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August 12

Maui deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century as death toll hits 89
Sarah Salmonese sits where her apartment once stood in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, two days after it was devastated by wildfire, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The death toll from the wildfires in Maui rose to 80 late Friday, and officials said the tally was expected to rise as federal help arrives to begin searches inside badly damaged structures. (Go Nakamura/The New York Times)
House fire in Vaughan, Ont., leaves two dead
A York Regional Police patch is shown Dec, 19, 2022. Two people are dead after a house fire in Vaughan, Ont., north of Toronto.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
Second semifinal at NBO Montreal postponed to Sunday due to weather
Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, serves to Sloane Stephens of the United States, during the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal, Thursday, Aug.10, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Evacuations ordered in communities along Alberta-NWT boundary due to wildfires
Airtankers work on a wildfire near Edson, Alta., in a Friday, June 9, 2023, handout photo. Evacuation orders have been issued for several communities along the boundary between Alberta and the Northwest Territories due to nearby wildfires. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Government of Alberta Fire Service, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Trump’s Iowa state fair spectacle clouds DeSantis as former president is joined by Florida officials
Former President Donald Trump visits the Animal Learning Center while campaigning at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023.Ê(Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
Lilia Vu, Charley Hull share lead at AIG Women’s Open
TADWORTH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Lilia Vu of the United States looks on during the Day Three of the AIG Women's Open at Walton Heath Golf Club on August 12, 2023 in Tadworth, England. (Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images for HSBC)
Morel’s late RBI double lifts Cubs over Blue Jays 5-4 as Toronto honours Bautista
Aug 12, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson (7) celebrates after hitting a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning at Rogers Centre. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Sousa-USA TODAY Sports
Pegula hangs on to beat world No. 1 Swiatek, advance to National Bank Open final
Aug 12, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Jessica Pegula (USA) returns the ball against Iga Swiatek (POL) (not pictured) during semi final play at IGA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: David Kirouac-USA TODAY Sports
Saka sparkles as Arsenal opens EPL season with win. Newcastle sends statement by dismantling Villa
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka celebrates after scoring during the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Nottingham Forest at Emirates stadium in London, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
De Minaur wins victory over Davidovich Fokina in NBO Toronto semifinal
Alex de Minaur of Australia prepares his serve to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain in semifinal tennis action at the National Bank Open in Toronto, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
Former Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista added to Level of Excellence at Rogers Centre
Former Toronto Blue Jays player Jose Bautista throws the ceremonial first pitch after his name was unveiled on the Jays' Level of Excellence, ahead of their MLB interleague baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, in Toronto, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Trump election investigation in Georgia headed to grand jury next week
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S., July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo
Maui failed to use alarm system to warn residents of coming wildfires, raising calls for review
People survey the ruins of Lahaina, Hawaii, two days after the historic town on Maui was devastated by wildfire, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Saturday estimated the cost to rebuild after the Lahaina fire will be around $5.5 billion. (Philip Cheung/The New York Times)
Montreal Pride parade to go on as planned Sunday after abrupt 2022 cancellation
<div>The head of Montreal's LGBTQ+ pride festival organization says the city's pride parade will go on as planned Sunday after its abrupt cancellation last year. Thousands turned out to walk in the Montreal Pride parade, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe</div>
Canada blows out New Zealand for first exhibition win ahead of FIBA World Cup
Parti Québécois announces death of former minister Jacques-Yvan Morin
FEDERAL PROVINCIAL JUSTICE MINISTERS MEETING -- OTTAWA: Quebec Minister of Intergovermental Affairs Jacgues Ivan Morin (L) and Quebec Justice Minister Marc Andre Bedard (R) in conversation before the start of a Federal-Provincial Justice Ministers meeting in Ottawa, February 28, 1983. Credit: Andy Clark / UPC
Short-term rental townhouse has a Rocky Mountain view
Done Deal, 140 Kananaskis Way, No. 134, Canmore, Alta.
Rybakina outlasts Kasatkina in late-night marathon Montreal tennis match
MONTREAL, CANADA - AUGUST 11: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan serves against Daria Kasatkina on Day 5 during the National Bank Open at Stade IGA on August 11, 2023 in Montreal, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)
Australia edges France in penalty to reach first Women’s World Cup semi-finals
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 12: Cortnee Vine of Australia celebrates victory with her team mates after she scores her team's tenth penalty in the penalty shoot out during the FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023 Quarter Final match between Australia and France at Brisbane Stadium on August 12, 2023 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images)
Russo’s second-half goal lifts England into World Cup semi-finals
England's Alessia Russo (23) celebrates after scoring her side's 2nd goal during the Women's World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between England and Colombia at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
BC Hydro bids to raise EV charging fees, but customers say time-based fees are unfair
An electric vehicle is charged in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. BC Hydro wants to raise rates at public electric vehicle charging stations by 15 per cent from Sept. 1, which the company says would allow it to recover the costs of providing them over 10 years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Quebecor stops paying rent at legislature, says $100K fee a threat to democracy
Quebecor headquarters is seen in Montreal on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Quebecor Inc. says its purchase of Freedom Mobile drove a big boost in earnings last quarter. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Jasper aerialist hangs in world’s most precarious environments to call attention to climate change
Sasha Galitzky
Western Canada: Canadian visitors flee Hawaiian wildfire as island death toll rises to 80
Marla Strobel poses for a portrait after arriving at the Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. on August 11, 2023 from Maui, Hawaii.
Ukraine says two killed in shelling as Russia condemns alleged attack on Crimean Bridge
FILE PHOTO: A view shows a site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine August 10, 2023. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi/File Photo
RCMP has no national policy on policing media at protest sites: FOI
FILE Ñ The Royal Canadian Mounted Police clear a barricade set up by a First Nations group at the Gitdumden checkpoint near Houston, British Columbia, Canada, Jan. 7, 2019. A journalist arrested at an Indigenous protest against a pipeline last week in western Canada was released Monday, Nov. 22 on bail, but journalism groups in the country condemned the decision to continue with contempt charges against her. (Amber Bracken/The New York Times)
6 dead, more than 50 rescued from sinking migrant boat in English Channel
A P&O ferry sails in front of The Abeille Languedoc (TOP), an ocean-going tug specializing in the rescue of ships in distress on "La Manche" / The English Channel, during a rescue operation mobilizing French and British resources on August 12, 2023, after six people were killed after a boat carrying migrants heading to Britain sank in the Channel, French maritime officials said. Five French ships and a helicopter, as well as two British vessels, were involved in the rescue operation whiel some passengers were still missing, and about 50 migrants were rescued, some of them by the British vessels, the authorities said. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP) (Photo by SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images)
Children of man who died in N.S. floods question open roads, delayed alerts
Robie and Sophie Holland go through photographs of themselves with their father Nicholas Holland, who died in recent inland flooding in Nova Scotia, in Tantallon, N.S., Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. They are raising questions about the measures taken to protect the public the night about 250 mm of rain fell, creating torrential waters on rural roads. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Tutton
Maui searches ruins of historic town after deadly wildfire. Death toll hits 80 and likely to rise
Burnt out cars line the sea walk after the wildfire on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed multiple people and wiped out a historic town. Instead, officials sent alerts to mobile phones, televisions and radio stations — but widespread power and cellular outages may have limited their reach. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Germany’s far right isn’t on the doorstep of power. It’s already arrived
sadiya ansari
Monks, money and the fierce debate over PEI’s scarce land
The commonplace book, where early modern thinkers collected ideas, was the internet of its time
Wayne MacPhail reads on his six-month-old iPad in his livingroom in Hamilton.
Sport climber Alannah Yip knows all about problem solving
Alannah Yip
From on-stage sex scenes to believable kisses, intimacy coaches are helping opera performers navigate tricky territory
1314 – Marcelo Puente as Don José and J’Nai Bridges as Carmen in the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Carmen, 2022. Conductor Jacques Lacombe, director Joel Ivany, lighting designer Jason Hand, original set designer Michael Yeargan, original costume designer François St. Aubin, fight director and intimacy coordinator Siobhan Richardson. Photo: Michael Cooper
Enough stalling. We need an inquiry into Chinese election interference now
This Dec. 5, 2017, photo shows flags of Canada and China in Beijing. The CEO and the board of directions for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation say they are stepping down because of recent politicization surrounding their work. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Fred Dufour, Pool Photo
The energy transition is the new gold rush and investors play an essential role
An aerial view taken on July 14, 2023 shows workers standing on a platform lifted by a crane during the construction of a new wind turbine by SL Naturenergie, operator of wind energy and photovoltaic systems, at the existing wind farm of Werl near Dortmund, western Germany. Germany seeks to slash emissions and become climate neutral by 2045. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
Quebec approved nearly all development projects on vulnerable plant habitats over last decade
Quebec Environment Minister Benoit Charette responds to the Opposition during question period, Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Fashion entrepreneur turned winemaker Anna Fendi celebrated at Innisfil dinner
Allen Chan, Anwar Mekhayech, Matt Davis Partners and Co-Founders of DesignAgency
Venus Williams on taking charge of her own story with her YouTube channel
Venus Williams
Soulpepper’s Detroit: Music of the Motor City drives home its message
Sate in Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company's new concert production Detroit: Music of the Motor City.
Why the stellar performance of the magnificent seven makes a case for index investing
Tim Shufelt
Algonquin is siding with activist investors. Should regular investors play along?
<div>Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp. says it has hired an interim CEO to replace the current one as it looks to sell its renewable energy division after losses topping US$250 million last quarter. The West Pubnico Point Wind Farm is seen in Lower West Pubnico, N.S. on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan</div>
China’s net-zero pledges are starting to look like a fantasy as the emissions of the world’s biggest polluter keep rising
Eric Reguly
The rebuilding of Halifax’s historic 180-year-old club from the ashes
David Greaves poses with his dog Scout near the burned-out foundation of the original clubhouse at The Waegwoltic Club in Halifax on Tuesday, August 1, 2023. Darren Calabrese/The Globe and Mail
How Alberta’s booming renewable-energy industry got caught in the decarbonization fight
Solar panels pictured at the Michichi Solar project near Drumheller, Alta., Tuesday, July 11, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
The curious incident of the shrinking Gatorade in the night-time of high inflation
Ethan Lou
‘The Trudeau family’s situation calls for compassion, not lame jokes or political trash talk.’ Rethinking divorce, plus other letters to the editor for Aug. 12
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau are separating after 18 years of marriage. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire make their way to a government plane as they depart the airport, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Baker Mayfield throws TD pass in his bid to follow Tom Brady as the Buccaneers’ starting QB
TAMPA, FLORIDA - AUGUST 11: John Molchon #75 celebrates with Payne Durham #87 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a touchdown in the fourth quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers during a preseason game at Raymond James Stadium on August 11, 2023 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)
Your daily horoscope: August 12, 2023
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