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Friday, 31 July 2020
Trump vows to ban TikTok app from U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he'll act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from U.S. over security fears.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsFormer Edmonton nightclub promoter sentenced to 8 years for 5 sex assaults
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NHL set to resume against complicated backdrop of pandemic, battle for equality
It was certainly a very different world the evening of March 11, hours before the league would suspend its schedule, when the Los Angeles Kings beat the Ottawa Senators in what would turn out to be the final game of the 2019-20 regular season. Now, 142 days later, the NHL returns.
via CBC | Top Stories News7 killed, including state lawmaker, as 2 planes collide over Alaska
A mid-air plane collision over Anchorage has killed seven people, including State Rep. Gary Knopp, who was piloting one of the aircraft, Alaska officials said.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsOntario government cuts ties with WE Charity
The Ontario government says it won't be continuing its relationship with the WE Charity.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsBoston Marathon bomber's death sentence overturned by appeals court
A U.S. federal appeals court Friday threw out Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, saying the judge who oversaw the case did not adequately screen jurors for potential biases.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsSome good news from across the country
With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsToronto, Peel Region officially enter Stage 3 of Ontario's reopening plan
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Canada's GDP bounced back in May, but it was still 15% below where it was before COVID-19
Canada's economy expanded by 4.5 per cent in May, a strong bounceback from the low hit in April, but still 15 per cent below the level it was at in February, before COVID-19 hit.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsAir Canada posts $1.7B quarterly loss as COVID-19 walloped travel demand
Air Canada is reporting a $1.75 billion loss in its latest quarter as revenues plummeted 89 per cent as a result of the grounding of most flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsU.K. struggling with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, especially in northern England
Britain imposed a tougher lockdown in parts of northern England after a rise in the rate of novel coronavirus transmission, while Hong Kong announced elections for its legislature will be postponed due to a spike in cases. Here's what's happening in Canada and the rest of the world on Friday.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsHong Kong postpones elections by a year, citing coronavirus
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam announced Friday that the government will postpone highly anticipated legislative elections by one year, citing a worsening coronavirus outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese region.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsTwitter says hackers used phone to fool staff, gain access
Twitter says the hackers responsible for a recent high-profile breach used the phone to fool the social media company's employees into giving them access.
via CBC | Top Stories News7 key moments from Trudeau and Telford's WE testimony
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his chief of staff, Katie Telford, faced a grilling Thursday from MPs probing the federal government's decision to task WE Charity with running a $900 million student grant program. Here are the key exchanges.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsDid Trudeau’s testimony do enough to quash WE controversy? | At Issue
The At Issue discusses whether the testimony of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his chief of staff Katie Telford did enough to quash the WE Charity controversy. Plus, the panellists talk about what the way forward for this government is.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsNavy enters new era by welcoming long-awaited Arctic warship into fleet
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Trudeau explains how he missed another chance to avoid trouble
In many ways, Trudeau has been the opposite of Stephen Harper, who seemed to see risks and potential enemies everywhere and subsequently prioritized control and discipline. But he has also shown how a lack of caution can lead to unnecessary wounds.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsStruggling language schools launch bid to bring 40,000 foreign students to Canada for fall semester
Facing financial ruin due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's language schools have proposed an ambitious plan to bring 40,000 foreign students into Canada over the next few months to learn English and French.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsProspective pilots push B.C. flight school for refund
Four international students say they are fighting a B.C. flight school for a refund, claiming ongoing delays in their pilot training eventually led them to study elsewhere.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsDonald Trump can't delay the election or stop it, but he can avoid it
Regardless of what U.S. President Donald Trump tweets, November's election is not going to be delayed — and Trump knows it. So what's the real motivation behind his behaviour? Keith Boag considers the options.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsDeadline to submit bids to build Canada's next fighter jets lands today
Today is the submission deadline for the three aerospace firms bidding for the right to build Canada's next fighter jet. By all accounts, U.S. defence giants Lockheed Martin and Boeing, and Swedish aircraft-maker Saab, have handed in their proposals.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsBy scooping up refundable bottles and cans, 'binners' are helping the environment
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the role 'binners' play in diverting plastic from landfills and how offshore wind power could soon save energy consumers money.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsIf we're going to tackle systemic racism, we need to rethink how we teach history
Grade 10 history class barely touched on BIPOC issues and perspectives, writes Toronto high school student Nasima Fancy.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsThursday, 30 July 2020
Air Transat to cancel all flights from Western Canada to U.S., sun destinations this winter
Air Transat plans to cancel all flights from Western Canada to sun destinations and the United States this winter, with refunds en route to customers — a policy about-face in the COVID-19 era.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsPlayers, coaches, refs kneel for U.S. anthem as NBA restart tips off
Players and coaches from the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz knelt alongside one another before the first game of the NBA restart on Thursday night, an unprecedented image for the league in unprecedented times.
via CBC | Top Stories NewsBack to school: How provinces are planning for start of school year during pandemic
Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
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