ICYMI this week ...

A round-up of the news featured on this week's Daily News podcast.

I don’t know if it’s the summer heat or what but there seemed to be too much national news this past week and not enough local news. When I was on the hunt for stories one night, I came across news about a cyclist in Caledon, Ontario who was fied $180 for going through a stop sign,

This is what passed for news this past week.

I guess it was notable — the guy was going fast. But Caledon is less of a town and more of a bunch of back roads that people cycle on. So it wasn’t news to me that a cyclist would go through a stop sign. Needless to say, it wasn’t included in this week’s podcast.

If you listened to the episode this morning, you’ll know that I have auto reply on my emails and I’m about to take off. I’ll write something about that to land sometime next week in your inboxes. But I’ll be out of here on Sunday and it will kick off a month of travel — I’ll be heading to two countries, three cities and one cottage. I’m looking forward to some time off, though not the mental torment that comes with time off. I think too much about philosophy when I’m on holiday.

If you missed any of the episides, you can catch them at www.sandyandnora.com or listen to them here on YouTube.

Nova Scotia

Legionnaires' disease confirmed at New Glasgow nursing home, in the community

Manitoba

Utter Threats & Damage to Police Headquarters: C23-78941/180735

Manitoba First Nation to begin search for potential unmarked graves

Alberta

'We are deeply sorry': Calgary Stampede admits liability in decades-long sex assaults involving Young Canadians performers

Ontario

Vice-principal told accused Ottawa teacher the allegations were false even though he didn't know the details

National

Pandémie : sans enquête indépendante, le Canada est condamné à répéter ses erreurs

'Highly resistant' gonorrhea on the rise in Canada, other countries: World Health Organization

TC Energy splitting into 2 separate companies

Stellantis posts record $12.1B net profit in first half of 2023

Trudeau is striking a new National Security Council, but what will it do?

Pierre Poilievre’s leadership campaign paid legal fees of whistleblower who took down rival Patrick Brown

Nearly the entirety of cabinet will be new, or in new roles after Wednesday shuffle

$23B First Nations child welfare settlement gets human rights tribunal approval

Ottawa buying nine Airbus planes to replace Polaris fleet, including prime minister's plane

About 15 per cent of guests at Canadian AIDS conference claimed asylum

Ex-Mountie charged with foreign interference, accused of using 'extensive network' to help China

International

Putin promises no-cost Russian grain shipments to 6 African countries

Greece mounts mass evacuation from wildfire-hit Rhodes

Spain elections: hung parliament after conservatives fail to secure expected majority

Niger : des militaires affirment avoir destitué le président

India’s Ban on Rice Exports Could Impact Global Prices

US sanctions Mali’s defence minister, officials over Wagner ties