Canada
There's a price to pay for being unready for war. Will Canada have to pay it again?
Canada's pattern, said outgoing chief of the defence staff Gen. Wayne Eyre, is to go into every war unprepared and underequipped. That pattern has killed Canadian soldiers in the past. Can it be turned around?
Gun-control group fears Liberals have 'abandoned' efforts on assault-style firearms
In an open letter to Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, PolySeSouvient spokeswoman Nathalie Provost expresses concern that "we won't see these measures materialize in our lifetimes" as the clock ticks toward a federal election that must be held by October of next year.
Trudeau and family head to British Columbia for vacation in unnamed location
A government official says the Prime Minister's Office is not disclosing the specific location for security reasons. Spokesman Mohammad Hussain says in an email that Trudeau travels on government aircraft as required, and will reimburse the equivalent of a commercial airline ticket for himself and his family.
The Provinces
'This is a day that our beautiful province will never forget': Rescued Elite Navigator crew arrive home to jubilant crowds
"Let’s make this the biggest warm welcome possible," New-Wes-Valley town representatives said as the rescued Elite Navigator crew was transported to shore, and people in the area did exactly that. The seven-member crew of the Elite Navigator arrived back on shore late Saturday afternoon, July 20, on a zodiac boat from the Canadian Coast Guard ship Teleost.
Ford gives Ontario ministers new marching orders: ‘Move the province forward’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has given his ministers new mandate letters, laying out his expectations for them and what they will achieve in their portfolios.
Elsewhere
Christian Conservatives March Ahead for Trump
Donald Trump’s followers see more than a man divinely saved from a bullet. They see the rescue of a nation.
Media
The biggest of stories came to the small city of Butler. Here's how its newspaper met the moment
When the world's biggest story came to the small western Pennsylvania hamlet of Butler a week ago, it didn't just draw media from everywhere else. Journalists at the Eagle, the community's resource since 1870 and one that struggles to survive just like thousands of local newspapers across the country, had to make sense of chaos in their backyard — and the global scrutiny that followed.
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Science and tech
Microsoft Says 8.5 Million Devices Were Impacted by CrowdStrike's Faulty Update
That 8.5 million number represents 1% of Windows devices worldwide.
Will Burying Biomass Underground Curb Climate Change?
On April 11, a small company called Graphyte began pumping out beige bricks, somewhat the consistency of particle board, from its new plant in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The bricks don’t look like much, but they come with a lofty goal: to help stop climate change. Graphyte, a startup backed by billionaire Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, will bury its bricks deep underground, trapping carbon there. The company bills it as the largest carbon dioxide removal project in the world.
