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Gerard Butler
Help! Gerard Butler’s Angel Has Fallen, and it can’t get up
The Globe and Mail - Brad Wheeler
• Angel Has Fallen• Directed by Ric Roman Waugh• Written by Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook and Ric Roman Waugh• Starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Piper Perabo
World News
Trump’s fake accent angers Asian Americans as they veer left
The Globe and Mail - Terry Tang
When Amanda Berg heard reports that President Donald Trump mocked the accents of the leaders of South Korea and Japan at a recent fundraiser, it brought back painful memories from her childhood. Berg,
Endangered Species
Environmentalists sue over Endangered Species Act rollbacks
The Globe and Mail - Samantha Maldonado
Seven environmental and animal protection groups teamed up to file the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s rollback of the Endangered Species Act. The environmental law non-profit Earthjustice
Québec City
In Quebec, a ‘wave of destruction’ pits heritage advocates against developers
The Globe and Mail - Les Perreaux
Quebec’s famous old towns like Montreal’s Vieux Port and the capital’s fortified city present an image of a province on top of heritage preservation. But some heritage experts and historians question those
World News
Donald Trump is the reason why Biarritz could become another heated G7 summit
The Globe and Mail - Andrew Hammond
Andrew Hammond is an Associate at LSE IDEAS at the London School of Economics Group of Seven presidents and prime ministers meet this weekend in Biarritz, France, and it may not be just the weather that
trump news update
Trump backs off on tax cuts, claiming ‘we don’t need it’
The Globe and Mail - Jonathan Lemire
A day after considering cutting taxes to promote economic growth, President Donald Trump on Wednesday changed course and said he would abandon the idea because the nation already had “a strong economy.”
Ontario
Ontario fights order to release documents outlining cabinet minister priorities
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner says the government is going to court to prevent the release of Premier Doug Ford’s mandate letters to his cabinet ministers, which outline their key priorities.
SNC-Lavalin
Evening Update: Liberals vote down motion to further probe SNC-Lavalin; Trudeau vows to stand up to China
The Globe and Mail - Katrya Bolger
The Liberal majority on the parliamentary ethics committee has quashed an opposition-led push to further probe the SNC-Lavalin affair. The committee voted down a proposal to hear from federal Ethics Commissioner
Muskrat Falls
N.L. Tory leader wants missed methylmercury work at Muskrat Falls investigated
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Newfoundland and Labrador’s opposition leader wants the province’s auditor general to investigate the government’s failure to carry out environmental work around the Muskrat Falls reservoir. The work,
Social Entrepreneurship
Feds provide $3 million boost to charity for social entrepreneurs
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The federal government says it is giving $3 million to a charity that supports young Canadians developing socially conscious businesses. Finance Minister Bill Morneau made the announcement on Wednesday
Lifestyle (Canada)
Architect and professor R. Douglas Gillmor was eternally curious - about everyone
The Globe and Mail - Don Gillmor
R. Douglas Gillmor: Architect. Professor. Polymath. Family man. Born Sept 1, 1930, in Fort Frances, Ont.; died July 27, 2019, in Winnipeg, of pneumonia; aged 88. In 1955, when my father was studying architecture
Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein may have gamed the system from beyond the grave
The Globe and Mail - Curt Anderson
The will that Jeffrey Epstein signed just two days before his jailhouse suicide puts more than $577 million in assets into a trust fund that could make it more difficult for his dozens of accusers to damages.
Citizenship
Trump says he is seriously looking at ending birthright citizenship
The Globe and Mail - Jeff Mason
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that his administration was seriously looking at ending the right of citizenship for U.S.-born children of non-citizens and people who immigrated to the United
Canadian News
Military faces calls to train soldiers to identify neo-Nazis, hate-group members
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The Canadian Armed Forces is facing calls to train its recruiters and other service members to identify and screen out members of hate groups. The military is also being accused of failing to take the
Oil
Governments and the energy industry should prepare for oil demand to plateau
The Globe and Mail - Glen Hodgson
Remember when some concerned energy analysts predicted there was an imminent limit to global oil supply? It’s now obvious there was no “peak oil” on the supply side; the world has hundreds of years of
Facebook
I’ve realized that Facebook and my cat have a lot in common
The Globe and Mail - Michael Lewis
First Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide. Facebook is like my cat. My cat eyes me, quietly, steadily, continually. She
Greenland
Trump’s Greenland temper tantrum isn’t funny – it’s terrifying
The Globe and Mail - John Ibbitson
We can only guess how many people sputtered in confusion and anger Tuesday night after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was cancelling his state visit to Denmark because its government refused to
Canadian News
Cases against two St. Michael’s students accused in alleged sexual assaults have concluded
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
The cases against two students accused in alleged sex assaults at a private Toronto school have concluded. Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney-General will not say, however, what the outcomes of the cases
Sports
Canadian Steven Diez advances to final round of U.S. Open qualifying
The Globe and Mail - The Canadian Press
Canada’s Steven Diez is one victory away from his first main-draw berth at a Grand Slam after winning his second-round U.S. Open qualifier on Wednesday. The Toronto player defeated Yosuke Watanuki of 6-2,
U.S. Department of Justice
Citigroup, BNP caught up in U.S. case against Huawei CFO, documents reveal
The Globe and Mail - Karen Freifeld
U.S.-based Citigroup Inc. and French bank BNP Paribas are caught up in the U.S. criminal case against the chief financial officer of China’s Huawei Technologies, according to newly available documents.
Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil’s President accuses NGOs of setting wildfires in Amazon rain forest
The Globe and Mail - Anthony Boadle
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday accused non-governmental organizations of setting wildfires in the Amazon rain forest to damage his government’s image after he cut their funding.
SNC-Lavalin
Liberals quash opposition effort to have ethics committee study SNC-Lavalin affair
The Globe and Mail - Steven Chase
The Liberal majority on a Parliamentary committee has quashed an effort by opposition parties to further probe the SNC-Lavalin affair. The House of Commons Ethics Committee, on which the governing Liberals
Justin Trudeau
Trudeau says Canada won’t back down against an ‘increasingly assertive’ China
The Globe and Mail - Giuseppe Valiante
Canada won’t back down in its defence of Canadians against an increasingly assertive China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday following another round of sharp criticism from the Asian country.
Canadian Dollar
Canadian dollar trims earlier gains as the greenback rallies on Fed minutes
The Globe and Mail - Levent Uslu
The Canadian dollar strengthened against its U.S. counterpart on Wednesday, recovering from a two-month low it hit the previous day after stronger-than-expected domestic inflation data, but earlier gains
Forests
Research suggests hotter, larger wildfires turning boreal forest into carbon source
The Globe and Mail - Bob Weber
Bigger, hotter wildfires are turning Canada’s vast boreal forest into a significant new source of climate-changing greenhouse gases, scientists say. The shift, which may have already happened, could force
Fiddler on the Roof
The sun rises, and the sun sets, on the toe-tapping documentary Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
The Globe and Mail - Brad Wheeler
• Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles• Directed by Max Lewkowicz• Written by Max Lewkowicz and Valerie Thomas• Starring: Sheldon Harnick, Harold Prince, Austin Pendleton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Fran Lebowitz,
World News
Death toll from Kabul wedding attack rises to at least 80, official says
The Globe and Mail - Rahim Faiez
The death toll in a suicide bombing at a Kabul wedding claimed by the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has risen to 80, an official said Wednesday, as a U.S. envoy was set to resume talks with the
Sports
Defending champs Naomi Osaka, Novak Djokovic are No. 1 seeds for U.S. Open
The Globe and Mail - The Associated Press
Defending champions Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic are the No. 1 seeds for singles play in the U.S. Open. Osaka, who beat Serena Williams in last year’s final for her first Grand Slam title, recently the
Greenland
Trump calls Danish PM’s comments on buying Greenland ‘nasty’
The Globe and Mail - Jan M. Olsen
Escalating an international spat, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he scrapped his trip to Denmark because the prime minister made a “nasty” statement when she rejected his idea to buy Greenland an
Sports
Hall of Famer Jayna Hefford to oversee new women’s hockey union
The Globe and Mail - John Wawrow
The Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association has selected Hockey Hall of Fame player Jayna Hefford to oversee its daily operations in a leadership shuffle three months after the union was founded.