CANADA
#1 — CNews | Saving for ‘rainy day’ a challenge, study says
Nearly half of Canadians are not prepared to handle their financial obligations in the event of an emergency, a new study reveals.
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#2 — Globe | Canada’s job growth falters slightly as wages stalled
Canada’s labour market showed modest growth in July, but a slipping recovery in the United States and a deepening debt crisis in Europe are threatening to end months of job gains.
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#3 — LFP | ‘Toad blocks’ shut down B.C. roads
Yield to the toadlets.
Motorists who use two rural roads in Chilliwack, B.C., will have to deal with them being closed for a few hours each day for the next two weeks as baby Western Toads migrate from nearby lakes to the woods.
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#4 — NP | A French Quarter for Toronto? Mais oui!
Stroll east along Carlton Street and you will get a hodgepodge of urban living, from the hustle and bustle of Yonge Street, to a slumbering Maple Leaf Gardens and old brownstones that have seen better days. You might see men playing a spirited game of dominos in Allen Gardens, or a soup-kitchen lineup around the Sherbourne corner. It doesn’t exactly scream a certain “je ne sais quoi.”
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#5 — Star | CIA secretly kept eye on Canadian economy during Cold War
OTTAWA — The CIA secretly painted Pierre Trudeau as a politician torn between being a leader of the Third World and a genuine player with global industrialized nations, declassified records show.
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | Syrian tanks attack eastern city of Deir al-Zour
At least 42 people have died after the Syrian army stormed Deir al-Zour, the largest city in the east and a scene of frequent protests, activists say.
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#7 — Fox | 45,000 Verizon Workers Go On Strike Over Contract
NEW YORK – Tens of thousands of unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike early Sunday after they failed to agree on a new labor contract with the telecommunications company.
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#8 — DM | Did rock-throwing teenage girl’s ‘beating’ by police spark London riots?
The family of Mark Duggan has condemned the riot that broke out in Tottenham last night as eyewitness reports emerge that trouble erupted after a 16-year-old girl threw a rock at police.
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#9 — Independent | Brown blames US and Europe for ‘throwing away’ recovery
Gordon Brown today launches an extraordinary attack on the leaders of America, France and Germany, accusing them of being “wrong” on the big economic decisions and failing to heed his warnings over the EU debt crisis.
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#10 — Telegraph | Hackers release vast amounts of US police information
Hackers have broken into the computer systems of dozens of police departments across the US, releasing vast amounts of information including reports of crime submitted by the public.
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