- US Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle has resigned following a grilling from a congressional committee regarding the assassination attempt against Donald Trump.
- Marcel Colomb First Nation in northern Manitoba is evacuating vulnerable residents to Lynn Lake due to a wildfire. Further south, closer to Flin Flon, a wilderness camp has been destroyed by another fire; fortunately nobody seems to have been there when it happened. Meanwhile in Alberta, Jasper remains under evacuation following the pair of surprise fires that sprung up the other day, although a handful of residents refuse to leave and crews with helicopters are trying to find backcountry hikers. One of the fires is within 12 km of the townsite.
- A student at at Memorial University of Newfoundland emailed the university's board of regents as part of a campaign in support of pro-Palestinian protesters on campus. The chair of the board forwarded the email to her father; the father thought this to be inappropriate and replied accordingly, whereupon the chair replied "I am telling parents that I know just what their kids are doing. They need to grow up." The university is investigating.
- Donald Trump is apparently having second thoughts about his selection of JD Vance as his running mate this fall. Vance was apparently selected to appeal to Trump's base, not swing voters, and the withdrawal of Joe Biden from the race has changed the dynamics in a way that worries some Trump allies.
- Given Trump Nation's obsession with fossil fuels, as well as their disdain for science and reason in general, many scientists are quite fearful of what another Trump administration might mean for them. Many fear that it will be worse than the previous one, especially with Project 2025 to guide them.
- An American manufacturer of herbal supplements has announced a nationwide recall of one of their products, marketed as a pain reliever, after the discovery of acetaminophen and two non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in samples of the product.
- The coach of the Canadian women's Olympic soccer team has withdrawn from coaching a match against New Zealand, and two staffers have been fired, following revelations that a drone was used to spy on the New Zealand team.
- A Portage la Prairie man was one of seven people charged and publicly named in connection with a teen sexual exploitation case, only to have the RCMP suddenly say "oops, he had nothing to do with it". The retraction comes a bit too late for him, though, given that he's already been facing the wrath of the public for two weeks.
- Two teenage boys in Saskatoon have been arrested following the robbery of a 7 year old girl's lemonade stand. One of them, aged 16, already had outstanding warrants, while the other, 14, was in possession of a knife and was allegedly in violation of a previous court order.
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