Rethinking Lac-Mégantic
Downsview residents raise the spectre of a Lac-Mégantic-scale tragedy in north Toronto after discovering that 10 per cent of the cargo trains carry along the nearby CN line is crude oil, chemicals and other goods classed as “dangerous” by the rail company.
Canadian tennis
Milos Raonic and Vasek Pospisil make tennis history going head-to-head in the first all-Canadian semi-final at a major ATP tournament, the Rogers Cup. Raonic went on to lose in the final to Rafael Nadal.
Policing early warnings
A U.S. court declares the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy unconstitutional for targeting blacks and Hispanics. A similar recently reviewed practice by Toronto police is felt to unfairly target young men of colour.
More Tim Hudak heresy
Among the names being floated as replacements for embattled PC leader Tim Hudak, a surprise out of right field reported by the Globe: PC party president Richard Ciano, better known as the business partner of former Ford fixer Nick Kouvalis.
Harperconomics
Canada is bleeding jobs again – 39,000 last month, despite the (supposedly) good news recently that the economy grew for the fifth consecutive quarter. Is it time to blame the speculators on Bay Street?
Going postal
Right-wing think tank the C.D. Howe Institute recommends privatization of Canada’s mail service, including contracting out routes. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers offers a different solution: expanding Canada Post’s services into the banking and financial services sectors.