Canada
Markets bet on second Bank of Canada interest rate cut coming this week
Economists and market watchers are betting the Bank of Canada will deliver another interest rate cut this week amid mounting evidence that inflation is sustainably easing.
Poilievre to hold common sense rally in Kirkland Lake
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is visiting northern Ontario next week with a stop in Kirkland Lake on Wednesday.
The Provinces
Metro Vancouver expected to grow by 50,000 people a year
Federal policy changes “are having a significant impact on regional population projections,” Sinisa Vukicevic, a manager of regional planning and housing services at Metro Vancouver, wrote in a recent report.
Furey shuffles cabinet, brings in new minister
Premier Andrew Furey announced the changes at Government House which saw a number of veteran ministers, and a couple of green ones, take on new portfolios, including making Interim Health Minister John Hogan take on the role full time.
Elsewhere
Hundreds of migrants in new caravan headed for US border
Some of the members of the group said they hoped to make it to the U.S. border before elections are held in November, because they fear that if Donald Trump wins, he will follow through on a promise to close the border to asylum-seekers.
World Leaders React to Biden Campaign Decision
Foreign leaders did not wade into the turmoil of U.S. politics. Many opted instead for statements of empathy that lauded the president’s record.
How Democrats can pick a new candidate, step by step
Democratic delegates will be free to choose a new nominee now that President Biden has stepped aside, possibly at an open convention in Chicago in August.
Media
How News Outlets Are Covering Kamala Harris
Some liberal news organizations have started playing up Ms. Harris’s perceived strengths. Conservative ones have stepped up their criticisms of her.
Are 'finfluencers' the future of financial advice worldwide?
Social media is often one of the first landing points for younger generations when researching how or where to invest, but this advice is not risk free. This was published a few days ago, before Biden quit his campaign.
Kremlin-Friendly Reporter Expelled From German Investigative Journalism Association
Germany's investigative journalism association Netzwerk Recherche (NR) has expelled influential broadcaster and author Hubert Seipel after it became known that he received money from Moscow for writing laudative books about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Science and tech
Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America
Battery factories are popping up across North America. Here's where they are and how the Inflation Reduction Act influenced the boom.
The FBI used an unreleased Cellebrite tool to get into the Trump shooter’s phone
The shooter reportedly had a newer Samsung phone.
The Calendar
- 1000 ET: Petawawa, ON - LPC MP Marie-France Lalonde participates in a groundbreaking ceremony at CFSB Petawawa
- 1130 ET: Toronto, - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland meets with labour leaders.
- 1430 ET: Toronto, - Deputy PM and Fin Min Chrystia Freeland meets with business leaders in the aluminum sector
- 1500 ET: Whitehorse, - LPC MP Brendan Hanley makes a funding announcement.
- 1600 ET: Yellowknife, - LPC MP Michael McLeod makes an infrastructure funding announcement.
