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Winnipeg Blue Bombers
Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols on 6-game injured list with upper body injury
The Globe and Mail - Judy Owen
Blue Bombers starting quarterback Matt Nichols has been placed on the six-game injured list with an upper-body injury. Head coach Mike O’Shea said after Monday’s practice that the unspecified injury does
People's Party of Canada
Elections Canada to assess ‘partisan’ climate change rhetoric case by case
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Elections Canada says it will decide on a case-by-case basis whether discussing the legitimacy of climate change becomes a partisan issue for third parties during the federal campaign, and only if it complaints.
Alberta
Alberta government forms panel to examine impacts of supervised drug-use sites on communities
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The Alberta government has formed a panel to examine the social and economic impacts of supervised drug-use sites for drug users. The panel’s eight members will not consider the health benefits of such
Li Ka-shing
Husky Energy shares rise on analyst report about potential privatization
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Shares in Husky Energy Inc. are up by about five per cent after an RBC Dominion Securities analyst suggested its low share price makes this a good time for the company to be taken private. The stock jumped
Margaret Atwood
Handmaid’s Tale sequel puts global spotlight on legendary author Margaret Atwood
The Globe and Mail - Adina Bresge
It’s the international literary event of the season, industry watchers say, and in a rare feat, the spotlight will be on a Canadian author. With Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to 1985’s The Handmaid’s
William Barr
Attorney-General Barr removes acting U.S. prisons chief from position after Jeffrey Epstein’s death
The Globe and Mail - Michael Balsamo
Attorney-General William Barr has removed the acting director of the Bureau of Prisons from his position more than a week after millionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein took his own life while in federal
Saudi Aramco
Saudi Aramco asks banks to pitch for roles in planned IPO, sources say
The Globe and Mail
Saudi Aramco has formally asked major banks to submit proposals for potential roles in its planned initial public offering, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Request for proposals sent
Canadian News
Unseasonable, snowy weather forces closure of northeastern B.C. provincial park
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
A blast of unseasonable, snowy weather on the weekend forced the closure of one provincial park in northeastern British Columbia and prompted a recommendation to stay away from two others, but conditions
Canadian News
Canadian woman is focusing on memories shared with slain fiancée, New Zealand police say
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Police in New Zealand say a grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiancée before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random attack. Waikato police say in
Air Transat
Quebecor CEO dangles offer for Transat if Air Canada deal can’t take off
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The head of Quebec telecommunications giant Quebecor Inc. is dangling a potential offer for Transat A.T. if the tour operator’s shareholders or regulatory authorities block Air Canada’s $720-million offer.
Milos Raonic
Felix Auger-Aliassime leapfrogs Milos Raonic to become top-ranked Canadian in men’s tennis
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Felix Auger-Aliassime is now the top-ranked Canadian in men’s tennis after jumping into 19th spot in the latest ATP Tour rankings released Monday. The 19-year-old from Montreal moved up two spots to become
Gran Canaria
‘Monster’ wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands forces thousands to evacuate
The Globe and Mail - Barry Hatton
A major, out-of-control wildfire in Spain’s Canary Islands was throwing flames 50 metres (160 feet) into the air on Monday, forcing emergency workers to evacuate more than 9,000 people, authorities said.
Policing
Police arrest third man wanted in connection with human trafficking investigation in Ontario
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Police in London, Ont., say they have arrested a third man wanted in connection with a human trafficking investigation. Investigators say the suspect worked with two other men and all three face multiple
World News
U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem postpones West Bank conference over Palestinian protests
The Globe and Mail - Mohammed Daraghmeh
The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday was forced to postpone a conference it organized in the West Bank city of Ramallah after Palestinian officials and factions called for a boycott and threatened organize
Sports
Tiger Woods still savours Masters win as his season comes to an early end
The Globe and Mail - Doug Ferguson
MEDINAH, Ill. - For the fifth time in the last six years, August on the PGA Tour means no more Tiger Woods for the rest of the season. Only now he’s healthy. He also is the Masters champion. And that it
CEOs
Top CEOs say companies should put social responsibility above profit
The Globe and Mail - Reuters
Companies should focus on social responsibilities as well as profits, the Business Roundtable, a group of corporate chief executives that includes the head of the largest U.S. bank and the CEO of the largest
General Electric
General Electric renews defence against charges of bogus accounting
The Globe and Mail - Alwyn Scott
General Electric Co. further defended itself on Monday against fraud investigators who said last week the Boston-based conglomerate had failed to put aside money to cover $29 billion in potential insurance
Eric Garner
New York police officer involved in Eric Garner’s 2014 chokehold death fired
The Globe and Mail - Tom Hays
After five years of investigations and protests, the New York City Police Department on Monday fired an officer involved in the 2014 chokehold death of the black man whose dying cries of “I can’t breathe”
World News
General accused of human rights abuses appointed as Sri Lanka’s new army chief
The Globe and Mail - Krishan Francis
Sri Lanka’s president on Monday appointed a general accused of grave human rights abuses in the final stages of Sri Lanka’s long civil war as the country’s new army chief. The new commander, Maj. Gen.
Andrew Scheer
Scheer repeats call on RCMP to investigate Trudeau’s actions in SNC-Lavalin affair
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the federal ethics commissioner’s stinging conclusions about Justin Trudeau’s handling of the SNC-Lavalin affair appear to align with a criminal offence. Speaking
World News
Pakistan decries cross-border fire as some security restrictions lifted in Kashmir
The Globe and Mail - Aijaz Hussain
Pakistan said Indian troops fired across the Line of Control in the disputed Kashmir region, killing two civilians and wounding another, as some security restrictions were lifted Monday in the main city
Luke Willson
Oakland Raiders’ Luke Willson finally gets to play another game in Canada
The Globe and Mail - Judy Owen
Luke Willson figures he’ll have a smooth travel day when his Oakland Raiders head to Winnipeg for Thursday’s NFL pre-season game against the Green Bay Packers. “I think I’m going to have the easiest time
Canadian News
Battle over future of Nova Scotia pulp mill reflects wider Canadian debate, filmmaker says
The Globe and Mail - Michael Tutton
For filmmaker David Craig, a new documentary depicting the fraught emotions over the future of a rural Nova Scotia pulp mill is not solely a local story. Rather, as tense lines are drawn over Northern
Fluoride
Experts challenge study suggesting children exposed to higher levels of fluoride in utero may have lower IQ scores
The Globe and Mail - Carly Weeks
A new Canadian study suggests children exposed to higher levels of fluoride in utero may have slightly lower intelligence scores than those not exposed to fluoride, controversial findings that are already
Philippe Coutinho
Philippe Coutinho gets Bayern’s No. 10 after Arjen Robben gives go-ahead
The Globe and Mail - The Associated Press
Arjen Robben has given his permission for Philippe Coutinho to wear his old No. 10 jersey while on loan at Bayern Munich. The 27-year-old Coutinho passed a medical examination on Sunday and signed a contract
Doug Ford
Doug Ford announces that cuts to municipal public health and childcare programs will go ahead
The Globe and Mail - Jeff Gray
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is going ahead with modified budget cuts to municipal public health and childcare programs, saying he has listened to the concerns that prompted him to put a package of retroactive
Sports
Top Canadian canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe suspended for doping violation
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
One of Canada’s top medal contenders in next year’s Tokyo Olympics has been provisionally suspended for a doping violation, but Laurence Vincent Lapointe insists she did “nothing wrong.” The canoeist Trois-Rivieres,
Zimbabwe
Police, soldiers patrol Zimbabwe’s Bulawayo as opposition protest thwarted
The Globe and Mail - Philemon Bulawayo
Hundreds of police backed by soldiers and army helicopters deployed in Zimbabwe’s second city on Monday, in a show of force that stopped the main opposition party from launching an anti-government protest
Canadian News
Judge finds Manitoba RCMP officer not guilty of manslaughter in 2015 on-duty shooting
The Globe and Mail - Kelly Geraldine Malone
A northern Manitoba RCMP officer has been found not guilty of manslaughter for an on-duty shooting that killed a drunk driver and injured a passenger. But a judge has convicted Const. Abram Letkeman of
Catalyst Capital buys HBC stake in bid to block Baker effort to take retailer private
The Globe and Mail - Rachelle Younglai
Catalyst Capital Group Inc.’s said it has acquired 10.05 per cent of Hudson's Bay Co., giving the investment firm more leverage to block a $1-billion privatization offer from the retailer’s executive Richard