schedule as Arctic cold comes south early. ~ Accuweather

Sportsnet: Canadian Denis Shapovalov wins again, advances to Rogers Cup semifinals

National Geographic: 100-year-old fruitcake found in Antarctica is ‘almost’ edible

Rogers Cup - TSN: 18-yr-old Canadian Denis Shapovalov
stuns Nadal in thriller to advance to quarters


Some are calling it the biggest win in the history of Canadian tennis, as 18-yearold Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ontario defeated top-seeded Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4) at a sold out Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. Shapovalov dropped to the ground and covered his face in joy and surprise as the cheers reached deafening levels after the match point fell, completing his comeback from a 3-0 deficit in the third-set tiebreaker.

CBC: Beer fests best for new, upcoming craft brews, not established suds

Shawn Mallioux, owner of Stack Brewing in Sudbury, says he's more selective about which craft beer festivals his business attends since they're purely marketing opportunities, not financial ones.

CBC: Political world reacts to Saskatchewan Premier Wall's sudden resignation

CTV News: 'Thank you Saskatchewan': Premier Brad Wall announces shock retirement

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has announced he’s retiring from politics after a decade. Wall made the announcement in a video on his Facebook page Thursday morning. “I’ve always thought that the 10-year mark, should I be so fortunate to serve that long, might be the right time to re-evaluate. Together with Tami, I’ve decided that now is the time for renewal — for my party, for the government, for the province,” he said.

NBC News: Truth or misdirection? B-1 bombers key
to a U.S. plan to strike North Korean missile sites

Bloomberg: Armchair General: What war with North Korea might look like

South Korea fires Hyunmu-2 missiles into the East Sea during a South Korea-U.S. joint missile drill aimed to counter North Korea's ICBM test on July 29th. ~ South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images

Bloomberg: Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ warning to North Korea puts war potential in focus

McClatchyDC: America no longer sees Kim Jong Un as a joke

A TV screen in South Korea shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with superimposed letters that read: “North Korea’s nuclear warhead” during a news program at Seoul Railway Station on March 9, 2016. North Korea claimed last year the pictured orb was a miniaturized nuclear weapon, a claim that was widely mocked. U.S. intelligence officials have now concluded North Korea has successfully miniaturized such a warhead, according to a report in the Washington Post. ~ Ahn Young-joon AP

Reuters: North Korea says seriously considering plan to strike Guam: KCNA

North Korea has now threatened Guam, a U.S. possession and military base in Pacific. Will it risk annihilation by launching an attack? That's the question being asked seriously now, not just theoretically.

New Jersey - CNBC: President Trump warns that an attack by North Korea
"will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen"

BREAKING Washington Post: North Korea now has missile-ready nuclear weapons: U.S.

Earthquake-Report: Shallow M7.0 quake hits Sichuan, China; at least 24 dead, 63 injured

California: Cool canines hang ten, wag tails at World Dog Surfing Championship

The up-and-down competition was bitingly fierce, the waves woofingly unpredictable, the breaching whales in the background a bit distracting for some of the wide-eyed retrievers, and thousands of fans enjoyed the 2nd Annual World Dog Surfing Championships in Pacifica near San Francisco, where over three dozen amateur pooches and top dog surfers participated in the event.

FULL RESULTS AT THIS SECOND LINK: www.surfdogchampionships.com

Reuters: Cyber threats prompt return of radio for ship navigation

The risk of cyber attacks targeting ships' satellite navigation is pushing nations to delve back through history and develop back-up systems with roots in World War Two radio technology. Ships use GPS (Global Positioning System) and other similar devices that rely on sending and receiving satellite signals, which many experts say are vulnerable to jamming by hackers. About 90% of world trade is transported by sea and the stakes are high in increasingly crowded shipping lanes. Unlike aircraft, ships lack a back-up navigation system and if their GPS ceases to function, they risk running aground or colliding with other vessels.

Global News: Trans-gender impulse: nature, nurture, mental 'illness' or DNA-embed?

Bloomberg: Paul Singer says passive investing is ‘devouring capitalism’

Joan Bryden - CP/Toronto Star: NAFTA talks could hinge on
Mexico’s disproportionate share of auto investment, jobs


Since NAFTA came into effect in 1994, four auto assembly plants in Canada and 10 in the U.S. have closed, while eight new plants have opened in Mexico. ~ Scott Olson Getty Images

updated Dubai - Telegraph: 1,100-foot Torch Tower residential fire now under control

Dubai's Torch skyscraper has been engulfed in a huge fire, as scores of firefighters battled to control the blaze and evacuate the tower. Debris could be seen spiralling to the ground across the famous Marina district. The 1,100ft, 79-storey skyscraper was previously devastated by a fire in February 2015. The external cladding on the building was blamed for the rapid spread of the 2015 fire, leading to the decision to fully renovate the exterior cladding - works which began last summer and were believed to be ongoing.

CBS: NTSB report shows Air Canada plane came within 59 feet of SFO taxiway


Top photo from San Francisco International Airport shows how close disaster was; landing lights of Air Canada jets are seen just above four jets lined up on taxiway. The fuel and passenger-filled planes were sitting ducks if the Air Canada plane hadn't suddenly changed course when ordered by tower. Bottom illustration shows last-second pull-up to avoid deadly crash. ~ CBS NTSB

Prince Philip retires: Duke of Edinburgh to meet Royal Marines at final public event

Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, pictured inspecting troops during the annual Trooping the Colour parade in 2012, is Captain General of the Royal Marines Credit: ~ Dominic Lipinski PA

BBC: Why did men stop wearing high heels? When will women stop — again?

Bloomberg: How two brothers turned seven lines of code into a $9.2B start-up

AP/Bloomberg: July violence pushes Chicago's 2017 homicide total past 400

Fox News: U.S., allies prepared to use “rapid, lethal and overwhelming force”
in North Korea, American General says; B-1B bomber flypasts send message


On Saturday, two U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, under the command of U.S. Pacific Air Forces, joined counterparts from the South Korean and Japanese air forces in sequenced bilateral missions. According to the Pentagon, the U.S. bombers took off from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, then flew to Japanese airspace, where they were joined by two Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self Defense Force) F-2 fighter jets. The B-1s then flew over the Korean Peninsula, where they were joined by four F-15 fighter jets from the South Korean air force. The B-1s then performed a low-pass over Osan Air Base, South Korea, before leaving South Korean airspace and returning to Guam. A single B-1B can carry 125,000 pounds of ordnance combined, internal and externally mounted, with both conventional and nuclear capabilities. ~ @PACAF

Rex Murphy - National Post: Canada 150 fell flat
because national abasement trumped gratitude


Rex: "We are also in an era where celebration has adopted a peculiar mode: that of the confession of sins not our own. The form has become too familiar. The preacher of the day puts on a mantle of showy humility and soulfully takes on the “responsibility” for all the dim deeds of our past. He chants the litany of past wrongs, and turns his affluent, virtue-ripe eyes to the derelictions and cruelties of the unenlightened generations that went under the Earth without an iPhone. But to view the past as exemplary, to see its actors in the round as men and women subject to the codes of their day, is to invite a different kind of comparison. In the days before affluence and technology, was it perhaps more difficult to live those virtues that come so easily to us? Should we not partner gratitude with judgment when it comes to our common past and those who lived it?"

updated Pyongyang - AP: North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts 'entire' U.S. in range

NY Times: Down the mighty Columbia River, where a power struggle looms

Telegraph: What secrets does the world's hidden 8th continent hold?

A team of scientists have set sail from Australia on a two-month expedition to discover the secrets of the mysterious, largely submerged continent of Zealandia, the world’s eighth and smallest continent – and the newest to be discovered. It is located in the southern Pacific Ocean, including New Zealand, New Caledonia and two Australian islands, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. The continent spans 1.9 million square miles but 94% of it is under the Pacific. It is about two-thirds the size of Australia.

Science News: Latest theory: Half of the Milky Way comes from other galaxies

We’re all made up of matter from galaxies all over the Universe, just like the rest of the Milky Way, theorizes a new study. Astrophysicists from Northwestern University say that up to half of the matter in our Milky Way galaxy was actually blown here on intergalactic winds from galaxies far, far away. The research team used supercomputer simulations to come up with this new and unexpected method for how galaxies acquire their matter. Although intergalactic winds blow at several hundred kilometres a second, it would still takes several billion years for matter to move through the vast Universe, because different galaxies are so far away from each other. ~ Forbes

Claudia Cattaneo - Financial Post: ‘A tragedy for Canada’: Petronas cancels
$36B LNG project as B.C. jacks up demands amid collapsing energy prices

Ottawa - Reuters: Canada says dispute resolution mechanism essential to NAFTA re-do

Pakistan - Reuters: Suicide bomber in Lahore kills 25, many of them police

The Guardian: Moon wetter than previously thought: Indian probe

Paula Dwyer - Bloomberg: Should America’s tech giants be broken up?

updated: San Antonio - Reuters/CBC: 10 illegals now dead, driver charged, in human
trafficking case; 38 found in and around tractor-trailer in sweltering heat

Edmonton Journal: Alberta PC Party also votes 95% to create United Conservative Party
Merger votes by two parties historically dissolves them and creates successor party

CBC: Wildrose approves creation of United Conservative Party with 95% voting 'yes'
Needed only 75% to give green light; PC results still to come, with 50% + 1 threshold

National Post: Man punches grizzly bear in the nose, survives B.C. beach battle

Randal Warnock received 30 stitches after his tangle with a grizzly bear, some on his ring finger and his left knee, but most of them were around his right knee. Warnock hobbled to his skiff to get to his fishing boat, leaving behind a bloody trail. He bandaged himself up on his boat as he headed toward the nearest hospital in Port Hardy and called the Canadian Coast Guard, which sent a couple of vessels that arrived two hours later.

Regina Leader-Post: Curling rink in small Saskatchewan town destroyed by twister

The curling rink in the community of Strongfield, Saskatchewan was destroyed Thursday evening. ~ Gillian Wankel Twitter

ABC News: 2 killed, 120 hurt as M6.5 quake damages buildings on Greek island

Robyn Urback - CBC: Trudeau's silence on Payette's assault charge shows double standard

AP: Lancet report looks at developing lifestyle connections to Alzheimer's

Napanee Beaver: Tall ships return to Bath, make a splash

Just as it would have been 150 years ago, the village of Bath’s port was bustling with magnificent sailing vessels during Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta. The event, which was part of Canada’s 150th celebration, drew over 30,000 visitors to the Ontario village as they witnessed a parade of 11 tall ships, a re-enactment of an 1812-era battle on the lake, living history encampments, live music, vendors and a beer garden. ~ Adam Prudhomme Napanee Beaver

CBC: Canadian comedy royalty rally for good cause, eh

Paul Shaffer, Ian Thomas and Murray McLauchlan provided the music, and a who's who of Canadian comic royalty came together to help paralyzed Luke Thomas, nephew of Bob and Doug Mackenzie's Dave Thomas. Martin Short was emcee, and others on stage included Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Scott Thompson, Kevin McDonald, Dave Foley. Rick Moranis and Thomas donned their famous toques for the rare Great White North appearance together.

Iraq - Telegraph: Canadian female ISIS fighter among 20 captured in Mosul

Winnipeg - CTV: Four seriously injured as stolen mystery bomb explodes in pick-up truck

The mystery improvised bomb went off Saturday inside a pickup truck in Winnipeg, on Gallagher Avenue at Midmar Avenue. Two people were in critical condition in hospital Tuesday and two were treated for serious injuries. ~ CTV News

National Post: Fire crews from Nova Scotia, Australia join fight against B.C. wildfires

Rex Murphy - National Post: Trudeau must explain how
Khadr payout was ever the honourable option

ABC: M7.7 ocean quake triggers tsunami warnings for Russia

A M7.7 magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean just east of Russia, triggering a tsunami warning for that nation's coast. Officials said preliminary info indicates there is no tsunami danger for the U.S. West Coast or Alaska. The earthquake hit near the Komandorskiye Ostrova region of Russia. It was centered in an area near the Bering Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, off the coast of some sparsely populated islands.

Reuters: U.S. outlines NAFTA objectives, includes currency provision

CBC: Canada funds Europe-based missile defence program but won't join one at home

Vancouver Sun: All of Williams Lake ordered evacuated as fire threatens last highway out

Smoke rose from fires earlier in the week that threaten the Xatsull First Nation north of Williams Lake. Saturday, their firefighting team joined an earlier evacuation of non-essential personnel, as strong winds whipped the fire into a raging inferno on Saturday afternoon. About 24,000 people were affected by Saturday evening's evacuation order

John Solomon, Jonathan Easley - The Hill: Russian lobbyists on Magnitsky Act
went after and met with Democrat & Republican Congressmen, not just Trump Jr.;
nobody called FBI as Russian lobbyists stalked members in halls of Capitol

Whig-Standard: Federal Govt urged to stop high wakes among high-water Thousand Islands

Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands has urged the federal government for emergency measures to restrict boaters' wakes on the St. Lawrence River. Councillor Jeff Lackie wants the Ministry of Transport to impose temporary restricted-wake laws on the river to protect property owners being hammered by record-high water levels in the St. Lawrence. Lackie requests the ministry restrict wakes to no higher than 15 inches and that it apply to boats within 200 metres of shore. The requested measure would last until the end of this year or until the river recedes 15 inches, whichever comes first, he said. Lackie said the 200-metre restriction is meant to mirror a similar law on the United States' side of the river that limits boat wakes within 600 feet from shore.

CBC: Omar Khadr fights attempt by widow of soldier he killed to freeze his assets

Washington Examiner: House spending bill funds all of Trump's initial $1.6B wall plan

The $44.3B House measure pays for a broad array of federal security programs, including aviation security, border and immigration enforcement, customs, cyberterrorism protection, drug smuggling prevention and natural disaster response. The legislation includes $1.6B for a "physical barrier construction along the U.S. southern border." The move will appease Trump voters, but will likely set up a spending showdown with minority Democrats, who have pledged to block spending legislation that funds the wall. The bill includes funding increases aimed at enhancing border security, including $100M to hire 500 new border patrol agents and $106M for new aircraft technology for use along the border. ~ Torres

Fox News: At least 16 bodies recovered from Mississippi
crash site of Marine KC-130 refuelling tanker

Ruth Brown - NY Post: Trump: Comey leaked classified information to the media

Kamloops - CTV News: More fires break out amid B.C. state of emergency

Ground and air crews are preparing for another day battling dozens of out-of-control wildfires that drove thousands of residents from their homes in British Columbia's central Interior. A provincewide state of emergency was declared after more than 173 fires ignited Friday. On Saturday, nearly 100 new fires sprang up and crews were battling a total of at least 183 blazes, many of which remained uncontained. The three biggest fires range in size from approximately 14 to 20 square kilometres and have forced thousands of people from their homes in the communities of Ashcroft, Cache Creek, 100 Mile House, 105 Mile House, 108 Mile House, 150 Mile House and the Alexis Creek area.

Jane E. Brody - NY Times: I tried to avoid knee replacement
surgery for years – here’s what I wish I knew

John Ivison - National Post: Khadr apology likely to unite
Canadians, but not in the way Liberals hoped

Hamburg - AP: U.S., Russia announce Syria ceasefire after Trump-Putin talks

Charles Krauthammer - IBD: North Korea — The Rubicon is crossed

Julie Kelly - The Federalist: Leading climate scientist
says debating scientific theories would be ‘un-American’

RealClimateScience: Greenland sets record for coldest July
temperature ever reported in Northern Hemisphere at -33°C

Warsaw - BBC: "As the Polish experience reminds us, the defence of the West
ultimately rests not only on means but also on the will of its people to prevail"



Trump told the large Polish crowd on the site of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 that Western countries will confront the threat of "radical Islamic terrorism," declaring, "we will win." "We must stand united against these shared enemies to strip them of their territory, their funding, their networks, and any form of ideological support," Trump said to the Polish people, whose government has taken a firm stance against accepting Syrian refugees. "While we will always welcome new citizens who share our values and love our people, our borders will always be closed to terrorism and extremism." Trump added, "We cannot accept those who reject our values, and who use hatred to justify violence against the innocent."

Warsaw - The Guardian: Trump says West must ‘defend our civilization’
from terrorism, bureaucracy and erosion of traditions

Warsaw - ABC News: Trump calls for energy diversification in Poland

New York - AP: U.S. warns China it risks losing access to
American market if it can't control North Korea

Reuters: U.S. prepared to use force on North Korea 'if we must': UN envoy

Daily Mail: Trump calls for emergency meeting of UN Security Council
to formulate 'measured response' to North Korea's record-breaking missile test

Calgary Herald: Military families condemn $10M settlement to Omar Khadr

TIME: Khadr sued for millions by widow of soldier he was convicted
of killing; rewarding terrorist a black eye for Canada

AP/Miami Herald: North Korea propaganda revels in ICBM: A look at what it means

Seoul - AP/ABC News: Kim vows North Korea’s nukes are not on negotiation table

AP: North Korea ICBM test means warhead minaturization only barrier for Pyongyang

Canada and the U.S. are now in the North Korea nuclear cross-hairs. Bill Clinton's 'kicking the can down the road' not looking so brilliant a couple decades later as the two remaining members of the 'Axis of Evil' threatens the world.

Robert Fife - Globe and Mail: Khadr payment, apology is ‘odious’ to Conservatives

Ottawa - CBC: Liberals reportedly set to pay millions to terrorist killer Khadr

IBD: Global warming: The imminent crisis that never arrives

Home: Kyle Lowry had more than $100 million reasons to re-sign in Toronto

CBC: Bank of Canada may hike interest rate for 1st time in 7 years next week;
what will impact be on housing, bankrupcty and governments addicted to borrowing?

Winnipeg Free Press: Thousands gather at Portage and Main to create living maple leaf

Over 3,600 people gathered this morning at Portage and Main to create a living maple leaf. - Dan Harper Winnipeg Free Press

Rob Shaw - Vancouver Sun: NDP asked to form next B.C. Govt after Liberal defeat

CTV News: Major security measures for Ottawa's Canada 150 bash amid ISIS threat

Tri-coastal trader: Canada 150: From beaver pelts to mega-exporter

Over 93% of Canada's exports go to just 15 countries. But exports to the USA are 20 times larger than to that of the second largest export market, which is China. ~ Curexe

National Post: 'A bureaucratic creation': Why it's hard for Canada 150
to compete with Expo 67; lacklustre events have fallen 'with a bit of a thud'

Global News: Canada 150: 6 Canadian stereotypes that are true, eh

David M. Shribman - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A good neighbour among nations; The long, undefended U.S.-Canadian border reflects a deep history of shared values

When the United States celebrated its 150th birthday, Calvin Coolidge was President, Al Capone's gangsters were running wild in Chicago, NBC was just being formed and Gene Tunney was girding to defeat Jack Dempsey. Generally, it was a quiet, contented country, not all that important in world affairs, not all that worried about war or depression. This coming Saturday, Canada turns 150 in a different world, more quiet and contented than its neighbor to the South, about as influential in world affairs as the United States was in 1926, indeed very much like America was then: on the rise, admired globally, a little self-conscious, but overall a relatively uncontroversial force for good worldwide. Of course, Canada's history is as old as the United States, also originating from English colonies -- ones that didn't revolt -- and drawing the majority of its original English-speaking settlers from those who remained loyal to the British Crown in the face of the American Revolution.

Washington Post: Hope Hicks interim White House communications director amid search for Scaramucci replacement; first time comms director and press secretary have both been women

AP/CP24: Philippines police now say 32 drug suspects killed in 1 day

Don Pittis - CBC: For or against? Business leaders feel forced to take a stand when moderation should prevail

LA Daily News: LA County leaders greenlight effort to pay homeowners to house the homeless

AFP/Yahoo: Trump defiant on Charlottesville unrest: 'Blame on both sides'; acts Presidential, won't give a pass to any extremist thugs

CBC: The Daily Stormer is offline after Google, GoDaddy disable the Neo-Nazi site's account

NY Times Magazine: Down the Breitbart hole

Obama deal evaporates - LA Times: In direct challenge to Trump, Iran's president says it could restart its nuclear program 'within hours'

USA Today: Trump says CEOs leaving manufacturing council 'not taking their jobs seriously'

Albert R. Hunt - Bloomberg: Democrats Fret as Clinton Book rollout looms

Bob McManus - City-Journal: Avoidable mayhem: Why did Virginia’s political leadership order the police and National Guard to stand down?

AP/CBC: Trump says 'alt-left' also to blame for Charlottesville violence'; masked, helmeted, carried long clubs

AP/Global News: At least 12 dead, 52 injured after large tree falls at Portugal religious festival

Austin Bay - Observer: Trump’s full-court press is squeezing the nukes out of North Korea

Scott Johnson - Powerline blog: Collusion gone missing

Bill O'Reilly - The Hill: Yes, 'many sides' are ripping Charlottesville, America apart

ABC News: Haitians chasing false promises flee from United States to Canada

WSMV: Fleas test positive for the plague in parts of Arizona

CBC: Ford now faces class-action lawsuits in Australia and Canada over Fiesta/Focus transmissions, as U.S. class-action settlement pends court approval

updated BBC: 20 dead in Islamist terror attack on restaurant in Burkina Faso; foreign nationals among the dead

Dave Wiegel - Washington Post: Fear of violent left preceded events in Charlottesville after year of increasing mob violence; mainstream media oblivious, don't follow twitter, alt-media reporting

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: Media one-sided bias re: Charlottesville is contributing to social hysteria

Lawrence Solomon - Financial Post: How Tesla’s Elon Musk became the master of fake business

updated Washington Post: One dead and 19 injured as car strikes crowds along route of white nationalist rally in Charlottesville

New Delhi - Washington Post: ‘A massacre’: At least 30 children die in Indian hospital after oxygen is cut off

Venezuela - Reuters: U.S. military ready to protect U.S. citizens and America's national interests in crumbling neighbor; Trump says 'military option' open as civil war threatens

Gwynne Dyer - Brantford Expositor: Venezuela drifting toward civil war

Mirror: Donald Trump tweets 'military solutions for North Korea are locked and loaded'; talks to rogue bully state in language it understands

CNN: Elderly man found dead in elevator a month after he called for help and no one came

Financial Post: Putin's Venezuela: How Moscow is grabbing oil assets through loans to Caracas

updated Egyptian Streets: 41 killed, 179 injured in Egypt’s Alexandria train collision

Bedminster - CNN: Not on vacation: Unscripted Trump takes on tough questions

Jonathan Kay - National Post: The Google Manifesto contained truths that we're not allowed to say

David Brooks - NY Times: Sundar Pichai should resign as Google’s CEO

NKnews: North Korean crosses western maritime border, defects to South: JCS

Adrian Humphreys - National Post: Mysterious hearing loss of Canadian, U.S. diplomats in Cuba blamed on ‘covert sonic device’

Hollywood Reporter: New York Times editorial writer must testify under oath in Sarah Palin defamation lawsuit

Matthew Fisher - National Post: Little Guam could be where World War Three begins

Syracuse: Applebee's closing over 100 restaurants; IHOP to close up to 25 locations

AP/Global News: North Korea details plan to fire 4 missiles toward Guam

Marni Soupcoff - CBC: Google axing someone for mouthing off in a memo was not a smart move

Erik Wemple - Washington Post: New York Times guilty of large screw-up on climate-change story; unusual admission that it was clueless and quoted 'experts' who were also clueless as they made severe accusations

Daily Wire: No Bluff: 'Mad Dog' Mattis says North Korea must back down, or face 'The end of its regime and the destruction of its people'

Lucas Tomlinson - Fox News: U.S. spy satellites detect North Korea moving anti-ship cruise missiles to patrol boat

Kimberly Mascott Zieselman - WUSA9: I was an intersex child who had surgery. Don't put other kids through this.

Paris terror - Daily Mail: Algerian, 36, arrested; mowed down six soldiers outside barracks; shot five times in firefight while 'driving his BMW towards Calais'

Tom Rogan - Washington Examiner: The lies behind the Paris climate accord; Chinese govt data fabricated

USA Today: Mazda says it has new, secret way to save fuel; New tech for engines will add about 10 mpg

Paris - Telegraph: Police hunt BMW driver who mowed down six French soldiers in hit-and-run

Politico: Politico/Morning Consult poll: Voters support Trump-backed immigration reform bill

Bloomberg: Americans are dying younger, saving corporations pension billions

Telegraph: A pint of beer can release creative block, say scientists

New York - CTV News: Announcement of new Disney streaming service causes Netflix shares to tumble

New York: Disney ups ownership of BAMTech to 75%; created by MLB also co-owned by NHL; Disney will use BAMTech technology for new sports/entertainment streaming service to compete with Netflix

Champlain - AP: Canada's illegal migrant crisis in nutshell; AP story says U.S. "plans" to stop Haiti program, doesn't mention Canada stopped same program a year ago, promotes route for illegals

Sporting News: Umpire Joe West suspended for 3 games after calling Adrian Beltre 'biggest complainer' in MLB

Rolling Stone: Iconic Glen Campbell, top-level studio guitarist, chart-topping singer, movie actor and hit television host in 1960s and 1970s, dead at 81

Daily Signal: At 200-day mark, Trump still trails predecessors in filling jobs due to Congressional obstructionism

Sportsnet: NHL: Players under contract in minors can’t go to Olympics

National Post: Hackers leak stolen HBO Game of Thrones scripts, demand $6M ransom

Hollywood Reporter: HBO hackers leak top executive's emails

Gizmodo: Full texts of internal Google debate memos over 'diversity'

Thomas Walkom - Toronto Star: Donald Trump is right. He doesn’t always get a square deal from media

Roger Friedman: New York Times reporters squabble over familial swamp connections, Deep State, on twitter

Editorial - Investor's Busness Daily: Is the Trump jobs boom beginning?

David Ignatius - Washington Post: On Russia sanctions, Trump has a point

The Times: Internet hoax drives Haitian asylum seekers over U.S. border to Canada

Bre Payton - Federalist: Obama’s Attorney General used fake identity to hide Clinton investigation e-mails

Seth Barron - City-Journal: Between Chaos and Competence; The Trump administration has been remarkably substantive

NBC News: U.S. may begin airstrikes against ISIS in Philippines

Fred Barnes - Weekly Standard: Why so expensive? The real reason Obamacare premiums have gone up so much

Politico: Why Trump’s new immigration bill makes sense; Hey, it works in Canada

Reuters: Military can destroy drones over domestic U.S. bases: Pentagon

Editorial - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: In ObamaCare's wake: A rising tide of losers

Reuters: Moscow to cut dependence on U.S. payment systems due to Congressional sanctions: RIA

Globe and Mail: New sanctions collapse North Korean seafood prices, but Pyongyang vows to continue nuclear program

WaPo/Stars and Stripes: A majority of Americans favour deploying U.S. troops if North Korea attacks South Korea, poll finds

AP: North Korea vows harsh retaliation against new UN sanctions

AFP/Focus: China says will enforce North Korea sanctions '100 percent'

AP: Nations race to prevent backsliding on North Korea sanctions

Telegraph: Mike Pence dismisses reports of 2020 run as 'fake news' and insists he will work for Donald Trump's re-election

Steve Cortes - Fox News: Sanctuary city debate: Tragedies happen when Democratic mayors, governors favor agendas over safety

AP/ABC News: China urges North Korea to stop missile tests, resume talks

Michael Goodwin - Imprimis: The 2016 election and the demise of journalistic standards

Climate Depot: Temperature readings plunge after Australia's Bureau of Meteorology orders end to 'tampering'

London - AP: Bronze and gone: In a shocker, Bolt third at worlds

Daily Caller: WaPo’s Trump transcripts dispute previous AP reports; more evidence of unreliable sources

AP: Should springing of US terrorism convicts alarm Americans?

Orlando Sentinel: Central Florida program pairs housing for homeless families with job placement

Denver Post: 'Unwelcome mats' extremely effective at warding off hungry, curious bears without hurting them

CBC: New sanctions on North Korea approved by UN to cut into exports

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Someone just noticed that Trump is getting stuff done

Kimberley A. Strassel - Wall Street Journal: The scandal that matters

Deadline: AT&T mulling sell-off of major assets under Turner after Time Warner merger; CNN to be sold to CBS?

Washington Free Beacon: Democrats suddenly drop obstructionism, confirm 65 Trump nominees Thursday afternoon

Niagara Falls - CBC: Politicians call for resignations, investigation into Niagara River sewage dump from New York side

Washington - BBC: U.S. Attorney General Sessions says four charged in crackdown on leaks

Rich Lowry - NY Post: Stephen Miller’s immigration facts trump Jim Acosta’s fantasy

Bloomberg: The oil trader known as ‘God’ is closing down his main hedge fund after big losses in the first half of the year

Washington Post: U.S. Attorney General Sessions says Justice Dept. has tripled the number of leak probes

Reuters: Toyota takes 5% stake in Mazda, links up for $1.6B U.S. plant seen as win for Trump

Wall Street Journal: That drone hovering over your home? It’s the insurance inspector; 40% of car insurers no longer use employees to physically inspect damage in some cases

BBC: Australian terror suspect 'planted plane bomb on brother'

Bloomberg: Hollywood might not bounce back from theaters’ $1.3B stock collapse this week

Los Angeles Times: Asian Americans are divided after the Trump administration's move to stop discrimination

AP/ABC News: U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $43.6B in June

NY Post: Tesla loses 63K preorders for Model 3 due to long wait

AP: For homeless on heroin, treatment can be elusive without ID

Los Angeles Times: Justice Department calls for review of race-based college admissions which is blocking Asian students

Caracas - AFP/France24: Venezuela's currency crumbles at dizzying speed

Bloomberg: Cannabis grower buys California town to build pot-friendly outpost

Detroit Free Press: Toyota, Mazda to jointly build/operate $1.6B, 4,000-job U.S. automotive assembly plant in another Trump win

Jenna Johnson - Washington Post: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice isn’t the only Democrat Trump won over

Fredericksburgh: Authorities say woman, two children free after being held captive in Spotsylvania home for at least two years

Howie Carr - Boston Herald: A ham sandwich made with Dems’ sour dough

Alex Pappas - Fox News: Trump tells West Virginia rally: ‘We didn’t win because of Russia. We won because of you’

CBS News: West Virginia Democrat Governor announces he's switching to Republican Party

Spectator: Acosta pulls the media’s mask off; cements the media’s reputation as the opposition party

Reuters: Senators propose unconstitutional legislation to protect special counsel from Trump

Reuters: Grand jury subpoenas issued in relation to Trump Jr., Russian lawyer meeting - sources

Independent: Delivery riders refuse to work in parts of London after spate of acid attacks

CNN: 'Hero' who stopped WannaCry ransomware arrested for creating other malware

Washington Post: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia leaked to WaPo show Trump consistency with campaign rhetoric

Washington Times: Preaching violence from the pulpit; California imam’s hate speech and incitement attract remarkably little mainstream media attention

NBC: Leaks say Trump unhappy with Afghanistan options from his generals

Moscow - ChannelAsia: Russian PM Medvedev uses Facebook to call new U.S. sanctions "a declaration of a full-fledged economic war on Russia"

Washington - AP: Trump joining with GOP senators to push immigration change to Canadian-style merit-based system

Washington - NBC News: U.S. test-launches ICBM from California amid North Korea tensions

David Ignatius - Washington Post: Trump is right about China and North Korea

Chronicle of Higher Education: Instructor who said on Twitter Trump should be shot loses job at Montclair State University

David A. Graham - The Atlantic: Trump has quietly accomplished more than as appears in mainstream media

Fox News: Insurers seeking huge premium hikes on ObamaCare plans

Warsaw - AP: Poland ponders demanding WWII reparations from Germany

Victor Davis Hanson - American Greatness: Republicans and the lost art of deterrence

Foggy Bottom - Politico: Tillerson slammed for NOT spending $80M on propaganda

Howard Kurtz - Fox News: It's unstoppable: Trump, Kelly and Scaramucci hit by new gusher of leaks, or claimed leaks

Jasper - Pix11: All 12 Alabama peanut butter escapees captured: officials

David Bossie - Fox News: The dirty little secret that is haunting Democrats

Defense One: Trump wanted a cheaper Air Force One. So the USAF is buying a bankrupt Russian firm’s undelivered 747s

Star Advertiser: Former Hawaii reporter at center of lawsuit claiming Fox conspired with White House on "false" story

London - Yahoo: At 96, Prince Philip begins his retirement

Times of India: Will defeat all invasions, never allow anyone to split China: Xi Jinping

Sara Carter - Circa: Former Obama Aide Ben Rhodes now a person of interest in unmasking investigation

Wall Street Journal: How U.S. Allies undermine NATO; European countries divest from American defense firms that help protect them

James Rosen - Fox News: Pentagon investigators find ‘security risks’ in government's immigrant recruitment program, ‘infiltration’ feared

American Banker: The great re-bundling of financial services

Herat - Reuters: Attack on Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city kills at least 29

NY Post: Latest White House leak proves no one can be trusted

BBC: The 'creepy Facebook AI' story that captivated the media, and was misrepresented, of course

Danny Lam - The Hill: China may use Canada as 'Trojan horse' into U.S. market

updated CBC: Failed escape attempt by prisoners at Moscow courthouse leaves at least 3 dead, 4 wounded

Washington Examiner: With Medicaid block grants, Canada (yes, that's right) offers a useful model

Washington Post: Top Venezuelan opposition leaders taken into custody amid fears of wider crackdowns

Reuters: Putin bans VPNs to stop Russians accessing prohibited websites

Washington Examiner: Mooch timeline: The remarkable rise and fall of Anthony Scaramucci

Sun-Sentinel: Florida suddenly plunged into state of emergency after tropical depression Emily goes rogue and whacks Gulf Coast with rain and wind

Wall Street Journal: U.S. companies post profit growth not seen in six years

BBC: Putin orders 755 U.S. diplomatic staff to leave

Monica Showalter - American Thinker: Fusion GPS - in bed with the mainstream media all along

Coatzacoalcos - AFP/Yahoo: Nearly 150 smuggled Central American migrants rescued in Mexico

BBC: Philippines mayor accused by Duterte of drugs trade links shot dead by police in disputed firefight

Dubai - Reuters: Saudi Arabia says Qatar calls for internationalization of holy sites 'a declaration of war'

Daily Mail: Two Lebanese-Australian father and son teams are the four men arrested 'over Islamic extremist cell's plot to blow up a flight to Dubai with a homemade bomb using kitchenware'

Smithsonian: Does the Narwhal’s majestic tusk have a point?

NBC News: Australian PM says 4 arrested in raids to disrupt plot to bring down plane

Daily Mail: 2 dead, 3 fighting for lives as attacker with machine gun opens fire in German nightclub; killer slain by police

Yahoo: Europe battles Google, Facebook over 'snippet tax' proposal; news aggregators that use more than links would pay for it

Financial Post: Starbucks admits failure in tea business, to close all Teavana stores

Daily Caller: One year later, journalists exposed by WikiLeaks carry on as before

Fox News: Obama official made 'hundreds of unmasking requests,' GOP chairman says

Germany - Reuters: 1 dead, 6 injured by knife-wielding asylum seeker; Hamburg attacker was known to security forces as Islamist: minister

updated Washington - Fox News: Chief of Staff Priebus secretly resigned Thursday, Trump replaces him with Homeland Security Chief Gen. John Kelly

Washington - AP: U.S. economy expanded at strong 2.6% rate in Q2, before coming tax cuts

Triangle Business Journal: Eastern N.C. readies for just-approved Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Lee Smith - Tabletmag: News-for-hire scandal deepens: ‘Fusion GPS’ sleazy Venezuela links shed new light on 'Trump Dossier'

Kimberley A. Strassel - Wall Street Journal: Who Paid for the 'Trump Dossier'? Democrats don't want you to find out

John Solomon - The Hill: Intelligence Chairman accuses Obama aides of hundreds of unmasking requests

NY Times: Russia seizes 2 U.S. properties and orders U.S. Moscow Embassy to cut staff

Three traitors - Washington Post: The night John McCain killed the GOP’s health-care fight

Politico: Scaramucci declares war on Priebus, Bannon

NY Times: Spain’s long economic nightmare is finally over

Politico: McCain kept his skinny 'no' vote secret while Graham and others accepted assurances from House Leader Ryan that it would serve as a procedural bridge to further negotiations

Politico: After health care vote loss, Trump tweets 'let ObamaCare implode'

CNBC: Senate blocks 'skinny' Obamacare repeal bill in dramatic late-night 51-49 vote as ailing McCain goes rogue

Washington - AP: McConnell puts up a 'skinny repeal' 8-page bill to start the process of repealing and replacing Obamacare

Sara Carter - Circa: A top FBI lawyer is allegedly under an investigation for leaking classified information to the media

Adam Carolla - The Daily Beast: There’s nothing funny about campuses chilling free speech

San Salvador - AP: Sessions not leaving unless pushed; says he's dedicated to Trump agenda

Backgrounder — Telegraph: Fish becoming transgender from contraceptive pill and other chemicals flushed down drain which aren't filtered by treatment plants

Washington Times: Russian dossier operator Fusion GPS in business of doing dirty deeds for corrupt dictatorships

CBC: Mysterious fallen UFO 'weather balloon' whisked away by military in 1962 was actually a CIA spy camera

Guardian: Guideline that patients should finish prescribed antibiotics is wrong, says new study; stop when you're feeling better

Washington - Wisconsin State Journal: Trump effect: Foxconn to build $10B plant in Wisconsin employing 13,000

Fox News: Sessions to announce investigations into intelligence leaks: source

AP/Global News: Rep. Steve Scalise out of hospital after being shot during Virginia GOP baseball practice attack

Salena Zito - NY Post: Why the Rust Belt just gave Donald Trump a hero’s welcome

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Mueller's Russia probe is a political hit job: Either rein him in, or fire him

David Harsanyi - The Federalist: So-called fact checkers keep butchering the facts about Obamacare

The Hill: Wasserman Schultz IT staffer arrested trying to leave the country

Washington - AP: Pence breaks tie, Senate takes up health bill

Observer: Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s image tanks again due to IT staffer investigation

Washington - AP: Rand Paul to vote 'yes' on health care vote

ZeroHedge: Obama's CIA Director calls for coup d'etat if Trump fires Special Counsel Mueller; swamp dweller plays treason card

Global News: Egyptian tank runs over terrorists' car in attempt to thwart deadly bombing at checkpoint

Jordan Gehrke - The Federalist: How Kid Rock can win Michigan’s 2018 Senate seat

Washington - AP: Senate opens 'Obamacare' debate at last but outcome in doubt

Politico: Scaramucci plans to oust White House press aide, offers ‘amnesty’ to others

Dubai - AP: U.S. Navy ship fires warning shots near Iranian ship

Economic Times: Elon Musk says Mark Zuckerberg has 'limited understanding' of AI

Joe Pompeo - Vanity Fair: The agony and the anxiety of The New York Times; unease is now gripping the paper as a large-scale reorganization (physical, personnel, and psychic) looms. “The mood at the paper is poisonous in a way I’ve never seen it in the past 15 years,” as one editor put it

Meadows and Jordan - Washington Examiner: The truth behind the CBO

James Freeman - Wall Street Journal: Mueller and Associates: Still no collusion evidence, but investigation without limit

CNET: Flash loses final appeal: Adobe sentences its web tech to death; the pioneering software paved the way for YouTube and countless games, but Adobe will kill Flash in 2020. Here's what it means for you, browser by browser

Oakland - PJ Media: Bay Area ISIS supporter wanted to 'redefine terror,' kill 10,000

LA Times: Double standards, hypocrisy, criminal liability; What did USC's leaders know about Dr. Puliafito's double life, and when did they know it?

AP: John McCain making dramatic Senate return for crucial health vote

Andrew Klavan - PJ Media: Trump has done a pretty darn good job so far and may yet become a terrific President

Gloria Johns - Miami Herald: Democrats snoozing through their wake-up call

Reuters: Driver in Texas denies he knew immigrants were in stifling truck

NY Post: Kushner says first meeting with Senate intel panel went swell

Bloomberg: Why the Germans blew it at Dunkirk

Alex Daugherty - McClatchyDC: Lawmakers divided over a ban on Venezuelan oil amid fears of a Russian takeover

Reuters: KKR to buy WebMD in $2.8B deal

Trenton - AP: Tool to help police in opioid crisis draws privacy concern

McClatchyDC: Troops said to worry Trump crackdown on border jumpers puts their illegal immigrant families at risk

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Is Trump's goal of 3% growth realistic? You bet it is

AP: NASCAR's Earnhardt Jr. headed to NBC broadcast booth in 2018

Reuters: OPEC moves to cap Nigerian oil output, boost compliance

Bloomberg: Future of Airbus A380 superjumbo hinges on Emirates order

McClatchyDC: GOP trashes Trump’s plan to end dozens of government programs

Esther Goldberg - American Greatness: Trump cancels failed CIA operation in Syria, gets grief from usual blowback, but actually it was “a nod to reality”

Yaron Steinbuch - NY Post: Washington is ‘much worse than anyone ever thought’: Trump

Kabul - AP: 24 dead; Taliban claim deadly suicide attack in Afghanistan

Jerusalem - AP: Israel Embassy shooting in Jordan complicates shrine crisis

Daily Caller: FBI seized smashed hard drives from Debbie Wasserman Schultz IT aide’s home

Reuters: U.S. Senators predict veto-proof support for Russia sanctions

Daily Mail: British women have shorter lifespans and the second worst life expectancy in Europe because of heavy smoking and hard drinking, experts say

Reuters: BMW rejects media reports of emissions manipulations

Jill Ward, Zainab Fattah - Bloomberg: UK joins U.S. in calling for an end to boycott of Qatar

Reuters: Justice Department expected to drop $3M Harley-Davidson emissions penalty: sources

BBC: Bank of America picks Dublin for EU hub

Reuters: Germany must act now to stop re-run of refugee crisis, Merkel rival says

Julian Lee - Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia turns off the U.S. oil tap

Derrick Perkins - Falmouth Enterprise: Powered-down turbines continue to cost Falmouth money

Andrew Conte - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Journalism & accelerating technology

NY Post: Jersey Shore’s Asbury Park returns to its glory days

Lee Smith - Tablet: Fusion GPS illuminates the brave new world of manufactured news for hire

Editorial - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Opioids & crime: Feeding off an epidemic

NY Post: Driving too much is bad for your brain: study

Damian Sebouhian - Observer Today: League of Women Voters hosts debate on benefits, detriments of wind power in Chautauqua County

Politico: Senator Kid Rock. Don’t laugh.

Larry Kudlow: Big economic ideas from Art Laffer and Steve Forbes

AFP/Inquirer: Popularity tumbles by 10% for France’s Macron — poll

Patsy Conyers - Connersville News Examiner: Wind farms 'do harm humans'

Daily Mail: German girl, 16, who ran away to join ISIS was found with a malnourished baby boy in her bombed-out fortress

NPR: Trump's new message man is a Harvard-educated former Wall Streeter with humble roots

Gordon G. Chang - World Affairs Journal: Trump puts squeeze on Beijing over North Korea

Iraq - Windsor Star: Runaway German girl, 16, ended up as an ISIS sniper until she was captured in Mosul

AP/CBC: Police ran 2nd dark web marketplace as sting to spot drug deals

Amman - NRT: Iraqi refugees in Jordan long to return home

Telegraph: Elon Musk claims approval for 30-minute underground Hyperloop between New York and Washington, DC

Washington - NY Post: Scaramucci fills long-empty White House communications director position as media frenzily allege angry Spicer resignation; deputy Sarah Sanders replaces Spicer as Trump's new spokesperson

AP/CTV News: U.S. to ban travel to North Korea

Honolulu - National Post: Hawaii is making plans for a North Korean missile attack. Tourism officials are not pleased

France - Toronto Sun: Up-and-coming French singer Barbara Weldens, 35, dead after electrocuted on church stage

Quantum breakthrough? - Express UK: ‘Angel Particle’ found which could lead to 100 million times faster computers

Christopher Brooker - Daily Mail: Every green initiative imposed on us by politicians has ended in disaster — the great folly of our age

Washington Examiner: DHS Chief John Kelly: U.S. drug demand causing Central America to 'suffer terribly'

Daily Caller: Solar panels generate 300 times more toxic waste than nuclear reactors

LA Times: O.J. Simpson is granted parole after serving 9 years for Vegas robbery

NY Post: ObamaCare repeal would leave 32 million without insurance, cut deficit by $473B

Fox News: McCain brain cancer treatment options may include a combination of chemotherapy and radiation

Chicago Tribune: Sen. John McCain diagnosed with aggressive type of brain cancer

NY Times: Citing recusal, Trump says he wouldn’t have hired Sessions

Watts Up With That: Green cronyism gone wild: It looks like the state of California is bailing out Tesla

Washington - AP: Trump tweets health bill 'will get even better' at White House lunch with 51 GOP Senators

London - AP/CTV News: Spice maker McCormick buys French's, Frank's RedHot food brands

Hollywood Reporter: Spotify hit with two lawsuits claiming "staggering" copyright infringement as IPO looms

Paul Bedard - Washington Examiner: ICE chief: 80% jump in illegal targets, readies national 'Sanctuary' crackdown

Byron York - Washington Examiner: No surprise: On Obamacare, GOP senators don't do what they don't want to do

CNBC: GOP gives up on replacing Obamacare now: McConnell and Trump call for simply repealing with 2-year delay

Fox News: Omar Khadr: Canada pays ex-Gitmo detainee who killed US soldier millions, but soldier's widow may never see a dime

The Hill: Trump: Repeal ObamaCare now, then 'start from a clean slate'

The Hill: McCain calls for 'return to regular order' on ObamaCare repeal

Anna Giaritelli - Washington Examiner: Border Patrol union chief praises 'miraculous' drop in illegal immigration under Trump

Amman - AP: Jordanian soldier gets life term for killing 3 U.S. troops

Byron York - Washington Examiner: What campaign wouldn't seek motherlode of Clinton emails?

Caracas - AP: Venezuela opposition calls for escalation of street protests

Jon Gabriel - Arizona Central: If Uncle Sam stopped 'fixing' things, we'd be better off

AP: Health plans hinge on the young, but they're a tough sell

Hollywood Reporter: Martin Landau, Mission Impossiblist, Oscar winner, dead at 89

Reuters: Venezuela opposition votes against Maduro, woman shot dead

KNPR: NOAA halts whale disentanglement efforts after veteran Canadian rescuer dies

AP/Detroit News: Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.3M vehicles for alternators, air bags

Chicago Tribune: 20 people wounded, 6 fatally, over 19-hour period in city shootings

CTV News: Jimmy Carter released from Winnipeg hospital, back at charity site

Detroit News: Switchblade switcheroo, spring-assisted blades now legal in Michigan

Muppet star booted - Standard: Let go after 27 years as Jim Henson's successor as Kermit the Frog puppeteer, Steve Whitmire devastated

Mosul - Reuters: Iraqi police display 23 armoured car bombs seized from ISIS

Elise Cooper - American Thinker: Sharyl Attkisson exposes big media in The Smear

Breitbart: Kid Rock confirms he's seeking Michigan Senate seat

Jonathan Swan - Axios: Trump's favorite new TV defender: Sebastian Gorka

Chicago Tribune: Russian-American lobbyist says he was also in Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with Russian lawyer/lobbyist

John Solomon, Jonathan Easley - The Hill: Trump Jr. pitch was part of broad Russian effort; California Congressman Rohrabacher says not unusual, he was lobbied on Magnitsky Act, too

Chicago Tribune: Kiss rockers Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley to open 10 to 15 rock 'n' roll-themed restaurants in Chicagoland

Daily Beast: Pence hires hotshot GOP veteran everyone trusts as Chief of Staff in hot summer for White House

Paris - AP: Trump: Son's Russia meeting 'standard campaign practice'

Washington - AP: New 172-page Senate GOP health care bill alive on delivery, but teeters on brink as Senators Paul and Collins bail for different reasons

Vatican City - AP: Room with a view: 2 ex- Vatican hospital officials charged

Winnipeg Sun: Jimmy Carter, 92, treated for dehydration at local Habitat for Humanity build

Beijing - BBC: Liu Xiaobo: China's most prominent dissident dies

Pete Kasperowicz - Washington Examiner: Harvard Prof and prominent Democrat Alan Dershowitz: 'I don't see any crime' that Donald Trump Jr. committed

Moscow - BBC: Boris Nemtsov murder: Five Chechens jailed for attack

Paris - AP: Trump seeks consensus with France despite differences

Mick Mulvaney - Wall Street Journal: Introducing MAGAnomics; the Trump agenda for achieving 3% economic growth

Washington - AP: McConnell rolling out new GOP health bill to uncertain fate

NY Post: Deal by Leiweke and Azoff to acquire concert tracker Pollstar is raising eyebrows

Michael Barone - Washington Examiner: Anti-Trump overreach could backfire

John Solomon, Jonathan Easley - The Hill: Obama's DOJ let Russian lawyer into U.S. without visa before she met with Trump team

Washington - AP: House reaches deal on biggest expansion of GI Bill in decade

Weekly Standard: Dadaist science; Look under the hood on climate change 'science' and what you see isn't pretty

Indianapolis - AP: Democrat Senator profits from Mexico outsourcing he slams

Alex Rodriguez - NY Post: A-Rod shares his vision for a better, more fan-friendly MLB

Jeddah - Reuters: Tillerson ends talks in Gulf; no sign Qatar crisis resolved

Editorial - NY Post: The ‘Sleaz-E-Pass’ out-of-state ripoff

Gaspard Sebag - Bloomberg: Google spared $1.3B tax bill with victory in French court

James Robbins - USA Today: Donald Trump Jr. was within his rights to meet with Russian lawyer

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: Why the latest Russia story is just another Trump witch hunt

Nebraska - Omaha World-Herald: Illegal immigrant drunk and speeding before deadly crash at I-80/680 interchange; had been deported 7 times

Fox News: Donald Trump Jr. tells Sean Hannity: 'In retrospect I probably would have done things a little differently'

Washington - Axios: Inside the White House scramble on the Trump Jr. emails; who had access to, or hacked and leaked his personal emails, will leaker face criminal charges?

Gateway Pundit: Was Veselnitskaya a Democrat plant? Appeared in prominent seat at Congressional hearing behind Obama Russia Ambassador McFaul

Reuters: Controversial cleric Gulen says he would not flee U.S. to avoid extradition to Turkey

Fox News: FBI document dump reveals secrets of Clinton probe as new director nominee faces Senate; lack of co-operation stands out

Jonathan Turley - The Hill: Don Jr.'s Russia meeting wasn't collusion — just amateur hour

Axios: Scott Pruitt: Americans "deserve" a TV debate on climate change

Hollywood - Yahoo: Clint Eastwood casts real-life heroes to play themselves in next film ‘The 15:17 to Paris’

Iraq - AFP/Yahoo: ISIS chief al-Baghdadi reported dead after jihadists lose Mosul

NBC News: Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr.: 'I didn’t have Clinton info they wanted'

Guardian: Coffee cuts risk of dying from stroke and heart disease, study suggests

Honolulu - AP: U.S. soldier arrested after pledging loyalty to Islamic State

Abbaspur - AFP/Samaa: Thousands flee as tensions escalate over Kashmir

New Delhi - AFP/Yahoo: India holds naval exercises with U.S., Japan

Stockholm - U.S. News: Immigration forces Sweden to re-evaluate its welfare state

Detroit - AP/Global News: U.S. man repairing Honda car killed when Takata airbag inflator exploded; 12th U.S. death attributed to the faulty inflators

Iraq - Yahoo: ISIS, driven out of Mosul, leaves behind a city in ruins and a society shattered by distrust

NY Post: The Times ‘exposé’ on Donald Trump Jr. is a big yawn

Editorial - Washington Times: Trump in Europe: The president rose to the occasion, saying what needed to be said

Jonathan A. Greenblatt - TIME: Anti-Semitism is creeping into Progressivism

The Hill: Chaffetz: Comey's silence on memos 'raised a lot of eyebrows'; if the memos contained classified info, he broke the law by sharing

The Hill: Common touch: Trump retrieves hat for Marine after chopper turbulence blows it off

BBC: Arrests over China 'straddling bus' project

Reuters: Trump says discussed forming cyber security unit with Putin

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: While de Blasio whined in Germany, Trump was our defender

Carl M. Cannon - Orange County Register: Trump, Poland and Russia

Sara A. Carter, John Solomon - Circa: Donald Trump Jr. gathered members of campaign for meeting with Russian lawyer before election

Daily Beast: Amelia Earhart captured and killed? New evidence debunks History Channel’s crazy theory

John Hinderaker - Powerline blog: Reckless disregard: The New York Times is in trouble

Rod Dreher - American Conservative: Why people hate the media, Chapter MDCXIII

ABC News: U.S., Russia and Jordan agree to southwest Syria cease-fire

Eddie Scarry - Washington Examiner: Trump's visit to Poland and the incoherent media

AP: ISIS claims attack in Egypt's Sinai that killed 23 soldiers

Marist poll: More people trust Trump administration than the media

Robert W. Merry - American Conservative: Trump’s Warsaw speech threw down the gauntlet on Western Civilization

Hamburg - NY Post: Trump says he had a ‘tremendous meeting’ with Putin

Fortune: Sears closing another 43 stores, making for a total of 308 closed U.S. stores this year

Roar - CNBC: U.S. non-farm payrolls jump by 222,000 in June vs 179,000 expected

Hamburg - Reuters: All eyes on Trump-Putin dynamics as they meet for first time at G20

Bloomberg: It’s boom times for recruiters after U.S. job market tightens

Hamburg - AP: Trump and Putin to meet at G20 summit in Germany

Rich Lowry - NY Post: Trump is winning the argument on immigration

Reuters: U.S. job growth seen accelerating; unemployment rate steady

Fox Business: Trump's agenda will bring higher U.S. growth if implemented says IMF

Reuters: At least 10 Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai car bomb attacks

Kimberley Strassel - Wall Street Journal: Washington’s leak mob; trying to topple Trump, current and ex-officials damage national security

Seoul - Reuters: South Korea bomb shelters forgotten with no food, water as North Korea threat grows

Michael Barone - Washington Examiner: Trump's 'remarkable' speech in Poland

Andrew Klavan - PJ Media: Doin' the CNN two-step

Reuters: Luxury sports cars destroyed at Hamburg dealer ahead of G20

Paul Sperry - NY Post: New holes in Loretta Lynch’s story on the Hillary probe

Honolulu - Reuters: U.S. judge rejects Hawaii's bid to exempt grandparents from Trump travel ban

Fox Business: So long, Hamburger Helper: America’s venerable food brands are struggling

John Solomon and Sara Carter - Circa: Did the FBI
retaliate against Michael Flynn by launching Russia probe?

Business-Standard: Modi in U.S.: Fight against terrorism is our main priority, says PM

Washington - Financial Express: Trump to Modi: "Great honour
to welcome the leader of the world's largest democracy"

Washington - Times of India: PM Modi thanks Trump
for praise in 2014, 'honour to 1.25 billion Indians'

Washington - Reuters: In victory for President, Supreme Court revives Trump travel ban

Mollie Hemingway - The Federalist: The FBI's briefing on the GOP
baseball shooting couldn't have been more bizarre; Comey legacy?

Detroit News: Canadian's attack on cop at Flint airport probed as 'act of terrorism'

Toronto: Wynne Liberals would win only 9 seats if election held now: Forum Research

Loren Thompson: Five signs the F-35 fighter is a smashing success

This week's performance by the F-35 fighter at the Paris Air Show is a turning point for the world's most advanced multi-role fighter, demonstrating that even when fully loaded with combat gear, it can out-perform the tactical aircraft of every other country.

Washington Post: Otto Warmbier dies days after release from North Korean detention

The Hill: U.S. DHS: London, Paris attacks 'reprehensible'

Fox News: Latest on today's Paris attack: Champs-Elysees
driver had explosives and rifle, was flagged for extremism

AP: Pentagon: U.S. shoots down Syrian aircraft for first time

BBC: Portugal forest fires kill 62 near Coimbra, most trapped in cars trying to escape

Fresno Bee: Restaurant die-off is first course of California's $15 minimum wage

Kenan Malik - New York Times: In defense of cultural appropriation

Guardian: More than 70 still missing and 30 dead in Grenfell Tower fire: police

CBC: Canadians rescue beluga whale marooned in New Brunswick
river's fresh water, successfully fly him to salt water estuary in Quebec

Toronto Star: Wallenda daredevil hangs by choppers from chopper over Niagara Falls

Erendira Vasquez Wallenda, a trapeze artist from a renowned family of daredevils hung by her teeth Thursday as a helicopter carried her above the thunder of Niagara Falls in a stunt that grabbed international attention. Her husband Nik Wallenda watches from above her in this close-up photo. ~ Robert Kirkham Buffalo News

NPR: Rep. Steve Scalise remains in critical condition; Trump visits him in hospital

updated Alexandria - AP/680 News: Gunman James Hodgkinson dead;
moved from Illinois weeks ago; online GOP hater had volunteered on Sanders campaign

Newsweek: Attacker asked whether it was Republicans or Democrats on ball field

Alexandria - Fox News: House Majority Leader Scalise, aides, and others shot
as gunman with rifle attacks Congressional baseball morning practice


Photo of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise following shooting at Virginia baseball field. Scalise was shot and multiple congressional aides were also hit by a gunman with a rifle who opened fire at a GOP baseball practice in Virginia Wednesday morning, Fox News confirmed. Scalise was in stable condition. Five people were "transported medically" from the scene, Alexandria Police Chief Michael Brown said; however, it was unclear how many people had been shot. ~ @joshdcaplan

updated Guardian: 17 dead, 35 still in hospital, many missing, death toll expected to rise;
major blaze quickly engulfed West London tower block; 'stay put' advice under attack


At least 200 firefighters and 40 engines were on the scene of a huge fire at Grenfell Tower in Latimer Road, near Notting Hill, in West London. One eyewitness, Victoria Goldsmith, told Sky News: "There was literally two people trapped at the top and they had mobile phones and they had the lights trying to flash them and signal people... They couldn't get to them ... fire kept going and the lights went out. They are trying to get it under control. It's pretty horrendous."

San Francisco marks 50th anniversary of famed Summer of Love


Financial Post: Entrepreneur spins up $1M a year after kaleidoscopic Burning Man moment

In an unscientific survey along San Francisco's Market Street one night late last month, most cyclists had front lights and weak red reflectors on the back, but no side lights. Few bicycle lights are as eye-catching or noticable to motorists as Monkeylectric's. They are sold in 500 stores and on Amazon, which offers many similar-looking products for much less money.

CBC: All 5 sailors rescued from mid-Atlantic after violent storm

Alan Dershowitz - Fox News: Comey confirms that
I'm right - and all the Democratic commentators are wrong

Terry Glavin - Ottawa Citizen: America abandoned the world under Obama – not Trump

LA Times: Earliest fossil evidence of Homo sapiens found
in Morocco, rewriting the story of our species


Two views of a composite reconstruction of the earliest known Homo sapiens fossils from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco. The reconstruction is based on micro-CT scans of multiple original fossils. ~ Philipp Gunz Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

Tehran - Daily Mail: 12 dead as ISIS attacks Parliament and Khomeini mausoleum in Iran

Map showing where Tehran attacks took place. The stand-off lasted about 5 hours before all the gunmen holed up in parliamentary office buildings were killed. ISIS released a video of the attackers from inside the building via its Amaq propaganda agency — a rare claim of responsibility while an attack was still underway. ~ AFP

Paris - BBC: Hammer attacker shot outside Notre-Dame
cathedral in terror incident, say police


The area around the cathedral has been condoned off by police. ~ BBC

Climate Depot: MIT Climate Scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen: Believing
CO2 controls the climate ‘is pretty close to believing in magic'

Great White Con blog: June facts about Arctic sea ice as temperatures
rise as usual in Northern Hemisphere summer; hint: nothing unusual



Matthew d'Ancona - Guardian: 'Theresa May is right on extremism.
We cannot be held back by a fear of causing offence'

Reuters: Trump urges end to political correctness in wake of London attack

London - CBC: 'Enough is enough,' UK PM says Britain needs to be
more 'robust' in identifying and stamping out extremism 'across society'

London - AP: United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Turkey
issue statements of support for UK and condemnation of attacks

London - AP: PM Theresa May: 'Islamic extremism must be contained'

Telegraph: UK election disrupted by terrorism for second time within two weeks

updated Mirror: 7 dead as van rams pedestrians on London Bridge 'at 50 mph'
then '3 men get out and stab people'; 3 terrorists shot dead by police


This is the van used by the trio of terrorists that they crashed into London Bridge crowds before jumping out stabbing and slashing people at random. The police arrived and killed all three within 8 minutes. ~ BBC

updated London - Daily Mail: 3 Jihadi knifemen shot dead by police after killing 7,
wounding 48: Gang yell 'this is for Allah' after mowing down crowd
on London Bridge and then going from bar to bar in stabbing frenzy

updated London - AP: Two downtown terror attacks; ramming van, long-blade knives

Alberta - Edmonton Journal: No injuries as tornado touches down north of Three Hills

A tornado touches down near Three Hills on June 2, 2017. ~ Dodi Brauen Calgary Herald

Koblenz - Independent: Rock Am Ring evacuated: German music
festival suspended due to terrorist threat

Resorts World attack - Manila Bulletin: 38 dead due to suffocation inside casino;
ISIS claims responsibility but police say it was robbery gone wrong, not terror

Washington - White House: Trump pulls U.S. out of Paris Climate Accord

Trump kills economy-crushing Paris Climate Accord, will start negotiation on a fair deal that would replace it. But says he will not accept any deal that continues to disadvantage the U.S.

Anthony Watts: In one graph, why the #ParisAgreement is useless

Source: Bjorn Lomborg -Impact of Current Climate Proposals DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.12295

Washington - White House: Watch LIVE as President Trump
makes statement regarding Paris Accord

Sydney Morning Herald: 'I don't remember doing it':
Passengers tell how they tackled would-be bomber

Melbourne - Daily Mail: Sri Lankan hijacker posted video of his trip to airport

updated Kabul - Metro News: Trump calls Afghan leader; 9 Afghan guards at U.S.
Embassy killed, Turkey evacuating staff from Afghanistan after its embassy damaged

updated Kabul - Independent: 90 dead, 400 wounded as powerful
suicide sewage truck bomb devastates Afghanistan embassy neighbourhood


Smoke rises and emergency workers and troops rush to the assistance of more than 400 people caught up in massive Kabul blast. An Afghan security guard at the German embassy was killed, and other German staff hurt. The Japanese Embassy also confirmed two of its employees had been wounded, and heavy damage was sustained by the nearby British, Turkish and Chinese embassies as well as the AFP news agency's offices. It is not clear what the attacker's intended target was, although recent incidents targeting foreigners inside the heavily fortified diplomatic district - supposedly the capital's safest area - have been claimed by both ISIS, and Taliban, who have denied being behind this blast. ~ TOLO

Berlin - Reuters: German police detain Syrian suspected of planning suicide attack

Jonathan Cheng - WSJ: North Korea claims breakthrough in missile technology

updated Baghdad - Daily Mail: At least 27 dead, 100 wounded as ISIS car bombs
ice cream parlour packed with women, children enjoying late-night treat during Ramadan


Horrifying footage and photos showed the explosion tearing through the packed district in the Iraqi capital at around midnight. ~ Twitter

Ottawa - CTV News: Conservative caucus embraces new leader Scheer

Toronto - Globe and Mail: Andrew Scheer, 38,
elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada


Andrew Scheer is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, winning the vote in Toronto on the 13th ballot on May 27, 2017. Scheer's vote total grew steadily to finally surpass early front-runner Maxime Bernier, who advocated a strong libertarian vision for the political party which founded the country 150 years ago. Saskatchewan MP Scheer, former Speaker of the House of Commons, will soon be sworn in as Leader of Her Majesty's Official Opposition. ~ Patrick Dell The Globe and Mail

Paul Sperry - NY Post: How Team Obama tried to hack the election

NY Times: ‘A lot of our ideas were incorrect and maybe naive':
NASA's Jupiter mission proves the scientists wrong

John Robson - National Post: The obvious lesson about terrorists
— they hate us for who we are, not what we do

Mexico - AFP: Murder of "a remarkable journalist" — Javier Valdez

The body of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez lies on the street after he was shot dead in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, on May 15, 2017. Valdez, 50, who worked for Agence France-Presse and other media, was shot near the premises of one of the Mexican news outlets he worked for in the city of Culiacan in Mexico's violent Sinaloa state. ~ Fernando Brito AFP

Reuters: Egypt launches air raids on 6 terrorist camps in Libya after Christians killed

Reuters: Egypt health ministry official: "large number of children amongst
victims of attack on Coptic Christians" heading to monastery

Reuters: Masked gunmen kill 28 in attack on Christians in Egypt

Aftermath of attack on buses and truck carrying Coptic Christians in Minya Province, Egypt, May 26, 2017. ~ EGYPT TV REUTERS

Andy Coghlan - New Scientist: The brain starts to eat itself after chronic sleep deprivation

George Melloan - Wall Street Journal: Trump faces the fury of a scorned ruling class

John Solomon and Sara Carter - Circa: Declassified memos show
FBI illegally shared spy data on Americans with private parties

Stewart Bell - National Post: Manchester bombing suspect
Salman Abedi reportedly linked to former Ottawa extremist imam

NY Times: Found at the Scene in Manchester: A detonator, shrapnel and a battery

A review of the location of those killed shows most of the fatalities occurred in a nearly complete circle around the bomber, Salman Abedi, whose upper torso was heaved outside the lethal ring toward the Manchester Arena entrance. ~ New York Times

Yahoo UK: Manchester bomber's family arrested as police investigate terror 'network'

Circa: Obama intel agency secretly conducted illegal searches on Americans for years

Indonesia: Suspected suicide bomb in Jakarta kills policeman, injures 9

Reuters: Manchester bomber was part of a network: police

CBC: More arrests in Manchester bombing bring total to 4

CTV News: Warning of 'imminent' attack, UK raises threat level

Manchester: Bomber named as 23-yr-old Salman Abedi, a British man of Libyan origin

NY Post: South Korea fires warning shots at suspected North Korean drone

Washington Times: North Korea attack drones carrying biological,
chemical weapons can strike Seoul within 1 hour

NY Post: Fossilized tooth might prove humans came from Europe, not Africa

Fox News: Trump calls on “all civilized nations” to “obliterate this evil ideology”;
in Bethlehem, Trump offered condolences to victims, calling attackers “evil losers”

NY Times: ISIS claims responsibility for Manchester concert attack

Manchester - NY Post: British Police arrest 23-yr-old man in Grande terror bombing

updated Daily Mail: Death toll now 22, 119 injured in savage terror attack at Ariana Grande
concert full of young people; children, teens, parents killed by shrapnel bomb near exit;
suicide bomber identified by forensics police, said to be "known to authorities"


This graphic shows where the explosion took place, in the foyer area, leading towards Victoria railway station.

Sky News: Manchester Arena Grande terror bombing injury toll rises to 59

Manchester: Police press conference: confirm 19 dead, 50 injured; terrorist attack

updated Guardian: Now most witnesses say only one bomb exploded in Manchester Arena;
police say 19 dead, 50 injured; dozens of ambulances; bomb squad exploded non-bomb


Young woman bleeding profusely with ankles and lower legs pierced by nails is quickly helped by police who raise her legs and try to apply tourniquet to slow bleeding.

Manchester: Police confirm 'a number of fatalities' after
reports of explosion at Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena



Independent: High possibility of war with North Korea, warns new South Korean President

Arab News: Full text: Saudi King Salman's speech at end of President Trump's visit

Riyadh - The Hill: Full text: President Trump address in Saudi Arabia at
Arab Islamic-American Summit with 55 Arab and Islamic countries attending

CBS News: Trump calls on Muslim nations to unite in fight against terrorism

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers anti-terrorism speech during Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 21st, 2017. Mr. Trump emphasized the fight against terrorism isn't a battle between different faiths, but a "battle between good and evil" -- and a battle that other Muslim nations must lead. The President called on Muslim nations to "drive them (terrorists) out of your Holy Land, and drive them out of this earth."~ Jonathan Ernst CBS

Vancouver: Girl safe after pulled into water by killer sea lion off Richmond, B.C. dock

Complete original video of sea lion attack and stirring rescue as shot by Michael Fujiwara Youtube

Fox News: Harvard's Alan Dershowitz says Special Counsel
will help Trump: 'He's going to find no crime'

NY Times: Killing CIA informants, China crippled
U.S. spying operations during Obama years

James Downton - Federalist: We are watching a slow-motion coup d'etat

Daniel Greenfield - Frontpagemag: The anonymous sources of
Washington Post and CNN fake news; How fake news gets made



Toronto - CBC: Naive radicals fed propaganda want Ryerson University to dump pioneering educator Egerton Ryerson's name

CBC: Head of Canada's Indigenous veterans group hopes Proud Boys don't lose their CAF jobs; says native activists challenged at statue of Edward Cornwallis in Halifax are "point one percenters" who do not adequately represent the country's Indigenous Peoples

Jane Stevenson - Toronto Sun: Ontario's Libs losing their Toronto stronghold: Forum Research poll

CBC: Former Sears employees lose severance, pension benefits

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Just identifying as Indigenous not enough for special sentencing, judge says

Lorrie Goldstein - Toronto Sun: Liberals all over the map on Khadr

Globe and Mail: Ottawa insists infrastructure bank will avoid Australia’s pitfalls: "Trust us"

Mia Rabson - CTV News: Flag that flew on Parliament Hill on Canada Day gifted to Queen

CBC: Former Conservative leadership candidate Rick Peterson mulls running in Rona Ambrose's former Edmonton seat

Laura Payton - CTV News: Khadr lawyer upset by settlement reports; wanted killer's ransom to be "confidential"

John Ivison - National Post: Khadr is doing all right without our money

Katia Dmitrieva - Bloomberg: Foreigners account for just 4.7% of home sales in Toronto region

Ottawa - CBC: Rona Ambrose formally resigns as Conservative MP for Edmonton after serving for 13 years

Bloomberg: Northland Power scraps sale without finding buyer

Bloomberg: Oil tumbles after Russia said to oppose deeper production curbs

Kelly McParland - National Post: Christy Clark is the Terminator of B.C. politics: She'll be back

Dublin - CBC: Trudeau Liberals continue to fumble CETA file, now begging Ireland for help with EU hurdle

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Khadr is doing all right without our money

Toronto Star: Kids from Attawapiskat, Oakville taking part in hockey exchange to promote cross-cultural learning

Ottawa - CBC: NDP MP apologizes for plagiarizing parts of anti-Canadian op-ed column; blames assistant

National Post: Trudeau Liberals to pay Omar Khadr $10.5M for suffering at Guantanamo

Halifax - CBC: Armed Forces members who disrupted Indigenous rally could get the boot; really, for singing 'God Save the Queen' and displaying historic Red Ensign?

Another Wynne lawsuit? - Toronto Star: Metrolinx $500M sole-sourced contract broke the rules, company claims

Financial Post: Garneau offers few details on $2.1B plan to improve trade corridors

CBC: Federal websites geared to youth bland, boring say focus groups; shouldn't they be?

Sandy Crux - Crux of the Matter: PM Trudeau’s narcissism an embarrassment for many Canadian

Patrick Brown - Toronto Sun: Building a new legacy in Ontario

Globe and Mail: Canadians oppose sale of high tech firms to Chinese investors: poll

Backgrounder - CBC: A 10% hike to mortgage payments would sink almost three-quarters of homeowners, Manulife says

Ottawa - Hill Times: Liberal Senator Joyal urges colleagues to stand up against government pressure on voting decisions; in Senate for a reason

Campbell Clark - Globe and Mail: Campaign to get public behind Canada-China trade deal smacks of elitism

Stephen Harper - National Post: Canadians should reflect upon how fortunate we are. There is simply no better place to live

Ottawa - Huffington Post: Trudeau makes gaffe in Canada Day speech by forgetting Alberta

CTV News: Jennifer Sidey and Josh Kutryk: Canada's two newest astronauts revealed

CBS News: Alex Somers mines musical gold for documentary "Dawson City: Frozen Time"

Jay Jones - Chicago Tribune: Celebrating Canada's past in Kingston, the birthplace of a nation

Vaughn Palmer - Vancouver Sun: Horgan's next challenge begins now

CBC: Showdown at Government House: the meeting that ended 16 years of B.C. Liberal rule

Napanee: Medical marijuana leader ABcann Global recruits high-profile Dr. Michael Shannon as chief medical consultant

Ottawa - CBC: Michael J. Fox, Michael Bublé honoured at Performing Arts gala — with a little help from Joan Jett; Martin Short also feted

Picton: Budget squeeze leads Prince Edward County to consider sale of historic, in-use Town Hall

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Trudeau's petulant, tone-deaf performance a remarkable milestone; nothing is his fault

Rachel Aiello - Hill Times: Government House Leader Chagger now says she 'misremembered' her presence in Senate the night of key budget vote; euphemism for she 'lied' and spun to various media

CBC: B.C. Liberal government loses non-confidence vote 44-42, sparking either NDP government or election

Weather Network: Powerful storms spark tornado warnings in southern Ontario

Zero Hedge: Canada's Supreme Court permits worldwide internet censorship

Nunavut - CTV News: Prince Charles kicks off Canadian tour in Iqaluit alongside Duchess of Cornwall; will also visit Trenton, Prince Edward County and Ottawa

Ottawa - CBC: Canada to extend anti-ISIS mission by 2 years

Ottawa Citizen: Brutal no more: NAC offers a sneak peak inside a light-filled 'architectural rejuvenation'

Peter Edwards - Toronto Star: Man arrested after explosion rocks Woodbridge café

Global News: Former Edmonton Oiler Dave Semenko dies at 59 from pancreatic cancer

CBC: Montreal man denied bail in Michigan airport stabbing mutters 'Allahu akbar' in court

Global News: 2,900 Sears Canada employees won't receive severance after layoff

Rob Shaw - Vancouver Sun: Clark to tell Lieutenant-Governor the NDP-Green alliance cannot offer stable government

Ottawa - CBC: Dreams of a gender-neutral O Canada are over — for now

CBC: More trouble for Canada-EU trade deal, as drug changes delay implementation

Ottawa - CBC: Andrew Scheer says he will not appoint independent Senators if elected Prime Minister

AP/Global News: Montreal man Amor Ftouhi accused of stabbing Flint, Michigan airport cop in neck due in court Wednesday

Ottawa - Bloomberg: Canada July rate hike odds jump after Poloz restates bias

Reuters/Global News: Canada, Europe's NATO members, to raise defense spending in 2017 after Trump shaming

John Ivison - National Post: Canada and U.S. drawing closer to ending latest softwood lumber dispute, sources say

Bloomberg: New owner of 65-story Trump-managed hotel in Toronto buys back management contract, likely to become a Marriott St. Regis

Calgary - CBC: Facing heat, Nenshi cancels fundraiser promising time with mayor for thousands of dollars

National Post: A century ago, our Mennonite families left the Prairies and moved to Mexico. Now we are coming home

Vaughn Palmer - Vancouver Sun: BC MLAs make political history

Mike Smyth - The Province: NDP-Greens close in on Christy Clark's Liberals

AFP/Daily Mail: China pledges not to carry out state-sponsored cyberattacks against the intellectual property of Canadian firms

Beijing - Globe and Mail: In Australia, backlash takes hold over Chinese money infecting politics, business

Peter MacKay - National Post: Canada cannot afford to turn soft on terrorism. It still needs C-51

Napanee: ABcann Global extends research agreement with the University of Guelph on medicinal cannabis

Gloomy outlook - Times Colonist: CP/EKOS poll: Only 29% of Canadians think their lives will improve over next five years; 68% think will stay the same or get worse

Toronto Star: 3 dead in Mississauga car crash include 2 children

Owen Roberts - Toronto Star: Canadian beehive numbers have been climbing since the 1990s

Éric Grenier - CBC: Trudeau popularity dropping despite non-stop PR campaign; disapproval numbers up

Paul Viera - Fox Business: Canada braces for additional duties on its U.S.-bound softwood-lumber exports

Ottawa - CBC: Supreme Court of Canada says woman can sue Facebook in B.C. courts

Global News: Kathleen Wynne is the least popular Premier at home, and across Canada: Mainstreet Research/Postmedia poll

Quebec City - CBC: You can't disconnect terrorism from Islam, Couillard says in wake of Flint attack

CTV News: Full list of 59 Sears Canada stores slated to close

CBC: Breweries make case that Alberta beer tax system unconstitutional

Ottawa Business Journal: Sears Canada closes 59 stores across the country; 2,900 jobs lost

Andrew Cohen - Globe and Mail: Turning an embassy into ‘Indigenous space' is a classic government misjudgment

John Ivison - National Post: With voter support tumbling, a tactical reset is in order for Liberals

Sean M. Maloney - Ottawa Citizen: So was Lester Pearson racist too?

CBC: Royal Bank confirms it is cutting 450 jobs, mostly at Toronto head offices

CBC: Canadian Public Security Minister can't confirm media reports of Canadian connection in Michigan airport knife attack on officer; attacker in custody; victim in critical condition

BNN: Bombardier: 'The facts are on our side' in Boeing trade spat

Toronto - Huffington Post: Sears Canada shares dive on report it may seek bankruptcy protection; company saw 25% of its value wiped out in a morning

CBC: Trudeau strips historic Langevin name from PMO building, gives former U.S. Embassy to indigenous peoples, renames Aboriginal Day

Ottawa - CBC News: Liberal ministers, MPs were 'accosting' senators to vote against amended budget bill, senator says

Hamilton Spectator: Senators defy Trudeau, propose amendments to federal budget bill

Global News: Canadian man smuggled guns via U.S.-Canada border library: prosecutors

Ottawa - CBC: Tim Hortons franchisees launch $500M class-action suit against parent company

CBC: Trudeau reneges again; Access to Information law changes won't open up PMO, cabinet offices

Emmett Macfarlane - Maclean's: Proposing amendments isn't Senate activism. It's the Senate's job

Toronto Sun: Quebec man guilty of trying to leave Canada to join ISIS

CTV News: More independent Senate providing sober second thought; Liberals use as excuse for poor performance

News 1130: National Post newspaper ending Monday print edition starting in July

Paige Parsons - Edmonton Journal: Former Edmonton UFC fighter Tim Hague dies following boxing match

Toronto Sun: No charge laid after Toronto Sun journalist Tarek Fatah threatened by cabbie

Newmarket - CBC: 4 yr-old girl calls 911 after 20 yr-old babysitter found unresponsive in pool

John Ivison - National Post: Mulroney urges Trudeau to ‘look around the corner of history' for NAFTA talks

Canoe: Quebec credit rating surpasses Ontario for first time ever

David Reevely - National Post: ‘See if you can take the social-justice warriors out at the top,' Jordan Peterson says

Greg Cruickshank: As minimum wage in Ontario is set for an increase… employer costs will be double what employees receive

Andrew Coyne - National Post: Why the media should say no to a government bailout

CBC: Hoax call at Calgary airport leads to temporary evacuation

CBC: Leamington residents, politicians protest proposed Hydro One rate hike; Liberals want price increase every month until 2022

Hollie Shaw - Financial Post: If Sears disappears, it could be a disaster for some malls, a blessing for others

Bob Cox - National Post: Real and responsible news is something worth saving

Toronto Sun: Perv preyed on kids for decades

Ottawa - CBC: Canada's spy agency expects cyberattacks during 2019 federal election

Liane Faulder - Canoe: Don't have celiac disease? Eat your wheat

Colby Cosh - National Post: The Liberal justice minister fantasizes that a stuffy old Charter won't stop her from forcing random breath tests on us all

Hamilton Spectator: Accused Ancaster hacker Karim Baratov may not fight extradition to U.S.: lawyer

Ottawa - CBC: Trudeau government has passed half the bills Harper did by this time in the mandate despite their ambitious election commitments

Toronto - Reuters: TSX slides as financials drag; grocers hit by Amazon news

Tim Harper - Toronto Star: There will be a reckoning for Trudeau's Liberals when summer vacation is over

Ottawa - CBC: Netflix tax? Trudeau says no to his Liberal MPs' proposed broadband internet levy; agrees with Conservatives' dissenting report

Daniel Bader - Android Central: Canada bans locked phones as it looks to make switching carriers easier

Michele Mandel - Toronto Sun: Killer's freedom leaves widow of slain Toronto police officer 'speechless'

Spectator: “It's a tragic day in Hamilton”: Three killed in east Mountain house fire

CBC: Car dealerships could be out of business within a decade, says presumptive report assailed by some

Bloomberg: Trump names Kentuckian Kelly Craft as Ambassador to Canada ahead of NAFTA talks

Mike Smyth - The Province: There could be trouble brewing in NDP-Green paradise

CBC: Canadians owe $1.67 for every $1 of household disposable income, StatsCan says

Toronto Sun: No snap election coming: Wynne; 'The election is June 2018 and that's when we'll be going'

Fraser Institute: Proposed NDP-Green tax changes will cost average B.C. family nearly $600

CTV News: Toronto, Vancouver home prices could fall up to 40%: economist

Kelly McParland - National Post: The Ontario Liberals just offered the unions such a sweet deal even the workers couldn't believe it

Tania Kohut - Global News: Here's why Canadians often aren't told about bomb threats, according to security experts; Toronto subway has had 34 bomb threats since beginning of 2014

Business in Vancouver: Premier Christy Clark announces cabinet as defeat looms

TB Newswatch: Alexander Henry heading home to Thunder Bay

570 News: Shaw to bolster Freedom Mobile with spectrum deal, sell ViaWest for $2.3B

Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults - CBC: Three dead after apparent murder-suicide at Quebec nudist campsite, police say

CBC: Sears Canada warns about financial future; may have to restructure or be sold

CBC: Canadian troops newly arrived in Latvia encounter skepticism

Sylvain Charlebois - Sudbury Star: $15 minimum a double-edged sword

Gord Henderson - Windsor Star: New minimum wage social engineering gone mad

Blackburn News: Fergus grocer expresses concern over Ontario minimum wage hike' '32% increase in 19 months is immoral'

Thomas Walkom - Chronicle Herald: Chrystia Freeland's nostalgic elegy

Conrad Black - National Post: If the Liberals can resist Trump-bashing, they're on their way to the most serious foreign policy in decades

Editorial - National Post: The Liberals finally reveal that the Liberal approach to world affairs was wrong all along

Phil Calvert - Open Canada: What's missing from Freeland's foreign policy speech: Asia

CBC: 4 dead in northern Quebec town after series of stabbings

Graham Thomson - Edmonton Journal: Alberta government's credibility singed with delayed release of wildfire reports

Edmonton Sun: Wildrose calls for public inquiry in wake of 'damning' wildfire reports

Crawford Kilian - iPolitics: The Freeland Doctrine: Just how does she see Canada as a 'hard' power?

Reuters: Strong May Canada jobs growth adds to case for interest rate hikes

CBC: Canada adds 55,000 jobs in May; jobless rate up to 6.6% as more people look for work

Ross Ayotte - Canada Free Press: Wynne's so-called Fair Hydro Plan isn't

Windsor - CBC: Greenhouse operators vowing to fight Queen's Park over minimum wage hike

CBC: Hudson's Bay Company cutting 2,000 jobs amid reorganization

Terence Corcoran - Financial Post: Ontario slaps a higher toll on workers, apparently because we want fewer of them

Bill Kelly - Global News: Could Ontario have a snap election this fall?

CBC: StatsCan's website struggled with software issues for almost a month, far longer than government officials claimed

Reuters/NY Daily News: U.S. Treasury's Mnuchin to bring up defense on Ottawa trip: U.S. official

CBC: Lives risked over communication breakdown during Fort McMurray wildfire, councillor says; 'We could have had thousands of people burn alive'

Christine Van Geyn - Financial Post: Ontario's plan for ‘universal' and ‘affordable' day care wont be' universal and it sure isn't affordable

Sam Cooper - Montreal Gazette: Canadian millennials' connections to country, home and family on the wane

Steve Paikin - TVO: Anyone for a snap Ontario election?

Globe and Mail: Ottawa freezes anti-spam provision, seeks review of legislation

CBC: Customers stunned Hydro One asking for another rate increase

Ottawa - Maclean's: Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan announces new defence policy: Full speech text

Ottawa - CBC: Liberals respond to Trump pressure, announce 70% defence spending increase; more soldiers, ships and planes; will also revamp accounting to show more defence spending

BNN: Canada was pressured into NAFTA, and it only hurt us; bring on the renegotiation, says Rosenberg

Toronto - CBC: Woman accused of threatening Canadian Tire employees with knife pledges allegiance to ISIS in court

Canadian embarassment - TIME: Canada will build up its military because it can't rely on the U.S., official says

John Ibbitson - Globe and Mail: Trudeau riskily overplays hand, turns on Trump; Mistakes 'Pay your share' for unwillingness to lead

John Ivison - National Post: Concerns that Liberal anti-terror bill looks to protect rights at expense of security

Ottawa - CBC: Freeland wallows in naivete, slams Trump's focus on U.S. issues, says Canada will ignore domestic problems to try to be a world leader

Matthew Fisher - National Post: Chrystia Freeland to tie Canada's foreign policy future to her family's foreign past

Ottawa Citizen: Former U.S. Embassy to be dedicated to First Nations, Metis, Inuit: government source

Kelly McParland - National Post: NDP-Green alliance seems not to care about any Canadians living east of the Rockies

National Post: B.C. legislature in 'uncharted territory' as no party wants to give up voting member to be speaker

Ottawa - CBC: Canada keeps terror threat level unchanged after UK attacks, but will be extra-vigilant around July 1st celebrations of Canada's 150th

National Post: Scheer joy at Press Gallery dinner

Stewart Bell - National Post: Canadian fugitive: Toronto man wanted for inciting genocide living freely in Dhaka, Bangladesh

CBC: 'He held her and watched her die in his arms': London attack victim from Castlegar, B.C.

Telegraph: First victim of London Bridge terror attack identified as Canadian citizen by Trudeau

Alex Boutilier - Toronto Star: Longtime staff members, friends drove Andrew Scheer's dream team

Ottawa - Toronto Star: Trudeau Liberals spent $707,000 in legal fees fighting decision that protects Indigenous children

Neil Macdonald - CBC: Donald Trump may prove to be the best friend of the Canadian consumer

Quinte News: Lake Ontario still at record flood levels as controlled outflow remains limited by Montreal flood risks downstream

Ottawa - Breitbart: 5,000 Canadians march in support of Trump, against Liberal Trudeau Govt

CBC: Mayors press Trudeau Liberals for help to handle legalized marijuana, sound alarm about spike in opioid related deaths

CBC: Innocence lost, outsider Pat Stogran bails from NDP Leadership race, blames 'insiders'

Sarah Sacheli - National Post: Underground economy caters to migrant workers while legitimate businesses struggle in Ontario town

Ottawa Citizen: Two dead, one wounded in shadow of Peace Tower as Bytown Market shootout leaves tourist area bloodied

Rob Ferguson - Toronto Star: Patrick Brown's PCs win 5th by-election under his leadership; take Sault Ste. Marie for first time since 1981

Elaine Della-Mattia - Sault Star: Sault Ste. Marie turns Tory blue

CP/Toronto Sun: PCs steal Sault seat from Liberals; Libs finish last in longtime stronghold

CBC: Progressive Conservatives win Sault Ste. Marie provincial by-election

Maclean's: Canada trade surplus with U.S. at highest level in three years

Rob Ferguson - Toronto Star: Voters in Sault Ste Marie pass judgment on Wynne government in by-election Thursday

Marie-Danielle Smith - National Post: Senators, Liberal Government in another time-sensitive showdown — this time over the Indian Act

John Robson - National Post: Justin Trudeau and Bill Morneau are adopting the same bad habits as former kings

Reuters/Financial Post: Canadian officials can't agree whether Super Hornet talks with Boeing are suspended or not

Christie Blatchford - National Post: Just another serial killer filled with venom and indifference

Geoffrey Johnston - Whig-Standard: Author Lowell Green battles 'censorship'

Ottawa - CBC: Boeing abruptly cancels announcement on fighter jet deal amid Bombardier spat

Sudbury - CBC: Robert Wood not guilty in Elliot Lake mall collapse trial

Woodstock - CBC: Ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer felt 'red surge' before killing elderly patients

Montreal Gazette: Parents who criticized Karla Homolka say school asked them to leave

Wind Concerns Ontario: Ontario government failed to respond to wind turbine noise reports, documents show

Goderich - Global News: Ontario family says wind turbines have made life a ‘nightmare'

Halifax - CBC: 'Honestly, I don't get it': Nova Scotia voter turnout drops to record low

Montreal - Daily Mail: Serial killer Karla Homolka, who was jailed for 12 years over rape and murder of three teen girls, including her sister, has been volunteering at her children's elementary school

Ottawa - Global News: Canada faces big challenges if U.S. pulls out of climate deal, cuts taxes, plays tough on NAFTA

Sen. Bob Runciman - Financial Post: Another multinational employer is fleeing Ontario and the Wynne government doesn't seem to care

Montreal - CTV News: U.S. softwood lumber duties to cost 2,200 jobs, Conference Board of Canada says

Fox Business: Canada growth rose 3.7% in first Quarter, tops in G7

Jack Mintz - Financial Post: How hysteria around Home Capital ginned up a fictional financial crisis

Samuel Oliphant - National Post: B.C. Greens have agreed to worst possible deal in their efforts to oust Christy Clark

Toronto - CBC: Labour changes made by Wynne without cost-benefit analyses; under-siege employers blind-sided; job losses seen and end of many mom-and-pop businesses expected

Editorial - Saskatoon Star Phoenix: Perhaps Andrew Scheer should hail the Chief

Howard Levitt - Financial Post: If I were Steve Ladurantaye's lawyer, I'd advise him to sue the CBC for constructive dismissal

Mike Crawley - CBC: Wynne's latest flip-flop is all politics; before she was for minimum wage increase she was strongly against

Halifax - CBC: Liberals score back-to-back majorities after Nova Scotia nail-biter

Emerson - CP24: Ghana woman dies of possible hypothermia while heading to illegally cross border into Canada from Minnesota

Anthony Furey - Toronto Sun: Canada's foreign election financing is finally getting addressed

Victoria - News1130: Clark stays on as BC Premier for now, won't ask Lt. Gov. for another election

Napanee - Global News: Father of teen killed by unanchored soccer goalpost: ‘It didn't have to happen'

Kelly McParland - National Post: British Columbia's unstable politics show why first-past-the-post is the preferable electoral system

Toronto - CBC: Wynne announces rise of Ontario minimum wage from current $11.40 to $15 by 2019, impose raft of other new costs on employers

Deborah Yedlin - Calgary Herald: B.C.'s NDP-Green alliance troubling for Canadian economy, energy projects

Bill Kelly - Global News: Is raising the minimum wage the right answer?

CBC: How a $15 minimum wage would affect Ontario; more youth unemployment, failed businesses

Toronto - CTV News: Opponents grill Ontario Liberal Govt over $200,000 rubber duck

Tasha Kheiriddin - Global News: Scheer's task: Channel Dief's populism — without the vitriol

Victoria - CTV News: Greens agreement to back NDP for 4 years includes electoral system change rejected by 2 B.C. referendums

Victoria - Global News: NDP and Greens in unofficial post-election coalition to oust Clark's Liberals in B.C.; “supply and confidence agreement” will end Clark's role as Premier if defeat in legislature

Antonella Artuso - Toronto Sun: Liberals will 'say absolutely anything': Fedeli

Halifax - CBC: Polls open in Nova Scotia for provincial election

CTV News: Woman rescued after falling 4 stories from rooftop between buildings in downtown Toronto, getting stuck

Ottawa - CBC: NAFTA talks to start in August: Here's what the calendar looks like

CP/Toronto Sun: Ontario expected to raise minimum wage, update labour laws Tuesday

Kingston - Whig-Standard: Flooded Lake Ontario and Bay of Quinte waterfront properties become spawning grounds for carp

Chantal Hébert - Toronto Star: Andrew Scheer has his work cut out to prevent Trudeau rebuilding Quebec fortress

Éric Grenier - CBC: Popular vote numbers reveal wider margin of victory for Andrew Scheer; margin over 7,000

Ottawa - CTV News: New Tory leader Andrew Scheer no stranger to making history

Robert Benzie - Toronto Star: MPP MacLaren claims he was quitting before PC Leader Brown fired him; joins Trillium Party as its only MPP, misses his first two votes

Chris Selley - National Post: Scheer's Conservatives can be a more confident movement

Montreal - CTV News: Construction workers head to Quebec City as government will end strike

Marie-Danielle Smith - National Post: How Andrew Scheer won the Conservative leadership

CTV News: Supply management cost Bernier the Conservative leadership: O'Leary

Andrew Coyne - National Post: In the dullness of the morning after, Andrew Scheer is the safer pair of hands

Tom Flanagan - Globe and Mail: Scheer's sunny way will attract disappointed Trudeau voters

Tim Harper - Toronto Star: Scheer, the man with the impish grin, will grow into his job

Chris Selley - National Post: The political promise and perils of high-speed rail: It's as expensive to ride as it is to build

Janyce McGregor - CBC: Andrew Scheer not the only winner in Conservative leadership race

Maura Forrest - National Post: The policies Andrew Scheer ran on — and how the Liberals will use them to attack him

CBC: Ottawa-area MPP Jack MacLaren expelled from PC caucus

Alex Boutilier - Toronto Star: Andrew Scheer wins Conservative leadership in major upset (except to people who were paying attention)

Global News: Who is Andrew Scheer?

John Ibbitson - Globe and Mail: In Andrew Scheer, Conservatives elect Stephen Harper 2.0 – with a smile

Adam Radwanski - Globe and Mail: Time is ripe for Conservatives to steal a Liberal idea: galvanize their base

Kelowna - Castanet: Turn on taps to lower lake?

updated Quinte News: NOW re-opened; Hwy 401 shut down in both directions at Napanee after heavy truck rollover and fuel leak

Chris Selley - National Post: ‘Canada's Donald Trump' was never on offer in the Conservative leadership race

Mike Coates - National Post: Did Kevin know what he was getting into? Inside O'Leary's strange Conservative candidacy

CTV News: Federal Conservative leadership candidates make final pitches for votes and party

Telegraph/National Post: Time running out fast for 18-year-old Canadian who again crashes F1 car, this time during practice for Monaco Grand Prix

All hat, no cattle - The Guardian: Stop running from the truth: Justin Trudeau is playing us with his PR stunts

CTV News: BlackBerry says royalty dispute will end with US$940M payment from Qualcomm

Tom Rogan - Washington Examiner: With one tweet, Bernie Sanders shows he doesn't have a clue about socialized medicine

NY Post: 28 dead after rival gangs square off in Acapulco prison brawl

Matthew Rocco - Fox Business: UPS said to join growing list of companies freezing pensions

Warsaw - AP: Trump reaffirms commitment to NATO's Article 5

Andrew Malcolm - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Hillary's slow-motion breakdown

Bill O'Reilly - The Hill: How Trump will win his war against the media

Adam Andrzejewski - Forbes: Trump's leaner White House payroll projected to save taxpayers $22M

Vancouver Sun: How are Neanderthals related to humans? Finally, an answer

Byron York - Washington Examiner: Rebel states sell info they hide from Trump voter commission

Project Veritas: CNN producer stands by his comments dissing voters, "I don't think I've said anything wrong"

Kurt Schlichter - Townhall: We should cheer CNN’s ritual suicide

National Post: Suspects in MH17 crash in Ukraine to be prosecuted in Netherlands

Fox News: North Korea ICBM test: Alaska, Hawaii politicians demand better missile defense

Glenn Greenwald - The Intercept: CNN warns it may expose an anonymous critic if he ever again publishes bad content; pure irony

Peter Schweizer - NY Post: Uncovering the Russia ties of Hillary’s campaign chief Podesta

Reuters: U.S. proposes cutting total biofuels requirements in 2018

Yahoo: 14 dead after more than 100 shot in Chicago during long Fourth of July weekend

Washington - AP: Trump chastises China as U.S. weighs North Korea response

Reuters: Most American voters support limited travel ban: Politico-Morning Consult poll

NY Times: CNN story about source of Trump wrestling video draws backlash

Daily Caller: CNN’s Cuomo deletes tweet threatening teen Reddit user who posted Trump video

Cairo - AP: Arab states angry over Qatar's dismissal of their demands

Detroit Free Press: How Uber-like grocery services are changing retail

Circa: CNN under fire for threatening to identify creator of Trump wrestling video

AP: Iraqi commander says 300 ISIS fighters holed up in Mosul

Warsaw - Wall Street Journal: Poland prepares ‘absolutely huge’ welcome for Trump

Dubai - AP: Arab nations say they have Qatar's response to their demands; will respond "in a timely manner"

Wall Street Journal: Ivanka Trump replies on paid family leave

NY Post: NYPD officer assassinated in police vehicle

Helsinki - AP/NY Daily News: Volvo to make only electric-powered cars from 2019

Breitbart: CNN blackmails source of Donald Trump wrestling video; can't take a joke

Jacqueline Thomsen - The Hill: Tillerson calls for 'global action' to stop North Korea nuclear program

Barcelona - France24: Catalonia to declare immediate independence if 'yes' wins referendum

Uh oh - NY Times: In lofty Versailles speech, Macron tells the French to prepare for change

BBC: Elton John bomb plotter Haroon Syed jailed for life

NY Post: North Korea is sitting on $6 Trillion in mineral resources

ZDnet: Windows 10: Microsoft will now prompt you to install the Creators Update

Muenchberg - Fox News: Germany bus crash: 18 people believed to be dead in fiery wreck, police say

Sean Davis - The Federalist: Progressive journalists are outraged at the NRA for pointing out Leftist violence

Julia Manchester - The Hill: Trump aide: We're seeing a growing, unpredictable terror threat

Andrew Malcolm - Hot Air: No holiday from Trump's feud with media

Reuters: Japan PM's party suffers historic defeat in Tokyo election, popular governor wins big

Salena Zito - NY Post: Why the generation after millennials will vote Republican

McKay Coppins - The Atlantic: How the Left lost its mind; Polemicists, conspiracists, and outright fabulists are feeding an alternative media landscape — where the implausibility of a claim is no bar to its acceptance

Reuters: Tower of human skulls in Mexico casts new light on Aztecs

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: Why the media has broken down in the age of Trump

Reuters: Gulf deadline to resolve Qatar rift approaches

J. Marsolo - American Thinker: President Trump: Keep using Twitter, you are winning

AP: Poland 1st: Why Trump visits ex-communist nation before UK

AFP/Yahoo: Central America hit by massive power outages

Syria - Reuters: Three car bombs hit Damascus, at least seven people killed

Bloomberg: Goldman commodity analysts ask: How did we get it so wrong?

Byron York - Washington Examiner: The price of fighting with Trump is diminishment

Reuters: Trump to speak with Xi, Abe Sunday as North Korea, steel issues loom

Bloomberg: Launch fails for Chinese heavy-lift carrier rocket

Reuters: Trump praises veterans, hits agenda-driven media at Kennedy Center event

Arkansas: 25 people shot at nightclub: Little Rock police

AP: Trump questions what states are 'trying to hide' from voting fraud commission

Breitbart: Associated Press engulfed in CNN-level fake news scandal as it covers up its invention of imaginary Pruitt meeting

AP: Associated Press admits major misstatement of facts on Russia investigation, in multiple stories between April and June; doesn't apologize

Marketwatch: Stocks end mostly higher to book best half-year gains in years

ABC News: Kaspersky: Senate effort to ban Russian software on U.S. military systems would have far-reaching impact, sources say

AP: Trump commission on voting fraud asks states for voter data

Joe Concha - The Hill: Unfair and unbalanced: CNN producer on new O'Keefe video: Voters are 'stupid,' Trump is 'crazy'

ABC News: Doctor accused of sex harassment kills 1 at NYC hospital

Charlotte Observer: North Carolina probes are among some 1,000 active FBI investigations into ISIS-related threats encompassing all 50 states

SF Gate: Nevada ready to begin recreational marijuana sales July 1st

Daily Mail: Swimming can turn compound in sunscreen deadly when it reacts with chlorine and the sun, increasing risk of cancer

The Verge: Twickets set to be the first face-value ticket reseller in the U.S.

Charles Hurt - Washington Times: Mad genius of Trump drives schoolmarms of political press crazy

Washington - Fox News: House passes Kate's Law, as part of illegal immigrant crackdown

Moscow - Global News: 5 Russian men found guilty in murder of Vladimir Putin's political opponent Boris Nemtsov

Rome - AP: Cardinal takes leave from Vatican after sex assault charges

Washington - AP: Tighter rules taking effect on travel to U.S. from 6 risky nations

John Crudele - NY Post: Trump may be right about the White House being bugged

Iraq - AP: In Mosul, Iraqi forces take landmark mosque blown up by ISIS

Jay Sekulow - Fox News: It's time to apologize to Trump over Russia

Washington - AP: Revisions continue; GOP adds $45B to health bill to battle opioids

Jonathan Tepperman - NY Times: Why Trump favours Canada's ruthlessly smart immigration policy

She's safe - AP: MLB umpire John Tumpane rescues woman on Pittsburgh bridge

Victor Davis Hanson - American Greatness: The late, great Russian collusion myth

Jillian Kay Melchior - NY Post: The $15 disaster: Seattle's grim warning for NYC

Berlin - AFP/Yahoo News: Merkel tells Erdogan he can't give Germany speech

National Post: Hot air: Trump win produces only tiny bump in numbers of Americans applying for Canadian citizenship

Global News: FIFA says Qatar ‘may not have' met World Cup bid standards, but it's still hosting it

Reuters: Google faces years of EU oversight on top of record antitrust fine

Bloomberg: These search results show why Europe is mad at Google

Reuters: Death toll in London tower block fire rises to 80: police

Eric Bolling - Fox News: Why Trump must dare to drain the swamp (and four ways he can do it)

Bloomberg: Microsoft, analysts see hack origin at Ukrainian accounting software firm; a software upgrade from M.E.Doc unwittingly contained the virus

Lawrence Solomon - National Post: Trump's detractors are convinced he's a buffoon. So why does he keep winning?

Washington - Reuters: In Warsaw, Trump to promote U.S. natural gas exports: Cohn

Ali Meyer - Washington Free Beacon: 19th Obamacare co-op folds, leaving only 4 operating in 2018; "Unfortunately, the program has not worked as intended"

Bloomberg: China is about to bury Elon Musk in batteries; factories are adding enough capacity to power the equivalent of nearly 1.5 million Model S vehicles

Paris - AP: As firms gauge cost, Ukraine says cyberattack under control

David Rutz - Washington Free Beacon: Trump continues to blast ‘fake news' media, says New York Times writes ‘false story after false story'

Bloomberg: Amazon starts charm offensive as merchants defect to Wal-Mart

Reuters: Toshiba misses self-imposed deadline for $18B chip unit sale, sues Western Digital for $1B

Sonny Bunch - Washington Free Beacon: Minimum wage hikes kill jobs, duh

Moscow - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Companies struggle to recover after massive cyber attack with ransom demands

NBC News: Venezuela helicopter attack coup claim is nation's latest crisis

Little Rock - AP: Arkansas' new Ten Commandments monument at Capitol destroyed, man arrested

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: The media will do anything to bash Trump — and now they're hurting

Caracas - AP: Venezuela: Helicopter strafes court in 'terrorist attack'

Editorial - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: India as ally: Ties with Modi make a good balance with China

Emily Smith - NY Post: CNN faced $100M lawsuit over botched Russia story

Glenn Greenwald - The Intercept: CNN journalists resign: Latest example of media recklessness on the Russia threat

Mallory Shelbourne - The Hill: Sanders dodges question on FBI investigation into his wife

CBS News: Bernie and Jane Sanders, under FBI investigation for bank fraud, hire lawyers

Forbes: Is Russiagate really Hillarygate?

Paris - AP: New cyberattack causes mass disruption in Europe

Jonathan Turley - The Hill: Trump's travel ban victory should force media to examine itself

Megan McArdle - Bloomberg: Seattle's painful lesson on the road to a $15 minimum wage; the experiment has hurt low-wage workers, cutting their earnings by $125 a month

Narendra Modi - Wall Street Journal: For the U.S. and India, a convergence of interests and values

Washington - AP: Pentagon says it saw 'active preparations' by Syria for chemical attack

Byron York - Washington Examiner: On Russia, a senator's deception and a timeline of Trump frustration

Toronto Star: Car bomb kills senior Ukrainian intelligence officer in Kiev

Tulsa - Rolling Stone: A look inside Bob Dylan's secret archives

AFP: U.S. wants to steer clear of Syrian civil war: Mattis

Washington Post: EU announces record $2.7B antitrust fine on Google over search results

Josh Caplan - Vessel News: Project Veritas records CNN Producer revealing anti-Trump stories all about ratings and profits, not journalism

updated Washington Post: White House says Syria's Assad preparing another chemical attack, warns of ‘heavy' penalty

MarketWatch: These are the next industries that will go the way of taxis and hotels

AP: 'Like bombs': Bankrupt company's air bags still out there

Times of India: Trump praises Indian PM Modi during visit to White House

Atlanta - AP: 3 CNN journalists forced to resign over retracted story

Independent: Great recession fears as bankers warn next global crash could arrive 'with a vengeance'

Reuters: U.S. warship stayed on deadly collision course despite warning says container ship captain

Washington Free Beacon: Anti-Trump leak campaign by former Obama officials damaging U.S. and Allied operations

Dr. Grazie Pozo Christie - Washington Examiner: The story behind Planned Parenthood's big, bad investment in Jon Ossoff

Washington Post: British government says 75 out of 75 buildings failed fire safety tests

Ted Nickel - Independent Journal Review: I ran Wisconsin's successful high-risk pool before Obamacare. It actually worked'

Daily Mail: Arconic ends sales of panels used at Grenfell Tower for high-rises

Washington Examiner: Obama holdover: Trump style 'quicker, more decisive'

Tokyo - NBC News: Faulty airbag maker Takata files for bankruptcy, sells to Detroit-based rival

NBC News: Nine dead after tourist boat carrying 170 sinks in Colombia

Daily Mail: Russia warns Norway that expansion of hosting 330 U.S. Marines will hit their diplomatic ties

NY Post: Sketchy firm behind Trump dossier is stalling investigators; smear job has links to Clinton, Democrats, Mexico

AP: Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 153

Mao County - AP: 10 bodies found, scores missing in massive China landslide

London - Guardian: Five London tower blocks evacuated over cladding safety fears

Washington Freebeacon: Organized? Domestic terrorism as dozens of elected Republicans threatened with violence and death

Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska Democratic Party fires official who was recorded saying he wished Rep. Scalise had died in baseball shooting

Patrick Buchanan - ZeroHedge: The passing of the Pelosi era

Alan M. Dershowitz - The Hill: Trump's bluff: Perfectly legal

CBC: At least 28 dead after multiple bombings in Pakistan

BBC: 5 die in unexplained Turkish water park electrocution; manager and his son dying trying to save 3 children

The Verge: Google to stop scanning your Gmail messages to sell targeted ads

Washington Freebeacon: Freighter was on autopilot when it hit U.S. Destroyer; USS Fitzgerald did not detect container ship

Shermichael Singleton - The Hill: Left-wing politics will be the demise of the Democratic Party

NY Post: United States halts all Brazilian meat imports

Mashable: U.S. Department of Defense still uses 8-inch floppy disks and other disturbing details from Jared Kushner's speech on obsolete government systems

Conrad Black - American Spectator: Great again

NY Post: Coal tycoon sues HBO and John Oliver for defamation

BBC: Grenfell Tower: Similar cladding used in around 600 high rises

AFP/Daily Mail: Trump aide Kushner has 'productive' talks with Israel PM

Iraq - Daily Mail: Islamic State blows up Mosul mosque where it declared 'caliphate' - Iraqi military

Times of Israel: Trump and new Saudi heir vow to pursue Mideast peace

Washington - AP: Current, former U.S. officials detail Russian cyberattacks

Dunwoody - AP: In Georgia, Handel reaches out to Democrats and thanks Trump

Bangui - AP: 100 dead in Central African Republic town after peace deal signed Monday in Rome, mayor says

NY Post: Republican Karen Handel defeats Democrat Jon Ossoff to win Georgia congressional seat

Belgium - CBC: Belgian troops shoot and kill man after Brussels train station blast

Brendan Kirby - Lifezette: Dems suddenly worry Trump impeachment could backfire

London - AFP/Daily Mail: U.S.-led coalition downs Iran-made drone in Syria

Joe Dwinell - Boston Herald: ‘Brutal' North Korea blasted as recently freed Otto Warmbier dies

Editorial - Washington Examiner: Tax reform is a real must-do

Stephen Miller - Heat Street: From Nancy Pelosi to George Takei, the Left's reaction to Scalise shooting has been insane

Editorial - Investor's Business Daily: Is Mueller too conflicted to investigate Trump fairly?

Tom Shattuck - Boston Herald: Differences in Trump, Obama efforts speak for themselves; 'strategic patience' was 'doing nothing'

Daily Beast: State-sanctioned murder: North Korea killed Otto Warmbier

Sun-Sentinel: Claims of climate link to coral bleaching challenged by coral rebound and fact some coral wasn't bleached

London - Telegraph: Darren Osborne ploughed into Muslims before yelling: 'You deserve it...I did my bit'

Bali - Boston Herald: ‘Chicken satay' served at popular tourist destination is actually dog meat, report finds

Paris - AP: Man rams police vehicle in Paris; attacker likely killed

London - The Sun: ISIS supporters use Finsbury Park mosque attack to make twisted call for more atrocities against the West

London - AP: 79 now believed to have died in London Grenefell Tower fire

Independent: Russia to treat U.S. jets in Syria as 'targets' after America guns down first regime warplane

Havana - AP: Cuba rejects new U.S. policy, saying pressure will not work

Bamako - AP: 2 dead after gunmen attack resort in Mali's capital

updated London - Daily Mail: 1 dead, 10 injured, driver tackled and held for police after van ploughs into crowd in front of mosque

Washington - AP: Trump attorney Sekulow says President not under investigation

Derek Hunter - Townhall: Liberals got their blood, will it be enough?

Giulio Terzi - Fox News: Former Italian Foreign Minister: It's time for Europe to align itself with the U.S. in standing up to Iran

Jonathan Turley - The Hill: If Rod Rosenstein recuses himself, Robert Mueller may be next

BBC: Otto Warmbier: How did North Korea holiday end in jail, and a coma?

Bret Stephens - National Post: If Bernie isn't to blame for the shooting in Virginia, can liberals now admit Palin wasn't to blame for Giffords in 2011?

Tech Times: Facebook moderators at risk after security flaw exposes their identities to suspected terrorists

Rex Murphy - National Post: Liberals need to stop using Trump as a shield for their own incompetence in losing an election

Graeme Hamilton - National Post: London high-rise fire has done what terror attacks couldn't: opened a divide in Britain

Conrad Black - National Post: This summer's most maddening pests are on the climate-crusading, Trump-hating, culture-censoring left

Detroit Free Press: GM to open supplier park in Texas, bringing 850 jobs; 600 of the jobs will be re-patriated from outside U.S.

Bloomberg: Beware of blaming government for London tower fire

Tom Blackwell - National Post: Canadian right-wing provocateur Gavin McInnes at forefront of street-fighting trend in U.S. political protest

Daily Caller: Assassination hit list found on James Hodgkinson's body by FBI

Editorial - Miami Herald: Trump right to make Cuba pay for its intransigence

Peggy Noonan - WSJ: Rage is all the rage, and it's dangerous; A generation of media figures are cratering under the historical pressure of Donald Trump

Darren Samuelsohn - Politico: Rosenstein prods media for ‘anonymous allegations' on Russia probe

AP: Woman who sent texts urging suicide guilty of manslaughter

Today: Injured Capitol Police officer throws out first pitch at Congressional baseball game played before record crowd

Weekly Standard: Camille Paglia: On Trump, Democrats, transgenderism, and Islamist terror

Andy Puzder - The Hill: You can't deny Trump's tremendous effect on the economy

Austin - AP: Amazon buying Whole Foods in bold move into bricks and mortar in $13.7B deal

Reuters: Trump to clamp down on Cuba travel, trade, curbing Obama's detente

Gary Younge - Guardian: A shock to the system: how Corbyn changed the rules of British politics; Everyone thought the election was a foregone conclusion. They had no idea what was really going on

Washington - Voice of America: Congressman shot on baseball field has friends in both parties

Editorial - Orange County Register: Loretta Lynch should be called to testify about ‘matter'

Seoul - Reuters: Their life disrupted, South Korean grannies shortsightedly vow to fight THAAD till the end

Guardian: Cladding for Grenfell Tower was cheaper, more flammable option

Berlin - AP: Helmut Kohl, chancellor who reunited Germany, dies at 87

CBC: Putin sarcastically offers Comey asylum in dig at U.S. infighting; 'What's the difference then between the FBI director and Mr. Snowden?' asks Russian President

AP: Trump confirms he's under investigation by Special Counsel

NY Post: Father of comatose student freed by North Korea slams Obama

Navy Times: Naval coalition seizing narcotics at unprecedented rate in the Middle East

AP: 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan

CBC: Toronto woman beaten at Turkish protest helps D.C. police charge Canadian suspects

AFP/Daily Mail: Turkey's Erdogan furious over U.S. warrants for aides in embassy brawl

Washington Free Beacon: Trump Admin orders federal agencies to eliminate dozens of paperwork requirements

CTV News: Two Canadians among those sought by U.S. authorities over attack on protesters

Michigan - AP: Seven-time champ Johnson agrees to 3-year extension with Hendrick Motorsports

Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review: Can you obstruct a fraud?

Fred Barnes - Weekly Standard: Impatient for impeachment; How will Trump deal with a stacked deck?

Yahoo: New York Times issues correction to editorial falsely linking Giffords shooting to Palin

Mary Dejevesky - Independent: Donald Trump is a victim of Washington's anti-Russia bias

BBC: London fire: Prime minister orders full public inquiry

Toronto Sun: Values test proposed in Australia: Immigrants expected to pledge allegiance to Aussie laws and values

BBC: California gold: How the U.S. state shaped our world

AFP/Daily Mail: U.S. moves to reassure Qatar with arms sale, joint exercise

Guardian: Cladding in London high-rise fire also blamed for 2014 Melbourne blaze

Washington Post: French historian accused of stealing American war heroes' dog tags to sell on eBay

Washington - Reuters: Sessions calls notion he colluded with Russia 'detestable lie'

Seoul - Regina Leader-Post: Suspected North Korean drone crashes after photographing U.S. missile defence system

Athens - News 1130: State of emergency declared on quake-hit Greek island Lesbos

Washington - CBS News: North Korea releases U.S. student Otto Warmbier, reportedly in coma

Eatonton - CBS News: Inmates kill Georgia prison guards, escape during bus transport

John Crudele - NY Post: The New York Times needs to save whatever dignity it has left

Michael Riley and Jordan Robertson - Bloomberg: Russian cyber hacks on U.S. electoral system far wider than previously known; Trump was ridiculed when he said voting machines vulnerable

NY Post: Rolling Stone to pay $1.65M to settle Virginia frat's defamation suit

Munich - CBS News: Man grabs German cop's gun, shoots her in head

AP: Trump to tout apprenticeships as way to fill jobs gap

NY Post: Aldi plans US expansion that will rival Walmart

Washington - AP: Trump says travel ban ruling comes at 'dangerous time'; more high-risk politics from circuit court

Jill Colvin and Julie Bykowicz - AP: Trump supporters turn on special counsel Mueller

Beijing - AP/NY Post: Dennis Rodman says he's ‘trying to open a door' in North Korea

NY Daily News: Central Park theatrical promotion of Trump assassination shows shallowness of those aspiring to be thought leaders

Lifezette: Former FBI Supervisor: Comey likely behind three anonymous stories

Byron York - Washington Examiner: Is Robert Mueller conflicted in Trump probe?

AFP/Daily Mail: Naval coalition warns of risks for ships off Yemen

Mexico - SFgate: Cabo San Lucas beheadings: Cartel killings traumatize resort town as heads found in cooler

Gregg Jarrett - Fox News: Are Mueller and Comey ‘colluding' against Trump by acting as co-special counsel?

Seoul - Yonhap News: North Korea will test-fire ICBM in not too distant future: party's official newspaper

Istanbul - Daily Sabah: No casualties as M6.3 quake shakes coasts of Turkey, Greece

John Hinderaker - Powerline Blog: Proof that James Comey misled the Senate Intelligence Committee

Michael Goodwin - NY Post: Comey's ‘truth' crusade is really an anti-Trump one

Pat Buchanan: The Impeach-Trump conspiracy

Cody Derespina - Fox News: Comey admitted single Trump leak, but were there others?

Fox News: Dennis Rodman: Ex-basketball star makes return trip to North Korea

Virginia Kruta - Independent Journal Review: Bye-Bye, regulations! Trump cuts regulations with a zeal not seen since Reagan

Howie Carr - Boston Herald: James Comey is just another false idol

Amman - AP: Jordan troops killed 5 suspected infiltrators from Syria

Samuel Earle - The Atlantic: Macron shouldn't misinterpret his mandate; The royal aspirations of France's new President

CBC: 'I didn't say that': Trump denies asking Comey to drop Flynn investigation or for loyalty pledge

NY Times: Calling Comey a liar, Trump says he will testify under oath

BBC: The major political casualties in UK election as Theresa May hangs on with minority

Margaret Evans - CBC: Theresa May's election gamble: 'Anger over Brexit' may have been key to losses

T.A. Frank - Vanity Fair: Can Hillary Clinton please go quietly into the night?

BBC: Hung Parliament? Jeremy Corbyn calls on Theresa May to resign

Jonathan Turley - The Hill: The damaging case against James Comey

David A. Vise - RealClearLife: Anonymous sourcing under siege: CNN, NY Times bungle Trump reports

Gregg Jarrett - Fox News: Comey exonerates Trump – so much for obstruction

BBC: UK election exit polls say May will lose 17 seats and her majority, but still win largest group of MPs

Washington - Daily Mail: Trump lawyer opens up on Comey with both barrels as he accuses him of leaking 'privileged' information to reporters and confirms the President was never under investigation

Fox News: Rubio to Comey: Only thing not leaked is that POTUS was not under investigation

CNS News: Comey debunks New York Times February report about Trump campaign having repeated contacts with Russians

Bob Fredericks - NY Post: Comey suspects Loretta Lynch was working with Clintons; told him not to refer to the probe into Clinton's private email server as an “investigation”

Gabrielle Levy - US News: Graham says Mueller wouldn't let Comey testify if Trump obstructed justice

Daily Mail: ISIS-supporting news agency tells Muslims to avoid 'gathering places of the Crusaders' as fanatics plan to 'explode, run over people and cut their necks any time'

Editorial - NY Post: So far, Jim Comey is disappointing the witch-hunters

Ukraine - Reuters: Explosive device thrown into U.S. Embassy compound in Kiev: police

Mollie Hemingway - The Federalist: Comey confirms he thrice told President Trump he was not being investigated

Jonathan Turley - USA Today: James Comey's testimony doesn't make the case for impeachment or obstruction against Donald Trump

Sean Davis - The Federalist: James Comey's latest statement is an indictment of Comey, not Trump

Bob Fredericks - NY Post: Trump feels ‘totally vindicated' by Comey's planned testimony

Bob Fredericks - NY Post: Inside Trump's $1T infrastructure plan to rebuild America

Fox News: Comey to testify that Trump sought 'loyalty,' asked to lift Russia 'cloud'

Washington - ABC News: Trump's FBI Director pick Christopher Wray gets bipartisan endorsements

The Australian: Debris of missing Myanmar military plane carrying 116 people found

Michael Brendan Dougherty - National Review: Qatar finally goes too far

Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. - Wall Street Journal: Who's conspiracy mongering now?

London - Telegraph: 8 charts on UK election; Theresa May drops but still expected to win

The Australian: Germany to pull troops from Turkey base

London - Telegraph: Skateboard hero victim number eight in London Bridge attack; Spaniard Ignacio Echeverria confirmed dead by grieving family

Washington - Reuters: Trump takes sides in Arab rift, suggests support for isolation of Qatar

London - Telegraph: Nursery worker slashed in the street by three women 'who shouted Allah'

Marawi City - AFP/Daily Mail: Philippines' Duterte orders troops to 'crush' militants

Detroit - CTV News: GM shareholders reject 'risky' proposal to split stock in two

Chicago - CTV News: Mega-success stuns doctors as all respond to gene therapy in multiple myeloma study

Megan G. Oprea - The Federalist: After London Bridge, the world is sick of politicians downplaying terrorism

Wired: So what's the deal with air traffic control reform?

Wikipedia: Canada's privately run, not-for-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system works just fine and has for 21 years; it's not small potatoes, it manages 12M aircraft movements a year for 40,000 customers in over 18M sq km, making it world's 2nd-largest air navigation service provider by traffic volume

Linda Chavez - NY Post: How Hillary's sore-loserism helps Vladimir Putin

Tom Switzer - Sydney Morning Herald: Trump was right to scrap Paris; this time the West really is divided, probably irrevocably

Fox News: NSA contractor charged with leaking top secret report on Russian hacking efforts to media

Gregg Jarrett - Fox News: Justice Ginsburg must disqualify herself in the Trump travel ban case

NY Post: Police name two of the London Bridge terrorists

Dubai - AP/CTV News: Four Arab nations cut ties with Qatar, saying it backs terror

AP/National Post: ‘Nonsense:' Putin brushes off claims Russia has damaging info on Trump in interview with Megyn Kelly

AP/CBC: Orlando nightclub shooting victims sue gunman's employer, wife

Orlando Sentinel: 5 killed in workplace shooting; gunman also dead

Evening Standard: May slammed by ex-Cameron adviser Hilton over cuts to police, series of terror attacks

Glenn Harlan Reynolds - USA Today: To fight climate change, start with Leonardo DiCaprio's private jet lifestyle

London - Daily Mail: Terrorist trio was known to police, one had appeared in a TV documentary; police shot to kill because perps were wearing suicide vests which turned out to be fake

London - Evening Standard: Cyclists slam new security barriers on London bridges as 'unsafe,' hours after they are installed

The Hill: ‘Pittsburgh Not Paris' rally at White House thanks Trump

Julie Kelly - The Federalist: Scott Adams explains his pivot to climate change: ‘The argument is absurd on both sides'

Paul Sperry - NY Post: ‘Kushnergate' is a big fat nothing-burger; shows desperation and duplicity of Washington Post anti-Trump campaign

London - Telegraph: One of three dead perps; Still-unnamed London terrorist had twice been referred to police over his extremist views

updated Manchester - BBC: Ariana Grande 'One Love Manchester' benefit concert goes ahead — and soars — raising money and spirits after Manchester and London terror attacks

London: Reuters photographer witnessed police escort four hooded women from building in east London

London - Reuters: Police make 12 arrests in connection with London attack - statement

Reuters: 'Oi, cowards!': Londoners fought back as killers rampaged

Macon - Chicago Tribune: Gregg Allam laid to rest near grave of brother Duane just off Highway 41 in cemetery that was their early muse

Reuters: UN expands North Korea blacklist in first U.S., China sanctions deal under Trump

Scott Johnson - Powerline Blog: Anatomy of the collusion lie

Death sentence? - The Federalist: The New York Times just outed the CIA's top Iran spy

Brandon J. Weichert and Chris Buskirk - American Greatness: The anatomy of a lie

Kimberley A. Strassel - Wall Street Journal: The news you didn't hear; Reporters only want to talk about Russia, instead of what Team Trump is getting done

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