- A storm did substantial damage in a few places in Winnipeg and surrounding areas (not here though). One farmer in the Selkirk area lost his entire canola crop to hail.
- Voting has begun on the tentative agreement between the MLCC and MGEU. Meanwhile, MPI workers are still on course to strike on Monday.
- New Flyer is ramping up their production again, thanks to increased demand for electric buses.
- A developer in Hamilton who bought a property in the Greenbelt a month before plans to open up the Greenbelt for development denies having received inside information (well they would, wouldn't they).
- Dr. Theresa Tam is saying that people who want a COVID-19 booster should wait for the updated boosters to be available in the fall. German authorities are sending a different message.
- Trudeau is becoming a liability for his party. Some of the dislike for him is justified, some isn't; but he and the party should take the hint if they don't want to risk Poilievre becoming PM.
- Rightwing nutcase protesters have driven firefighters out of the Shuswap area. No doubt they'll then scream about being abandoned by the authorities when their properties burn, but don't expect consistency from that lot. Then again, some people are blaming outside agitators rather than locals.
- In Maui, the number of people unaccounted for is down to 388. The confirmed death toll currently stands at 115.
- Thanks to monoculture, the next pandemic could very well affect crops rather than people. This could, of course, still be deadly to a lot of people, especially in the developing world.
- If the world's biggest corporations were made to pay the full costs of their emissions, it would represent about 44% of their profits according to one study.
- Still no clarity on what happened to Prigozhin's jet.
- Sarah Palin is predicting civil war over the Trump prosecution. It's possible, of course, that she's right; it's also possible that this is exactly what she wants.
- The Canadian accused of selling poisons to suicidal people is now being blamed for 88 deaths in the UK alone.
- Want to buy an old Boeing 727? There's one for sale in Abbotsford.
- Some people are using AI to generate professional-looking headshots.
- In Germany, they're working to expand geothermal energy, unlike in Alberta where they would secretly rather follow the example of an earlier German government.
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