What’s happening today
Sean Kilpatrick – THE CANADIAN PRESSPrime Minister Justin Trudeau makes a campaign stop in Markham, Ont., on Tuesday. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press)
Election campaign continues: Erin O’Toole will make two Conservative announcements in Quebec City, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will make one for the Liberals in Vancouver. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is campaigning in Burnaby, B.C. Dylan Robertson reports on how Manitoba MP and Tory deputy leader Candice Bergen won’t rule out jumping ship to replace Brian Pallister as Manitoba’s premier. READ MORE
Sex assault charge: Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, who oversaw Canada’s vaccine rollout campaign, is scheduled to present himself to police in Quebec after a warrant was issued for his arrest on one count of sexual assault. Fortin, who previously commanded NATO troops in Iraq, is expected to speak to reporters afterward. His lawyer said the alleged sexual assault dates back to early 1988. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Extradition hearing ends: The extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in expected to end in Vancouver, with lawyers for Canada’s attorney general making their final submissions. The B.C. Supreme Court judge is expected to reserve her decision in the case, which has soured Canada’s relationship with China. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Inflation numbers: Statistics Canada will announce its consumer price index for last month. READ MORE
Weather
Your forecast: Sunny with a mix of sun and cloud this afternoon and risk of thunderstorms, a high of 30 C, humidex of 35, and wind from the northeast at 20 km/h increasing to 30 km/h and gusting to 50 late this afternoon and tonight.
In case you missed it
CPTory Leader Tim Houston will be Nova Scotia’s next premier. (Andrew Vaughan / The Canadian Press)
Tories take Nova Scotia: Tim Houston led the Progressive Conservatives to a surprise majority win in Nova Scotia’s provincial election. It’s the first time a government has been unseated in an election since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Iain Rankin said he doesn’t have immediate plans to step down as Liberal leader. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
Taliban topple statue: The Taliban have apparently blown up a statue of a militia leader who fought against them during Afghanistan’s civil war in the 1990s, raising more doubt about the insurgent group’s claims to have become more moderate. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Pot producer shutting down: A Manitoba cannabis producer that had its licence reinstated after running afoul of regulators in 2019 is shutting down. Temur Durrani reports. READ MORE
Court case dropped: The federal government is dropping its bid to have a court prohibit the disclosure of documents related to the firing of two scientists at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg. The Canadian Press reports. READ MORE
On this date
On Aug. 18, 1956: The Winnipeg Free Press reported that in New York, two men described as “hoodlums in the garment industry” were held on $100,000 bail each as conspirators in an acid-throwing incident that had blinded columnist Victor Riesel four months earlier. The man who had actually thrown the acid at Riesel, who was crusading against labour racketeering, was said to have been found dead in July. In Winnipeg, a spokesman for the St. James-Winnipeg airport commission said the commission had called for a conference of all major operators at Stevenson field to see what could be done to curb the noise from aircraft.
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