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August 1

Biden names FEMA, CDC officials to head monkeypox response
President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Washington, as he announces that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
Arizona AG refutes review that counted 282 dead voters in 2020 U.S. election
Mark Brnovich, a Republican running for US Senate, smiles as he talks with people on the floor of the Arizona House of Representatives, at the Arizona Capitol, Jan. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Canada beats Jamaica 5-0 at CONCACAF U-15 Women’s Championship
South Korea develops nanotech tattoo as health monitoring device
Steve Park, Materials Science & Engineering professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), demonstrates an electronic tattoo (e-tattoo) on his arm connected with an electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring system in Daejeon, South Korea, July 26, 2022. REUTERS/Minwoo Park
California governor declares monkeypox emergency
Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox are seen in the vaccine hub at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Friday, July 29, 2022, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)
Health Minister brushes off outrage over visa denials for AIDS conference in Montreal
André Picard
All-Star Austin Riley agrees to $212M, 10-year deal with Braves
ATLANTA, GA - JULY 31: Austin Riley #27 of the Atlanta Braves reacts after being doused following his walk off double during the ninth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Truist Park on July 31, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
Venezuelan migrants in Peru struggle to find stability
Luz (can not use last name), a Venezuelan migrant, works in her t-shirt-making and printing business in Lima, Peru.
Edmonton Folk Festival kicks off tonight with William Prince, KALEO and Nathaniel Rateliff
Nathaniel Rateliff performs at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Manchester, Tenn. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Bipartisan compromise bill would restore U.S. abortion rights, but unlikely to even get vote
FILE - Abortion-rights activist rally at the Indiana Statehouse following Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 25, 2022 in Indianapolis. Anti-abortion groups are looking to the courts, lawmakers and elections to facilitate more abortion restrictions and bans after a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June left the issue up to states. (AP Photo/AJ Mast, File)
Killing of al-Qaeda leader is long-sought ‘justice,’ Biden says
The White House is seen Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Washington. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of "rebound" following treatment with an anti-viral drug. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Maine’s Republican candidate for governor is the original Donald Trump
David Shribman
Family of California shooting victims sue gun distributor
People gathered gathered outside the Gilroy Police Department for a vigil for the victims of a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, in Gilroy, Calif., on Monday evening, July 29, 2019. At least three people were killed when a gunman opened fire at the annual festival on Sunday afternoon. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times)
Aging Ukrainian refugees consider returning home after struggling to adapt
07.25.2022 Warsaw, Poland. Liudmyla Zana, a Ukrainian refugee and psychologist in Warsaw, comforts Lidiia Zub, 61, ( from Brovary ) who is also a refugee and struggles with the challenges of living in a foreign country. From right Myklola Sharamko, 74 from Mariupol.
At least 14 potential heat deaths in Oregon after hot spell
Beds are laid out in a cooling center at the Charles Jordan Community Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Temperatures are expected to top 100 degrees F (37.8 C) on Tuesday and wide swaths of western Oregon and Washington are predicted to be well above historic averages throughout the week. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer)
National Film Board veteran helped create a new visual vocabulary for documentaries
Terence Macartney-Filgate, c. 2011. Handout.
Militia member given longest prison sentence to date for U.S. Capitol attack
FILE - This artist sketch depicts Guy Wesley Reffitt, joined by his lawyer William Welch, right, in Federal Court, in Washington, on Feb. 28, 2022. Reffitt, convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months — more than seven years — in prison. It's the longest sentence imposed so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. (Dana Verkouteren via AP, File)
Hunting for healthy food in Nunavut
Residents of Pangnirtung, Nunavut stand at the shoreline where harp seals are ready to be cleaned on October 17, 2021. Pangnirtung is known for its abundance of wildlife living in and around the water nearby where harvesters regularly bring seal, beluga, narwhal, walrus, arctic char and turbot for the community.
Ben & Jerry’s talks with Unilever over Israeli dispute break down
FILE PHOTO: A Ben & Jerry's ice-cream delivery truck is seen at their factory in Be'er Tuvia, Israel July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Toronto developers expected to delay 10,000 units as slowdown hits condo presales
FILE PHOTO: The downtown skyline and CN Tower are seen past cranes in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
U.S. Senate likely to delay bill protecting gay marriage until September
FILE — The Capitol building in Washington, on June 15, 2022. There is new hope for a bill that codifies federal protections for same-sex couples to move ahead in the Senate. (Anna Rose Layden/The New York Times)
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham challenges 2020 Georgia election probe subpoena
FILE - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., listens during a hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget for the FBI in Washington, on May 25, 2022. Attorneys for Graham said in a court filing on July 13, he wasn't trying to interfere in Georgia's 2020 election when he called state officials to ask them to reexamine certain absentee ballots after President Donald Trump's narrow loss to Democrat Joe Biden. (Ting Shen/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Among the gifts offered to Trudeau since 2015, 17 images of himself
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks to media outside the Basilica of Sainte-Anne de Beaupré, east of Quebec City, during the papal visit of Pope Francis on Thursday, July 28, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bernard Brault
The NFL has dropped the inflatable hammer on DeShaun Watson
Cathal Kelly
The Ace Hotel brings Toronto architecture to a new level
The Ace Hotel's main entrance on Camden Street cuts through a facade made up of brick-fronted panels - a common technique in development that the architects have used in a novel manner.
Toronto says person with monkeypox at homeless shelter moved to isolation centre
Empty vials of vaccines against monkeypox lie on a table after being used to vaccinate people at a medical centre in Barcelona, Spain, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Francisco Seco
Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson suspended 6 games, NFL weighs appeal
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson stretches during the NFL football team's training camp, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Berea, Ohio. Watson was suspended for six games on Monday after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, in what a disciplinary officer said was behavior “more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL.” (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)
Why newcomers, including Ukraine refugees, struggle to obtain bank accounts, credit cards
Ukrainian nationals fleeing the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine arrive at the Richardson International Airport, in Winnipeg, Monday, May 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
Something tremendously exciting is happening in Vancouver’s Bar Susu
Bar Susu in Vancouver, on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Darryl Dyck/The Globe and Mail
Jane Desjardins inspired her children and insurance-salesman husband to become artists, too
Jane Desjardins; lives lived;
The lack of slack - and why we should care
Sam Sivarajan
Records of Canadian residential schools in Rome can help with identification of missing Indigenous children
Raymond Frogner, head of archives at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation for Tavia Grant story.
Polio found in New York wastewater as state assesses virus’ spread
A sign guides drivers to a vaccine clinic at the Rockland County health department, in Pomona, N.Y. on July 22, 2022. Health officials here offered pop-up polio vaccinations and urged the public to get shots as they investigated whether a known case of polio had spread to others. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)
B.C. wildfire prompts evacuation order for mountain resort near Okanagan
The Keremeos Creek wildfire is shown burning north of Keremeos, B.C., in this Friday, July 29, 2022, handout photo. The BC Wildfire Service says a fire burning about 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton saw minimal growth overnight, but low visibility is making it difficult to fight from the air. An evacuation order was issued by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen on Saturday for communities in the vicinity of the Keremeos Creek wildfire, which was discovered Friday and was earlier described by the Wildfire Service as displaying "aggressive" and "erratic" behaviour. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - BC Wildfire Service
My poodle sensed my eating disorder and she’s helping me to recover
Deny, deny, deny all we want, but COVID-19 is still a health threat
André Picard
Apple is sued by French app developers over app store fees
FILE PHOTO: An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Federal government pledges $18-million to expand HIV testing at Montreal AIDS conference
A woman walks by a sign during the AIDS 2022 conference in Montreal, Sunday, July 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Two bodies found in burned vehicle in California wildfire zone
A scorched pickup truck rests on California Highway 96 in Klamath National Forest, Calif., as the McKinney Fire burns nearby, Saturday, July 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Stephen King goes to bat for U.S. government in case against book publishing mega-merger
FILE PHOTO: Author Stephen King speaks at a news conference in New York, February 9, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Union says some Quebec health workers sick with COVID-19 being asked back to work
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is prepared at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov
More rain falls in flooded Kentucky communities, as death toll rises to 35
Mine, a cadaver dog from Oklahoma, with her handler on a pile of rubble atop Troublesome Creek in Perry County, Kentucky, July 31, 2022. Heavy rain was expected to produce more flooding across already-saturated eastern Kentucky on Monday, days after flash floods in the area killed at least 28 people and left dozens missing. (Austin Anthony/The New York Times)
Scholz on turbines: ‘Trudeau took a strong decision that reinforced Germany’s and Europe’s position’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures as he addresses a press conference on current issues of energy policy at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 22, 2022. (Photo by Christian Spicker / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTIAN SPICKER/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. SEC charges 11 individuals in $300-million crypto pyramid scheme
FILE PHOTO: A stock graph is seen with a representation of bitcoin in this picture illustration taken taken March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/
Caisse buys French-German Akiem, expanding its presence in Europe’s rail transport industry
A person walks into the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) building in Montreal, Quebec, February 7, 2020. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
Formal end of slavery in Canada commemorated during Emancipation Day ceremony in Halifax
A person raises their fist in the air while attending a rally before an Emancipation Day march, in Vancouver, on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Drake postpones OVO Fest Toronto concert after he tests positive for COVID-19
Singer Drake performs on the main stage at Wireless festival in Finsbury Park, London on June 27, 2015. Toronto rap star Drake has found a new outlet during the COVID-19 pandemic: The "Toosie Slide."That's the name of a dance he introduces in his new song and music video of the same name. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Invision - Jonathan Short
UN chief warns world is one step from ‘nuclear annihilation’
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes remarks before the 2022 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Philippines won’t rejoin International Criminal Court, says new president Marcos Jr.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers a speech during his visit to a vaccination site in Manila on August 1, 2022. (Photo by JAM STA ROSA / AFP) (Photo by JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. President Biden urges Russia, China to engage in nuclear talks
FILE - President Joe Biden listens during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, July 30, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Man arrested with rifle outside NY home of Iranian-American journalist
FILE PHOTO: Iranian American journalist Alinejad Masih shows an FBI car guarding outside her apartment in this still image from an undated social media video posted on July 14, 2021. Twitter/@ALINEJADMASIH via REUTERS/File Photo
Lebanon, Israel closer to deal in maritime border dispute
In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, U.S. Envoy for Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, second left, sits next to U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea, first left, as they meet with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, third left, Lebanese president Michel Aoun, center, and Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati, right, at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Hochstein, a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over a maritime border dispute between the two countries, said after meeting Lebanese leaders on Monday that he remains optimistic that continuous progress can be made. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
Quebec police find body in burned-out home northeast of Montreal, two people arrested
Quebec provincial police say two people are dead and 10 injured after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 30, south of Montreal. A Sûreté du Québec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
EU court limits national checks for migrant rescue ships
The German charity Sea-Watch 3 with 444 people on board in the central Mediterranean on Sunday, July 24, 2022. Ships in the Mediterranean Sea have rescued over 1,100 people struggling to reach Europe in rickety smugglers boats and found five bodies. The Italian Coast Guard says Sunday that Italian vessels recovered the bodies Saturday as it rescued 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast. (Nora Boerding/Sea-Watch via AP)
Bloor West penthouse finds buyer at asking price
Done Deal, 3085 Bloor St., W., No. 610, Toronto
Ottawa Redblacks record season’s first win by upsetting Toronto Argonauts 23-13
Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver Terry Williams (81) is defended by Toronto Argonauts kicker Boris Bede (14) while returning the ball during second quarter CFL action, in Toronto on Sunday July, 31, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Pope Francis to visit Kazakhstan, may meet Russian Orthodox patriarch
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis (L) and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill stand together after a meeting in Havana, February 12, 2016. REUTERS/Alejandro Ernesto/Pool/File Photo
Threat of counter protests stirs panic in Iraq over fears of escalating tensions
Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr, take part in a mourning ritual amid the Shiite Ashura commemoration period as they occupy Iraq's parliament in the capital Baghdad's high-security Green Zone while protesting a rival political bloc's nomination for prime minister, on August 1, 2022. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
Nancy Pelosi expected to arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday despite Chinese ‘sabre rattling’
This handout picture taken and released by Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information on August 1, 2022, shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) shaking hands with US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore during a visit to the Asia-Pacific region. (Photo by Handout / Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SINGAPORE'S MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by HANDOUT/Singapore's Ministry of Communic/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia says can’t do much to help with Nord Stream gas pipeline repair
FILE PHOTO: Pipes at the landfall facilities of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Drive-by shooting in Ajax sends six to hospital, one with life-threatening injuries
A Durham Police Vehicle is shown in Bowmanville, Ont., Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. Durham Regional Police say three people are dead and two people have been critically injured in a collision in Brock Township, Ont., on Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives
Former MP calls on Parliament Hill security to stop racial profiling
Independent MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes leaves Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
First ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship, Razoni carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port, in Odesa, Ukraine, August 1, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a handout video. Oleksandr Kubrakov/ Ukraine Ministry of Infrastructure/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY MANDATORY CREDIT
Nurse practitioners could relieve Canada’s doctor shortage, but funding models are causing roadblocks
Nurses tend to a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Ontario is seeking to recruit more nurses in underserved communities, permanently boost the pay of personal support workers, and maintain a stockpile of personal protective equipment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
The U.S.’s freshwater crisis could lead Washington to look northward. Is Canada ready to quench its thirst?
FILE - A formerly sunken boat sits high and dry along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on May 10, 2022, near Boulder City, Nev. Another body has surfaced at Lake Mead, this time in a swimming area where water levels have dropped as the Colorado River reservoir behind Hoover Dam recedes due to drought and climate change. The National Park Service did not say in a statement how long officials think the corpse was submerged in the Boulder Beach area before it was found Monday, July 25, 2022, by people who summoned park rangers. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Indigenous survivors look to move past anger after papal visit
A group holds a banner with names of residential children after Pope Francis apologizes for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system, in Maskwacis, Alta., during his papal visit across Canada on Monday, July 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Super-cringe pseudo-incest comedy I Love My Dad is the most uncomfortable movie of the year
L to R: Patton Oswalt and James Morosini in I LOVE MY DAD. Photo courtesy of Mongrel Media
More than 30 murals set to be unveiled across Vancouver as part of Mural Festival
Rachel Wada and Siloh's mural Tempestas.
Residential schools left an economic hole that persists across generations
David Parkinson
Why women should focus on carotenoid-rich foods
Leslie Beck
Fixing medicare: What if the doctor was always in?
Paramedics are seen at the Dartmouth General Hospital in Dartmouth, N.S. on Thursday, July 4, 2013. Nova Scotia Health is warning the public to expect delays in emergency room and ambulance service over the holiday long weekend because of staffing shortages.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
Companies use student intern programs as a pipeline to help improve representation of Black employees
Malika Jmila is photographed at the Sun-Life offices in Toronto o on July 7, 2022. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail. A University of Windsor student, Jmila is working with Sun Life for the summer. Jmila is the recipient of one of 18 Dean Connor Sun Life Inclusion Scholarships presented this year to students who self-identify as Black or Indigenous.
A new ethos is helping make fitness more attainable, and less toxic
Beautiful young mixed race female exercising at home, online workout on laptop
German Chancellor defends Trudeau, saying Canada called Putin’s bluff by agreeing to send Russian turbines back
FILE PHOTO: Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke//File Photo
In praise of ‘weak’ leaders amid proposal for strong mayor system
Premier Doug Ford responds to a question from the media on the final day of the summer meeting of the Canada's Premiers at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Toyota Tundra 1794 Edition goes all in on one upping the Detroit Three
The 2022 Toyota Tundra Crewmax 1794 Edition can tow 4,940 kilograms.
‘After six days Pope Francis leaves, having created more controversy than solace.’ After the papal visit and apologies, plus other letters to the editor for Aug. 1
Pope Francis greets Nunavut Commissioner Eva Aariak in Iqaluit, Canada July 29, 2022. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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