Canada
Bloc Québécois looks to make deals with Liberals as NDP ends agreement
In an interview ahead of Monday's party caucus retreat in the Outaouais region, Bloc House Leader Alain Therrien says his party is happy to regain its balance of power.
Trudeau set to face fretful caucus days after NDP-Liberal deal ends
Several Liberal MPs privately and publicly demanded they meet as a team after the devastating byelection loss of a longtime political stronghold in Toronto last June.
Conservatives call on government to disclose how latest ISIS suspect came to Canada
Canadian Jewish groups said officials told them at a briefing following the arrest of Muhammad Shahzeb Khan that they were investigating a student visa.
Pierre Poilievre unpacks parcel of promises during Yellowknife stop
In addition to promising to kill the maligned Carbon Tax — which has increased heating and transportation costs in the NWT — Poilievre told a cheering packed hall of more than 250 people of his plans to “make common sense common again.”
Pierre Poilievre 'certainly open' to a Mackenzie Valley Highway - NNSL Media
Earlier this month, Frank Pope, mayor of Norman Wells, said he is thinking of declaring a state of emergency due to the high cost of living. It's a cost that could be reduced thanks to the highway — a proposed two-lane gravel route that would connect the community and others in the Sahtu region to the rest of Canada, year-round.
The Provinces
N.B. Liberals officially launch election bid before official start of fall campaign
Health care emerged as a priority in the party's platform, in which the Liberals promise to open at least 30 community care clinics over the next four years at a cost of $115.2 million to improve New Brunswickers' access to primary health care.
Sask. NDP's election promises borrow from Wab Kinew's winning Manitoba campaign
If some of the election promises of the Saskatchewan NDP sounds familiar to Manitobans, that's because these commitments were also in the playbook the Manitoba NDP used in its successful election campaign last year.
Teachers say immigrants not to blame as Quebec links teacher shortage to newcomers
"There has been a significant increase in the number of children who need a teacher because of the explosion in the number of immigrants," Quebec Premier François Legault told reporters last week, despite also mentioning working conditions and salaries as other reasons the education system is lacking personnel.
Lacombe-Ponoka MLA who made derogatory remarks about trans students could join UCP caucus: Danielle Smith
UCP activists want Jennifer Johnson sitting in the party's benches, but the premier is wary of her becoming part of fall's legislature debates on hormone treatments, pronouns.
Rob Miyashiro earns NDP nomination for Lethbridge-West by-election -
Currently the executive director of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens Organization, Miyashiro also previously served two terms on Lethbridge City Council. Miyashiro will try and re-claim the seat vacated by former NDP MLA Shannon Phillips, who left the legislature on July 1st of this year.
Elsewhere
Venezuela: Opposition candidate González leaves country for asylum in Spain
Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his upstart campaign to end two decades of single-party rule.
Germany’s Scholz calls for faster progress ending Russia's war on Ukraine
A previous peace conference June 15-16 in Switzerland ended with 78 countries expressing support for Ukraine’s 'territorial integrity' but otherwise left the path forward unclear.
Media
A look at the Information Laundromat website analysis tool
The Alliance For Securing Democracy created a free OSINT tool to examine the content and metadata of websites
Science and tech
Electric school buses got billions of dollars in federal funding. Where are they?
Cleaner, greener buses make sense. But the grid isn’t equipped to deal with them.
Elon Musk: Starships Launch for Mars in 2026. Crewed Flights Possible By 2028
Musk said the launches will happen when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, which the science blog NextBigFuture identifies as "about November through December 2026."
The Calendar
- 0130 ET: Seoul, South Korea, - Defence Min Bill Blair attends the Defence Industry Engagement Showcase
- 1000 ET: HoC Foyer - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet speaks to reporters.
- 1200 ET: Iqaluit - Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to supporters.
- 1230 ET: Montebello, QC - The BQ national caucus will meet.
- 1500 ET: Nanaimo, BC - LPC special interest caucuses will meet.
- 1600 ET: Winnipeg - GPC MP Elizabeth May campaigns in the riding of Elmwood-Transcona
- 1800 ET: Montebello, QC - BQ Leader Yves-François Blanchet speaks to the BQ national caucus.
- 1800 ET: Calgary - CPC MPs Jasraj Singh Hallan, Tom Kmiec, Pat Kelly, Michelle Rempel Garner and Blake Richards campaign in the new riding of Calgary--McKnight
- 2030 ET: Seoul, South Korea, - Defence Min Bill Blair lays a wreath at the Canadian Embassy
