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KRISTY KIRKUP 健康记者
一项最新发表的研究显示，加拿大急诊室医生的职业倦怠现象严重，在近期的一项调查中，近半数的受访者报告称他们削减了工作时间，而 10% 的人已经离开了该专业。
这些研究结果于周一发表在《加拿大医学会杂志》(Canadian Medical Association Journal)上，该研究源于一项在 2025 年针对所有省份以及西北地区（不包括努纳武特地区和育空地区） 410 名急诊科医师进行的调查。
在所有受访者中，48% 表示他们削减了临床工作时间，20% 则暂停了急诊医学工作。
研究指出，“女性和较年轻的参与者报告的倦怠程度较高，削减临床工作时间的急诊医师也是如此。”
此外，研究发现 65% 的受访者在高度情感耗竭、人格解体或两者兼有方面得分较高。人格解体是指一个人感到与自己的思想和身体脱节。
研究称：“受访者将医疗体系的崩溃、不切实际的社会预期以及难以克服的职场挑战列为倦怠的原因。”
职业倦怠，A15
MARIE WOOLF 渥太华
一名在比利时北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 军事联盟作战总部担任实习生的加拿大籍女性，因涉嫌从事间谍活动被捕。
比利时联邦检察官办公室在周六发布的一份声明中表示，嫌疑人为“一名中国裔加拿大国民”。
声明称：“她被怀疑代表第三国从事间谍活动，并且是一个犯罪组织的成员。”
加拿大公共安全部 (Public Safety Canada) 表示，政府已获悉周五一名在欧洲盟军最高司令部 (SHAPE) 受雇于北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 的加拿大公民被捕。该部门未透露嫌疑人的身份，也未指明她涉嫌为其从事间谍活动的“第三国”是谁。
该部门在声明中表示：“此次逮捕与一项正在进行的刑事调查有关。”
作为北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 联盟的成员，加拿大在位于比利时南部城市蒙斯（靠近法国边境）的 SHAPE 指挥中心设有军事代表。SHAPE 的军事官员负责规划和指挥联合战略、战术和行动。北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 的网络安全中心也设在蒙斯。
该嫌疑人在 SHAPE 工作，但尚不清楚她在哪个部门工作以及在该处工作了多久。
比利时检察官办公室表示，该嫌疑人引起了 SHAPE 安全部门的注意，后者已将其顾虑报告给该国的军事情报机构。
实习生，A15
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塔代伊·波加查 (Tadej Pogacar)身着总冠军黄色领骑衫，在周日巴黎举行的环法自行车赛 (Tour de France) 最后一站跨过终点线后庆祝。MOSA'AB ELSHAMY/美联社
IVAN SEMENIUK 科学记者
本月早些时候，当来自安大略省森林火灾的褐色烟雾笼罩美国东北部时，总统唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 趁机指责加拿大管理森林不善。他还因此威胁要征收新关税。
一项解析山火烟雾实际来源的新研究，阐明了美国总统这一主张背后的逻辑为何存在缺陷。
MARK CARLSON EMMA DA SILVA JOHN LEICESTER LÈGE-CAP FERRET, FRANCE
周日一夜，法国西南部的一场猛烈山火迫使 55,000 人撤离。随着火焰不断逼近葡萄酒产区城市波尔多，仅在一个地区就有高达 220,000 人被强制撤离家园。邻国西班牙也在其东海岸监督相应的火灾撤离工作。
由于风向多变且阵风频发，加之气候干旱，限制这场自本周三起在波尔多所在的 ฌironde (吉伦特省) 地区失控蔓延的巨型火灾的规模，大规模的救援工作变得十分复杂。当局向这座历史之城西南部的另外五个地区发布了深夜撤离令。
“情况依然非常不利，”法国内政部长 洛朗·努涅兹 在描述了消防员在与这场已烧毁面积达巴黎四倍的火灾全天候搏斗的“另一个艰难之夜”后表示。
“火势再次变得极其凶猛且不可预测，产生了自己的风，并向波尔多都市区不规则地推进，” 洛朗·努涅兹 在 X 上发帖称。
“到深夜时，情况有所缓解，”部长补充道。
教皇利奥十四世 在周日的圣母领报祷告（Angelus prayer）结束时提及了法国和西班牙的“毁灭性山火”，并表示：“我表达我的团结，并邀请每个人为受影响者以及救援人员的工作祈祷。”
该地区省政府表示，ฌironde (吉伦特省) 估计有 42,000 公顷土地被烧毁，其中大部分是由于连续热浪而变得干燥如tinder（引火之物）的森林和灌木丛。
FRANCE, A6
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斯洛文尼亚的 塔代伊·波加查 在环法自行车赛中获得第五次冠军，追平纪录，巩固了其在自行车运动巨星之列的地位 B9
事实证明，唐纳德·特朗普 及其追随者在抱怨烟雾弥漫的空气时，不应看向北方，而应向下看。
正如研究明确指出的，像目前在安大略省西北部及加拿大其他地区肆虐的山火所产生的排放量中，约四分之三并非来自燃烧的树木和地表植被，而是来自锁在土壤中的碳。
这一令人震惊的结果得到了加拿大 2023 年创纪录火灾季的实地数据支持，对于未来每个人对北方森林山火的预期具有重大意义。
它强调了一个现实：在未来几年里，将有大量烟雾飘向北美城市。而且其产生与林业管理实践几乎没有关系。
“公众对火灾的认知与现实大相径庭，”汉密尔顿 麦克马斯特大学 的遥感专家、该研究的共同负责人 Alemu Gonsamo 表示。
该研究周一发表在《地球物理研究快报》杂志上，是一项为期三年的努力的结晶，旨在为日益增加的大陆规模烟雾事件提供具体的数据支持。
SOIL, A6
德国 柏林骄傲节袭击案嫌疑人被警方击毙，全市陷入震惊
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爱尔兰 幸存者希望新实验室能为 Tuam 墓地提供答案
商业报告 高管们越来越多地选择现金奖金而非股票奖励
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GATHIE FALK, THEATRE IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR: LIGHT BULBS WITH GRASS, 1984, OIL ON CANVAS, 199.7 × 169.5 CM. PURCHASED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, 1984. MACDONALD STEWART ART CENTRE COLLECTION AT THE ART GALLERY OF GUELPH （加希·福克，《黑白彩色剧场：草地上的灯泡》，1984年，布面油画，199.7 × 169.5 厘米。由加拿大艺术理事会资助购买，1984年。圭尔夫美术馆麦克唐纳-斯图尔特艺术中心藏品）
在整个七月，我们将展出来自圭尔夫美术馆（Art Gallery of Guelph）的艺术作品，该馆是加拿大顶尖的文化空间之一。AGG 涵盖了历史和当代艺术，拥有超过 11,000 件艺术品，并拥有加拿大公共艺术博物馆中最大的雕塑公园。该馆汇集了来自加拿大及海外的多元艺术之声，从早期收购的汤姆·汤姆森（Tom Thomson）和七人画派（Group of Seven）成员的作品，到原住民、梅蒂斯（Métis）和因纽特（Inuit）艺术家的当代作品。artgalleryofguelph.ca
加希·福克（Gathie Falk）是一位常驻温哥华的画家、雕塑家、装置艺术家和行为艺术家，她将日常物品和材料转化为意想不到的艺术作品。1972, 福克女士开始了她的《剧场》（Theatre）系列，使用这个词是为了唤起通过不寻常的并置而产生的紧张感和安静的戏剧效果。在她的绘画《黑白彩色剧场：草地上的灯泡》中，悬挂在草地表面的灯泡以鲜艳的色彩呈现，使熟悉的物体显得焕然一新。
TYLER DAWSON
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Alberta’s federalists have a key asset on their side in Trump and his tariff provocations A11 （观点：在唐纳德·特朗普及其关税挑衅中，阿尔伯塔省的联邦主义者拥有一个关键的筹码）
The Globe and Mail is committed to maintaining the highest ethical, legal and editorial standards. 《环球邮报》致力于维持最高标准的伦理、法律和编辑规范。 SANDRA E. MARTIN, STANDARDS EDITOR, standardseditor@globeandmail.com
被列入世界遗产名录
KIM TONG-HYUNG 韩国首尔
在周日于韩国举行的一场审查数十项提名申请的联合国委员会会议上，法国北部的第二次世界大战D-日登陆海滩以及希腊标志性的奥林匹斯山被列入世界遗产名录。
联合国教科文组织（UNESCO）委员会在釜山举行会议，直至周三。该委员会还将其列入了日本古代都城飞鸟和藤原，以及南苏丹的博马-巴丁吉洛迁移景观（Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape），后者拥有世界上最大规模的陆地哺乳动物迁徙之一，也是该国首次被列入世界遗产名录。
法国的认定涵盖了诺曼底（Normandy）的五处登陆海滩——奥马哈、犹他、宝剑、金滩和朱诺——6, 1944, 超过 150,000 名盟军部队在此登陆，此外还包括奥克角（Pointe du Hoc）攻击地点，这些地点在第二次世界大战期间将西欧从纳粹占领中解放出来的战役中都至关重要。
负责评估提交给遗产委员会申请的国际古迹遗址理事会（ICOMOS）表示，这些遗址包含大量遗迹，从德国防御工事和被炸弹摧毁的地貌，到盟军港口结构和沉船，标志着一个“被广泛认为实现了自由回归并预示了欧洲大陆持久和平的事件”。ICOMOS 还呼吁加强对这些遗址的监测和保护工作，理由是旅游业、气候变化和海平面上升以及该区域附近风电场的开发带来了潜在威胁。
法国驻联合国教科文组织常驻代表 Ahlem Gharbi 表示，诺曼底登陆标志着从全球冲突向建立在和平与安全基础上的战后秩序的转折点，在国际危机和战争升级的时刻，这些遗址的认定具有额外的意义。
奥林匹斯山的列入世界遗产名录，是对希腊为使其最高峰获得文化与自然双重遗产认可而进行的 12 年努力的奖励。这座山是神话中 12 位奥林匹斯神的家园，从接近海平面的基底升至 2,918 米，被认为是众神之王宙斯的宝座，同时还拥有丰富的生物多样性。
日本奈良县西部的指定地点涵盖了 6 世纪至 8 世纪飞鸟和藤原都城的 19 处考古遗址，日本在此模仿中国制度建立了其第一个中央集权国家。这些遗址保存了基本被埋藏的皇宫、政府办公地、佛教寺庙和坟墓，这些都城影响了后来的奈良和京都。
据联合国教科文组织称，南苏丹的博马-巴丁吉洛遗址包含由季节性降雨和洪水动态塑造的广阔湿地、冲积平原和稀树草原，据估计有六百万只白耳柯比羊、tiang 羚和蒙加拉瞪羚根据环境条件的变化在景观中迁徙。它还为大象、狮子、猎豹和其他野生动物提供了栖息地，同时支持着几个世纪以来依靠放牧、耕种和捕鱼为生的各种族社区。
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证据显示， 规律饮用咖啡 可能对心脏有益 A12
5, 2024, 在法国维耶尔叙美尔，一名第101空降师成员在日出时分眺望奥马哈海滩，当日为D-日登陆80周年前夕。WIN MCNAMEE/GETTY IMAGES
CHRIS CASSIN
加拿大可以成为 最有意义的 非军事氦-3 生产国 B4
这名拥有黎巴嫩血统的德国公民在经历了近 24 小时的搜寻后被击毙
GEIR MOULSON KIRSTEN GRIESHABER STEFANIE DAZIO 柏林
当局表示，在周日于该市郊区的一次对峙中，警方枪杀了柏林骄傲节致命袭击案的嫌疑人，此次袭击造成 1 人死亡，29 人受伤。
阿卜杜勒·巴卢特（Abdul Ballout）是一名拥有黎巴嫩血统的德国公民，在柏林市中心发生袭击后，经过近 24 小时的搜寻，他被击毙。检察官表示，他此前曾试图加入激进的伊斯兰国组织。
当局认为这是一起伊斯兰极端主义恐怖袭击。巴卢特先生涉嫌在周六晚上将一辆面包车冲进柏林骄傲节附近的人群，随后显然又用砍刀刺伤他人。
内政部长亚历山大·多布林特（Alexander Dobrindt）表示，袭击发生地距离勃兰登堡门附近一个旨在为该市骄傲节收尾的派对仅数百米之遥。
柏林警方在 X 平台上写道，巴卢特先生于周日下午 6 点左右在柏林郊区斯潘道（Spandau）的一个花园中被追踪到。警方称，他显然拿着一件锐器向警员冲来，警方开火至少一枪。他在现场死亡。
部长表示，巴卢特先生出生在德国。他的母亲于 2002 年入籍，比他出生早三年。
26 岁的英国居民阿什利·贾姆普（Ashley Jump）前往柏林参加周六的骄傲游行，但在袭击发生前已离开庆典。他们于周日返回，在犯罪现场附近的纪念碑前献花，以支持 LGBTQ+ 群体。
“他们永远无法抹除我们，我们永远不会消失，”他们说。“只要人类存在，我们就存在。只要人类存在，我们就会存在。我们不会被剔除。”
巴卢特先生于 2025 年前往黎巴嫩，目的是以...
谈判显示出进展迹象
SAMY MAGDY CARA ANNA WASHINGTON
美国和伊朗在周日连续第二天暂停攻击，双方正继续努力重启关于一项临时停火协议的谈判，而该协议在很大程度上已被近期的交火所破坏。
目前尚不清楚美国为何在针对伊朗沿海地区和基础设施进行袭击后选择暂停。此前，由于伊朗向试图通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只开火，引发了近两周的局势升级。五角大楼未对相关提问做出回应。
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普正在“给谈判留出空间。他给了它一点余地，”美国驻联合国大使迈克·沃尔茨（Mike Waltz）告诉福克斯新闻（Fox News）。
“在过去的几周里，尤其是过去几天，阿曼、伊朗以及我们的许多其他谈判代表在各个层面都参与了接触，从最高级别一直到技术层面。”
沃尔茨先生否认了关于美国在防御伊朗袭击中至关重要的拦截弹储备不足的说法，但专家们质疑美国和伊朗双方能承受持续攻击的时间有多长。
伊朗军队发言人在周日告知伊朗国家电视台，由于美国在过去两晚停止了攻击，伊朗也同样停止了攻击。
近日，德黑兰对该地区托管美国军事力量的国家发动了反击，在约旦的一个基地造成至少三名军人死亡，在伊拉克造成一名军人死亡。
两国在6月中旬签署临时协议后开始的 60 天期限目前已进入后半段。由于调解方试图让双方保持对话，原本应在谈判中解决的主要问题——特别是处于紧张局势核心的伊朗核计划——仍被搁置。
一名参与调解工作的地区官员表示，外交努力正在进行中，美国和伊朗暂停空袭是一个“积极信号，有助于其化解紧张局势的努力”。
该官员表示，两国都希望回归临时停火协议，目前正在谈判的妥协方案集中在由伊朗运行通过霍尔木兹海峡的船只转运，并减少对船只的限制。该官员未获授权讨论此事，并在匿名条件下发表评论。
我们在过去的几周里，尤其是过去几天，让阿曼、伊朗以及我们的许多其他谈判代表在各个层面都参与了接触，从最高级别一直到技术层面。
迈克·沃尔茨 (MIKE WALTZ) 美国驻联合国大使
[[IMG_XXXX]] 周日，在柏林骄傲游行（Pride March）中发生汽车冲入人群事件后，人们聚集在勃兰登堡门外举行支持 LGBTQ+ 社区的示威活动。EBRAHIM NOROOZI/AP PHOTO
[[IMG_XXXX]] 周日，武装警察在柏林郊区施潘道（Spandau）的一座花园中巡逻，该致命袭击案的主嫌疑人在此被击毙。JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
柏林检察官周日表示，他在前往叙利亚加入伊斯兰国（Islamic State）组织期间，在那里与数名被推定为该武装组织成员的人员取得了联系——或者至少他认为他们是成员。他在去年被黎巴嫩逮捕，并被军事法庭判处三个月监禁，罪名包括煽动宗教和教派冲突。
对海峡航运的担忧仍在持续，现在又波及该地区另一条关键水道——通往红海的曼德海峡（Bab al-Mandeb strait）。也门境内受伊朗支持的胡塞武装上周威胁要封锁当地的沙特航运。
由于汽油价格再次上涨，全球能源供应和经济依然处于不确定状态。一个由美国海军监管的海事机构周日表示，霍尔木兹海峡（Strait of Hormuz）的商业航运流量处于三周低点，并补充说在过去的 72 小时内尚未确认有新的袭击。该机构称，通过曼德海峡的交通量保持稳定。
伊朗周日表示，其继续与阿曼就管理霍尔木兹海峡（该海峡位于两国之间）船只的安全通过问题进行沟通。伊朗外交部发言人伊斯梅尔·巴盖伊（Esmail Baghaei）表示，谈判已取得进展并仍在继续。巴盖伊还表示，海峡的状态保持不变。德黑兰方面坚称，与美国的临时协议允许其目前管理该水道的航运，并反对美国支持一条经过阿曼附近的海峡航线。在战争之前，该海峡被视为国际水道。美国军方周六表示，其最近重新实施的针对伊朗的海上封锁仍在继续，已有 12 艘商业船只被重新引导，2 艘被禁用，2 艘被登临检查。美军补充称，部队“保持高度警惕、专注、致命且准备就绪”。
与此同时，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）的办公室表示，他计划前往美国，于周二在华盛顿与唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）会面。两人上次在华盛顿会面是在 2 月，在那之后的几周内，他们发起了针对伊朗的战争，导致包括最高领袖阿里·哈梅内伊（Ayatollah Ali Khamenei）在内的多名高级领导人丧生。战争开始两天后，受伊朗支持的真主党向以色列开火，以色列则以空袭和在黎巴嫩南部的地面部队予以回应。自那时起，美国支持黎巴嫩与以色列之间开展具有里程碑意义的直接谈判，试图平息该战线并寻找解除真主党武装的方法。
内塔尼亚胡周日在福克斯新闻（Fox News）中表示，他“完全”支持唐纳德·特朗普削弱伊朗并向其施压以终止其核计划的努力，并补充道：“如果他能在不恢复激烈军事战斗的情况下做到这一点，那是极好的。为什么不呢？”总理暗示他不会向“我们的好朋友”唐纳德·特朗普提供新信息，而是会倾听“他的想法，因为我认为在许多方面，这是他的决定”。但内塔尼亚胡警告说，如果伊朗再次直接或通过武装代理人袭击以色列，“那将是一个可怕的错误”。
美联社（ASSOCIATED PRESS）
他在服刑完毕后返回德国，随后在柏林机场被捕。
检察官表示，今年 5 月，柏林一家少年法庭判定巴卢特（Mr. Ballout）先生准备实施危及国家的严重暴力行为，以及在 Instagram 账号上发布伊斯兰国宣传资料等罪名成立。
法院判处其一年缓刑及——
10 个月的青少年拘留， 柏林检察官此前对此提出了上诉。 法院表示，在裁决中考虑到了巴卢特（Mr. Ballout）在德国和黎巴嫩数月的审前羁押情况。法院还认为，巴卢特已承认犯罪，似乎已与该激进组织脱离关系，且从未产生实际威胁。 他在等待上诉期间被释放。 据警方称，一辆白色货车在晚上 10 点左右驶入蒂尔加滕公园（Tiergarten park），撞击了数人，随后撞上一棵树。当时，名为“克里斯托弗大街日”（Christopher Street Day）的骄傲节闭幕派对正在不远处的勃兰登堡门附近举行。在此之前的白天，一场拥有约 80 辆卡车的游行队伍已穿过了柏林市中心。 袭击事件并非发生在节日现场、游行路线上或闭幕派对上。相反，暴力事件发生在几百米外的蒂尔加滕公园的一条小径上。货车冲进了一群人群中，这些人可能是节日参与者与当地居民或游客的混合群体。 警方 表示 一名 女性
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
哈马斯运营的内政部和医护人员表示，周六的一次以色列空袭导致加沙地带北部哈马斯领导的警察部队负责人、准将阿卜杜勒-纳赛尔·阿尔-马卡德马（Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma）丧生。他们称，也被称为加沙地带北部省长的阿尔-马卡德马准将是在加齐市北部的谢赫·拉德万（Sheikh Radwan）地区被以色列空袭杀害的。医护人员表示，另一次以色列袭击在加沙地带中部的努塞拉特（Nu-seirat）难民营杀害了一名巴勒斯坦医护人员。他们补充说，一名上周被以色列空袭 wounding 的警员已于周六去世。医护人员称，以色列的一次空袭还导致该地区南部汗尤尼斯（Khan Younis）的一栋房屋内两人死亡，使周六的死亡人数增加至至少四人。以色列军方未立即对任何事件发表评论。在过去几个月中，以色列已经杀害了数十名哈马斯领导的警察部队成员（包括高级官员），指控其中许多人是哈马斯武装翼成员，对以色列及其在加沙内部的部队构成了迫在眉睫的威胁。哈马斯方面表示，以色列对警察部队及其总部的袭击旨在该地区制造混乱和无政府状态，并违反了由美国斡旋的十月停火协议。根据加沙卫生官员的数据，自以色列与哈马斯武装分子于十月生效停火协议以来，已有 1,180 多名巴勒斯坦人（其中大多数为平民）在以色列的袭击中丧生。哈马斯通常不披露其损失。停火协议停止了全面战争，但并未结束近乎每日一次的以色列袭击。在同一时期，有四名以色列士兵在加沙被武装分子杀害。包括埃及、卡塔尔、土耳其和美国在内的调解方一直试图推进美国总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）结束加沙冲突的计划，该计划要求哈马斯解除武装并由以色列撤军，但这些努力几乎没有取得进展的迹象。根据以色列的统计，这场战争始于哈马斯领导的战士袭击以色列南部，导致 1,200 人死亡并劫持了约 250 名人质。加沙卫生官员称，以色列随后的攻势已导致 73,000 多名巴勒斯坦人丧生。在 2023 年哈马斯袭击以色列南部之后，经历了以色列为期两年的军事袭击而化为废墟，以色列实际上控制了这一狭小沿海地带估计 64% 的地区。目前，加沙近两百万人口几乎都生活在由哈马斯控制的一小片土地上，主要居住在临时帐篷或受损建筑中，面临着极其恶劣的条件。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 医护人员称，以色列的一次空袭还导致该地区南部汗尤尼斯（Khan Younis）的一栋房屋内两人死亡，使周六的死亡人数增加至至少四人。
丧生。周日下午，数百名哀悼者在标志性的门前聚集参加纪念活动。他们互相拥抱，摆放鲜花、蜡烛、彩虹旗和自制标语，其中一块纸板标语上写着：“唯一比恨更强大的力量是爱。”周六有数十万人来到柏林庆祝，但目前尚不清楚到深夜仍有多少人留在节日现场。这是欧洲最大的 LGBTQ+ 庆祝活动之一。“我们对发生的事情感到震惊，”全国主要 LGBTQ+ 协会 LSVD+ 的一名高级官员安德烈·莱曼（Andre Lehmann）说。“这次疑似袭击击中了酷儿社区的核心。”总理弗里德里希·默茨（Friedrich Merz）敦促国家在袭击发生后保持团结。“我想对柏林以及德国各地的克里斯托弗大街日（Christopher Street Day）参与者说：不要让自己，不要让我们……
“我们不能被恐吓，”他说。“这些行径只有一个目的：旨在分裂我们的社会。他们想夺走我们最重要的一样东西，即我们的开放和自由。”多布林特先生表示，他预计德国其他重大活动（包括其他地区的骄傲节活动）的安全措施将得到重新评估，并在必要时大幅增强。柏林此前曾发生过伊斯兰极端主义袭击。在 2016 年 12 月，一名来自突尼斯的被拒绝接收的寻求庇护者驾驶一辆劫持的卡车冲进圣诞市场，导致 13 人死亡，数十人受伤。几天后，他在意大利的一场枪击战中被击毙。去年 2 月，一名西班牙游客在柏林的犹太人大屠杀纪念馆被刺成重伤，该袭击案中一名叙利亚男子于 3 月被定罪并被判处 13 年监禁。本周，阿姆斯特丹将在举办年度骄傲节庆祝活动的同时，举办世界骄傲节。市长费姆克·哈尔塞玛（Femke Halsema）表示，在柏林袭击事件后，当局和组织者“正密切监测安全形势”，但旨在防止任何额外措施妨碍人们庆祝自由与爱。
将在安大略省、 魁北克省和 不列颠哥伦比亚省选区举行
自由党希望夺回魁北克省的一个前保守党席位
MAURA FORREST
总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）希望通过在下议院于今年秋季复会前举行三场补选，来巩固其政府微弱的多数席位，其中包括一个自由党试图从保守党手中夺回的魁北克省席位。在周日的一份新闻稿中，总理宣布，补选将于 31 日在不列颠哥伦比亚省的北温哥华-卡皮拉诺（North Vancouver–Capilano）选区、多伦多的海滩-东约克（Beaches–East York）选区以及魁北克省萨格奈（Saguenay）地区的希库蒂米-勒峡湾（Chicoutimi–Le Fjord）选区举行。由于另有四个席位已经或即将空缺（其中几个由反对党议员持有），此次补选可能会扩大自由党在秋季议会会议前的多数席位优势。其中两场竞选将在自由党的安全选区举行。前部长乔纳森·威尔金森（Jonathan Wilkinson）在 4 月被任命为加拿大驻欧盟大使后辞去了其在不列颠哥伦比亚省的席位；而同样曾任部长的纳撒尼尔·厄斯金-史密斯（Nathaniel Erskine-Smith）在本月早些时候辞去了其多伦多的席位。但自 2018 年起由前保守党议员理查德·马特尔（Richard Martel）持有的希库蒂米-勒峡湾选区，为自由党提供了一个利用卡尼先生人气之便的机会，因为保守党在民调中处于落后状态。卡尼先生在本月早些时候任命马特尔先生进入参议院。民调汇总网站 338Canada 目前将该选区列为自由党、保守党和魁北克联盟（Bloc Québécois）之间的势均力敌之战。“这实际上是一个夺取席位的机会，” The Writ 的创建者、民调分析师埃里克·格雷尼耶（Éric Grenier）表示。“考虑到他们向马特尔提供了一个参议院席位，这似乎是他们计算的一部分。”希库蒂米-勒峡湾是一个法语人口密集的选区，包含萨格奈市的一部分，在过去 20 年中多次变换政治归属。2004 到 2011 年间，该选区由魁北克联盟持有，但在 2011 年选举的“橙色波涛”（Orange Wave）期间投票给了新民主党（NDP），随后在 2015. 年转交给自由党。马特尔先生是一位著名的冰球教练，被保守党招募为明星候选人，并在 2018 年的一次补选中赢得了该选区。格雷尼耶先生表示，尽管卡尼先生的法语不稳，且偶尔出现的失误显得与该省“脱节”，但自由党若能在那里获胜，将标志着该党在魁北克省的强势地位。“这不是一个蒙特利尔选区，也不是一个郊区选区。这是一个非常讲法语、具有民族主义色彩的席位。”他补充说，这对保守党党魁皮埃尔·波利耶夫（Pierre Poilievre）将是“又一次打击”，因为自去年秋天以来，波利耶夫已经失去了四名跨党派加入自由党的议员。在 4 月，当自由党横扫三场补选（包括在蒙特利尔郊区、曾是魁北克联盟大本营的特雷本（Terrebonne）的一场激战）后，卡尼先生确保了多数政府地位。这些胜利使自由党达到了 174 个席位，比获得多数席位所需的 172 个席位门槛多出 2 个。随着前环境部长史蒂文·吉尔博（Steven Guilbeault）预计在今年夏天晚些时候离职，自由党需要赢得这三场补选中的至少一场，才能在下议院保留超过半数的席位。不过，其他空缺将通过削减反对党的规模（至少在暂时意义上）而对自由党产生利好。前新民主党议员亚历山大·布勒里斯（Alexandre Boulerice）将辞去其蒙特利尔选区，参加今年秋天魁北克省选举的省议员竞选。萨斯喀彻温省保守党议员卡泰·瓦根塔尔（Cathay Wagantall）也将在 31 日卸任。与此同时，另一个魁北克选区也因魁北克联盟议员西蒙-皮埃尔·萨瓦尔-特兰布莱（Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay）辞职而空缺，他正在参加魁北克省选举的魁北克党（Parti Québécois）竞选。但卡尼先生已选择暂时不对该选区（一个相当安全的魁北克联盟席位）举行补选。如果
格雷尼尔（Mr. Grenier）先生表示，自由党将这四个空缺或即将空缺席位的补选推迟到10月魁北克省选举之后，“他们是在为秋季获得更广泛的多数席位做准备”。格雷尼尔先生表示，卡尼（Mr. Carney）先生决定不对另一个魁北克空缺席位进行投票，这也可能使自由党在希库蒂米-乐峡湾（Chicoutimi–Le Fjord）选区面对魁北克党（Bloc）时占据优势。各政党的支出限制基于其参选候选人的选区数量，但他们可以随意支配这些资金。他指出，在这种情况下，自由党可以将全部三场补选的资金投入到魁北克省的竞选中，而魁北克党的支出限制则会低得多，因为该党不在魁北克以外的地区推选候选人。周日，魁北克党领袖伊夫·弗朗索瓦·布朗舍（Yves François Blanchet）表示，卡尼先生决定在夏季举行补选竞选，显示出对“民主辩论的完全漠视”。布朗舍先生在的一份声明中表示：“他不想让人们关注他的过往记录。”自由党近期公布了三个席位的候选人名单，其中包括卡尼先生的前副幕僚长布雷登·凯利（Braeden Caley），他将参选卑诗省（B.C.）的选区。该党在希库蒂米-乐峡湾选区的候选人是丹尼尔·戈贝（Daniel Gobeil），一名奶农及魁北克牛奶生产商代表组织的前任主席。魁北克党在该选区的候选人卡罗琳·杜贝（Caroline Dubé）于周日公布，保守党候选人雷吉斯·戈德罗（Régis Gaudreault）也于同日公布。自由党在海滩-东约克（Beaches–East York）选区的候选人是坦维尔·沙纳瓦兹（Tanveer Shahnawaz），他此前管理过埃尔斯金-史密斯（Mr. Erskine-Smith）先生的选区办公室。保守党尚未公布该选区的候选人，且在周日未立即回应置评请求。他们在北温哥华-卡皮拉诺（North Vancouver–Capilano）选区的候选人是律师斯蒂芬·库兰（Stephen Curran）。格雷尼尔先生表示，多伦多的选区对自由党来说可能会是一场轻松的胜利，但同时也将是对新任党魁艾薇·刘易斯（Avi Lewis）领导下新民主党（NDP）实力的一次考验。他说：“这是他们应该取得体面结果的选区。而且，如果新民主党想要在多伦多再次赢得席位，他们至少应该在海滩-东约克选区有所建树。”
希库蒂米-乐峡湾（Chicoutimi–Le Fjord）是一个法语人口密集的选区，包含萨格奈（Saguenay）市的部分地区，在过去的二十年里多次改变政治倾向。
独木舟运动员、皮划艇运动员和水手在多伦多滨水区聚集，庆祝联邦政府否决比利·毕晓普机场（Billy Bishop airport）的扩建计划。NIC HOTCHKISS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
MEERA RAMAN
原本打算抗议扩建比利·毕ショップ多伦多市机场（Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport）的活动，在周日变成了一场庆祝会。此前，联邦政府于周五宣布拒绝了安大略省允许该市中心滨水机场起降喷气机的提案。
数百人聚集在多伦多滨水区的港口广场公园（Harbour Square Park），手持蓝色“多伦多不要喷气机”（No Jets T.O.）的标牌，这些标牌数月来一直点缀在多伦多各地的前院草坪上。
与之前抗议该提案的口号不同，与会者在欢呼，拥抱邻居，并庆祝他们称之为经过数月运动后赢得的一场艰苦胜利。
“这本来是一次集会，现在却成了一场庆祝活动，”代表滨水区 Spadina–Fort York 选区的新民主党（NDP）省议员 Chris Glover 说道。
多伦多市长 Olivia Chow 长期反对在比利·毕ショップ机场引入喷气机，她参加了此次活动，与居民和组织者在一起，称联邦政府的决定是多伦多社区的胜利。
这次庆祝活动发生在交通部长 Steve MacKinnon 表示渥太华目前不会推进安大略省省长 Doug Ford 扩建机场以容纳喷气机提案的两天后。一名高级政府消息人士告诉《环球邮报》（The Globe and Mail），该决定是在一次联邦公众咨询之后做出的，此次咨询吸引了约 87,000 份回复，其中绝大多数是反对扩建的多伦多居民。
“这次调查是联邦政府的一次‘温度测试’，而目前在这个问题上的温度显然是非常激烈的——”
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尽管中东战争使双边关系承受沉重压力，以色列仍向加拿大推介自己作为一个技术合作伙伴，能够提供切实可行的解决方案和更安全的人工智能。
“加拿大和以色列都是非常希望出口技术、开拓新市场并解决其他地区同样存在的问题的国家，”以色列大使伊多·莫埃德（Iddo Moed）告诉加拿大新闻社（The Canadian Press）。
莫埃德先生表示，他的国家与加拿大的关系处于近 80 年外交关系中的最低点。加拿大指责以色列严重违反国际法，而以色列则认为渥太华采取的步骤破坏了和平前景。
总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）从未与其以色列同行本雅明·内塔尼亚胡（Benjamin Netanyahu）进行过正式通话或会晤，后者目前面临国际刑事法院的逮捕令。
卡尼先生指责内塔尼亚胡政府通过反复限制向巴勒斯坦人提供基本援助，未能防止加沙地带的人道主义危机。外交部长安妮塔·阿南德（Anita Anand）在5月表示，以色列对待参与试图抵达加沙船队的加拿大公民的方式违反了《维也纳公约》。
以色列则称，加拿大通过日益增加的批评、在联合国投票中撤回支持以及正式承认巴勒斯坦国，正在破坏该地区的和平。
莫埃德先生表示，他仍然相信卡尼政府在人工智能方面与以色列合作具有一定兴趣，这可能涉及各公司共同协作以增强防御网络攻击的能力。他表示以——
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反对者认为，该提案将增加飞机噪音，威胁滨水公共空间，损害环境，并破坏在多伦多滨水区建设住宅的计划。
75, 岁的金妮·汤姆森（Ginny Thomson）是“现在就为气候行动争取权益的长者”（Seniors for Climate Action Now）倡议组织的成员，她表示该组织在加拿大境内大约 800 名成员中的许多人都住在比利·毕晓普机场附近，并担心空中交通增加对健康产生的影响。
“我们感到欣喜，但我们也保持警惕，”汤姆森女士在谈到麦金农（MacKinnon）周五的决定时说。“我们确实需要一次胜利，我认为这向人们证明，如果他们组织起来、动员起来并坚持下去，我们是可以获胜的。”
尽管如此，该问题可能尚未解决。《环球邮报》周六报道称，安大略省认为渥太华使用“在现阶段”这一措辞，为未来重新审视喷气机扩建留下了可能性。
“联邦政府昨天关于比利·毕晓普机场（Billy Bishop Airport）的公告令人失望，”多伦多地区商会主席兼首席执行官吉尔斯·格森（Giles Gherson）在一份声明中表示，并警告称该决定将阻碍机场的现代化能力，以及服务于一个不断增长地区的需要。
40, 岁的杰里米·冯·霍伦（Jeremy von Hollen）在多伦多滨水区生活了十多年，即使在得知提案被否决后，仍觉得有必要参加周日的活动。“我们就住在滨水区，我们非常热爱这里。在安大略广场（Ontario Place）被破坏之后，现在是一个真正采取行动的机会。所以”
“这就是我们来到这里的原因，”他说道。
28 岁的 Karishma Porwal 利用她在 Instagram 上拥有超过 134,000 名粉丝的平台，鼓励人们反对该提案，她表示自己对出席人数感到惊讶。
“我原以为人们可能不会出来，因为我们已经赢了。但这里有这么多人，”她说道。“庆祝我们的声音确实起作用了，这一点很重要。”
她表示，周日的集会也提醒了政府，公众对于扩建机场的反对情绪依然强烈。
“我们在这里，下次你们再尝试这样做时，我们会一次又一次地出现。”
在比利·毕晓普机场（Billy Bishop Airport）引入喷气式飞机的提案已成为福特先生政府的优先事项。该政府通过了立法，允许省政府在管理该机场的三方协议中接替多伦多的角色；该协议还包括联邦政府和联邦机构多伦多港务局（Toronto Port Authority）。
去年，多伦多批准延长机场跑道，以符合加拿大交通部（Transport Canada）的安全规则。
麦金农先生周五表示，渥太华的关注重点仍然仅在于这些安全升级。他还表示，任何关于机场的计划都需要反映在咨询过程中提出的担忧，包括噪音、环境影响、住房和生活质量。
组织者表示，周日的庆祝活动也是一个提醒，即他们的斗争可能尚未结束。格洛弗先生说，如果安大略省政府试图重启该提案，“他们将付出巨大的政治代价。”“今天我们庆祝，但这件事我们绝不会放松警惕。”
以色列科技公司还可以帮助加拿大市政府利用数据更好地管理道路交通流量。
莫埃德先生表示，以色列公司还希望与加拿大在以色列的“居家医院”概念上开展合作，该概念涉及通过可穿戴设备和视频通话监测具有急性或慢性需求的患者。他表示，以色列公司已经在欧洲和美国运行了居家医院试点项目，并有兴趣在加拿大的各省开展同样的项目。“很多时候，以色列人在为重大问题寻找快速解决方案方面处于领先地位，”莫埃德先生说。
他的使馆正努力将两国的公司联系起来，希望以色列的创新能从加拿大更庞大的人口以及进入美国市场的渠道中获益——即便华盛顿正在颠覆大陆贸易。
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气候灾难的赌注 预计到今年年底 仅在 Kalshi 平台上 就将吸引 $1
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本月，来自安大略省森林火灾的浓烟飘至纽约，使天空变成了朦胧的橙色。业余足球赛被取消。公共图书馆和当地警察局分发口罩。而在 Polymarket 上，人们则在押注纽约危险的空气质量何时会改善，三天内投注金额近 $54,000。
预测市场让用户能够极其轻易地对现实世界事件的结果进行赌博。这些在线平台——以最大的两个平台 Polymarket 和 Kalshi 为首——在过去一年中人气爆炸式增长。根据皮尤研究中心（Pew Research Center）的数据，2025 中期，其全球月投注总额达到了 $2。到今年 4 月，这一数字已接近 $24。
绝大多数赌注集中在体育和政治上，例如世界杯冠军（投注额 $5.7）或埃塞俄比亚的下一任总理（$229 及零头）。但现在，人们也可以将钱投在天气灾难上。其中包括：今年是否会有 5 级飓风袭击美国？本月全球是否会发生 8.0 级地震？2027 年之前洛杉矶是否会发生地震？或者 2030 之前日本是否会发生？北极海冰如何——在夏季结束前是否会退缩 500 万平方公里以上？去年，仅在 Kalshi 的气候相关市场中，人们就赌了近 $240。到 2026 年底，这一数字有望突破 $1。
尽管预测市场在很大程度上对加拿大人关闭（他们只能通过虚拟私人网络伪装位置来访问这些总部位于美国的平台），但 Kalshi 已与 Wealthsimple 合作，将于今年推出一款应用。Wealthsimple Predict 将不允许体育博彩，但将允许气候相关的交易。
“极端天气灾难的数量在增加，对人们的影响也在增加，”自然保护协会（Nature Conservancy）首席科学家、气候研究员 Katharine Hayhoe 表示。“所以，如果你在寻找一个情况越来越糟、且能为你提供越来越多投注机会的事情，我很遗憾地告诉你，气候变化提供了这些机会。”
Kalshi 并没有回避建立这种联系。该预测市场聘请了卢卡·莫德里奇（Luka Modric）担任品牌大使，在世界杯期间，Kalshi 在美国电波中铺天盖地地播放广告，画面是这位克罗地亚足球之星在手机上考虑一项赌注。广告问道：“2026 将成为有记录以来最热的一年吗？” 赔率压倒性地倾向于“是”。
顺便一提，莫德里奇在多伦多参加了他的最后一场世界杯比赛，当时该市正处于极端高温警告之下，湿度使得体感温度达到了 44 C，城市组织者取消了户外观赛派对的计划，而水分补充休息时间则显得完全合理。
对可能致命的温度和气候灾难进行押注，看起来阴沉且虚无主义。
“整个赛事期间，高温纪录被不断刷新，而广告似乎对这种讽刺完全不自知，”Hayhoe 女士说。“这就像是在赌自己的房子是否会被摧毁。这需要一种心理距离。”
显然，很多人已经实现了这种心理距离。据《永恒》杂志（Aeon Magazine）报道，去年年初，人们在 Polymarket 上赌洛杉矶毁灭性山火的持续时间和后果，两周内投注额超过 $1.2。而且很快，他们就能在一个名为 Wyldfyre 的新预测市场上进行投注。
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该平台刚刚推出，重点关注加利福尼亚州的火灾。其标语是：“你无法预测山火，但你可以对其进行交易。”
海尤女士担心，气候预测市场的增长可能会激励人们操纵结果。在加利福尼亚州，大约 90 的山火是由人类引起的。其中绝大多数是意外造成的，由焚烧垃圾、篝火或性别揭晓烟花引发。由于纵火引起的情况不足 10。
然而，今年 4 月，一名神秘交易员涉嫌通过篡改巴黎一个气象站的数据，获利 $21,000。该气象站的数据被用于结算 Polymarket 上关于每日最高气温的赌注。显然，有人使用打火机（或可能是吹风机）干扰传感器以赢取巨额奖金。
不过，这种天气投注还存在另一种更有前景且不那么具有犯罪色彩的可能性。哥伦比亚大学最近的一项研究发现，参与气候预测市场会增加人们对全球变暖的关注——甚至能争取到一些气候变化怀疑者的支持。哥伦比亚商学院的神经科学家、该研究的共同作者莫兰·塞尔夫（Moran Cerf）表示：“气候变化是对大脑而言最完美的问题，因为大脑非常不擅长思考自己的未来。预测市场是一种让我们将未来带入当下的机制。”
超过 1,000 名参与者每人获得了 $20，并被邀请对气候事件进行实际投注：例如，7 月是否将成为十年来的最热月份，或者 8 月的二氧化碳水平是否会超过某个特定阈值。一旦人们在其中有了财务利益，他们就开始研究过去的天气模式和平均海平面；他们开始学习空气污染物和全球变暖指数。塞尔夫先生说：“通过持有未来的‘股票’，人们变得更加意识到气候变化并对此感到担忧。”
事实证明，这在整个政治光谱中都成立。即使是那些怀疑人为引起气候变化的人——根据安格斯·里德（Angus Reid）的一项新民调，这类人数在加拿大正在增加——也开始转变看法。他说：“在通过科学赚钱的过程中，他们最终相信了科学。”他们还表现出对气候行动更大的支持，将赢得的奖金捐赠给了各种环保组织和支持该事业的政治人物。
这促使塞尔夫先生及其共同作者考虑一种新的可能性。如果人们不仅能赌气候灾难，还能赌气候解决方案——例如清洁能源目标或电动汽车的普及率——那么他们对这些解决方案的投入可能会进一步加深。研究人员甚至与 Polymarket 和 Kalshi 接触，建议设置不同的赌注，但到目前为止，对方的兴趣寥寥。塞尔夫先生说：“如果他们相信这些交易能赚钱，那么这可能会成为改变人们心理的绝佳经济工具。”这至少是一个相当不错的赌注。
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该面积是曼哈顿岛的 7 倍，是巴黎面积的 4 倍。 消防员驾驶卡车疾驰以扑灭复燃的火势，飞机在充满烟雾的空中轮流投下水和阻燃剂。农民用水罐向消防队运水，以便他们能不间断地与火焰搏斗。 “这样消防员就能专注于灭火，”葡萄种植者西奥·埃尔南德斯（Theo Hernandez）说道。“火势非常猛烈，极具破坏性，正在向四处蔓延。” 动员的消防员人数增加到 2,500 人，并由 18 架飞机和直升机提供支持，其中包括来自其他欧洲国家的支援。军队也已被召集。 一架巨大的 A400M 军用运输机投下了赭色的阻燃剂烟柱。 ฌironde (吉伦特省) 府表示，有 75 名消防员因受伤接受治疗。数百栋房屋已被摧毁。 当局表示，这次火灾在法国历史上首次惊人地在多次情况下演变成自给自足的火风暴，最近一次发生在周六晚上，并产生了可引发新复燃的闪电。 “这就像面对一场飓风，”ฌironde (吉伦特省) 消防局局长马克·费尔默伦（Marc Vermeulen）表示。 ฌironde (吉伦特省) 府长苏菲·布罗卡斯（Sophie Brocas）表示，从周二开始的预计高温可能会增加灭火的复杂程度。 她警告说，在火势得到控制之前，被撤离者将不被允许返回其城镇和村庄。 她敦促度假者不要前往该地区，这里拥有热门的大西洋海滩和法国最大的一些林地。 波尔多市长托马斯·卡泽纳夫（Thomas Cazenave）形容火灾已处于“大都市区的门口”，距离大约 15 公里
2023 年发生的事件是这项研究的核心动力。那年夏天，野火在加拿大境内共烧毁了 150,000 平方公里，约占该国森林面积的 4 百分之几，相当于新不伦瑞克省面积的两倍多。同年 6 月，魁北克北部的剧烈火灾喷出浓烟，使包括纽约和华盛顿在内的美国城市笼罩在有毒的阴霾之中。在其他地区，艾伯塔省、不列颠哥伦比亚省和西北地区的同样严重的火灾也增加了烟雾的产生。除了对空气质量的影响外，由于火灾释放的碳量巨大，其结果在全球范围内都具有重要意义。“2023. 年加拿大的火灾排放的碳量相当于一个大国的化石燃料排放量，”阿姆斯特丹自由大学的地球系统科学家、这项新研究的共同作者 Sander Veraverbeke 表示。
多个研究团队试图估算 2023 年加拿大火灾产生的总排放量。这可以通过多种方式实现。欧洲的哥白尼大气监测服务将基于空间的观测与计算机模型相结合，以测量火灾期间悬浮在大气中的微小含碳颗粒量。其他研究则依赖于一氧化碳浓度的测量，一氧化碳可作为燃烧的示踪气体。2024, 一项由美国国家航空航出局（NASA）喷气推进实验室研究人员主导的研究，将这种基于火灾副产物的“自上而下”方法与考虑总过火面积的“自下而上”方法进行了对比。结果显示，加拿大野火的总排放量在 469 million 到 639 million 吨碳之间。这大约相当于印度（全球第三大化石燃料排放国）年总碳排放量的三分之二。在这项新研究中，Gonsamo 博士及其同事试图确认这一数字，并更进一步：计算地上植被燃烧与土壤中碳排放对总排放量的各自贡献。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 一名消防员周日在法国波尔多 (Bordeaux) 附近约 30 公里的圣让-迪拉克 (Saint-Jean-d’Illac) 扑灭森林火灾。据估计，波尔多所在的法国 Gironde (吉伦特省) 地区已有 42,000 公顷土地被焚毁。 ROMAIN PERROCHEAU/ AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
如果想象篝火上燃烧的圆木，很难想象火底下的土地会对火产生的烟雾产生太大影响。然而，森林的燃烧并不像在裸地上生篝火那样。尽管可见森林的树枝、茎干和叶片中含有碳，但在经过多年积累而成的森林地表腐烂植被层中，蕴藏着规模更大、密度更高的碳库。如果土壤足够干燥，在森林火灾期间就会轻易燃烧，并且通常会释放出相对于地表植被而言大量的碳，包括以烟雾的形式释放。这种情况一直存在，但气候变化驱动的极端天气事件导致了更炎热和更干燥的时期，从而促进了土壤碳的燃烧。“即使你拥有大规模的资源来管理火灾或采取预防性”
“即便采取措施，我们也无法避免这种情况，”Gonsamo博士说道。为了准确确定大规模火灾期间释放了多少碳，Gonsamo博士及其同事依赖于麦克马斯特大学研究人员在 2021 年基于遥感数据编制的一份全加拿大土壤碳清单。他们还对 2023, 被焚毁的地区（特别是魁北克北部）进行了详细的野外实地考察。这使得他们能够将地下燃烧程度与土壤中的碳含量联系起来。该团队将其分析基于小至 30 乘 30 米的景观区域，以考虑到大面积区域内碳含量的差异性。他们还采用了机器学习技术来更广泛地应用这些结果。基于这一方法，团队发现 2023 年加拿大山火的地上贡献量等于 131 million 吨碳，而地下数值则高出三倍多，约占总排放量的 76 %。该小组发现，总排放量合计为 554 million 吨。虽然该研究未包含 2026 年的火灾，但清单显示，本月初导致美国城市出现大量浓烟的过火区域，其碳含量与魁北克过火区域处于相似水平。这表明，类似的
部分浓烟（约四分之三）源自地下碳。 曾为该项目提供建议的加拿大自然资源部退休研究科学家 Werner Kurz 指出，气候变化对山火产生了多种相互关联的影响。除了炎热干燥的天气增加了火灾严重程度外，相关条件还在降低地下水位并加速多年冻土的退缩，这两者都使得更多的土壤碳储备可被焚烧。 “我们可以自信地说，我们应该预料到这些景观将释放出更多碳，”Kurz博士说。 并非该研究成员的阿尔伯塔大学火灾科学家 Mike Flannigan 指出了“闪速干旱”（flash drought）现象，即由极高温度驱动的突然干燥。他表示，在此前可能因潮湿而缓解了燃烧程度的地区，这种情况可能会加剧形势。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 地表之下 一份关于西北安大略省土壤碳的详细地图显示，本月山火过火区域在土壤顶层 1 米内通常含有每平方米 20 至 60 kg 的碳。新研究表明，预计这可能占火灾总碳排放量（包括烟雾）的约四分之三。北部土壤每平方米碳含量超过 90 kg 的区域，在干燥到足以燃烧时，会产生更高的排放量。
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（在最近点）远离。 但 Cazenave 先生表示，目前还没有考虑疏散波尔多 (Bordeaux) 的计划。 这座城市拥有 268,000 名居民。 波尔多将一个展览中心改造成了应急避难所，为数千名疏散人员提供床铺和食物，其中包括从护理院疏散出的数百名老年人。 发生在更南端朗德 (Landes) 地区的第二场火灾也迫使 36,000 人撤离，使得法国西南部的流离失所人数总计超过 250,000 人。 消防人员也一直在奋战
在法国南部的瓦尔省及地中海沿岸地区，人们正努力扑灭一场大火。当地已有近 3,000 人被疏散。
在西班牙，马德里周边地区野火失控。周日，瓦伦西亚地区也进行了疏散。周六，在瓦伦西亚郊区马尼塞斯的一场野火中一名男子丧生，这是西班牙在最新一轮火灾中记录的第一例死亡病例。
“我们前方仍有困难的几个小时，”总理佩德罗·桑切斯（Pedro Sánchez）周日表示，但昨晚在“控制火势方面非常积极”。
政府表示，西班牙共有 76,000 人被疏散，另有 30,000 人被限制在家中。
被疏散者担心在获准返回时会看到什么样的景象。
“看起来就像世界末日。你什么也看不见，到处都被灰烬覆盖，”罗西奥·多明格斯（Rocío Domínguez）说道，她带着她的狗辛巴（Simba）从马德里西部的查皮内里亚（Chapinería）疏散。
“我们不知道回到镇上时，是房子被烧掉了一半，还是完好无损，或者根本没有房子了，”她说，“所有的衣服，所有的回忆，所有的一切。”
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烟雾弥漫 一项关于加拿大 2023 年创纪录火灾季排放的新 (2026) 研究，量化了地上植被和土壤碳的分别贡献。对早期研究的抽样显示，总排放量大致相似，但并未区分具体贡献。
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土壤排放 地上排放
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480 480
131 131
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法医考古学家 正在发掘埋葬在 圣玛丽未婚母亲之家 的儿童遗骸
PAUL WALDIE 欧洲特派记者 爱尔兰，图阿姆
帕特·达菲（Pat Duffy）在走过八张不锈钢桌子时试图克制自己的情绪，法医人类学家将在这里开始检查数百名被埋葬在爱尔兰西部这个角落、早已被遗忘的儿童遗骸。当他走过这些桌子、显微镜和测量设备时，脑海中唯一在想的是：“那可能就是我。”他以及圣玛丽母亲与婴儿之家（St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home）的其他数百名幸存者希望，这个新的法医实验室最终能揭开真相，查明在位于图阿姆小城郊外的这家机构中死亡的近 800 名儿童究竟发生了什么。
上周，达菲先生是 100 名参观该实验室并与法医团队成员会面的幸存者及家属之一，该团队将开始拼凑这些逝者的故事。相关人员表示，类似的技巧也可以在加拿大使用，以帮助确认在原住民寄宿学校失踪的数千名儿童的身份。
“这对我们所有人来说都是非常感性的一天，”74 岁的达菲先生说。他生命中的前 6 年是在圣玛丽度过的，至今仍深受噩梦和焦虑的困扰。“我只是感谢上帝，这些孩子终于得到了认可。”
圣玛丽是 20 世纪 20 年代至 90 年代期间，分布在爱尔兰及包括加拿大在内的其他国家的数十家未婚母亲之家之一。这些机构由天主教神父和修女经营，他们共同持有这样一种信念：非婚生育孩子的女性犯了罪。
在过去的一年里，一个由 16 名法医考古学家组成的团队一直在搜寻圣玛丽的旧址，该建筑于 20 世纪 70 年代被拆除，为住宅开发让路。他们在当地历史学家凯瑟琳·科莱斯（Catherine Corless）的工作指导下进行，科莱斯女士通过艰苦的研究在 2012 年发现，多达 796 名儿童在圣玛丽去世，并被埋在无名坟墓中或被丢弃在污水池中。
科莱斯女士的发现被忽视了很多年，但在死者亲属的持续游说下，爱尔兰政府最终下令进行挖掘，挖掘工作于 2025 年 7 月开始。
加拿大也出现了类似的呼吁。在蒙特利尔，官员们被敦促对前 misericordia 医院原址的一处停车场进行挖掘，那里曾是
圣玛丽是 20 世纪 20 年代至 90 年代期间，爱尔兰及包括加拿大在内的其他国家数十家未婚母亲之家之一。
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核监管委员会（Nuclear Regulatory Commission）正提议取消一项基础性安全原则。50 年来，该原则最大限度地降低了美国民众接触到的辐射量，并被全球采用。
目前，使用放射性材料的设施（如核电站、医院或学术机构）必须确保辐射接触量保持在“尽可能低”的水平——即 ALARA 原则。NRC 的提案将放弃这一理念，但会保留另一项关于最大辐射接触量的独立标准。
这两项标准在辐射安全中协同发挥作用。剂量限制规定了公众和辐射工作人员可接触的最大辐射量，而 ALARA 则确保在这些限制之内，辐射接触量尽可能低。研究表明，辐射接触会增加一个人患癌的概率，且风险随剂量的增加而增加。
剂量限制并未改变。但监管民用核能技术和放射性材料的 NRC 现在希望用一种“分级方法”取代 ALARA，该方法包括设施根据对工作人员潜在的辐射剂量而必须采取的几项行动。当剂量接近限制值时，将要求采取更严格的辐射防护措施，以确保不超过上限。
与此同时，由于数据中心和人工智能热潮导致电力需求激增，美国总统 唐纳德·特朗普 试图将国内核能产量提高四倍。对 NRC 的重组是特朗普试图加速核反应堆开发的一种方式。他在去年的一项行政命令中指示该联邦机构“采用基于科学的辐射限制”。
监督国家能源政策的能源部已经停止使用 ALARA。NRC 预计将在未来几个月内敲定其辐射防护条例。
NRC 主席何聂（Ho Nieh）表示，委员会并未降低安全标准。他在与记者的电话中表示：“我们只是在消除模糊性。但针对工作人员和公众的接触标准没有改变。我们只是在提供更明确的阐释。”
何先生预计，国家现有的传统大型反应堆机组不会发生重大变化。但他说，设计和建造新型小型反应堆的公司在对辐射防护要求有更清晰的认知后，可能会加快进度。
NRC 表示，辐射接触限制被设定在远低于产生健康影响的水平，并预计现有的标准和行业惯例将使辐射剂量远低于这些限制。
这样做是有动力支持的——在辐射较高区域工作成本更高且更耗时，因为必须限制进入并进行更多探测。
核工业贸易协会对此表示赞同。
核能研究所（Nuclear Energy Institute）首席核能官道格·特鲁（Doug True）表示：“我们将始终继续探索如何降低工作人员的剂量，并将场外公众的剂量维持在尽可能低的水平。我们不会就这样随随便便地丢弃……”
[[IMG_XXXX]] 右图为雷蒙德·科斯特洛（Raymond Costello）及其朋友弗兰克，两人正透过围栏看向位于爱尔兰图阿姆（Tuam）的前圣玛丽母婴之家（St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home）。照片由 ANNA LIMINOWICZ/THE GLOBE AND MAIL 提供
现年 74 的帕特·达菲（Pat Duffy）在圣玛丽度过了生命最初的六年，这段经历让他至今仍被噩梦和焦虑所困扰。
（该机构）由天主教修女运营了数十年，与圣玛丽非常相似。在 19 世纪 50 年代至 20 世纪 70 年代之间，有超过 70,000 名未婚母亲在 misericordia 分娩。在该医院出生的婴儿中，近 40% 在一年内死亡，其余大多数被送去领养。
该地块目前正由魁北克水电公司（Hydro-Québec）重新开发为变电站，最近的一项考古调查显示，这里可能……
仍然被埋在停车场的同一个地点。 “有这么多我们的同胞失踪了。没有人知道他们发生了什么，”莫霍克母亲会（Mohawk Mothers）的一名成员卡亨蒂内萨·贝尔（Kahentinetha Bear）说道，该组织一直在推动挖掘工作。 “人们应该了解这件事，因为这种伴随成长而来的愤怒是深植于心的。”
金·默里（Kim Murray）曾担任加拿大失踪儿童及无标记坟墓和埋葬地独立特别协调员两年时间。她将爱尔兰出现的问题与加拿大的寄宿学校进行了对比。“我看到了许多相似之处，即国家未能做出充分响应，”默里女士说。 她在 2024 年的一份报告中提出的建议之一是，加拿大应当成立一个关于失踪及消失儿童的调查委员会。 “加拿大在这方面还没有行动，”她说。
负责监督圣玛丽（St. Mary’s）挖掘工作的授权干预主任办公室负责人丹尼尔·麦克斯威尼（Daniel MacSweeney）已与该国的几个第一民族（First Nations）举行了会议，以解释该项目。“我们现在所做的工作将与任何人相关，”他说，“这是第一次开展此类工作，所以我们是先行者。”
在场地内搜寻的考古学家目前已发现了 99 名儿童的遗骸，且尚未搜寻几个大面积区域或污水箱。这可能还需要一年或更长时间。 新开设的实验室由七名法医人类学家工作人员组成，他们将开始分析遗骸。 负责监督该实验室的美国人艾丽莎·温伯恩（Allysha Winburn）表示，他们的职责“是讲述这些孩子的故事，并对他们的生前和死因提供更完整的说明”。
温伯恩博士曾在佛罗里达州的执法机构担任顾问超过 15 年。她还曾与美国军队合作，回收在海外牺牲的美国士兵的遗骸。 在一名同事向她发送关于圣玛丽报道的链接后，她被图阿姆（Tuam）项目所吸引。“我记得当时正坐在沙发上阅读
打开大门并让一切运行到极限。” 核能顾问贾斯汀·弗里德曼（Justin Friedman）表示，ALARA 为监管创建了一个“移动目标”，他此前曾在美国国务院工作了三十年。他补充说，取消该规定将允许美国核监管委员会（NRC）的科学家在可控风险的适当水平上做出更理性的决定。
忧心科学家联盟（Union of Concerned Scientists）的核电安全主任埃德温·莱曼（Edwin Lyman）警告称，NRC 提案中的某些部分可能会在特定情况下提高允许的辐射剂量，尽管仍低于上限。莱曼先生特别强调了拟议中的放射性核素排放标准修订。 公众的辐射暴露量限制在每年 100 毫雷姆。一次典型的胸部 X 光检查辐射剂量为 10 毫雷姆。 NRC 希望将其放射性核素排放标准从保守的每年 10 毫雷姆剂量提高到每年 25 毫雷姆，这是基于一个住在核电站物业线房屋中的虚拟人物而设定的。 NRC 表示，公众的实际剂量将保持在低得多，因为在现实中，人们居住地距离核电站更远，并受益于空气和水中的分散作用。
莱曼先生说，NRC 应该改进而非消除 ALARA，以保护公众和工人。莱曼先生表示，ALARA 变成了一个政治目标，因为有些人错误地认为，无论成本如何，辐射暴露必须尽可能低。而实际上，它允许进行权衡。
“而且一直在阅读，钻研得越来越深，流泪，不停地想，如果不是这样，那会是什么？”她说道，“我强烈地感觉到，这就是我现在应该在的地方。”来自爱尔兰、西班牙、澳大利亚和南非的专家们也加入了她的行列。许多专家专攻儿童骨架和混杂遗骸。实验室的组织极其严密。这里有一个气候控制的存储区，以及两排长长的检查台，遗骸将在那里被清理、测量并组装成骨架。法医摄影被用于更详细的检查，而一名牙科专家将能够根据牙齿的生长情况来确定儿童的年龄。在家庭室入口附近的一面墙上，挂着两块巨大的铭牌，列出了所有 796 名儿童的名字。专家们将在这里与亲属分享他们的发现。温本博士（Dr. Winburn）表示，目标是为每个孩子建立一份档案，包括他们的年龄、所患的任何疾病或受过的伤，以及他们日常生活的细节。“我们有能力为每一个逝者讲述一个故事，”她说道，“我从未处理过一个让我无话可说的骨骼病例。”另一个团队将提取 DNA 片段，并将其与后代的样本进行匹配以确定身份。到目前为止，200 名认为自己在圣玛丽（St. Mary’s）有亲属的人已提供了 DNA 样本。法医考古学家之一的尼夫·麦卡洛（Niamh McCullagh）以科学家的态度对待她的工作，但她同时也是一名母亲，她永远不会忘记第一次看到圣玛丽一名死难儿童骨骼时的情景。她在 2016 年被爱尔兰政府雇佣，以确定科莱斯女士（Ms. Corless）的发现是否具有价值。在一次试掘的第一天，她揭开了其中一个污水箱的盖子，透过缝隙窥视。“我们可以看到，在距离那个盖子很远的地方，有婴儿的遗骸，”她说道，“那令人震惊。”她不确定研究人员会挖掘出多少具尸体，但可能会有数百具。“我们发现多达 800 人的可能性并非没有可能。”达菲先生（Mr. Duffy）在参观实验室时不停地询问。他想了解法医流程的所有细节，以及他失踪的童年伙伴中可能有多少人被找到。圣玛丽的阴影一直折磨着他的一生，他曾与抑郁症、酒精成瘾和自杀念头作斗争。然而，他没有失去信念，并相信上帝帮助他改变了生活。他的右手戴着一枚戒指，上面装饰着十字架和基督的画像。“我相信主，”他坚定地说道，“但我不信教会。”
印度在抗议后宣布 成立专项小组 改革考试制度
总理纳伦德拉·莫迪（Narendra Modi）周日宣布成立一个由科技企业家南丹·尼勒卡尼（Nandan Nilekani）领导的专项小组，以改革印度的考试制度，此前该国经历了数日关于考卷泄露的青年抗议活动。
“我们的考试制度应该是值得信赖的，应该是透明的，且该制度应最大限度地利用技术，”莫迪先生在 Instagram 上表示，并补充说，旨在处理考卷泄露的新立法将于周一提交议会。
他表示，这些措施将加强法律并加重对罪魁祸首的处罚。
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一名戴着精灵耳的塔罗牌占卜师是酷儿舞会（queer prom）上一个出人意料的亮点，在这里，青少年被鼓励做真实的自己。
Brenna Johnson（中）和 Dani Doucette（右）在排队领取点心。
Madonna Doucette 为舞会参加者营造烟雾气氛。
Amber Johnson 帮助她的女儿 Adora 为舞会装扮添加配饰。
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对于加拿大东海岸的一群孩子来说，在 Unama’ki/布雷顿角岛举办的酷儿舞会是一件大事。这不仅对孩子们意义重大，对他们规模虽小但力量强大的支持社区而言同样如此，整个社区都沉浸在兴奋与自豪之中。
布雷顿角青年项目（Cape Breton Youth Project）是一个为该岛 2SLGBTQIA+ 青少年提供支持的组织，该组织与艾莉森·伯纳德纪念高中（Allison Bernard Memorial High School）的同性恋-异性恋联盟（GSA）合作举办了这场舞会。今年的活动主题是哥特/另类风。
Jamie Young，19 岁，在好友 Adora Johnson 家准备时涂上了厚厚的白色面漆。
Adora 的母亲 Amber Johnson 为此提供了帮助。18 岁的 Adora 回想起向母亲出柜的情景。这位青少年说，Amber 总是说“无论如何，爱就是爱”，但尽管如此，向她出柜时仍然感到害怕。
最终，她的母亲“非常支持，超级温柔”，Adora 说道。她来自 Eskasoni，一个米克马克（Mi’kmaw）原住民社区，并将在当地的艾莉森·伯纳德纪念高中毕业。
舞会当晚，来自 Eskasoni 的青少年参加了烧烤活动并领取了礼品袋，随后乘车前往 Eltuek 艺术中心，那是悉尼市中心一座最近翻修过的修道院。
整个晚上，高中校长 Newell Johnson 及其姐妹通过其“粉色派对拖车”（Pink Party Trailer）免费提供热狗、雪锥和棉花糖。（费用由青年项目支付。）
Johnson（与 Adora 无亲属关系）将学生们能拥有一个安全、支持性的空间归功于 GSA 以及布雷顿角青年项目主任 Madonna Doucette 的定期访问。
Jamie Young 和其他 Eskasoni 的学生乘坐巴士前往新省（N.S.）的悉尼参加活动。
委员会主席 Cass Boutlier 装饰酷儿舞会场地。
Suzi Oram-Aylward 陪同继子 Finn Crane 参加舞会，这对他们两人来说都是第一次体验。
Suzi Oram-Aylward，39 岁，陪同其继子 Finn Crane，13 岁，参加酷儿舞会——这是两人的首次舞会经历。
Oram-Aylward 在参加自己的高中舞会时并没有归属感。“我年轻的时候也是个有点酷儿朋克的人，”Oram-Aylward 说。
对于这对组合来说，这场舞会远不止是一个有趣的夜晚那样简单。“看到其他酷儿孩子、其他跨性别孩子，看到比他年长孩子在快乐且自豪的空间里生存，对他来说太好了，”Oram-Aylward 说道。
“我们社区里的很多孩子并不喜欢喧闹的音乐或灯光，”Doucette 说。因此，为这些人准备了室内手工作业台，配备了美术用品和绘图本。还有用来制作手链的珠子。在前草坪上，一名戴着精灵耳的塔罗牌占卜师提供占卜服务。室外播放着音乐，但音量不大。
Doucette 说，在酷儿舞会上，你可以调情。你可以社交。你可以暂时做你自己而无需担心。
“在那里的孩子们，生活很艰辛，”她承认道。“有时，拥有几个美好的回忆就像一个小救生圈，能在艰难时刻支撑你走下去。”
Doucette 表示，她看到许多年轻人因为被“他者化”而感到孤立。
但她说，今晚除外。在酷儿舞会之夜，“只有我们和支持我们的盟友会出席这类活动，我们是安全的，我们可以自由地展现快乐且真实的自我。”
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成为最高 军事优先事项
长期以来，加拿大一直将军事采购视为一项区域经济发展计划：在这里重新设计一批船只，在那里拆解并重建一架直升机——这足以满足就业目标，但无法交付一支具备战斗力的部队。
同样在很长一段时间里，加拿大假设美国将支撑起大陆防御，从而让渥太华能够安全地削减其国防预算。但在美国总统 唐纳德·特朗普 日益增长的压力以及威权国家不断升级的威胁下，定制化国防的时代已经结束。
今年 3 月，总理马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）确认加拿大已达到了 北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 规定的国防开支占国内生产总值 2 per cent 的目标。这是履行该国对盟友国防承诺的重要一步。但一个更深层的结构性缺陷依然潜伏，可能危及加拿大国防扩张的下一阶段：如果资金依然在采购的迷雾中徘徊，那么计划在未来十年投入数百亿美元将毫无意义。
为了将这些承诺转化为现实的军备，渥太华必须摒弃其经济发展心态，更加关注防御边境。联邦政府在 3 月宣布一项 1.4-billion-dollar（$1.4）计划以扩大加拿大的重型火炮弹药供应时，证明了这一点是可行的。
将合同直接交给美国国防巨头通用动力（General Dynamics）和 IMT Precision（其加拿大分公司总部分别位于魁北克省和安大略省），似乎与卡尼先生减少加拿大军事物资对美依赖的承诺背道而驰。
除非你考虑到：加拿大没有其他公司能以所需的数量和速度制造这些弹药。IMT 和通用动力确实是国内唯一拥有制造加拿大军队所用弹药所需的产能、专业知识和知识产权的公司。
本月初，联邦政府宣布将在四年内向通用动力陆地系统-加拿大分公司（GD’s Land Systems-Canada division）支付近 $2-billion（$2）用于制造装甲战斗支援车辆，再次证明了这一观点。
在这些实例中，政府摒弃了形式主义的磋商，也不再尝试从零开始构建已经存在的东西。在加拿大面临北极地区军事威胁、海外国防义务增加，以及能够触及北美的俄罗斯导弹威胁的世界里，时间已经不多了。
（渥太华并未完全放弃经济利益的考虑：相关公司已承诺投资于加拿大的就业、研究和供应商。）
这远非完美方案。政府预计，在 2029, 年全面投入运行后，通用动力每月将生产 12,000 枚炮弹。这可能仅够支撑实际实战中的一个周末战斗，且时间上已迟了数年——但这毕竟是一个开始。
加拿大需要更紧迫地采取行动购买现成产品；投资于我们现实中能够制造的产品；并与可信赖的盟友专家合作。它不能指望开发近期从德国蒂森克虏伯海洋系统公司（Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems）订购的极其复杂的潜艇，或是由美国或瑞典国防巨头生产的新型战斗机——但它绝对可以巩固其在全球供应链中关键供应商的地位。
在加拿大已经拥有专业知识和经验的领域（如造船或航空航天），政府可以向欧文造船厂（Irving Shipyards）或庞巴迪（Bombardier）等国内公司授予长期、大规模的合同。
批评者将认为，偏袒根深蒂固的国防巨头将巩固垄断并排挤初创公司。但大多数初创公司在最初阶段，通过成为大型制造商的供应商和承包商，才最有机会获得繁荣发展。
那些具备大规模生产能力的供应商。
为了填补当今紧迫的军事缺口，加拿大必须与那些能够以（相对）快速速度进行生产的现有公司达成协议。它必须扩大那些最有可能创造长期就业机会、提高工资并带动全国受创制造业地区经济增长的组装线。
在将国防预算冻结多年后，加拿大
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关于“卡尼表示他与特朗普在电话中同意‘加强’贸易谈判，此前对方再次威胁加征关税”（7月 22 日）：在经历了数十年的在美国工作、有时居住以及现在在美过冬之后，我已非常清楚地认识到，美国人是地球上最具竞争力的群体。我们在贸易谈判中失败理应不足为奇。
比赛在 20, 2025, 正式打响，而我们做了什么？抱怨，签署了几十份谅解备忘录，并派出像梅兰妮·乔利（Mélanie Joly）、弗朗索瓦-菲利普·香槟（François-Philippe Champagne）和马克·卡尼（Mark Carney）这样的 C 级选手，去对抗像霍华德·卢特尼克（Howard Lutnick）、斯科特·贝森特（Scott Bessent）和唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）这样的 A 级选手。
当比分落后 4-0 时该怎么办？请求暂停并更换阵容。加拿大应该利用其强大的私营部门人才，替换掉那些职业政客和官僚。
John Budreski，不列颠哥伦比亚省，惠斯勒
道格·福特（Doug Ford）提出的以“一美元对一美元”反击美国关税的朗朗上口的口号，肯定能吸引他的选民基础，以及大多数希望加拿大反击霸凌者的人。
对于许多更能体会美元价值的人来说，更准确的说法应该是“一美元对 $0.70,”，这大致是近期加元的价值。由于美国经济规模远大于我们，这里那里损失几个加元，就像大象被蚊子叮了一口一样有效。
正如我们这些拿小时工资的人在每个工作日结束时所知道的：又是一天，又是 $0.70.
Steve Harker，安大略省，金斯顿
关于“反击”（读者来信，7月 23 日）：当人们读到一封由渥太华作者撰写且批评阿尔伯塔省的信件时，很难不去定型化。（我想，反之亦然，针对来自卡尔加里的信件也是如此。）
显然，石油现在对加拿大的主权至关重要，并将成为关税战的主要工具。很难想象，就在短短几年前，同样的人写信厚颜无耻地告诫阿尔伯塔省不要试图运送石油，并将其描述为过时的商品。
对于所有有洞察力、能预见到石油对加拿大和世界的重要性正在减弱的人来说，让该行业日落西山似乎是显而易见的。讽刺的是，现在阿尔伯塔省似乎看不到自己对国家显而易见的重要性。作为一个处于钟摆静止点的观察者，追踪其弧线的摆动令人眩晕。
个人选择
关于“特朗普最新的关税清单读起来像酒吧调酒师的购物清单”（7月 22 日）：各省抵制美国葡萄酒和烈酒可能会令人满足，但这剥夺了加拿大人的自主意识和做出自己决定的权利。
拥有购买美国产品的选择但拒绝购买，将传递出比强制抵制强得多的信号，并且能给美国生产商带来同样的压力。
John Seigner，卡尔加里
纸上谈兵
关于“高迪·豪桥交易似乎与卡尼对美协议的描述相矛盾”（7月 23 日）：该交易标题为《高迪·豪国际大桥拟议原则协议》。一份“拟议原则协议”在法律上似乎是不具备强制执行力的。
据报道，该协议还规定，在扣除运营费用计算净收入后，将进行利润分成。虽然它在运营费用的示例中没有列出建筑贷款的利息和摊销，但也没有将其排除在外。
在我的业务中，运营费用包括利息支出，因为利息是一项费用。摊销也是一项现金支出。因此，我不认为这份“拟议原则协议”值得它所承载的那张纸。
Stan Neathery，渥太华
好交易
关于 “福特工人批准协议，三年内涨薪 9%”（《商业报告》，7月20日）：劳工研究教授拉里·萨维奇（Larry Savage）称福特工人并未支持该协议。实际上，他们以 74% 的支持率通过了协议。他说，工会争取到了“尽可能多”的利益；除了创纪录的 2023 年工资增长外，这是自 1999 年以来协商出的最高增幅。他称少数成员投反对票是为了向资方发出信号，表明他们让步的限度。但事实上并没有让步，只有收益。
他将薪资增长称为“适度”，然而每年 3% 的调薪和生活成本津贴（COLA）条款累加起来远超 9%。一名全薪的福特生产工人，即使在不计入生活成本津贴调整的情况下，在本合同期间时薪也将突破 $50，且今年还将获得 $12,000 的奖金。
他似乎认为汽车工人感到恐惧且分歧严重，而事实上我们比以往任何时候都更加团结，并正正面应对唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）的贸易战。
在加拿大汽车行业没有什么值得庆祝的事情时，这份合同应被视为一次明确的胜利。
约翰·达尼奥洛 (John D’Agnolo) Unifor 福特主谈判委员会主席； 安大略省温莎市
杰森·德尔·布诺 (Jason Del Buono) Unifor 福特主谈判委员会副主席； 安大略省奥克维尔市
行动计划
关于“对气候感到焦虑？这里有 7 种应对方法”（7月20日）：我们被明智地提醒道，应对压倒性焦虑的最佳良药是将这种担忧转化为基于价值观的行动。我们每个人都可以从被动的焦虑转向积极的希望。这种转变可以从家中开始，例如更换热泵或选择可持续交通方式。之后，当我们进一步走出舒适区时，我们的影响力将成倍增加。与家人、朋友和邻居讨论气候危机；加入当地环保组织；致电或会见民选官员；支持社区倡议；参加当地的集会或活动。
近期民调显示，超过 85% 的加拿大人希望政府在气候变化方面采取更强有力的行动。我们不必独自承担世界的重量，共同行动能赋予我们目标和力量。
雷·中野 (Ray Nakano) 多伦多
萌芽的友谊
关于“直到我失去朋友，才意识到我多么需要他们”（《第一人称》，7月14日）和“自由攀登”（读者来信，7月20日）：一位写信者自称“幸福地没有朋友”。但人们不得不问：他真的没有朋友吗？
他发现了“与完全陌生的人互动……带来的快乐和愉悦”。我认为，他所发现的正是建立友谊自然过程的第一步。他似乎想要友谊带来的回报，但不想做出形成长期友谊基础（以及义务）的情感承诺。他想要吃蛋糕，但不想帮忙清洗烤盘和餐具。
W. E. 希尔德雷斯 (W. E. Hildreth) 安大略省爱德华王子县
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由于总统发起的贸易战，阿尔伯塔人并未免于加拿大境内出现的“集结在国旗下”效应
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TYLER DAWSON 埃德蒙顿
《环球邮报》观点版驻埃德蒙顿编辑。他著有《阿尔伯塔共和国：一个不会消失的想法》（The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won’t Go Away）。
阿尔伯塔省的联邦主义者拥有一个关键的助力：美国总统唐纳德·特朗普。 总的来说，形势已经对他们有利：如果你相信民意调查，在省长丹妮尔·史密斯（Danielle Smith）关于脱离联邦的十月公投中，分裂主义者将面临一次相当惨烈的失败。 但取决于你的看法，这绝非板上钉钉的事。 分裂主义者们正欢呼着
GLENN McGILLIVRAY
灾难损失减少研究所（Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction）执行主任，约克大学灾害与应急管理兼职教授
当山火肆虐时，那些“扶手椅专家”们就开始在网上指手画脚。 每年夏天，随着加拿大的北方森林烟雾飘过北美上空，网上都会响起熟悉的合唱。业余的消防指挥官在社交媒体上提出看似显而易见的解决方案：为什么我们不派遣更多的水上飞机？ 为什么不在火场周围开挖防火隔离带？政府为什么不在林区建设进入道路？ 当特大火灾在数百万公顷土地上肆虐时，人们很容易将问题视为政策、准备工作或决心的失败。但这种观点忽视了一个根本现实：当高强度的树冠火在加拿大的北方荒野中燃烧起来时，极端火行为的纯物理特性使得标准的人类灭火战术几乎毫无用处。 理解为什么这些大火几乎无法扑灭，并不是一个关于应急响应不足的故事。而是一次关于自然界不屈力量、气候变化叠加效应以及火灾管理物理极限的冷静教训。 要理解野火带来的挑战，必须首先认识到北方森林不仅仅是易燃。它是一个在结构上就设计为会被焚烧的生态系统。其范围跨越 550 英里
安娜·雅恩 (ANNA JAHN)
麦吉尔大学马克斯·贝尔公共政策学院 媒体、技术与民主中心执行主任
我的两个孩子都是本科生，一个在麦吉尔大学，一个在多伦多大学。他们对人工智能（AI）下了相反的注。一个拒绝接触它，坚信真正的学习只能在没有机器的情况下发生。另一个每天使用它，内心潜藏着一种羞愧与不安的复杂情绪，并疑惑：我到底还在学习什么吗？他们都没有从大学那里获得有意义的指导。
他们是在独自摸索自己的教育。
现在每个学生都面临这个选择，且大多数人已经做出了决定。在英国，95% 的本科生现在使用生成式 AI，且 94% 将其用于评分作业。在加拿大，73% 的学生在学业上依赖 AI，而两年前这一比例为 52%。这并非即将到来的浪潮，它已经抵达，且几乎是全面的。
然而，大多数大学仍然将 AI 视为一个作弊问题。我在系会议上听到这种观点，会上我们争论如何在自己的课程中禁止使用 AI，或者同事们宣布他们终于设计出了“防 AI”的测验。在高等教育面对一个世纪以来最大冲击的三年里，我们的主要应对措施竟然是强制执行。
即便是最大胆的机构举措也仅停留在采购阶段。去年秋天，牛津大学成为第一所向每位学生和教职员工提供 ChatGPT 的英国大学，从而登上了头条。但这只是一个订阅服务和一套培训计划，而非对学位之意义的重新思考。
学生们比他们的院校更清楚其中的利害关系。近一半的加拿大学生表示，自从开始使用 AI 以来，他们的批判性思维能力有所下降。研究支持了他们的直觉。麻省理工学院 (MIT) 媒体实验室的一项研究衡量了大脑
在募资方面支持联邦主义者。他们正在全省范围内竖起旗帜和标语，举行会议，而播客主和影响力人士则在网上大做文章。
另一方面，联邦主义者通过传统媒体向艾伯塔人陈述他们的主张，并在社交媒体上拥有相当响亮的存在感，但似乎不具备同样的基层动员势头。联邦主义者在艾伯塔省最后一次大规模会议是什么时候？从根本上说，他们感觉自己的可见度较低。
这时，唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 先生及其周一宣布的最新关税挑衅出现了。通过利用 1930, 年的立法，特朗普先生将各类加拿大商品的关税率提高到了 50%。
对加拿大来说，这无疑是个坏消息。但对于联邦主义者来说，这可能是一次天赐良机。也许其影响不如史密斯女士最近的经济公告那么大——包括两项管道提案和埃德蒙顿附近的一个大型数据中心，这些举措有助于削弱分离主义者关于艾伯塔省在加拿大经济中处于劣势的论点——但这绝对是一个对联邦主义者有利的因素。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 当剧烈的冠层火灾在加拿大的北方荒野燃烧时，极端火灾行为的纯物理特性使得标准的人类灭火战术几乎失效。天然资源部
在加拿大数百万公顷的土地上——其中约一半覆盖着森林——北方景观由针叶林绝对主导，它们是针叶而非湿润绿色的阔叶树。在高温、干燥且多风的条件下，这些物种本质上就是站立的燃料。你尝试过把旧圣诞树扔进篝火吗？
火灾远非景观的悲剧，而是一个至关重要的进化伙伴。像落叶松等物种明确地适应了火灾，它们的树脂密封球果需要剧烈的高温才能打开，释放种子并使森林再生。北方森林不仅能忍受火灾，它是由火灾创造的，并依赖于火灾。
公众的许多挫败感源于一种误解——
阿尔伯塔人并不比加拿大其他地方的人更容易被唐纳德·特朗普先生的魅力（无论那是什么）所诱惑，因此，他们对于加拿大与美国贸易战所引发的“团结一致（rally-around-the-flag）”效应，也没有更低程度的免疫力。这位总统在这里并不特别受欢迎。而且，阿尔伯塔人对于本国遭受的经济损失，并不比其他人更热情。
相比之下，一些分离主义者（包括该运动的一些领导人）则是美国总统的公开仰慕者。不仅如此，在他们关于独立阿尔伯塔省的幻想愿景中，他们还提出了类似于 MAGA 的政策，例如大规模驱逐出境。有些人甚至吹嘘自己曾与美国政府成员会面。
在唐纳德·特朗普先生成为头号公敌的时刻，这种行为不大可能为他们在关于阿尔伯塔省未来的斗争中赢得朋友和影响力。而且，联邦主义者不需要争取那些核心分离主义者；他们需要的是那些“感到沮丧的联邦主义者”，即那些对加拿大的现状感到不满但并非坚决要离开的人，让他们投票选择留下。这些人不太可能忽略唐纳德·特朗普先生与分离主义者在氛围和政治观点上的相似之处，以及这位总统对加拿大的攻击。
但接着就到了道格·福特，他在一次加拿大省长会议后，建议将石油和钾肥作为对抗美国的“筹码”。如果这种情况发生，将是对分离主义者最大的馈赠；此类举措在阿尔伯塔省（以及萨斯喀彻温省）将被广泛视为通过削弱西部来使加拿大中部获益。
这种情况不太可能发生，但依然存在。
此外，还有关于吞并的讨论。一年多以来，唐纳德·特朗普先生一直在思索将加拿大变成第 51 个州。阿尔伯塔分离主义运动中有一个子集实际上非常热衷于这个想法。但这在阿尔伯塔省以及该国其他地方都是一个极不受欢迎的想法，而且在分离主义者内部可能也不那么受欢迎。
无论如何，这类讨论越多……
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……关于野外灭火实际运作方式的认知。好莱坞普及了这样一种形象：超级 scooper 飞机将数千加仑的水直接倾泻在咆哮的烈焰之上，瞬间化解危机。
在现实中，空中灭火机并不能扑灭大规模野火。水滴和染红的抑制剂主要用于降低火势温度，而化学阻燃剂则被铺设在火势路径前方，以减缓其进展并赢得时间。真正的灭火工作则由地面人员负责，他们通过挖掘防火线和扑灭余火来完成。
然而，在广袤的加拿大北部，地面人员面临着一个无法逾越的障碍：准入。通常情况下，偏远的野火……
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……学生写论文时的活动；那些使用 AI 的学生表现出最弱的神经连接，许多人在完成论文几分钟后就无法引用自己论文中的内容。研究人员将其称为“认知债”。学生们感觉到这种债务在累积。他们请求帮助来承担这笔债务，而他们的大学则以含糊不清的剽窃政策作为回应。
历史学家尼尔·弗格森认为，两种教育模式将占据主导地位，他将其称为“修道院（the cloister）”和“星舰（the starship）”。在修道院中，完全没有技术：由 15 名学生组成的小型研讨会、印刷书籍、手写和口头考试，以及缓慢且艰苦地开发任何机器都无法提供的能力——批判性思维、论证和判断力。在星舰中，情况正好相反：针对掌握最强大的 AI 系统（即毕业生在职业生涯中每天将使用的系统）进行高强度、持续更新的培训。
关键在于，这两种模式不能混合，不能……
通常由闪电击中触发，而人类活动则引发了许多发生在人们生活、工作和娱乐地附近的火灾。从全国范围来看，这一比例大约是 50/50 平分。为了触及每一次遥远的闪电击中点，而在数千英里的沼泽湿地和陡峭地形中建设一个庞大的道路与桥梁网络，在财务和后勤上将是天文数字，在生态上也是荒谬的。即便每场火灾都可触达，同时发生的火灾数量之巨也会导致分诊危机的出现。在严重季节的任何一天，全国各地都有数百场活跃的野火同时燃烧（今天有 900 场以上在燃烧）。
原因在于，这样你就会得到我们现在的局面：在为人类设计的课程中，AI 在静悄悄地思考。相反，刻意将“修道院”（cloister）与“星舰”（starship）分开，意味着我们可以在保护深度学习的同时，足够认真地对待新的 AI 工具，从而正确地教授它们。我的猜测是，合适的平衡点大约是 80-per-cent 的修道院和 20-per-cent 的星舰，尽管每个学科都需要找到自己的配比。此外，重要的是不要变得过于怀旧，因为早在 ChatGPT 出现之前，大规模讲座模式就已经让学生们失望了。选择方向不应交给个别教授自行钻研，而这正是目前正在发生的情况。实现正确的平衡需要重新设计整个学位、评估、时间表和招聘——这些决定只有校长、教务长和董事会才能做出。到目前为止，我几乎看不到加拿大大学领导层意识到这项任务规模的证据。最让我担心的是，费格逊先生（Mr. Ferguson）正在构建他的
继续，而唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）对加拿大普遍的好战态度越持续，就越多的阿尔伯塔人会开始恐惧这样一个前景：作为一个拥有 5 million 灵魂的国家孤军奋战，而邻居是一个拥有 340 million 强力人口的巨无霸，且由一个公开谈论其帝国之梦的人领导。而对于那些被要求在 10 月投票的阿尔伯塔大多数选民来说，分离主义者将变得更加令人厌恶。
更关键的是，所有这一切——民意调查、唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）极低的人气，以及分离主义者在个人特质上与他的相似性及其对他的政策普遍的热忱——都表明，联邦主义者可以坐视不管，让分离主义者被阿尔伯塔周围世界上发生的事情所击败。
即便这样做有相当大的成功机会，同样是不明智的。对于联邦主义者来说，唤醒自己并将战斗带到分离主义者面前还不算太晚。
如果他们这样做，他们会发现他们在南方有一种盟友，在削弱其敌人的同时，有助于增强留在加拿大的理由。
管理如此规模的挑战会迅速耗尽有限的专业人员、重型设备和飞机的供应。将人员、装备和燃料运送到没有道路的荒野地带会造成严重的物流瓶颈。此外，由于气候变化导致全球火灾季延长，邻省和国际合作伙伴也日益被自身的紧急情况所牵制，限制了互助资源的可获得性。
当资源极度匮乏时，火灾管理机构必须做出艰难的战术决定。他们采取战略分诊（strategic triage），派遣消防员和飞机保护高价值目标，具体包括人类生命、关键基础设施以及位于野外-城市交界处的社区，而远程火灾则通常被任其燃烧，直到天气模式发生变化。
在脆弱社区周围，诸如计划烧除、原住民的文化焚烧和机械燃料清除等预防性措施是极其宝贵的工具。但要将这些干预措施扩展到数亿公顷的土地上以防止特大火灾，将面临难以逾越的监管、财务和操作障碍。
对抗大规模北方森林冠火（boreal crown fires）不能仅靠蛮力。
意识到人类干预的局限性并非承认失败，而是制定明智政策的前提。我们不应要求消防队伍征服自然界最猛烈的烈焰，而必须将资源战略性地集中在最重要的地方，在守护人类生命和社区的同时，允许北方森林完成其古老且必要的循环。
奥斯汀大学（University of Austin）的一套混合模式，而那是一所仅为少数精英服务的私立机构。精英大学有资金支持小型研讨会、口试和最前沿的人工智能训练。而教育绝大多数加拿大学生的公立大学则没有这些资金，且大多数甚至没有尝试这样做。危险不在于大学变革太快，而在于只有富裕的大学在变革。这将使深度思考成为一种奢侈品，导致大多数公立机构的一代学生在面对他们一生中最具影响力的技术时，只能孤军奋战。
因此，我对大学领导者的呼吁是：请将此视为您任期内最具定义性的问题。选择两个项目，并在今年九月试行这种拆分模式。在一年内向您的董事会提交一份重新设计计划，并告知省政府所需成本。最重要的是，停止监管，开始领导。学生们在等待听到在人工智能时代，他们的学位究竟有什么意义；而高等教育的未来可能取决于我们能否正确处理这一问题。
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在我青少年时期的 那些电视购物广告中， 对我个人影响最大的是 一套健身 DVD
GRAHAM ISADOR 健康生活记者
我脑海中深深烙印着 零年代中期到后期的 几段 电视购物广告。Slap Chop（切菜神器）、Magic Bullet（子弹搅拌机）、Snuggie（披毯）。我对这些广告的记忆比对大多数高中课程的记忆还要深刻。它们是唐纳德·德雷珀（Don Draper）梦寐以求的那类营销活动，在整个北美推动了巨大的销量，并成为了流行文化词汇的一部分。
但在我青少年时期的所有电视购物广告中，对我个人影响最大的是一套名为 P90X 的健身 DVD。只需分三次支付每笔 $39.95，P90X 就提供了 12 种不同的锻炼视频、一份营养计划、补剂建议以及一份用于追踪进度的日历。P90X 将其计划围绕“肌肉混淆”（Muscle confusion）展开，其核心理念是：通过每隔几周不断更换锻炼方案来“混淆”肌肉，这意味着参与者在增强体能和改善身体成分的目标上永远不会遇到瓶颈期。
我坐在父母地下室的沙发上，深夜聆听着广告中的用户见证，思考着自己是否也能在从未踏入健身房的情况下，实现从“平凡到卓越”的转变。在看了大约二十遍之后，我终于屈服了，用我母亲的信用卡完成了这次据称能改变生活的购买。我并不是唯一一个这样的人。据《纽约时报》报道，该 DVD 至今已售出四百万多套。现在，你可以通过 BODi 移动应用程序在线获取 P90X。
我无数次尝试开始 P90X。但我从未完成。我认为，缺乏毅力，加上极具挑战性的锻炼以及过多的社交义务，就是原因所在。
LESLIE BECK
思考食粮 (FOOD FOR THOUGHT)
多年来，患有某些心脏疾病的人通常被告知要少喝含咖啡因的咖啡。由于咖啡因是一种兴奋剂，人们担心它可能会升高血压，诱发心律失常，并给心血管系统带来压力。
现在，在审查了最新证据后，美国心脏协会 (American Heart Association) 得出结论：大多数成年人每天摄入高达 400 毫克咖啡因——相当于三到五杯 8 盎司的咖啡——是安全的。
更重要的是，证据表明，定期饮用咖啡与多种心血管益处相关。以下是该协会关于咖啡因与心血管健康的新科学声明的详细解析。
美国心脏协会如何得出结论
为了撰写这份于 7 月 20 日发表在《循环》(Circulation)（美国心脏协会旗下的科学期刊）上的声明，一个专家小组审查了数十年关于咖啡因、咖啡和心血管疾病的研究证据。
该小组研究了广泛的健康结果，包括血压、血胆固醇、冠心病、中风、心力衰竭、心房颤动和 2 型糖尿病。
证据包括大规模观察性研究、临床试验和基因研究。它还纳入了近期随机对照试验的发现，这些试验探讨了咖啡对心房颤动的影响以及血压反应。
[[IMG_XXXX]] P90X 创作者兼主持人 Tony Horton（右），与 Savannah Guthrie 一同出现在 NBC 新闻的《Today》节目中。在 DVD 中，他带领参与者完成每项练习及其潜在的变体，身边还有一群其他群众演员。 NBC NEWSWIRE/NBCU PHOTO BANK/NBCUNIVERSAL VIA GETTY IMAGES
但在首次尝试该计划 20 年后（且拥有十多年的力量举经验），也许是时候重新评估了。在我的朋友 Geoff Girvitz（个人教练及多伦多 Bang Personal Training 健身房的所有者）的帮助下，我们对 P90X 的“胸部与背部”视频进行了测试。
锻炼过程
虽然我对 P90X 充满怀旧之情，但 Girvitz 则是完全在不知情的情况下观看该视频的。在开始锻炼之前，我问他对这部 DVD 有什么期待。
“我知道他们的核心概念是‘肌肉困惑’ (muscle confusion)。我想是不是还有一个关于‘腹肌撕裂’ (ab ripper) 的东西？”Girvitz 说，“考虑到那个时代，我希望配乐是说唱或摇滚，而且可能会有很多展示肌肉的动作？”
按下播放键后，他的猜测并不算太离谱。P90X 由教练 Tony Horton 创建并主持。Horton 穿着一件无袖 T 恤，看起来肌肉发达，他带领参与者完成每项练习及其潜在的变体——
[[IMG_XXXX]] 咖啡含有数百种生物活性化合物，可能有助于减轻氧化应激和炎症，并改善血糖。LIUDMILA CHERNETSKA/GETTY IMAGES
可能会暂时升高血压，但随着定期饮用咖啡，耐受性会增强，影响随之降低。
关于含咖啡因咖啡摄入的长期研究通常显示，适量摄入对高血压没有影响，甚至能降低风险。
强有力的证据还一致地将习惯性饮用咖啡与预防 2 型糖尿病联系起来。对 28 项观察性研究的审查发现，平均每天饮用 3.5 杯和 5 杯咖啡的人，患该病的风险分别降低了 20% 和 30%。
至于心房颤动，大多数研究发现饮用含咖啡因的咖啡并不会增加风险。有几项研究甚至表明它能降低风险。
例如，一项最近的随机对照试验发现，与避免饮用咖啡和咖啡因的人相比，被要求每天饮用一杯含咖啡因咖啡的患者，复发心房颤动的风险降低了 39%。
然而，临床试验的数据也一致显示，咖啡醇 (cafestol)——一种存在于含咖啡因和脱咖啡因的未过滤咖啡中的化合物——增加了 LDL
以及一群身体素质好到离谱的群众演员。胸背训练设定在一个毫无特色的仓库健身房里，配备了一个装饰性的沙袋和一台壁扇。伴随着练习的是吉他主导的电台摇滚器乐。这一切感觉非常 2004 年。
在经历了极长的热身之后，实际的训练主要由各种俯卧撑和引体向上组成。在这些动作之间，偶尔穿插着哑铃划船或“飞鸟”动作。
虽然居家训练可以用最少的设备完成，但我们被要求能够使用一些哑铃、一个引体向上杆或一条运动弹力带。
专家评估
回想我过去尝试 P90X 失败的经历，我记得我经常在视频结束前就把它关掉了。我原以为这是因为训练强度实在太高，这在一定程度上是对的。在一个小时的时间里完成一百多个俯卧撑和引体向上，绝对会让你的心率飙升。
但当时我没有意识到的是，这些视频竟然如此枯燥。我现在去健身房，休息时间可以用音乐、玩手机或与朋友聊天来填满。而使用训练视频时，在等待时间里你听到的则是 Horton 及其伙伴们的闲聊。而且大多是在谈论 P90X 有多么伟大。
至于训练计划本身？它有很大的提升空间。“人口中能够完成一个或两个自重引体向上的人比例——更不用说我们做了那么多次引体向上——其实非常小，”Girvitz 说道。对于某些人，尤其是初学者来说，自重俯卧撑也可能极具挑战性。
整个训练缺乏多样性，这意味着如果你是运动新手，或者在其中任何一个动作上感到吃力，完成胸背训练将会是一场苦战。而如果你已经足够资深，以至于这些动作已成习惯，那么你起初可能根本不需要寻找训练视频。
在结束之前，Girvitz 注意到的最后一点是关于该视频的一些主张。负重练习做 6 到 8 次是否有助于肌肉生长，而 12 到 15 次则有助于瘦身？其实不然。
“为了增加肌肉，任何次数的重复都有效，只要我们在一组训练结束时接近力竭，”Girvitz 说道。他解释说，精瘦的体格与体脂率的关系更大，而与肌肉量关系较小。
Girvitz 同样对“肌肉困惑”（muscle confusion）的概念持怀疑态度。“大多数初学者在相当长的一段时间内，不需要更换动作就能从一项练习中获得越来越多的收益，”他说道。如果你是运动新手，在需要更换方案之前，你可以通过同一套训练计划持续获得成果。
“我的建议是，只要你还在进步，就保持一致性。到那个时候，你可能会增加更换频率，以避免进入平台期，给某些组织时间休息，或者挑战自己以适应新的压力。”
核心结论
（此处缺失文本，仅包含关于胆固醇的片段） 血流中的（“坏”）胆固醇。非过滤咖啡包括法压壶咖啡、希腊/土耳其咖啡、斯堪的纳维亚煮咖啡，以及在较小程度上的浓缩咖啡。过滤咖啡和速溶咖啡含有的咖啡醇（cafestol）很少。
并非所有咖啡因来源对心脏的影响都相同
AHA 专家组警告不要将观察到的潜在健康益处推演至能量饮料，因为能量饮料中的咖啡因含量可能是咖啡的三到四倍。
虽然关于能量饮料的研究有限，但证据表明，它们可能会通过增加血压和诱发心律失常来损害心血管健康。
能量饮料和基于咖啡因的补充剂可能还含有其他成分，这些成分会改变咖啡因被吸收的速度以及影响身体的快慢。
专家组还提到，在咖啡中加入糖、糖浆、牛奶和/或奶油可能会降低其潜在的健康益处，但这还需要进一步研究以了解...
就像那些电视购物广告吹嘘的那样，我相信很多人通过 P90X 获得了极佳的效果。这是因为，根据科学期刊《营养》(Nutrients) 发表的研究，对任何计划的坚持和执行力，比该计划具体包含什么内容更为重要。
那么，在 2026 年，P90X 是否是我真正能向人们推荐的东西？嗯，我可以自信地说，它比完全没有锻炼计划要好。无论你是刚刚起步，还是对健身计划非常认真，市面上都有许多更简单、更高效的选择。对于减脂而言，健身房的重要性远不如饮食，且在网上快速搜索就能找到许多优秀的初学者计划，例如凯西·约翰斯顿 (Casey Johnston) 的“从沙发到杠铃” (Couch to Barbell)。但如果你——像我一样——花很多时间看深夜电视，那么仅出于怀旧之情，这个视频也值得一看。
stand the impact of these additions.
咖啡包含的不仅仅是咖啡因
研究人员认为，仅凭咖啡因无法解释咖啡显而易见的心血管益处。 咖啡含有数百种生物活性化合物，包括多酚和绿原酸，这些物质可能有助于减轻氧化应激和炎症，并改善血糖。 咖啡还提供少量的镁和铬，它们在葡萄糖代谢和胰岛素作用中发挥作用。
加拿大卫生部怎么说？
美国心脏协会 (AHA) 的科学声明强化了加拿大卫生部的建议，即大多数成年人每天摄入最多 400 毫克咖啡因是安全的。 不过，该声明补充了日益增多的证据，表明在此限制范围内的适量饮咖啡与降低心血管疾病、房颤和 2 型糖尿病的风险相关。 注：加拿大卫生部建议计划怀孕、已怀孕或正在哺乳的女性将每日咖啡因摄入量限制在 300 毫克。
底线
虽然研究表明，每天饮用 3 到 5 杯 8 盎司的含咖啡因咖啡具有心血管益处，但咖啡因的摄入量并没有一套适用于所有人的通用建议。 对咖啡因的耐受度具有高度个体差异，并受年龄、药物、潜在健康状况、习惯性摄入量和遗传因素的影响，这些因素影响了咖啡因从体内清除的速度。 对某个人合适的咖啡因剂量，对另一个人来说可能过多，从而导致睡眠障碍、心悸、头痛和焦虑等不良反应。 如果你不确定多少咖啡因对你合适，请咨询你的医疗保健提供者。
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很幸运在我们的领域能获得这样的着装建议。那些受激素影响且情绪多变的青春期男孩告诉我们，“现在已经没人说 6-7 了”。想想看，我们避免了多少社交尴尬！
HGW 小组现在已经成立六年了，经历了许多事情。我们一起庆祝出生，一起哀悼死亡。我们庆祝具有里程碑意义的生日。我们在恐惧的医生预约和房屋装修、严重的家庭成员疾病和年迈父母、职业晋升以及训练所有那些 COVID-19 期间养的狗的过程中陪伴彼此。
我的生命中从未有过这样一群如此恒久且稳定的女性。在经历了多年紧张的青春期女孩戏剧，随后融入我动荡的 20 岁，以及 30 岁时事业与幼子之间的竞争需求后，在 40 岁时拥有这样一个女性群体令人惊讶。恰恰在我最需要的时候。正当孩子们的需要与年迈父母的需要之间的空间变得如此之小时，能有一群无论天气如何都会系好鞋带一起行走的女性，真是一个奇迹，也是一种慰藉。
在没有刻意经营的情况下，我们已经成为了更大整体的一部分。我们自然而然地满足了彼此的需求。社区的力量并非新鲜事，但当它被具体实现时，似乎依然令人惊喜。有无数关于社区在需要时互相支持的故事。在飓风、山火、地震期间，邻居们就是第一响应者。
“辣女行走”（Hot Girls’ Walking）的需求并没有那么紧迫。
从宏观来看，与邻居见面一起行走的行为似乎很小。但在某些日子里，这感觉像是一种抵抗。一种激进的行为。一种在面对世界上如此多的政治和个人混乱时，所采取的快乐之举。我们的革命行为就是互相问候，并关注社区的动态。休息一下并与朋友重新建立联系，是一个产生重大影响的小行动。我们在完成每日步数的同时，也在修复我们的世界。
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叫牌过程：
北家 东家 南家 西家 过 过 4 [S] 首攻 —— 梅花K。
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这盘 牌局 发生在 1972年世界桥牌奥林匹克 女子团体锦标赛中。 庄家是来自美国的 Emma Jean Hawes， 对手是来自意大利的 Rina Jabes 和 Maria Robaudo。 在明牌出示后， Hawes 对她的 四黑方合同感到满意， 但随后她变成了 一名无辜的观察者， 因为 Jabes 和 Robaudo 完美协作， 拿走了前四墩牌。 Jabes 先出梅花K， 随后继续出 A， 此时 Robaudo 打出了 Q！ 这一看似奢侈的打法是
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一个关于花色偏好的信号，要求 西家在第三轮出心形（在两个 侧面花色中级别较高的一方）。 Jabes 严格按照指示操作， 但为了确保在第四轮能收到梅花 回传，她出了一张心形 9，假装 那是她最高的心形牌。 Robaudo 赢了 A 并回传了梅花 J，而当西家无情地用王牌 9 将牌时，合约少了一墩。 这次发牌的不幸还未结束， 美国队在另一张桌子上遭遇了 第二次反转，当时
叫牌情况（此时美国队处于 东西方向）如下：
意大利南家出黑桃 K 并转向 出 K 加上另一张方块！北家 出 A-J 使得合约少了一墩，但 意大利人还没完。在南家于 第三轮方块时弃掉她唯一的 心形单张后，北家回传了一张 心形，南家将牌，记录为 两墩失利。
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这些发现建立在先前针对一项紧迫国家问题的研究之上：在过度拥挤的急诊室（ER）工作的医生所经历的倦怠程度，已导致部分医生不再愿意在该环境中工作。 从东海岸到西海岸，无论执业领域如何，医生们经常表示，他们的工作在情感上给他们带来了沉重的负担，其中一些人甚至经历了精神痛苦。 去年，加拿大医学会（CMA）报告称，在 COVID-19 疫情爆发五年后，该国医生的倦怠和抑郁率依然高企。 代表医生和医学学习者的国家组织 CMA 表示，其 2025 年国家医师健康调查的数据显示，医生们仍在与“过度的工作量、精疲力竭和倦怠”作斗争——这导致部分医生减少临床工作时间，或考虑完全退出执业。 对于这项新的《加拿大医学会杂志》（CMAJ）研究，研究人员询问了 2020 年 4 月参加的一项关于急诊室医生健康研究的参与者，是否愿意参加三次后续调查：分别在 2020 年 11 月、2022 年 9 月和 2025 年 1 月。随后，作者分析了 2025 年的回复，并确定了能够解释倦怠原因、后果以及医生用于维持工作的工具的相关主题。 参与者的年龄中位数为 41 岁，其中 54% 在安大略省工作，14% 在魁北克省，10% 在不列颠哥伦比亚省。这些人口统计特征与 2020 年 4 月注册参加最初研究的参与者相似。 金斯顿健康科学中心（Kingston Health Sciences Centre）的急诊室医生兼女王大学教授 Kerstin de Wit 是该研究的共同作者之一。她表示，研究结果中的一个主题是“医疗体系已经崩溃”。 “我们发现了重复出现的提及……”
随后该事项被移交给该办公室，并启动了调查。 检察官办公室表示，周四，警员在计算机犯罪部门以及法医和科学部门的支持下，搜查了嫌疑人的住所及其在 北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 指挥中心内部的工作地点。嫌疑人于次日被逮捕。 欧洲盟军最高司令部 (SHAPE) 发言人马丁·奥唐奈（Martin O’Donnell）上校表示，目前没有迹象表明 北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 或……
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急诊科医生在一次加拿大医学会 (CMA) 的调查中报告称，他们经常因为医疗系统中更广泛的问题而遭到责难。 GRAHAM HUGHES/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
前往急诊科 以弥补系统的不足，而在资源匮乏且几乎没有支持的情况下，人们预期情况还会恶化，”de Wit 博士说。 “对于许多人来说，急诊医学的未来是绝望的，没有任何恢复的可能，”她说。 急诊科医生报告称，他们经常因为医疗系统中更广泛的问题而遭到责难，并且这种情况令人“心灰意冷”。 “工作场所的挑战包括极高的就诊量和漫长的等待时间，导致患者在走廊和候诊室接受评估，从而导致护理质量不达标，”该研究称。 “额外的挑战包括缺乏用于患者随访的基础医疗服务，以及专科诊所预约渠道减少或等待时间过长。参与者指出，他们很少能获得合适的协助服务。” 调查参与者还评论称，医疗机构各级都缺乏问责机制。“愤怒情绪指向了医院和政治领导层，有时也指向患者，”该研究称。 在一篇相关的社论中，急诊科医生兼《加拿大医学会杂志》(CMAJ) 副主编 Catherine Varner 撰文指出，“集体性的痛苦和悄然的流失信号预示着一个严重的威胁。” “加拿大在培养一支高效的、接受过急诊医学专业或额外培训的医生队伍上投入了 50 年的时间，这些医生为全国大多数急诊部门提供 24 小时覆盖，而现在这些成果可能会被浪费，”Varner 博士写道。 该研究还详细描述了参与者之间讨论的旨在帮助他们留在急诊医学领域的策略，而省、地区和机构的卫生领导者可以为此提供便利。 “主流策略包括减少轮班量、承担新的专业角色以及更换医疗机构，”研究称。 医疗改革的需求在上周于夏洛特敦举行的省长会议上得到了讨论。各省省长担心，渥太华与各省及地区之间医疗协议中的大量联邦资金将于 2027. 年 3 月到期。他们警告称，这将导致“财政悬崖”。 一份来自省长会议的声明称，他们同意指示各自的卫生和财政部长讨论该行业更长期的资金投入和生产力问题。
欧洲盟军最高司令部 (SHAPE) 的作战准备状态、指挥与控制安排或持续性任务是否受到了不利影响。 “SHAPE 继续在不中断的情况下履行其职责，”他在一封电子邮件中表示。“北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 依然全力致力于保护盟军人员，维护机密信息，以及维持联盟赖以生存的信任与安全，”他补充道。 比利时在布鲁塞尔还设有欧盟委员会和欧洲议会
并且在过去曾是间谍活动尝试的目标。 据报道，去年一名布鲁塞尔警察因涉嫌为中国和俄罗斯从事间谍活动而被捕。 比利时联邦检察官去年开始对 2023. 年比利时情报部门的一次网络安全漏洞进行调查。据称，这次入侵是由与中国间谍活动有关的黑客实施的。
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Pear Lake 与 Fiftynine Creek 山火合并，且周日仍处于活跃状态
BRENNA OWEN
两场威胁到不列颠哥伦比亚省克林顿（Clinton）村及其周边地区的野火在周六晚合并。就在前一天，Pear Lake 山火摧毁了该社区郊区的包括住宅在内的建筑。BC 省野火服务局（BC Wildfire Service）的最新消息称，Pear Lake 和 Fiftynine Creek 的火势已合并，并在周日保持高度活跃，向 Chasm 地区（距离克林顿北约 20 公里）的北部和东北部方向移动。由于预计火势将向北扩张，汤普森-尼古拉区域区（Thompson-Nicola Regional District）于周日发布通知，计划对 70 Mile House 社区及周边地区发布撤离令。该区在其 Facebook 页面上发布的消息中表示，撤离令将于周一上午 10 点发布，并敦促居民做好离开准备。该区补充称，南 Green Lake 地区将继续处于撤离警戒状态。与此同时，火情信息员 Shae Stearns 表示，救援人员继续在克林顿工作，以保护建筑并扑救她所描述的社区内活跃的火势；此前在周五 Pear Lake 火势激增时，该社区已被下令撤离。她在周日的电话采访中表示：“火头不再向克林顿方向推进，而是呈现出火行为减弱的状态。”但她补充说，在地面灭火方面仍有“相当大范围的区域需要覆盖”。野火服务局在周日更新了地图，显示 Pear Lake 和 Fiftynine Creek 合并后的预计面积接近 670 平方公里。面积约 250 平方公里的 French Bar Creek 火势也继续向西北方向燃烧，共同构成了 Big Bar 复杂火区。克林顿的一名当地官员在周末确认，Pear Lake 山火在周五造成了建筑损失，尽管村庄本身大部分幸免于难。然而，在克林顿以南三公里处经营一家拖车和汽车车身维修店的所有者表示，他及其家人失去了一切，包括两栋住宅。最初留在现场的 Steve Larabie 表示，该店约有 3,000 辆车和 50 件设备。他周六表示，随着火焰席卷而来，车辆和挖掘机被焚毁，汽油和柴油相继爆炸。由于情况恶化，Larabie 先生表示他不得不逃离。Stearns 女士表示，到第二天，这两场火灾已经合并，并跨越了一段 97 号公路，该路段需要修复。野火服务局指出，在公路东侧，火势正向一个已被野火烧过的区域移动，这有助于缓解其活跃度。但该地区一直深受干旱困扰，增加了起火风险和激进的火行为。Stearns 女士说：“即便在气温较低且相对湿度较高时，可燃物仍然非常干燥。”虽然周日大温哥华地区在下雨，但她表示，在东北约 350 公里外的克林顿地区预计不会有显著降雨。在东部，由于附近发生山火，中奥肯纳根（Central Okanagan）应急管理中心于周六晚向不列颠哥伦比亚省西基洛那（West Kelowna）北部的 La Casa 地区 500 多处房产的居民发布了撤离警戒，但该警戒在次日被解除。该中心在周日的声明中表示：“尽管野火仍被归类为失控状态，但消防队伍在减少火灾活动和保护该地区方面已取得显著进展。”该中心称，救援人员已在火场周围重新建立警戒线，并报告称没有出现飞火或蔓延现象。在弗雷泽峡谷（Fraser Canyon），Boston Bar 社区及周边地区仍处于撤离状态
由于布伦瑞克（Brunswick）综合火灾引发的撤离令，该火灾群总面积超过 355 平方公里。火灾促使官员于上周关闭了当地的供水系统，以帮助消防员保存水源。但弗雷泽河谷区域区（Fraser Valley Regional District）表示，皇家加拿大骑警（RCMP）正在调查针对该系统的蓄意破坏行为——在关闭供水几小时后，一个阀门被错误地重新打开，有可能造成“灾难性”的损害。该区在网上发布的一份声明中称，系统收到了高流量警报，工作人员随后能够再次关闭水源。事后尚未对系统进行全面评估，该区表示官员们希望损失最小。山火服务机构在周日的更新中表示，布伦瑞克和安斯利溪（Ainslie Creek）的大火继续在弗雷泽峡谷（Fraser Canyon）的两侧向南蔓延，但并未以显著速度增长。
该机构表示，自 7 月 24, 以来，安斯利溪火灾的东北段没有显著增长，但火势依然活跃。该服务机构称，安德森溪（Anderson Creek）火灾在烧入安斯利溪火灾的区域依然活跃，并消耗了部分未燃烧的燃料。该机构的网站显示，周日不列颠哥伦比亚省（B.C.）境内有近三打撤离令以及接近 30 个撤离警报，主要集中在省内中部和南部的内陆地区。该机构的省级形势报告称，部分地区在周末出现了降雨且气温较低，提供了暂时缓解，但 B.C. 省的大部分地区仍深受干旱之苦且降雨有限。该机构指出，来自育空保护服务局（Yukon Protective Services）、阿尔伯塔山火部门以及墨西哥的人员将在未来几天抵达 B.C. 省，以协助扑救全省约 140 处活跃火点。
加拿大新闻社 (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
现金而非 股票， 更青睐 预付薪酬
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詹姆逊·伯考 (JAMESON BERKOW) 资本市场记者
在经济持续波动的环境下，加拿大的顶尖高管们越来越多地选择预付薪酬。
根据《环球邮报》与咨询公司 Global Governance Advisors 合作开展的年度首席执行官薪酬方案回顾，加拿大 100 家最大上市公司的领导者在 2025, 年的现金薪酬大幅增加。
例如，首席执行官的年终奖金中位数去年增长了 27% 以上，达到近 $2.2-million，而股票奖励等长期激励措施则较 2024 年水平有所下降。
“奖金是增幅最大的一项，”Global Governance Advisors 高级合伙人彼得·兰德斯 (Peter Landers) 表示，“有趣的是，奖金倾向于保持良好增长，但薪资和长期激励水平的增长则较为平淡。”
约克大学治理、法律与伦理学教授理查德·勒布朗 (Richard Leblanc) 同样表示，这一趋势表明人们更加关注短期薪酬，而较少关注长期激励。
勒布朗教授在一次采访中表示，加拿大企业面临的贸易相关问题，可能会导致高管们在整体薪酬构成中对期权产生畏难心理。
高管，B5
“放弃传真” 计划 在魁北克获得新生
杜青河 (TU THANH HA) 克里斯·汉纳伊 (CHRIS HANNAY)
一项联邦政府的“放弃传真”数字化处方计划在今年早些时候因采用率低、议会听证会争议以及投入近 $300-million 资金而被迫关闭，但现在该计划获得了新生，因为魁北克政府计划将该平台广泛推广至该省的医生和药剂师。
魁北克省表示，将使用省级资金运行其版本的 PrescribeIT，该程序在当地以法语名称 Prescription Québec 著称。主要技术供应商仍将是 Telus Health，该公司获得了该计划约三分之一的联邦资金，并保留大部分知识产权。
Canada Health Infoway 于 2017 年启动了 PrescribeIT，作为用数字化替代方案取代医生与药剂师之间发送处方的传真机的一项举措。
多年来，共有近 $300-million 的联邦资金投入到 PrescribeIT 中。
由于采用率低（只有不到 5% 的处方通过该系统传输），该计划于 5 月 29 日在全国大部分地区关闭。
但魁北克卫生部长索尼娅·贝朗热 (Sonia Bélanger) 说服了 Infoway 和联邦政府，在 5 月关闭后继续在省内维持一项试点项目。
7 月 17, Infoway 与省卫生服务机构 Santé Québec 宣布，双方已达成协议，将继续开展 Prescription Québec 试点项目，并预计将其扩展到该省其余的 1,900 家零售药房。
处方，B6
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高管们正在重新思考招聘策略
斯特凡尼·马罗塔 (STEFANIE MAROTTA) 银行记者
加拿大最大银行部署人工智能的竞赛正促使高级管理人员重新思考员工角色、遏制招聘，并开展培训以吸引员工使用这项新技术，因为全球范围内对于贷款机构就业受影响的担忧日益增加。
加拿大银行尚未披露由 AI 采用而导致的重大裁员。
但资深银行家表示，随着 AI 承担了更多的“琐碎”工作，而员工转向专注于更高价值的工作，该技术降低了招聘新员工的需求。
如果 Nutrien 选择美国港口而非不列塔哥伦比亚省
约翰·特利-尤尔特 (JOHN TURLEY-EWART)
观点 贸易 新一轮 唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 关税 可能会长期存在 B3
对于国内外投资者来说，这是一个危险信号。在加拿大与美国贸易战期间，一家加拿大公司且在全球舞台上占据主导地位的企业，准备向美国投资 10 亿美元以上，而非投资于国内。
是什么推动了这笔投资南下？是一些 G7 国家，特别是加拿大，应当优先考虑的基本商业需求。包括：可获得的熟练劳动力、进出物流（含铁路连接）、具有竞争力的成本、接触客户和市场的机会，以及“拟议项目的协作合作伙伴”。
这家公司就是总部位于萨斯喀彻温省的钾肥矿业公司 Nutrien。该公司去年 12 月做出了初步决定，将投资于华盛顿州的隆维尤港 (Port of Longview)，而非其长期发货的 B.C. 省温哥华港。
加拿大交通部长史蒂文·麦金农 (Steven MacKinnon) 最近告诉《环球与邮报》：“如果我告诉你 [Nutrien] 的决定——这个决定至今仍难以消化——没有在一定程度上促使政府采取‘某些行动’，那我就是在撒谎。”
对于麦金农先生来说，“某些行动”意味着...
随着欧盟距离停止进口俄罗斯液化天然气 (LNG) 仅剩数月， 领导人们现在担心会依赖美国燃料 B3
“我们可能不需要雇佣那么多人，但我们有大量即将到来的工作需要完成，”加拿大帝国商业银行 (Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce) 首席技术与信息官 Richard Jardim 在一次采访中表示。 “我们不断迭代，增加新技能并调整某些岗位的职责，但我们尚未取消这些岗位，因为我们仍有大量工作需要处理。” 金融业采用 AI 的速度快于加拿大的大多数行业。 超过 30 per cent 的金融和保险公司正在使用 AI，而住宿和餐饮服务业的企业仅有 1.5 per cent 在使用。银行正为快速演进的技术如何改变劳动力基调。
Nutrien 对港口的选择是一个案例研究，揭示了如果马克·卡尼 (Mark Carney) 总理的所有谈话、旅行和外国投资协议要具有任何意义，他必须解决的问题。 该公司计划在 2027, 正式提交的提案表明，许多加拿大领导人已经忘记了在加拿大过去大部分时间里推动经济增长的因素。 近期在初创期刊《2067: A Journal of Canadian Consciousness》上发表的一篇题为“主干理论回归 (Staples Theory is Back)”的文章对此起到了很好的提醒作用。 该文强调，加拿大的经济成功建立在利用对其大宗商品的的需求来构建一个多样化、现代化的工业经济体，从而创建提高生活水平的高价值链。 在理论上，这表现为例如利用对加拿大钾盐的需求来设计和建设配套基础设施——即支持出口所需的铁路、公路、港口和船舶。Nutrien 的意向表明，加拿大现在更难重复那些已被证明有效的经济增长模式。
TURLEY-EWART, B4
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技术将如何改变劳动力。 AI 曾是一个实验性概念，现在已成为银行削减成本和提高效率的主要手段。该国的贷款机构已经开始回应投资者的预期，即 AI 可以更进一步地驱动收入并增强利润。 一些全球主要银行对 AI 带来的裁员效果大加赞赏。 7 月中旬，美国最大的银行摩根大通 (JPMorgan Chase) 报告了第二季度创纪录的利润，首席执行官 Jamie Dimon 表示，在某些领域，由于 AI 的应用，该行已将岗位削减了 30 to 40 per cent。他补充说，大多数员工在公司内部找到了其他岗位。
招聘, B6
电子商务 Shein 在 IPO 前 因关税导致亏损 B2
个人理财 我们测试了 老年人折扣是否 真的能省钱 B7
季度亏损部分归因于 美国取消小额包裹 进口关税豁免后 销售额下滑
LIZ LEE YANTOULTRA NGUI
这家在线零售商在周日披露的 IPO 前财务文件中显示，由于美国取消了小额包裹的进口关税豁免导致销售额下滑，以及一项巨额的一次性会计费用，Shein 季度亏损额转为 9900 万美元（US$99-million）。
该文件为投资者路演及其备受期待的香港 IPO 正式建档奠定了基础。文件显示，与去年同期 3.95 亿美元（$395-million）的净利润相比，Shein 在 2026 年第一季度出现了亏损。
欧盟作为 Shein 的关键市场，本月也对低价值电子商务进口商品征收 3 欧元（€3）的费用，以遏制欧盟所称的来自中国的不公平竞争。
这家总部位于新加坡、由中国创立的公司在招股说明书草案中并未披露香港股票销售的规模、发行价格、上市时间表或预计募集资金额。
Shein 在纽约和伦敦的上市尝试失败后，于 7 月 10 日获得了中国证券监督管理委员会（CSRC）的香港上市批准，为上市铺平了道路。
这些财务细节让投资者能够更清晰地看到 Shein 面临的压力：在成本上升、增长放缓以及关键市场监管审查日益严格的情况下，该公司正在寻求新资金。
第一季度的亏损部分反映了一项会计变更，该公司对此计提了 3.28 亿美元（US$328-million）的可赎回可转换优先股公允价值损失。这类股票是投资者持有的股份，后续可转换为普通股，其会计价值在上市前可能会发生变化。
就石油管道网络 签署租赁与回租协议
FEDERICO MACCIONI AHMED ELIMAM T
这家国有海湾公司在周六表示，科威特石油公司 (Kuwait Petroleum Corp.) 已签署一项 $16-billion 协议，将其原油管道网络租赁给由全球基金黑石 (Blackstone)、布鲁克菲尔德 (Brookfield) 和 KKR 组成的财团，并由其回租。公司称，这是该国历史上最大规模的外国直接投资。
KPC 在一份声明中表示，在名为“Peregrine 项目”的投资计划下，KPC 旗下的科威特石油公司 (KOC) 正与这三家全球投资者成立一家合资企业，采用租赁与回租结构，期限为 20.5 年，其中包括基于数量的关税。
“这次交易传递了一个强有力的信号，即即便在充满挑战的地区环境下，科威特依然是全球资本眼中一个极具吸引力的目的地，”KPC 副董事长兼首席执行官谢赫·纳瓦夫·萨乌德·萨巴赫 (Shaikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah) 在声明中表示。
路透社此前援引消息人士报道，股权出售进程是在 28, 美以联手打击伊朗之前启动的。在旨在结束战争的美伊临时停战协议于上月崩溃后，伊朗继续攻击科威特的基建设施。
KPC 的这项交易是海湾国家石油公司和主权投资者通过基础设施资产筹集资金并吸引外国资本这一更广泛举措的一部分。此前，沙特阿拉伯的 Aramco、阿布扎比国家石油公司以及巴林的 Bapco Energies 均开展了管道筹资活动。
黑石、布鲁克菲尔德和 KKR 将共同持有该合资企业 49-per-cent 股份，而 KOC 将保留 51-per-cent 股份，并维持该网络的完整所有权和运营控制权。该网络包含 13 条管道，总长约 320 公里。
路透社 (REUTERS)
去年，顾客在亚洲电商巨头 Shein 巴黎首家实体店开业当天购物。欧盟本月对低价值电商进口商品征收 €3 费用，以遏制欧盟所称的来自中国的不公平竞争。DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
此次会计损失出现时，Shein 在全球约 160 个国家销售 $5 的连衣裙和 $10 的牛仔裤。由于大流行病驱动的在线购物热潮消退，且美国关闭了“微量豁免” (de minimis) 关税漏洞，该公司在近年来的估值大幅下降。
路透社本月援引知情人士消息报道，Shein 在其 IPO 中寻求 $40- to $50-billion 的估值。这与媒体报道的 2022 年其在一次融资轮中获得 $100-billion 的估值相去甚远。
该公司在文件中表示，自 2025, 5 月起，取消微量豁免政策对 Shein 最大市场——美国的销售额以及整体增长产生了“不利影响”，并导致开支增加。
微量豁免规则此前允许价值低于
伊恩·比基斯 (IAN BICKIS) 温尼伯报道
杰西·贝彻 (Jesse Bettcher) 居住在温尼伯北端的这块地皮曾经是一堆被烧毁的瓦砾。隔壁也是如此，街道对面亦然。但现在，他成为了一栋两层住宅的自豪所有者，房屋采用了蓝灰色的外墙板和白色饰边，新到面前依然立着橙色的施工围栏。对于贝彻先生来说，这是一个梦想之 home，也是这座城市最新希望的体现——该市正寻求拆除、清理并振兴那些出现数百栋房屋空置的社区，因为这些空置房导致了安全隐患及对未来的担忧。
他购买这栋房产是参与一项旨在创造可负担住房所有权的试点项目。这让他和家人得以搬出他所称的濒临倒塌的租赁房。“这感觉很超现实，简直像住在 Airbnb 里一样，”贝彻先生站在前院的泥土地上说道。他表示，由于信用评分低于 500，他在购买过程中得到了很多帮助，包括一家省信用合作社的支持。该家庭过去支付租金的钱，现在用于偿还抵押贷款，这笔钱实际上是传给了下一代。“这不是为了我，”他说，“是为了孩子们。”
市政府以一美元的价格将地块出售给了 Purpose Construction 公司。首批项目之一就是贝彻先生的房子。另一个项目位于他街道对面，目前已被清理干净，正准备动工。此外，省政府也提供了资金，当地领导人如达雷尔·沃伦 (Darrell Warren) 也在积极倡导。
“如果人们看到这些地块上建起了新房子，他们会注意到变化，这会给住在这里的人带来希望，”威廉怀特社区协会 (William Whyte Neighbourhood Association) 主席沃伦先生说道。他一直推动该计划，以扭转日益增加的废弃房产数量，因为这些房产可能导致更多人离开。“如果你一直看到的是封死窗户的废弃房产，你会想‘好吧，我不想住在那里’，”沃伦先生说。
在威廉怀特社区的人们确实看到了很多这类房产。该社区大约有 300 栋封死窗户的建筑或空地。在沃伦先生 2017. 年开始处理这一问题时，这个数字只有 60 栋。这意味着在这个横跨六乘九个街区的社区中，每 10 栋房产中就有一栋以上是此类情况，并且在温尼伯 800 栋以上的空置建筑中占据了相当大的比例。随着……的结合，空置建筑已成为该市日益关注的问题。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 杰西·贝彻站在他位于温尼伯北端的新家前。贝彻先生通过一项旨在创造可负担住房所有权的试点项目购买了这栋房子。 COLIN CORNEAU/加拿大新闻社 (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
无需关税即可进入美国的门槛为 800 美元。Shein 表示，由其销售或通过其市场销售并运往美国的中国原产产品，目前适用的税率在 10% 至 87.5% 之间。
“为了应对增加的关税和税收，我们正在寻求广泛的方案，包括提高美国市场的价格，以抵消部分增加的成本，”该公司表示。
Shein 第一季度的美国营收下降 14.3%，从去年同期的 23.8 亿美元 (US$2.38-billion) 降至 20.4 亿美元 (US$2.04-billion)。美国市场占季度营收的 22.5%，低于 2023 年年度营收占比的 29.4%。
欧洲约占 Shein 2025 年营收的三分之一，今年也可能受到欧盟关税的影响。
“虽然现在全面评估还为时过早，但有可能……”
人口向郊区迁移、市中心住房老龄化，以及贫困和药物滥用带来的挑战使问题更加恶化，引发了当地居民的担忧。
“我经常思考——很多时候——是关于孩子们的，”特雷西·麦肯齐（Tracy McKenzie）说道。近日的一个傍晚，她站在普里查德（Pritchard）游乐场的拐角处，那里当时聚集着许多孩子。
她说，她担心年轻人会被诱惑去探索那些空置房屋。在她家对面的一栋房子在被烧毁前被认为是一个“毒品屋”（trap house），当时有一些动物死在屋内。
“你必须担心房子里会发生很多事情，以及目前发生的各种火灾，”她说。
火灾不仅危险，而且代价高昂。市政府表示，2024 年在威廉·怀特（William Whyte）社区扑灭 232 起火灾共花费了 $14.5 百万。
距离公园几个街区之遥，经过许多修剪整齐的草坪、花坛和一个位于空地上的社区花园，就矗立着沃伦先生（Mr. Warren）所称的他的“噩梦房产”。那是三栋排屋，均由同一名房东所有，在过去三年中共发生了 12 起火灾。他说，几个月前，其中一场火灾还烧毁了一户邻居家的车库。
“你的房子随时都有可能被烧掉，对吧？难道要等到有人丧命，我们才会真正采取行动处理这些事情吗？”
“欧盟的趋势可能与美国取消最低限度免税额（de minimis exemption）后观察到的影响大致相当，甚至可能超过该影响，”Shein 在招股说明书中警告道。
文件显示，就整个业务而言，该公司 2025 年的净利润从前一年下降 38.7% 至 20.6 亿美元（US$2.06-billion），而营收增长 8% 至 418.5 亿美元（US$41.85-billion），增速低于 2024, 年的 20.7%。
其营业利润率从去年同期的 3.9% 下降至第一季度的 2.9%。
Shein 成立于南京，目前发现自己处于美中之间日益紧张的贸易争端中心。
它面临着竞争对手、监管机构和倡导团体的批评，问题包括供应商工厂的工作条件、其购物应用程序被指具有成瘾性功能，以及大量航空运输对环境的影响。
Shein 表示，公司对劳动虐待采取零容忍政策，并已投资于风险评估和缓解框架以保障用户。
在招股说明书中，Shein 表示，由其供应链合作伙伴生产的大多数产品在发货前存储在中国中央仓库中。2025, 年，存储在中国中央仓库的产品占净营收的 90% 以上。
招股说明书草案显示，Shein 的 IPO 前投资者包括 IDG、红杉资本（Sequoia Capital）、红杉中国（HongShan）、Tiger Global、博裕资本（Boyu）、布鲁克菲尔德（Brookfield）和 General Atlantic 等。
这一日益严重的问题促使该市加强了执法手段。该市提高了空置房产税，增加了检查次数，并对封死房屋窗门的行为实施了更严格的规定。
温尼伯市还开始在不予补偿的情况下，没收 48 处由疏忽房东持有的房产，并修改了规则以加快该进程。
最近，该市开始受理 35,000 美元的补贴申请，旨在帮助翻修空置建筑并将其恢复为住宅。
“我们正试图……将‘大棒’与‘胡萝卜’相结合，或者在执法的同时提供一些激励措施，”该市社区振兴协调员埃玛·法因布利特（Emma Fineblit）表示。
她表示，虽然该市一直专注于建设新的经济适用房，但翻修旧房屋可以以更低的成本增加住房单元。减少空置地块的数量还能带来更广泛的社会和安全效益。
沃伦先生仍然抱有希望，认为该社区能够焕发生机。作为一名在那里度过了全部 65 年人生的人，他记得人们曾坐在门阶上聊天、走访并互相照看对方的场景。
“我记得这个社区曾经多么美丽，多么充满活力，以及其他的一切，”他说。
“我相信我们可以回到那个时候。”
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欧洲大陆大幅增加燃料进口，特别是来自美国的海外进口
LISA FRIEDMAN
欧洲在多年试图摆脱俄罗斯天然气依赖的进程中正处于一个关键转折点。在不到六个月的时间里，欧盟将结束最后一批俄罗斯液化天然气（LNG）的进口，这是试图阻止克里姆林宫利用其丰富的能源为其战争机器提供资金的重要一步。为了在这一转变中生存，欧洲大幅增加了燃料进口，特别是来自美国。美国生产商目前供应欧洲约三分之二的液化天然气，这一份额到本十年末可能会上升至 80。LNG 是经过超冷处理成液态的天然气，以便通过特制油轮进行海上运输。但美国与欧洲的关系处于低谷，唐纳德·特朗普总统频繁威胁征收关税、周期性要求控制格陵兰岛，以及在美国决定与伊朗开战问题上的分歧，都侵蚀了这种关系。
这在国防和能源领导者中引发了剧烈的焦虑，他们担心欧洲在摆脱俄罗斯天然气垄断控制的同时，却将国内能源政策的巨大筹码交给华盛顿——以及一位反复无常的美国总统。北大西洋公约组织前高级指挥官理查德·希雷夫爵士（General Sir Richard Shirreff）将军表示：“现实情况是，这种关系已经严重破裂。”他在最近一次伦敦会议的采访中说道：“在这种时期建立对美国的依赖，恕我直言，并不明智。”为了彻底打破对美国及其他国家的依赖循环，欧洲领导人上周提出了一项将整个大陆电气化的计划。欧盟的执行机构——欧盟委员会，旨在将工业电网、供暖和交通迅速转向本土和可再生能源。
该提案旨在削弱外国能源供应商的筹码，同时大幅削减
大卫·劳德 (DAVID LAWDER) 安德里亚·沙拉尔 (ANDREA SHALAL)
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在去年重新上任时，没有时间进行冗长的关税调查，他希望立即打击贸易伙伴以榨取让步。随之而来的是一个混乱的贸易议程开端，而该议程最终在今年被最高法院的一次沉重挫败所颠覆。现在，他及其团队正进入一个新阶段，旨在利用更传统且经过法院验证的贸易法来构建一个更持久的美国关税墙——而这些法律在他 18 个月前几乎没有耐心去对待。他最新的全球关税攻势——以涉嫌未能有效执行强迫劳动禁令为由，对 60 个国家征收 10 per cent 或 12.5 per cent 的关税——标志着未来几个月将披露的众多关税行动之首。这些行动包括对过剩工业产能的调查、对越南涉嫌盗窃知识产权的调查，以及从半导体到机器人和工业机械等战略产业的国家安全保护。
“我们正处于特朗普关税议程‘开始之结束’的阶段，”专门从事美加贸易的 Cenovus Energy 助理总法律顾问丹·乌杰佐 (Dan Ujczo) 表示。“在接下来的几周内，且肯定在夏季结束前，我们将看到唐纳德·特朗普总统贸易政策的大部分内容全面生效。”这可能为企业在特朗普最终的关税结构上带来更多的清晰度和确定性，同时也让外国贸易部门感到恐惧，因为他们可能不得不提供更多让步，以保护进入价值 $3.4 万亿美国进口市场的机会。
特朗普根据 1974, 年《贸易法》第 301 条（该反不公平贸易惯例法规在其第一任期内被用于对付中国）实施的新反强迫劳动关税，几乎直接取代了于周五到期的全球 10 per cent 临时关税。这些措施覆盖了 99.4 per cent 的美国进——
[[IMG_XXXX]] 一艘液化天然气轮船正在俄罗斯萨哈林岛附近的萨哈林-2液化天然气厂装载。欧盟已经终止了从俄罗斯进口液态燃料的短期合同，而针对长期合同下俄罗斯液化天然气的禁令将于 Jan. 1. 生效。SERGEY PONOMAREV/NYT
——口温室气体排放并降低能源成本。 “短期来看，美国无疑是我们解决方案的一部分，但从长远来看，我们正致力于完全摆脱对天然气的依赖，”欧盟住房与能源专员丹·约根森 (Dan Jorgensen) 在一次采访中表示。 “从经济角度和安全角度来看，我们处于一个非常不可持续的局面，我们需要摆脱这种状态，”约根森先生说。
欧盟已经终止了从俄罗斯进口液态燃料的短期合同。针对长期合同下俄罗斯液化天然气的禁令将于 Jan. 1. 生效。一年后，欧洲计划消除通过管道抵达的俄罗斯天然气进口。
目前，欧洲购买俄罗斯天然气的水平处于历史最高点。根据欧盟官方数据，在欧盟禁令开始逐步实施的 3 月 18, 日至 5 月 31 日之间，欧洲进口的俄罗斯液化天然气增加了 17 per cent，与 2025, 年同期相比。俄罗斯管道进口也增加了 5 per cent。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 美国总统唐纳德·特朗普上周对加拿大啤酒、乳制品、曲棍球棒及其他产品征收了 50 per cent 的关税。ROD LAMKEY/AP
美国贸易代表办公室表示。
这重建了唐纳德·特朗普标志性的“解放日”关税的一部分，该关税对几乎所有国家征收 10-50% 的关税，但美国最高法院此前裁定，唐纳德·特朗普用来实施这些关税的一项未经测试的国家紧急状态法在法律上是非法的。基准关税的另一部分可能会通过另一项针对过剩工业能力的 301 调查而重建，该调查针对 16 个主要贸易伙伴，包括中国、欧盟、日本、韩国、墨西哥和越南。这项正在进行的调查针对的是工业补贴和其他以出口为导向的政策。
在针对唐纳德·特朗普此举的广泛骚动中，有些人认为这在很大程度上维持了现状。
总部位于密歇根州的吸尘器制造商 Bissell Inc. 的首席执行官 Mark Bissell 表示，最新的关税在很大程度上是公司预料之中的，公司并未为了应对关税而提前从中国及其他地区大量囤积库存。
Bissell 在给路透社的一封电子邮件中表示：“我们继续经营业务，是基于关税将维持在 10-15% 范围内的信念。”
唐纳德·特朗普在启动之初就通过快速但未经测试的关税进行赌博，产生了四个结果：它增加了零售商和其他依赖进口行业的成本；它将数十个贸易伙伴带到了谈判桌前，从而在降低税率方面获得了让步；它引发了中国迅速的报复和关税升级，最终导致了一场脆弱的休战；以及它为美国财政库充盈了数千亿美元。
仅“解放日”关税就产生了 $166-billion 的收入，极大地抵消了日益增长的联邦赤字，但现在给进口商的退款已使这些款项变为负数。基于一项旨在平息国际收支危机法律而实施的 150 天临时关税，截至 7 月 5 日，已增加了 $31-billion 的评估收入。但如果联邦法院反对该关税的裁决维持不变，这笔钱也将面临退款。
随着美国公共债务接近 $40-trillion，大西洋议会（Atlantic Council）国际经济学主席 Josh Lipsky 表示，随后的政府可能会对这种可能持续的关税收入产生依赖。
Lipsky 先生说：“关税墙正在被一块接一块地坚固地重建，而且它非常耐用。”
唐纳德·特朗普在强迫劳动案件中广泛使用 301 条款，引发了小企业的立即法律挑战，但贸易和法律专家表示，这将需要时间来演变。该法规在……
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能源市场目前处于一个波动期。像液化天然气（LNG）这样的燃料需要提前很久购买，而许多人希望现在能够获得的数量根本不存在。
随着伊朗境内战斗的持续，伊朗对卡塔尔（全球第二大液化天然气出口国）的袭击也严重破坏了该国的出口能力。在战争之前，卡塔尔并不是欧洲液化天然气的主要来源——占比在 6% 到 8% 之间。尽管如此，来自卡塔尔及中东其他地区的天然气供应中断打乱了全球供应，并导致价格飙升。
美国和伊朗在 6 月份达成的一次停火协议曾为油轮通过霍尔木兹海峡短暂地打开了一扇窗。但随着该协议崩溃以及双方重启攻击，天然气油轮的运输已几乎完全陷入停滞。
哥伦比亚大学全球能源政策中心的研究学者 Anne-Sophie Corbeau 表示：“欧洲此前寄希望于到 2027 年会有大量的液化天然气。”随着伊朗战争打乱了这一计算，她说，“情况变得更加复杂了。”
一旦俄罗斯货运停止流动，大部分缺口将由美国的液化天然气填补。目前美国供应了欧洲约三分之二的液化天然气，而 2021. 年这一比例约为四分之一。其余大部分由尼日利亚和卡塔尔供应。至于通过管道交付的天然气，欧洲严重依赖来自挪威和阿尔及利亚的供应。
美国液化天然气对欧洲具有吸引力，原因有很多，包括船只往返的便利性。但上个月，美国能源部长克里斯·赖特（Chris Wright）警告称，欧洲一项旨在遏制甲烷（一种强效温室气体）泄漏的气候法规过于繁重，可能会导致美国天然气供应商转而向其他地区销售。
“如果不对该规则进行实质性改革，这将给欧洲带来严重的痛苦，而这是不必要的，”赖特先生在接受彭博社采访时表示，其办公室随后确认了相关言论。
“我们的能源会流动，”赖特先生说。但他补充道，“它只是会流向其他地方。”
发言人本·迪特德里希（Ben Dietderich）——
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法院，且法官可能不愿禁制旨在遏制强迫劳动和降低美国商品贸易壁垒的行动。
美国贸易代表詹米森·格里尔（Jamieson Greer）本周明确表示，特朗普先生将利用他所能掌控的一切手段建立关税壁垒，以实现生产回流并缩小贸易逆差。
“本届政府所使用的具体权限已经改变，但贸易战略没有改变，”格里尔先生告诉美国参议院财政委员会。
格里尔先生尚未承诺工业产能调查的时间表，他表示，正在重建的关税层级将不会超过他在谈判协议中所包含的上限，包括针对欧盟、日本和韩国的 15 per cent，以及针对东南亚国家更高的税率。
政府官员表示，尽管中国被视为全球最大的过剩产能来源，但其税率将不会超过特朗普先生与中国国家主席习近平去年 11 月商定的约 20 per cent 的上限，这是在他第一任期 25 per cent 关税之上的叠加。
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破产通知及债权人首次会议 关于以下实体的破产事项： EDDIE BAUER OF CANADA CORPORATION 安大略省多伦多市
特此通知，Eddie Bauer of Canada Corporation 于 22, 2026, 破产，债权人首次会议将于 2026 年 8 月 12 日东部时间下午 2:00 p.m. EDT 通过 Teams 召开，会议地址为：
Wright 先生的代表表示，这些言论并非威胁。相反，他表示，他们是在解释如果欧洲继续执行该监管条例，市场将如何反应。但一些欧洲人表示，他们将 Wright 先生的言论视为最后通牒。 “他们是在说，你们需要购买更多，并且请取消你们的所有监管条例，”Corbeau 女士说道。周一，欧盟委员会并未取消这些监管条例，但建议对未能报告或核实甲烷排放的公司免除 3 年的处罚。 总部位于伦敦的贸易组织——国际油气生产商协会（International Association of Oil and Gas Producers）策略主管 Nareg Terzian 表示，他认为对欧洲依赖美国的担忧被夸大了。 “这些担忧是由那些总体上不乐意使用天然气或液化天然气的人提出的，”他说道。“从根本上说，我们认为美国和欧盟都有兴趣保持流量的稳定，我们希望这种情况能维持下去。”
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期限。 一些名义上的——或宣布的——关税可能高于实际执行的税率，分析师称，这可能是各国遵守已达成贸易协定条款的一种执行机制。 尽管如此，仍有一些事情出乎意料，包括唐纳德·特朗普周一宣布对加拿大啤酒、乳制品、曲棍球球杆及其他产品征收 50% 的关税，原因是渥太华拒绝做出贸易让步；以及他威胁要因为西班牙未达到 北大西洋公约组织 军事支出目标而切断与西班牙的所有贸易。 康奈尔大学贸易学教授、国际货币基金组织中国部前主管 Eswar Prasad 表示，这种随意宣布关税的倾向仍然是一项持续的风险。 “特朗普渴望通过征收关税来解决一系列不满，这不仅将继续破坏全球贸易体系，还将对美国家庭和企业产生显著的负面影响。”
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随着我国加速迈向“新民用核能复兴”，我们必须制定一项采集氦-3 的计划
CHRIS CASSIN Zero Point Cryogenics 首席执行官
当能源部长 Tim Hodgson 宣布加拿大将建造 10 座新核反应堆时，这是一项能源公告——但它也可以是一个关于量子主权的故事。 该公告为加拿大的量子技术潜力带来了一个潜在益处：伦理地创造氦-3。氦-3 是全球未来量子经济（包括量子计算机、量子传感器和量子通信）中最为稀有且最重要的元素之一。随着加拿大加速迈向 Hodgson 所规划的“新民用核能复兴”，加拿大现在必须制定一项计划，以采集并储备核电产生 3, 的氦-3。 量子技术——
弗雷德·加拉格尔 (FRED GALLAGHER)
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随着加拿大各省省长再次会晤，加拿大成为了议题的焦点。
我们的最大贸易伙伴正通过新一轮对加拿大商品威胁征收关税的方式，对加拿大发起攻击。在上周于夏洛特敦举行的今年年度夏季省长会议上，要求采取“以牙还牙”和“等额”报复似乎是目前唯一可见的应对方案。
然而，这些省长们似乎很方便地忘记了，他们及其政府对加拿大 GDP 产生的一些最大不必要成本负有责任，而这些成本正是由省际贸易壁垒造成的。
在 2025 年，联邦政府估计，“消除内部贸易壁垒可将 GDP 提升至多 2000 亿美元，相当于每人 5,100 美元”，或约占加拿大 GDP 的 6 百分比。国际货币基金组织关于加拿大内部贸易壁垒影响的报告也给出了类似的数字。
作为对比，在白宫发布最新的关税公告之前，加拿大央行估计，到 2026 年底，唐纳德·特朗普时代的贸易限制将导致加拿大 GDP 下降 1.5 百分比，或约 500 亿美元。（与此同时，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普计划的新关税将适用于价值约 280 亿美元的加拿大产品，但对 GDP 的影响可能不会那么高。）
这意味着，消除国内自由贸易内部壁垒所带来的 GDP 收益值将
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在这种情况下，美国并未设置此类障碍，因此在未来的数十年中，美国将看到新的基础设施以及随之带来的所有主要和辅助就业岗位，而这些都将由销售加拿大钾盐产生的收入来支付。
Nutrien 正在阐明其观点。正如萨斯喀彻温大学农业与资源经济学教授 Stuart Smyth 告诉 CBC 的那样，该公司得出结论，认为“在美国比在加拿大更容易完成的事情”正是如此。
在 美国更容易完成的事情包括：减少监管繁文缛节、避免基础设施建设所需的漫长审批过程、建设铁路能力以防止昂贵的运输瓶颈、保持建设和土地开发成本的竞争力，以及提供供应链的可靠性。
相比之下，温哥华港则以其高成本、低效率和劳资纠纷而闻名。
事实上，该行业在 9/11 事件后立即经历了首次供应链冲击，当时美国迅速提高了其港口和边境的安全级别。
2025, 年，北大西洋公约组织 (NATO) 将氦-3 的供应列为任何量子计算供应链的关键。多年来，美国一直通过能源部管理其自身的氦-3 库存。
但美国和其他国家正在寻找替代供应源。美国能源部同位素研发与生产办公室主任 Christopher Landers 告诉《新闻周刊》：“低温技术需要氦-3，这是量子技术的一个巨大驱动力；核聚变也需要它，此外还有医疗应用。但氦-3 确实……正处于一个以指数级速度增长的轨迹上。”
氦-3 的极端稀缺性和日益增长的重要性，促使美国和欧盟探索不同的……
这些对于加拿大的国家安全和国防至关重要——它们比今天的技术要指数级地强大。它们不再运行在二进制的 1 和 0 上，而是运行在量子比特 (qubits) 上，量子比特可以同时处于所有状态。
量子比特需要比太空中最冷的部分还要冷的环境。因此，扩展量子技术的全球竞赛依赖于所谓的低温基础设施，以创造量子比特所需的接近绝对零度的条件。维持该温度需要 helium-3（氦-3），它是一种稳定、安全、无放射性的氦同位素——而且极其稀有。
如果说低温基础设施是量子技术的引擎，那么氦-3 就是燃料。
氦-3 如此稀缺，以至于它的测量单位是气体升而非吨。在地球大气层中，它的含量仅为 7.2 万亿分之一。它无法根据需求合成。
但对于加拿大来说，一个好消息是，它是我们核电生产的副产品。
其他国家生产用于量子的氦-3 是维护核弹头的副产品，这使得全球供应既有限又具有战略敏感性。除量子基础设施外，氦-3 还是边境安全的关键资产，用于检测在国家之间运输的非法核材料。
氦-3 如此稀缺，以至于它的测量单位是气体升而非吨。在地球大气层中，它的含量仅为 7.2 万亿分之一。它无法根据需求合成。
[[IMG_XXXX]] （图片说明） 总理 Mark Carney（中）与加拿大各省省长在上周于夏洛特顿举行的首脑会议上主持闭幕新闻发布会。周二，9 位省长正式同意通过允许消费者直接从本省以外的酒庄和酿酒厂购买，来消除省际酒精贸易障碍。 DARREN CALABRESE/加拿大新闻社 (THE CANADIAN PRESS)
是唐纳德·特朗普 (Donald Trump) 所有征收关税的 3 到 4 倍。
2025年6月26日，联邦政府通过了《加拿大自由贸易与劳动力流动法》，该法于今年年初生效。此外，渥太华于 2025年6月30日 移除了《加拿大自由贸易协定》(CFTA) 的所有联邦例外条款。
听起来很令人印象深刻。问题解决了！很简单，对吧？
不幸的是，联邦立法并不是开放国内贸易的主要障碍。渥太华能够采取影响省际贸易的权力或行动非常有限。省际壁垒绝大多数的立法和监管责任在各省本身。
虽然去年的省长夏季会议重点讨论了“通过减少内部贸易和劳动力流动的障碍来建设一个更强大的加拿大”，但自那时起，几乎没有采取任何实质性的行动。
协议已经签署，但执行缓慢，特别是在金融服务、卡车运输、专业执照、监管框架以及省际基础设施整合等领域。加速实现共同商定目标的责任在于各省省长。
值得肯定的是，通过签署《商品销售相互认可协议》、一系列劳动力流动变动以及移除 CFTA 项下约 22 per cent 的例外条款，已经取得了一些进展。
周二，九位省长在这一进展的基础上，正式同意通过允许消费者直接从本省以外的酒庄和酿酒厂购买产品，从而消除省际酒精贸易壁垒。
以及铁路瓶颈，这些因素加剧了出口商必须承受的成本，使他们难以与那些能以更快速度和更高利润将产品运往市场的外国竞争对手竞争。
在此基础上，是不列颠哥伦比亚省 (B.C.) 尚未解决的原住民土地主张所导致的监管不确定性。不列颠哥伦比亚省最高法院去年 8 月做出的具有里程碑意义的“考维灿先例”(Cowichan Precedent) 裁决，承认了考维灿部落对里奇蒙 (Richmond) 弗雷泽河畔 1,850 英亩工业和滨水土地的原住民所有权。这一决定由于其产生的不确定性，给了投资者犹豫的理由。
原住民所有权包括独占使用权。许多原住民部落对温哥华港部分土地拥有重叠的主张。这可能包括一个同样提出主张的华盛顿州部落——卢米民族 (Lummi Nation)。
在华盛顿州，原住民土地权利在很久以前就基本解决了，因此此类所有权风险极小。
快速推进的温哥华港——
前往月球采集，那里由于太阳风而积聚了氦-3。事实上，美国国家航空航天局 (NASA) 已与 Interlune 签署协议，从月球采集氦-3，初步计划于 2028年发射。
但加拿大不需要去月球。我们可以去多伦多东部的达灵顿 (Darlington)。加拿大可以从 CANDU 反应堆中采集氦-3。安大略电力公司 (Ontario Power Generation) 已经在其达灵顿核电设施中这样做，使加拿大成为这项技术的全球先驱。在这方面，并非所有核电都是一样的。加拿大的 CANDU 反应堆使用重水，在氚衰变过程中会自然产生氦-3 作为副产品。其他核电发电技术则不能，这使得氦-3 的生产即使在小规模情况下也更加复杂且昂贵。
如果加拿大的 10 个新反应堆采用 CANDU 设计，我们有望成为全球最重要的非军事氦-3 生产国。
加拿大已花费数亿美元建立量子部门，处于全球量子竞赛的前沿。但如果我们不增加生产以满足需求并加以保护，氦-3 将成为加拿大国内供应链的一个潜在弱点。加拿大现在不仅有机会保障自身的供应，而且有机会成为一个
其他国家依赖的国家。 低温量子基础设施的物理需求是恒定的，而对氦-3的需求将继续增长。 建立氦-3储备将保护加拿大的量子投资，并使加拿大公司在这一世纪最具战略重要性的技术之一中获得供应链优势。 这是一个我们国家领导人不应错过的机会。 适用于锂或钴等关键矿物的规则和规划也可以且必须应用于氦-3。加拿大现在应该采取行动，将氦-3指定为战略关键资源，建立国家储备进行囤积，并建立一套国内分配机制，以确保开发加拿大量子技术的加拿大公司和研究人员能够可靠且负担得起地获取该资源。 加拿大的资源——淡水、钾盐、石油和天然气以及关键矿物——令全世界羡慕。 对于从东海岸到西海岸再到北海岸的无数家庭来说，我们的资源是支付房贷和维持生计的保障；它们驱动着我们的经济并创造就业机会。 氦-3可以帮助确保我们在未来的许多年里继续保持这种繁荣地位。
在一份关于内部贸易的成绩单中，加拿大独立商业联合会 (CFIB) 对各省签署谅解备忘录以及就省际贸易合作宣布政策意向给予了高分。然而，CFIB 对那些坚持 CFTA 例外情况以及在实际消除内部贸易壁垒方面进展缓慢的省份给出了大幅降低的分数，大多数省份的成绩在 C 级以下。 在 1990s，澳大利亚面临许多类似的州际贸易和竞争壁垒。通过一项国家竞争政策审查，该国各州首长能够达成协议，消除那些严重阻碍澳大利亚国际竞争力的内部贸易和监管壁垒。 自从采用竞争审查原则以来，澳大利亚的人均 GDP 从 1990 年落后加拿大 $2,709，增长到 2022, 超过加拿大的人均 GDP $6,519，人均变化近 $10,000。 在去年夏天联邦委员会夏季会议之前的公开信中，我恳请所有省首长效仿澳大利亚的经验，消除省际壁垒。我被省首长们 July 23, 2025. 的最终公报所鼓舞。这是消除加拿大内部贸易和商业壁垒的一个坚实开端。 但目前仍然存在显著的壁垒，从经济规模上来看，它们让唐纳德·特朗普的关税问题显得微不足道。如果省首长们不对其政府施加强力压力，将很难取得实质性成就，加拿大也无法实现明显的经济价值。 在今年的联邦委员会夏季会议上，也许省首长们应该少关注那些他们无能为力的外部问题，而应致力于加速完成他们去年 7 月为自己设定的目标。
couver 扩建项目如果进展顺利，可能会在 2030 年代中期准备就绪。 与此同时，Nutrien 预计从 2027 年做出决定到 2031 年在美国开始运营需要四年时间。这种差距对于麦金农先生来说可能难以消化，而并非 Nutrien 声明的意图本身的问题。这让人质疑加拿大的实际投资吸引力究竟如何。
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“期权并非实际股份，而是一份关于股份的合同；对短期的偏好就像是‘到手的鸟’与‘巢中的鸟’的区别，后者更具假设性，”他表示。“围绕关税的宏观经济不确定性，可能导致高管更倾向于较高的短期薪酬和实际现金。”与前一年相比，前 100 名企业的平均 CEO 在 2025 年其基于期权的奖励价值下降了近 30%。去年，期权仅占所有长期激励计划相关薪酬的 23%，其余部分为直接股票赠与。与此同时，首席执行官们通常以大幅领先的优势完成了董事会为其设定的短期绩效目标，这意味着他们有资格获得丰厚的奖金。前 100 名企业的平均 CEO 获得的短期激励支付额高出其目标的 44%。废物管理巨头 GFL Environmental Inc. 的 CEO Patrick Dovigi 在 2025 年获得了加拿大所有高管中最高额的奖金。他的奖金超过 $9.9-million，仅略低于前 100 名企业总薪酬中位数 $10.3-million。Dovigi 先生也是 2025 年加拿大薪酬最高的高管，且领先幅度巨大。他去年的总薪酬超过 $230-million，几乎是 RB Global Inc. CEO Jim Kessler 的四倍；Kessler 先生是 2025 年加拿大薪酬第二高的高管，薪酬包约为 $60.2-million。Dovigi 先生薪酬的近一半——约 $108.3-million——不属于典型的工资、奖金、股票赠与和期权形式，而是被归类为“所有其他薪酬”。根据 GFL 的文件，其中包括超过 $20.8-million 的人寿保险费。这几乎是 GFL 在 2024 年代表 Dovigi 先生支付的 $11.4-million 人寿保险费的两倍。那年 9 月，他位于多伦多 Rosedale 社区的住宅曾遭到枪击。Dovigi 先生的“所有其他薪酬”中还包括超过 $44-million 的交易奖金——GFL 在 2025 年初以 $6.2-billion 的价格将环保服务部门的多数股权出售给了两家私募股权公司——以及近 $31-million 的所谓“税收补差”（gross up payments）。税收补差旨在支付高管预计的税单。Landers 先生表示，这类
詹姆森·伯科 (JAMESON BERKOW) 资本市场记者
一项旨在大幅减少美国公司必须向股东披露的高管薪酬方案信息的美国计划，正在加拿大引发一场关于是否采用类似披露规则的争论。
5月下旬，美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 提出了一项被 Latham & Watkins LLP 律师事务所描述为对上市公司高管薪酬披露要求进行全面改革的方案。SEC 表示，如果该方案被采用，大约 81% 的美国上市公司将不再有义务披露其领导者薪酬方案的某些细节。
该提案将限制最严苛的披露级别，仅适用于价值至少 $2-billion（高于目前的 $700-million 阈值）且已作为公开发行人五年的公司（高于目前的一年阈值）。低于这些阈值的公司将被允许省略举行“薪酬说赞” (say-on-pay) 及其他股东咨询投票，将必须披露薪酬的高管人数从五名减少至三名，并停止提供薪酬委员会报告、CEO 薪酬比率以及薪酬与绩效的对比披露。
“这非常重大，他们正在全面缩减，”约克大学治理、法律与伦理学教授理查德·勒布朗 (Richard Leblanc) 在一次采访中表示。“公司向特朗普政府主张的是，‘薪酬说赞’和‘绩效薪酬’的合规成本巨大，而特朗普政府表示同意，并打算全部取消。”
勒布朗教授表示，像 Institutional Shareholder Services 和 Glass Lewis 这样的代理投票咨询公司需要这些数据。他说，如果 SEC 的提案被采用，加拿大的证券监管机构“绝对不应”实施类似的变更。
“目前有一种非常强烈的趋势是，”
薪酬在近年来已变得罕见。“对此有很多审查，即通过给某人开出天价薪酬来基本上覆盖税收，”他说。“在过去许多年里，无论是在美国还是加拿大，这在治理上已变得有些禁忌。” 就前 100, 名公司的长期薪酬趋势而言，绩效股份单位 (PSUs) 占所有股票薪酬的一半，而限制性股票单位 (RSUs) 占总额的 26%。与在预定时间表上自动归属且常被称为“呼吸薪酬” (pay-for-pulse) 的 RSUs 不同，PSUs 仅在公司实现特定目标（如达到收入目标或一定的股东总回报水平）时才会支付。尽管 PSUs 是前 100 名公司中最大的单一股票薪酬来源，但值得注意的是，PSUs 在长期 CEO 薪酬中所占的比例并未进一步扩大。
机构投资者和诸如加拿大良好治理联盟 (Canadian Coalition for Good Governance) 等行业团体长期以来一直主张公司应尽可能将股票奖励与绩效挂钩。兰德斯 (Mr. Landers) 认为，前 100 名名单中新进入者的数量庞大，部分解释了为什么去年 PSUs 的水平没有某些人预期的高，因为一些此前从未进入名单的前 100 名成员尚未建立高管薪酬的最佳实践。由于去年金属和矿产价格大幅上涨，几家矿业公司在 2025. 年首次进入该名单。矿业公司在 2025, 年前 100 名中占比 22%，高于 2024 年的 13%。“对于其中一些新进入者来说，有一个短暂的成长期，因为随着他们在名单上的排名上升，他们开始受到越来越多...
“来自机构投资者的审查，”Landers先生表示，“名单中一些中型矿业公司仍在摸索最适合自己的结构。”女性在前100名中再次成为最大的异数，在2025年，名单中仅有四家公司由女性担任首席执行官——分别是 Aritzia、加拿大国家铁路公司（Canadian National Railway Co.）、Element Fleet Management Corp. 和 Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.。这低于2024年由女性担任最高职位的六家公司。在入选名单的四名女性中，只有一名——加拿大国家铁路公司 CEO Tracy Robinson——在薪酬方面进入前50名。她的总薪酬价值 $21.5-million，排名第 12。
“与美国人的做法相匹配，”Leblanc教授在谈到加拿大目前正在试行的、将季度报告改为半年报告的美国计划时说道。“加拿大公司确实面临着效仿的压力。我认为监管机构需要理解这种压力，但同时要维持一个加拿大的环境。”加拿大证券管理局（Canadian Securities Administrators）作为一个涵盖该国省和地区市场监管机构的伞形组织，上周发布了一份咨询文件，就如何“使上市公司的监管现代化”征求意见。减少对高管薪酬披露的要求是该文件提出的众多问题之一。根据英属哥伦比亚大学索德商学院（Sauder School of Business）财务学教授及公司治理加拿大研究主席 Kai Li 的说法，美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的提案和 CSA 的咨询都是一项更广泛努力的一部分，旨在鼓励更多公司上市，以期扭转全球上市公司数量数十年来下降的趋势。“这是一个权衡，”Li教授在采访中表示。“更高的透明度更好，但这是一种平衡行为。某些披露可能会过于繁琐。这对公司来说极其耗时，而股东有时又过于挑剔。”Gowling WLG 律师事务所专注于公司治理的合伙人 Kathleen Ritchie 表示，目前的 SEC 规则实际上比加拿大公司面临的规则更具指令性和更广泛。“美国现有的负担比加拿大更重，”Ritchie女士在采访中说。“我预计 SEC 的动机与加拿大证券监管机构相同。他们在询问可以采取什么措施来减轻监管负担，同时仍然保护投资者并确保我们资本市场的完整性。他们正试图在其中找到正确的平衡点。”
最高薪酬前 10 名
| 排名 | 高管姓名 | 公司 | 总报告薪酬 (加元$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Dovigi | GFL Environmental Inc. | $230,735,743 |
| 1 | Patrick Dovigi | GFL Environmental Inc. | 244% |
| 1 | Patrick Dovigi | GFL Environmental Inc. | $9,917,809 |
| 1 | Patrick Dovigi | GFL Environmental Inc. | $110,095,145 |
| 2 | Jim Kessler | RB Global, Inc. | $60,237,443 |
| 3 | Tobias Lütke | Shopify Inc. | $48,912,538 |
| 4 | D. Mark Bristow # | Barrick Mining Corp. | $31,957,588 |
| 5 | Charles Brindamour | Intact Financial Corp. | $29,321,445 |
| 5 | Charles Brindamour | Intact Financial Corp. | 65% |
| 6 | Seetarama Kotagiri | Magna International Inc. | $27,233,083 |
| 7 | Keith E. Creel | Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. | $25,655,819 |
| 8 | Ammar Al-Joundi | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | $24,653,408 |
| 9 | Gregory L. Ebel | Enbridge Inc. | $24,388,263 |
| 10 | Robert A. Mionis | Celestica Inc. | $24,339,324 |
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最大增幅
| 排名 | 高管姓名 | 公司 | 总薪酬同比变化 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jim Kessler | RB Global, Inc. | 200% |
| 3 | Michael Steinmann | Pan American Silver Corp. | 76% |
| 4 | Ammar Al-Joundi | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | 75% |
| 6 | Darryl White | Bank of Montreal | 55% |
| 7 | Greg Hicks | Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. | 53% |
| 8 | Jennifer Wong | Aritzia Inc. | 45% |
| 9 | Marc Parent # | CAE Inc. | 42% |
| 10 | Keith Neumeyer | First Majestic Silver Corp. | 40% |
最高奖金
| 排名 | 高管姓名 | 公司 | 奖金 (加元$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Seetarama Kotagiri | Magna International Inc. | $9,414,958 |
| 3 | David McKay | Royal Bank of Canada | $7,440,000 |
| 4 | Greg Hicks | Canadian Tire Corp., Ltd. | $6,101,311 |
| 5 | Jay S. Hennick | Colliers International Group Inc. | $5,061,848 |
| 6 | Robert A. Mionis | Celestica Inc. | $4,821,375 |
| 7 | Alain Bédard | TFI International Inc. | $4,804,046 |
| 8 | Charles Brindamour | Intact Financial Corp. | $4,706,301 |
| 9 | Gord Johnston | Stantec Inc. | $4,702,500 |
| 10 | Gregory L. Ebel | Enbridge Inc. | $4,331,924 |
最高股权
| 排名 | 高管姓名 | 公司 | CEO 股权价值 (加元$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galen G. Weston | George Weston Ltd. | $21,249,552,395 |
| 2 | Tobias Lütke | Shopify Inc. | $17,501,826,197 |
| 3 | Bruce Flatt | Brookfield Corp. | $7,004,767,782 |
| 4 | V. Prem Watsa | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. | $5,409,605,586 |
| 5 | Pierre Karl Péladeau | Quebecor Inc. | $3,673,814,678 |
| 6 | Jay S. Hennick | Colliers International Group Inc. | $1,362,899,760 |
| 7 | Bruce Flatt | Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. | $1,085,924,394 |
| 8 | Michael Rose | Tourmaline Oil Corp. | $1,062,234,393 |
| 9 | Neil Rossy | Dollarama Inc. | $990,455,196 |
| 10 | Patrick Dovigi | GFL Environmental Inc. | $723,941,303 |
最高股份计薪
| 排名 | 高管姓名 | 公司 | 股份激励 (加元$) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jim Kessler | RB Global, Inc. | $24,898,346 |
| 3 | Ammar Al-Joundi | Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. | $19,476,748 |
| 4 | Robert A. Mionis | Celestica Inc. | $17,383,223 |
| 5 | Joshua Kobza | Restaurant Brands International Inc. | $17,214,282 |
| 6 | Darren Entwistle | TELUS Corp. | $15,910,439 |
| 7 | Glenn Chamandy | Gildan Activewear Inc. | $13,756,574 |
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今年 5 月，英国的标准查打特银行（Standard Chartered）表示，计划在四年内裁减 15% 的企业职能部门岗位——即 7,000 多个工作岗位——其首席执行官比尔·温特斯（Bill Winters）称，这是为了用技术和人工智能取代所谓的“低价值人力资本”。不久之后，温特斯先生就他的言论给员工带来的不安表示道歉。加拿大银行一直在削减成本，作为广泛提高盈利能力努力的一部分。但目前人工智能对该国就业的影响被认为较为温和。加拿大银行在 5 月表示，没有证据表明人工智能导致了大规模的失业。在最近一项针对金融业风险管理高级专家的调查中，许多人表示，人工智能将成为辅助决策的工具，而人类仍将主导，这进一步证明人工智能将改变工作而非消除工作。人工智能在金融业取代某些岗位的潜在可能性，最明显的迹象体现在招聘实践中。随着人工智能使流程自动化并为员工节省时间，即使业务在增长，银行招聘的人员也在减少。根据贾丁（Mr. Jardim）的说法，在加拿大帝国商业银行（CIBC）的技术和数据部门中，尽管该团队在支持吸引新客户、推出更新产品以及在公司范围内实现流程自动化方面的需求在增加，但该贷款机构所需招聘的员工却减少了。随着人工智能改变了对某些岗位的需求，该银行正在调整这些工作的范围。“例如，我们在技术部门有业务分析师或项目经理。其中一些工作现在可以自动化，尤其是项目控制工作，”贾丁先生说道。“那些了解产品、银行环境和技术的人，如果你愿意，可以很容易地将他们转移到业务部门，因为那里需要懂产品的人，而这无法通过人工智能来实现。我们看到不同的角色在发生变化，我们要么调动人员，要么让他们调整工作类型。” 美国银行（Bank of America）已经
“这项协议让我们能够确保在已经实施电子处方的地区保持其连续性，同时继续部署‘魁北克处方’（Prescription Québec）项目，”魁北克卫生局（Santé Québec）总裁热内薇耶芙·比隆（Geneviève Biron）在一份声明中表示。 Infoway 临时首席执行官阿比·卡尔拉（Abhi Kalra）表示，“魁北克处方”使用了通过 PrescribeIT 建立的基础设施，并基于对该技术所做的投资。 “这是在魁北克的一次成功试点之后进行的，合作伙伴的反馈强化了安全电子处方在实践中的价值，并有助于决定通过魁北克主导的方法继续并扩大该计划，”卡尔拉先生在一份声明中说。 虽然 Infoway 为启动试点项目提供了资金，但魁北克卫生部将承担其运营成本。 魁北克卫生局未透露“魁北克处方”协议涉及的具体金额，但表示这是一项为期四年的协议。该卫生当局未说明四年后该平台的融资方式。 “现在评论协议到期后将适用的条款还为时过早，”魁北克卫生局发言人马里安·帕凯特（Marianne Paquette）在一封电子邮件声明中说。“关于未来的决定将在适当的时间做出。” 目前，“魁北克处方”已被 14 家药房和在 8 家诊所工作的 138 名医生使用。
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[[IMG_XXXX]] CIBC 首席技术官 Richard Jardim 4月在多伦多银行办公室被拍到，他表示，目前技术领域的一些职位（如业务分析师和项目经理）现在可以实现自动化。COLE BURSTON/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
在加拿大的公司和商业客户，使用 AI 来驱动 Erica，其面向消费者的虚拟助手。 该平台允许客户查找更复杂的信息并处理自己的交易，而无需拨打银行的联系中心电话。Erica 在截至 6 月 30 次客户交互。 消费者技术负责人 Tom Ellis 在一次采访中表示，随着贷款机构的客户量增加，由于 Erica 承担了更多的客户交互，美国银行无需增加员工人数。 “我们的客户可以在应用程序中找到他们需要的内容，”他说，“他们不需要拨打联系中心。” 资深银行家预计将消除“苦力”工作，即那些可以由 AI 自动化或完成的操作性和程序性任务。加拿大皇家银行（Royal Bank of Canada）正利用该技术生成内部报告和贷款信用决策——人工智能负责人 Bruce Ross 在一次采访中表示，这些工作过去需要多人的时间和精力。 6 月，RBC 首席执行官 Dave McKay 表示，他每天早晨通过 AI 工具的简报开始工作，从而减少了其团队需要完成的工作量，使他们能够转而专注于提供背景信息和见解。 在 RBC 的资本市场部门，初级银行家（一个以工作时间过长和任务枯燥而闻名的职位）在制作提案演示文稿（pitch decks）和研究报告上花费的时间减少了。AI 被用于综合会议对话并生成 PowerPoint 演示文稿。 Ross 先生表示，初级银行家正更多地专注于分析，而减少了在产出工作上的时间。
在蒙特利尔东南部的 Estrie 地区。该试点项目于 2024, 5 月开始，魁北克卫生部（Santé Québec）报告称，截至 7 月 10,，约有 283,000 份电子处方已被处理。 代表魁北克药剂师的协会对这一公告表示满意。 “电子处方通过减少低价值的行政任务（如手动数据输入），使药剂师能够将更多时间投入到患者护理中，”魁北克药店所有者协会 (AQPP) 在一份给《环球邮报》的声明中表示。 “与传真或在线传真（单向通信）相比，其优势在于这是一个双向通信平台，”魁北克药店连锁及品牌协会 (ABCPQ) 执行主任 Hugues Mousseau 说道，“药剂师在想要核实信息时面临的日常挑战之一就是联系医生。” PrescribeIT 在其他省份采用率较低的一个原因是向药剂师收取每份处方的费用，这导致一些药剂师停止使用该平台。 魁北克省表示将不收取此类费用。“这样将是不可持续的，”Mousseau 先生说，并补充道：“我们认为药剂师承担这些成本是不正常的。” 只有四家药店连锁店参与了该试点项目：Groupe Jean Coutu, Brunet, Uniprix 和 Proxim。 Mousseau 先生观察到，省级官员尚未……
以及 OpenAI，他们声称 AI 模型过于危险，不能公开开发，且为了安全必须由像他们这样的企业进行严格控制。另一方则是包括微软 (Microsoft) 和英伟达 (Nvidia) 在内的其余技术产业，他们主张所谓的开源 AI 模型必须保持开放，以便人们进一步开发技术。 这两个阵营已开始公开冲突。周五，英伟达 CEO 黄仁勋在其……
详细说明了该平台将如何扩展到其他链条，以及这些实施成本将如何覆盖。
魁北克省决定继续采用 PrescribeIT 技术。在此之前，克里斯汀·弗雷谢特（Christine Fréchette）省长的政府（将于今年秋季迎来选举）已因另一项医疗数字化计划而面临审查。
该省目前正在推行另一个重大项目，即 DSN（Dossier santé numérique），这是一个电子健康记录系统，目前正在两个地区进行测试。该项目在延迟六个月后于去年五月启动。
Infoway 是一家由联邦政府资助、成立于 2001 年的非营利组织。在《环球邮报》于二月首次披露 PrescribeIT 存在问题后，该组织在今年春季接受了众议院健康委员会的两次听证。
该组织的长期首席执行官在无法回答议员提问以及高薪被揭露（例如支付给 CEO 的报酬接近 $900,000）后被解雇。
联邦政府在六月宣布，将对 Canada Health Infoway 进行审计和战略审查。加拿大卫生部表示，将在接下来的几周内启动竞争性采购程序，聘请独立审计师来评估 Infoway 是否遵守其政府资助协议。
他在 X 上发表的第一条帖子称，“世界既需要前沿的闭源模型，也需要前沿的开源模型。”九分钟后，微软（Microsoft）首席执行官萨提亚·纳德拉（Satya Nadella）发帖称，开源软件对于“健康的 AI 生态系统至关重要”。两人都签署了一封支持开源的信函，Meta、Palantir 和 IBM 的高管也在此信上签名。
OpenAI 和 Anthropic 一直在华盛顿游说监管机构，五名人士表示，他们对中国的开源 AI 模型表示担忧。
“它能让你的思维解脱出来去做其他事情，真正思考你要在客户面前呈现什么，从而能够面对更多客户，”他说道。
随着 AI 的采用导致岗位职责被修订以及部分岗位被取消，银行正在提供培训和资源，以帮助员工学习如何使用该技术并为新类型的角色做准备。
约 50,000 名员工（几乎是 CIBC 的全部员工基数）已注册使用其内部 AI 聊天机器人 CAI。为了访问该平台，员工必须完成强制性培训，包括编写提示词（prompts）以及了解与数据相关的风险。约 20,000 人每天使用该平台，平均每月活跃用户为 36,000 人。
随着更多员工采用 AI 工具，CIBC 估计其员工节省了约 1.2 百万
美国新关税是错误之举
LUCIANA MAGALHAES
圣保罗——巴西总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦在周日为《华盛顿邮报》撰写的评论专栏中，称美国的新关税是不公平且具有战略性错误的，并警告称这将损害两国的双边伙伴关系，并推高美国消费者的成本。卢拉先生写道：“本月，美国政府无视我们团队之间数十次会议、坚实的技术论据以及我亲自交给唐纳德·特朗普总统的文件，对巴西征收了 12.5 percent 到 37.5 percent 的新关税。”卢拉先生指出，在新关税出台之前，美国最高法院否决了去年的 50-per-cent 关税；他补充说，食品、鞋类、纺织品、家具、汽车零部件以及许多其他产品对于美国消费者来说将变得更加昂贵。美国驻巴西大使馆未立即回应就该专栏文章的评论请求。卢拉先生还引用了总部位于瑞士的独立组织 Global Trade Alert 的数据，称巴西和土耳其目前是美国征收关税最严重的第二大国家，仅次于中国。卢拉表示，尽管在连续 15 年中，美国在商品和服务贸易中对巴西的贸易顺差总额达到了 US$428-billion。在这篇评论文章发表之时，正值特朗普的盟友及保守派总统候选人弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗启动竞选活动的次日。卢拉先生指出，巴西对美国的出口额已跌至 1997 年以来的最低水平。卢拉先生表示：“从中长期来看，这些关税将扰乱目前深度整合的供应链，巴西公司将用其他地区的合作伙伴取代其美国供应商。”卢拉先生表示，巴西愿意与美国进行建设性的对话，但该国必须决定自己的未来。他说：“巴西的命运应由巴西人独立决定——不受外国干涉或屈从。”
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接近讨论的人士表示。 这场辩论吸引了财政部长斯科特·贝森特和唐纳德·特朗普总统的科学技术顾问迈克尔·克拉齐奥斯的参与，他们就美国 AI 模型的知识产权价值发表了看法。 这场升级的争端源于中国在开源 AI 模型方面的快速进展，这些模型可免费使用和构建。近几周，两家中国 AI 初创公司 Z.ai 和 Moonshot AI 发布了能够与 Anthropic 及其他美国实验室模型竞争的模型。Anthropic 和 OpenAI 声称，中国公司通过不正当地从其 AI 系统中抓取数据来构建这些模型，他们认为这种行为不应被允许。 周三，贝森特先生表示，政府正在考虑对窃取美国公司知识产权的中国公司实施制裁。
在截至 1 月 31 日的第一季度中，节省了数百万小时。 “除了它能释放多个员工部门的日常能力外，它实际上还能让他们学习 AI，不再害怕这些工具，并切实提高他们的技能，”贾丁先生表示。 RBC 已将其内部 AI 工具 RBC Assist 和 Aiden 推向 65,000 名员工（其员工总数超过 97,000 人）。 RBC 提供教育课程，并指定了 AI 倡导者，这些倡导者是分布在银行各业务部门的员工，负责鼓励并教育同事如何使用该技术。 “这是组织的责任，但实验也是个人的责任，”罗斯先生表示。“在组织的每个部分，我们有责任提供这些机会。”
真的能为你 省钱吗？
以及它们是否真的划算，以及如何透过标签看本质
透过标签看本质
LEAH GOLOB
对于年满 65 岁的加拿大人来说，这不仅仅是又一个生日——这是一个里程碑，它开启了各种老年人折扣的大门，无论你是否准备好被称作“老年人”。
虽然有些老年人折扣在 55 岁时就开始零星出现，有些在 60 岁时出现，但许多企业会等到 65 岁才提供这些优惠。
为了展示一名老年人实际能节省多少钱，《环球邮报》（The Globe and Mail）选取了一组在多伦多及全国范围内可获得的老年人折扣，并计算了这些折扣与原价的对比情况。
通过这组商品，一名老年人每月在爱好、宠物用品、电影票和个人护理用品上的支出，加上支付较低的银行费和公共交通费，每月可节省 $66.60，每年可节省 $799.20。
全国各地的交通系统都为 65 岁及以上人士提供优惠票价。例如，在多伦多交通局（Toronto Transit Commission）的通行证上，老年人每月可节省高达 $28，一年累计可节省约 $335。经常光顾 Cineplex 等大型电影院连锁店的影迷可以将票价降低约 25%。
以下是这些折扣的汇总情况：
值得询问的较少为人知的折扣
老年人可能不知道，一些手机和互联网供应商为年长客户提供特别优惠。Rogers 在老年人激活移动设备时提供每月 $5 的折扣，或者在符合条件的方案中增加第二条线路时提供 $15 的折扣。Rogers 和 Telus 均向领取保障收入补贴（guaranteed income supplement）的客户（包括老年人）提供优惠的每月电话套餐费率。
诸如加拿大退休人员协会（Canadian Association of Retired Persons）之类的组织还可以提供经过协商的助听器、眼镜、鞋类、报纸订阅、旅行等方面的折扣。要享受这些折扣，您需要成为会员，目前一年的会员费为 $24.95。
折扣真的划算吗？
虽然每个人都喜欢优惠，但对老年人折扣保持一定的怀疑态度是有帮助的。“至关重要的一点是要记住，零售商提供这些折扣是为了向您销售更多产品，而不是为了行善，”Credit Canada 首席执行官 Bruce Sellery 表示。Sellery 先生说，这种策略利用了互惠原则：“如果我为你做了一些好事，你也会为我做一些好事，”他解释道。例如，如果您在买车时访问了几家经销商，您可能会觉得更有压力从那家提供免费饮品和食物的店购买，即使另一家不提供零食的经销商价格更低。“在资本主义文化中，这有时是有问题的，因为它简化了我们在进行成本效益分析时应尽的尽职调查，”他说。他补充道，老年人折扣并不一定意味着您支付的是最低价格，尤其是如果您为了折扣而光顾一家昂贵的零售商。例如，一家提供折扣的药店可能会以 $5.50 销售酸奶，而一家没有老年人折扣的折扣杂货店可能会以 $3.75 销售该产品。Money Coaches Canada 的认证理财规划师 Janet Gray 表示，抢购老年人折扣感觉像是一次“心理胜利”，但这些交易可能是“视错觉”。她说，如果您为了折扣需要走更远的路，或者为了在特定的折扣日购物而每周多次购物，那么油费成本和时间价值可能会超过任何潜在的节省。对于追求降价的老年人，Gray 女士和 Sellery 先生都建议进行“折扣叠加”（discount stacking），即在结账时尽可能多地捆绑各种节省机会。这可能表现为：使用您的老年人折扣，加上制造商的优惠券，然后使用您的积分卡支付。
由于一些企业并不宣传针对老年人的折扣，也不会询问顾客是否符合条件，因此通常需要顾客主动询问。然而，一些顾客则宁愿完全避开这个话题。
“不想承认自己是个老年人，这种情况确实存在，”塞勒里（Sellery）先生表示，尤其是在一个以青年为导向的文化中。
许多 55 岁以上的成年人并不觉得自己是老年公民，但塞勒里先生补充道，如果有人想要降低成本，“那么即使你不想承认，你也得承认自己是个老年人。”
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NORMAN ROTHERY
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PhD, CFA 且为 StingyInvestor.com 的创始人
加拿大股票市场在近几个月创下了一系列新高，而加拿大的分红股表现甚至更好。综合计算收益，S&P/TSX 综合指数在截至 6 月底的 12 个月内上涨了 32.9 百分比，而本文重点介绍的具有丰厚（但非极端）收益率的分红股组合则上涨了 35.5 百分比。为了搭建背景，加拿大的低费率被动投资者在长期内获得了丰厚收益，从 2001, 4 月底到今年 6 月底的约 25.2 年间，S&P/TSX 综合指数的年平均增长率为 9.0 百分比。这也是为什么许多投资者采用并坚持使用广泛分散的低费率指数基金，例如 iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (XIC)，该基金在跟踪市场指数的同时仅收取 0.06 百分比的低廉年费。但对于寻求收入的投资者来说，
在构建和维持分散的加拿大分红股组合时，采用大体上的“买入并持有”策略可能会效果更好。可以通过从 S&P/TSX 综合指数的成分股中筛选分红股来探索这一方法。在回测中，简单地买入指数中所有的分红股，在 25.2 年期间，当组合采取等权重和市值权重分配时，年平均回报率分别为 10.8 百分比和 9.9 百分比。（此处回报率基于 Bloomberg 的数据。包含分红再投资，但不包括基金费用、税收、佣金或其他交易成本。组合每月进行一次调仓。）回报率的提升表明，通过长期持有分散的加拿大分红股组合，投资者可以获得良好收益——且可能优于指数。在此过程中，股息可用于购买新股票或增加现有持仓。同样，提取资金也可帮助随时间推移重新平衡投资组合。
然而，投资者可能会选择一个稍微更积极的分红组合，专注于那些支付丰厚（但非极端）股息收益率的股票。作为第一步，如果投资者专注于等金额买入指数中股息收益率最高 30 百分比的成分股，在 25.2 年期间，其年平均收益率为 10.5 百分比。他们击败了指数，但落后于持有指数中所有分红股的组合。
提供极端收益率的股票可能会出现问题。陷入困境的公司通常在削减股息（或破产）之前股价剧烈下跌，这推高了其收益率，并促使回测在股价下跌过程中买入更多股份。换句话说，这存在“在错误投资上追加投入”的风险，这也是投资者应当寻求
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS OBTAINS $200-BILLION BROADCOM AI CHIP PARTNERSHIP
三星电子有限公司（Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.）周六表示，已与美国芯片设计公司博通公司（Broadcom Inc.）达成协议，旨在扩大在内存芯片、合同芯片制造和先进封装方面的合作，预计到 2030 年总额将超过 2,000 亿美元（$200-billion）。从博通（全球领先的定制 AI 芯片设计公司之一）获得长期生产承诺，有望提高三星先进制造设施的利用率，从而在 AI 芯片供应竞赛中占据领先地位。
该公司表示：“此次扩大的合作……反映了三星致力于通过涵盖日益多样化的 AI 和高性能计算应用的端到端半导体技术来支持客户。”
S&P/TSX 综合指数成分股：具有丰厚但非极端收益率
| 名称 | 股票代码 | 价格 | 收益率 (%) | 市盈率 (TTM) | 收益率 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Energy Inc. | GEI | $30.75 | 5.85% | 30.62 | 31.98% |
| BCE Inc. | BCE | $30.57 | 5.72% | 11.15 | -0.93% |
| South Bow Corp. | SOBO | $52.56 | 5.41% | 18.45 | 52.06% |
H&R REIT HR.UN $11.16 5.38% -0.80%
CT REIT CRT.UN $18.72 5.24% 24.95 26.24%
Crombie REIT CRR.UN $17.62 5.16% 26.16 25.06%
RioCan REIT REI.UN $22.98 5.04% 98.63 37.19%
Enbridge Inc. ENB $78.36 4.95% 26.79 33.75%
Choice Properties REIT CHP.UN $16.25 4.80% 16.09%
Brookfield Renewable Partners BEP.UN $45.08 4.80% 68.26 27.03%
Dream Industrial REIT DIR.UN $14.73 4.75% 15.10 34.60%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp. LIF $25.49 4.71% 17.62 -2.52%
Open Text Corp. OTEX $32.72 4.69% 8.50 -12.93%
Laurentian Bank of Canada LB $40.22 4.67% 23.85 35.03%
Whitecap Resources Inc. WCP $15.85 4.60% 19.65 69.22%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners BIP. BIP.UN $55.21 4.55% 21.41 30.67%
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. AQN $8.19 4.51% 20.97 5.42%
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT CAR.UN $34.79 4.46% 26.46 -19.50%
Topaz Energy Corp. TPZ $32.02 4.37% 31.92 30.51%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. BAM $66.58 4.17% -17.20%
Pembina Pipeline Corp. PPL $71.31 4.12% 28.05 46.57%
Rogers Communications Inc. RCI.B $49.02 4.08% 3.64 12.69%
Sienna Senior Living Inc. SIA $23.11 4.05% 34.56 29.63%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. CNQ $61.88 4.04% 20.71 53.20%
First Capital REIT FCR.UN $22.94 3.98% 4.73 26.97%
Vermilion Energy Inc. VET $13.97 3.87% 4.91 34.27%
Killam Apartment REIT KMP.UN $18.67 3.86% 15.20 2.36%
Capital Power Corp. CPX $71.77 3.85% 23.72%
Emera Inc EMA $76.38 3.84% 23.47 27.21%
Primaris REIT PMZ.UN $23.20 3.79% 15.33 63.89%
Premium Brands Holdings Corp. PBH $91.16 3.73% 32.29 4.60%
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS $122.30 3.73% 15.82 68.63%
Headwater Exploration Inc. HWX $12.89 3.72% 22.19 88.49%
Keyera Corp KEY $59.05 3.66% 42.51 39.57%
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd. CTC.A $197.21 3.65% 15.61 7.51%
TC Energy Corp. TRP $96.35 3.64% 25.51 53.34%
Granite REIT GRT.UN $99.42 3.57% 22.43 43.67%
Restaurant Brands International Inc. QSR $104.05 3.55% 25.43 13.70%
Canadian Utilities Ltd. CU $54.25 3.41% 47.65%
Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF $113.50 3.38% 16.97 38.66%
Nutrien Ltd. NTR $93.66 3.34% 14.73 17.70%
Mullen Group Ltd. MTL $25.47 3.30% 24.82 93.98%
THE GLOBE AND MAIL , 來源：BLOOMBERG, 2026年7月20日
篩選出收益率慷慨但非極高之股票。 例如，一個追隨指數成分股中收益率最高的前 30%（但剔除收益率最高的 5%）的投資組合，在 25.2 年的期間內年均增長 11.5%。它輕鬆擊敗了該指數以及指數中所有股息支付者的更廣泛群體。 您可以在該文章在線版本的附表中，查看通過「慷慨但不極端」收益率測試的股票名單。 我對加拿大股息股長期作為一個整體表現良好抱有很高期望。但它們並非沒有風險。有些股票可能會令人失望，整個群體有時也可能會落後於市場。 關於更多股息股和價值股的詳細信息，可通过该文章在線版本的鏈接找到。
在聲明中。 此次合作正值全球科技公司日益開發自己的定制AI加速器，而非僅僅依賴通用圖形處理器之際，這推動了對專業芯片設計和製造合作夥伴的需求。 兩家公司簽署的諒解備忘錄強調了三星在定制AI處理器需求增長的背景下，通過擴大與博通（Broadcom）的長期關係，努力強化其在AI半導體領域地位的意圖。 未來五年的合作將把博通在設計專用集成電路（ASIC，即用於特定任務的芯片）方面的專業知識，與三星的（能力相結合）。
制造能力。 三星表示，该协议规定，博通 (Broadcom) 旨在实现高速数据传输的下一代通信芯片将采用三星的 2 纳米以下工艺技术进行生产。 双方还将在下一代高带宽内存 (HBM) 产品上开展合作。 随着三星试图通过吸引主要技术客户来缩小与行业领导者台积电 (TSMC) 的差距，此次合作可能会有助于增强三星的代工业务。 上个月，联席首席执行官兼芯片部门负责人 Jun Young-hyun 表示，他与英伟达公司 (Nvidia Corp.) 首席执行官 Jensen Huang 讨论了下一代代工合作事宜。 路透社 (REUTERS)
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人们如此关注向注册教育储蓄计划 (RESP) 供款，以至于当最终需要提取资金时，我们可能会措手不及。当我的儿子前往皇后大学就读第一年时，我就经历了这种情况。除了了解 RESP 提取的相关规则外，还有一些您需要考虑的实际操作要素。
何时以及多久提取一次资金
一旦您的孩子正式注册进入合格计划，您就可以开始提取 RESP 资金。您需要提供注册证明、学生的社会保险号以及您希望接收资金的银行账户。每次申请提取时，您可能都需要提供这些信息。
如果他们将在 9 月入学，您应该在 8 月初开始考虑提取资金，因为学费和住宿费账单通常在该月开始寄达。资金通常需要约五个工作日才能到达您的银行账户，因此提前一点开始操作没有坏处。
您可以根据需要随时提取资金，因此不必一次性提取全年的所有费用。可以考虑分两次提取，一次在 8 月，一次在 12 月，以支付每学期到期的账单。
然而，很难准确知道会产生哪些费用，我发现我们在我[此处文本截断]
TERRY CAIN
今年春季，当两家美国最大的科技公司发行巨额枫叶债券（maple bonds）时，原本相当沉闷的加拿大债券市场受到了冲击。此后，这引发了关于对债券投资者影响以及潜在是否存在重大风险的疑问。
根据加拿大皇家银行（Royal Bank of Canada）的数据，这些由外国公司发行、以加元计价的固定收益工具——枫叶债券，将 2026 年的总额推高至至少 $33.8-billion，创下了年度新纪录，超过了 2021, 年发行的 $19.2-billion。
5 月 5, 日，Alphabet Inc. 通过一项分四个部分进行的交易筹集了 $8.5-billion。随后在 6 月 8, 日，Amazon.com Inc. 以一项分五个档次的 $14-billion 发行进入市场。两家公司均表示，筹集资金是为了支持与人工智能相关的数据中心支出。
“当然，这些都是质量极高的发行主体。但这些交易的规模足以影响指数构成和利差，”富兰克林邓普顿加拿大（Franklin Templeton Canada）高级副总裁兼加拿大企业信用研究主管 Adrienne Young 表示。
具体而言，她指出，债券市场中 AA 评级的部分规模增长最大，且赔付率利差（payout rate spreads）的扩大最为显著。
“这反映了供需关系的快速变化，”Young 女士说。“换句话说，就是市场出现了一点‘消化不良’。”
她注意到，在 AA 评级的“桶”中，较长期限的部分一直存在疲软，在这些新发行产品进入市场之前，那里“极度缺乏证券”。Young 女士表示，她预计可能会有更多科技公司启动加元交易，同时公用事业公司、管道公司以及与数据中心相关的房地产发行机构也将推出与 AI 资本支出相关的新发行。
这些超大规模债券发行引发的一个担忧是，债券市场是否正像股票市场一样变得更加集中。
然而，Young 女士表示，“在最基础的层面，”新的 AI 相关发行并没有使债券市场变得更加集中。她指出，加拿大企业债券市场的集中度已经高于大多数零售投资者的认知。例如，银行和其他金融机构占比超过 25 per cent。因此，将超大规模云服务商（hyperscalers）纳入其中实际上增加了多样化。
不过，她表示，超大型发行最终可能会
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[[IMG_XXXX]] 如果您的孩子在 9 月入学，您可能想在 8 月初开始考虑提取注册教育储蓄计划（RESP）的资金。GREGORY SHAMUS/GETTY IMAGES
儿子第一个学期的费用是我们之前没有预料到的。 在 RESP 中始终保留一些现金是一个好主意，这样您在想要取钱时就不必担心必须出售投资。这会让过程更简单，您也能更快拿到钱。
资金发送至何处
如果您是账户认缴人（账户上写的是您的名字），您可以将资金发送到您自己的银行账户——大多数 RESP 提供商允许这样做——但可以考虑让您的学生以其名义开设一个新的银行账户。 该账户的唯一目的是持有来自 RESP 的资金。 让您的孩子自行支付学校账单，这不仅能让您的生活更轻松，还能给孩子提供宝贵的经验。
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在管理金钱方面积累经验。这也让他们清楚地意识到教育成本究竟有多高，从而可能成为他们认真对待学业的额外动力。 当然，当你将教育资金的控制权交给孩子时，你需要确信他们不会将其挥霍在 Uber Eats、与朋友外出社交以及其他高度自由支配的开支上。 如果你对此感到担心，可以将该账户设为联名账户并进行监督。此外，考虑在账户中保留一小笔浮动资金——足以覆盖额外开支，这样他们就不必在每次需要小额资金时都来找你。
应提取哪类款项
你还需要就从注册教育储蓄计划 (RESP) 中提取哪类款项做出决定。 当你进行第一次提取时，这可能会让你感到有些困惑。 你会被问到是想要提取 PSE 还是 EAP。你投入的供款被称为高等教育付款 (Post-Secondary Education Payments, PSEs)，这类提取是免税的。 政府补贴以及投资的增值部分被称为教育援助付款 (Education Assistance Payments, EAPs)，这对学生来说属于应纳税收入。 有一项规定限制了他们在第一学期可以提取的 EAP 金额，但在此之后，你可以在 EAP 和 PSE 之间进行选择。 对于许多学生来说，在何时提取哪类款项并不会产生太大影响。 大多数学生赚的钱不多，因此他们为 EAP 支付的税款将很少。
创建基准和主题集中的口袋。 “一个投资组合在发行人数量或行业标签上看起来可能是多样化的，但仍然可能对同一个潜在驱动因素有大量风险敞口，”她说道。 技术、通信、公用事业、管道、发电、房地产投资信托以及某些工业领域，现在可能都与 AI 基础设施周期有所关联。 关于是否买入大型科技公司的枫叶债券，Young 女士表示，富兰克林邓普顿加拿大 (Franklin Templeton Canada) 并非绝对回避该领域，而是采取选择性策略。 “对我们来说，决定取决于估值，”她指出，近期长期的超大规模计算债券表现不佳。“简单来说，我们会关注这些交易，但不会将其视为自动买入的对象。” 其他加拿大固定收益投资者也看到了这些外国参与者大规模发行债券的风险。 “加拿大公司债券市场尚未集中在大型科技公司，但我们认为这个方向值得关注，”Mackenzie Investments 的董事总经理、组合经理兼固定收益宏观负责人 Hadiza Djataou 表示。 “相对较小的一组发行人重复借款，可能会逐渐影响市场
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“向那个方向发展。”
Djataou女士表示，她看待债券中出现的集中度风险与股票中的看法略有不同。
她指出，在股票指数中，一家公司的权重增加通常是因为其市值上升。而在债券指数中，发行人仅通过增加借款就可以增加权重。
“因此，我们担心的不是任何单次交易，而是在于重复发行所产生的累积影响，”她说。
“如果一小组科技公司继续通过数十亿美元的交易重返市场，它们在公司债券指数和投资者组合中的权重可能会迅速上升。”
Djataou女士表示，这对基金经理实现适当多元化能力的影响是“微妙的”。
与Young女士一样，她注意到这些发行人带来了加拿大公司债券市场历史上所缺乏的东西：对大型、高质量科技公司的实质性敞口。
“增加科技债券为我们提供了另一个可选择的板块，从这个意义上说，它改善了多元化，”她说。
然而，Djataou女士表示，挑战在于交易的规模以及潜在风险的相似性。她担心
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提取。 但在某些情况下，你可以采取一定的策略。 由于教育援助计划（EAP）属于应税收入，在孩子几乎没有其他收入的年份提取这些款项是有意义的。 如果某个夏天他们找不到工作或就业不足，你可以考虑提取所有到期的EAP款项。如果某一年他们有一份高薪工作，例如实习或合作教育（co-op）职位，那么你应提取更多的贡献金（即PSE），这样他们手中被征税的收入就会减少。 实际上，这通常不会对他们的整体税单产生巨大影响，但每一美元都重要，因此考虑这一点是有益的，特别是如果你的孩子的课程包含合作教育环节。
少数发行人可能会迅速成为指数或投资组合中的重要头寸，而且这些公司投资的领域许多都是相同的，包括数据中心、计算能力和人工智能（AI）基础设施。
Djataou女士表示，Mackenzie Investments 一直是科技公司枫叶债的“选择性”买家。
尽管她表示这些公司通常拥有强劲的资产负债表、有韧性的业务和充足的财务资源，但“对我们来说，问题不在于它们是否是优秀的公司，而在于目前提供的利差是否足以补偿风险，特别是考虑到它们的资本需求变化如此之快。”
Djataou女士补充说，现在就想知道哪些公司能从AI支出中获得最高回报还为时过早。她指出，AI可能会创造显著的长期价值，但这些回报的时间点以及如何在行业内分配仍不确定。
她表示，鉴于支出的规模以及未来回报的不确定性，利差更有可能在收窄之前先扩大。因此，Mackenzie Investments 倾向于保持耐心，等待能够为所承担风险获得更适当回报的入场点。
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加拿大选手 Ellie Black 在周日于苏格兰格拉斯哥举行的 Commonwealth Games（英联邦运动会）女子个人全能决赛中进行自由操比赛。Black 在该项目中赢得了金牌。
JEROME PUGMIRE 巴黎报道 多伦多游泳选手 Joshua Liendo 和哈利法克斯体操运动员 Ellie Black 在周日的英联邦运动会上为加拿大增加了金牌数。 Liendo 成功卫冕男子 100 米蝶泳冠军，随后 Black 成为首位在英联邦运动会上两次获得体操全能冠军的人。 Liendo 在 Tollcross 国际游泳中心触壁，成绩为 50.42 秒，打破了赛事纪录，险胜澳大利亚选手 Matthew Temple (50.43) 和 Ben Armbruster (50.58)。 “策略更多是在第一天，管理好半决赛和预赛。我试图在[周日]尽早掌控比赛，在最后时刻咬牙坚持并触壁，”Liendo 说道。
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“我觉得起跳很好，这就是我想要的。从那时起，我只是专注于保持这种势头，不要在前 50 米用力过猛，但我确实想在转身后发力，强势完赛。” 这位 23 岁的选手在 2022 年赢得金牌，并随后在 2024 年巴黎奥运会该项目中获得银牌，再次成为英联邦冠军。 大约 90 分钟后，Liendo 错失了第二枚奖牌，在 50 米自由泳中以 21.55 秒获得第四名。澳大利亚的 Cameron McEvoy 以 20.97 夺金，随后是 Flynn Southam (21.44) 和 Jamie Jack (21.47)。 “那些小伙子们速度飞快。我非常高兴能和他们一起参加这场比赛，”Liendo 表示。“总的来说，我对今晚的表现很满意。这次比赛难度更高。时间稍短，但这正是我训练的目标，我努力让自己每次都准备好。” 在泳池其他项目中，五次奥运奖牌得主 Kylie Masse 在女子 100 米背泳中获得银牌，这是她职业生涯第 10 枚英联邦运动会奖牌，为加拿大女性游泳运动员夺得的最多奖牌数。 这位来自安大略省 LaSalle 的 31 岁选手在半程领先 0.44 秒后，最终以 58.77 秒的成绩，落后于澳大利亚的 Iona Alexandra Anderson。南非的 Olivia Nel 以 1:00.09 获得铜牌。
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赢得追平纪录的第五座 环法自行车赛冠军奖杯
塔代伊·波加查 (Tadej Pogacar) 以绝对优势赢得了追平纪录的第五座环法自行车赛冠军，确认了其作为自行车运动史上最伟大运动员之一的地位。凭借大胆的深层山地进攻、多次分站赛胜利以及冷静的心理素质，这位 27 岁的斯洛文尼亚人在周日锁定了胜局。他与比利时的埃迪·默克斯 (Eddy Merckx)、西班牙的米格尔·印杜拉因 (Miguel Indurain) 以及法国的雅克·安奎蒂尔 (Jacques Anquetil) 和贝尔纳·伊诺 (Bernard Hinault) 一起，成为了仅有的五次赢得环法赛的车手。“我无法用语言形容。这是一个不可思议的日子，现场气氛太震撼了，”波加查说。“我已经参加了七届环法赛，而且每次都站在了领奖台上。你们可能会觉得这是一个童话故事，对我来说也同样不可思议。”在周日于巴黎举行的第 21 赛段（也是激动人心的最后一赛段）中表现强劲后，波加查在总成绩榜上领先比利时车手雷姆科·埃文波尔 (Remco Evenepoel) 6 分 26 秒。两届环法冠军乔纳斯·温格高 (Jonas Vingegaard) 在进入本次比赛前是波加查的主要竞争对手，但这位丹麦车手在第 15 赛段中因撞车出局。“很遗憾乔纳斯和其他人在这届环法赛中出局，”波加查说。“我希望明年我们能再次较量。”波加查在 UAE Team Emirates XRG 队的队友、 22 岁的墨西哥人伊萨克·德尔·托罗 (Isaac del Toro) 在首次参加环法赛中获得第三名，落后波加查 9:42；波加查则面带微笑地举起手示意自己的胜利。随后，他的队友们加入了他的行列，自豪地站在香榭丽舍大街上。“我不知道我是怎么做到的，”波加查说。“我现在必须寻找一个新的目标来追求。什么目标？让我们不要操之过急，先享受这一刻。”波加查在 2024 年赢得了环意赛，但尚未赢得 8 月 22 日开赛的环西赛。“几周后我会参加环西赛吗？”他说。“拭目以待吧。”波加查在今年的比赛中赢得了五个赛段，使其总胜场数达到了惊人的 26 场。他试图在周日再次获胜，但最终胜利属于荷兰人马修·范德普尔波尔 (Mathieu van der Poel)，后者在最后直道上顶住了追赶群的压力，赢得了他在今年比赛中的第二个赛段冠军以及职业生涯总共第四个赛段冠军。周日 88.7 公里的赛段绕巴黎一周，大部分时间是以巡游形式进行，不过程度不如往年，往年通常是完全由平路组成的、专为冲刺手而非整个主车群设计的赛段。该赛段从 133 公里缩短，其起点由首都西部的图瓦里 (Thoiry) 改为巴黎，以减轻在西南地区与山火作斗争的应急部门的压力。部分最初为巴黎动员的安全部队被重新部署以协助救援工作。
名人堂迎来杰夫·肯特（Jeff Kent）、安德鲁·琼斯（Andruw Jones）和卡洛斯·贝尔特兰（Carlos Beltrán），他们并未直接提及 2017 年太空人队的丑闻
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波多黎各和库拉çao可能是小岛，但当顶尖中外野手卡洛斯·贝尔特兰和安德鲁·琼斯在周日入选棒球名人堂时，他们所展现的支持却是巨大的。
两人与强力二垒手杰夫·肯特一同成为最新成员。在库珀斯敦的克拉克体育中心，现场估计有 12,000 名球迷，另有 57 位名人堂成员在场——这构成了目前名人堂成员规模最大的一次聚集。
琼斯的演讲几乎像是一封写给故乡库拉çao的情书。
“从库拉çao那个距离 2,000 多英里之遥的小岛出发，没有简单的路可以到达这里，”琼斯说。“但今天，库珀斯敦和库拉çao永远地联系在了一起。”
这位长期效力于亚特兰大勇队的外野手曾 10 次获得金手套奖并 5 次入选全明星赛，他是首位入选名人堂的库拉çao球员。但他表示他不打算成为最后一位。他指出了在后辈中追随他的球员，包括奥齐·阿尔比斯（Ozzie Albies）和肯利·詹森（Kenley Jansen），他们都是由亨斯利·“邦邦”·穆伦斯（Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens）开启的库拉çao传奇的一部分。
在所有亮点中，琼斯对他已故父亲亨利·琼斯（Henry Jones）的致敬尤为突出。他说，父亲过去常击打从一侧界外杆到另一侧界外杆的飞球给他，以教他如何追踪球路，并教他通过滚动大锤来锻炼强健的手腕。
“他教我的每件事都有目的，”琼斯说。“亨利·琼斯在库拉çao是个传奇，他本身就是一名出色的球员。而我今天能站在库珀斯-
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贾伦·杜兰（Jarren Duran）凭借他的 3 次单打中的一次推进了两分，贾迈·琼斯（Jahmai Jones）有一次代打的两分双击，波士顿红袜队在周日以 6-1 击败多伦多蓝鸟队。
塞丹内·拉法埃拉（Ceddanne Rafaela）为红袜队贡献了一次推进分数的单打。红袜队以 8-2 的战绩结束了为期 10 场的主场系列赛，其中包括周三的一场胜利，使其追平了 1946 年俱乐部记录的 15 连胜，直到在一次双开赛（doubleheader）的晚场比赛中被终结。
渐显疲态的蓝鸟队未能延续迪伦·西斯（Dylan Cease）周六那场仅让对方拿到 1 分的统治级完封赛表现，他们在全明星赛休息期后 10 场比赛中输掉了 7 场。
在因左腹股沟拉伤缺席 3 周后从伤兵名单回归，兰格·苏亚雷斯（Ranger Suárez）完成了 4 局无失分投球，有 6 次三振并允许 4 次安打。
格雷格·魏瑟特（Greg Weissert，3-2）完成了 1 局无失分投球，并被计为获胜投手。
蓝鸟队先发投手凯文·高斯曼（Kevin Gausman，4-10）在 6 局中丢了 3 分。他在过去 11 场先发中未能获胜，自 5 月 22 日击败匹兹堡队以来，战绩为 0-7，防御率（ERA）为 5.93。
波士顿队赢下了过去 6 个系列赛，并将于周一在加州西萨克拉门托开启为期 7 场的西海岸之旅。红袜队在过去 19 场比赛整体战绩中赢了 17 场。他们计划让新引进的内野手柯蒂斯·米德（Curtis Mead）随队出征。他是在周六从华盛顿队被签入的，用以替换投手
SCHUYLER DIXON 德州 阿灵顿
科里·西格（Corey Seager）在周日进行了实弹击球练习，这是自德州游骑兵队这位游击手在 7 月 1 日本赛季第二次因背伤缺阵以来，首次进行此类练习。
西格在练习结束时击出了一支本垒球，并计划在周一再次进行实弹击球练习，随后看来将进入小联盟的康复训练阶段。
这位两届世界大赛 MVP 曾在 6 月初在小联盟参加了两场比赛，当时他正从因下背部炎症缺阵 3 周的状态中恢复。
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密尔沃基酿者队（Milwaukee Brewers）投手雅各布·米西奥罗夫斯基（Jacob Misiorowski）在周日面对科罗拉多落基山队（Colorado Rockies）时，通过三振前 7 位击球手创下了球队纪录。
自从 2008. 年开始记录投球追踪以来，米西奥罗夫斯基还打破了他个人单场比赛 100 mph 投球次数最多的记录。这位两届全明星在 83 次投球中，有 66 次达到了 100 mph，最高时速达到 104.7。在 6 月 12 日对阵费城费城人队（Philadelphia Phillies）并完成 15 次三振的表现中，他曾投出 58 次时速至少 100 mph 的球。
米西奥罗夫斯基在科罗拉多队的前 13 位击球手中完成了 12 次三振。在第五局两出局前，他连续让 14 位击球手出局，随后科尔·卡里格（Cole Carrigg）击出本垒打。
酿者队在比赛开局连续三振的纪录此前由昆汀·普雷斯特（Quinn Priester）在去年创下，他在 9 月 18 日以 5-2 战胜洛杉矶天使队（Los Angeles Angels）的比赛中，开局连续完成 6 次三振。
大联盟在比赛开局连续三振的纪录由帕布罗·洛佩兹（Pablo López）持有，在 2021 年 7 月 11 日迈阿密马林鱼队（Miami Marlins） 7-4 战胜勇士队（Braves）的比赛中，他让面对的前 9 位亚特兰大击球手全部三振出局。
米西奥罗夫斯基距离酿者队及大联盟在任何时间段连续三振的纪录仅差 3 次。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 左起杰夫·肯特（Jeff Kent）、中锋安德鲁·琼斯（Andruw Jones）和卡洛斯·贝尔特兰（Carlos Beltrán）周日在纽约州库珀斯敦（Cooperstown）在 12,000 名球迷面前成为名人堂最新的入选者。SETH WENIG/AP
如果没有他不断的指导，我也无法来到这座小镇。“爸爸，我们做到了。”
在贝尔特兰开口说话之前，人群中就爆发出了“波多黎各”的呼喊声。每当他提到家乡岛屿时，人群就会为他欢呼并挥舞旗帜。
“无论我在哪里打球，我都一直努力代表我的岛屿，”贝尔特兰说，“我努力为我效力的组织尽我所能，但我也想代表波多黎各。”
这位拥有 20 年资历且获得 1999 年美联最佳新秀的球员回顾了自己效力过的每一个组织，感谢他们提供的不同教训。纽约大都会队（New York Mets）得到了最多的赞扬。
“当人们问我为什么选择[大都会队的]帽子时，我必须这么说，”他说。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 多伦多蓝鸟队投手凯文·高斯曼（Kevin Gausman，左）在周日波士顿红袜队的罗米·冈萨雷斯（Romy González）完成牺牲触击后将其触杀。 WINSLOW TOWNSON/GETTY IMAGES
康纳利·厄利（Connelly Early）。拉法埃拉（Rafaela）在一次垒间安打（RBI single）后，使比分在第三局变为 1-0。杜兰（Duran）的击球使比分在第四局变为 3-0，而琼斯（Jones）的击球则出现在第七局的三分打局中。
接下来的赛程
蓝鸟队：右投马克斯·谢泽（Max Scherzer，1-4, 10.23 ERA）计划在周一于华盛顿开启系列赛。左投安德鲁·阿尔瓦雷兹（Andrew Alvarez，2-3, 4.22 ERA）将代表国民队出战。
西格尔（Seager）在 6 月因脑震荡在伤病名单上多待了两周。
“要模拟一些比赛中的情况确实很难，”经理斯基普·舒梅克（Skip Schumaker）在谈到可能的康复训练时说，“这始终取决于球员。因为他缺席了这么长时间，我们将对此进行讨论。今天看起来非常好。看看明天的感觉如何，然后我们再讨论康复任务。”
6 月 30 日，西格尔因背部不适在多伦多的一场比赛第一局被撤下。这位五届全明星几乎可以肯定将在加入游骑兵队（Rangers）后的 2022. 年以来出场次数最少。西格尔
“伙计们，很简单。每个组织都塑造了你的职业生涯。而纽约塑造了我的生活。”
在讨论效力过的球队时，贝尔特兰举了几个具体例子，包括在休斯顿观察队友克雷格·比吉奥（Craig Biggio）和杰夫·巴格威尔（Jeff Bagwell）“带伤作战”。但他没有提到 2017. 年随太空人队（Astros）赢得世界系列赛冠军。那次冠军因非法的偷号计划以及贝尔特兰的参与而带有争议。
贝尔特兰没有直接谈论该丑闻，但对那些可能因为各种原因投票或未投票给他的人发表了评论。
“对于美国棒球记者协会（Baseball Writers’ Association of America），我想对你们表示感谢，因为你们让我……”
红袜队：左投手 Payton Tolle (5-6, 3.31) 将于周一在西萨克拉门托市先发。右投手 Jack Perkins (2-5, 6.75) 为运动者队预定先发。
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在他职业生涯最糟糕的一个赛季中，出场次数被限制在 51 场。他的打击率为 .182，有 10 支本垒打和 25 次打点。在第一次因背伤缺阵前，Seager 陷入了 0-for-27 的低迷期，这是他职业生涯最糟糕的记录。
在从脑震荡中恢复后，Seager 出战了三场比赛，随后背部伤势再次发作。他还不准备断言自己能够更好地应对第二次出现的背部僵硬问题。
“我很想告诉你‘是的’，但背部受伤并不是你想要面对的事情，”Seager 说道。
单场比赛中的某个时间点。Corbin Burnes 在酿造者队 10-0 完胜芝加哥小熊队的比赛中，于 2021 年 8 月 11 日连续三振 10 名击球手。纽约大都会队的 Tom Seaver 在 1970 年 4 月 22 日连续三振 10 名圣迭戈教徒队球员，而费城的 Aaron Nola 在 2021 年 6 月 25 日对阵大都会队时也取得了 10 次连续三振。
Misiorowski 在第一局结束前，在三振了 Jake McCarthy 和 Mickey Moniak 之后，让 Hunter Goodman 挥棒落空，使其在一次 104.3 英里/小时的快速球中出局。TJ Rumfield、Kyle Karros 和 Carrigg 在第二局被三振。Willi Castro 在第三局开局也被三振，随后 Troy Johnston 通过飞球出局给中外野手 Luis Lara，结束了这一连续三振纪录。
随后 Misiorowski 又三振了面对的接下来的 5 名击球手。Edouard Julien 在第三局结束前挥棒出局，接着 McCarthy、Moniak 和 Goodman 在第四局再次全部被三振。Rumfield 的第二次三振开启了第五局，随后 Karros 的击球直线飞向五垒，之后 Carrigg 在一个 2-2 的球位击出本垒打。
Carrigg 这记 361 英尺、飞向左外野的反方向本垒打是在一次 101.9 英里/小时的快速球上完成的。
根据 MLB.com 的数据，这是自投球追踪系统启动以来，导致本垒打的第 12 快速球。此前从未有科罗拉多落基山队的球员在如此高速的投球中击出本垒打。
ingmeaHallofFamer....对于那些没有[投票给我]——看待问题不同的人——我也想说谢谢。我尊重你们的观点，”他说。“如果棒球真的教会了我什么，我想说的是，我希望在生活中，我们衡量自己的标准与衡量他人的标准保持一致。”
Beltrán 在第四次尝试中获得了 BBWAA 84.2% 的投票率，成功入选名人堂。Jones 在获得入选资格的第九年获得了 78.4% 的投票率，超过了入选所需的 75% 门槛。Kent 在去年 12 月由一个规模小得多的评审团（当代棒球时代委员会）选出，此前他在 BBWAA 投票资格于 2023 年到期后已从选票中删除。
这位 2000 年旧金山巨人队的国联 MVP 在其 17 年的职业生涯中效力过六支球队，并创下了二垒手历史本垒打最高纪录。作为一名强悍的球员，Kent 在入选周末展现出了柔软的一面。
他表示，在入选仪式后的新闻发布会上，在看到人群中的父母后，他在开口说话前还需要用纸巾擦掉眼泪。
“我在坐那里的 35 到 40 分钟里比在演讲时更加激动，”他说。“我以为我会完全崩溃，我很庆幸我只崩溃了一半。”
在演讲中，Kent 讲述了一个他的棒球生涯如何转折的故事，当时他的父亲向他提供了一项交易：如果他能获得大学奖学金，父亲就给他买一辆皮卡车。Kent 放弃了摩托车赛车，将重心转移到学习和棒球上，最终获得了加州大学伯克利分校的奖学金。
作为回报，他得到了一辆至今仍在使用且保留着的皮卡车。
“它就停在我的车库里，简单地提醒着我，有些最简单的事情可以改变你生活的整个方向，”Kent 说道。
将从伤病名单中回归， 在其 42 岁生日当天登场投球
多伦多资深右投 Max Scherzer 将在 42 岁生日当天以先发身份登场。蓝鸟队经理 John Schneider 表示，他将从伤病名单中回归，并在周一于华盛顿举行的系列赛揭幕战中先发。
“Max 将在 [周一] 投球，”他在周日于芬威球场 6-1 负于波士顿红袜队的系列赛收官战后说道。
“我认为只要与他沟通，并了解他的身体状况以及他在 [3A] 布法罗队的康复赛中恢复的情况即可，”Schneider 说道。“也许在投球数上会有一定的限制，但我认为他已经基本满足了所有要求。”
Scherzer（1-4，自防御率 10.23 ERA）在 6 月中旬因背部痉挛被列入伤病名单，但随后经历了多次挫折，包括大拇指注射了三次可的松。在周三的一次康复先发中，他 5 局投球共 56 球，三振 7 人。
本赛季他为蓝鸟队仅完成了 6 次先发。蓝鸟队在全明星赛休息期后，10 场比赛中输掉了 7 场。
上赛季，由于赛季后期的低迷，Scherzer 未能进入 ALDS（美联 A 联盟分区系列赛）名单，但随后被列入蓝鸟队的 ALCS（美联 A 联盟冠军赛）和世界系列赛名单。多伦多队在七场比赛中输给了洛杉矶道奇队。
在 19 个赛季、效力于 7 支不同球队的 489 场比赛中，他的战绩为 222-121，自防御率为 3.27 ERA。他拥有两枚世界系列赛冠军戒指，一枚是在 2019 年效力于国民队时获得的（他将于周一在国民队主场先发），另一枚是在 2023 年效力于德州队时获得的。
在投球追踪 era. 期间。 Misiorowski 在 Carrigg 击出本垒打后，以一次触球击中 Castro，随后通过一个地滚球让 Johnston 出局，结束了这个 30 球的局数。
酿者队在此时撤下了 Misiorowski，因为随着 8 月的临近，这支国联中区领头羊继续谨慎对待他的工作量。Misiorowski 本赛季已经投了 120 局。他去年投了 141 1⁄3 局，包括他在大联盟和小联盟的常规赛总计，以及密尔沃基队冲向国联冠军赛期间的 12 局季后赛投球。
击败因违反维修区速度限制而受罚的汉密尔顿
匈牙利，莫吉罗德
兰多·诺里斯在周日的匈牙利大奖赛中凭借强大的速度和一份好运，以“飞驰”之势夺冠，结束了长达八个月的等待。
这位卫冕冠军起跑时占据杆位，但在第二个弯道跑宽，将领先位置让给了他的麦克拉伦队友奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里。
在皮亚斯特里因在套圈威廉姆斯车手时与卡洛斯·塞恩斯-小赛车发生碰撞而而被延迟后，诺里斯重新夺回领先权，这使得诺里斯在出维修区时领先于队友。
随后他一路领先地获得胜利。
“今天的赛车简直不可思议，伙计们做得好，太棒了。我们简直是在飞，”诺里斯说道。 “很高兴终于能为你们完成这一切。感觉已经过了很久了。”
皮亚斯特里随后因变速箱损坏而停赛，为马克斯·维斯塔潘获得第二名铺平了道路，基米·安东内利获得第三名。
安东内利在冠军争夺战中再次获得助力
尽管梅赛德斯这次在很大程度上缺乏速度，且在排位赛中被罚退三格，但安东内利仍从第七名起跑并追击，在 11 场比赛中取得了他的第 9 次领奖台完赛，向他的冠军竞争对手们发出了声明。
安东内利将积分榜领先优势扩大到 50 分，领先于路易斯·汉密尔顿，后者因在维修区超速受罚而获得第五名。
乔治·拉塞尔几乎没有发挥作用，由于起步时差点熄火掉到末尾，他一路追到第七名。他落后于他的梅赛德斯队友安东内利 59 分。
诺里斯自 11 月的圣保罗站以来还没有赢得过一场完整的大奖赛，不过他在 5 月的迈阿密站赢得了一场冲刺赛。
匈牙利站是季中休赛前的最后一场比赛。下一场比赛是 8 月 23 日的荷兰大奖赛。
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东区 W L Pct GB 坦帕湾 62 43 .590 — 纽约 59 45 .567 21/2 波士顿 54 50 .519 71/2 巴尔的摩 51 55 .481 111/2 多伦多 48 58 .453 141/2 中区 芝加哥 55 49 .529 — 克利夫兰 54 53 .505 21/2 明尼苏达 53 54 .495 31/2 底特律 50 56 .472 6 堪萨斯城 45 62 .421 111/2 西区 德克萨斯 53 52 .505 — 西雅图 52 54 .491 11/2 休斯顿 52 55 .486 2 奥克兰 44 61 .419 9 洛杉矶 42 64 .396 111/2
东区
周日 坦帕湾 1, 克利夫兰 0 波士顿 6, 多伦多 1 堪萨斯城 5, 底特律 4 芝加哥白袜 12, 休斯顿 3 明尼苏达 11, 奥克兰 8 西雅图 6, 德克萨斯 4
周六 坦帕湾 3, 克利夫兰 0 多伦多 6, 波士顿 0 堪萨斯城 3, 底特律 2 明尼苏达 2, 奥克兰 0 休斯顿 4, 芝加哥白袜 1 德克萨斯 7, 西雅图 1
周一 所有时间为东部时间 西雅图 (Kirby 8-8) 对阵 德克萨斯 (Rocker 3-8), 下午 2:35 巴尔的摩 (Bradish 7-9) 对阵 底特律 (Montero 7-5), 下午 6:40 纽约扬基 (Fried 4-3) 对阵 芝加哥白袜 (Schultz 3-7), 下午 7:40 休斯顿 (Imai 6-4) 对阵 洛杉矶天使 (Ureña 6-7), 下午 9:38 波士顿 (Tolle 5-6) 对阵 奥克兰 (Perkins 2-5), 下午 9:40
跨联盟
周日 亚特兰大 3, 巴尔的摩 2, 11局 洛杉矶天使 4, 旧金山 3 纽约扬基 对阵 费城
周六 旧金山 9, 洛杉矶天使 2 纽约扬基 3, 费城 1 巴尔的摩 3, 亚特兰大 2
周一 所有时间为东部时间 多伦多 (Scherzer 1-4) 对阵 华盛顿 (Alvarez 2-3), 下午 6:45 克利夫兰 (Cecconi 4-7) 对阵 辛辛那提 (Burns 12-1), 下午 7:10
东区 W L Pct GB 亚特兰大 62 43 .590 — 费城 56 49 .533 6 华盛顿 54 52 .509 81/2 迈阿密 52 54 .491 101/2 纽约 44 62 .415 181/2 中区 密尔沃基 66 39 .629 — 芝加哥 59 46 .562 7 匹兹堡 54 52 .509 121/2 圣路易斯 53 52 .505 13 辛辛那提 49 55 .471 161/2 西区 洛杉矶 67 39 .632 — 亚利桑那 55 51 .519 12 圣迭戈 53 53 .500 14 旧金山 44 61 .419 221/2 科罗拉多 42 65 .393 251/2
周日 匹兹堡 8, 芝加哥小熊 7 圣迭戈 5, 迈阿密 3 华盛顿 10, 亚利桑那 7 纽约大都会 8, 洛杉矶道奇 3 密尔沃基 11, 科罗拉多 2 辛辛那提 5, 圣路易斯 3, 10 局赛
周六 华盛顿 5, 亚利桑那 3 圣迭戈 7, 迈阿密 2 芝加哥小熊 11, 匹兹堡 0 圣路易斯 7, 辛辛那提 0 密尔沃基 8, 科罗拉多 5 洛杉矶道奇 4, 纽约大都会 3
周一 所有时间均为东部时间 亚利桑那 (Kelly 8-8) 对阵 匹兹堡 (Keller 6-7), 下午 6:40 费城 (Wheeler 10-2) 对阵 迈阿密 (Phillips 2-5), 下午 6:40 亚特兰大 (Perez 6-6) 对阵 纽约大都会 (Thornton 1-1), 下午 7:10 芝加哥小熊 (Peterson 5-7) 对阵 圣路易斯 (Liberatore 5-7), 下午 7:45 密尔沃基 (Sproat 3-5) 对阵 旧金山 (Mahle 2-9), 下午 9:45
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 蒙特利尔 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 208 | 186 | 10 |
| 汉密尔顿 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 149 | 159 | 6 |
| 多伦多 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 220 | 219 | 6 |
| 渥太华 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 143 | 213 | 0 |
西部赛区
| GP | W | L | PF | PA | Pt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 埃德蒙顿 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 203 | 172 | 12 |
| 萨斯喀彻温 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 204 | 169 | 8 |
| 温尼伯 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 185 | 208 | 8 |
| 卡尔加里 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 278 | 244 | 6 |
| 卑诗省 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 152 | 182 | 2 |
第八周 轮空：渥太华 周日 汉密尔顿 对阵 蒙特利尔 周六 多伦多 26 卑诗省 12 周五 卡尔加里 52 温尼伯 30
汉密尔顿再次为处罚感到懊悔
“有时你就是运气不好，”汉密尔顿周六在 Instagram 上写道。他讨论了自己在排位赛中被罚后退三名（这是他在三个比赛周末中的第三次处罚）如何让他“难以保持积极心态”。
第四次处罚也不会有所帮助，而法拉利又一次的策略失误同样如此。 当皮亚斯特里在路边故障导致虚拟安全车减速时，法拉利决定让汉密尔顿进站更换新胎。 不幸的是，对于这位七届冠军来说，他在离开维修通道时看到安东内利正迅速接近。在似乎为了阻止这位梅赛德斯车手超越的情况下，汉密尔顿违反了维修通道的限速规定。 汉密尔顿最终被要求将位置还给安东内利，随后被处以 5 秒罚时，导致他落后于队友查尔斯
ATP 世界巡回赛
千年埃什托里尔公开赛
葡萄牙，埃什托里尔 奖金：€612,620 场地：红土 周日 男子单打 —— 决赛 卢卡·范·阿谢 (法国)，击败 亚历山大·布洛克斯 (4) (比利时)，6-4, 4-6, 7-5。
双打 —— 决赛 提图安·德罗盖和基里安·雅凯 (法国)，击败 拉斐尔·马托斯和奥兰多·卢兹 (2) (巴西)，7-6 (2), 6-7 (4), 11-9。
通用保险公开赛
奥地利，基茨比厄尔 奖金：€612,620 场地：红土 周六 男子单打 —— 决赛 昆廷·哈利斯 (法国)，击败 亚历山大·布勃利克 (1) (哈萨克斯坦)，6-4, 7-6 (6)。
双打 —— 决赛 卢卡斯·米德勒 (奥地利) 和马克·波尔曼斯 (2) (澳大利亚)，击败 雅各布·施耐特和马克·沃尔纳 (3) (德国)，6-2, 6-2。
WTA 巡回赛
LIVESPORT 布拉格赛
周日 女子单打 —— 决赛 莉莉·塔格尔 (奥地利)，击败 达里娅·斯尼古尔 (8) (乌克兰)，7-6 (3), 6-2。
双打 —— 决赛 哈丽特·达特和迈娅·卢姆斯登 (4) (英国)，击败 露西·哈夫利科娃和劳拉·萨姆森 (捷克)，6-4, 6-4。
周六 单打 —— 半决赛 莉莉·塔格尔 (奥地利)，击败 巴博拉·克雷吉科娃 (2) (捷克)，6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4)。 达里娅·斯尼古尔 (8) (乌克兰)，击败 特蕾莎·瓦伦托娃 (5) (捷克)，7-6 (4), 6-3。
汉堡欧洲公开赛
德国，汉堡 奖金：€246,338 场地：红土 周日 女子单打 —— 决赛 塔玛拉·科帕奇 (5) (德国)，击败 安娜·邦达尔 (4) (匈牙利)，6-3, 6-3。
双打 —— 决赛 达莉拉·雅库波维奇和尼卡·拉迪希奇 (斯洛文尼亚)，击败 亚历山德拉·帕诺娃 (俄罗斯) 和玛加利·肯彭 (1) (比利时)，5-7, 6-3, 10-5。
（接前文）...查尔斯
环法自行车赛
第 21 赛段（最终赛段）
从 Thoiry 到巴黎香榭丽舍大街的 40.7 公里（25.3 英里）赛段（总行驶距离：3,197 公里/1,985.7 英里）： 1. Mathieu van der Poel，荷兰，Alpecin-Premier Tech，1 小时 58 分 49 秒。 2. Jasper Philipsen，比利时，Alpecin-Premier Tech，相同时间。 3. Mads Pedersen，丹麦，Lidl-Trek，同时间。 4. Max Kanter，德国，XDS Astana Team，同时间。 5. Olav Kooij，荷兰，Decathlon CMA CGM Team，同时间。 6. Matej Mohoric，斯洛文尼亚，Bahrain Victorious，同时间。 7. Rick Pluimers，荷兰，Tudor Pro Cycling Team，同时间。 8. Anthony Turgis，法国，TotalEnergies，同时间。 9. Milan Fretin，比利时，Cofidis，同时间。 10. Clement Russo，法国，Groupama-FDJ United，同时间。 此外 155. Derek Gee-West，安大略省 Osgoode，Lidl-Trek，同时间。
总排名 （21 个赛段结束后的最终排名） 1. 塔代伊·波加查，斯洛文尼亚，UAE Team Emirates-XRG，73:56:26。 2. Remco Evenepoel，比利时，Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe，74:02:52。 3. Isaac Del Toro Romero，墨西哥，UAE Team Emirates-XRG，74:06:08。 4. Paul Seixas，法国，Decathlon CMA CGM Team，74:08:22。 5. Lenny Martinez，法国，Bahrain Victorious，74:09:28。 6. Mattias Skjelmose，丹麦，Lidl-Trek，74:11:25。 7. Juan Ayuso，西班牙，Lidl-Trek，74:14:14。 8. Richard Carapaz，厄瓜多尔，EF Education-EasyPost，74:16:26。 9. Tom Pidcock，英国，Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team，74:25:54。 10. Jordan Jegat，法国，TotalEnergies，74:29:47。 此外 25. Derek Gee-West，安大略省 Osgoode，Lidl-Trek，76:09:25。
NSL
周日-周一 未安排比赛。
周六 哈利法克斯 1 温哥华 0
周二 — 所有时间均为东部时间 卡尔加里 将在多伦多比赛，晚上 7 点。
CPL
周日 渥太华 3 维多利亚 2 汉密尔顿 3 多伦多 1
周六 未安排比赛
PGA巡回赛
3M 公开赛
周日 位于明尼苏达州布莱恩。奖金：$8.8 百万美元 码数：7,431；标准杆：71 最终轮 JacksonKoivun, $1.584M 64-68-61-66—259 ScottieScheffler, $959,200 65-70-64-63—262 BrianHarman, $429,550 69-64-66-65—264 H.Matsuyama, $429,550 70-65-65-64—264 DennyMcCarthy, $429,550 66-68-64-66—264 ChandlerPhillips, $429,550 66-65-66-67—264 EmilianoGrillo, $286,000 64-67-65-69—265 DavisThompson, $286,000 68-68-63-66—265 BenKohles, $257,400 62-69-65-70—266 MichaelKim, $222,200 69-59-70-69—267 SeamusPower, $222,200 68-68-63-68—267 GaryWoodland, $222,200 64-71-67-65—267 ZacBlair, $172,333 68-65-68-67—268 BillyHorschel, $172,333 67-66-65-70—268 JakeKnapp, $172,333 68-70-68-62—268 DavisChatfield, $138,600 69-68-64-68—269 ZechengDou, $138,600 67-69-67-66—269 PatrickFishburn, $138,600 70-68-66-65—269 KevinYu, $138,600 69-66-66-68—269 C.Bezuidenhout, $103,840 68-67-69-66—270 LeeHodges, $103,840 68-67-65-70—270 TomKim, $103,840
68-69-67-66—270 R.Neergrd-Ptrsn, $103,840 66-72-66-66—270 ChandlerBlanchet, $70,086 67-68-67-69—271 MichaelBrennan, $70,086 65-69-63-74—271 KurtKitayama, $70,086 68-69-66-68—271 HankLebioda, $70,086 69-69-65-68—271 JohnParry, $70,086 69-69-69-64—271 A.Smotherman, $70,086 68-67-68-68—271 KevinStreelman, $70,086 67-68-69-67—271 MaxGreyserman, $55,000 69-70-69-64—272 ChrisKirk, $55,000 70-69-64-69—272 KevinRoy, $55,000 65-70-68-69—272 JoelDahmen, $45,848 70-69-66-68—273 MarkHubbard, $45,848 70-69-65-69—273 MaverickMcNealy, $45,848 71-66-72-64—273 VinceWhaley, $45,848 67-69-68-69—273 MuzzyDonohue, $45,848 73-63-73-64—273 CoreyConners, $36,520 70-69-66-69—274 TroyMerritt, $36,520 66-66-69-73—274 PontusNyholm, $36,520 68-69-71-66—274 JordanL.Smith, $36,520 71-68-67-68—274 JohnVanDerLaan, $36,520 67-71-66-70—274 ZacharyBauchou, $26,413 70-69-66-70—275 RickyCastillo, $26,413 71-68-65-71—275 MackenzieHughes, $26,413
71-67-68-69—275 A.J.Ewart, $20,680 69-69-70-69—277
电视节目 周一（所有时间均为东部时间） MLS
周六 夏洛特 2 纽约红牛 0 哥伦布 2 辛辛那提 1 华盛顿 2 多伦多 1 休斯顿 3 奥斯汀 0 洛杉矶银河 1 圣何塞 1 洛杉矶 FC 4 堪萨斯城 0 迈阿密 1 蒙特利尔 0 新英格兰 4 亚特兰大 1 纽约城 FC 3 芝加哥 1 奥兰多 1 纳什维尔 0 费城 1 西雅图 0 波特兰 2 盐湖城 1 圣路易斯 1 科罗拉多 0 圣迭戈 1 达拉斯 0 温哥华 0 明尼苏达 0
勒克莱尔在最终排名中。 “处罚开得像疯了一样，”他在无线电中告诉法拉利车队。 伊萨克·哈贾尔（Isack Hadjar）获得第六名，他在比赛中采取战术，阻挡了那些威胁到其红牛队友维斯塔潘（Verstappen）的赛车手；罗素（Russell）排名第七。利亚姆·劳森（Liam Lawson）代表 Racing Bulls 获得第八名，紧随其后的是奥迪队的尼科·霍肯伯格（Nico Hulkenberg），排名第九；劳森的队友阿尔维德·林德布拉德（Arvid Lindblad）排名第 10。
ISPS HANDA 女性苏格兰公开赛
星期日 地点：英国特鲁恩 (Troon) 奖金池：200 万美元 距离：6,543 码；标准杆：72
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棒球 MLB：多伦多 对 华盛顿，SN Ontario, East, West, Pacific 频道，下午 6:30 MLB：纽约洋基 对 芝加哥白袜，SN 1 频道，下午 7:30 MLB：芝加哥小熊 对 圣路易斯，TSN 1, 4, 5 频道，下午 7:30
垒球 Athlete Unlimited：犹他 Talons 对 待定，TSN 2 频道，晚上 7 点
网球 ATP 巡回赛：华盛顿，TSN 3 频道，上午 11 点
结果截至星期日， 7 月 26 日晚上 9:30。
会见奥巴马，随后在比赛中大放异彩
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Fever Guard 享受 参与她的首个 真正的全明星周末
DOUG FEINBERG 芝加哥
DOUG FEINBERG 芝加哥
aitlin Clark 度过了一个难忘的周末，开端是会见了美国前总统 Barack Obama ， 结束则是她在首场传统全明星赛中的出色表现。 在这两者之间， 是 与 Nike、State Farm 和 Wilson 举办的赞助活动，数百名不同年龄和性别的粉丝——其中许多人穿着她的 22 号球衣——排队数小时，希望能与这位印第安纳狂热队 (Indiana Fever) 的球星击掌、获得签名，甚至仅仅是看她一眼。 “这个周末排满了许多活动，我很兴奋，”克拉克在 Wilson 发布其新系列篮球的活动上表示。“我永远不想将[全明星周末]视为理所当然。” 这是克拉克参加的首场传统全明星赛；她因伤错过了去年在印第安纳波利斯举行的比赛。她在 2024 年的新秀赛季中经历了一场竞争激烈的比赛，由美国奥运代表队对阵 WNBA 全明星队。那场比赛增加了紧张气氛，因为许多人认为克拉克本应入选巴黎奥运代表团。
回放中心
WNBA 将在下赛季设立一个类似于 NBA 的回放中心，因为联盟将继续投资于裁判工作。联盟总裁 Cathy Engelbert 在周六全明星赛前的联盟状态新闻发布会上宣布了这一消息。 在过去的几个赛季中，裁判工作一直是整个联盟的热门话题，而肢体接触的对抗程度是一个主要的争议点。联盟在休赛期成立了一个特别工作组，以帮助改善比赛中的一些身体对抗情况。 “这是我们在篮球运营方面迄今为止最重大的投资之一，这项数千万美元的投资将有助于为我们的裁判流程带来更高的的一致性、效率和透明度，同时继续提高比赛质量，”总裁表示。 Engelbert 表示，回放中心的许多细节仍需敲定，但她指出，目前 NBA 采用的“最后两分钟报告”尚未在 WNBA 中使用。 本赛季的犯规次数有所增加，因为联盟重点关注如何保障球员的活动自由。犯规的增加导致了更多的进攻，各球队的场均得分创下历史新高。这也导致了比赛时间延长。本月早些时候，联盟的比赛平均时长为 2 小时 8 分钟——这是联盟历史上最长的比赛时间。 Engelbert 表示，联盟将继续与球员合作，努力改善他们在场外的安全性。联盟与球员协会举行了一次虚拟
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连续第二年，该赛段包含了极受欢迎的蒙马特区上坡攀爬，这是一段陡峭的一公里冲刺，车手们在香榭丽舍大街终点前需挑战三次。 这对波加查（Pogacar）来说依然过于艰难，他在最后阶段无法与范德普尔（van der Poel）的纯粹力量相抗衡。 在当地时间下午 6 点前不久，波加查在起跑线上与埃文波尔（Evenepoel）以及身着代表最佳攀爬者的圆点衫的厄瓜多尔资深选手理查德·卡拉帕斯（Richard Carapaz）握手。 “为了赢得这件衫我进行了艰苦的奋斗，这是一场伟大的战斗，”33 岁的卡拉帕斯说道。“赢下它是最棒的感觉。” 范德普尔和获得最佳冲刺手绿衫的丹麦选手 Mads Pedersen 均是该赛段获胜的热门竞争者。
[[IMG_XXXX]] Team Spoon 的 Caitlin Clark 在周六于芝加哥举行的 WNBA 全明星赛对阵 Team Coop 的上半场比赛中准备传球。NAM Y. HUH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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美联社
“任何时候能穿上球衣参加全明星赛都是非常特别的。对我个人来说，这是一次真正独特的体验，因为我[之前]从未真正参加过一场真正的全明星赛，”Clark 说道。 在周六，她迅速进入状态，令联合中心 19,783 人的全明星赛纪录观众感到欣喜。Clark 为球队拿下了前 8 分，通过一次抢断完成上篮，随后命中了一个她标志性的远程三分球。几分钟后，她又命中了一个更远的
赛段获胜者。 当车手们开始第一次攀爬蒙马特的勒皮克路（Rue Lepic）时，人群发出欢呼，著名的圣心圣殿在他们上方耸立。 在第二次攀爬蒙马特后，波加查领先，范德普尔、埃文波尔和 Pedersen 紧随其后。 范德普尔在第三次也是最后一次攀爬时发起进攻，波加查反应迅速，这对单日经典赛的对手双双冲在前面。 但在距离终点 700 米时他们被追上，在波加查体力不支后，31 岁的范德普尔仍需发力。 他最终以微弱优势领先于比利时选手 Jasper Philipsen（他的 Alpecin-Premier Tech 队友）以及 Pedersen 率先冲线。波加查则减速并最终排名第 30 位。 “我以为冲刺手们会追上我们，所以我从很远的地方就发起了 [进攻]，”范德普尔表示。
周二晚上举行会议，讨论还可以采取哪些措施来打击网络仇恨。 “对于太多 WNBA 球员来说，这种经历是不可接受的，”她说道。 “在许多情况下，这令人作呕。种族主义、厌女症、恐同心理，以及针对我们球员的骚扰和威胁，在体育运动或任何其他地方都没有生存空间。” Engelbert 表示，WNBA 关于拉斯维加斯 Aces 队的一项赞助协议是否违反薪资上限的调查结果不确定。 “不会建议或实施任何纪律处分。当然，如果有新的或额外的证据出现，我们将继续调查。但你知道，比赛的公正性是第一位的，”这位专员说道。 拉斯维加斯会议与游客管理局（LVCVA）在 2024 年 5 月向 Aces 球员提供了一项 100,000 美元的赞助协议，涵盖接下来的两个赛季。根据 Spotrac 的数据，该金额超过了其中 6 名球员的薪水。 本赛季没有提供此类协议，但在 5 月新集体谈判协议完成后，球员薪水也大幅上涨。根据 Spotrac 的数据，每位 Aces 球员至少赚取 270,000 美元。最初的报价促使联盟启动调查，以确定其是否规避了薪资上限规则。 “我们是以正确的方式地执行的，”LVCVA 总裁兼首席执行官 Steve Hill 当时表示。“我们做了我们认为对拉斯维加斯有效且对球员非常有益的事情。我们是在没有球队参与的情况下完成的。这是我们的想法，他们提出的任何问题都将能找到答案。”
Engelbert 表示，联盟需要更好地与球员沟通，无论是通过短信、电子邮件还是其他形式。球员们的主要抱怨之一是他们与专员之间没有关系。A’ja Wilson 在赛前表示，她唯一一次与 Engelbert 交谈是在领取奖杯时。
“我一直在与球员们讨论他们希望听到多少我们的声音，以及他们不想听到多少，”Engelbert 说。“我们确实给他们发送了很多电子邮件更新之类的东西。但他们是那样一个不再怎么查看电子邮件的世代。所以我们需要在短信链上做得更好。……我们必须做得更好。比如当一名球员获得荣誉，或者球员受伤之类的事情，我会尝试联系他们，是的。所以我们需要做得更好。毫无疑问，我需要做得更好。”
在被问及是否计划在下个赛季继续担任专员时，Engelbert 避开了这个问题。
“我很荣幸能在这样一个惊人的高速增长时期掌舵这个联盟。非常荣幸这些球员能在球场上呈现如此出色的产品，”她说。“我将继续，你知道，履行我的职责，执行该战略，因为它一直很奏效。”
Engelbert 表示，这已经是 WNBA 历史上观看人数最多的一季，117 场转播覆盖了超过 73 million（7300万）名独立观众。其中 29 场比赛的平均观众数超过一百万——这是全明星赛休息期间有史以来最高的一项记录。而上个赛季他们只有 11 场。
der Poel 说道。“我把腿中剩余的所有力量都使出来了，而这恰好足够了。”
Van der Poel 被广泛认为是世界上最顶尖的自行车运动员之一。他在单日经典赛中多次获胜，拥有场地自行车越野世界冠军头衔，并且曾是世界公路赛冠军。
他的父亲 Adri van der Poel 在 20 世纪 80 年代后期的环法自行车赛中赢得了两个赛段。
他的外祖父是法国自行车运动员 Raymond Poulidor，他在 20 世纪 60 和 70 年代参赛，曾在环法自行车赛中三次获得亚军，五次获得季军。他被昵称为“Poupou”和“永恒的亚军”，深受法国球迷喜爱。
为期九个赛段的女子环法自行车赛将于 8 月 1 日在瑞士城市洛桑开赛，8 月 9 日在尼斯结束。
其中三个本应来自去年比赛中使用的四分线。令 Clark 失望的是，联盟在今年取消了这一设置。
尽管没有获得加分机会，但 Clark 在周六很高兴地帮助她的
“我对结果感到满意。能登上领奖台，我没什么好抱怨的。我确实能感受到那种能量，观众们太棒了，”马塞（Masse）说道。在体操项目中，布莱克（Black）夺回了她曾在 2018 年英联邦运动会上首次赢得的冠军。这位 30 岁的布莱克以 53.050 的总分夺冠，击败了澳大利亚的布里安娜·斯科特（Breanna Scott，52.900 分）。来自魁北克省萨拉贝里-德-瓦利菲尔德（Salaberry-de-Valleyfield）的 16 岁选手莉亚-莫妮卡·方丹（Lia-Monica Fontaine）在她的英联邦运动会首秀中摘得铜牌（52.800 分）。“我认为我们正在改变女性在体育和体操领域的叙事方式，希望能够激励后辈们看到，年龄没有上限。你可以继续前行，可以变得更好，并享受你所做的事情，”四次参加奥运会的布莱克说道。方丹则对登上领奖台感到激动不已。“这绝对是一个巨大的机会，而我确实把握住了。坦白说，我对自己的表现非常满意，”方丹表示。
加拿大选手费利克斯·多尔西（Félix Dolci）在周日早些时候的男子体操全能决赛中获得银牌，这是他在本次比赛中赢得的第二枚奖牌。在格拉斯哥国际体育馆，多尔西得到了 79.450 分，与金牌获得者、东道主苏格兰的鲁本·沃德（Reuben Ward）仅差 0.2 分。澳大利亚的杰西·摩尔（Jesse Moore）获得铜牌（79.000 分）。“以第一名通过预选赛，并且了解自己的潜力，知道我能做到什么，也知道我在练习和准备来到这里时付出的努力，我的目标是金牌，”多尔西说。“但是，你知道，这就是体育，这就是体操。它永远不会完美，我们要么获胜，要么学习。今天是一次深刻的学习经历。”来自魁北克省拉瓦尔（Laval）的 24 岁选手多尔西在周五的男子团体赛中帮助加拿大队夺金，当时他以 81.650 的分数在个人排名中名列第一。加拿大队在周六的女子体操团体赛中获得银牌。加拿大目前在运动会上共有九枚奖牌——三金、三银、三铜。
同样在周日，加拿大男女轮椅篮球队接连负于英格兰队，战绩变为 1 胜 1 负。持旗手凯迪·丹德诺（Kady Dandeneau）得到了 11 分，但加拿大女队以 12-15 负于英格兰队。“我认为只是有点紧张影响到了我们，”丹德诺说。“我们没能执行好一些必须完成的操作，结果在开局阶段就失去了控制。不幸的是，我们让他们取得了巨大领先。”随后，加拿大男队以 10-20 落败。两支球队将于周一回到赛场，对阵澳大利亚队。英联邦运动会将持续到 8 月 2 日。今年的比赛规模有所缩小，共有来自 74 个国家和地区的 3,000 名运动员参加。由于澳大利亚维多利亚州在 2023 年因成本激增而退出，格拉斯哥市在后期接手成为主办城市。
多伦多游泳运动员约书亚·林多（Joshua Liendo）和哈利法克斯体操运动员埃莉·布莱克（Ellie Black）在周日的英联邦运动会上为加拿大队增添了金牌。林多成功卫冕了男子 100 米蝶泳冠军，随后布莱克成为首位在运动会上两次赢得体操全能冠军的人。在托尔克罗斯国际游泳中心，林多以 50.42 秒的赛事纪录触壁，险胜澳大利亚的马修·坦普尔（Matthew Temple，50.43 秒）和本·阿姆布鲁斯特（Ben Armbruster，50.58 秒）。这位 23 岁的选手在 2022 年赢得金牌并随后在 2024 年巴黎奥运会该项目中获得银牌后，再次成为英联邦冠军。约 90 分钟后，林多在 50 米自由泳中以 21.55 秒获得第四名，与第二枚奖牌擦肩而过。澳大利亚的卡梅隆·麦克沃伊（Cameron McEvoy）以 20.97 秒夺金，随后是弗林·南瑟姆（Flynn Southam，21.44 秒）和杰米·杰克（Jamie Jack，21.47 秒）。在泳池的其他项目中，五次获得奥运奖牌的凯莉（Kylie）...
Masse 在女子 100 米背泳中获得银牌，这是她职业生涯中第 10 枚英联邦运动会奖牌，也是加拿大女泳运动员获得奖牌数量最多的一人。这位来自安大略省 LaSalle 的 31 岁选手以 58.77 秒的成绩完赛，落后于澳大利亚的 Iona Alexandra Anderson，而她在半程时曾领先 0.44 秒。南非的 Olivia Nel 以 1:00.09 的成绩获得铜牌。在体操项目中，Black 夺回了她曾在 2018 年英联邦运动会上首次赢得的冠军。30 岁的 Black 凭借 53.050 的总分击败了澳大利亚的 Breanna Scott (52.900)。来自魁北克省 Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 的 16 岁选手 Lia-Monica Fontaine 在她的英联邦运动会首秀中获得铜牌 (52.800)。加拿大的 Félix Dolci 在周日早些时候的男子体操全能决赛中获得银牌，赢得了他在本次比赛中的第二枚奖牌。
球队以 129-122 获胜，她将 奥巴马在对话中告诉她的 “不要失去快乐”这句话 铭刻在心。 Clark 承认，在见到奥巴马时，她的手心出汗且湿冷。她请求与他合影——而这个问题每天有无数次被别人向她提出。 在会见奥巴马之后，Clark 的一天充满了赞助活动。她前往 WNBA Live，这是一个许多联盟赞助商都设有展位的粉丝节。她在 State Farm 的展位参加了一场抢椅子投篮比赛，现场有数百名粉丝观看。 不久之后，她为几位在类似比赛中竞争的幸运女孩担任气氛组。获胜者得到了一双 Clark 的鞋子。她还前往耐克女子篮球锦标赛，探访了她之前的 AAU 球队 Iowa Attack。 随后，她前往 Wilson 揭幕她的新系列篮球。 在几天时间里，Clark 可以单纯地享受篮球，而不需要处理自 2024 年进入联盟以来围绕在她身边的外界喧嚣。 现在，她必须回到艰苦的训练和比赛中，Fever 队将于周二在西雅图进行比赛。
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非季后赛赛季加上 Mahomes 的膝盖伤势，使得今年堪萨斯城的需要有所不同
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在过去的几年里，堪萨斯城教练 Andy Reid 逐渐不再让新秀和四分卫提前几天进入训练营，理由是这样一支经历过深层季后赛冲刺的资深球队不需要这样做。 毕竟，在十年时间里，他的球队至少进入了外卡赛轮。其中许多赛季在二月才结束。 但堪萨斯城在上一季崩溃了，以 6-11 的糟糕战绩完赛，同时四分卫 Patrick Mahomes 因严重的膝盖伤势缺阵。 进攻和防守两端都存在严重的阵容问题，重要位置的深度问题在其他球员受伤时进一步恶化，所有这一切意味着赛季的结束远早于堪萨斯城任何人的预期。 因此，基于球队需要重启等多种原因，Reid 选择让他的四分卫和新秀，以及几名伤愈回归的球员，在全队到达之前，先在密苏里西部州立大学（Missouri Western State University）进行为期几天的训练。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 堪萨斯城四分卫 Chris Oladokun（左）、Garrett Nussmeier（左起第二）、Justin Fields 和 Patrick Mahomes 周日在密苏里州圣约瑟夫进行练习。CHARLIE RIEDEL/美联社（THE ASSOCIATED PRESS）
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BRISSETT 与红雀队达成重新修订的一年期协议，被命名为第 1 周可能的首发球员
四分卫 Jacoby Brissett 与亚利桑那红雀队在周日达成了一份重新修订的一年期协议，首年执教的教练 Mike LaFleur 确认，这位资深球员是球队第 1 周可能的首发球员。 33 岁的 Brissett 对之前的合同不满意，该合同中下一赛季的保障金额仅为 150 万美元 ($1.5-million)。据报道，他的新合同价值 1550 万美元 ($15.5-million)。 “这绝没有造成干扰——我认为我们拥有一些非常成熟且专业的球员，”LaFleur 说道。“但这只是我们...”
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“老实说，去年结束后我并不喜欢没能参加这件事，”里德在谈到这个为期三天的速成课程时说道，周日的体感温度一度突破了华氏三位数。 “这对四分卫来说是一件好事，对新加入的新秀也是好事。今年我们的[新秀]人数更多，因此让我们能获得更多重复练习的机会。” “我认为，”里德补充道，“这将使我们受益。”这总没坏处。
先从四分卫开始：马霍姆斯在去年 12 月接受了修复膝盖韧带撕裂的手术，上周已获准在训练营中全面参与。尽管里德本周坚称这位两届 MVP 将没有任何限制，但如果没有全队成员在周围飞奔，先进行一些练习仍会带来某种程度的安心感。 “你必须重新建立那种信心，”马霍姆斯说，“我很庆幸能从训练营的第一天就开始这样做。我不希望只练习几周就得去参加比赛。我想循序渐进地建立信心，随着我们逐渐增强，看看训练营的情况如何，所以我认为这会帮我回到应有的状态。”
对于深度图上的另外两名四分卫来说，问题在于学习进攻战术。堪萨斯城与喷气机队达成了一笔交易，引入贾斯汀·菲尔兹作为资深替补，部分原因是希望在马霍姆斯无法在第一周首发的情况下，有人能够赢得几场比赛。他们的年轻潜力四分卫是加勒特·努斯迈尔，这位曾备受推崇的 LSU 大学之星在去年 4 月的 NFL 选秀中一路下滑至总第 249 顺位。
然而，除了四分卫之外，新秀群体——训练营中有 20 多名新秀——也有机会获得额外的锻炼，堪萨斯城在里德执教期间，或许比任何时候都更依赖这批新秀。防守后卫曼苏尔·德莱恩作为选秀中首位被选中的角卫，预计将在第一周首发，而他可能不是场上唯一的首年球员。球队的另一名首轮选秀球员、防守截锋彼得·伍兹可能会与常年入选职业碗的克里斯·琼斯搭档，而冲传手 R·梅森·托马斯则被寄予厚望，负责给对方四分卫施压。
这使得他们在资深球员到达之前能够获得的所有额外练习都变得极其宝贵。 “我非常感激这三天的[新秀营]，”伍兹说，“我之前告诉过某人，资深球员们对于我们这些年轻人的表现有一个标准。能够提前几天让自己做好准备，以便能与资深球员良好地磨合，这对我意义重大。并不是每个人都有机会这样做。”
不需要谈论的部分。 布里塞特在去年最后 12 场比赛中担任球队首发，此前凯勒·穆雷遭遇了赛季报销的脚伤。他在个人表现上相当出色，传球码数 3,366 码，23 次达阵和 8 次被截球，但红雀队在这些比赛中的战绩为 1-11（即 1 胜 11 负）。
拉弗勒确认布里塞特的协议在周日训练前就已经达成，并表示这位资深球员很快将开始与首发球员共同训练。球队在四分卫位置上的其他主要选择是资深球员加德纳·明休和新秀卡森·贝克。
布里塞特在红雀队的更衣室里很受欢迎，一些球员——最显著的是八次入选职业碗的安全卫布达·贝克——公开支持这位四分卫签署新合同。 “他心态很稳，”拉弗勒说，“他经历过很多不同的体系，听到过很多不同的声音，见过很多不同的东西。他与球队之间经历过起起伏伏。他现在状态很好，我很期待真正开始与他共事。”
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乔什·杜博 (JOSH DUBOW) 加利福尼亚州圣克拉拉
主教练凯尔·莎纳汉 (Kyle Shanahan) 走上训练场，站在总经理约翰·林奇 (John Lynch) 身边，观看他的旧金山 49 人队进行了约 30 分钟的练习。在过去十年中，莎纳汉的出席一直是常态，而他在遭遇一场导致脑震荡及其他伤势的车祸不到两周后，于周日出现在首场训练营练习中，这一景象令人欣慰。“我知道他无法远离，”明星线卫弗雷德·沃纳 (Fred Warner) 表示，“我知道他暂时交出了职责，但那家伙对球赛痴迷。我确定他当然会出现在周围。”
尽管莎纳汉在周日的练习中客串现身，但 49 人队在没有其领导负责的情况下开始了 2026 赛季的准备工作。莎纳汉已暂时将球队的责任移交给助理主教练兼进攻线教练克里斯·福斯特 (Chris Foerster)，以便从 7 月 14 日在附近帕洛阿尔托 (Palo Alto) 发生的车祸中恢复。莎纳汉在车祸中遭受了脑震荡、肋骨骨折、鼻骨骨折和手部骨折，在脑震荡症状消退之前，他将不会重新执掌球队。
莎纳汉的左手打着石膏，戴着太阳镜以遮住黑眼圈，并留了一把新胡须，这让沃纳在观看练习时称赞他的“伪装”。莎纳汉在离开球场前与几名球员进行了互动，包括沃纳、凯尔·朱兹齐克 (Kyle Juszczyk)、克里斯蒂安·麦卡弗里 (Christian McCaffrey) 和德雷·格林劳 (Dre Greenlaw)。
“我知道很难让他远离那里，”明星截锋特伦特·威廉姆斯 (Trent Williams) 说道，“让他好好休息对他来说会很困难。他不是那种人。看到他出现在那里我一点也不惊讶。”
由于球队拥有一批资深球员，且多位教练已在组织中服务多年，福斯特和威廉姆斯表示，球队几乎就像处于“自动驾驶”状态，并未因莎纳汉的缺席而被打乱。训练营的练习计划在莎纳汉出车祸前很久就已制定，营期的初始阶段基本上是休赛期计划中安装内容的重复。
福斯特表示，他非常依赖他的助手，特别是协调员克莱·库比亚克 (Klay Kubiak)、拉希姆·莫里斯 (Raheem Morris) 和布兰特·波耶 (Brant Boyer)。他说除了他必须在练习后解散球队、举行新闻发布会，以及在练习的小部分环节（例如在抢跑罚前是否重复一次进攻）中做出决定外，并没有太大变化。
福斯特在 NFL 工作已超过三个十年，于 1993 年开始在明尼苏达担任助理进攻线和紧端锋教练，在接管整个球队时几乎没有遇到困难。
“他从事这项工作的时间比那间更衣室里的所有人活着的时间都长，大概除了我之外，”威廉姆斯说，“这就像是天作之合。就我个人而言，看着他哪怕只担任一天主教练，无论时间长短，我都为他感到骄傲。我们相识已久，他对我来说就像家人。看到他处于那个位置，我真的非常自豪。”
在莎纳汉担任进攻协调员、迈克·莎纳汉 (Mike Shanahan) 担任主教练期间，福斯特在华盛顿度过了四个赛季，并于 2019. 年加入 49 人队。福斯特曾在 2017 年在迈阿密担任进攻线教练时辞职，此前社交媒体上出现的一段视频似乎显示他在办公桌前吸入了三条白粉，但他在莎纳汉的帮助下获得了第二次机会。
“他是我在这个世界上最好的朋友之一，”福斯特说，“出于很多原因，我称之为朋友的人并不多，而凯尔就是其中之一。他和他的妻子曼迪 (Mandy) 就像我的家人。这个组织对我做了很多，在我人生中没人愿意接纳我的时刻将我拉拢进来。凯尔以及约翰和整个约克 (York) 家族一直支持我，这份忠诚永远不会被忘记。他是一个非常非常亲近的朋友，当这样事情发生在如此亲近的人身上时，你真的会非常担心。”
DAVID BERDING/GETTY IMAGES 科伊武顶住舍夫勒的压力夺冠 这是他职业生涯第三次参赛便赢得3M公开赛
这位巡回赛新秀以 总成绩 25-under 259 创下赛事纪录
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杰克逊·科伊武感到了紧张，但从未退缩。面对世界排名第一且深受球迷喜爱的斯科蒂·舍夫勒（Scottie Scheffler）的强力追击，他锁定了自己的首个PGA巡回赛冠军。 科伊武在周日以三杆之差赢得了3M公开赛。这仅是他作为职业球员的第三次出赛，他以最后一轮五下 66 杆的成绩顶住舍夫勒的压力，最终以赛会纪录 25-under 259 的总成绩夺冠。 “在人群中我一直听到有人在喊，‘斯科蒂来了，斯科蒂来了’，”21 岁的科伊武说道。“我只是试着屏蔽掉这些声音，继续打出我能够打出的高尔夫球。” 舍夫勒在科伊武之前的五个组别出发，他凭借一轮 63 杆的成绩强势冲入竞争圈，但最终仅获得本赛季第五次亚军。他今年的唯一一次胜利是在加利福尼亚州的美国快递公开赛（The American Express）首秀中取得的。
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韩国高尔夫球手珍妮·申在周日的女性苏格兰公开赛中以两杆之差获胜，结束了等待 10 年多才获得第二个LPGA冠军的漫长等待。 现年 33 岁的申曾在 2016 年 5 月赢得德克萨斯射击赛（Texas Shootout），此次她在邓多纳尔德林克斯球场（Dundonald Links）打出三上 75 杆，最终以九下成绩完赛。 “第一次获胜的时候，当时并不觉得像是在赢球，”申说道。“我觉得自己不配得到它，感觉非常偶然。但这一次绝对感觉非常不同。这一次我觉得是我赢得的，是我努力工作换来的。” 在第18洞的最后一推入洞后，申流下了眼泪，并被一群朋友泼上了水和香槟。 申从第一轮起就一直领先，因此在最后一轮以五杆领先优势开局后，即便在第 6-8 号洞连续遭遇三个柏忌，她也足以承受。
加拿大的 Carol Zhao 获得了一张正赛外卡，这将是她职业生涯最后一次参加国家银行公开赛（National Bank Open）。
这位来自安大略省里士满山（Richmond Hill）的 31 岁选手在今年早些时候确认，在 2016 年转为职业选手后，2026 赛季将是她在 WTA 巡回赛的最后一个赛季。
加拿大网球协会（Tennis Canada）周日宣布，Zhao 和同为里士满山原住民的 Ariana Arseneault 被授予该赛事的最后两张女子单打外卡，比赛将于下周六在 Sobeys 体育场开赛。
她们将与七届大满贯冠军维纳斯·威廉姆斯（Venus Williams）以及加拿大的 Bianca Andreescu、Kayla Cross、Katherine Sebov、Cadence Brace 和 Rebecca Marino 一起成为正赛外卡获得者。
“我们很高兴能将正赛外卡授予 Ariana 和 Carol，”加拿大网球协会女子网球负责人 Noelle van Lottum 在一份声明中表示。“Ariana 的比赛状态持续向好的方向发展，她正通过正确的努力，让自己能够具备在最高水平上竞争的条件。”
“多年来，Carol 一直是加拿大网球界受人尊敬的人物，我们非常激动能给她机会在主场赛事中进行最后一次[竞争]。”
“我们看到现在的比赛中出现了许多非常、非常优秀的年轻天才，”Scheffler 说道。“当你看到这些大学出来的球员，他们准备得非常充分，甚至比我们当年走出校园时准备得还要充分。”
松山英树（Hideki Matsuyama）、Brian Harman、Chandler Phillips 和 Denny McCarthy 以 20 杆下的成绩并列第三。
Koivun 在 TPC Twin Cities 一个 36 C 的下午打出了一场稳健且安全的比赛，在第三轮打出 61 杆并获得三杆领先优势后，连续第二天没有出现柏忌（bogey）。在第九洞果岭上，他的球落在沙坑后通过一次救帕推杆（par-saving putt）成功化险，这为他在后九洞注入了能量。
“这可能是本周我完成的最关键的一次推杆，”Koivun 说道。“记分牌就在那里，我清楚地看到自己的站位。如果没推进，我就只领先两杆——而我上次查看时还领先五杆。所以这次推杆成功对我接下来的势头至关重要。”
Lee Hodges 保持着之前的 3M 公开赛记录，在 2023 年以 24 杆下、共 260 杆的成绩完赛。
[[IMG_XXXX]] 韩国选手 Jenny Shin 在周日于苏格兰特伦（Troon）的 Dundonald Links 高尔夫球场赢得女子苏格兰公开赛后举起奖杯。TOM DULAT/GETTY IMAGES
她以 10 杆领先于泰国的 Pajaree Anannarukarn (74)。Shin 在最后三个洞中也有两个出现了柏忌，但在此前完成了两个小鸟球。
Koivun 成为本赛季第四位获得冠军的新秀。在本月早些时候，他在伊利诺伊州的 John Deere 经典赛中未能通过截分线，并在肯塔基州的 ISCO 锦标赛中并列第 10 名。他曾在巡回赛赛事中以业余身份出战 10 次。
凭借在明尼苏达州的这次获胜，Koivun 赢得了 1,584,000 美元，并在联邦快递杯（FedEx Cup）积分榜上跃升 124 位，排名第 70 位。在常规赛仅剩两场赛事的情况下，这一排名是季后赛截分线以上的最后一个席位。
“我觉得在过去几年的时间里，我在心态上变得更强了，能够击败那些球员，”Koivun 说道。他打破了 NCAA 职业生涯每轮平均杆数记录 (68.89)，并帮助奥本大学（Auburn）在上个月赢得了全国冠军。
“有时我看其他人在练习场击球，我觉得自己不是最有天赋的，但如果我能走出去，坚信自己，并利用我的头脑来获得优势，那么这绝对就像是一种‘超能力’。”
Scheffler 在最后一轮开始时落后六杆，他需要[...].
“我没有像 [周六] 那么紧张，”Shin 说道。“我觉得自己做对了一切，但击球感觉不如之前[...]. ”
Koivun 试图通过追分来缩小差距。 但这从未发生。 Scheffler 表现得近乎完美，唯一的失误是在第 14 洞一个 5 英尺的 birdies 推杆，球在洞口边缘打转后弹了出来。当他正在进行赛后采访时，Koivun 在第 16 洞打出 birdie，总成绩达到 25 杆下。 “任何时候当你尝试首次夺冠时，这都极其困难，尤其是对于一个刚走出校园的年轻人来说，”Scheffler 说道。“我认为这不仅展现了他的天赋，也展现了他的心理承受能力。” Koivun 在加州圣何塞长大，17 岁时搬到北卡罗来纳州的查佩尔希尔，他在一个公共 9 洞球场开始了球技训练。在球场上拥抱父亲 George 之后，他与母亲 Meghan 进行了 FaceTime 视频通话，后者未能出席此次比赛。 “她在哭，”Koivu 说。“我试图听清她说了什么，但她一直在说她有多么自豪。他们两人就是我的顶梁柱。”
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三天时间里，球总是打进沙坑和灌木丛，这一点也不好玩。 “在连续出现三个 bogey 后，我想，‘天哪，我不知道这局会怎么走’。但没错，我坚持了下来，所以我对自己感到非常自豪，也非常开心。” Shin 现在正在考虑下一个挑战。 “我会尽一切努力再次获胜，”Shin 说道。“我简直不敢相信这周发生了这样的事。” A Lim Kim 以 68 杆（4 杆下）获得第二名，连续四个 birdie 帮助她反超 Anannarukarn 两杆，后者掉至第三位。 女子苏格兰公开赛介于最后两项大满贯赛之间——分别是怡观点赛（Evian Championship）以及周四在皇家利瑟姆圣安妮球场（Royal Lytham & St. Annes）开赛的女子英国公开赛。
nal time。” 加拿大网球协会还向 Andreescu 和 Cross 的组合，以及来自魁北克省拉瓦尔的姐妹 Leylah 和 Bianca Fernandez 颁发了双打外卡。 去年在蒙特利尔获得国家银行公开赛冠军的加拿大天才球员 Victoria Mboko 将因膝伤缺席今年的赛事。
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该曲作为单曲发行，原本就是为其量身定制的，成为了成人当代类别的前 10 名热门曲目，并赢得了三项格莱美奖，包括最佳器乐编曲奖
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Plas Johnson 是一位好莱坞工作室音乐家，他在 1963 年电影《粉红豹》片头字幕中悠闲的次中音萨克斯风演奏，为这部史上最知名的电影主题曲之一注入了俏皮的跳跃感。他于 7 月 15 日在洛杉矶家中去世，享年 94 岁。他的子女 Eric Johnson 和 Stephanie Oliver 确认了死讯，并表示他们的父亲直到一个月前还在其养老社区进行演出。Plas Johnson 的资历十分丰富，作品涵盖了 1950 年代的摇滚乐热门歌曲、电视主题曲以及与超级巨星的录音合作。但在这些作品中，最脱颖而出的是《粉红豹》的主题曲。该曲由 Henry Mancini 为 Blake Edwards 导演、Peter Sellers 主演的闹剧侦探喜剧而作，片中 Sellers 饰演傲慢且笨拙的法国警察局长 Jacques Clouseau。在一段由戴着单片眼镜的粉红豹出演的动画片头字幕开始 30 秒后，
Johnson 先生的萨克斯风吹奏出一段 16 小节的主题曲，这种风格既流畅、诱人又神秘，且带有一丝淘气的幽默感。在曲子的后半段，Johnson 进入了一段摇摆乐独奏（在工作室中即兴创作），随后俏皮的开场主题再次响起。Mancini 先生和 Johnson 先生此前曾合作过 Mancini 先生为《Peter Gunn》创作的冷峻主题曲，这是一部 1958 年首播的黑色电影风格电视侦探剧。全本专辑《The Music From ‘Peter Gunn’》赢得了首届格莱美年度专辑奖。在为《粉红豹》作曲时，Mancini 先生在心中预设了 Johnson 先生。他在 1989 年与爵士乐记者 Gene Lees 合著的书籍《Did They Mention the Music?》中回忆道：“我几乎总是提前选定演奏者，并为他们以及围绕他们进行创作，而 Plas 拥有我想要的声音和风格。” 录音环节发生在一个寒冬之日的上午 8 点。
“我想我们只录了两遍，”Johnson 先生 2007 年告诉《Modesto Bee》报。 “当我们结束时，所有人都在鼓掌，甚至包括弦乐手。这可是件了不起的事。” 他补充道，“他们从不为任何事情鼓掌。” 作为单曲发行的《粉红豹》主题曲成为了成人当代类别的前 10 名热门曲目，并赢得了三项格莱美奖，包括最佳器乐编曲奖。多年后，Johnson 先生开始在夜总会演出中演奏这首曲子。“有时人们走过来告诉我，我的声音听起来就像原版一样”
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宗像进（Susumu Tonegawa）是一位日本分子生物学家，他因揭示人体如何产生足够的抗体以对抗多种感染而于 1987 年获得诺贝尔奖；随后，他通过发现记忆如何存储，深化了人们对大脑运作方式的理解。他于 7 月 11 日在加利福尼亚州圣马特奥的家中去世，享年 86 岁。
宗像博士任职教授的麻省理工学院（MIT）宣布了他的逝世。
“很少有科学家能像他那样深刻地重塑我们对生物学的理解，”麻省理工学院皮考尔学习与记忆研究所（Picower Institute for Learning and Memory）所长 Myriam Heiman 在一份声明中表示，该研究所由宗像博士于 1994 年创立。“他的学术无畏精神、非凡的创造力以及对基础问题的不懈追求，在免疫学和神经科学领域都开辟了全新的前沿。”
几十年来，科学家们一直被 B 淋巴细胞（一种白细胞）中产生的抗体所困惑。这些用于对抗疾病的抗体呈 Y 形，由两条长链和两条短链对称的蛋白质组成，蛋白质由氨基酸构建，并由硫原子桥连接在一起。大多数长链蛋白和部分短链蛋白被认为是不变的，因为它们在所有抗体中都相同。
爵士萨克斯风传奇人物 Plas Johnson 在 2007 年 7 月于俄勒冈州波特兰举行的教堂公园爵士音乐节（Cathedral Park Jazz Festival）上担任主秀。2006 年，Johnson 先生为一部由 Steve Martin 饰演 Jacques Clouseau 的电影翻拍版录制了新版本的《粉红豹》主题曲。 ANTHONY PIDGEON/ZUMA PRESS WIRE VIA REUTERS
版本，”他在 2005 年告诉《长滩新闻电报》（The Long Beach Press-Telegram），“当我告诉他们原版是我吹的时候，他们的眼睛会睁得很大。他们一直不知道是谁吹的，而当他们意识到是我时，脸上总会露出那种认出来的表情。”
Plas John Johnson Jr. 于 1931 年 7 月 21 日出生在路易斯安那州唐索尔维尔（Donaldsonville），位于新奥尔良以西。他的名字与“jazz”（爵士）押韵，源自法语单词“plaisant”，意为愉快的或宜人的。Plas 在一个音乐家庭中排行老二，共有三个孩子。
“我的母亲 Grace 弹钢琴并唱歌，”他告诉《蜜蜂报》（The Bee）。“我的父亲 Plas Sr. 吹奏中音萨克斯风。无论我们住在哪里，他们都会到处奔波寻找工作。周末我们会沿着海湾上下旅行。他们只要有机会就会在酒吧、餐厅和舞会上表演。”
Plas 在 12 岁时，父亲给他买了一把高音萨克斯风并教授他基础课程。他很快就进阶到较大的中音、次中音和低音萨克斯风，后来又加入了单簧管和长笛。他和
在每条链的末端是可变氨基酸，它们允许抗体与一系列感染中的抗原结合并使其失效。一个常见的类比是，恒定氨基酸就像钥匙的柄，而可变氨基酸则是开启锁芯的齿痕。就像钥匙一样，每组齿痕的组合都是唯一的。
即便如此，科学家们仍对抗体如何能创造出足够的组合来对抗数百万种感染感到困惑。一种观点认为这是一种进化适应，通过基因（即所谓的生殖系）代代相传。但人体只有约 20,000 个基因，因此似乎不太可能拥有足够的基因来创造对抗如此多种疾病所需的所有排列组合。另一种理论认为，身体是在体细胞中建立防御机制的——换句话说，出生时抗体基因的数量有限，但身体能够通过修改这些基因，随着时间的推移使防御机制多样化并逐步加强。
长期以来，科学家们缺乏能够帮助他们解开这一谜团的实验技术。
1974, 年，当 Tonegawa 博士在瑞士巴塞尔免疫学研究所工作时，他决定攻克这一难题。在一项耗时数月且劳动强度极高的过程中，他与一名助手制作了信使 RNA 的杂交探针——这种单链分子将 DNA 的遗传信息传递给其他基因——用以检查被称为骨髓瘤的癌症 DNA 以及小鼠胚胎组织的 DNA。探针与互补的 DNA 片段结合，使科学家能够识别他们分析的组织中的特定 DNA 序列。利用这些信息，他们能够绘制并比较骨髓瘤组织和胚胎组织中的模式。
结果截然不同，这让他们看到，抗体是通过将一些可变氨基酸（通常与恒定氨基酸结合）组合起来以创造新的氨基酸而制成的。在创造某些新氨基酸的过程中，DNA 链中的部分编码已被改变；在某些
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他的哥哥 Ray 是一位钢琴家，妹妹 Gwen 是一位歌手，他们经常一起演出。
青少年时期，他在新奥尔良演出，演奏布鲁斯、迪克西兰和爵士乐，并擅长由查理·帕克在 20 世纪 40 年代开创的复杂且快节奏的比波普风格。1951, 年，他加入了受欢迎的 R&B 歌手查尔斯·布朗的巡演乐队，随后被征召入伍，在加利福尼亚州的军乐队中演奏。
他在 20 世纪 50 年代中期定居洛杉矶，成为首批在繁忙的西海岸电影和录音棚场景中站稳脚跟的黑人音乐家之一。在任何一天，他都可能被要求演奏节奏布鲁斯、支持管弦乐团丝滑的弦乐，或者为摇滚曲调敲出一段强有力的独奏。他成为了“破坏之组”（Wrecking Crew）的中坚力量，这是一个以能适应任何音乐风格而闻名的临时音乐家团体。
作为一名多才多艺的簧管演奏者，Johnson 先生支—
SUSUMU TONEGAWA
分子生物学家，86
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在某些情况下，编码已被完全删除。 他们最终意识到，抗体可以通过多种方式产生，考虑到身体必须面对的大量外来抗原，这一点至关重要。 争论结束了：正如Tonegawa博士所称的，“体细胞派”获胜了。 1976年，他发表了一系列关于其发现的有影响力的论文中的第一篇。他继续推进研究，与巴塞尔实验室的其他人员合作，并在1987年成为首位获得诺贝尔生理学或医学奖的日本科学家，获奖原因是“发现了抗体多样性产生的遗传原理”。 诺贝尔委员会指出，Tonegawa博士的发现的应用可能包括提高疫苗效力、开发免疫疗法，以及研究如何对抗在抗体开始攻击健康细胞时发生的自身免疫性疾病。 1994年，作为麻省理工学院（MIT）的教授，Tonegawa博士将注意力转向了一个新课题：神经科学。在创立MIT学习与记忆中心（现为Picower研究所）后，他专注于理解记忆是如何存储在大脑中的。利用最先进的技术，他研究了海马体（大脑中负责将新信息整合进记忆的部分）以及其他区域的一组被称为“记忆痕迹”（engrams）的细胞。Tonegawa博士发现，记忆是由各种元素在记忆痕迹细胞中创造的，包括经验以及对空间、时间和物体物理特性的感知。 在一次采访中，接替Tonegawa博士担任学习与记忆中心主任的神经科学家Li-Huei Tsai将这一过程比作管弦乐队如何结合多种乐器来创作一部音乐作品。 在对小鼠的测试中，Tonegawa博士为记忆痕迹细胞提供了新信息，从而创造出全新且截然不同的记忆。 Heiman博士表示，这些改变记忆的实验最终可能通过修改甚至抑制负面记忆，在治疗创伤后应激障碍（PTSD）和阿尔茨海默病等退行性脑疾病方面发挥作用。 Susumu Tonegawa于1939年9月5日出生于日本名古屋，是Tsutomu和Miyoko Tonegawa的次子。他的父亲是一家纺织公司的工程师，由于父亲的工作，全家经常搬迁。 1971年，Tonegawa博士前往巴塞尔免疫学研究所工作。1981年，他被Salvador E. Luria招揽至MIT，后者曾因在病毒研究方面的工作于1969年分享诺贝尔奖。 Tonegawa博士的第一段婚姻（与Kyoko Sakita）以离婚告终。他于1985年与Mayumi Yoshinari结婚。他留下了妻子以及两个孩子，Hidde和Hanna。第三个孩子Satto于2011年去世。
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在Bobby Day 1958年的热门歌曲《Rockin’ Robin》中演奏了短笛独奏；出现在海滩男孩（Beach Boys）1966年的经典专辑《Pet Sounds》中；并在Nicolette Larson 1979年的前10名热门单曲《Lotta Love》中演奏了长笛独奏。在夜晚，他在爵士俱乐部与小团体合作演出，并以自己的名义发行了十多张专辑。 他还曾在电视谈话节目主持人Merv Griffin的乐队中度过了15年，并且是Frank Capp和Gene Harris领导的爵士乐队成员。2006年，他为一部由史蒂夫·马丁（Steve Martin）饰演克鲁索（Clouseau）的电影翻拍版录制了新版主题曲。 Johnson先生与Elizabeth (Blinkenberg) Johnson的第一段婚姻以离婚告终。除了他的儿子Eric和女儿Stephanie，他留下了Philip Nunn（他与结婚60年的妻子Carol Johnson所生，Carol同样在世）；第一段婚姻中的三个孩子：Cheryl Johnson, David Johnson和Denise Hurley；八个孙辈；以及12个曾孙辈。
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led almost half of ER doctors to cut hours, survey finds
KRISTY KIRKUP HEALTH REPORTER
Burnout among Canadian emer- gency-room doctors is high, with almost half of respondents to a recent survey reporting they had reduced their work hours, while 10 per cent had left the specialty, a newly published study says. The findings, published Mon- day in the Canadian Medical As- sociation Journal, stem from a 2025 survey conducted among 410 emergency medicine physi- cians in all provinces, as well in the Northwest Territories, but not in Nunavut and Yukon. Of the total respondents, 48 per cent said they had reduced their clinical hours, and 20 per cent had taken time off from working in emergency medicine. The study said that “women and younger participants report- ed higher levels of burnout, as did emergency physicians who had reduced their clinical hours.” As well, the study found that 65 per cent of respondents scored high for either heightened emo- tional exhaustion, depersonali- zationorboth.Depersonalization is when a person feels detached from their thoughts and body. “Respondents pointed to a broken health care system, unre- alistic societal expectations, and insurmountable workplace chal- lenges as reasons for burnout,” the study said.
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NATO intern arrested on suspicion of espionage
MARIE WOOLF OTTAWA
A Canadian woman working as an intern at the operational head- quartersoftheNATOmilitaryalli- ance in Belgium has been arrest- ed on suspicion of espionage. Belgium’s Federal Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement issued Saturday that the suspect was “a Canadian national of Chinese ori- gin.” “She is suspected of spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal or- ganization,” the statement said. Public Safety Canada said the government was aware of the arrestFridayofaCanadiancitizen employed by NATO at the Su- preme Headquarters Allied Pow- ers Europe, known as SHAPE. It did not disclose the suspect’s identity or identify the “third country” for which she is alleged to have been spying. “The arrest is related to an on- going criminal investigation,” the department said in a statement. As a member of the North At- lantic Treaty Organization alli- ance, Canada has military repre- sentatives based at the SHAPE command centre, located in the southern Belgian city of Mons, near the French border. Military officials at SHAPE plan and com- mand joint strategy, tactics and operations. NATO’s Cyber Securi- ty Centre is also based in Mons. The suspect worked at SHAPE, although it is not known in which division she was working or how long she had been working there. The Belgium prosecutor’s of- fice said the suspect had come to the attention of SHAPE’s security services, which had reported their concerns to the country’s military intelligence agency.
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comes from soil, not trees, scientists report
IVAN SEMENIUK SCIENCE REPORTER
As a brown pall of smoke from Ontario for- est fires descended on the northeastern United States earlier this month, President Donald Trump seized the opportunity to blame Canada for mismanaging its forests. He also threatened to impose new tariffs because of it. Anewstudythatunpackswherewildfire smoke actually comes from makes plain why the logic behind the U.S. President’s assertion is flawed.
to flee as flames advance on Bordeaux
MARK CARLSON EMMA DA SILVA JOHN LEICESTER LÈGE-CAP FERRET, FRANCE
A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to a staggering 220,000 in one region alone, as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux. Neighbouring Spain oversaw its own fire evacuations on the country’s east coast. Shifting and gusting winds, as well as arid conditions, complicated massive ef-
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It turns out Mr. Trump and those who echohimshouldnotbelookingnorthward when complaining about the smoke-filled air, but downward. As the study makes clear, some three- quarters of emissions from wildfires like those now raging across Northwestern On- tario and elsewhere in Canada come not from burning trees and surface vegetation, but from carbon locked in the soil. Thatstartlingresult,backedbyfielddata from Canada’s record fire season of 2023, carries big implications for what everyone should expect from boreal wildfires going forward.
forts to limit the spread of the monster blaze burning out of control since mid- week in France’s Gironde region, where Bordeaux is located. Authorities issued overnight evacuation orders for five more localities southwest of the historic city. “The situation remains very unfavour- able,” French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said after what he described as “an- other difficult night” for fire crews battling round the clock against the blaze that has burned an area four times the size of Paris. “The fire became extremely virulent again and unpredictable, generating its own winds and advancing erratically to-
GERMANY Suspect in Berlin Pride attack killed by police while city reels
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It underscores the reality that there is going to be plenty of smoke heading to- ward North American cities over the com- ing years. And its production has very little to do with forestry management practices. “Public perception of fire is very differ- ent from reality,” said Alemu Gonsamo, a remote sensing specialist at McMaster Uni- versity in Hamilton who co-led the study. Published Monday in the journal Geo- physical Research Letters, the study is the culmination of a three-year effort to put hard numbers behind the growing phe- nomenonofcontinent-scalesmokeevents.
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ward the Bordeaux metropolitan area,” Mr. Nunez posted on X. “It became calmer by the end of the night,” the minister added. At theend ofhisSundayAngelusprayer, Pope Leo XIV referenced “the devastating wildfires” in France and Spain and said: “I express my solidarity and invite everyone to pray for those affected and for the work of the rescue workers.” An estimated 42,000 hectares had burned in Gironde, the region’s prefecture said, much of it forests and scrubland made tinder-dry by successive heat waves.
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GATHIE FALK, THEATRE IN BLACK AND WHITE AND COLOUR: LIGHT BULBS WITH GRASS, 1984, OIL ON CANVAS, 199.7 × 169.5 CM. PURCHASED WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, 1984. MACDONALD STEWART ART CENTRE COLLECTION AT THE ART GALLERY OF GUELPH
Throughout July, we are showcasing artworks from the Art Gallery of Guelph, one of Canada’s premier cultural spaces. Spanning historical and contemporary art, AGG is home to more than 11,000 artworks and the largest sculpture park at a public art museum in Canada. The collec- tion brings together diverse artistic voices from across Canada and beyond, from early acquisi- tions by Tom Thomson and members of the Group of Seven to contemporary works by First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists. artgalleryofguelph.ca
Gathie Falk was a Vancouver-based painter, sculptor, installation artist and performance artist who transformed everyday objects and materials into unexpected works of art. In 1972, Ms. Falk began her Theatre series, using the term to evoke the tension and quiet drama created through unusual juxtapositions. In her painting Theatre in Black and White and Colour: Light Bulbs with Grass, light bulbs suspended over a grassy surface are rendered with vivid colour, making familiar objects appear newly animated.
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among sites added to World Heritage List
KIM TONG-HYUNG SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
The Second World War’s D-Day landing beaches in northern France and the iconic Mount Olympus in Greece were among the sites added to the World Heri- tage List on Sunday at a UN com- mitteemeetinginSouthKoreare- viewing dozens of nominations. The UNESCO committee, which meets in Busan through Wednesday, also inscribed the an- cient Japanese capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara and South Sudan’s Boma-Badingilo Migratory Land- scape, host to one of the world’s largest land mammal migrations and the country’s first addition to the World Heritage List. The French designation covers the five Normandy landing beaches – Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juno – where more than 150,000 Allied troops came ash- ore on June 6, 1944, along with the Pointe du Hoc assault site, all cen- tral to the campaign to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occu- pation during the Second World War. International Council on Mon- uments and Sites, which eval- uates submissions to the heritage committee, said the sites contain extensive remnants, from Ger- man fortifications and bomb- scarred landscapes to Allied har- bour structures and sunken ves- sels, marking an “event widely perceived as having enabled the return of freedom and heralded a lasting peace on the European continent.” ICOMOS also called for stronger monitoring and pres- ervationeffortsonthesites,citing potential threats posed by tou-
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rism, climate change and rising sea levels, and the development of wind farms near the areas. AhlemGharbi,France’sperma- nentdelegatetoUNESCO,saidthe Normandy landings marked a turning point from global conflict toward a postwar order built on peace and security, and that the designation of the sites carries added significance at a time of es- calating international crises and wars. The World Heritage inscription of Mount Olympus, the mythical home of the 12 Olympian gods, re- warded a 12-year effort by Greece tosecurerecognitionforitstallest mountain as a mixed cultural and natural heritage site. Rising 2,918 metres from a base near sea level, the mountain was believed to be the throne of Zeus, king of the gods, while also harbouring rich biodiversity. The designated Japanese loca- tions in the western prefecture of Nara cover 19 archeological sites
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from the 6th- to 8th-century cap- italsofAsukaandFujiwara,where Japan established its first central- ized state modelled after Chinese systems. The sites preserve the largely buried remains of royal palaces, government offices, Buddhist temples and tombs from capitals that influenced the later capitals of Nara and Kyoto. SouthSudan’sBoma-Badingilo site encompasses vast wetlands, flood plains and savannahs shaped by seasonal rainfall and flood dynamics, with an estimat- ed six million white-eared kob, tiang and Mongalla gazelles mov- ing across the landscape in re- sponse to changing environmen- tal conditions. It also provides habitat for elephants, lions, chee- tahs and other wildlife while sup- porting various ethnic communi- ties that have lived by herding, farming and fishing for centuries, according to UNESCO.
The German citizen with Lebanese roots was shot after a search that lasted nearly 24 hours
GEIR MOULSON KIRSTEN GRIESHABER STEFANIE DAZIO BERLIN
The suspect in the deadly Berlin Pride attack that left one person dead and 29 injured was shot and killed by police during a confron- tation on Sunday in a suburb of the city, authorities said. Abdul Ballout, a German citi- zen with Lebanese roots, was killed after a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group. Mr. Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islam- ic extremist terror attack. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the attack oc- curred a few hundred metres from a party near the Branden- burg Gate that was supposed to close out the city’s Pride festival. Mr. Ballout was tracked down around 6 p.m. Sunday at a garden in Spandau, a Berlin suburb, the city’s police department wrote on X. They said he apparently ran toward officers with a sharp instrument, and police fired at least one shot. He died at the scene. Mr. Ballout was born in Ger- many, the minister said. His mother was naturalized in 2002, three years before he was born. Ashley Jump, a 26-year-old U.K. resident, had travelled to Berlin for Saturday’s Pride pa- rade but had left the celebrations before the attack. They returned Sunday to leave flowers at a me- morial near the crime scene in support of the LGBTQ+ commu- nity. “They’ll never erase us, we’ll never be gone,” they said. “As long as humanity has existed, we’ve existed. And as long as hu- manity exists, we will exist. We will not be removed.” Mr. Ballout travelled to Leba- non in 2025 with the goal of go-
as talks show signs of progress
SAMY MAGDY CARA ANNA WASHINGTON
TheUnitedStatesandIranpaused their attacks for a second straight day Sunday, as efforts continued to bring them back to negotia- tions on an interim ceasefire deal largely undermined by recent ex- changes of fire. ItwasnotclearwhytheU.S.has paused after targeting Iranian coastalareasandinfrastructurein a nearly two-week escalation sparked by Iran’s firing at ships trying to transit the Strait of Hor- muz. The Pentagon did not re- spond to questions. U.S. President Donald Trump is “giving talks some space. He’s giv- ing it a little bit of room,” Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told Fox News. “We’ve had both Oman and Iran, and a number of our other nego- tiators, engaged at every level, fromthemostseniorlevelsallthe way down to the technical level over the past few weeks, and par- ticularly in the past few days.” Mr. Waltz dismissed the idea that the U.S. stockpile of intercep- tors crucial in defending against Iranianattacksisrunninglow,but experts have questioned how long both the U.S. and Iran can af- ford to keep up attacks. Since the U.S. has halted at- tacks for the past two nights, Iran hasaswell,itsarmyspokesperson told Iran’s state TV on Sunday. Tehran in recent days has coun- terattacked against countries in the region hosting U.S. military forces,killingatleastthreeservice members at a base in Jordan and one in Iraq. The 60-day period that began when the interim deal was signed by both countries in mid-June is now well into its second half, and major issues that were meant to be negotiated – notably Iran’s nu- clear program at the heart of ten- sions – remain set aside as media- tors try to keep both sides talking. A regional official involved in mediation efforts said diplomacy wasunderwayandthatapausein
We’ve had both Oman and Iran, and a number of our other negotiators, engaged at every level, from the most senior levels all the way down to the technical level over the past few weeks, and particularly in the past few days.
People gather outside the Brandenburg Gate for a demonstration in support of the LGBTQ+ community after a car rammed into a crowd at the Pride March in Berlin on Sunday. EBRAHIM NOROOZI/AP PHOTO
Armed police officers on Sunday patrol a garden in Spandau, a suburb of Berlin, where the chief suspect in the deadly attack was shot dead. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
ing to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Berlin prosecutors said Sunday. There, he made contact with several people who were pre- sumed members of the militant group – or at least he believed them to be, prosecutors said. He was arrested in Lebanon last year and sentenced by a military court to three months’ imprisonment for offences including incitement to religious and sectarian con- flict.
U.S. and Iranian strikes was a “positivesignalthathelpstheiref- forts to de-escalate.” The official said both countries want to return to the interim cea- sefiredealandthatacompromise being negotiated centres on hav- ingIranrunvesseltransitthrough the Strait of Hormuz with fewer restrictions on ships. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity.
MIKE WALTZ U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Concerns continued about shipping on the strait and now on another crucial waterway in the region, the Bab al-Mandeb strait to the Red Sea. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen last week threatened a blockade of Saudi shipping there. Global energy supplies and the economyremaininthebalanceas gasoline prices have risen again. Commercial shipping traffic on the Strait of Hormuz was at a three-week low, a maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Sunday, adding that no new at- tacks had been confirmed in the past 72 hours. It said traffic re- mained steady through the Bab el-Mandeb. Iran on Sunday said it contin- ued to speak with Oman about managing the safe passage of ships on the Strait of Hormuz, which passes between the coun- tries. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spo- kesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said
He returned to Germany after completing his sentence, where he was arrested at the Berlin air- port. In May, a juvenile court in Ber- lin convicted Mr. Ballout of pre- paring a serious act of violence endangering the state, as well as publishing Islamic State propa- ganda on his Instagram account and other charges, prosecutors said. The court handed down a sus- pended sentence of one year and
talks had made progress and con- tinued. Mr. Baghaei also said the strait’s status remained un- changed.Tehranhasassertedthat the interim deal with the U.S. al- lows it to manage shipping on the waterway for now, and it has ob- jected to U.S. efforts to support a route through the strait that pas- ses close to Oman instead. The strait was considered an interna- tional waterway before the war. The U.S. military on Saturday said its recently reimposed naval blockade against Iran continued, withadozencommercialshipsre- directed, two disabled and two boarded.U.S.forces“remainhigh- ly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready,” it added. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Min- ister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to travel to the U.S. and meet with Mr. Trump in Washington on Tuesday, his office has said. They last met in Washington in Febru- ary, weeks before they launched the war on Iran that killed senior leaders including Supreme Lead- er Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Iranian-backed Hezbollah fired at Israel two days after the war began, and Israel responded with air strikes and ground forces in southern Lebanon. Since then, the U.S. has supported landmark directtalksbetweenLebanonand Israel to try to calm that front and find a way to disarm Hezbollah. Mr. Netanyahu on Sunday told Fox News he “fully” backs Mr. Trump’s efforts to weaken Iran and press it to end its nuclear pro- gram, adding: “If he can do so without returning to intense mil- itary fighting, that’s fine. Why not?” The Prime Minister indicated he would not present new infor- mation to “our good friend” Mr. Trump and instead would listen to“whathehasinmind,becauseI think in many ways, it’s his deci- sion.” But Mr. Netanyahu warned that if Iran again attacks Israel, di- rectly or with armed proxies, “it will make a terrible mistake.”
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10 months in youth custody, which Berlin prosecutors had ap- pealed. The court said it took Mr. Bal- lout’s months of pretrial deten- tion in Germany and Lebanon in- to account. It also said it consid- ered that Mr. Ballout had con- fessed to the crimes, appeared to distance himself from the mili- tant group and no actual threat had ever materialized. He was released from deten- tion pending the appeal. According to police, a white van drove into the Tiergarten park around 10 p.m. and hit sev- eral people before colliding with a tree. The closing party at the Pride festival, known as Chris- topher Street Day, was going on at the time next to the Branden- burg Gate, a short distance away. The party followed a parade with some 80 trucks that had made its way through downtown Berlin earlier in the day. The attack did not occur at the festival, along its route or at the closing party. Rather, the vio- lence took place a few hundred metres away on a track in the Tiergarten park. The van drove into a crowd that was likely a mix of festivalgoers and other locals or visitors. Police said a woman was
of Hamas-led police force, medic and police officer
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
An Israeli air strike on Saturday killed the head of the Hamas- led police force in the northern Gaza Strip, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, the Hamas-run interior ministry and medics said. Brig.-Gen. Al-Maqadma, known also as the governor of northern Gaza Strip, was killed by an Israeli air strike in the Sheikh Radwan area north of Gaza City, they said. Another Israeli strike killed a Palestinian medic in the Nu- seirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, medics said. They added that a police officer wounded by an Israeli air strike last week had died on Saturday. An Israeli air strike also killed two people in a house in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, medics said, taking Saturday’s death toll to at least four. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on any of the incidents. Israel has killed dozens of members of the Hamas-led police force, including senior officials, in the past months, accusing many of them of being members of the Hamas armed wing who posed imminent threats to Israel and its forces inside Gaza. Hamas says Israeli attacks on the police force and its headquar- ters are intended to sow chaos and anarchy in the enclave and violate the U.S.-brokered October ceasefire. The latest deaths add to a toll of more than 1,180 Palesti- nians, mostly civilians, killed by Israeli attacks since an Octo- ber ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants took effect, according to Gaza health officials. Hamas does not usually disclose its losses. The truce halted full-scale fighting but has not ended near- daily Israeli strikes. Four Israeli soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period. Mediators including Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United States have been trying to advance U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the conflict in Gaza, which calls for Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawals, but there has been little sign of progress in the efforts. The war began when Hamas-led fighters attacked south- ern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. Israel’s subsequent offensive has killed more than 73,000 Palestinians, say Gaza health offi- cials. Israel effectively controls an estimated 64 per cent of the tiny coastal Strip, bombarded to ruins by Israel’s two-year military assault that followed the 2023 Hamas attack on southern Israel. Nearly all of Gaza’s two million people now live on a tiny strip of land, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings and facing dire conditions, under Hamas control.
An Israeli air strike also killed two people in a house in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, medics said, taking Saturday’s death toll to at least four.
killed. On Sunday afternoon, hun- dreds of mourners gathered at a memorial at the iconic gate. They hugged each other and laid down flowers, candles, rainbow flags and homemade signs, including a cardboard one that said: “the only thing more powerful than hate is love.” Hundreds of thousands had come to Berlin to celebrate on Saturday, though it’s unclear how many were still at the festival by late evening. It’s one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations. “We are simply stunned by what happened,” said Andre Leh- mann, a top official with the main national LGBTQ+ associ- ation, LSVD+. “This suspected at- tack hits the heart of the queer community.” Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the nation to remain unit- ed in the aftermath of the attack. “I would like to say this to Christopher Street Day participa- nts here in Berlin but also across Germany: Don’t let yourselves, let us not let ourselves, be intimi- dated,” he said. “These acts have only one purpose: They aim to divide our society. They want to take away from us the most im- portant thing we have: Namely our openness and our freedom.” Mr. Dobrindt said he expected security measures at other major events in Germany, including Pride events elsewhere, to be re- viewed and if necessary signifi- cantly boosted. Berlin has seen Islamic extre- mist attacks before. In December, 2016, a rejected asylum seeker from Tunisia plowed a hijacked truck into a Christmas market, killing 13 people and injuring dozens. He was killed days later in a shootout in Italy. In February last year, a Span- ish tourist was stabbed and seri- ously wounded at Berlin’s Holo- caust Memorial, an attack that saw a Syrian man convicted in March and sentenced to 13 years. This week, Amsterdam will be hosting World Pride alongside its own annual Pride celebrations. Mayor Femke Halsema said au- thorities and organizers “are closely monitoring the security situation” after the Berlin attack but aim to prevent any extra measures getting in the way of celebrating freedom and love.
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Liberals hope to flip a formerly Conservative seat in Quebec
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is hoping to shore up his gov- ernment’s slim majority by calling three by-elections before the House of Commons resumes this fall, including a Que- bec seat the Liberals will seek to flip from the Conserva- tives. In a news release Sunday, the Prime Minister announced that by-elections will be held Aug. 31 in the British Colum- bia riding of North Vancouver–Capilano, the Toronto seat of Beaches–East York and Chicoutimi–Le Fjord in Quebec’s Saguenay region. With another four seats already or soon to be vacated, several held by opposition MPs, the by-elections could wid- en the Liberals’ majority heading into the fall sitting of Parliament. Two of the campaigns will be held in safe Liberal ridings. Former minister Jonathan Wilkinson resigned his B.C. seat after being appointed Canada’s Ambassador to the Europe- an Union in April, while Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, also a one-time minister, resigned his Toronto seat earlier this month. But Chicoutimi–Le Fjord, held by former Conservative MP Richard Martel since 2018, offers the Liberals a chance to capitalize on Mr. Carney’s popularity as the Conservatives lag in the polls. Mr. Carney appointed Mr. Martel to the Senate earlier this month. Poll aggregator 338Canada currently lists the riding as a toss-up between the Liberals, Conservatives and Bloc Québécois. “It’s actually a chance to pick up a seat,” said polling analyst Éric Grenier, creator of The Writ. “And it seems to have been part of their calcula- tions, considering that they of- fered Martel a Senate seat.” Chicoutimi–Le Fjord, a heavily francophone riding that includes part of the city of Saguenay, has changed allegiances several times over the past two decades. It was held by the Bloc from 2004 to 2011, but voted NDP dur- ing the Orange Wave in the 2011 election, then flipped to the Lib- erals in 2015. Mr. Martel, a well- known hockey coach, was recruited by the Conservatives as a star candidate and claimed the riding in a 2018 by-elec- tion. A Liberal win there would signal the party’s strength in Quebec, despite Mr. Carney’s wobbly French and occasional missteps that have appeared “out of touch” with the prov- ince, Mr. Grenier said. “It’s not a Montreal riding, it’s not a suburban riding. It’s a very francophone, nationalist kind of seat.” He added it would be “another blow” to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has lost four MPs who’ve cross- ed the floor to join the Liberals since last fall. In April, Mr. Carney secured a majority government when the Liberals swept three by-elections, including a tight race in Terrebonne, a suburb of Montreal that had been a Bloc Québécois stronghold. Those wins brought the Liberals to 174 seats, two more than the 172-seat threshold for a majority. With the expect- ed departure of former environment minister Steven Guil- beault later this summer, the Liberals need to win at least one of the three by-elections to retain more than half the seats in the House of Commons. But other vacancies will work in the Liberals’ favour by shrinking the opposition parties’ ranks, at least temporarily. Former NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice will resign his Mon- treal riding to run for a provincial seat in the Quebec elec- tion this fall. Saskatchewan Conservative MP Cathay Wagan- tall will also step down on Aug. 31. Meanwhile, another Quebec riding has also been vacated by Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, who is running for the Parti Québécois in the Quebec’s election. But Mr. Carney has opted to not yet call a by-election in that riding, a fairly safe Bloc seat. If the Liberals delay calling by-elections for these four vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, seats until after the Quebec election in October, Mr. Grenier said, “they’re setting them- selves up to have a wider majority in the fall.” Mr. Grenier said Mr. Carney’s decision not to call a vote in the other vacant Quebec seat could also give the Liberals an advantage over the Bloc in Chicoutimi–Le Fjord. Parties have a spending limit based on the number of ridings in which they run candidates, but they can spend that money however they like. In this case, the Liberals could pour money from all three by-elections into the Quebec campaign, he said, while the Bloc’s spending limit would be considerably lower because the party doesn’t run candidates outside Quebec. On Sunday, Bloc Leader Yves François Blanchet said Mr. Carney’s decision to hold the by-election campaigns during the summer shows a “total disregard for democratic de- bate.” “He doesn’t want people to dwell on his record,” Mr. Blanchet said in a statement. The Liberals have recently named their candidates for all three seats, including Mr. Carney’s former deputy chief of staff, Braeden Caley, in the B.C. riding. The party’s candidate in Chicoutimi–Le Fjord is Daniel Gobeil, a dairy farmer and former president of an orga- nization representing Quebec milk producers. The Bloc can- didate in the riding, Caroline Dubé, was announced Sunday, as was Conservative candidate Régis Gaudreault. The Liberal candidate in Beaches–East York is Tanveer Shahnawaz, who previously managed Mr. Erskine-Smith’s constituency office. The Conservatives have yet to an- nounce a candidate in the riding, and did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday. Their candidate in North Vancouver–Capilano is lawyer Stephen Curran. Mr. Grenier said the Toronto riding will likely be an easy win for the Liberals, but it will also be a test of the NDP’s strength under new Leader Avi Lewis. “It’s the kind of riding where they should put up a re- spectable result,” he said. “And if the NDP is ever going to win seats in Toronto again, they should be able to put up at least something in Beaches–East York."
Chicoutimi–Le Fjord, a heavily francophone riding that includes part of the city of Saguenay, has changed allegiances several times over the past two decades.
Canoers, kayakers and sailors rally together on Toronto’s waterfront to celebrate the federal government’s rejection of the Billy Bishop airport expansion. NIC HOTCHKISS/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
planned protest into celebration
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What was meant to be a protest against expanding Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport instead be- came a celebration on Sunday, af- ter the federal government an- nounced on Friday that it rejected Ontario’s proposal to allow jets at the downtown waterfront air- port. Hundreds of people gathered at Harbour Square Park on Toron- to’s waterfront carrying the blue “No Jets T.O.” signs that had dot- ted front lawns across Toronto for months. Instead of chanting against the proposal, attendees cheered, hugged neighbours and celebrated what they called a hard-fought victory after months of campaigning. “This was going to be a rally, and instead it’s a celebration,” said NDP MPP Chris Glover, who represents the waterfront riding of Spadina–Fort York. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, a long-time opponent of introduc- ing jets at Billy Bishop, joined res- idents and organizers at the event, calling the federal govern- ment’s decision a victory for To- ronto communities. The celebration came two days after Transport Minister Steve MacKinnon said Ottawa would not proceed at this stage with On- tarioPremierDougFord’spropos- al to expand the airport to accom- modate jets. The decision fol- lowed a federal public consulta- tion that drew roughly 87,000 responses, the vast majority from Toronto residents opposed to the expansion, a senior government source told The Globe and Mail. “The survey was a temperature check from the federal govern- ment, and the temperature is ob- viouslyveryradioactiveonthisis-
to Canada despite diplomatic tensions
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Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer tangible solutions and safer artificial intelligence, despite the heavy strains on the bilateral re- lationship over wars in the Mid- dle East. “Canada and Israel are both countries that are very much looking to export technologies, to open new markets and to solve problems that also exist else- where,” Israeli Ambassador Iddo Moed told The Canadian Press. Mr. Moed has said his coun- try’s relationship with Canada is at its lowest point in nearly 80 years of relations. Canada accus- es Israel of grave violations of in- ternational law, while Israel ar- gues Ottawa is taking steps that undermine prospects for peace. Prime Minister Mark Carney has never had a formal call or meeting with his Israeli counter-
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sue,” said Norm Di Pasquale, pro- gram manager for the advocacy group NoJetsTO. Opponents argued the propos- al would increase aircraft noise, threaten waterfront public spaces, harm the environment and undermine plans to build housing along Toronto’s water- front. Ginny Thomson, 75, a member of the advocacy group Seniors for Climate Action Now, said many of the organization’s roughly 800 members across Canada live near Billy Bishop Airport and are con- cerned about the health impacts of increased air traffic. “We were ecstatic, but we’re al- so staying vigilant,” Ms. Thomson said of MacKinnon’s Friday deci- sion. “We really needed a victory, and I think it showed people that if they organize, mobilize and keep at it, we can win.” Still, the issue may not be set- tled. The Globe reported Saturday that Ontario believes Ottawa’s use of the phrase “at this stage” leaves open the possibility of re- visiting jet expansion in the fu- ture. “Yesterday’s announcement from the federal government on BillyBishopAirportisdisappoint- ing,”GilesGherson,presidentand chief executive of the Toronto Re- gion Board of Trade, said in a statement, warning the decision would hinder the airport’s ability to modernize and serve the needs of a growing region. Jeremy von Hollen, 40, has lived on Toronto’s waterfront for morethanadecade,andfeltcom- pelled to attend Sunday’s event even after learning the proposal had been rejected. “We’re up on thewaterfront,andweloveitvery much. And after the destruction of Ontario Place, now is a chance to actually do something. So
part Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court. Mr. Carney has accused Neta- nyahu’s government of failing to prevent a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip by repeatedly re- stricting the delivery of essential aid to Palestinians. Foreign Af- fairs Minister Anita Anand said in May that Israel’s mistreatment of Canadians participating in a flo- tilla trying to reach Gaza violated the Vienna Convention. Israel says Canada is under- mining peace in the region through its growing criticism of the country, its withdrawal of support in United Nations votes and its formal recognition of the State of Palestine. Mr. Moed said he still believes the Carney government has some interest in collaborating with Israel on AI and that this could involve companies work- ing together to boost defences against cyberattacks. He said Is-
that’s why we’re here,” he said. Karishma Porwal, 28, who has used her Instagram platform of more than 134,000 followers to encourage people to oppose the proposal, said she was surprised by the turnout. “I thought that people may not come out because we already have the win. But there’s so many people out here,” she said. “It’s important to celebrate that our voice does actually matter.” She said Sunday’s gathering al- soservedasaremindertogovern- ments that public opposition to a larger airport remains strong. “We’re here, and the next time you try this, we’re going to show up again and again.” The proposal to bring jets to Billy Bishop Airport had become a priority for Mr. Ford’s govern- ment,whichpassedlegislational- lowing the province to assume Toronto’s role in the tripartite agreement governing the airport, which also includes the federal government and the Toronto Port Authority, a federal agency. Last year, Toronto approved an extension of the airport’s runway to adhere with Transport Canada safety rules. Mr. MacKinnon said Friday that Ottawa’s focus remains sole- ly on those safety upgrades. He al- so said any plans for the airport would need to reflect concerns raised during the consultation, including noise, environmental impacts, housing and quality of life. Organizers said Sunday’s cele- bration was also a reminder that their fight may not be over. If the Ontario government attempts to revive the proposal, “they’re go- ing to pay a huge political price,” Mr. Glover said. “Today we cele- brate, but we’re not letting our foot off the gas on this one.”
raeli tech firms could also help Canadian municipalities use data to better manage road traffic flows. Mr. Moed said Israeli compa- nies also want to collaborate with Canada on Israel’s hospital-at- home concept, which involves monitoring patients with acute or chronic needs through wear- able devices and video calls. Is- raeli firms have run hospital-at- home pilot projects in Europe and the U.S., and are interested in doing the same in Canadian provinces, he said. “Many times, Israelis are leading in finding quick solutions for significant problems,” Mr. Moed said. His embassy is trying to con- nect companies in both countries in the hope that Israeli innova- tion can benefit from Canada’s larger population and market ac- cess to the U.S. – even as Wash- ington upends continental trade.
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Climate catastrophe wagers are on pace to attract $1-billion by the end of the year on Kalshi alone
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he heavy smoke from Onta- rio wildfires drifted down to New York this month and turned the sky a hazy orange. Pickup soccer games were can- celled. Public libraries and local police stations handed out face masks. And over on Polymarket, people placed their bets on when New York’s dangerous air quality would improve, wagering nearly US$54,000 in three days. Prediction markets make it ex- ceptionally easy for users to gam- ble on the outcome of real-world events. These online platforms – led by the two biggest, Polymar- ket and Kalshi – have exploded in popularity over the past year. In mid-2025, their combined monthlyvolumeofglobalbetsto- talled US$2-billion, according to the Pew Research Center. By this April, it was closing in on US$24- billion. The vast majority of the bets are staked on sports and politics, such as the winner of the World Cup (US$5.7-billion wagered) or the next prime minister of Ethio- pia (US$229-million and change). But there are now options to put money on weather disasters, too. Among them: Will a Category 5 hurricane hit the United States this year? Will an 8.0-magnitude earthquake strike the world this month? What about an earth- quakeinL.A.before2027?OrinJa- pan before 2030? What about sea ice in the Arctic – will it retreat by more than five million square kilometres before summer is up? Last year, people gambled almost US$240-million just on Kalshi’s climate-related markets. They’re on pace to pass US$1-bil- lion by the end of 2026. And while prediction markets
People sit near the Brooklyn Bridge as wildfire smoke from Canada causes hazy conditions on July 16 in New York. ANGELA WEISS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
have been largely off-limits for Canadians, who can only access the U.S.-based platforms by dis- guising their location with a vir- tual private network, Kalshi has partnered with Wealthsimple on an app coming this year. Sports bets won’t be allowed on Wealth- simple Predict. But climate-relat- ed trades will. “The number of extreme weather disasters are on the rise. The impacts on people are on the rise,” said climate researcher Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy. “So if you’re looking for something get- ting worse and worse that gives you more and more chances to bet, I’m very sorry to say climate change offers those opportuni- ties.” Kalshi hasn’t exactly been shy about drawing that connection. The prediction market tapped Luka Modric to serve as a brand ambassador, and during the World Cup, Kalshi blanketed U.S. airwaves with ads of the Croatian soccer star mulling a bet on his phone. “Will 2026 be the hottest
year ever?,” it offered. The odds overwhelmingly favoured yes. Mr. Modric, incidentally, played his final World Cup match under an extreme heat warning in Toronto, where the humidity made it feel like 44 C, city organiz- ers scrapped plans for outdoor watch parties, and the hydration breaks were wholly justified. Betting on potentially fatal temperaturesandclimatecalami- ties can seem grim and nihilistic. “Heat records were being smashed throughout the tourna- ment, and the ad appeared to be completely unselfconscious of this irony,” Ms. Hayhoe said. “It’s like betting on whether your own house will be destroyed. It de- mands a psychological distance.” Evidently lots of people have achieved that psychological dis- tance. They gambled on the dura- tionandfalloutofthedevastating L.A. wildfires early last year, stak- ing more than US$1.2-million on Polymarket in two weeks, Aeon Magazine reported. And soon, they’ll be able to bet on a new pre- diction market called Wyldfyre,
which just launched with an ex- pressfocusonCaliforniafires.The tagline: “You can’t predict wild- fire. But you can trade on it.” Ms. Hayhoe worries the growth of climate prediction markets could incentivize people to put their thumb on the scale. In Cali- fornia, already, roughly 90 per cent of wildfires are started by hu- mans. Almost all of them are acci- dental, sparked by burning trash or bonfires or gender-reveal pyro- technics. Fewer than 10 per cent are owing to arson. In April, though, a mystery trader netted US$21,000 by alleg- edly tampering with a Paris weather station. Data from the station were used to settle Poly- market wagers on daily temper- aturehighs.Apparently,someone whippedoutalighter (ormaybea hairdryer) to mess with the sen- sor and score big. There is another, more promis- ing, less criminal prospect to all thisweatherbetting,however.Re- centresearchfromColumbiaUni- versity found that taking part in climate prediction markets in-
creases concern about global warming – and can even win over some climate-change skeptics. “Climate change is the perfect problem for the brain, because the brain is very bad at thinking about its own future,” said Moran Cerf,aneuroscientistatColumbia Business School and co-author of thestudy.“Predictionmarketsare a mechanism that allows us to bring the future into the now.” More than 1,000 participants were given $20 and invited to place actual bets on climate events: if July would be the hot- test month in a decade, for exam- ple, or if C02 levels would pass a certain threshold in August. Once peoplehadafinancialstakeinthe matter, they began to investigate past weather patterns and aver- age sea levels; they taught them- selves about air pollutants and global warming indexes. “By holding a stock in the fu- ture, people became more aware of and worried about climate change,” Mr. Cerf said. That proved true across the political spectrum. Even those who doubt- ed human-caused climate change – a number on the rise in Canada, according to a new Angus Reid poll – began to shift their view. “In making money off the science, they ultimately believed the sci- ence,” he said. They also demonstrated great- er support for climate action, allocating their winnings to vari- ous environmental organizations and politicians who championed the cause. That led Mr. Cerf and his co-authors to consider a new possibility. If people had the chance to gamble not only on cli- mate disasters but climate solu- tions – like clean energy targets or electric vehicle uptake – their investment in those solutions might deepen further. The researchers even met with Polymarket and Kalshi to suggest different wagers, but so far, inter- est has been muted. “If they were to believe there is money to be made on these trades, it could be a great economic tool to change people’s psyches,” Mr. Cerf said. It’s at least a decent bet.
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That is seven times the area of Manhattan island and four times the size of Paris. Firefighters raced in trucks to fight flare-ups and planes drop- ping water and retardants rotat- ed in the smoke-filled air. Farm- ers delivered water in tanks to fire crews so they could fight the flames without interruption. “This allows firefighters to fo- cus on the fire,” said Theo Her- nandez, a wine grower. “It’s very strong, very virulent, it’s spread- ing everywhere.” The number of firefighters mobilized grew to 2,500, backed by 18 planes and helicopters, in- cluding from other European na- tions. Soldiers have also been called in. A giant A400M military cargo aircraft dropped plumes of ochre-coloured retardant. The Gironde prefecture said 75 firefighters were treated for inju- ries. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed. In a first for France, the blaze alarmingly developed into a self- feeding firestorm on several oc- casions, most recently on Satur- day night, generating lightning bolts that can start new flare-ups, authorities said. “It’s like being confronted by a hurricane,” said Gironde fire chief Marc Vermeulen. Forecast high temperatures starting Tuesday could compli- cate the firefighting, Gironde pre- fect Sophie Brocas said. Evacuees won’t be allowed back to their towns and villages until the blaze is brought under control, she warned. She urged holiday makers not to come to the region that has popular Atlantic beaches and some of France’s largest wood- lands. Bordeaux Mayor Thomas Ca- zenave described the blaze as be- ing “at the gates of the metropoli- tan area,” about 15 kilometres
from 2023 Canadian wildfires totalled 554 million tonnes
The events of 2023 were a key motivator for the work. That summer, wildfire burned a total of 150,000 square kilometres across Canada, about 4 per cent of the country’s forests, corre- sponding to an area more than double the size of New Brun- swick. In June that year, smoke poured from extensive fires in northern Quebec and enveloped U.S. cities, including New York and Washington, in a noxious haze. Elsewhere, smoke production was augmented by similarly se- vere fires in Alberta, British Co- lumbia and the Northwest Terri- tories. Besides the impact on air quality, the results mattered on a global scale because of the quan- tity of carbon released by the fires. “The 2023 Canadian fires emit- ted as much carbon as the fossil- fuel emissions of a large coun- try,” said Sander Veraverbeke, an earth systems scientist at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and co-author of the new study. Several research teams at- tempted to estimate the total combined emissions that Cana- dian fires produced in 2023. This can be done in a variety of ways. Europe’s Copernicus Atmo- sphere Monitoring Service com- bines space-based observations with computer models to mea- sure the amount of tiny carbon- bearing particles suspended in the atmosphere while fires are under way. Others rely on mea- surements of the concentration of carbon monoxide, which serves as a trace gas for combus- tion. In 2024, a study led by re- searchers at NASA’s Jet Propul- sion Laboratory compared such top-down methods based on fire byproducts with bottom-up methods that consider the total area burned. The result put the total emissions from Canadian wildfires somewhere in the range of 469 million to 639 million tonnes of carbon. That corre- sponds to about two-thirds of the total annual amount of carbon released in India, the world’s third-largest producer of fossil- fuel emissions. In the new study, Dr. Gonsamo and his colleagues sought to con- firm that number but also do something more: Calculate the separate contributions to total emissions from the burning of above-ground vegetation and from carbon in the soil.
A firefighter battles a forest fire in Saint-Jean-d’Illac, some 30 kilometres from Bordeaux, France, on Sunday. An estimated 42,000 hectares have burned in France’s Gironde region, where Bordeaux is located. ROMAIN PERROCHEAU/ AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
If one pictures logs burning on a campfire, it’s hard to imagine that the earth below the fire would have much to contribute to the smoke that the fire pro- duces. Forests, however, do not burn like campfires on bare ground. For all the carbon that resides in branches, stems and leaves of the visible forest, a much larger and denser storehouse of carbon re- sides in the layers of decaying vegetation that make up the for- est floor, built up over many years. If the soil is sufficiently dry, it will burn readily during a forest fire and typically release a large amount of carbon relative to the surface vegetation, including in the form of smoke. This has always been true, but extreme weather events driven by climate change have resulted in hotter and drier periods that promote the burning of soil car- bon. “Even if you have massive re- sources to manage fire or to ap- ply preventative measures, there’s no way we can avoid this,” Dr. Gonsamo said. To determine precisely how much carbon is released during a large fire, Dr. Gonsamo and his colleagues relied on a Canada- wide soil carbon inventory that McMaster researchers produced in 2021 based on remote sensing data. They also conducted de- tailed fieldwork in areas that were burned in 2023, particularly in northern Quebec. This allowed them to connect the degree of burning below ground with the carbon content of the soil. The team based its analysis on sections of landscape as small as 30 by 30 metres across to account for the variability in carbon con- tent across large areas. They also employed machine learning techniques to apply the results more broadly. Based on this approach, the team found that the above- ground contribution from the 2023 Canadian wildfires equalled 131 million tonnes of carbon while the below-ground figure was slightly more than three times higher, accounting for about 76 per cent of total emis- sions. Altogether, the group found, the emissions totalled 554 million tonnes. While the study does not in- clude the 2026 fires, the invento- ry shows that the burning areas that caused so much smoke in American cities earlier this month have a similar level of car- bon content as the Quebec burn area. That suggests that a similar
away at its closest point. But Mr. Cazenave said an evac- uation of Bordeaux is not on the cards for now. The city is home to 268,000 people. Bordeaux turned an exhibi- tion centre into an emergency shelter, providing cots and food for thousands of evacuees, in- cluding hundreds of older people evacuated from care homes. A second fire burning farther south in the Landes region has al- so forced the evacuation of 36,000 people, driving the total number of displaced people in southwest France to more than 250,000. Fire crews have also been bat-
Under the surface A detailed map of soil carbon in Northwestern Ontario reveals that areas burned in this month's wildfires typically contain 20 to 60 kg of carbon per square metre in the top 1 metre of soil. New research shows that this can be expected to account for about three quarters of total carbon emissions, including smoke, from the fires. Areas to the north with more than 90 kg carbon per square metre of soil can produce even greater emissions when dry enough to burn.
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portion of the smoke, about three-quarters, originated as car- bon below ground. Werner Kurz, a retired research scientist with Natural Resources Canada who advised the project, noted that climate change is hav- ing multiple interlinked effects on wildfires. In addition to hot, dry weather increasing the sever- ity of fire, conditions are lower- ing the water table and accelerat- ing the retreat of permafrost, both of which make a larger cache of soil carbon available for burning. “One thing we can say with confidence is we should be antic- ipating more carbon released from these landscapes,” Dr. Kurz said. Mike Flannigan, a fire scientist at the University of Alberta who was not part of the study, pointed to the phenomenon of flash drought, a sudden onset of dry- ing that is driven by extremely high temperatures. He said it is likely to exacerbate the situation in areas where dampness may have previously moderated how
tling a blaze in the Var region of southern France on the Mediter- ranean. Nearly 3,000 people have been evacuated there. In Spain, wildfires burned out of control around Madrid. Evac- uations were also carried out Sunday in the Valencia region. A man was killed Saturday in a wildfire in Manises, a Valencia suburb, marking Spain’s first re- corded death in the latest fires. “We still have some difficult hours ahead,” Prime Minister Pe- dro Sánchez said Sunday, but the night was “very positive in terms of bringing the flames under con- trol.” A total of 76,000 people have been evacuated in Spain while
Blowing smoke A new (2026) study of emissions from Canada’s record-breaking fire season of 2023 has quantified the separate contributions from above-ground vegetation and soil carbon. A sampling of earlier studies shows roughly similar total emissions but not the separate contributions.
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30,000 others have been con- fined to their homes, the govern- ment said. Evacuees fretted about what they’ll find when they’re allowed to return. “It looked like the apocalypse. You couldn’t see anything. Every- thing was covered in ash,” said Rocío Domínguez, who evacuat- ed with her dog, Simba, from Chapinería, west of Madrid. “We don’t know when we get to the town, if we’ll have half the house burned down or we’ll have it intact or we won’t have a house,” she said. “All the clothes, all the memories, everything.”
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Forensic archeologists are uncovering remains of children buried at St. Mary’s home for unwed mothers
PAUL WALDIE EUROPE CORRESPONDENT TUAM, IRELAND
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at Duffy tried to keep his emotions in check as he walked by eight stainless steel tables where forensic an- thropologists will begin examin- ing the remains of hundreds of long-forgotten children buried in this corner of western Ireland. All Mr. Duffy could think about as he walked past the ta- bles, microscopes and measuring equipment was: “It could have been me.” He and hundreds of other sur- vivors of the St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home hope this new forensic lab will finally uncover the truth about what happened to nearly 800 children who are believed to have died at the in- stitution, nestled on the out- skirts of the small city of Tuam. Last week, Mr. Duffy was among 100 survivors and family members who toured the lab and met members of the forensic team that will start piecing to- gether the stories of those who died. The people involved say similar techniques could be used in Canada to help identify the thousands of children who went missing from Indigenous resi- dential schools. “It’s a very emotional day for us all,” said Mr. Duffy, 74, who spent the first six years of life at St. Mary’s and is haunted by nightmares and anxiety. “I just thank God the children are being recognized.” St. Mary’s was one of dozens of homes for unwed mothers scattered across Ireland and oth- er countries, including Canada, between the 1920s to 1990s. They were run by Catholic priests and nuns who shared a belief that women who had a child out of wedlock had committed a sin. For the past year, a team of 16 forensic archeologists have been combing through the grounds of St. Mary’s, which was torn down in the 1970s to make way for a housing development. They’ve been guided by the work of a local historian, Cathe- rine Corless, whose painstaking research led to the discovery in 2012 that as many as 796 chil- dren died at St. Mary’s and were buried in unmarked graves or dumped in sewage tanks. Ms. Corless’s findings were ig- nored for years but after persist- ent lobbying by the relatives of those who died, the Irish govern- ment finally ordered the excava- tion, which began in July, 2025. Similar efforts have been called for in Canada. In Montreal, officials have been urged to excavate a parking lot at the site of the former Mi- sericordia Hospital, which was
St. Mary’s was one of dozens of homes for unwed mothers in Ireland and other countries, including Canada, between the 1920s to 1990s.
key radiation safety practice
JENNIFER McDERMOTT
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to eliminate a foundational safety principle that has for 50 years mini- mized the radiation people in the United States are exposed to and that has been adopted around the world. Currently, facilities such as nuclear plants, hospitals or academic institutions that use radioactive materials must ensure radiationexposuresarekept“aslowasrea- sonably achievable” – the ALARA princi- ple.TheNRCproposalwouldabandonthat philosophy while keeping a separate stan- dard on maximum radiation exposure. The two standards have worked togeth- er in radiation safety. Dose limits set the maximum amount of radiation the public and radiation workers can be exposed to, while ALARA kept radiation exposure as low as practical under those limits. Re- search shows radiation exposure increases a person’s chance of getting cancer, a risk that increases as the dose increases. The dose limits are not changing. But the NRC, which regulates civilian nuclear energy technologies and radioactive mate- rials, now wants to replace ALARA with a “graded approach” that includes several actions facilities must take depending on the potential dose of radiation to workers. More rigorous radiation protection mea- sures would be required when approach- ing dose limits to ensure they aren’t ex- ceeded. This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to quadruple domestic nuclear energy production because of surging electricity demand amid a data centre and artificial intelligence boom. Re-
Raymond Costello, right, and his friend Frank peer through the fence surrounding the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Ireland. PHOTOS BY ANNA LIMINOWICZ/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Pat Duffy, now 74, spent the first six years of life at St. Mary’s and is haunted by nightmares and anxiety from the experience.
run by Catholic nuns for dec- ades, much like St. Mary’s. More than 70,000 unwed mothers gave birth at the Misericordia be- tween the 1850s and 1970s. Near- ly 40 per cent of those born at the hospital died within one year, and most of the rest were put up for adoption. The site is being redeveloped by Hydro-Québec as a substa- tion, and a recent archeological survey indicated that there could
forming the NRC is one way Mr. Trump is trying to speed up nuclear reactor develop- ment. He instructed the federal agency in an executive order last year to “adopt sci- ence-based radiation limits.” The Energy Department, which over- sees national energy policies, has already stopped using ALARA. The NRC expects to finalize its radiation protection regula- tions in the coming months. NRC Chairman Ho Nieh said the com- mission is not lowering the bar on safety. “We’re just removing the ambiguity,” he said in a call with reporters. “But the stan- dard for exposure to workers and the pub- lic, those are not changing. We’re just put- ting in place greater clarification.” Mr. Nieh doesn’t expect major changes within the nation’s existing fleet of large, traditional reactors. But companies de- signing and building new, smaller reactors could move faster with a clearer picture of the radiation protection requirements, he said. The NRC said radiation exposure limits are set well below levels associated with health effects, and it expects remaining standards and industry practices to keep radiation doses far below the limits. There’s incentive to do so – it’s more ex- pensiveandtime-consumingtoworkinar- eas with higher radiation because access mustberestrictedandmoresurveysarere- quired. The nuclear industry’s trade association agrees with the NRC. “We will always continue to look at what can we do to reduce the dose to workers, and maintain our doses to the off-site pub- licaslowaspossible,”saidDougTrue,chief nuclear officer at the Nuclear Energy Insti- tute. “It’s not like we’re just going to throw
be remains buried in one loca- tion under a parking lot. “There’s so many of our peo- ple that disappeared. Nobody knows what happened to them,” said Kahentinetha Bear, a mem- ber of the Mohawk Mothers, which has been pushing for an excavation. “People should know about it, because it gives you a deep-seat- ed anger that you grow up with.” Kim Murray spent two years
open the doors and let everything run up to the limits.” ALARA created a “moving target” for regulation, said Justin Friedman, a nuclear energy consultant who previously spent three decades at the U.S. Department of State. Getting rid of the rule would allow NRC scientists to make more rational deci- sions about appropriate levels of manage- able risk, he added. Edwin Lyman, director of nuclear power safety at the Union of Concerned Scien- tists, cautions that some parts of the NRC proposal could raise permissible radiation doses in certain cases, while still staying below the cap. Mr. Lyman highlighted a proposed revision to radionuclide emis- sions standards, in particular. Radiation exposure to the general pub- lic is limited to 100 millirem a year. A typ- ical dose of radiation from a chest X-ray is 10 millirem. The NRC wants to increase its radionu- clideemissionsstandardsfromaconserva- tive 10 millirem a year dose to 25 millirem a year, based on a hypothetical person living in a house at the property line for a nuclear plant. The NRC says actual doses to the public would remain far lower because, in reality, people live farther from nuclear sites and benefit from dispersion in air and water. The NRC should improve, rather than eliminate, ALARA, Mr. Lyman said, to pro- tectthepublicandworkers.ALARAhasbe- come a political target because some peo- ple mistakenly believe radiation expo- sures have to be as low as possible no mat- ter the cost, Mr. Lyman said. In reality, it allows trade-offs.
as Canada’s Independent Special Interlocutor for Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites. She has compared the is- sues raised in Ireland with Cana- da’s residential schools. “I see lots of similarities in the failure of the state to respond adequate- ly,” said Ms. Murray. One of the recommendations in her 2024 report was that Cana- da should establish a commis- sion of investigations into mis- sing and disappeared children. “Canada hasn’t moved on that,” she said. Daniel MacSweeney, who heads the Office of the Director of Authorized Intervention, Tuam, which is overseeing the St. Mary’s excavation, has held meetings with several First Na- tions in this country to explain the project. “What we’re doing now will be relevant to any- body,” he said. “It’s the first time this has been done, so we’re pathfinders.” The archeologists searching the grounds have found the re- mains of 99 children so far and they’ve yet to search several large areas or the sewage tanks. That could take another year or more. The newly opened lab is staffed by seven forensic anthro- pologists who will begin analyz- ing the remains. Their role “is to tell the stories of these children and to provide a fuller accounting of their lives and deaths,” said Allysha Win- burn, an American who is over- seeing the lab. Dr. Winburn spent more than 15 years as a consultant to law- enforcement agencies in Florida. She’s also worked with the U.S. military to retrieve the remains of American soldiers who died overseas. She was drawn to the Tuam project after a colleague sent her a link to newspaper stories about St. Mary’s. “I just remember sit- ting on my couch and reading
and reading and going deeper and deeper and crying, and just thinking if not this, then what?” she said. “I feel very strongly that this is where I need to be right now.” She’s been joined by experts from Ireland, Spain, Australia and South Africa. Many special- ize in child skeletons and co- mingled remains. The lab is meticulously orga- nized. There’s a climate-con- trolled storage area and two rows of long examination tables where the remains will be cleaned, measured and assem- bled into skeletons. Forensic photography is used for more de- tailed examinations and an odontologist will be able to de- termine the age of a child based on the growth of their teeth. Two giant plaques listing the names of all 796 children adorn a wall near the entrance of a family room. It’s here where the experts will share their findings with relatives. Dr. Winburn said the goal is to develop a profile of each child that includes their age, any dis- eases or injuries they suffered and details of their daily lives. “We have the resources to tell a story for every deceased person,” she said. “I’ve never had a skele- tal case where I could say noth- ing.” A separate team will extract bits of DNA and match them with samples from descendants to determine identification. So far, 200 people who believe they had relatives at St. Mary’s have provided DNA samples. Niamh McCullagh, one of the forensic archeologists, approach- es her work as a scientist but she’s a mother too and she’ll never forget the first time she saw the bones of a dead child from St. Mary’s. She’d been hired in 2016 by the Irish government to deter- mine whether Ms. Corless’s find- ings had any merit. On the first day of a test dig, she uncovered the lid of one of the sewage tanks and peered through a crack. “We could see that at a very great distance from that lid, there was infant remains,” she said. “It was a shock.” She’s not sure how many bod- ies researchers will uncover but it could be in the hundreds. “It’s not outside the realms of prob- ability that we will find up to 800 individuals.” Mr. Duffy couldn’t stop asking questions when he visited the lab. He wanted to know every- thing about the forensic process and how many of his lost child- hood friends might be found. He’s been tormented by St. Mary’s all his life and battled de- pression, alcohol addiction and thoughts of suicide. And yet, he hasn’t lost faith and believes that God helped turn his life around. He wears a ring on his right hand that’s decorated with a cross and a depiction of Christ. “I believe in the Lord,” he said firmly. “But not the church.”
INDIA ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE TO OVERHAUL EXAM SYSTEM AFTER PROTESTS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday the cre- ation of a task force headed by tech entrepreneur Nandan Nilekani to overhaul India’s examination system, after days of youth protests about exam paper leaks. “Our examination system should be trustworthy, should be transparent and the system should make maximum use of technology,” Mr. Modi said on Instagram, adding that new legislation to deal with paper leaks would be introduced in parliament on Monday. The measures would tighten the law and toughen the penal- ties for culprits, he said. REUTERS
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A tarot reader in elf ears is an unexpected perk at queer prom, where teens are encouraged to be themselves.
Brenna Johnson, centre, and Dani Doucette, right, line up for snacks.
Madonna Doucette pumps up the fog for promgoers.
Amber Johnson helps her daughter, Adora, accessorize her prom outfit.
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queer teens a place to be perfectly themselves
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or a group of kids on Canada’s East Coast, queer prom in Unama’ki/ Cape Breton Island is a big deal. And it’s not just a big deal for the kids, but also for their small but mighty support community, abuzz with excite- ment and pride. The Cape Breton Youth Project, a support organization for the island’s 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, in co-operation with the gay-straight alliance at Allison Bernard Memorial High School, is throwing the prom. This year, the event is goth/alterna- tive-themed.
Jamie Young, 19, puts on thick, white face paint as she gets ready at friend Adora Johnson’s house. Adora’s mother, Amber Johnson, lends a hand to the efforts. Adora, 18, recalls coming out to her mother. Amber always said “love is love no matter what,” the teen says, but, nonetheless, coming out to her was still scary. In the end, her mom “was really sup- portive, super sweet,” said Adora, who is from Eskasoni, a Mi’kmaw First Nation community, and graduating from Allison Bernard Memorial High School there.
The evening of the prom, the youth from Eskasoni attended a barbecue and picked up gift bags before being bused to the Eltuek Arts Centre, a recently reno- vated convent in downtown Sydney. All night, high-school principal Newell Johnson and her sister served compli- mentary hot dogs, snow cones and cotton candy from her Pink Party Trailer. (The Youth Project picked up the tab.) Johnson (no relation to Adora) credits the GSA and its regular visits from Madon- na Doucette, director of the Cape Breton Youth Project, with providing students a
Jamie Young and other Eskasoni students ride the bus into Sydney, N.S., to attend the event.
Committee chair Cass Boutlier decorates the queer prom venue.
Suzi Oram-Aylward accompanied their stepson Finn Crane to the prom, a first experience for both of them.
safe, supportive space. “I think they’ve had the opportunity to express themselves more freely, and to be part of a larger community where they feel accepted and belong,” Johnson said. Suzi Oram-Aylward, 39, accompanied their stepson Finn Crane, 13, to queer prom – a first prom for both. Oram-Aylward didn’t feel a sense of be- longing when it came to their own high- school prom. “I was also a little queer punk when I was younger,” Oram-Aylward said. For the pair, the prom is a much bigger thing than just a fun night out. “To see oth-
er queer kids, other trans kids, other kids existing older than him, in happy spaces and proud spaces, is so good for him,” said Oram-Aylward. “A lot of our kids in our community aren’t into the loud music or the lights,” Doucette says. So for those folks, there’s a craft table inside with art supplies and drawing pads. There are beads to make bracelets. On the front lawn, a tarot reader wearing elf ears offers readings. Music plays outside, but not too loud. At queer prom, Doucette says, you can flirt. You can socialize. You can just be
yourself for a bit without worrying. “Our kids out there, they have it hard,” she acknowledges. “Sometimes, having a couple of good memories can be a little life buoy that keeps you going when times are hard.” Doucette says she sees how many young people feel isolated by the act of “other- ing.” But not tonight, she says. On queer prom night, “It’s just us and our allies that show up to this, these kinds of events, and we are safe, and we are free to be joyously authentic.”
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be the top military priority
or far too long, Canada has treated military procure-
ment as a regional economic development program: A
fleet of ships re-engineered here, a helicopter design
torn apart and rebuilt there – enough to satisfy jobs targets,
but incapable of delivering a combat-ready force.
For just as long, Canada assumed the United States would
anchor continental defence, allowing Ottawa to safely starve
its defence budget. But under growing pressure from U.S.
President Donald Trump, and escalating threats from au-
thoritarian states, the days of bespoke defence are dead.
In March, Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Canada
had hit NATO’s military spending target of 2 per cent of gross
domestic product. That was a major step toward honouring
the country’s defence commitments to allies. But a deeper,
structural flaw lurks, risking the sabotage of the next stages
of Canada’s defence expansion: Budgeting to spend dozens
of billions of dollars over the next decade means absolutely
nothing if the capital remains wandering in procurement
limbo.
To turn those promises into real-world armament, Ottawa
must scrap its economic-development mindset and pay
more attention to defending its borders. The federal govern-
ment showed this is possible when it announced in March a
$1.4-billion plan to expand Canada’s supply of heavy artillery
shells.
Giving contracts directly to U.S. defence giants General Dy-
namics and IMT Precision, whose Canadian divisions are
headquartered in Quebec and Ontario, respectively, might
seem to run counter to Mr. Carney’s pledge to reduce Cana-
da’s reliance on the U.S. for its military goods.
Until you consider: There are no other companies in Cana-
da that can make the ammunition at the quantity and speed
it needs. IMT and General Dynamics are quite literally the on-
ly companies in the country that have the capacity, expertise,
and intellectual property required to build the ammunition
used by the Canadian military.
The point was made again earlier this month, when the
federal government announced it will pay GD’s Land Sys-
tems-Canada division nearly $2-billion over four years to
build armoured combat support vehicles.
The government has, in these instances, dispensed with
performative consultations or attempting to build from the
ground up what already exists. In a world where Canada is
facing military threats in the Arctic, growing defence obliga-
tions overseas, and the threat of Russian missiles that can
reach North America, there simply is no time.
(Ottawa has not entirely abandoned the idea of economic
benefits: the company has committed to investing in Cana-
dian jobs, research and suppliers.)
This is far from a perfect scenario. Once fully operational
in 2029, the government expects General Dynamics to be
churning out 12,000 projectiles a month. That might be
enough to cover a weekend of fighting in actual, live combat,
and comes several years too late – but it’s a start.
Canada needs to move more urgently to buy what is al-
ready made; investing in what we can realistically build; and
partnering with trusted allied specialists. It cannot hope to
develop the massively complex submarines recently ordered
from Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, or the new
fighter jets produced by U.S. or Swedish defence juggernauts
– but it can absolutely solidify its status as a key supplier in
their global supply chains.
Where Canada already has expertise and experience –
such as in shipbuilding or aerospace – the government can
award long-term, high-scale contracts to domestic compa-
nies such as Irving Shipyards or Bombardier.
Critics will argue that favouring entrenched defence giants
will cement monopolies and lock out startups. But most
early stage companies will have their best shot at flourishing,
at first, as suppliers and contractors for larger manufacturers
who have the capacity to produce in mass quantities.
To address today’s urgent military gaps, Canada must
strike deals with existing companies that are built to produce
at a (relatively) fast pace. It must expand assembly lines that
have the best shot at creating long-term jobs, raising wages
and boosting economies across the country’s hard-hit manu-
facturing regions.
After years of leaving its defence budget frozen, Canada
TAKE THE LEAD
Re “Carney says he and Trump agreed to ‘intensify’ trade talks in phone call after latest tariff threat” (July 22): After decades of working in, sometimes living in and now wintering in the Unit- ed States, it has become abun- dantly clear to me that Ameri- cans are the most competitive people on the planet. That we are failing with trade talks should be no surprise. The puck was dropped on Jan. 20, 2025, and what have we done? Complained, signed doz- ens of memorandums of under- standings and paired up C-play- ers such as Mélanie Joly, Fran- çois-Philippe Champagne and Mark Carney against A-players such as Howard Lutnick, Scott Bessent and Donald Trump. What does one do when down 4-0? Call timeout and change the lineup. Canada should harness its awesome private sector talent and sub out its career politicians and bureaucrats.
John Budreski Whistler, B.C.
Doug Ford’s catchy slogan of fighting U.S. tariffs “dollar for dollar” is bound to appeal to his voting base and most anyone who wants Canada to fight back at the bully. For the many people who have a better appreciation of the value of a dollar, it would be more accurate to say “dollar for US$0.70,” which is roughly the recent value of our Canadian dol- lar. With the U.S. economy being so much larger than ours, a few Canadian dollars missed here and there would be as effective as a mosquito bite on an ele- phant. As those of us who work for hourly wages know at the end of each work day: another day, an- other US$0.70.
Steve Harker Kingston, Ont.
Re “Push back” (Letters, July 23): It’s tough not to stereotype when one reads a letter, critical of Al- berta, from a writer in Ottawa. (Much, I suppose, as the inverse applies to one from Calgary.) Apparently oil is now critical to Canada’s sovereignty and to be a major tool in the tariff war. It’s hard not to imagine a similar person writing a letter only a few short years ago shamelessly ad- monishing Alberta for its desire to move oil and describing it as yesterday’s commodity. Sun- setting the industry seemed so obvious to all who had the in- sight to see oil’s fading impor- tance to Canada and the world. Ironically, now Alberta can’t seem to see its obvious impor- tance to the nation. As an ob- server from the resting point of the pendulum, it is dizzying to keep track of the swings of its arc.
PERSONAL CHOICE
Re “Trump’s latest tariffs read like a bartender’s shopping list” (July 22): Provincial boycotts of American wine and spirits may be satisfying, but they rob Cana- dians of their sense of agency and the right to make their own decisions. Having the option to purchase American products, but declin- ing to do so, would send a much stronger message than mandat- ed boycotts and provide just as much pressure on American pro- ducers.
John Seigner Calgary
ON PAPER
Re “Gordie Howe bridge deal ap- pears to contradict Carney’s de- scription of pact with U.S.” (July 23): The deal is titled the Gordie Howe International Bridge Pro- posed Agreement in Principle. A “proposed agreement in princi- ple” would not appear to be en- forceable in a court of law. It also reportedly states that a profit split will result after the calculation of net revenue after subtracting operating expenses. Although it doesn’t list interest and amortization of the con- struction loan in its example of operating expenses, it doesn’t exclude them either. In my business, operating expenses include interest pay- ments as they are an expense. Amortization is also a cash ex- pense. Therefore, I don’t see how this “proposed agreement in principle” is worth the paper it was written on.
Stan Neathery Ottawa
GOOD DEAL
Re “Ford workers ratify deal bringing 9% raise over three years” (Report on Business, July 20): Labour studies professor Larry Savage says Ford workers didn’t embrace the agreement. They did, by 74 per cent. He says the union secured “what it could,” when outside of record-setting 2023 wage gains, these are the highest increases negotiated since 1999. He says a minority of members voted no to signal limits on what they’d con- cede. There were no concessions, only gains. He calls wage increases “mod- est,” while annual 3-per-cent raises and cost-of-living allow- ance provisions compound to far more than 9 per cent. A full-rate Ford production worker will crack $50 an hour during this contract, even before COLA ad- justments, plus $12,000 in bo- nuses this year. He seems to believe autowork- ers are afraid and divided, when we are more united than ever and taking Donald Trump’s trade
war head on. When there hasn’t been much to celebrate in Canada’s auto sec- tor, this contract should be rec- ognized as a clear win.
John D’Agnolo Chairperson, Unifor Ford Master Bargaining Committee; Windsor, Ont.
Jason Del Buono Vice-chairperson, Unifor Ford Master Bargaining Committee; Oakville, Ont.
ACTION PLAN
Re “Anxious about the climate? Here are 7 ways to cope” (July 20): We are wisely reminded that the best antidote to feeling over- whelmed is transforming that worry into values-based action. Every one of us can move from passive anxiety to active hope. That transition can start at home by switching to a heat pump or choosing sustainable transit. From there, our impact can multiply when we step fur- ther out of our comfort zones. Talk about the climate crisis with family, friends and neigh- bors; join a local environmental group; call or meet with elected officials; support community ini- tiatives; show up at local rallies or events. Recent polls show more than 85 per cent of Canadians want our governments to take stron- ger action on climate change. We don’t have to carry the weight of the world alone, and showing up together can give us both pur- pose and power.
Ray Nakano Toronto
BUDDING FRIENDSHIP
Re “I never realized how much I needed friends, until I didn’t have any” (First Person, July 14) and “Free solo” (Letters, July 20): A letter-writer is “blissfully friendless.” But one has to ask: Is he really friendless? He has found “joy and plea- sure … interacting with com- plete strangers.” I would suggest that what he has discovered is the first step in the natural proc- ess of creating friendships. He seems to want the rewards of friendship, but does not want to make the emotional commit- ment that forms the basis – and, yes, the obligations – of long- term friendships. He wants his cake without helping to wash up the baking pan and dishes.
W. E. Hildreth Prince Edward County, Ont.
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Albertans aren’t immune from the rally-around-the-flag effect happening in Canada owing to the President’s trade war
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TYLER DAWSON EDMONTON
Edmonton-based editor for The Globe and Mail’s Opinion section. He is the author of The Republic of Alberta: An Idea That Won’t Go Away.
lberta’s federalists have a key asset on their side: U.S. President Donald Trump. Generally speaking, the wind’s already behind them: If you be- lieve the opinion polling, the separatists are in for a fairly epic defeat in October in Premier Da- nielle Smith’s referendum about secession. But depending how you look at it, that’s by no means a sure thing. The separatists are whooping
GLENN McGILLIVRAY
Managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction and adjunct professor of disaster and emergency management at York University
hen the wildfires get roll- ing,thearmchairexperts get trolling. Every summer, as smoke from Canada’s boreal forest drifts across North American skies, a fa- miliarchoruseruptsonline.Ama- teur fire commanders take to so- cial media with seemingly obvi- ous solutions: Why don’t we just send in more water bombers? Why not just doze a perimeter aroundthefire?Whyisn’tthegov- ernment building access roads in- to the woods? When megafires rage across millionsofhectares,itistempting to view the problem as a failure of policy, preparation or resolve. But this perspective overlooks a fun- damental reality: When high-in- tensity crown fires get going in Canada’s northern wilderness, the sheer physics of extreme fire behaviour renders standard hu- man suppression tactics practi- cally useless. Understanding why these blaz- es are nearly impossible to extin- guish is not a story of inadequate response. It is a sobering lesson in the unyielding forces of nature, the compounding effects of cli- matechangeandthephysicallim- its of fire management. To understand the wildfire challenge, one must first recog- nize that the boreal forest is not merely susceptible to fire. It is an ecosystem structurally designed to burn. Spanning over 550 mil-
ANNA JAHN
Executive director of the Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy
y two children are under- graduates, one at McGill, one at the University of Toronto. They have made oppo- site bets on AI. One refuses to touch it, convinced that real learning only happens without the machine. The other, who us- es it daily and carries a quiet mix of shame and worry, wonders: Am I still learning anything at all? Neither has received mea- ningful guidance from their uni- versity. They are improvising their education alone. Every student now faces this choice, and most have already made it. In Britain, 95 per cent of undergraduates now use gener- ative AI, and 94 per cent use it for assessed work. In Canada, 73 per cent of students rely on it for
the federalists on the fundraising front. They are putting up flags and signs around the province, they’re holding meetings, and the podcasters and influencers are doing their thing online. The federalists, on the other hand, are taking their case to Al- bertans through traditional media, and have a decently loud social-media presence, but don’t seem to have quite the same ground-game momentum. When was the last big meeting of feder- alists in Alberta? They feel, fun- damentally, less visible. Enter Mr. Trump and his latest tariff provocations, which he an- nounced Monday. Enlisting the help of legislation from 1930, Mr. Trump has jacked up tariff rates to 50 per cent on all sorts of Can- adian goods. Bad news for Canada, to be sure. But for the federalists, it might be a godsend. Perhaps not quite so much as Ms. Smith’s re- cent economic announcements, including two pipeline proposals and a major data centre near Ed- monton, which help blunt the separatists’ case that Alberta is economically disadvantaged in Canada, but certainly a point in the federalists’ favour.
When intense crown fires blaze in Canada’s northern wilderness, the sheer physics of extreme fire behaviour renders standard human suppression tactics practically useless. MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
lion hectares across Canada – about half of it tree-covered - the boreal landscape is overwhelm- ingly dominated by conifers, which are needled and not moist green leafy trees. Under hot, dry and windy conditions, these spe- cies essentially act as standing fuel. Ever throw an old Christmas tree into a bonfire? Far from being a tragedy for the landscape,fireisavitalevolution- arypartner.Specieslikethelodge- polepineareexplicitlyadaptedto fire, their resin-sealed cones re- quireintenseheattoopen,release seeds and regenerate the forest. The boreal forest does not just en- dure fire, it was created by it and relies on it. Much of the public’s frustra- tionstemsfromamisunderstand-
schoolwork, up from 52 per cent just two years ago. This is not a wave that is coming. It has ar- rived, and it is nearly total. Yet most universities still treat AI as a cheating problem. I hear this at departmental meetings where we debate how to prohibit AI in our own courses, and when colleagues announce they have finally designed the “AI-proof” quiz. Three years into the biggest disruption higher education has faced in a century, our main re- sponse has been enforcement. Even the boldest institutional moves stop at procurement. Ox- ford made headlines last fall as the first British university to give ChatGPT to every student and staff member. That is a subscrip- tion and a training program. It is not a rethink of what a degree is for. Students understand the stakes better than their institu- tions do. Nearly half of Canadian students say their critical think- ing has deteriorated since they started using AI. The research supports their instinct. An MIT Media Lab study measured brain
Albertans are not substantial- ly more readily seduced by Mr. Trump’s charms – whatever they may be – than Canadians any- where else in the country, and they are subsequently not much less immune to the rally-around- the-flag effect that Canada’s trade war with the United States is causing. The President isn’t es- pecially popular here. And Alber- tans are no more enthusiastic than anyone else about the eco- nomic damage being done to our country. In contrast, some separatists, including some of the move- ment’s leaders, are open admir- ers of the U.S. President. Not only that, but they’re proposing MA- GA-like policies, including mass deportations, for example, in their fantastical vision of an in- dependent Alberta. Some have even boasted that they’ve met with members of the U.S. admin- istration. This is unlikely to win them friends and influence in the fight over Alberta’s future at a time when Mr. Trump is public enemy number one. And the federalists don’t need to win over the hard- core separatists; they need the “frustrated federalists,” the peo-
ing of how wildland firefighting actually works. Hollywood has popularized the image of the su- per-scooper dropping thousands of gallons of water directly onto a roaring inferno, instantly saving the day. In reality, air tankers do not ex- tinguish massive wildfires. Water and red-dyed suppressant drops are used primarily to cool down the blaze, while chemical retar- dantsarelaidaheadofafire’spath to slow its progression and buy time. The actual work of putting outafirefallstogroundcrewsdig- ging lines and extinguishing hot spots. In the vast Canadian north, however,groundcrewsfaceanin- surmountable barrier: access. As ageneralruleremotewildfiresare
activity in students writing es- says; those using AI showed the weakest neural connectivity, and many could not quote from their own essay minutes after finish- ing it. The researchers called it “cognitive debt.” Students feel that debt accumulating. They are asking for help carrying it, and their universities are responding with poorly articulated plagia- rism policies. The historian Niall Ferguson believes two educational models will dominate, which he calls “the cloister and the starship.” In the cloister, there’s no technol- ogy at all: small seminars of 15 students, printed books, hand- written and oral exams, and the slow, effortful development of the capacities no machine can supply – critical thinking, argu- ment, judgment. In the starship, the opposite: intensive, con- stantly updated training in mas- tering the most capable AI systems, the ones graduates will use every day of their working lives. What is key is that the two modes cannot be blended, be-
ple aggrieved over the state of Canada but not dead-set on leav- ing, to vote to remain. Those peo- ple are unlikely to ignore the similarities between Mr. Trump and the separatists, both in terms of vibes and political outlook, or the President’s attacks on Cana- da. But then there’s Doug Ford, who, after a meeting of Canada’s premiers, suggested using oil and potash as “leverage” against the United States. Nothing, should it happen, would be a greater gift to the separatists; such a move would widely be seen in Alberta (and Saskatchewan) as kneecap- ping the West to benefit Central Canada. It’s unlikely to happen, but still. Additionally, there’s the an- nexation talk. For more than a year, Mr. Trump has been musing about turning Canada into the 51st state. There’s a subset of the Alberta separatist movement that’s actually quite keen on the idea. But this is a wildly unpop- ular idea in Alberta, as elsewhere in the country and probably not even that popular among separa- tists. Regardless, the more that talk
usually triggered by lightning strikes, while human activity drives many of the fires that are closer to where people live, work and play. Nationally, the break- down is about an even 50/50. To construct a massive net- work of roads and bridges across thousands of miles of boggy wet- lands and steep terrain to reach every remote lightning strike would be both financially and lo- gistically astronomical, as well as ecologically absurd. Even if every fire were accessi- ble, the sheer volume of concur- rent blazes creates a crisis of triage. On any given day during a severe season, hundreds of active wildfires burn simultaneously across the country (more than 900 are burning today).
cause then you get what we have now: AI quietly doing the think- ing in courses designed for hu- mans. Instead, a deliberate sep- aration of cloister and starship means we can protect deep learning while taking new AI tools seriously enough to teach them properly. My guess is that the right balance is roughly 80- per-cent cloister, 20-per cent starship, though each discipline will have to find its own mix. And it’s important not to be- come overly nostalgic, as the mass lecture model has been fail- ing students long before ChatGPT arrived. Choosing a direction shouldn’t be left to individual professors tinkering on their own, which is what is happening now. Achieving the right balance requires redesigning entire de- grees, assessments, timetables and hiring – decisions only presi- dents, provosts and boards can make. So far, I see little evidence that Canadian university leader- ship grasps the scale of the task. Here is what worries me most. Mr. Ferguson is building his
continues, and the more Mr. Trump’s generalized belligerence toward Canada continues, more and more Albertans will begin to fear the prospect of standing alone as a country of 5 million souls, next door to a behemoth 340 million strong and led by a man who’s talked openly about his imperial dreams. And the separatists will become more toxic to the mass of Alberta vot- ers called upon to vote in Octo- ber. More to the point, all of this – the polling, Mr. Trump’s deep un- popularity and the separatists’ similarities to him personally and enthusiasm for his policies generally – suggests the federal- ists could just sit back and let the separatists be undone by what’s happening in the world around Alberta. This, too, would be unwise, even though there’s a decent chance it succeeds. It’s not too late for the federalists to rouse themselves and take the fight to the separatists. If they do, they’ll find they have a kind of ally to the south, weakening their enemies and helping to strengthen the case for sticking with Canada.
Managing a challenge of this magnitude quickly exhausts a fi- nite supply of specialized person- nel, heavy equipment and air- craft. Transporting crews, gear and fuel into the roadless wilder- ness creates severe logistical bot- tlenecks. Furthermore, because climate change is lengthening fire seasonsworldwide,neighbouring provinces and international part- ners are increasingly tied up with their own emergencies, limiting the availability of mutual aid. When resources are stretched thin, fire management agencies must make tough tactical deci- sions. They practise strategic triage, directing firefighters and aircraft to protect high-value tar- gets,specificallyhumanlives,crit- ical infrastructure and communi- ties along the wildland-urban in- terface, while often leaving re- mote fires to burn unmanaged until weather patterns shift. Pro-active measures like pre- scribedburns,culturalburningby Indigenous peoples and mechan- ical fuel clearing are invaluable tools around vulnerable commu- nities. But scaling these interven- tions across hundreds of millions of hectares to prevent megafires presents insurmountable regula- tory, financial and operational hurdles. The battle against massive bo- real crown fires cannot be won through brute force. Recognizing the limits of hu- maninterventionisnotanadmis- sion of defeat; it is a prerequisite for sensible policy. Rather than demanding that crews conquer nature’s most violent blazes, we must focus our resources strategi- cally where they matter most, safeguarding human lives and communities while allowing the boreal forest to carry out its an- cient, necessary cycles.
mixed model at the University of Austin, a private institution for a select few. Elite universities have the money for small seminars, oral examinations and cutting- edge AI training. Publicly funded universities, which educate the vast majority of Canadian stu- dents, do not, and most are not even trying. The danger is not that universities change too fast. It is that only the rich ones change at all. That would make deep thinking a luxury good and leave a generation at most public institutions to negotiate the most consequential technology of their lifetime alone. So here is my call to university leaders: Treat this as the defining question of your tenure. Pick two programs and pilot the split model this September. Put a re- design plan before your board within the year and tell provin- cial governments what it costs. Above all, stop policing and start leading. Students are waiting to hear what their degree is for in the age of AI, and the future of higher education may depend on us getting it right.
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Among the infomercials from my teen years, the ad with the biggest personal impact was a set of workout DVDs
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handful of infomercials from the mid-to-late aughts are drilled into my brain. The Slap Chop. The Magic Bullet. The Snuggie. I remember these ads better than I remember most high-school classes. They’re the type of campaigns Don Drap- er could only dream of, pushing massive sales across North Amer- ica and becoming part of the pop-culture vocabulary. But among all the infomercials from my teen years, the ad with the biggest personal impact was a set of workout DVDs called P90X. For three easy payments of $39.95, P90X offered 12 different exercise videos, a nutrition plan, supplement advice and a calen- dar to track progress. P90X built their program around “Muscle confusion,” the idea that “con- fusing” a muscle by continually switching up workout routines every few weeks means partici- pants would never plateau with their strength and body composi- tion goals. From the couch in my parents’ basement, I’d spend late nights listening to testimonials from the infomercial, wondering if I too could go from “the ordinary to the extraordinary” without ever stepping foot in a gym. After maybe two dozen views, I finally caved in, using my mom’s credit card to make the supposedly life changing purchase. I’m not the only one. According to The New York Times, the DVDs have sold more than four million copies to date. Today you can get P90X on- line through the BODi mobile app. I started P90X a countless number of times. I never finished it. I figured a lack of commit- ment, combined with challeng- ing workouts and too many so- cial obligations, was to blame.
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or years, people with certain heart conditions were often told to go easy on caffeinated coffee. Because caffeine is a stimulant, there was concern that it could raise blood pressure, provoke abnormal heart rhythms and put stress on the cardiovas- cular system. Now, after reviewing the latest evi- dence, the American Heart Association has concluded that consuming up to 400 milligrams of caffeine a day – equivalent to three to five eight-ounce cups of coffee – is safe for most adults. What’s more, the evidence shows that regular coffee consumption is associated with several cardiovascular benefits. Here’s a breakdown of the association’s new scientific statement on caffeine and cardiovascular health.
HOW THE AHA REACHED ITS CONCLUSIONS
For the statement, published July 20 in the American Heart Association’s scientific journal Circulation, an expert panel re- viewed evidence from decades of research on caffeine, coffee and cardiovascular dis- ease. The panel looked at a wide range of health outcomes including blood pres- sure, blood cholesterol, coronary heart disease, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrilla- tion and type 2 diabetes. The evidence included large observa- tional studies, clinical trials and genetic studies. It also incorporated findings from re- cent randomized controlled trials that ex- amined coffee’s effect on atrial fibrillation and blood pressure responses.
P90X creator and host Tony Horton, right, pictured with Savannah Guthrie on NBC News’ Today show, on the DVDs walks participants through each exercise and its potential variations alongside a crew of other extras. NBC NEWSWIRE/NBCU PHOTO BANK/NBCUNIVERSAL VIA GETTY IMAGES
But 20 years after first attempting the program (and with more than a decade of powerlifting ex- perience) maybe it was time for a reassessment. Enlisting the help of my friend Geoff Girvitz, per- sonal trainer and owner of To- ronto’s Bang Personal Training, we put P90X’s “Chest and Back” video to the test.
THE WORKOUT
While I had a lot of nostalgia for P90X, Girvitz was coming into the video blind. Before starting our workout, I asked what he ex- pected from the DVD. “I know their big thing was muscle confusion. And I think there is something about an ab ripper?” said Girvitz. “Given the time period, I’m hoping for a rap/ rock soundtrack and maybe a bunch of flexing?” Hitting play, he wasn’t too far off. P90X is created and hosted by trainer Tony Horton. Looking jacked in a sleeveless tee, Horton walks participants through each exercise and its potential varia-
Coffee contains hundreds of biologically active compounds that may help reduce oxidative stress and inflammation and improve blood sugar. LIUDMILA CHERNETSKA/GETTY IMAGES
could temporarily raise blood pressure, but that with regular coffee drinking, tol- erance develops and effects are decreased. Long-term studies of caffeinated coffee consumption generally showed no effect or a lower risk of hypertension with mod- erate intake. Strong evidence also consistently link- ed habitual coffee consumption to protec- tion against type 2 diabetes. A review of 28 observational studies found a 20-per-cent and 30-per-cent lower risk of developing the condition among people who con- sumed, on average, 3.5 and 5 cups of coffee a day, respectively. As for atrial fibrillation, most studies found that drinking caffeinated coffee did not increase the risk. Several even suggest- ed it lowered the risk. A recent randomized controlled trial, for example, found a 39-per-cent lower risk of recurring atrial fibrillation among patients assigned to drink one cup of caf- feinated coffee a day compared with those who avoided coffee and caffeine. However, data from clinical trials also consistently showed that cafestol – a com- pound found in caffeinated and decaffei- nated unfiltered coffee – increased LDL
tions alongside a crew of other impossibly fit extras. The Chest and Back Workout is set in a non- descript warehouse gym, com- plete with an ornamental punch- ing bag and wall fan. Underscor- ing the exercises are guitar heavy radio rock instrumentals. It all feels very 2004. After an exceedingly long warm up, the actual workout consisted of mostly various push- ups and pull-ups. These moves were punctuated by the occa- sional dumbbell pull or “fly” movement. While the home workout can be done with mini- mal equipment, we were expect- ed to have access to some dumb- bells, a pull up bar, or an exercise band.
AN EXPERT EVALUATION
Thinking back to my past failed attempts at P90X, I remember how often I’d turn off the videos before they were over. I had as- sumed it was because the work- outs were really intense, which is partly true. Busting out well over
(“bad”) cholesterol in the bloodstream. Unfiltered coffees include French press, Greek/Turkish coffee, Scandinavian boiled coffee and, to a lesser extent, es- presso. Filtered and instant coffees con- tain little cafestol.
NOT ALL CAFFEINE SOURCES AFFECT THE HEART EQUALLY
The AHA panel cautioned against extra- polating the potential health benefits ob- served to energy drinks, which may con- tain three to four times more caffeine than coffee. While studies on energy drinks are lim- ited, the evidence suggests they may harm cardiovascular health by increasing blood pressure and triggering abnormal heart rhythms. Energy drinks and caffeine-based sup- plements may also contain other ingre- dients that alter how quickly caffeine is absorbed and how rapidly it affects the body. The panel also mentioned that adding sugar, syrups, milk and/or cream to coffee likely reduces its potential health benefits, but more research is needed to under-
a hundred push-ups and pull-ups over the course of an hour will certainly get your heart rate up. But what I didn’t realize at the time was just how dull the videos are. When I go to the gym now, the rest time can be filled with music, phone time, or chatting with a friend. With the workout video, during wait times you’re listening to Horton and his bud- dies banter. Mostly about how great P90X is. As for the programming itself? It left a lot to be desired. “The percentage of the population that can whip out even one or two bodyweight pull-ups – let alone however many pull-ups we did – is really small,” said Girvitz. For some people, especially be- ginners, bodyweight push-ups can also be really challenging. The lack of variety throughout the workout meant that if you were new to exercise or strug- gling with either of these move- ments, getting through the chest and back workout would be a slog. And if you’re advanced enough that these movements
feel second nature, you’re prob- ably not looking for a workout video in the first place. The last thing Girvitz noted be- fore we wrapped was about some of the video’s claims. Does six to eight reps of a weighted exercise help grow muscle while 12 to 15 reps help you get lean? Not really. “For building muscle, any num- ber of reps can work, as long as we’re approaching failure by the end of the set,” said Girvitz. A lean physique, he explained, has a lot more to do with body fat percentage than it does with muscle mass. Girvitz was also skeptical about the “muscle confusion” concept. “Most beginners will keep getting more and more out of an exercise for quite a while without the need to change,” he said. If you’re new to exercise, you can keep getting results from the same workout program be- fore needing to switch things up. “My advice would be to stay con- sistent for as long as you’re im- proving. At that point, you might change things up more frequent- ly to avoid plateaus, give certain tissues a break, or challenge yourself to adapt to new stress- es.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Just like the infomercial boasts, I’m sure a lot of people got great results from P90X. That’s be- cause, according to research pub- lished in the scientific journal Nutrients, consistency and ad- herence to any program is more important than what that pro- gram actually consists of. So is P90X something that I could actually recommend to people in the year 2026? Well, I can confidently say that it’s bet- ter than no work out plan at all. Whether you’re just starting out or you’re serious about your fit- ness routines, there are lots of easier and more efficient options out there. For fat loss, the gym is a lot less important than diet, and a quick search online can find a number of great beginner programs, such as Casey John- ston’s Couch to Barbell. But if you – like me – spent a lot of time watching late night television, the video’s worth checking out for the nostalgia alone.
stand the impact of these additions.
COFFEE CONTAINS MORE THAN CAFFEINE
The researchers don’t believe caffeine alone explains coffee’s apparent cardio- vascular benefits. Coffee contains hundreds of biological- ly active compounds, including polyphe- nols and chlorogenic acid, which may help reduce oxidative stress and inflammation and improve blood sugar. Coffee also provides small amounts of magnesium and chromium, which play roles in glucose metabolism and insulin action.
WHAT DOES HEALTH CANADA SAY?
The AHA scientific statement reinforces Health Canada’s recommendation that up to 400 milligrams of caffeine a day is safe for most adults. What it adds, though, is growing evi- dence that moderate coffee consumption within this limit is associated with lower risks of cardiovascular disease, atrial fibril- lation and type 2 diabetes. Note: Health Canada advises women who are planning to become pregnant and who are pregnant or breastfeeding to limit daily caffeine intake to 300 milligrams.
BOTTOM LINE
While the research suggests that consum- ing three to five eight-ounce cups of caffei- nated coffee each day has cardiovascular benefits, there is no one-size-fits-all rec- ommendation for caffeine intake. Caffeine tolerance is highly individual and is influenced by age, medications, un- derlying health conditions, habitual in- take and genetics, which affect how quick- ly caffeine is cleared from the body. The amount of caffeine that’s right for one person may be too much for someone else, leading to adverse effects such as sleep disturbances, palpitations, headache and anxiousness. If you’re unsure how much caffeine is right for you, speak to your health care provider.
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is our proximity to each other and to green space, Alexis Palmer-Fluevog writes
t started with a meme: “La- dies; you don’t need an ex- pensive gym or a personal trainer. All you need is a Hot Girl Walk!” It was spring 2020, and the meme was quickly relayed through my neighbourhood
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out with Maddie for a loop” or their child, “walking around the lake with Isla.” It’s like a call to all the other women on our street, our equivalent of a bat sig- nal: Tie your shoes laces. Get moving. Move bodies. Boost moods. Talk therapy. Strategize for life. Collectively, we solve many of the world’s problems: we have a lawyer for legal issues, a chemist for science needs, a policy expert for governance issues, a master seamstress for all costumes great and small, an infectious disease expert to remind everyone when their vaccinations are due and to wash their hands. Beside profes- sional opinions, we advise on all things related to, but not limited to: kids sports, marital strains, dog training, city planning, edu- cation choices, health (perime- nopause in particular) and pop culture. We have never heard a podcast we couldn’t dissect. As mothers to tweens and teens, we are a (marginally) on- trend bunch. We listen to the kids and share their advice. We were informed early by one teen daughter that ankle socks were “super cringe” and that crew socks are the way to go (we don’t ask why, we just follow). We are
lucky to have such sartorial ad- vice in our realm. We’re informed by the hormonal and moody tween boys that “nobody says 6-7 any more.” Think of the so- cial gaffes we have averted! The HGW group is going on six years now, and it has lived through a lot. We have celebrat- ed births and we have mourned deaths. We have celebrated mile- stone birthdays. We have seen each other through scary doc- tors’ appointments and home renovations, serious family ill- nesses and aging parents, career advancements and the training of all those COVID-19 dogs. I have never had a group of women in my life this constant and steady. After years of fraught teenage girl drama that melded into my turbulent 20s and then the competing demands of ca- reer and young kids in my 30s, it is a surprise to have this group of women in my 40s. Just when I need it most. Just when the space between children’s needs and aging parents’ needs is so thin, it is a wonder and a relief to have a group of women who will lace up their shoes in all weather and walk. Without consciously working at it, we have become part of
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something larger. We have nat- urally met each other’s needs. The power of community is nothing new and yet it seems like a surprise when it is actual- ized. There are countless stories of communities showing up for each other in times of need. Dur- ing hurricanes, wildfires, earth- quakes, it is the neighbours who are the first responders. Hot Girls’ Walking needs are not so dire. In the grand scheme of things, the act of meeting up with neigh- bours to walk seems small. Some days though, it feels like an act of resistance. A radical act. A joyful act against so much mad chaos in the world, political and per- sonal. Our revolutionary act is to check in with each other and keep tabs on community hap- penings. Taking a break and re- connecting with friends is a small action with big conse- quences. We are fixing our world all while getting our steps in.
Alexis Palmer-Fluevog lives in Vancouver.
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North dealer. Neither side vulnerable.
The bidding:
North EAst South West Pass Pass 4 [S] Opening Lead – king of clubs.
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1 Dive like a hawk 2 Mehndi colorant 3 Group where eight is enough 4 Baby’s cry 5 “Please excuse my dear aunt Sally,” e.g. 6 “Fess up already” 7 Palindromic time of day 8 Palindromic Honda model 9 Palindromic saison 10 Restaurant’s rhyming treat for a dog 11 Failed in grand fashion 12 Comment from a gift giver 13 Snappish summons 14 Places to receive immediate care, for short 21 -chef 23 Protruding navel 25 Kind of monkey 26 Sensitive spots 28 One who starts and ends on a low note? 31 Schoolroom predating laptops 32 Be of great influence 33 Rude question after someone pipes up 34 Der, die, ___ (German 101 lesson) 35 Tool for cubing vegetables 38 Colorfully named Delaware team 40 “Voulez-” (ABBA song) 41 Spots for built-in bookcases 43 “The Case for Reparations” author Ta-Nehisi
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This deal occurred in the women’s team championship at the 1972 World Bridge Olym- piad. The declarer was Emma Jean Hawes of the United States, pitted against Rina Jabes and Maria Robaudo of Italy. Hawes was satisfied with her four-spade contract after the dummy was tabled but was reduced to the role of an innocent observer as Jabes and Robaudo collaborated beautifully to collect the first four tricks. Jabes led the king of clubs and continued with the ace, on which Robaudo played the queen! This seemingly extravagant play was
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a suit-preference signal asking West to lead a heart – the higher- ranking of the two side suits – at trick three. Jabes did exactly as instructed, but to ensure getting a club re- turn at trick four, she shifted to the nine of hearts, pretending it was her highest heart. Robaudo took the ace and re- turned the jack of clubs, and the contract went down one when West heartlessly ruffed with the nine of trump. As if this were not enough mis- fortune on the deal, the Ameri- can team suffered a second re- versal at the other table, where
the bidding, with the U.S. now East-West, went:
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The findings build on previous research on a pressing national problem: Doctors who work in overcrowded ERs are experienc- ing burnout to the point that some do not want to work in that environment. From coast to coast, physicians in general, regardless of their area of practice, frequently say their work is taking an emotional toll on them, including some experi- encing distress. Last year, the Canadian Medi- cal Association reported high rates of burnout and depression among the country’s doctors five years after the onset of the CO- VID-19 pandemic. The CMA, a national organiza- tion that represents doctors and medical learners, said data from its2025NationalPhysicianHealth Survey show doctors are still struggling with “excessive work- loads, exhaustion and burnout – leading some to reduce clinical hoursorconsiderleavingpractice altogether.” For the new CMAJ study, re- searchers asked participants who enrolled in a study on ER physi- cian wellness in April, 2020, if they would like to participate in three follow-up surveys: in No- vember, 2020; September, 2022; and January, 2025. The authors then analyzed responses from 2025 and identified themes that explain causes of burnout, as well as consequences and tools used by doctors to remain on the job. The median age of a partici- pant was 41, and 54 per cent worked in Ontario, 14 per cent in Quebec and 10 per cent in British Columbia. These demographics are similar to the participants who registered for the original study in April, 2020. Kerstin de Wit, an emergency room physician at Kingston Health Sciences Centre and a Queen’s University professor, is one the study’s co-authors. She said a theme in the findings is “the health care system is bro- ken.” “We found repeated references
The matter was then referred to the office, which launched an in- vestigation. On Thursday, officers searched the suspect’s home and place of work inside NATO’s command centre, with support from a com- puter crime unit and a forensic and scientific unit, the prosecu- tor’s office said. The suspect was arrested the next day. Colonel Martin O’Donnell, a SHAPE spokesperson, said there is no indication that NATO or
TORONTO POLICE INVESTIGATE DAMAGE DONE TO TWO JEWISH-OWNED BAKERIES
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ER physicians reported in a CMA survey that they often experienced blame for wider problems in the health care system. GRAHAM HUGHES/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
to the emergency department making up for system inadequa- cies, with fewer resources and lit- tle support, and the expectation that the situation will worsen,” Dr. de Wit said. “For many, the future of emer- gency medicine was hopeless, with no possibility of recovery,” she said. ER physicians reported they often experienced blame about wider problems in the health care system and how this was “demor- alizing.” “Workplace challenges includ- ed extremely high patient vol- umesandlongwaittimes,leading to patient assessments in corri- dors and waiting rooms, with re- sultant substandard care,” the study said. “Additional challenges includ- ed lack of primary care to follow up with patients, and reduced ac- cess to or long waits for specialist clinic appointments. Participants noted they rarely had access to the appropriate services to help.” Survey participants also com- mented on a lack of accountabil- ity at every level of health care in- stitutions. “Anger was directed to- ward hospital and political lead- ers, and occasionally toward patients,” the study said. In a related editorial, Catherine Varner, an emergency physician and deputy editor at the CMAJ,
SHAPE operational readiness, command and control arrange- ments, or continuing tasks have been adversely affected. “SHAPE continues to fulfill its responsibilities without interrup- tion,” he said in an e-mail. “NATO remains fully committed to pro- tecting Allied personnel, safe- guarding classified information, and maintaining the trust and security upon which the Alliance depends,” he added. Belgium also plays host to the European Commission and Eu- ropean Parliament in Brussels
wrote about how "collective dis- tress and quiet attrition signals a serious threat.” “Canada’s 50-year investment in developing a highly effective fleet of physicians with special- ized or additional training in emergency medicine, who pro- vide 24-hour coverage to most emergency departments across the country, could be squan- dered,” Dr. Varner wrote. The study also detailed strate- gies discussed among partici- pants to help them stay in ER medicine, which could be facili- tated by provincial, regional and institutional health leaders. “Prevailing strategies included reducing their shift load, taking on a new professional role, and changing health care organiza- tions,” it said. The need for reforms in health care was discussed in Charlotte- town last week, at a First Minis- ters’ meeting. Premiers are con- cerned that significant levels of federal funding in health care agreements between Ottawa and the provinces and territories are set to expire in March, 2027. They warn this will result in a “fiscal cliff.” AstatementfromtheFirstMin- isters said they agreed to direct theirhealthandfinanceministers to discuss longer-term funding and productivity in the sector.
and has been the target of espion- age attempts in the past. Last year, a Brussels police offi- cer was arrested on charges of spying, allegedly for China and Russia, according to reports. The Belgian federal prosecutor last year began a probe into a cybersecurity breach of Belgium’s intelligence service in 2023. The breach was allegedly carried out by hackers linked to Chinese espionage.
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merge in Northern B.C.
Pear Lake, Fiftynine Creek blazes combined and remained active on Sunday
BRENNA OWEN
Two wildfires threatening the village of Clinton, B.C., and the surrounding area merged late Saturday, a day after the Pear Lake blaze destroyed structures, including homes, on the outskirts of the community. An update from BC Wildfire Service said the Pear Lake and Fiftynine Creek blazes combined and remained very active on Sunday, moving north and northeast of the Chasm area, about 20 kilometres north of Clinton. The fire’s projected growth to the north prompted the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to post a notice Sunday about a planned evacuation order for the community of 70 Mile House and the surrounding area. The order would be issued Monday at 10 a.m., the district saidonitsFacebookpageinamessagethaturgedresidentsto get ready to leave. The south Green Lake area would remain on evacuation alert, it added. Fire information officer Shae Stearns, meanwhile, said crews continued to work in Clinton to protect structures and fight what she described as active fire in the community, which was ordered evacuated as the Pear Lake fire surged on Friday. “There’s no longer like the head of a fire progressing to- ward Clinton, [it’s] more like decreased fire behaviour,” she said in a phone interview on Sunday. But there was still “quite a lot of ground firefighting-wise to cover,” she said. The wildfire service updated its mapping on Sunday, showing the estimated size of the Pear Lake and Fiftynine Creek fires combined was nearly 670 square kilometres. The roughly 250-square-kilometre French Bar Creek fire also con- tinued to burn to the northwest, making up the Big Bar com- plex of fires. A local official from Clinton confirmed over the weekend that the Pear Lake blaze inflicted structural losses on Friday, though the village itself was mostly spared. The owner of a towing and autobody business three kilo- metres south of Clinton, however, said he and his family lost everything, including their two homes. Steve Larabie, who initially stayed behind, said there were about 3,000 vehicles and 50 pieces of equipment at the busi- ness. Vehicles and excavators were burning and gas and die- sel were exploding as the flames roared in, he said on Sat- urday. Conditions got so bad that Mr. Larabie said he had to flee. By the next day, the two fires had merged and crossed over a stretch of Highway 97, which would require repairs, Ms. Stearns said. On the east side of the highway, the wildfire service noted the flames were moving into an area already scarred by wild- fire, helping to moderate its activity. But the region has been plagued by drought, raising the risk of ignitions and aggressive fire behaviour. “The fuels are still very dry, even when we have those cooler temperatures and a higher relative humidity,” Ms. Stearns said. While it was raining in Metro Vancouver on Sunday, she said significant rain was not expected in the Clinton area, about 350 kilometres to the northeast. To the east, the Central Okanagan emergency manage- ment centre issued an evacuation alert for residents of more than 500 properties in the La Casa area north of West Kelow- na, B.C., late Saturday due to a nearby blaze, but it was lifted the next day. “Although the wildfire remains classified as out of control, significant progress has been made by firefighting crews in reducing fire activity and protecting the area,” the centre said in its statement on Sunday. Crews re-established a perimeter around the fire and re- ported no spotting or spread, it said. In the Fraser Canyon, the community of Boston Bar and surrounding areas remained subject to evacuation orders prompted by the Brunswick complex of fires, which together span more than 355 square kilometres. The fires prompted officials to shut off the local water sup- ply last week to help preserve the supply for firefighters. But the Fraser Valley Regional District said RCMP were in- vestigating vandalism to the system, where a valve was re- opened incorrectly a few hours after the shut-off, with the potential to cause “catastrophic” damage. The district received a high-flow alarm and staff were able to turn the water off again, it said in a statement posted on- line. The system had not yet been fully assessed after the in- cident, and the district said officials hoped the damage was minimal. The Brunswick and Ainslie Creek blazes continued to move south on either side of the Fraser Canyon, but they weren’t growing at a significant rate, the wildfire service said in an update Sunday. It said there hadn’t been significant growth in the north- east section of the Ainslie Creek fire since July 24, but the blaze remained active. The Anderson Creek fire was active where it had burned into the Ainslie Creek blaze, consuming patches of unburned fuel, the service said. The service’s website showed there were nearly three doz- en evacuation orders and close to 30 evacuation alerts across B.C.onSunday,mainlyconcentratedintheprovince’scentral and southern Interior. The service’s provincial situation report said some areas saw rain and cooler temperatures over the weekend, provid- ing temporary relief, but much of B.C. remained wracked by drought with limited rain. Personnel from Yukon Protective Services, Alberta Wild- fire and Mexico are set to arrive in B.C. over the coming days to aid in the fight against about 140 active blazes throughout the province, the service noted.
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for cash over shares in 2025, preferring upfront pay
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JAMESON BERKOW CAPITAL MARKETS REPORTER
In an environment of constant economic flux, Canada’s top ex- ecutives are increasingly opting to be paid up front. Cash compensation for the leaders of Canada’s 100 largest publicly traded companies surged in 2025, according to The Globe and Mail’s annual review of CEO pay packages, which is done in partnership with consulting firm Global Governance Advisors. Median annual bonus levels for chief executive officers, for exam- ple, rose more than 27 per cent to nearly $2.2-million last year, while longer-term incentives such as stock awards declined from 2024 levels. “Bonuses were the big one that saw the largest increases,” said Peter Landers, senior partner at Global Governance Advisors. “It was interesting to see bonuses tended to track well, but more muted increases in salary and the long-term incentive level.” Richard Leblanc, professor of governance, law and ethics at York University, also said the trends suggest more of a focus on short-term compensation and less focus on longer-term incen- tives. In an interview, Prof. Leblanc said the trade-related issues facing Canadian businesses could be leading executives to shy away from options as a component of their overall compensation.
EXECUTIVES, B5
‘axe the fax’ program gets new life in Quebec
TU THANH HA CHRIS HANNAY
A federal “axe the fax” digital pre- scription program that was shut down earlier this year after low uptake, contentious parliamen- tary hearings and nearly $300- million in spending has been giv- en new life as the Quebec govern- ment plans to roll out the plat- form widely to the province’s doctors and pharmacists. Quebec said it will operate its version of PrescribeIT, known lo- cally by its French-language name Prescription Québec, with provincial funds. The main tech- nology vendor will remain Telus Health, which collected about a third of the federal spending on the program and retains owner- ship of most of the intellectual property. Canada Health Infoway launched PrescribeIT in 2017 as part of initiatives to replace fax machines with digital alterna- tivesforsendingprescriptionsbe- tween doctors and pharmacists. Nearly $300-million in federal funds was invested in PrescribeIT over the years. The program was shut down May 29 in most of the country because of low uptake, with less than 5 per cent of prescriptions going through the system. But Quebec Health Minister Sonia Bélanger convinced Info- way and the federal government to keep a pilot project in the prov- ince going past the May shut- down. On July 17, Infoway and Santé Québec, the provincial authority for health care delivery, an- nounced they reached a deal to continuethePrescriptionQuébec pilot project and expected to ex- pand it to the rest of the prov- ince’s 1,900 retail pharmacies.
PRESCRIPTIONS, B6
A tanker arrives at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fos-sur-Mer, France, in 2023. U.S. producers supply about two-thirds of European LNG. CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
senior executives are rethinking hiring
STEFANIE MAROTTA BANKING REPORTER
The race to deploy artificial intelligence at Canada’s biggest banks is prompting se- nior executives to rethink staff roles, stem hiring and roll out training to entice em- ployees to use the new technology, as con- cerns mount over the impact on jobs across lenders globally. Canada’s banks have not disclosed sig- nificant job cuts caused by AI adoption. But senior bankers say the technology has reduced the need to hire new staff as AI takes on more of the “toil” work while employees pivot to focus on higher-value work.
if Nutrien chooses U.S. port over B.C.
JOHN TURLEY-EWART
OPINION TRADE The new wave of Trump tariffs is likely here to stay B3
t’s a red flag for domestic and foreign investors. A Canadian company and dominant player on the global stage is ready, in the middle of a trade war be- tween Canada and the United States, to invest upward of $1-billion in the U.S. rather than at home. What is driving the investment south? Basic business requirements that a G7 country, especially Canada, should prior- itize. Available skilled labour, inbound and outbound logistics, including rail con- nectivity, competitive costs, access to cus- tomers and markets, and a “collaborative partner for the proposed project.” The Saskatchewan-based potash miner Nutrien is the company. It made a prelimi- nary decision last December to invest in the Port of Longview, in Washington State, rather than B.C.’s Port of Vancouver, through which it has long shipped. Canada’s Transport Minister, Steven MacKinnon, recently told The Globe and Mail, “I’d be lying if I told you that [Nutri- en’s] decision, which is still hard to digest, was not at least an impetus for some action” on the part of the government. “Some action” for Mr. MacKinnon ap-
With the EU months away from ending Russian LNG imports, leaders now fear becoming dependent on U.S. fuel B3
“We may not need to hire as many peo- ple, but we have lots more work coming down the pipe that we need to do,” Cana- dian Imperial Bank of Commerce chief technology and information officer Ri- chard Jardim said in an interview. “We keep iterating on adding the new skills and adjusting what some of the roles do, but we don’t make those roles go away yet, because we still have lots of work we need to get through.” The financial industry has been faster to adopt AI than most sectors in Canada. More than 30 per cent of finance and insur- ancefirmsareusingAI,comparedwithjust 1.5 per cent of businesses in accommoda- tion and food services. Banks are setting the tone for how the rapidly evolving tech-
pears to be a reference to the recent re- ferral of the Port of Vancouver expansion project to the federal government’s Major Projects Office to fast-track the develop- ment. Nutrien’s choice of port is a case study in what Prime Minister Mark Carney must fix if all his talk, travel and foreign invest- ment deals are to have any meaning. The company’s proposal, which it plans to formalize in 2027, suggests many Cana- dian leaders have lost sight of what helped power economic growth in much of Canada’s past. A fine reminder of this, an essay titled “Staples Theory is Back,” was recently published in the upstart 2067: A Journal of Canadian Consciousness. It highlights that Canada’s economic success was built on leveraging the de- mand for our commodities to build a di- versified, modern industrial economy, creating high-value chains that lift living standards. What that looks like in theory is using, for instance, the demand for Canadian potash to design and build the supporting infrastructure – the railways, roads, ports and ships needed to support exports. Nu- trien’s intentions signal that Canada has made it harder to repeat proven patterns of economic growth.
TURLEY-EWART, B4
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nology will transform the work force. Once an experimental concept, AI has become a major vehicle to cut costs and improve efficiency at banks. The country’s lenders are already making inroads on in- vestor expectations that AI can go a step furthertodriverevenueandbolsterprofits. Some major global banks have lauded the job cuts afforded by AI. In mid-July, JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, reported record profit for the second quarter, and chief ex- ecutive officer Jamie Dimon said there are areas where the lender has trimmed jobs by 30 to 40 per cent owing to AI. He added that most employees found other roles at the company.
HIRING, B6
E-COMMERCE Shein posts loss due to tariffs ahead of IPO B2
PERSONAL FINANCE We tested whether seniors’ discounts really help save money B7
Quarterly loss partly a result of slowing sales after U.S. removal of import duty exemption
LIZ LEE YANTOULTRA NGUI
Shein swung to a US$99-million quarterly loss owing to slowing sales after the U.S. removed an import duty exemption on small packages and a hefty one-time accounting charge, the online re- tailer’s pre-IPO financial filings showed on Sunday. The filing, which lays the groundwork for investor road- shows and official bookbuilding of its much-awaited Hong Kong IPO, showed that Shein posted a loss in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a net income of $395-million a year earlier. The European Union, a key market for Shein, also this month imposed a €3 fee on low- value e-commerce imports, to curb what the EU calls unfair competition from China. The Singapore-headquartered company, which was founded in China, did not disclose the size of the Hong Kong share sale, the of- fer price, the listing timetable, or expected proceeds from the of- fering in the draft prospectus. Shein won approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) for its Hong Kong listing on July 10, clearing the way for a listing after failed attempts in New York and Lon- don. The financial details give in- vestors a sharper look at the pressure facing Shein as it seeks new funds amid higher costs, slower growth, and growing reg- ulatory scrutiny in key markets. The first-quarter loss partly re- flected an accounting change un- der which it took a US$328-mil- lion fair-value charge on convert- ible redeemable preferred shares. These are investor shares that can later convert into ordi- nary shares, and their account- ing value can change before a listing.
signs lease and leaseback deal for oil pipeline network
FEDERICO MACCIONI AHMED ELIMAM T
Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has signed a US$16-billion deal to lease and lease back its crude oil pipeline network with a consorti- um comprising global funds Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR, the state-owned Gulf firm said on Saturday. It said it was the largest foreign direct investment in the coun- try’s history. Under the investment called Project Peregrine, KPC’s unit Ku- wait Oil Company (KOC) is estab- lishing a joint venture with the three global investors in a lease and leaseback structure for a 20.5- year period that includes a vol- ume-based tariff, KPC said in a statement. “This transaction sends a pow- erful signal that Kuwait continues to rise as an attractive destination for global capital, even amid a challenging regional environ- ment,” KPC deputy chairman and CEO Shaikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah said in the statement. The process for the stake sale was launched just before joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, Reuters previously reported, citing sources. Iran continues to attackinfrastructureinKuwaitaf- ter an interim truce between the U.S. and Iran that was meant to end the war collapsed last month. The KPC deal is part of a broad- er push by Gulf state oil compa- nies and sovereign investors to raise funds from infrastructure assets and attract foreign capital. It follows pipeline fundraisings by Saudi Arabia’s Aramco, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Bahrain’s Bapco Energies. Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR will collectively hold a 49- per-cent stake in the joint ven- ture, while KOC will retain a 51- per-cent stake as well as full own- ership and operational control of the network, which comprises 13 pipelines spanning a total of around 320 kilometres.
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Costumers shop on the opening day of Asian e-commerce giant Shein’s first physical store in Paris last year. The European Union this month imposed a €3 fee on low-value e-commerce imports, to curb what the EU calls unfair competition from China. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
The accounting loss comes as Shein, which sells $5 dresses and $10 jeans in around 160 coun- tries, saw a sharp drop in its valu- ation in recent years as a pan- demic-driven online shopping boom faded and the U.S. closed the “de minimis” duty loophole. Shein was seeking a valuation of US$40- to US$50-billion in its IPO, Reuters reported this month, citing a source with knowledge of the matter. That’s a far cry from the US$100-billion value that media reported it was given in a funding round in 2022. Since May, 2025, the removal of the de minimis exemption has had an “adverse impact” on sales in the U.S., Shein’s biggest mar- ket, and on overall growth, and has contributed to an increase in expenses, the company said in the filing. The de minimis rule had al- lowed packages worth less than
neighbourhood looks to new foundations
IAN BICKIS WINNIPEG
he lot Jesse Bettcher lives on in Winnipeg’s north end used to be a pileofburntrubble.Samewiththe one next door. And the one across the street. But he’s now the proud owner of a two- storey house with blue-grey siding and white trim, so new the orange construc- tion fencing is still out front. It’s a dream home for Mr. Bettcher, and the latest hope for a city seeking to knock down, clean up and revitalize neighbour- hoods that have seen hundreds of homes left vacant, leading to safety hazards and worries about the future. He bought the house as part of a pilot project aimed at creating affordable home ownership. It let him and his family move out of a rental that he said was falling apart. “It’s surreal, it’s like an Airbnb almost,” said Mr. Bettcher, standing on the dirt of his front yard. He said that with a credit score below 500 he had a lot of help, including from a provincial credit union, to buy. What the family used to pay in rent, they now use for a mortgage, money effectively passed on to the next generation. “It’s not for me,” he said. “It’s for the kids.” The city sold the lot to Purpose Con- struction for a dollar. One of the first pro- jects was Mr. Bettcher’s house. Another is the one across the street from him, which has been cleared and getting ready for con- struction. There has also been money from the province, and advocacy from local leaders such as Darrell Warren. “If people see new houses built on these lots, they’ll notice the change, and that gives people living here hope,” said Mr. Warren, head of the William Whyte Neigh- bourhood Association. He has been pushing for the program to reverse the growing number of derelict properties that risk making more people leave. “If you just keep seeing boarded-up der- elict property, you’re going to think ‘Well, I don’t want to live there,’” said Mr. Warren. People in William Whyte do see a lot of those properties. The neighbourhood has about 300 boarded-up buildings or empty lots. That is up from 60 when Mr. Warren began working on the issue in 2017. That makes for a little over one in 10 properties in the neighbourhood that spanssixbynineblocks,andaccountsfora sizable proportion of the 800-plus vacant buildings in Winnipeg. Vacant buildings have been a growing concern in the city as a combination of a
US$800 to enter the U.S. without duties. Shein said Chinese-origin products sold by it or through its marketplace and shipped to the U.S. are now subject to tax rates ranging from 10 per cent to 87.5 per cent. “In response to the increased duties and taxes, we are pursuing a wide range of options, includ- ing increasing our prices in the U.S. market to offset a portion of the increased costs,” it said. Shein’s U.S. revenue fell 14.3 per cent to US$2.04-billion in the first quarter from US$2.38-billion a year earlier. The U.S. accounted for 22.5 per cent of quarterly rev- enue, down from 29.4 per cent of annual revenue in 2023. Europe accounted for about one-third of Shein’s revenues in 2025 and could also be affected this year by the EU duty. “Although it remains too early to fully assess, it is possible that
Jesse Bettcher stands in front of his new home in Winnipeg’s north end. Mr. Bettcher bought the house as part of a pilot project aimed at creating affordable home ownership. COLIN CORNEAU/THE CANADIAN PRESS
flight to the suburbs, aging inner-city housing and challenges with poverty and substance abuse make the problem worse, creating concerns for local residents. “Where my mind goes – a lot – is to the kids,” said Tracy McKenzie, standing at the corner of the Pritchard playground, which was bustling with children one recent eve- ning. She said she worries about the young people who are tempted to explore the va- cant houses. A house across the street from her was deemed a trap house before burning down with some animals dying inside. “There’s so many things you have to be worried about happening within the houses, and all the fires that are happen- ing,” she said. Fires are not only dangerous, but costly. The city says it spent $14.5-million fighting 232 fires in the William Whyte neighbour- hood in 2024. A few blocks from the park, past many manicured lawns, flower beds and a com- munity garden in a vacant lot, stands what Mr. Warren calls his nightmare property. It’s a row of three houses, all owned by the same landlord, that have together seen 12 fires in the last three years. A few months ago, one of those fires also burned down the garage of a neighbouring house where a family lives, he said. “There’s always a chance your house can go, right? What’s it gonna take, like maybe somebody’s life, before we actually act on this stuff?”
trends in the EU could be gener- ally in line with or exceed the impact observed in the U.S. after the removal of the U.S. de min- imis exemption,” Shein warned in the prospectus. For the entire business, the company’s 2025 net income fell 38.7 per cent to US$2.06-billion from the preceding year, while revenues grew 8 per cent to US$41.85-billion, slowing from 20.7 per cent growth in 2024, the filing showed. Its operating margin dropped to 2.9 per cent in the first quarter from 3.9 per cent in the year-ago period. Founded in Nanjing, Shein has found itself at the centre of grow- ing trade tensions between the U.S. and China. It has faced criticism from ri- vals, regulators and advocacy groups over issues including working conditions in supplier
factories, allegedly addictive fea- tures of its shopping app, and the environmental impact of shipping large volumes by air. Shein has said it has a zero- tolerance policy on labour abus- es, and has invested in risk as- sessments and mitigation frame- works to safeguard users. In the prospectus, Shein said the majority of products manu- factured by its supply chain part- ners are stored in central ware- houses in China before shipping. In 2025, products stored in Chi- nese central warehouses ac- counted for more than 90 per cent of net revenue. Shein’s pre-IPO investors in- cluded IDG, Sequoia Capital, HongShan, Tiger Global, Boyu, Brookfield and General Atlantic, among others, the draft prospec- tus showed.
The growing issue has led the city to ramp up enforcement tools. It has hiked the tax on vacant properties, added more inspections and imposed stricter rules on boarding up homes. Winnipeg has also begun seizing 48 properties without compensation from negligent landlords and has changed the rules to make the process faster. Most recently, the city has begun taking applications for $35,000 grants to help ren- ovate vacant buildings and turn them back into houses. “We’re trying to … match the sticks with the carrots, or provide some incentives alongside enforcement,” said Emma Fine- blit, the city’s co-ordinator for neighbour- hood revitalization. She said that while the city has been fo- cusing on building new affordable hous- ing, refurbishing old ones can add units at a lower cost. Reducing the number of va- cant lots can also create broader social and safety benefits. Mr. Warren is still holding out hope that the neighbourhood can be renewed. As someone who has spent all of his 65 years there, he remembers when people sat on their doorsteps, visited and watched out for one another. “I remember how beautiful the neigh- bourhood was, and how viable the neigh- bourhood was and everything else,” he said. “I believe we can get back there.”
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Continent aggressively increases fuel imports, particularly overseas from United States
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urope is on the cusp of a piv- otal point in its yearslong quest to rid itself of Russian gas. In fewer than six months, the European Union will end the last ofitsRussianliquefiednaturalgas imports, a major step at trying to keep the Kremlin from using its abundant energy to fund its war machine. To survive the shift, Europe has aggressively increased fuel im- ports, particularly from the Unit- edStates.U.S.producersnowsup- ply about two-thirds of European liquefied natural gas, a share that could rise to as much as 80 per centbytheendofthedecade.LNG is gas supercooled to liquid form so it can be transported by sea in special tankers. But the United States’ relation- ship with Europe is at a low point, eroded by President Donald Trump’s frequent threats to im- pose tariffs, his periodic demands to control Greenland and the fis- sures over America’s decision to wage war with Iran. That has engendered intense anxiety among defence and ener- gy leaders who fear Europe is es- caping the grip of a Russian gas monopoly only to hand Washing- ton – and a mercurial American president – outsize leverage over its domestic energy policies. “The reality is, the relationship has been massively fractured,” saidGeneralSirRichardShirreff,a former senior commander of the North Atlantic alliance. “To build dependency on America, with the greatest re- spect,atatimelikethisisnotclev- er,” he said in an interview at a re- cent conference in London. Seeking to break this cycle of reliance on the United States as well as other nations once and for all, European leaders put forward a plan last week to electrify the continent. The European Com- mission, the European Union’s executivearm,aimstoshiftrapid- ly to homegrown and renewable sourcesforindustrialpowergrids, heating and transportation. The proposal was designed to starve foreign energy suppliers of their leverage, while slashing
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.S. President Donald Trump had no time for lengthy tariff investiga- tions when he returned to office last year, wanting to hammer trading partners right away to wring concessions. What followed was a chaotic start to a trade agenda that was eventually upended by a stinging Supreme Court defeat this year. Now he and his team are moving into a new phase to build a more durable U.S. tariff wall using more traditional and court-tested trade laws, those he had little pa- tience for 18 months ago. His latest global tariff salvo – duties of 10 per cent or 12.5 per cent on 60 countries over alleg- edly weak enforcement of forced- labour bans – marks the first of numerous tariff actions to be un- veiled in the months ahead. They include probes into excess indus- trial capacity, alleged intellectual property theft by Vietnam, and national security protections for strategic industries from semi- conductors to robotics and indus- trial machinery. “We’re at the end of the begin- ning of the Trump tariff agenda,” said Dan Ujczo, associate general counsel at Cenovus Energy, who specializes in U.S.-Canada trade. “Within the next few weeks, and certainly by the end of the sum- mer, we will see large parts of President Trump’s trade policy fully in effect.” This could bring more clarity and certainty for businesses on Mr. Trump’s ultimate tariff struc- ture, along with dread in foreign trade ministries that they may have to cough up more conces- sions to protect access to a $3.4- trillion U.S. import market. Mr. Trump’s new anti-forced labour duties imposed under Sec- tion 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, the unfair trade practices statute used against China during his first term, almost directly replace a global 10 per cent temporary tariff that expired on Friday. They cover 99.4 per cent of U.S. im-
A gas tanker is filled at the Sakhalin-2 liquefied natural gas plant near Sakhalin, Russia. The European Union has already ended short-term contracts for liquid fuel imports from Russia, and a ban on Russian liquefied gas under long-term contracts goes into effect Jan. 1. SERGEY PONOMAREV/NYT
greenhouse gas emissions and lowering energy costs. “The U.S. is certainly part of the solution for us in the short term, but in the long term we are on track to get rid of our dependency on natural gas altogether,” Dan Jorgensen, the EU commissioner for housing and energy, said in an interview. “From an economic perspec- tiveandasecurityperspective,we are in a very unsustainable situa- tion, and we need to get out of that,” Mr. Jorgensen said. The European Union has al- ready ended short-term contracts for liquid fuel imports from Rus- sia. The ban on Russian liquefied gas under long-term contracts goes into effect on Jan. 1. One year later, Europe is set to eliminate Russian gas imports that arrive via pipeline. For now, Europe is buying Rus- siangasatrecordlevels.European imports of Russian liquefied nat- ural gas increased 17 per cent be- tween March 18, when the EU ban began phasing in, and May 31, compared with the same period in 2025, according to the EU offi- cial data. Russian pipeline im- ports also increased, by 5 per cent.
U.S. President Donald Trump last week imposed 50 per cent duties on Canadian beer, dairy, hockey sticks and other products. ROD LAMKEY/AP
ports, the U.S. Trade Representa- tive’s office said. This rebuilds part of Mr. Trump’s signature “Liberation Day” tariffs of 10-50 per cent on nearly every country, which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down as illegal under an untested na- tional emergencies law Mr. Trump used to impose them. An- other part of the baseline tariffs is likely to be rebuilt by another Section 301 investigation into ex- cess industrial capacity, targeting 16 big trading partners, including China, the EU, Japan, South Ko- rea, Mexico and Vietnam. That ongoing probe targets industrial subsidies and other export-fo- cused policies. Amid a wider uproar over Mr. Trump’s move, some viewed it as largely maintaining the status quo. Mark Bissell, CEO of Michigan- based vacuum maker Bissell Inc., said the newest tariffs were large- ly what the company anticipated and it hadn’t frontloaded inven- tory from China and elsewhere to try to beat them. “We continued to run the busi- ness based on the belief that the tariffs would stay in the 10-15% range,” Bissell said in an e-mail to Reuters. Mr. Trump’s gamble on quick but untested tariffs right out of the gate did four things. It heaped added costs onto retailers and
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It is a volatile period in energy markets. Fuel like LNG is bought far in advance, and the amount many hoped would be available now simply isn’t there. As the fighting in Iran contin- ues, Iranian strikes against Qatar, the world’s second-largest expor- ter of LNG, also badly damaged the country’s export capacity. Qa- tar was not a major source of Eu- rope’sliquefiedgasbeforethewar – between 6 per cent and 8 per cent. Still, the disruptions to gas flows from Qatar and elsewhere intheMiddleEasthavescrambled global supplies and caused prices to spike. AceasefireinJunebetweenthe United States and Iran briefly opened a window for tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz. But gas tankers have come to a virtual halt after that deal collapsed and both sides renewed attacks. “Europe was counting on the fact that by 2027 there would be a lot of LNG,” said Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a research scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. With the Iranwarscramblingthatcalculus, “the situation is a lot more com- plicated,” she said.
other import-dependent indus- tries; it brought dozens of trading partners to the negotiating table, yielding concessions for lower rates; it prompted swift retalia- tion and tariff escalation from China that led to a delicate truce; and it filled U.S. fiscal coffers with hundreds of billions of dollars. The Liberation Day tariffs alone yielded $166-billion in rev- enue, a major offset to a growing federal deficit, but refunds to im- porters have now turned those collections negative. The 150-day temporary tariffs, based on a law meant to quell balance-of-pay- ments crises, have added $31-bil- lion in assessed revenue through July 5. But if a federal court ruling against them stands, that money, too, is subject to refund. With U.S. public debt ap- proaching $40-trillion, Josh Lip- sky, chair of international eco- nomics at the Atlantic Council, said subsequent administrations may become addicted to tariff revenue that is likely to be sus- tained. “The tariff wall is being rebuilt strong brick by strong brick, and it’s very durable,” Mr. Lipsky said. Mr. Trump’s broad use of Section 301 in the forced-labour case prompted an immediate legal challenge by small businesses, but trade and legal experts say this will take time to play out. The statute has a solid track record in
Once Russian cargoes stop flowing, much of the gap will be filled by American liquefied natu- ral gas. The United States current- ly supplies about two-thirds of Europe’s LNG, compared with about a quarter of it in 2021. Nige- ria and Qatar supply most of the rest. For natural gas delivered by pipeline, Europe heavily relies on supplies from Norway and Alge- ria. American LNG is attractive to Europe for a number of reasons, including the ease with which ships can travel back and forth. But last month, Chris Wright, the U.S. energy secretary, warned that a European climate regula- tionthataimstocurbleaksofme- thane – a potent greenhouse gas – was overly burdensome and could cause U.S. gas suppliers to sell to other regions instead. “Without a meaningful reform of that rule, it is going to cause se- rious pain into Europe, and that’s unnecessary,” Mr. Wright told Bloomberg in comments con- firmed by his office. “Our energy will flow,” Mr. Wright said. But he added, “It’ll just flow somewhere else.” Ben Dietderich, a spokesper-
the courts, and judges may be re- luctant to enjoin actions aimed at curbing forced labor and lower- ing barriers to U.S. goods. U.S. Trade Representative Ja- mieson Greer made clear this week that Mr. Trump will use ev- erything at his disposal to erect tariffs to reshore production and shrink the trade deficit. “The specific authorities this administration is using have changed, but the trade strategy has not,” Mr. Greer told the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Mr. Greer, who has not com- mitted to a timeline for the indus- trial capacity investigations, has said the layers of tariffs being re- built will not exceed caps includ- ed in deals he has been negotiat- ing, including 15 per cent for the EU, Japan and South Korea and higher rates for Southeast Asian countries. Administration officials say even though China is viewed as the world’s largest source of ex- cess manufacturing, its rates will not exceed the cap of about 20 per cent agreed by Mr. Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping last November, which is on top of the 25 per cent tariffs from his first
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son for Mr. Wright, said the re- marks were not a threat. Rather, hesaid,theywereexplaininghow the market would react if Europe proceeded with the regulation. But some Europeans said they viewed Mr. Wright’s comments as an ultimatum. “They’re saying you need to buymore,andalsopleaseremove all your regulations,” Ms. Corbeau said. On Monday, the European Commission stopped short of ending the regulations, but pro- posed waiving penalties for three years on companies that fail to re- port or verify methane emissions. Nareg Terzian, head of strategy for the International Association of Oil and Gas Producers, a trade organization based in London, saidhebelievedfearsofEuropean dependence on America were overblown. “Those are raised as concerns bypeoplewhoarenotsohappyto beusinggasorLNGingeneral,”he said. “Fundamentally, we believe that both the U.S. and the EU have aninterestinkeepingflowsgoing, and we hope it’s going to stay that way.”
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term. Some nominal – or announced – duties may be higher than ac- tual applied rates, which analysts say may be an enforcement mechanism for countries to stick to agreed trade deal terms. Still, some things continue to come out of the blue, including the 50 per cent duties on Cana- dian beer, dairy, hockey sticks and other products Mr. Trump announced on Monday over Ot- tawa’s refusal to make trade con- cessions, and his threat to cut off all trade with Spain over not meeting NATO military spending targets. That proclivity for spontane- ous tariff announcements re- mains an ongoing risk, said Eswar Prasad, a trade professor at Cor- nell University and former head of the International Monetary Fund’s China department. “Trump’s eagerness to impose tariffs to address a whole range of grievances will not only continue disrupting the global trading sys- tem but will have significant ad- verse effects on American house- holds and businesses.”
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is key to our future. Canada must stockpile it
As our country speeds toward the ‘new civilian nuclear renaissance,’ it’s imperative that we build a plan to harvest helium-3
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CHRIS CASSIN
Chief executive officer of Zero Point Cryogenics
hen Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announced that Canada would build 10 new nuclear reactors, it was an energy announcement – but it can also be a quantum sovereign- ty story. The announcement comes with a potential benefit for Cana- da’s quantum tech potential: The ethical creation of helium-3, one of the rarest and most important elements for the world’s future quantum economy, including quantum computers, quantum sensors and quantum communi- cations. As Canada speeds toward the “new civilian nuclear renais- sance” Hodgson laid out, it’s im- perative that Canada builds a plan now to harvest and stockpile the helium-3 that nuclear gener- ation can produce. Quantum technologies –
FRED GALLAGHER
Chief executive officer of Canadian Vitality Pathway Inc.
nce again as Canada’s pre- miers meet, Canada is on the menu. Canada is under attack by our largest trading partner with a new round of threatened tariffs on Canadian goods. Calls for a tit-for-tat and “dollar-for-dollar” retaliation seem to be the only demonstrable approach on the table at this year’s annual sum- mer meeting of Canada’s pre- miers, taking place last week in Charlottetown. Yet, the premiers appear to have conveniently forgotten that they and their governments are responsible for some of the largest unnecessary costs to Can- adian GDP through interprovin- cial trade barriers. In 2025, the federal govern- ment estimated that “eliminat- ing internal trade barriers could boost GDP by as much as $200- billion, which is equivalent to $5,100 per person,” or approxi- mately 6 per cent of Canada’s GDP. Similar numbers were re- ported by the International Mon- etary Fund regarding the impact of Canada’s internal trade bar- riers. For comparison, prior to the White House’s latest tariff proc- lamations, the Bank of Canada estimated Trump-era trade re- strictions would result in a 1.5- per-cent hit to Canada’s GDP by the end of 2026, or approximate- ly $50-billion. (U.S. President Do- nald Trump’s planned new tar- iffs, meanwhile, will apply to roughly $28-billion worth of Canadian products, but the af- fect on GDP is unlikely to be that high.) This means the beneficial GDP value of removing internal bar- riers to domestic free trade is on
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In this case, the U.S. has not put up such barriers and therefore will see new infrastructure and all the primary and ancillary jobs it offers for decades to come, paid for by revenues generated from the sale of Canadian pot- ash. Nutrien is making plain what it believes. As Stuart Smyth, an agricultural and resource eco- nomics professor at the Universi- ty of Saskatchewan, told the CBC, it has concluded that “things are
which are critical for Canada’s na- tional security and defence – are exponentially more powerful than today’s technologies. In- stead of running on binary ones and zeros, they run on quantum bits (qubits), which are in all states simultaneously. Qubits require temperatures colder than the coldest part of space. So the global race to ex- pand quantum technologies re- lies on what’s known as cryogenic infrastructure to create the near- absolute-zero conditions that qu- bits need. Maintaining that tem- perature requires helium-3, which is a stable, safe, non-radio- active isotope of helium – one that’s also incredibly rare. If cryogenic infrastructure is the engine for quantum technol- ogies, helium-3 is the fuel. Helium-3 is so scarce it is mea- sured in gaseous litres rather than tonnes. It is found at just 7.2 parts per trillion in Earth’s atmo- sphere. It cannot be synthesized on demand. But, in a turn of good news for Canada, it is a byproduct of our nuclear power production. Other nations produce heli- um-3 for quantum as a byproduct of maintaining nuclear warheads, making global supply both limit- ed and strategically sensitive. In addition to quantum infrastruc- ture, helium-3 is a critical asset for border security and is used to de- tect illicit nuclear materials being transported between countries.
Helium-3 is so scarce it is measured in gaseous litres rather than tonnes. It is found at just 7.2 parts per trillion in Earth’s atmosphere. It cannot be synthesized on demand.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, centre, and Canada’s premiers hold a closing press conference at the first ministers meeting in Charlottetown last week. Nine premiers on Tuesday formally agreed to remove barriers to the interprovincial alcohol trade by allowing consumers to buy directly from wineries and breweries outside their own province. DARREN CALABRESE/ THE CANADIAN PRESS
easier to get done in the United States than they are in Canada.” The kind of things that are easier to get done in the U.S. in- clude reducing regulatory red tape, avoiding protracted ap- provals for building-required in- frastructure, building rail capac- ity to guard against costly trans- portation bottlenecks, keeping construction and land develop- ment costs competitive, and de- livering supply chain reliability. In contrast, the Port of Van- couver is well known for its high costs, inefficiency, labour strife
In fact, the industry experienced its first supply chain shock right after 9/11, when the U.S. rapidly scaled up security at its ports and borders. In 2025, NATO flagged heli- um-3 supply as critical to any quantum computing supply chain. The United States has been managingitsownhelium-3stock- pile through the Department of Energy for years.
But the United States and oth- er countries are chasing alternate supply sources. Christopher Lan- ders, director of the United States Department of Energy’s Office of IsotopeR&DandProduction,told Newsweek: “Helium-3 is needed in cryogenics, which is a huge driver for quantum, it’s needed for fusion and there’s medical ap- plications as well. But helium-3 is really … on a trajectory that’s moving at an exponential rate.” The extreme scarcity and growing importance of helium-3 has led the United States and Eu- ropean Union to explore mis-
the order of three to four times that of all of Mr. Trump’s im- posed tariffs. On June 26, 2025, the federal government passed the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act, which came into force at the beginning of this year. Additionally, Ottawa re- moved all federal exceptions to the Canadian Free Trade Agree- ment (CFTA) on June 30, 2025. Sounds impressive. Problem solved! Simple, right? Unfortunately, federal legisla- tion was not the main impedi- ment to opening domestic trade. Ottawa has very limited powers or actions it can take that affect interprovincial trade. The vast majority of legislative and regu- latory responsibility for interpro- vincial barriers resides with the provinces themselves. While last year’s summer meeting of the premiers focused on “building a stronger Canada by reducing barriers to internal trade and labour mobility,” little
and railway bottlenecks that compound the costs exporters must endure, leaving them less able to compete with foreign ri- vals that can ship to market with greater pace and higher margins. Added into this mix is the reg- ulatory uncertainty caused by unsettled Indigenous land claims in B.C. The landmark Cowichan Precedent, handed down last Au- gust by the B.C. Supreme Court, recognized Aboriginal title for the Cowichan Tribes over 1,850 acres of industrial and waterfront land by the Fraser River in Rich-
sions to the moon to harvest it, where helium-3 accumulates fromsolarwind.Infact,NASAhas signed a deal with Interlune to harvest helium-3 from the moon, with an initial launch targeted for 2028. But Canada doesn’t have to go to the moon. We can go to Dar- lington, just east of Toronto. Canada can harvest helium-3 from CANDU reactors. Ontario Power Generation is already do- ing so at its Darlington nuclear fa- cility, making Canada a global pioneer in this technology. Not all nuclear power is equal, in this re- gard. Canada’s CANDU reactors, which use heavy water, produce helium-3 as a natural byproduct of tritium decay. Other nuclear power generation technologies do not, making helium-3 much more complicated and expensive to produce, even in smaller amounts. If Canada’s 10 new reactors are CANDU designs, we can become the world’s most meaningful non-military producer of heli- um-3. Canada has spent hundreds of millions of dollars building a quantum sector that is on the leading edge of the global quan- tum race. But helium-3 is a poten- tial weakness in Canada’s domes- tic supply chain if we don’t pro- duce more to meet demand, and protect it. Canada now has an op- portunity not only to secure its own supply, but to become a
tangible action has been accom- plished since then. Agreements have been signed, but implementation is slow, es- pecially in the areas of financial services, trucking, professional licensing, regulatory frameworks and the integration of provincial infrastructure. It is the respon- sibility of the premiers to accel- erate toward their mutually agreed upon goal. To the premiers’ credit, some progress has occurred through the signing of the Mutual Recog- nition Agreement on the Sale of Goods, a patchwork of labour- mobility changes and the remov- al of approximately 22 per cent of the exceptions under the CFTA. On Tuesday, nine premiers built on this progress and for- mally agreed to remove barriers to the interprovincial alcohol trade by allowing consumers to buy directly from wineries and breweries outside their own province.
mond. This decision gives inves- tors reason for pause because of the uncertainty it creates. Aboriginal title includes the right to exclusive use. Numerous Indigenous bands have overlap- ping claims to lands that are part of the Port of Vancouver. This po- tentially includes a Washington State band, the Lummi Nation, that has also made a claim. Such title risk in Washington State, where Indigenous land rights were largely settled long ago, is minimal. The fast-tracked Port of Van-
country others depend on. The physical requirements of cryogenic quantum infrastruc- ture are a constant, and the need for helium-3 will continue to grow. A helium-3 stockpile would protect Canada’s quantum in- vestments and give Canadian companies a supply-chain advan- tage in one of the most strategi- cally important technologies of the century. This is an opportunity our country’s leaders should not pass up. The rules and planning that apply to critical minerals like lith- ium or cobalt can and must also be applied to helium-3. Canada should act now by designating helium-3 as a strategic critical re- source, creating a national re- serve to stockpile it, and estab- lishing a domestic allocation mechanism to ensure Canadian companies and researchers building Canadian quantum technologies have reliable and af- fordable access to it. Canada’s resources – fresh wa- ter, potash, oil and gas, and crit- ical minerals – are the envy of the world. For countless families coast-to-coast-to-coast, our re- sources are what pays the mort- gage and puts food on the table; driving our economy and creat- ing jobs. Helium-3 can help ensure we remain in that position of pros- perity for years to come.
In a report card on internal trade, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business gave the provinces high marks for having signed MOUs and de- clared policy intentions regard- ing interprovincial co-operation on trade. However, the CFIB prof- fered substantially lower scores to provinces clinging to CFTA ex- ceptions and for the actual re- moval of internal trade barriers, with most provinces receiving a sub-C grade. In the 1990s, Australia faced many of the same inter-state trade and competition barriers. Through a national competition policy review, that country’s pre- miers were able to agree on re- moving internal trade and regu- latory barriers that were critical obstacles to Australia’s interna- tional competitiveness. Since adopting the principle of the competition review, Australia went from lagging Canada’s GDP per capita by $2,709 in 1990 to exceeding Canada’s GDP per cap- ita by $6,519 in 2022, a change of almost $10,000 per person. In an open letter to all pre- miers in advance of last sum- mer’s Council of the Federation summer meeting, I implored them to follow Australia’s lead and remove interprovincial bar- riers. I was encouraged by the premiers’ final communique of July 23, 2025. It was a solid start to dropping Canada’s internal barriers to trade and commerce. But significant barriers remain in place that economically dwarf the Trump tariff issue. Without premiers exacting strong pres- sure on their governments, little will tangibly get accomplished and Canada will not realize the clear economic value. At this year’s Council of the Federation summer meeting, perhaps the premiers should fo- cus less on exogenous concerns – for which they can do little – and instead commit to accelerate the completion of goals they set for themselves last July.
couver expansion, if all goes well, may be ready by the mid-2030s. Meanwhile, Nutrien antici- pates a four-year path from a de- cision in 2027 to the start of oper- ations in 2031 in the U.S. That gap should be hard for Mr. MacKin- non to digest, not so much Nutri- en’s declared intentions. It calls into question how investible Canada really is.
incentive payment that was 44 per cent above target
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“An option is not an actual share, it is really a contract for a share and prefer- enceforshort-termisaboutthebirdin the hand versus the nest, something that is more hypothetical,” he said. “The macroeconomic uncertainty surrounding tariffs might have had an impact on executives to prefer a high- er short-term compensation and ac- tual cash.” The average CEO in the top 100 saw a nearly 30-per-cent drop in the value of their options-based awards in 2025 compared with the previous year. Op- tions composed just 23 per cent of all long-term incentive plan-related com- pensation last year, with the balance consisting of direct stock grants. Meanwhile, chief executives gener- ally beat the short-term performance targets their boards of directors set for them by substantial margins, mean- ing they were eligible for generous bo- nuses. The average CEO in the top 100 received a short-term incentive pay- ment that was 44 per cent above their target. Patrick Dovigi, CEO of waste man- agement giant GFL Environmental Inc., had the largest bonus of any Can- adian executive in 2025. At more than $9.9-million, his bonus was only slightly below the $10.3-million in median total compensation among the top 100. Mr. Dovigi was also Canada’s high- est-paidexecutivein2025byadramat- ic margin. He received more than $230-million in total compensation last year, nearly four times that of RB Global Inc. CEO Jim Kessler, who was the second-most highly-paid execu- tive in Canada in 2025 with a pay pack- age of roughly $60.2-million. Nearly half of Mr. Dovigi’s compen- sation – roughly $108.3-million – fell outside the typical forms of salary, bo- nus, stock grants and options into a category called “all other compensa- tion.” According to GFL filings, that in- cluded more than $20.8-million in life insurance premiums. That is nearly double the $11.4-mil- lion in life insurance premiums that GFL paid on Mr. Dovigi’s behalf in 2024. His home in Toronto’s Rosedale neighbourhood was targeted by gun- fire in September of that year. Also included in Mr. Dovigi’s “all other compensation” was more than $44-million in transaction bonuses – GFL sold a majority stake in its envi- ronmental services division to two private equity firms for $6.2-billion in early 2025 – as well as nearly $31-mil- lion in what are known as gross up payments. Gross up payments are intended to pay an executive’s anticipated tax bills. Mr. Landers said that type of
disclosures sparks debate
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A U.S. plan to dramatically reduce the amount of information American companies must give shareholders about their executive pay practices is spurring a debate in Canada about whether to adopt similar disclosure rules. In late May, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed what law firm Latham & Watkins LLP described as sweeping reforms to pub- lic company executive compensation disclosure requirements. If adopted, the SEC said roughly 81 per cent of U.S. public companies will no longer be obliged to reveal certain details of their leaders’ pay packages. The proposal would restrict the most onerous level of disclosure to companies worth at least US$2-billion (up from the current threshold of US$700-million) that have also been public issuers for five years (up from the current threshold of one year). Companies below those thresholds would be allowed to omit holding say- on-pay and other shareholder adviso- ry votes, reduce the number of exec- utives whose compensation must be disclosed from five to three, and stop providing compensation committee reports, CEO pay ratios and pay versus performance disclosures. “This is very significant, they are scaling back completely,” Richard Le- blanc, professor of governance, law and ethics at York University, said in an interview. “What companies have arguedtotheTrumpadministrationis that there is a huge compliance cost for say-on-pay, for pay-for-perform- ance and the Trump administration has said we agree and we are going to eliminate all of it.” Proxy advisory firms such as Insti- tutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis need that data, Prof. Le- blanc said. If the SEC proposal is adopted, he said Canadian securities regulators should “definitely not” en- act similar changes. “There is a really strong current to
compensation has grown rare in re- cent years. “There has been a lot of scrutiny on that, grossing someone out to basical- ly cover taxes,” he said. “That has be- come a bit of a governance no-no over the past many years both in the U.S. and Canada.” In terms of longer-term compensa- tion trends across the top 100, per- formance share units, or PSUs, ac- counted for half of all stock-based compensation, while restricted share units, or RSUs, accounted for 26 per cent of the total. Unlike RSUs, which vest automatically on a predeter- mined timeline and are often referred toas“payforpulse,”PSUsonlypayout if the company achieves specific goals like hitting a revenue target or a cer- tain level of total shareholder return. Despite being the single largest source of stock-based compensation among the top 100, it is notable that PSUs do not make up an even larger proportion of long-term CEO pay- ments. Institutional investors and in- dustry groups such as the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance have long advocated for companies to link awards of stock to performance as much as possible. The sheer number of new entrants to the top 100 list could partly explain why PSU levels were not as high last year as some might expect, according to Mr. Landers, as some members of the top 100 who never made the list previously have not yet established best practices for executive compen- sation. Because of the huge rise in metal and mineral prices last year, several mining companies made the list for the first time in 2025. Mining compa- nies accounted for 22 per cent of the top 100 in 2025, up from 13 per cent in 2024. “There is a little bit of a growing-up period for some of those newer en- trants, because as they start to get higher up on the list they start to get more and more scrutiny from institu- tional investors,” Mr. Landers said. “Some of those mid-tier mining com- panies that made it on the list are still figuring out what the right structures are for them.” Womenwereonceagainthebiggest outlier on the top 100, with just four companies on the list – Aritzia, Cana- dian National Railway Co., Element Fleet Management Corp. and Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. – having a female CEO in 2025. That is down from six compa- nies with women in the top job in 2024. Of the four women to make the list, only one – CN Rail CEO Tracy Robin- son – cracked the top 50 for pay. She was No. 12 with total compensation worth $21.5-million.
match up with what the Americans are doing,” Prof. Leblanc said, refer- ring to the American plan to move from quarterly to semi-annual report- ing that Canada is now piloting. “There really is a pressure on Cana- dian firms to follow suit. I think regu- lators need to understand that pres- sure but at the same time maintain a Canadian environment.” The Canadian Securities Adminis- trators, an umbrella group for the country’s provincial and territorial market watchdogs, published a con- sultation paper last week seeking comment on how to “modernize the regulation of public companies.” Re- duced requirements for executive compensation disclosure is among the many questions the document poses. According to Kai Li, a finance pro- fessor at the University of British Co- lumbia’s Sauder School of Business and the Canada research chair in cor- porate governance, the SEC proposal and CSA consultation are both part of a broader effort to encourage more companies to go public in hopes of re- versing the decades-long decline in the number of public companies glob- ally. “It is a tradeoff,” Prof. Li said in an interview. “More transparency is bet- ter but it is a balancing act. Some dis- closure can be overwhelming. It is ex- tremely time-consuming for the com- pany and shareholders can some- times be nitpicky.” Kathleen Ritchie, a partner at law firm Gowling WLG with expertise in corporate governance, said current SEC rules are actually much more pre- scriptive and extensive than the rules facing Canadian companies. “The existing burden in the U.S. is more significant than in Canada,” Ms. Ritchie said in an interview. “I expect that the SEC has the same motivations as Canadian securities regulators. They are asking what can be done to help with the regulatory burden while still protecting investors and ensuring the integrity of our capital markets. “They are trying to strike the right balance.”
Top 10 compensation
RANK EXEC NAME COMPANY TOTAL REPORTED COMPENSATION (CAD$)
1 Patrick Dovigi GFL Environmental Inc. $230,735,743
1 Patrick Dovigi GFL Environmental Inc. 244%
1 Patrick Dovigi GFL Environmental Inc. $9,917,809
1 Patrick Dovigi GFL Environmental Inc. $110,095,145
2 Jim Kessler RB Global, Inc. $60,237,443
3 Tobias Lütke Shopify Inc. $48,912,538
4 D. Mark Bristow # Barrick Mining Corp. $31,957,588
5 Charles Brindamour Intact Financial Corp. $29,321,445
5 Charles Brindamour Intact Financial Corp. 65%
6 Seetarama Kotagiri Magna International Inc. $27,233,083
7 Keith E. Creel Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd. $25,655,819
8 Ammar Al-Joundi Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. $24,653,408
9 Gregory L. Ebel Enbridge Inc. $24,388,263
10 Robert A. Mionis Celestica Inc. $24,339,324
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Biggest increases
RANK EXEC NAME COMPANY Y/Y % CHANGE IN TOTAL COMP
2 Jim Kessler RB Global, Inc. 200%
3 Michael Steinmann Pan American Silver Corp. 76%
4 Ammar Al-Joundi Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. 75%
6 Darryl White Bank of Montreal 55%
7 Greg Hicks Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. 53%
8 Jennifer Wong Aritzia Inc. 45%
9 Marc Parent # CAE Inc. 42%
10 Keith Neumeyer First Majestic Silver Corp. 40%
Top bonuses
RANK EXEC NAME COMPANY BONUS (CAD$)
2 Seetarama Kotagiri Magna International Inc. $9,414,958
3 David McKay Royal Bank of Canada $7,440,000
4 Greg Hicks Canadian Tire Corp., Ltd. $6,101,311
5 Jay S. Hennick Colliers International Group Inc. $5,061,848
6 Robert A. Mionis Celestica Inc. $4,821,375
7 Alain Bédard TFI International Inc. $4,804,046
8 Charles Brindamour Intact Financial Corp. $4,706,301
9 Gord Johnston Stantec Inc. $4,702,500
10 Gregory L. Ebel Enbridge Inc. $4,331,924
Most equity
RANK EXEC NAME COMPANY VALUE OF CEO EQUITY (CAD$)
1 Galen G. Weston George Weston Ltd. $21,249,552,395
2 Tobias Lütke Shopify Inc. $17,501,826,197
3 Bruce Flatt Brookfield Corp. $7,004,767,782
4 V. Prem Watsa Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. $5,409,605,586
5 Pierre Karl Péladeau Quebecor Inc. $3,673,814,678
6 Jay S. Hennick Colliers International Group Inc. $1,362,899,760
7 Bruce Flatt Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. $1,085,924,394
8 Michael Rose Tourmaline Oil Corp. $1,062,234,393
9 Neil Rossy Dollarama Inc. $990,455,196
10 Patrick Dovigi GFL Environmental Inc. $723,941,303
Top share-based compensation
RANK EXEC NAME COMPANY SHARE-BASED AWARDS (CAD$)
2 Jim Kessler RB Global, Inc. $24,898,346
3 Ammar Al-Joundi Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. $19,476,748
4 Robert A. Mionis Celestica Inc. $17,383,223
5 Joshua Kobza Restaurant Brands International Inc. $17,214,282
6 Darren Entwistle TELUS Corp. $15,910,439
7 Glenn Chamandy Gildan Activewear Inc. $13,756,574
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In May, Britain’s Standard Char- tered said it plans to eliminate 15 per cent of its corporate function roles – or more than 7,000 jobs – over four years as it replaces what chief executive officer Bill Win- ters called “lower-value human capital” with technology and AI. Shortly after, Mr. Winters apol- ogized for the upset his com- ments caused to staff. Canadian banks have been cut- ting costs as part of widespread efforts to boost profitability. But the current impact of AI on jobs in this country is thought to be more mild. The Bank of Canada said in May there is no evidence that AI has led to widespread job losses. In a recent survey of senior ex- perts in risk management in the financialsector,manysaidthatAI will be a tool to inform decision- making while humans remain in charge, reinforcing that AI will transform jobs rather than elim- inate them. The clearest signs of AI’s po- tential to displace certain jobs in the financial sector are in hiring practices. As AI automates proc- esses and saves time for employ- ees, banks are hiring fewer people even as their business grows. In CIBC’s technology and data unit, the lender has needed to hire fewer staff even as the de- mand rises for the team’s support with bringing on new clients, roll- ing out updated products and au- tomating processes across the company, according to Mr. Jar- dim. And as AI changes the need for certain roles, the bank is ad- justing the scope of those jobs. “Wehavepeopleintechnology, for example, that are business analysts or project managers. Some of that can be automated now, especially project control work,” Mr. Jardim said. “Those people that under- stand the products, the environ- ment at the bank and the tech- nology, you can move them quite easily into the business if you want to, where you need product people, because you can’t AI that away. There are different roles we see changing, where we either move people around, or we have them adjust the type of work they do.” Bank of America, which has
“This agreement allows us to en- sure the continuity of electronic prescriptions in places where they are already in place while contin- uing the deployment of Prescrip- tion Québec,” Geneviève Biron, president of Santé Québec, said in a statement. Infoway interim chief executive officer Abhi Kalra said Prescrip- tion Québec uses the infrastruc- ture established through Prescri- beIT and builds on the invest- ments made in that technology. “It follows a successful Québec pilot,wherepartnerfeedbackrein- forced the value of secure elec- tronic prescribing in practice and helped inform the decision to con- tinue and expand the initiative through a Québec-led approach,” Mr. Kalra said in a statement. While Infoway provided fund- ing to initiate the pilot project, the Quebec Health Ministry will cover its operating costs. Santé Québec wouldn’t disclose the sums involved in the Prescrip- tion Québec deal but said it was a four-year agreement. The health authority wouldn’t say how the platform would be financed after four years. “It is premature to comment on the terms that will apply when the agreement expires,” Santé Québec spokeswoman Marianne Paquette saidinane-mailedstatement.“De- cisionsregardingthefuturewillbe made at the appropriate time.” Prescription Québec is current- ly used by 14 pharmacies and 138 physicians working in eight clinics
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corporate and commercial clients in Canada, uses AI to power Erica, its virtual assistant for consum- ers. The platform allows customers to find more complex informa- tion and process their own trans- actions without having to call the bank’s contact centre. Erica proc- essed more than 200 million cus- tomer interactions in the second quarter ended June 30. As the lender’s client volumes have risen, Bank of America has not had to increase staffing while Erica takes on more customer in- teractions, head of consumer technology Tom Ellis said in an interview. “Our clients can find what they need in the app,” he said. “They don’t have to call the contact cen- tre.” Senior bankers expect to re- move “toil” work, referring to op- erational and procedural tasks that could be automated or com-
in the Estrie region, southeast of Montreal. The pilot project began in May, 2024, and Santé Québec re- ported that, as of July 10, about 283,000 electronic prescriptions had been processed. Associations representing Que- bec pharmacists were happy with the announcement. “Electronic prescriptions allow pharmacists to dedicate more time to patient care by reducing low-value administrative tasks, such as manual data entry,” AQPP, the Quebec association of phar- macy owners, said in a statement to The Globe and Mail. “The advantage over fax or on- line fax, which are one-way com- munications, is that this is a two- way communication platform,” said Hugues Mousseau, executive director of ABCPQ, the Quebec as- sociation of pharmacy chains and banners. “One of the daily chal- lenges for pharmacists when they want to verify information is con- tacting the doctor.” OnereasonforPrescribeIT’slow uptake in other provinces was a per-prescription fee charged to pharmacists, which caused some to stop using the platform. Quebec has said it won’t charge such a fee. “It wouldn’t have been sustainable,” Mr. Mousseau said, adding: “We think it’s not normal that pharmacists should absorb the costs.” Only four pharmacy chains are part of the pilot project: Groupe Jean Coutu, Brunet, Uniprix and Proxim. Mr. Mousseau observed that provincial officials have not de-
and OpenAI, which claim that AI models are too dangerous to be developed in the open and must be tightly controlled – by busi- nesses like themselves – for safe- ty. On the other is the rest of the tech industry, including giants like Microsoft and Nvidia, which contend that so-called open- source AI models must remain open for people to further devel- op technologies. Those camps have started pub- licly clashing. On Friday, Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, said in his
pleted by AI. Royal Bank of Cana- da is using the technology to pro- duce internal reports and credit decisions on loans – work that re- quired the time and effort of mul- tiple people, head of artificial in- telligence Bruce Ross said in an interview. In June, RBC chief executive of- ficer Dave McKay said he starts his mornings with a briefing from AI tool, reducing the amount of work his team needs to do, so they can instead focus on provid- ing context and insight. In RBC’s capital markets unit, junior bankers – a role notorious for excessive hours and grinding tasks – are spending less time building pitch decks and research reports. AI is being used to syn- thesize conversations in meet- ings and produce PowerPoint presentations. Mr. Ross said junior bankers arefocusingmoreonanalysisand less on production.
tailed how the platform will be ex- panded to other chains and how those implementation costs would be covered. Quebec’s decision to carry on with the PrescribeIT technology was announced as the govern- ment of Premier Christine Fré- chette, which is heading into elec- tions this fall, already faced scruti- ny for another health care digital initiative. Theprovinceiscurrentlyrolling out another major project, DSN (Dossier santé numérique), an electronic health-records system that is being tested in two regions. It started last May after a six- month delay. Infoway, a federally funded non-profit founded in 2001, was the subject of two hearings by the House of Commons health com- mittee this spring, after The Globe first revealed problems with Pre- scribeIT in February. The organization’s long-time chief executive officer was dismis- sed after being unable to answer questionsfrommembersofParlia- ment and after high salaries were revealed, such as the nearly $900,000 in remuneration paid to the CEO. The federal government an- nounced in June it would order an audit and strategic review of Cana- da Health Infoway. Health Canada said it will launch a competitive procure- ment process in the next few weeks for an independent auditor to assess Infoway’s compliance with its government funding agreements.
first-ever post to X that “the world needs both frontier closed models and frontier open mod- els.” Nine minutes later, Satya Na- della, Microsoft’s CEO, posted that open-source software was “essential to a healthy AI ecosys- tem.” Both signed a letter sup- porting open source, which was also signed by executives at Meta, Palantir and IBM. OpenAI and Anthropic have lobbied regulators in Washington raising concerns about Chinese open-source AI models, five peo-
“It frees your mind up to do other things and really think about what you’re going to put in front of the client, and then be able to be in front of more cli- ents,” he said. As AI adoption leads to job de- scriptions being revised and somepositionseliminated,banks are offering training and re- sources to help employees learn how to use the technology and prepare for new types of roles. About 50,000 staff – nearly all of CIBC’s employee base – have signed up to use its internal AI chatbot, CAI. To access the plat- form, staff must complete man- datory training, including writing prompts and understanding as- sociated risks with data. About 20,000 people use the platform daily, with 36,000 active users a month on average. With more of its employees adopting AI tools, CIBC estimates that its staff saved about 1.2 mil-
new U.S. tariffs mistake in Washington Post op-ed
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SAO PAULO Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called new U.S. tariffs unfair and a strategic mistake in a Sun- day opinion column for The Washington Post, warning they would harm the countries’ bilateral partnership and drive up costs for U.S. consumers. “This month, disregarding dozens of meetings between our teams, solid technical arguments, and documents I per- sonally handed to President Trump, the U.S. government im- posed new tariffs on Brazil ranging from 12.5 percent to 37.5 percent,” Mr. Lula wrote. The new duties follow the U.S. Supreme Court striking down last year’s 50-per-cent tariffs, Mr. Lula noted, adding that food, footwear, textiles, furniture, auto parts, and many other products will become more expensive for U.S. consumers. The U.S. Embassy in Brazil did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the column. Mr. Lula also cited Global Trade Alert, an independent or- ganization based in Switzerland, as saying that Brazil and Turkey are now the second most heavily tariffed countries by the United States, behind only China. This is despite a U.S. trade surplus with Brazil in goods and services that totaled US$428-billion over 15 consecutive years, Lula said. In the opinion piece, published the day after Trump ally and conservative presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro launched his campaign, Mr. Lula noted that Brazilian exports to the U.S. have hit their lowest level since 1997. “In the medium term, these tariffs will disrupt supply chains that are currently deeply integrated, and Brazilian companies will replace their U.S. suppliers with partners elsewhere,” Mr. Lula said. Brazil is open to a constructive dialog with the U.S., Mr. Lula said, but the country must decide its own future. “Brazil’s destiny is for Brazilians alone to determine – without foreign interference or subservience,” he said.
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ple close to the discussions said. The debate has drawn in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Mi- chael Kratsios, President Donald Trump’s science and technology adviser, who have weighed in on how American AI models are val- uable intellectual property. The escalating fight stems from China’s rapid progress in open-source AI models, which are freely available to use and build on. In recent weeks, two Chinese AI startups, Z.ai and Moonshot AI, have released mod-
lionhoursinthefirstquarterend- ed Jan. 31. “Apart from it freeing up every- day capacity across multiple em- ployee segments it actually al- lows them to learn about AI and not be frightened of these tools and actually up their skills,” Mr. Jardim said. RBC has rolled out RBC Assist and Aiden, its internal AI tools, to 65,000 of its more than 97,000 employees. RBC offers educational ses- sions and has designated AI advo- cates, who are employees across the banks’ businesses tasked with encouraging and educating their peers on how to use the technol- ogy. “It’s the responsibility of the organization, but it’s also the re- sponsibility of the individual to experiment,” Mr. Ross said. “Within each part of the organi- zation, it’s our responsibility to provide those opportunities.”
els that rival those from Anthrop- ic and other American labs. An- thropic and OpenAI have claimed that Chinese companies built the models by improperly harvesting data from their AI systems, which they said should not be allowed. On Wednesday, Mr. Bessent said the administration consid- ered imposing sanctions on Chi- nese companies that steal intel- lectual property from American firms.
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discounts really save you money?
whether they actually amount to a good deal and how to look past the label
LOOK PAST THE LABEL
LEAH GOLOB
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or Canadians turning 65, it’s not just another birthday – it’s a milestone that opens the door to a wide range of seniors’ discounts, whether you’re ready to be called “senior” or not. While some seniors’ discounts begin trickling in at 55, and others at 60, many businesses wait until the age of 65 before offering them. To show how much a senior could realistically save, The Globe and Mail took a small basket of seniors’ discounts available in Toronto and nationwide, and did the math on how those discounts compared to regular prices. With this basket of goods, a senior could save $66.60 a month, or $799.20 a year, through monthly purchases on hobbies, pet supplies, movie tickets and personal care items, along with paying reduced banking and public trans- portation fees. Transit systems across the country offer reduced fares for those 65 and over. Seniors can save up to $28 a month on Toronto Transit Commission passes, for instance, which could add up to around $335 in savings a year. Film buffs who frequent major movie theatre chains such as Cineplex can cut down ticket costs by roughly 25 per cent. Here is how these discounts stack up:
LESSER-KNOWN DISCOUNTS WORTH ASKING ABOUT
Seniors may not be aware that some mobile phone and internet providers offer special deals to older clients. Rogers provides a $5 per month discount when seniors activate a mobile device, or $15 when they add a second line on eligi- ble plans. Both Rogers and Telus also offer discounted monthly phone plan rates to customers on a guaranteed income supplement, including seniors. Organizations such as the Canadian Association of Re- tired Persons can also provide access to negotiated dis- counts on hearing aids, eyeglasses, footwear, newspaper subscriptions, travel and more. To access the discounts, you need to be a member, which currently costs $24.95 for a one-year membership.
DO DISCOUNTS ACTUALLY AMOUNT TO A GOOD DEAL?
While everybody loves a deal, it helps to approach seniors’ discounts with a bit of skepticism. “It’s critical to remember that retailers are offering these discounts to sell you more – not to be nice,” said Bruce Sellery, chief executive at Credit Canada. Mr. Sellery said the tactic plays into the principle of reci- procity: “If I do something nice for you, you’ll do something nice for me,” he explained. For example, if you’re shopping for a car and visit several dealerships, you may feel more compelled to buy from the one that offers free drinks and food, even if another dealership without snacks offers a better price. “This is problematic in a capitalist culture sometimes, because it short-circuits some of the due diligence we would do on a cost-benefit analysis,” he said. A seniors’ discount doesn’t necessarily mean you’re pay- ing the lowest price, he added, particularly if you’re visiting an expensive retailer for the discount. For instance, a phar- macy with a discount may sell yogurt for $5.50, while a discount grocer without a seniors’ discount might sell the product for $3.75. Jumping at seniors’ discounts can feel like a “psycholog- ical win,” but these deals can be an “optical illusion,” said Janet Gray, a certified financial planner at Money Coaches Canada. If you need to travel further for a discount, or shop multiple times a week to hit certain discount days, the cost of gas and the value of your time may outweigh any poten- tial savings, she said. For seniors in pursuit of price breaks, both Ms. Gray and Mr. Sellery recommend “discount stacking,” which requires bundling together as many savings opportunities as pos- sible at the checkout. This might look like using your se- niors’ discount, adding a manufacturer’s coupon and then paying with your points card.
Since some businesses don’t advertise seniors’ discounts or ask shoppers whether they qualify, it’s often up to custom- ers to inquire. However, some shoppers would rather avoid the topic altogether. “Not wanting to admit that you’re a senior is a real thing,” Mr. Sellery said, especially in a youth-oriented cul- ture. Many adults over 55 don’t feel as though they’re senior citizens, but if someone’s on a quest to cut costs, Mr. Sellery added, “you’re going to have to admit that you’re a senior even if you don’t want to.”
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the TSX over 25 years
NORMAN ROTHERY
OPINION
PhD, CFA and the founder of StingyInvestor.com
he Canadian stock market hit a series of new highs in recent months, and Cana- dian dividend payers fared even better. Add up the gains and the S&P/ TSX Composite Index climbed 32.9 per cent over the 12 months to the end of June, while today’s featured portfolio of dividend stocks with generous-but-not-ex- treme yields advanced by 35.5 per cent. To set the stage, low-fee pas- sive investors in Canada enjoyed solid gains over the long term with the S&P/TSX Composite In- dex climbing at an average an- nual rate of 9.0 per cent over the roughly 25.2 years from the end of April, 2001, through to the end of June this year. It’s a big reason why many investors adopt, and stick with, broadly diversified low-fee index funds such as the iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF (XIC), which tracks the market index while charging a modest annual fee of 0.06 per cent. But income investors might have been better off adopting a largely buy-and-hold approach to building and maintaining diver- sified portfolios of Canadian dividend stocks. The method can be explored by picking dividend stocks from within the constitu- ents of the S&P/TSX Composite Index itself. In backtests, simply buying all of the dividend payers in the in- dex resulted in portfolios with average annual returns of 10.8 per cent and 9.9 per cent over the 25.2-year period, when the port- folios were equally weighted and size-weighted respectively. (The returns herein are based on data from Bloomberg. They include dividend reinvestment but not fund fees, taxes, commis- sions or other trading costs. The portfolios are rebalanced month- ly.) The return boost suggests that investors can do well – and pos- sibly better than the index – by buying a diversified portfolio of Canadian dividend payers for the long term. Along the way, divi- dends can be used to buy new stocks or to top up existing hold- ings. Similarly, withdrawals can be used to help rebalance the portfolio over time. However, investors might opt for a slightly more active divi- dend portfolio focused on stocks that pay generous – but not ex- treme – dividend yields. As a first step, investors who focused on buying an equal dol- lar amount of the 30 per cent of the index constituents with the highest dividend yields would have gained an annual average of 10.5 per cent over the 25.2-year period. They beat the index but lagged the portfolio that held all of the index’s dividend payers. Stocks offering extreme yields can be problematic. Companies that run into trouble usually see their share prices fall dramatical- ly before a dividend cut (or bank- ruptcy), which pushes up their yields and prompts the backtest to buy more of their shares on the way down. In other words, there’s the risk of throwing good money after bad, and it’s a big reason why investors should seek
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS OBTAINS $200-BILLION BROADCOM AI CHIP PARTNERSHIP
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Saturday it struck a pact with U.S. chip designer Broad- com Inc. to widen co-operation across memory chips, contract chip making and advanced packaging envisaged to exceed US$200-billion until 2030. Winning long-term produc- tion commitments from Broad- com, one of the world’s leading custom AI chip designers, could boost utilization at Samsung’s advanced manufacturing facil- ities to pull ahead in the race to supply AI chips. “The expanded collaboration ... reflects Samsung’s focus on supporting customers with end-to-end semiconductor technologies across an increas- ingly diverse range of AI and high-performance computing applications,” the company said
CoLstitueLts of the S&P/TSX ComNosite ILdex Pith geLerous, but Lot extreme yields
NAME TICKER PRICE YIELD (%) P/E (TTM)
Gibson Energy Inc. GEI $30.75 5.85% 30.62 31.98%
BCE Inc. BCE $30.57 5.72% 11.15 -0.93%
South Bow Corp. SOBO $52.56 5.41% 18.45 52.06%
H&R REIT HR.UN $11.16 5.38% -0.80%
CT REIT CRT.UN $18.72 5.24% 24.95 26.24%
Crombie REIT CRR.UN $17.62 5.16% 26.16 25.06%
RioCan REIT REI.UN $22.98 5.04% 98.63 37.19%
Enbridge Inc. ENB $78.36 4.95% 26.79 33.75%
Choice Properties REIT CHP.UN $16.25 4.80% 16.09%
Brookfield Renewable Partners BEP.UN $45.08 4.80% 68.26 27.03%
Dream Industrial REIT DIR.UN $14.73 4.75% 15.10 34.60%
Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp. LIF $25.49 4.71% 17.62 -2.52%
Open Text Corp. OTEX $32.72 4.69% 8.50 -12.93%
Laurentian Bank of Canada LB $40.22 4.67% 23.85 35.03%
Whitecap Resources Inc. WCP $15.85 4.60% 19.65 69.22%
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners BIP.UN $55.21 4.55% 21.41 30.67%
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. AQN $8.19 4.51% 20.97 5.42%
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT CAR.UN $34.79 4.46% 26.46 -19.50%
Topaz Energy Corp. TPZ $32.02 4.37% 31.92 30.51%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. BAM $66.58 4.17% -17.20%
Pembina Pipeline Corp. PPL $71.31 4.12% 28.05 46.57%
Rogers Communications Inc. RCI.B $49.02 4.08% 3.64 12.69%
Sienna Senior Living Inc. SIA $23.11 4.05% 34.56 29.63%
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. CNQ $61.88 4.04% 20.71 53.20%
First Capital REIT FCR.UN $22.94 3.98% 4.73 26.97%
Vermilion Energy Inc. VET $13.97 3.87% 4.91 34.27%
Killam Apartment REIT KMP.UN $18.67 3.86% 15.20 2.36%
Capital Power Corp. CPX $71.77 3.85% 23.72%
Emera Inc EMA $76.38 3.84% 23.47 27.21%
Primaris REIT PMZ.UN $23.20 3.79% 15.33 63.89%
Premium Brands Holdings Corp. PBH $91.16 3.73% 32.29 4.60%
Bank of Nova Scotia BNS $122.30 3.73% 15.82 68.63%
Headwater Exploration Inc. HWX $12.89 3.72% 22.19 88.49%
Keyera Corp KEY $59.05 3.66% 42.51 39.57%
Canadian Tire Corp Ltd. CTC.A $197.21 3.65% 15.61 7.51%
TC Energy Corp. TRP $96.35 3.64% 25.51 53.34%
Granite REIT GRT.UN $99.42 3.57% 22.43 43.67%
Restaurant Brands International Inc. QSR $104.05 3.55% 25.43 13.70%
Canadian Utilities Ltd. CU $54.25 3.41% 47.65%
Sun Life Financial Inc. SLF $113.50 3.38% 16.97 38.66%
Nutrien Ltd. NTR $93.66 3.34% 14.73 17.70%
Mullen Group Ltd. MTL $25.47 3.30% 24.82 93.98%
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out stocks with generous but not extremely high yields. For instance, a portfolio fol- lowing the 30 per cent of the in- dex constituents with the highest yields, excluding the 5 per cent with the very highest yields, gained an annual average of 11.5 per cent over the 25.2-year period. It handily beat both the index and the broader group of all divi- dend payers in the index. You can examine the list of stocks that pass the generous-
in a statement. The tie-up comes as global technology companies increas- ingly develop their own custom AI accelerators, rather than relying solely on general-pur- pose graphics processors, driv- ing demand for specialized chip design and manufacturing part- nerships. The two firms’ memorandum of understanding underscores Samsung’s efforts to beef up its position in AI semiconductors by expanding its long-term ties with Broadcom amid growing demand up for custom AI proc- essors. The next five years of collab- oration will combine Broad- com’s expertise in designing application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or chips for specific tasks, with Samsung’s
but-not-extreme yield test in the table accompanying the online version of this article. I’ve high hopes that Canadian dividend stocks will continue to fare well as a group over the long term. But they aren’t risk-free. Some will disappoint and the whole group might lag the mar- ket from time to time. Details on a broader selection of dividend and value stocks can be found via a link in the online version of this article.
manufacturing capabilities. The deal provides for Broad- com’s next-generation commu- nications chips, designed for high-speed data transfer, to be made with Samsung’s sub-2- nanometre process technology, Samsung said. The two will also collaborate on next-generation high-band- width memory (HBM) products. The partnership could help strengthen Samsung’s foundry business, as it seeks to narrow the gap with industry leader TSMC by wooing major tech- nology customers. Last month, co-CEO and chip division head Jun Young-hyun said he discussed next-gener- ation foundry co-operation with Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia Corp. REUTERS
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Here are some practical logistics to consider
ANITA BRUINSMA
OPINION
Toronto-based certified financial planner and parent. You can find her at Clarity Personal Finance.
here’s so much focus on contributing to registered education savings plans (RESPs) that when the time finally comes to withdraw money, we can be caught off guard. I went through this when my son left for his first year at Queen’s University. Aside from understanding the rules around RESP withdrawals, there are some practical logistical ele- ments you need to consider.
WHEN AND HOW OFTEN TO TAKE MONEY OUT
You can start making RESP with- drawals once your child is officially registered in a qualify- ing program. You will need proof of registration, the student’s social insurance number and the bank account where you want the funds to go. You might have to provide this information each time you request a withdrawal. If they will be starting school in September, you’ll want to start thinking about making with- drawals in early August since tui- tion and residence bills often start to arrive that month. It usu- ally takes about five days for the money to land in your bank ac- count, so it doesn’t hurt to start a bit early. You can make withdrawals as frequently as you want, so you don’t have to take the full year’s worth of expenses all in one go. Consider making two withdraw- als, one in August and one in De- cember, to pay for bills that are due each term. It can be hard to know exactly what costs are going to arise, though, and I found that we made several withdrawals in my
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he rather sleepy Canadian bond market was shaken up this spring when two of the biggest U.S. tech companies made huge issuances of maple bonds. That has since raised questions about the impact for bond investors and whether there are significant risks below the surface. These issues of maple bonds, fixed-income instruments issued by foreign firms denominated in Canadian dollars, pushed the to- tal in 2026 to at least $33.8-bil- lion, setting a new annual record that surpassed the $19.2-billion issued in 2021, according to Royal Bank of Canada data. On May 5, Alphabet Inc. raised $8.5-billion in a four-part deal. Then, on June 8, Amazon.com Inc. came to market with a $14- billion five-tranche issue. Both companies indicated they were raising funds to help fund spend- ing on artificial intelligence-relat- ed data centres. “These are very high-quality names, of course. But these deals are also large enough to affect in- dex composition and spreads,” says Adrienne Young, senior vice-president and director of Canadian corporate credit re- search at Franklin Templeton Canada. Specifically, she says the AA-
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If your child starts school in September, you’ll want to start thinking about making RESP withdrawals in early August. GREGORY SHAMUS/GETTY IMAGES
son’s first fall semester for ex- penses we hadn’t anticipated. It’s a good idea to always keep some cash in your RESP so you don’t have to worry about selling an investment when you want to take money out. This makes the process easier and you’ll get the money faster.
WHERE TO SEND THE MONEY
If you are the account subscriber (your name is on the account), you could send the money to your own bank account – most RESP providers will allow this – but think about having your stu- dent open a new bank account in their name. This account’s sole purpose is to hold funds from the RESP. Leave it up to your child to pay their school bills, which not only makes your life easier but also gives your kid valuable experi-
rated portion of the bond market has experienced the largest in- crease in size and the most mate- rial widening of payout rate spreads. “That reflects the rapid change in supply and demand,” Ms. Young says. “In other words, a bit of market indigestion.” She notes there has been weakness at the longer end of the AA “bucket,” where there was a “real dearth of paper” before these new issues came to market. Ms. Young says she expects we may see more tech firms launch Canadian-dollar deals, as well as new AI-capex-related issuance from utilities, pipeline compa- nies and data-centre-adjacent re- al estate issuers. One concern stemming from these supersized bond issues is whether the bond market is be- coming more concentrated, as the stock market is. Yet, Ms. Young says “at the most basic level,” new AI-related issuance isn’t making the bond market more concentrated. She notes the Canadian corporate bond market is already more concentrated than most retail in- vestors understand. For example, banks and other financials make up more than 25 per cent. So, adding hyperscalers to the uni- verse actually increases diversifi- cation. However, she says the extra- large issuances could eventually
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ence in managing money. It also makes it clear to them just how much their education costs, which can be an added incentive to take it seriously. Of course, when you give your child control over the education money, you need to be confident that they will not squander it on Uber Eats, going out with friends and other highly discretionary costs. If you’re worried about that, you could make it a joint account and keep an eye on things. And consider keeping a small float in the account – enough to cover extra costs so they don’t have to come to you every time they need something small.
WHAT TYPES OF PAYMENTS TO TAKE
You’re also going to have to make some decisions about what type
create pockets of benchmark and thematic concentration. “A portfolio may look diversi- fied by issuer count or sector la- bel, but still have a lot of expo- sure to the same underlying driv- er,” she says. Technology, communications, utilities, pipelines, power gener- ation, real estate investment trusts and some industrials may all now have some connection to the AI infrastructure cycle. As far as being a buyer of the big tech maple bonds, Ms. Young says Franklin Templeton Canada isn’t avoiding the sector categor- ically, but is being selective. “For us, the decision comes down to valuation,” she says, not- ing the long-dated hyperscaler bonds have been underperform- ers of late. “The short answer is we look at these deals, but we don’t treat them as automatic buys.” Other Canadian fixed-income investors also see risks in these foreign players’ large issuances. “The Canadian corporate bond market is not yet concentrated in large technology companies, but we think the direction is worth watching,” says Hadiza Djataou, managing director, portfolio manager and head of fixed in- come macro at Mackenzie Invest- ments. “Repeated borrowing by a rela- tively small group of issuers could gradually move the market
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of payments you’re going to take from the RESP. This can be a little confusing when you make your first with- drawal. You’ll be asked whether you want to take PSEs or EAPs. The contributions that you put in are called Post-Secondary Education Payments (PSEs), and these are tax-free withdrawals. The government grants and growth on the investments, called Education Assistance Pay- ments (EAPs), are taxable in- come to the student. There is a rule that limits the amount of EAP withdrawals you can take in their first term, but after that you can choose bet- ween EAPs and PSEs. For many students, which pay- ments you take when isn’t going to make much of a difference. Most students don’t make a lot of money, and so they’re going to pay little tax on their EAP
in that direction.” Ms. Djataou says she sees con- centration risk developing some- what differently in bonds than in stocks. In an equity index, she notes, a company’s weight generally rises because its market value increas- es. In a bond index, an issuer can become a larger weight simply by borrowing more. “The concern for us is there- fore less about any one transac- tion and more about the cumu- lative impact of repeated is- suance,” she says. “If a small group of technology companies continues returning to the market with multi-billion- dollar deals, their weights in cor- porate bond indexes and investor portfolios could rise quickly.” Ms. Djataou says the impact on fund managers’ ability to achieve suitable diversification is “nu- anced.” Like Ms. Young, she notes these issuers bring something the Canadian corporate bond market has historically lacked: meaningful exposure to large, high-quality technology compa- nies. “Adding technology bonds gives us another sector to choose from and, in that sense, improves diversification,” she says. However, Ms. Djataou says the challenge is the size of the deals and the similarity of the under- lying risks. She has concerns that
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withdrawals. In some cases though, you can be a bit strategic. Since the EAPs are taxable in- come, it makes sense to take these payments in the years when your child has little to no other income. If there is a summer when they are unable to find a job or are underemployed, you could consider taking all EAP with- drawals that fall. If there’s a year when they have a higher-paying job, such as an internship or a co-op position, then you will want to take out more of the con- tributions, or PSEs, so that there’s less income to be taxed in their hands. Practically speaking, this won’t usually make a huge differ- ence in terms of their overall tax bill, but every dollar counts, so it does pay to think about it, espe- cially if your child’s program has a co-op component.
a small number of issuers can quickly become significant posi- tions in an index or portfolio and that these companies are invest- ing in many of the same areas, in- cluding data centres, computing capacity and AI infrastructure. Mackenzie Investments has been a “selective” buyer of the technology company maple bonds, Ms. Djataou says. Although she says these com- panies generally have strong bal- ance sheets, resilient businesses and significant financial re- sources, “for us, the question is not whether they’re good compa- nies. It’s whether the spreads be- ing offered provide enough com- pensation for the risks, particu- larly given how quickly their cap- ital requirements are changing.” Ms. Djataou adds that it’s too early to know which companies will earn the strongest returns on their AI spending. She notes that AI may create significant long- term value, but the timing of those returns and how they will be divided across the industry re- main uncertain. Given the scale of the spend- ing and the uncertainty sur- rounding future returns, spreads are more likely to widen before they tighten, she says. Therefore, Mackenzie Investments prefers to remain patient and wait for entry points in which they’re be- ing paid more appropriately for the risks they are taking.
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Canada’s Ellie Black competes on the floor exercise during the women’s individual all-around final of artistic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sunday. Black won gold in the event
Commonwealth Games; gymnast Black tops women’s all-around
JEROME PUGMIRE PARIS Toronto swimmer Joshua Liendo and Halifax gymnast Ellie Black added gold medals to Canada’s tally at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday. Liendo defended his men’s 100-metre butterfly title before Black became the first person to win two all-around gymnastics crowns at the Games. Liendo touched the wall in a meet record of 50.42 seconds, edgingAustraliansMatthewTem- ple (50.43) and Ben Armbruster (50.58) at Tollcross International Swimming Centre. “The strategy was more on the first day, managing the semis and the heats. I tried to take control of the race early [on Sunday], grit my teeth at the end and hit the
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wall,” said Liendo. “I felt like I got a good start. That’s what I wanted. From that point forward I just focused on building on that momentum and not overdoing the first 50, but I wanted to really nail it off that turn and finish strong.” The 23-year-old repeated as Commonwealth champion after winning gold in 2022 and later earning Olympic silver in the event at the 2024 Paris Games. Liendo missed a second medal about 90 minutes later, finishing fourth in the 50-metre freestyle in 21.55 seconds. Australia’s Cam- eron McEvoy won gold in 20.97, followed by Flynn Southam (21.44) and Jamie Jack (21.47). “Those boys were flying. I was
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super pleased to be in that race with them,” said Liendo. “I’m happy with the night overall. This meet’s harder. It’s a bit shorter, but this is what I train for, and I try to be ready every time.” Elsewhere in the pool, five- time Olympic medalist Kylie Masse earned silver in the wom- en’s 100-metre backstroke for her 10th career Commonwealth Games medal, the most by a Can- adian female swimmer. The 31-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., finished in 58.77 seconds be- hind Australia’s Iona Alexandra Anderson after leading by 0.44 seconds at the halfway mark. South Africa’s Olivia Nel took bronze in 1:00.09.
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wins record-equalling fifth Tour de France title
Tadej Pogacar confirmed his status as one of cycling’s all- time greats after winning a record-equalling fifth Tour de France title in emphatic style. Daring mountain attacks from deep, multiple stage wins and an ice-cool temperament all helped the 27-year-old Slovenian seal his victory on Sunday. He joined Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spaniard Miguel Indurain and Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as the only riders to win five Tours. “I’m speechless. It’s an incredible day, there was an in- credible atmosphere,” Pogacar said. “I’ve ridden seven Tours already and I’ve always finished on the podium. You might think this is a fairy tale, it’s incredible for me too.” After competing strongly in Sunday’s 21st and exciting final stage in Paris, Pogacar finished 6 minutes, 26 seconds ahead of Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel in the overall standings. Two-time Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard was Poga- car’s main rival heading into the race but the Dane crashed out on the 15th stage. “Shame that Jonas and others crashed out of this Tour,” Pogacar said. “I hope we can all fight again next year.” Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates XRG teammate Isaac del Toro, a 22-year-old Mexican making his Tour debut, was third at 9:42 back from Pogacar, who smiled and held up his hand to signify his wins. His teammates then joined him as they stood proudly on the Champs-lyses. “I don’t know how I do it,” Pogacar said. “I now have to find a new goal to chase. Which goal? Let’s just not jump ahead of ourselves, and enjoy this moment.” Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia in 2024 but has not won the Spanish Vuelta, which starts on Aug. 22. “Will I be at La Vuelta in a few weeks?” he said. “Let’s see.” Pogacar won five stages at this year’s race to take his impressive tally to 26 overall. He tried to win on Sunday, too, but victory ultimately went to Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel, who just held off the chasing pack on the home straight for his second stage win at this year’s race and fourth overall. Sunday’s 88.7-kilometre stage looped around Paris and was mostly processional, although less so than in previous years, which were usually entirely flat stages for sprinters and not for the rest of the peloton. The stage was shortened from 133 kilometres and its starting point in Thoiry, west of the capital, was changed to Paris so as to reduce pressure on emergency services com- batting wildfires in the southwest. Some security forces ini- tially mobilized for Paris were redeployed to help response efforts.
Hall of Fame welcomes Jeff Kent, Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltrán, who did not directly address 2017 Astros’ scandal
KENNY LACY JR. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.
Puerto Rico and Curaçao may be small is- lands, but the support they showed was massive as elite centre fielders Carlos Bel- trán and Andruw Jones were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. Both joined slugging second baseman Jeff Kent as the newest members before an estimated crowd of 12,000 fans at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, with 57 oth- er Hall of Famers on stage – creating the largest gathering of current Hall of Famers. Jones’s speech was almost like a love let- ter to his home country of Curaçao. “There’snoeasywaytogetherefromthe small island of Curaçao, more than 2,000 milesaway,”Jonessaid.“ButtodayCooper- stown and Curaçao are forever joined to- gether.” The long-time Atlanta Braves outfielder, a 10-time gold glove winner and five-time all-star, is the first player from Curaçao to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But he said he doesn’t plan on being the last. He pointed to players who have followed him, including Ozzie Albies and Kenley Jansen, as part of the Curaçao legacy started by Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens. Among the highlights, Jones’s tribute to his late father, Henry Jones, stood out. He said his father used to hit him flyballs from foul pole to foul pole to teach him how to track the ball, and how to build strong wrists by rolling a sledgehammer. “Everything he taught me had a pur- pose,” Jones said. “Henry Jones was a leg- end in Curaçao, a great player in his own right. And I’m not standing here in Cooper-
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Jarren Duran drove in two runs with one of histhreesingles,JahmaiJoneshadapinch- hit two-run double and the Boston Red Sox beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-1 Sunday. Ceddanne Rafaela added an RBI single for the Red Sox, who closed a 10-game homestand 8-2, including a victory on Wednesday that matched a club-record 15- game winning streak from 1946 before it was stopped in the nightcap of a split dou- bleheader. The fading Blue Jays couldn’t build on Dylan Cease’s dominating one-hit com- plete game from Saturday and have lost seven of 10 since the all-star break. Coming off the injured list after missing three weeks with a strained left groin, Ranger Suárez went four scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing four hits. Greg Weissert (3-2) worked a scoreless inning and was credited with the win. Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman (4-10) gave up three runs over six innings. He’s winless in his past 11 starts, going 0-7 with a 5.93 ERA since beating Pittsburgh on May 22. Boston has won its past six series and opens a seven-game West Coast trip Mon- day in West Sacramento, Calif. The Red Sox have won 17 of their past 19 overall. They plan to have newly acquired infielder Curtis Mead with them. He was picked up from Washington on Saturday for pitcher
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CoreySeagertooklivebattingpracticeSun- day for the first time since the Texas Rang- ersshortstopwassidelinedbyabackinjury for the second time this season on July 1. Seager finished the session with a home run and was planning to take live BP again Monday before what would appear to be a minor league rehab assignment. The two-time World Series MVP played twogamesintheminorsinearlyJunewhen he was returning from a three-week ab- sence because of lower back inflammation.
STEVE MEGARGEE MILWAUKEE, WIS.
Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski set a franchise re- cord by striking out the first sev- en Colorado Rockies on Sunday. Misiorowski also broke his own record for the most 100-mph pitches in a single game since pitch tracking began in 2008. The two-time all-star reached 100 mph on 66 of his 83 pitches and hit a top velocity of 104.7. He had thrown 58 pitches of at least 100 mph during a 15-strike- out performance against the Phi- ladelphia Phillies on June 12. Misiorowski struck out 12 of
Jeff Kent, left, Andruw Jones, centre, and Carlos Beltrán became the Hall of Fame’s latest inductees in front of 12,000 fans in Cooperstown, N.Y., on Sunday. SETH WENIG/AP
stown without his constant coaching. Dad, we did it.” Chantsof“PuertoRico”brokeoutbefore Beltrán even uttered a word. And whenev- er he mentioned his home island, the crowd cheered for him and waved flags. “Everywhere I played baseball, I always tried to represent my island,” Beltrán said. “I tried to do the best I could for the orga- nizations that I played, but also I wanted to represent Puerto Rico.” The 20-year veteran and 1999 AL Rookie of the Year ran through each organization he played for, thanking them for the differ- ent lessons each provided. The New York Mets received the most praise. “When people ask me about why I chose [the Mets] cap, I have to say this,” he said.
Toronto Blue Jays' pitcher Kevin Gausman, left, tags out Romy González after González dropped down a sacrifice bunt for the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. WINSLOW TOWNSON/GETTY IMAGES
Connelly Early. Rafaela’s RBI single inside the first-base bag made it 1-0 in the third. Duran’s hit made it 3-0 in the fourth and Jones’s came in a three-run seventh.
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Seager spent two more weeks on the in- jured list in June after getting a concussion. “It’s just tough to mimic some in-game stuff,” manager Skip Schumaker said of a possible rehab stint. “It’s always up to the player. Because he missed so much time, we’re going to discuss it. Looked like today was really good. See what it feels like to- morrow, and then we’ll discuss the rehab assignment.” Seager was removed from a game at To- ronto in the first inning on June 30 because of back discomfort. The five-time all-star is almost certain to play his fewest games since joining the Rangers in 2022. Seager
Colorado’s first 13 batters. He re- tired the first 14 batters before Cole Carrigg homered with two outs in the fifth. The Brewers record for consec- utive strikeouts to start a game had been set last year by Quinn Priester, who had six in a row to begin a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 18. The major league record for consecutive strikeouts to start a game is owned by Pablo López, who fanned the first nine Atlanta batters he faced in the Miami Marlins’ 7-4 triumph over the Braves on July 11, 2021. Misiorowski was three shy of the Brewers and MLB record for consecutive strikeouts at any
“Guys, it’s simple. Every organization shapes your career. New York shaped my life.” When discussing the teams he played for, Beltrán gave specific examples from some of his stops, including watching teammates Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell “playwithpain”inHouston.Buthedidnot mentionwinningtheWorldSerieswiththe Astros in 2017. That title carries controver- sy because of an illegal sign-stealing scheme and Beltrán’s involvement in it. Beltrán did not directly address the scandal, but did comment on those who may or may not have voted for him for whatever reasons. “To the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, I want to say thank you for mak-
er Monday at Washington. LHP Andrew Al- varez (2-3, 4.22 ERA) is scheduled for the Nationals.
Red Sox: LHP Payton Tolle (5-6, 3.31) is set to start in West Sacramento on Monday. RHP Jack Perkins (2-5, 6.75) is scheduled for the Athletics.
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has been limited to 51 games in what has been the worst season of his career. He is hitting .182 with 10 home runs and 25 RBIs. Seager was in an 0-for-27 slide, the worst of his career, when he was sidelined by the back injury the first time. After returning from the concussion, Seager played in three games before his back flared up. He wasn’t ready to say he had a better handle on dealing with a balky back for a second time. “I would love to tell you yes, but backs are not what you want,” Seager said.
point within a single game. Cor- bin Burnes struck out 10 straight batters in the Brewers’ 10-0 shut- out of the Chicago Cubs on Aug. 11, 2021. The New York Mets’ Tom Seaver struck out 10 straight San Diego Padres on April 22, 1970, and Philadelphia’s Aaron Nola had 10 consecutive strikeouts against the Mets on June 25, 2021. Misiorowski capped the first inning by getting Hunter Good- man to swing and miss at a 104.3- mph fastball after also striking out Jake McCarthy and Mickey Moniak. TJ Rumfield, Kyle Karros and Carrigg struck out in the sec- ond. Willi Castro also struck out to lead off the third before Troy Johnston ended the streak by fly-
ing out to centre-fielder Luis La- ra. Misiorowski then struck out the next five batters he faced. Edouard Julien went down swinging to end the third before McCarthy, Moniak and Goodman all struck out again in the fourth. Rumfield’s second strikeout led off the fifth, then Karros lined to fifth before Carrigg homered on a 2-2 pitch. Carrigg’s 361-foot, opposite- field shot to left came on a 101.9- mph fastball. According to MLB.com, it was 12th-fastest pitch to result in a homer since the start of pitch tracking. No Rockies player had ever homered on a pitch that fast
ingmeaHallofFamer....Andforthosethat didn’t[voteforme]–thatsawthingsdiffer- ent – I want to say also thank you. I appre- ciateyourperspective,”hesaid.“Ifbaseball has really taught me something, I want to say is that I hope in life, we continue to measure ourselves by the same standard we have used to measure others.” Beltrán earned 84.2 per cent of the vote from the BBWAA to make the Hall on his fourth try. Jones garnered 78.4 per cent in his ninth year of eligibility, eclipsing the 75 per cent needed for induction. Kent was elected by a much smaller panel last De- cember, the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee, after dropping off the BBWAA ballot when his eligibility ran out in 2023. The2000NLMVPwiththeSanFrancisco Giants played for six teams over his 17-year career and set the all-time home run mark for second basemen. A hard-nosed player, Kent showed a softer side during induction weekend. Before even speaking, Kent needed tis- sues to wipe the tears from his eyes after looking at his parents in the crowd, he said in a postceremony news conference. “Iwasmoreemotionalforthe35,40min- utes of sitting down than I was for the speech,” he said. “I thought I was going to be a wreck and I’m glad it was only a half a wreck.” Inhisspeech,Kenttoldastoryofhowhis baseball career turned when his father of- fered him a deal: If he earned a college scholarship, he would buy him a pickup truck. Kent quit racing motorcycles and shiftedhisfocustoschoolandbaseballand eventually earned a scholarship to the Uni- versity of California, Berkeley. In turn, he got a pickup truck he still has. “Itsitsinmygarageasasimplereminder that some of the simplest things can change the entire direction of your life,” Kent said.
to come off injured list, pitch on 42nd birthday
Toronto veteran right-hander Max Scherzer will celebrate his 42nd birthday with a start, com- ingofftheinjuredlistandstarting Monday’s series opener at Wash- ington, Blue Jays manager John Schneider said. “Max is going to pitch [Mon- day],” he said after their 6-1 series finale loss to the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Sunday. “I think just talking to him and understanding where he was physically and how he has reco- vered from the rehab outing in [Triple-A] Buffalo,” Schneider said. “Maybe a little bit limited in pitch count, but I think he kind of checked all the boxes.” Scherzer (1-4 with a 10.23 ERA) was placed on the injured list in mid-June with back spasms, but has had various setbacks, includ- ing three cortisone shots in his thumb.Hethrew56pitchesinfive innings, striking out seven in a re- hab start on Wednesday. He’s made only six starts this seasonfortheBlueJays,whohave dropped seven of 10 since the all- star break. Last season, after being left off the ALDS roster because of late- season struggles, Scherzer was in- cluded on the ALCS and World Se- riesrosterfortheBlueJays.Toron- tolosttheseriesinsevengamesto the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is 222-121 with a 3.27 ERA in 489 games over 19 seasons and seven different teams. He has two World Series rings, one coming in 2019 with the Nationals, where he’ll start on Monday. The other with Texas in 2023.
during the pitch tracking era. Misiorowski followed up Car- rigg’s homer by hitting Castro with a pitch before retiring John- ston on a grounder to end a 30- pitch inning. The Brewers removed Misio- rowski at that point as the NL Central leaders continue to be careful with his workload as Au- gust approaches. Misiorowski al- ready has pitched 120 innings this season. He worked 141 1⁄3innings last year, including his regular- season totals in the majors and minors plus his 12 postseason in- nings during Milwaukee’s run to the NL Championship Series.
over Hamilton, who was penalized for breaking the pit lane speed limit
MOGYOROD, HUNGARY
Lando Norris ended an eight- month wait by “flying” to a For- mula One victory with strong pace and a dose of good fortune at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. The defending champion was on pole but lost the lead to his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri when he ran wide at the second corner. Norris got the lead back after Piastri was delayed by a collision with Carlos Sainz Jr. while lapping the Williams driver, allowing Nor- ris to come out of the pits ahead of his teammate. He cruised to the win from there. “Car was unbelievable today, well done guys, incredible. We were flying,” Norris said. “Nice to be finally able to do it all for you. Feels like it’s been a while.” Piastri then stopped with a broken gearbox, paving the way for Max Verstappen to take sec- ond, with Kimi Antonelli third.
ANTONELLI GETS ANOTHER BOOST IN THE TITLE FIGHT
Even with Mercedes largely off the pace for once and a three- place grid penalty in qualifying, Antonelli recovered from sev- enthtotakehisninthpodiumfin- ish in 11 races and make a state- ment to his title rivals. Antonelli increased his stand- ings lead to 50 points over Lewis Hamilton, who was fifth after a
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE
EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 62 43 .590 — New York 59 45 .567 21/2 Boston 54 50 .519 71/2 Baltimore 51 55 .481 111/2 Toronto 48 58 .453 141/2 CENTRAL DIVISION Chicago 55 49 .529 — Cleveland 54 53 .505 21/2 Minnesota 53 54 .495 31/2 Detroit 50 56 .472 6 Kansas City 45 62 .421 111/2 WEST DIVISION Texas 53 52 .505 — Seattle 52 54 .491 11/2 Houston 52 55 .486 2 Athletics 44 61 .419 9 Los Angeles 42 64 .396 111/2
EAST DIVISION
Sunday Tampa Bay 1, Cleveland 0 Boston 6, Toronto 1 Kansas City 5, Detroit 4 Chicago White Sox 12, Houston 3 Minnesota 11, Athletics 8 Seattle 6, Texas 4
Saturday Tampa Bay 3, Cleveland 0 Toronto 6, Boston 0 Kansas City 3, Detroit 2 Minnesota 2, Athletics 0 Houston 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Texas 7, Seattle 1
Monday All Times Eastern Seattle (Kirby 8-8) at Texas (Rocker 3-8), 2:35 p.m. Baltimore (Bradish 7-9) at Detroit (Mon- tero 7-5), 6:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-3) at Chicago White Sox (Schultz 3-7), 7:40 p.m. Houston (Imai 6-4) at L.A. Angels (Ureña 6-7), 9:38 p.m. Boston (Tolle 5-6) at Athletics (Perkins 2- 5), 9:40 p.m.
INTERLEAGUE
Sunday Atlanta 3, Baltimore 2, 11 innings L.A. Angels 4, San Francisco 3 N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia
Saturday San Francisco 9, L.A. Angels 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Philadelphia 1 Baltimore 3, Atlanta 2
Monday All Times Eastern Toronto (Scherzer 1-4) at Washington (Al- varez 2-3), 6:45 p.m. Cleveland (Cecconi 4-7) at Cincinnati (Burns 12-1), 7:10 p.m.
CORNERED
OFF THE MARK
SPEED BUMP
BIZARRO
McLaren driver Lando Norris celebrates with a teammate after winning the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring racetrack in Mogyorod, near Budapest, on Sunday. DARKO BANDIC/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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penalty for speeding in the pits. George Russell was barely a factor as he drove through the field to seventh after a near-stall at the start dropped him to the back. He drops 59 points behind his Mer- cedes teammate Antonelli. Norris hadn’t won a full Grand Prix race since Sao Paulo in No- vember, though he did win a sprint in Miami in May. Hungary was the last race be- fore the mid-season break. The next race is the Dutch Grand Prix on Aug. 23.
EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 62 43 .590 — Philadelphia 56 49 .533 6 Washington 54 52 .509 81/2 Miami 52 54 .491 101/2 New York 44 62 .415 181/2 CENTRAL DIVISION Milwaukee 66 39 .629 — Chicago 59 46 .562 7 Pittsburgh 54 52 .509 121/2 St. Louis 53 52 .505 13 Cincinnati 49 55 .471 161/2 WEST DIVISION Los Angeles 67 39 .632 — Arizona 55 51 .519 12 San Diego 53 53 .500 14 San Francisco 44 61 .419 221/2 Colorado 42 65 .393 251/2
Sunday Pittsburgh 8, Chicago Cubs 7 San Diego 5, Miami 3 Washington 10, Arizona 7 N.Y. Mets 8, L.A. Dodgers 3 Milwaukee 11, Colorado 2 Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3, 10 innings
Saturday Washington 5, Arizona 3 San Diego 7, Miami 2 Chicago Cubs 11, Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 0 Milwaukee 8, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, N.Y. Mets 3
Monday All Times Eastern Arizona (Kelly 8-8) at Pittsburgh (Keller 6- 7), 6:40 p.m. Philadelphia (Wheeler 10-2) at Miami (Phillips 2-5), 6:40 p.m. Atlanta (Perez 6-6) at N.Y. Mets (Thorn- ton 1-1), 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Peterson 5-7) at St. Louis (Liberatore 5-7), 7:45 p.m. Milwaukee (Sproat 3-5) at San Francisco (Mahle 2-9), 9:45 p.m.
CFL
GP W L PF PA Pt Montreal 6 5 1 208 186 10 Hamilton 6 3 3 149 159 6 Toronto 7 3 4 220 219 6 Ottawa 6 0 6 143 213 0 WEST DIVISION
GP W L PF PA Pt Edmonton 7 6 1 203 172 12 Saskatchewan 6 4 2 204 169 8 Winnipeg 7 4 3 185 208 8 Calgary 7 3 4 278 244 6 BritishColumbia 6 1 5 152 182 2 WEEK EIGHT Bye: Ottawa Sunday Hamilton at Montreal Saturday Toronto 26 British Columbia 12 Friday Calgary 52 Winnipeg 30
HAMILTON LEFT TO RUE YET ANOTHER PENALTY
“Sometimes you just can’t catch a break,” Hamilton had written on Instagram on Saturday. He dis- cussed how his three-place penal- ty in qualifying – Hamilton’s third penalty in three race weekends – made it “difficult to hang on to that positivity.” A fourth penalty won’t have helped, and nor will yet another Ferrari strategy blunder. When Piastri’s breakdown at the side of the road brought a vir-
ATP WORLD TOUR
MILLENNIUM ESTORIL OPEN
At Estoril, Portugal Purse: €612,620 Surface: Red clay Sunday MEN’S SINGLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Luca Van Assche, France, def. Alexander Blockx (4), Belgium, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
DOUBLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Titouan Droguet and Kyrian Jacquet, France, def. Rafael Matos and Orlando Luz (2), Brazil, 7-6 (2), 6-7 (4), 11-9.
GENERALI OPEN
At Kitzbuhel, Austria Purse: €612,620 Surface: Red clay Saturday MEN’S SINGLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Quentin Halys, France, def. Alexander Bublik (1), Kazakhstan, 6-4, 7-6 (6).
DOUBLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Lucas Miedler, Austria, and Marc Polmans (2), Australia, def. Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner (3), Germany, 6-2, 6-2.
WTA TOUR
LIVESPORT PRAGUE
Sunday WOMEN’S SINGLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Lilli Tagger, Austria, def. Daria Snigur (8), Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
DOUBLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Harriet Dart and Maia Lumsden (4), Britain, def. Lucie Havlickova and Laura Samson, Czechia, 6-4, 6-4.
Saturday SINGLES — SEMIFINALS Lilli Tagger, Austria, def. Barbora Krejcikova (2), Czechia, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 7-6 (4). Daria Snigur (8), Ukraine, def. Tereza Valentova (5), Czechia, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
HAMBURG EUROPEAN OPEN
At Hamburg, Germany Purse: €246,338 Surface: Red clay Sunday WOMEN’S SINGLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Tamara Korpatsch (5), Germany, def. Anna Bondar (4), Hungary, 6-3, 6-3.
DOUBLES — CHAMPIONSHIP Dalila Jakupovic and Nika Radisic, Slovenia, def. Alexandra Panova, Russia, and Magali Kempen (1), Belgium, 5-7, 6-3, 10-5.
tual safety car slowdown, Ferrari decided it was worth calling in Hamilton for fresh tires. Unfortunately for the seven- time champion, he left the pit lane to see Antonelli approaching fast. In what appeared to be a rush to keep the Mercedes driver at bay, Hamilton broke the pit lane speed limit. Hamilton ended up being asked to give the place back to Antonelli and was then given a five-second penalty that dropped him behind teammate Charles
TOUR DE FRANCE
STAGE 21 (FINAL)
A 40.7-kilometre (25.3-mile) ride from Thoiry to the Champs-Elysees in Paris (total distance covered: 3,197 km/1,985.7 mi): 1. Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands, Alpecin-Premier Tech, one hour, 58 minutes and 49 seconds. 2. Jasper Philipsen, Belgium, Alpecin- Premier Tech, same time. 3. Mads Pedersen, Denmark, Lidl-Trek, s.t. 4. Max Kanter, Germany, XDS Astana Team, s.t. 5. Olav Kooij, Netherlands, Decathlon CMA CGM Team, s.t. 6. Matej Mohoric, Slovenia, Bahrain Victorious, s.t. 7. Rick Pluimers, Netherlands, Tudor Pro Cycling Team, s.t. 8. Anthony Turgis, France, TotalEnergies,s.t. 9. Milan Fretin, Belgium, Cofidis, s.t. 10. Clement Russo, France, Groupama- FDJ United, s.t. ALSO 155. Derek Gee-West, Osgoode, Ont., Lidl-Trek, s.t. OVERALL RANKINGS (Final after 21 stages) 1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 73:56:26. 2. Remco Evenepoel, Belgium, Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe, 74:02:52. 3. Isaac Del Toro Romero, Mexico, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 74:06:08. 4. Paul Seixas, France, Decathlon CMA CGM Team, 74:08:22. 5. Lenny Martinez, France, Bahrain Victorious, 74:09:28. 6. Mattias Skjelmose, Denmark, Lidl- Trek, 74:11:25. 7. Juan Ayuso, Spain, Lidl-Trek, 74:14:14. 8. Richard Carapaz, Ecuador, EF Education-EasyPost, 74:16:26. 9. Tom Pidcock, Britain, Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team, 74:25:54. 10. Jordan Jegat, France, TotalEnergies, 74:29:47. ALSO 25. Derek Gee-West, Osgoode, Ont., Lidl-Trek, 76:09:25.
NSL
Sunday-Monday No Games Scheduled.
Saturday Halifax 1 Vancouver 0
Tuesday — All Times Eastern Calgary at Toronto, 7 p.m.
CPL
Sunday Ottawa 3 Victoria 2 Hamilton 3 Toronto 1
Saturday No Games Scheduled
PGA TOUR
3M OPEN
Sunday At Blaine, Minn. Purse: $8.8 million Yardage: 7,431; Par: 71 FINAL ROUND JacksonKoivun,$1.584M 64-68-61-66—259 ScottieScheffler,$959,200 65-70-64-63—262 BrianHarman,$429,550 69-64-66-65—264 H.Matsuyama,$429,550 70-65-65-64—264 DennyMcCarthy,$429,550 66-68-64-66—264 ChandlerPhillips,$429,550 66-65-66-67—264 EmilianoGrillo,$286,000 64-67-65-69—265 DavisThompson,$286,000 68-68-63-66—265 BenKohles,$257,400 62-69-65-70—266 MichaelKim,$222,200 69-59-70-69—267 SeamusPower,$222,200 68-68-63-68—267 GaryWoodland,$222,200 64-71-67-65—267 ZacBlair,$172,333 68-65-68-67—268 BillyHorschel,$172,333 67-66-65-70—268 JakeKnapp,$172,333 68-70-68-62—268 DavisChatfield,$138,600 69-68-64-68—269 ZechengDou,$138,600 67-69-67-66—269 PatrickFishburn,$138,600 70-68-66-65—269 KevinYu,$138,600 69-66-66-68—269 C.Bezuidenhout,$103,840 68-67-69-66—270 LeeHodges,$103,840 68-67-65-70—270 TomKim,$103,840 68-69-67-66—270 R.Neergrd-Ptrsn,$103,840 66-72-66-66—270 ChandlerBlanchet,$70,086 67-68-67-69—271 MichaelBrennan,$70,086 65-69-63-74—271 KurtKitayama,$70,086 68-69-66-68—271 HankLebioda,$70,086 69-69-65-68—271 JohnParry,$70,086 69-69-69-64—271 A.Smotherman,$70,086 68-67-68-68—271 KevinStreelman,$70,086 67-68-69-67—271 MaxGreyserman,$55,000 69-70-69-64—272 ChrisKirk,$55,000 70-69-64-69—272 KevinRoy,$55,000 65-70-68-69—272 JoelDahmen,$45,848 70-69-66-68—273 MarkHubbard,$45,848 70-69-65-69—273 MaverickMcNealy,$45,848 71-66-72-64—273 VinceWhaley,$45,848 67-69-68-69—273 MuzzyDonohue,$45,848 73-63-73-64—273 CoreyConners,$36,520 70-69-66-69—274 TroyMerritt,$36,520 66-66-69-73—274 PontusNyholm,$36,520 68-69-71-66—274 JordanL.Smith,$36,520 71-68-67-68—274 JohnVanDerLaan,$36,520 67-71-66-70—274 ZacharyBauchou,$26,413 70-69-66-70—275 RickyCastillo,$26,413 71-68-65-71—275 MackenzieHughes,$26,413 71-67-68-69—275 A.J.Ewart,$20,680 69-69-70-69—277
TELEVISION MONDAY(ALLTIMESEASTERN) MLS
Saturday Charlotte 2 N.Y. Red Bulls 0 Columbus 2 Cincinnati 1 D.C. 2 Toronto 1 Houston 3 Austin 0 L.A. Galaxy 1 San Jose 1 Los Angeles F.C. 4 Kansas City 0 Miami 1 Montreal 0 New England 4 Atlanta 1 New York City F.C. 3 Chicago 1 Orlando 1 Nashville 0 Philadelphia 1 Seattle 0 Portland 2 Salt Lake City 1 St. Louis 1 Colorado 0 San Diego 1 Dallas 0 Vancouver 0 Minnesota 0
Leclerc in the final standings. “Handing out penalties like crazy,” he told Ferrari over the ra- dio. Isack Hadjar took sixth after a tactical race holding up drivers who threatened his Red Bull teammate Verstappen, with Rus- sell seventh. Liam Lawson was eighth for Racing Bulls ahead of Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg in ninth and Lawson’s teammate Arvid Lindblad 10th.
LPGA TOUR
ISPS HANDA WOMEN’S SCOTTISH OPEN
Sunday At Troon, United Kingdom Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,543; Par: 72 FINAL ROUND JennyShin,$300,000 66-67-71-75—279 ALimKim,$167,294 67-72-74-68—281 P.Anannarukarn,$111,529 71-69-69-74—283 EstherHenseleit,$83,647 70-68-73-73—284 LaurenCoughlin,$62,271 66-74-74-71—285 MiyuYamashita,$62,271 70-74-70-71—285 C.Wannasaen,$52,047 71-76-70-69—286 ErikaHara,$44,612 70-70-71-76—287 LeonaMaguire,$44,612 72-72-73-70—287 RyannO’Toole,$44,612 73-72-71-71—287 AkiIwai,$39,965 78-70-69-71—288 JuliaLopezRamirez,$39,96571-74-73-70—288 HyeJinChoi,$35,318 76-70-76-67—289 PattyTavatanakit,$35,318 71-69-78-71—289 AmyYang,$35,318 76-69-71-73—289 DikshaDagar,$31,600 74-73-70-73—290 HyoJooKim,$31,600 75-70-73-72—290 NellyKorda,$31,600 72-76-73-69—290 DanielaDarquea,$27,108 71-72-74-74—291 AliceHewson,$27,108 75-70-75-71—291 SeiYoungKim,$27,108 75-72-73-71—291 P.R-Bouchard,$27,108 73-73-76-69—291 MajaStark,$27,108 74-72-73-72—291 WeiweiZhang,$27,108 73-73-73-72—291 NataliyaGuseva,$22,306 72-74-73-73—292 AriyaJutanugarn,$22,306 73-73-71-75—292 RoseZhang,$22,306 73-72-71-76—292 AnnaNordqvist,$18,588 70-79-73-71—293 InaYoon,$18,588 73-68-76-76—293 ArpichayaYubol,$18,588 73-72-77-71—293 ManonDeRoey,$14,716 73-75-76-70—294 HannahGreen,$14,716 74-76-74-70—294 ChizzyIwai,$14,716 72-74-75-73—294 SaraKouskova,$14,716 77-69-76-72—294 MiHyangLee,$14,716 75-68-77-74—294 NastasiaNadaud,$14,716 75-71-74-74—294 PiaBabnik,$11,339 77-71-74-73—295 AmandaDoherty,$11,339 72-73-77-73—295 MoaFolke,$11,339 76-70-75-74—295 LottieWoad,$11,339 74-70-78-73—295 AllisenCorpuz,$10,595 78-72-72-74—296 YouMinHwang,$10,316 74-74-77-72—297 LisaPettersson,$10,316 69-77-77-74—297 HelenBriem,$9,480 77-70-74-77—298 LindyDuncan,$9,480 74-74-76-74—298 AmeliaGarvey,$9,480 76-73-72-77—298
BASEBALL MLB: Toronto vs. Washington, SN On- tario, East, West, Pacific, 6:30 p.m. MLB: N.Y. Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox, SN 1, 7:30 p.m. MLB: Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis, TSN 1, 4, 5, 7:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL Athlete Unlimited: Utah Talons vs. TBD, TSN 2, 7 p.m.
TENNIS ATP Tour: Washington, TSN 3, 11 a.m.
RESULTS AS OF SUNDAY, JULY 26, 9:30 P.M.
meeting Obama, then lighting up the game
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Fever Guard enjoyed taking part in her first true all-star weekend
DOUG FEINBERG CHICAGO
DOUG FEINBERG CHICAGO
aitlin Clark had a memora- ble weekend that started with meeting former U.S. President Barack Obama and ended with a stellar effort in her first traditional All-Star Game. In between were sponsor events with Nike, State Farm and Wilson that had hundreds of fans of all ages and genders – many wearing her No. 22 jersey – lined up for hours, hoping to get a high- five, autograph or even just a glimpse of the Indiana Fever star. “I’m excited this weekend is packed with a lot of stuff,” Clark said at the Wilson event to unveil her new line of basketballs. “I neverwanttotake[All-Starweek- end] for granted.” This was Clark’s first tradition- al All-Star Game; she missed last year’s in Indianapolis because she was injured. Her rookie sea- son in 2024 featured a highly competitive game in which the U.S. Olympic team played the WNBA All-Stars. There was added tension for that one because many felt Clark should have been on the Olympic squad for Paris.
replay centre next season
The WNBA will have a replay centre similar to the NBA next season as the league continues to invest in officiating, commission- er Cathy Engelbert announced at her state of the league press con- ference Saturday before the All- Star Game. Officiating has been a hot top- ic around the league for the past few seasons, with physical play being a major point of conten- tion. The league put together a task force in the off-season to help clean up some of the phys- icality in the game. “This is one of the most signif- icant investments we’ve ever made in our basketball oper- ations, this investment of tens of millions of dollars will help bring greater consistency, efficiency, and transparency to our officiat- ing process while continuing to improve the quality of the game,” the commissioner said. Engelbert said that a lot of the details on the replay centre still need to be worked out, although she said, as of now, the last two- minute report that the NBA has won’t be used in the WNBA yet. Fouls have been up this season as there has been an emphasis to help players’ freedom of move- ment. The increase in fouls has led to more offence as teams are averaging a record-high number of points. It has also led to longer games. Earlier this month, league gametimes were at an average of 2 hours, 8 minutes – the longest in league history. Engelbert said the league is continuing to work with the play- ers to try to improve their safety off the court. The league and players’ union had a virtual
wins the green jersey as best sprinter
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FROM B9
For the second straight year the stage featured the hugely pop- ular uphill climb through the Montmartre district, a sharp one- kilometre dash which riders tack- led three times before finishing on the Champs-lyses. It proved even too much for Pogacar, who could not match van der Poel’s raw power in the closing stages. Shortly before 6 p.m. local time, Pogacar shook hands at the start line with Evenepoel and Ecuadorian veteran Richard Ca- rapaz , wearing the polka-dot jer- sey for the best climber. “I battled hard to win this jer- sey, it was a great fight,” the 33- year-old Carapaz said. “It’s the best feeling to win it.” Van der Poel and Dane Mads Pedersen, the green jersey win- ner as best sprinter, were among the expected contenders for the
Team Spoon’s Caitlin Clark looks to pass the ball during the first half of the WNBA’s all-star game against Team Coop in Chicago on Saturday. NAM Y. HUH/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Any time you get to put on a uniform and play an All-Star Game is really special. It’s really a unique experience for myself as I never really got to play in a true All-Star Game [before],” Clark said. On Saturday, she got involved
meeting on Tuesday night to dis- cuss what more can be done to combat the online hate. “[For] too many players across the WNBA, that experience is un- acceptable,” she said. “Many cases, it’s disgusting. Racism, mi- sogyny, homophobia, the harass- ment and threats directed to our players has no place in sport or anywhere else.” The WNBA’s investigation into whether a Las Vegas Aces spon- sorship deal violated the salary cap was inconclusive, Engelbert said. “No discipline will be recom- mended or imposed. Of course, if new or additional evidence comes to light, we’ll continue to investigate. But, you know, the integrity of our game is number one,” the commissioner said. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority offered in May, 2024 a US$100,000 sponsorship agreement to Aces players for each of the following two sea- sons. That amount exceeded the salaries for six of the players, ac- cording to Spotrac. No such agreement was of- fered for this season, but player salaries also dramatically rose af- ter the new collective-bargaining agreement was completed in May. Each Aces player earns at least US$270,000, according to Spotrac. The initial offer prompt- ed the league to launch a probe into whether it skirted salary-cap rules. “We did this the right way,” LVCVA president and CEO Steve Hill said at the time. “We did something that we think works for Las Vegas and I think great for the players. We did this without the team. It was our idea and any questions they ask they’ll find that out.”
stage win. Crowds roared as the riders be- gan the first climb up Rue Lepic in Montmartre, with the famed Sacr-Coeur basilica looming over them. Pogacar moved ahead after the second ascension of Mont- martre, with van der Poel, Evene- poel and Pedersen alongside him. Van der Poel attacked on the third and final climb with Poga- car responding well, and the one- day classics rivals surged ahead. But they were caught with 700 metres left and, after Pogacar faded, the 31-year-old van der Poel still had work to do. He got his bike just over the line ahead of Belgian Jasper Phi- lipsen, his Alpecin-Premier Tech teammate, and Pedersen. Poga- car eased up and finished 30th. “I thought the sprinters would catch us up so I launched [my at- tack] from very far away,” van
quickly, much to the delight of the record all-star crowd of 19,783 at the United Center. Clark scored her team’s first eight points, get- ting a steal for a layup and then hitting one of her signature deep three-pointers. A few minutes lat- er she nailed an even deeper
Engelbert said that the league needs to do better communicat- ing with its players, whether it’s through texts or e-mails or some other form. One of the chief com- plaints from players has been that they have no relationship with the commissioner. A’ja Wil- son said before the game that the only time she talks to Engelbert is when she’s receiving trophies. “I’ve been talking with the players about how much they want to hear from us, how much they don’t,” Engelbert said. “We do send them a lot of e-mail up- dates and things like that. They’re a generation that doesn’t check e-mail as much. So we have to get better at a text chain. ... We have to be better at it. It’s something certainly like if a play- er is getting honoured or players gets hurt or something like, I try to reach out to them, and, yeah. So we need to be better at it. There’s no doubt I need to be bet- ter.” Engelbert sidestepped a ques- tion about if she planned to be the commissioner next season. “I’m so blessed to have to be at the helm of this league during this incredible hypergrowth peri- od. So blessed that these players are putting the product on the court,” she said. “I will just con- tinue to, you know, do my job, execute the strategy because it has been working.” Engelbert said that this is al- ready the most-watched WNBA season of all-time, with the 117 broadcasts reaching over 73 mil- lion unique viewers. Twenty-nine of the games averaged over one million viewers – the most ever at the all-star break. They had 11 all of last season.
der Poel said. “I gave everything I had left in my legs and it was just enough.” Van der Poel is widely consid- ered one of the best cyclists in the world. He has multiple victo- ries in one-day classics and Cy- clo-cross world championship ti- tles, and is also a former world road race champion. His father Adri van der Poel won two stages on the Tour in the late 1980s. His maternal grandfather was French cyclist Raymond Pouli- dor, who raced in the 1960s and seventies, finishing second on the Tour three times and third five times. Nicknamed “Poupou” and “The Eternal Runner-up,” he was adored by French fans. The nine-stage women’s Tour starts in the Swiss city of Lau- sanne on Aug. 1 and finishes in Nice on Aug 9.
three that would have been from the four-point spot that was used in last year’s game. The league got rid of it this year, to Clark’s dis- may. Despite not having the oppor- tunity for the bonus point, Clark had fun Saturday helping her
“I’m pleased with it. I can’t complain about getting on the podium. I could certainly feel the energy. The crowd’s been amazing.” said Masse. In gymnastics, Black reclaimed the title she first won at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The 30-year-old Black totalled a winning score of 53.050 to beat Australia’s Breanna Scott (52.900). Lia-Monica Fontaine, a 16-year-old from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., took bronze (52.800) in her Commonwealth Games debut. “I think we’re just changing the narrative of women in sport and gymnastics, and hopefully inspiring the coming generations to see that there’s no age cap. You can keep going and you can still get better and enjoy what you do,” said Black, a four-time Olympian. Fontaine was thrilled to step onto the podium. “It’s definitely a big opportunity and I really took it. I’m really happy with what I did, honestly,” said Fontaine. Canada’s Félix Dolci won silver in the men’s gymnastics all-around final earlier Sunday, earning his second medal of the competition. Dolci scored 79.450, coming within two tenths of gold- medalist Reuben Ward of host Scotland at Glasgow Interna- tional Arena. Australia’s Jesse Moore took bronze (79.000). “Qualifying first and knowing my potential, knowing what I can do and knowing the work also I’ve put in practising and prepping to come here, I was going for the gold medal,” Dolci said. “But, you know, that’s sport for you, that’s gymnastics. It’s never perfect, we either win or we learn. Today was a big learning experience.” Dolci, a 24-year-old from Laval, Que., helped lead Canada to gold in the men’s team event on Friday when he topped the individual standings with a score of 81.650. Canada won silver in the women’s gymnastics team event on Saturday. Canada now has nine medals at the Games – three gold, three silver and three bronze. Also on Sunday, the Canadian men’s and women’s wheel- chair basketball teams fell to 1-1 in play with a pair of losses to England. Flag-bearer Kady Dandeneau scored 11 points, but Cana- da’s women’s team lost 15-12 to England. “I think it was just a little nerves kind of got to us,” Dande- neau said. “We didn’t execute on some of the stuff that we needed to, and it just got away from us there in the begin- ning. We let them get a big lead, unfortunately.” The Canadian men then dropped a 20-10 decision. Both teams return to the court on Monday for matchups against Australia. The Commonwealth Games run through Aug. 2. This year’s competition, featuring 3,000 athletes from 74 coun- tries and territories, was downsized after Glasgow stepped in late as the host city when the Australian state of Victoria pulled out in 2023 over ballooning costs. Toronto swimmer Joshua Liendo and Halifax gymnast El- lie Black added gold medals to Canada’s tally at the Com- monwealth Games on Sunday. Liendo defended his men’s 100-metre butterfly title before Black became the first person to win two all-around gymnas- tics crowns at the Games. Liendo touched the wall in a meet record of 50.42 seconds, edging Australians Matthew Temple (50.43) and Ben Arm- bruster (50.58) at Tollcross International Swimming Centre. The 23-year-old repeated as Commonwealth champion af- ter winning gold in 2022 and later earning Olympic silver in the event at the 2024 Paris Games. Liendo narrowly missed a second medal about 90 minutes later, finishing fourth in the 50-metre freestyle in 21.55 sec- onds. Australia’s Cameron McEvoy won gold in 20.97, fol- lowed by Flynn Southam (21.44) and Jamie Jack (21.47). Elsewhere in the pool, five-time Olympic medalist Kylie Masse earned silver in the women’s 100-metre backstroke for her 10th career Commonwealth Games medal, the most by a Canadian female swimmer. The 31-year-old from LaSalle, Ont., finished in 58.77 sec- onds behind Australia’s Iona Alexandra Anderson after lead- ing by 0.44 seconds at the halfway mark. South Africa’s Olivia Nel took bronze in 1:00.09. In gymnastics, Black reclaimed the title she first won at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The 30-year-old Black totalled a winning score of 53.050 to beat Australia’s Breanna Scott (52.900). Lia-Monica Fontaine, a 16-year-old from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que., took bronze (52.800) in her Commonwealth Games debut. Canada’s Félix Dolci won silver in the men’s gymnastics all-around final earlier Sunday, earning his second medal of the competition.
team to the 129-122 win, taking Obama’s words in their conversa- tion to heart when he told her “don’t lose the joy.” Clark admitted her hands were sweaty and clammy when she met Obama. She asked for a pho- to with him – a question that’s posed to her countless times a day. After meeting Obama, Clark’s day was full of sponsor activities. She went to WNBA Live, a fanfest where many of the league’s spon- sors had exhibits. She participa- ted in a musical chairs shooting game at the State Farm exhibit, which had hundreds of fans watching. Soon after she was acting as a hype woman for a few lucky girls who competed in a similar con- test. The winner got a pair of Clark’s shoes. There was also a stop at the Nike girls basketball tournament to see her former AAU team the Iowa Attack. Then it was the trip to Wilson to unveil her new line of basket- balls. For a few days, Clark could just enjoy basketball and not have to deal with the outside noise that has surrounded her since she en- tered the league in 2024. Now it’s back to the grind as the Fever play in Seattle on Tues- day.
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QBs in early after last year’s collapse
A non-playoff season, plus Mahomes’s knee injury created different needs in K.C. this year
DAVE SKRETTA ST. JOSEPH, MO.
he past few years, Kansas City coach Andy Reid had drifted away frombringingrookiesandquarter- backs into training camp a few days early, reasoning that such a veteran teamcomingoffdeepplayoffrunscoulddo without it. Afterall,foradecade,histeamhadmade at least the wild-card round. Many of those seasons ended in February. ButK.C.collapsedlastseason,finishinga dismal 6-11 while losing quarterback Pa- trick Mahomes to a major knee injury. Thereweresignificantrosterissuesonboth sides of the ball, depth problems at impor- tant positions that became exacerbated when injuries happened to other players, and it all meant an end to the season far earlier than anyone in Kansas City had ex- pected. So, with the team in need of a reset – among other reasons – Reid opted to bring his quarterbacks and rookies, along with a fewotherplayerscomingoffinjuries,backto Missouri Western State University for a few days of work before the full squad arrives.
Kansas City quarterbacks Chris Oladokun, left, Garrett Nussmeier, second from left, Justin Fields, and Patrick Mahomes practise on Sunday in St. Joseph, Mo. CHARLIE RIEDEL/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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BRISSETT AGREES TO REWORKED ONE-YEAR DEAL WITH CARDINALS, IS NAMED LIKELY WEEK 1 STARTER
Quarterback Jacoby Brissett and the Arizona Cardinals agreed to a reworked one-year deal Sunday and first-year coach Mike LaFleur confirmed that the veteran is the team’s likely starter for Week 1. Brissett, 33, was unhappy with his previous contract, which included just US$1.5-million of guaranteed money for the coming season. His new deal is worth a reported US$15.5-million. “It hasn’t been a distraction by any means – I think we’ve got some very mature and professional players,” LaFleur said. “But it’s just one more thing that we
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“I didn’t like not doing it last year after I got done with it, to be honest with you,” Reid said of the three-day crash course, which continued through heat indexes topping triple digits Fahrenheit Sunday. “It’s a good thing for the quarterbacks, goodthingfortherookiescomingin.Wedo have more numbers [of rookies] this year, so it allows us to get more reps. “I think,” Reid added, “that will benefit us.” It couldn’t hurt. Start with the quarterbacks: Mahomes was cleared this past week to fully partici- pateintrainingcampafterundergoingsur- gery in December to repair torn knee liga- ments. And while Reid insisted this week thatthetwo-timeMVPwouldhavenolimi- tations,thereisneverthelessacertaincom- fort that comes with getting some reps without a full team flying around him. “You just have to build that confidence back,” Mahomes said, “and I’m glad I get to dothatfromDay1oftrainingcamp.Ididn’t want to have to get only a couple of weeks of practice in and then have to go play a game.Iwantedtobuilditup,seehowtrain- ingcampgoesaswegraduallybuild,andso I think that’ll help me get back to where I need to be.” For the next two QBs on the depth chart, there’s the matter of learning the offence. Kansas City swung a trade with the Jets tobringinJustinFieldsastheveteranback- up,inparttohavesomeonecapableofwin-
don’t have to talk about.” Brissett was the team’s starter for the final 12 games last year after Kyler Murray suffered a season-ending foot injury. He did well individually with 3,366 yards passing, 23 touchdowns and eight in- terceptions, but the Cardinals had a 1-11 record in those games. LaFleur confirmed that Brissett’s deal was done before Sunday’s practice and said that the veteran would begin work- ing with the starters soon. The team’s other main options at quarterback are veteran Gardner Minshew and rookie
ningacoupleofgamesshouldMahomesbe unable to start Week 1. Their young project QB is Garrett Nussmeier, the once-herald- edcollegestarfromLSUwhofellalltheway to the 249th overall pick in the NFL draft last April. Beyond the quarterbacks, though, is the chance to get some extra work for a rookie class – more than two dozen are in camp – that Kansas City will be leaning upon more heavily than perhaps any other point in Reid’s tenure. Defensive back Mansoor De- lane,thefirstcornerbacktakeninthedraft, is expected to start Week 1, and he may not be the only first-year player on the field. The team’s other first-round pick, defen- sive tackle Peter Woods, could find himself playing alongside perennial pro bowl pick Chris Jones, while pass rusher R Mason Thomas will be counted upon to put pres- sure on the quarterback. That makes every extra rep they can get before the veterans arrive invaluable. “I’m super grateful for the three days [of rookie camp],” Woods said. “I told some- one earlier that the veterans, they have a standard for what they want to see from us young guys. Just coming in and being able to have some days to prepare myself to be able to mesh well with the veterans, that means a lot to me. Not everyone gets a chance to do that.”
Carson Beck. Brissett is a popular presence in the Cardinals’ locker room and some players – most notably eight-time pro bowl safety Budda Baker – were publicly supportive of a new deal for the quarterback. “He’s got a level head about himself,” LaFleur said. “He’s been in a lot of differ- ent systems and heard a lot of different things and seen a lot of different things. He’s had the ups and downs with teams. He’s in a good spot and I’m excited to really start working with him.” THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
attends 49ers camp after recent car crash
JOSH DUBOW SANTA CLARA, CALIF.
Coach Kyle Shanahan walked on- to the practice field and stood next to general manager John Lynch,watchinghisSanFrancisco 49ers practise for about 30 min- utes. Shanahan’s presence that has been a constant the past decade was a welcome sight on Sunday for the first training camp prac- tice, coming less than two weeks after he got into a car crash that left him with a concussion and other injuries. “I know he can’t stay away,” star linebacker Fred Warner said. “I know he’s given up his duties for a little bit, but that guy’s ob- sessedwithball.I’msureofcourse he’s going to be around.” While Shanahan made a ca- meo appearance at practice on Sunday, the Niners began prepa- rations for the 2026 season with- out their leader in charge. Shana- han has ceded responsibility over the team to assistant head coach/ offensivelinecoachChrisFoerster temporarily as he recovers from the crash he got into on July 14 in nearby Palo Alto. Shanahan suffered a concus- sion, broken ribs, a broken nose and broken hand in the crash and won’t be back running the team until the concussion symptoms subside. Shanahan had a cast on his left hand, sunglasses to cover up his black eye and a new mus- tache that prompted Warner to complement him on his “dis- guise” as he watched practice. Shanahan interacted with a few players, including Warner, Kyle Juszczyk, Christian McCaf- frey and Dre Greenlaw before leaving the field. “I knew it would be tough to keep him away from there,” star tackle Trent Williams said. “It’s going to be hard for him to get his rest. He’s not that type of person. It doesn’t surprise me at all to see him out there.” With a veteran-laden team and several coaches who have been with the organization for years, Foerster and Williams said it’s al- most as if the team is on “auto pi- lot” and not thrown off by Shana- han’s absence. The training camp practice plan was put in place long before Shanahan’s crash, with the open- ing stretch of camp essentially a repeat of the installations from the off-season program. Foerstersaidheisleaningheav- ily on his assistants, especially co- ordinators Klay Kubiak, Raheem Morris and Brant Boyer. He said notmuchhaschangedotherthan he had to break the team after practice,hedidanewsconference and he got to make the call on small parts of practice such as whethertorepeatorskipaplayaf- ter a presnap penalty. FoersterhasbeenintheNFLfor more than three decades, starting as an assistant offensive line and tight ends coach in Minnesota in 1993andhadlittleproblemtaking command of the entire team. “He’s been doing this longer than everybody in that locker room been alive, probably except for me,” Williams said. “It’s like a hand-in-glove fit. Me personally, I’m so proud of him just watching him even just be a head coach for a day, or no matter how long it is. We go so far back, he’s family to me. Just seeing him in that posi- tion, I’m just really proud.” Foerster spent four seasons withWashingtonwhenShanahan was offensive co-ordinator and Mike Shanahan was head coach and joined the 49ers in 2019. Foer- ster had resigned as offensive line coach in Miami in 2017 after a vid- eo on social media appeared to show him snorting three lines of white powder at a desk, but got a second chance with Shanahan. “He’s one of my best friends in the world by far,” Foerster said. “There’s not many people that I call a friend for a lot of reasons, andKyle’soneofthem.Heandhis wife, Mandy, are like family to me. Thisorganizationdidsomethings for me and pulled me in at a time in my life when nobody would re- ally want to be with me. And Kyle, along with John and the whole York family have stood by me and that loyalty’s never going to be forgotten. He’s a close, close friend,anditscaresthecrapoutof you when something like this happens to somebody so close.”
DAVID BERDING/GETTY IMAGES Koivun holds off scheffler to win 3M Open in his third pro start
Tour rookie shot a tournament-record 25-under 259 total
DAVE CAMPBELL BLAINE, MINN.
Jackson Koivun felt the nerves but never flinched, securing his first PGA Tour win in the face of a strong finish by the world’s top-ranked player and clear fan favourite in Scottie Scheffler. Koivun won the 3M Open by three strokes Sunday in only his third start as a professional, holding off Scheffler with a clos- ing five-under 66 for a tourna- ment-record 25-under 259 total. “All throughout the crowd I kept hearing, ‘Scottie’s coming. Scottie’s coming,’ ” the 21-year- old Koivun said. “I just tried to tune that out and keep playing the golf I knew I could.” Scheffler, who played five groups ahead of Koivun, surged into contention with a 63 but set- tled for his fifth runner-up finish this season. His lone win this year was in his first start at The American Express in California.
in more than a decade at women’s scottish Open
TROON, SCOTLAND
South Korean golfer Jenny Shin secured a two-shot victory at the Women’s Scottish Open on Sun- day to end a wait of more than 10 years for her second LPGA win. The 33-year-old Shin, who won the Texas Shootout in May 2016, carded a three-over 75 on the Dundonald Links to finish at nine under. “My first one didn’t really feel like a win at the time,” Shin said. “I didn’t feel like I deserved it. It felt very accidental. But this one definitely feels a lot different. This one feels like I earned it. I worked hard for it.” Shin was in tears after the final putt dropped on the 18th and was doused with water and champagne by a group of friends. Leading since the first round, Shin could afford three straight bogeys on Nos. 6-8 after starting the final round with a five-shot
wild card for home tournament farewell
Canada’s Carol Zhao has received a main-draw wild card for what will be the final National Bank Open of her career. The 31-year-old from Rich- mondHill,Ont.,confirmedearlier this year that the 2026 season wouldbeherlastontheWTATour after turning professional in 2016. Tennis Canada announced Sunday that Zhao and fellow Richmond Hill native Ariana Ar- seneault had been awarded the fi-
“We’re seeing a lot of really, re- ally good young talent in the game today,” Scheffler said. “When you see the guys come out of college, they’re really, real- ly prepared, even more prepared than we were coming out.” Hideki Matsuyama, Brian Har- man, Chandler Phillips and Den- ny McCarthy tied for third at 20 under. Koivun played a safe and stea- dy game on a 36 C afternoon at the TPC Twin Cities, going bo- gey-free for the second straight day after a 61 in the third round gave him a three-shot cushion after 54 holes. His par-saving putt on the ninth green after his approach landed in the sand gave him an energy boost for the back nine. “Might be the biggest putt I made all week,” Koivun said. “Scoreboard was right there, and I saw exactly how I stood. If I missed that, then I only had a two-shot lead – where last time I checked I had a five-shot lead. So making that was huge for my momentum.” Lee Hodges held the previous 3M Open record, finishing at 24- under 260 in 2023.
Jenny Shin of South Korea hoists the trophy after winning the Women’s Scottish Open at Dundonald Links Golf Course on Sunday in Troon, Scotland. TOM DULAT/GETTY IMAGES
lead over Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn (74). Shin also bo- geyed two of the last three holes but had made two birdies earlier.
nal two women’s singles wild cards for the tournament, which begins next Saturday at Sobeys Stadium. They join seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams andCanadiansBiancaAndreescu, Kayla Cross, Katherine Sebov, Ca- dence Brace and Rebecca Marino as main-draw wild-card recip- ients. “We are delighted to award main-draw wild cards to Ariana
Koivun, who became the fourth rookie winner this season, missed the cut at the John Deere Classic in Illinois and tied for 10th at the ISCO Championship in Kentucky earlier this month. He made 10 starts as an amateur on tour events. Earning US$1,584,000 for his win in Minnesota, Koivun also jumped 124 spots in the FedEx Cup standings into 70th, the last place above the cut for the play- offs with two regular season events remaining on the sched- ule. “I feel like I’ve gotten a lot bet- ter over the past couple years of being able to beat guys with my mentality,” said Koivun, who broke the NCAA career record for per-round stroke average (68.89) and helped lead Auburn to the national championship last month. “Sometimes I watch guys hit on the range and I don’t feel like I’m the most talented out there, but if I can go out there and be- lieve and use my brain to my ad- vantage, then that’s definitely kind of like a superpower.” Scheffler, who began the final round six shots back, needed a
“I wasn’t as nervous as [Sat- urday],” Shin said. “I feel like I’ve done everything right but just wasn’t hitting it like I was the last
and Carol,” said Noelle van Lot- tum, head of women’s tennis at Tennis Canada, in a statement. “Ariana’sgamecontinuestotrend in the right direction, and she is doing all the right things to posi- tion herself to compete at the highest of levels. “Carol has been a respected fig- ure in Canadian tennis for many years, and we’re thrilled to give hertheopportunitytocompeteat her home tournament for one fi-
collapse by Koivun to catch up. That never came. Scheffler played a nearly flaw- less game, save for a five-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole that lipped in and out. As he was con- ducting his postmatch interview, Koivun birdied the 16th to go 25 under. “Any time you’re trying to win for the first time, it’s awfully dif- ficult, especially for a young guy coming out of college,” Scheffler said. “I think that shows not only how talented of a player he is, but the mental strength he has as well.” Koivun, who grew up in San Jose, Calif. before moving to Chapel Hill, N.C. at the age of 17, got his start in the game on a public nine-hole course. After hugging his father, George, on the course, he got on a FaceTime call with his mother, Meghan, who was unable to attend the tournament. “She was crying,” Koivu said. “I was trying to make out a little bit of what she said, but she kept saying how proud she was. Those two are just my rocks.”
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three days and just hitting it into bunkers and bushes and that wasn’t fun. “With three bogeys in a row, I thought, ‘Oh boy, I don’t know where this is going to go’. But yeah, I hung in there, so I’m quite proud of myself and very happy.” Shin is now thinking about the next challenge. “I’m going to do everything I can to win again,” Shin said. “I can’t believe it happened this week.” A Lim Kim finished second af- ter a four-under 68, with four straight birdies helping her leap- frog two shots ahead of Ananna- rukarn, who dropped to third. The Women’s Scottish Open comes between the final two ma- jors – the Evian Championship and the Women’s British Open starting Thursday at Royal Lyth- am & St. Annes.
nal time.” Tennis Canada also awarded doubles wild cards to the teams of Andreescu and Cross, and sisters Leylah and Bianca Fernandez of Laval, Que. Canadian phenom Victoria Mboko, who captured last year’s National Bank Open title in Mon- treal, will miss this year’s tourna- ment because of a knee injury.
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Released as a single, the movie’s titular theme – originally written with him in mind – became a Top 10 hit in the adult contemporary category and won three Grammys, including for best instrumental arrangement
MATT SCHUDEL
las Johnson, a Hollywood studio musician whose loping tenor saxo- phone in the opening credits of the 1963 film The Pink Panther brought a playful bounce to one of the most recogniz- able movie themes of all time, died July 15 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 94. His children Eric Johnson and Stephanie Oliver confirmed the death, and said their father had performed at his retirement community as recently as a month earlier. Plas Johnson had an ample list of credits as varied as 1950s rock ’n’ roll hits, TV theme songs and recording dates with superstars. But the work that stood out was the theme of The Pink Panther, written by Henry Man- cini for the slapstick detective comedy di- rected by Blake Edwards and starring Peter Sellers as the pompous and bumbling French police inspector Jacques Clouseau. Thirty seconds into the animated credit sequence, featuring a monocled pink pan- ther, Mr. Johnson’s saxophone plays a 16- bar theme that is, all at once, slinky, seduc- tive and mysterious, with a mischievous touch of humour. Later in the piece, John- son kicks into a swinging solo – improvised in the studio – before the playful opening theme returns. Mr. Mancini and Mr. Johnson had previ- ously worked together on Mr. Mancini’s grit- ty theme for Peter Gunn, a noirish TV detec- tive drama that premiered in 1958. The full album, The Music From ‘Peter Gunn,’ won the first-ever Grammy Award for album of the year. As he was composing the music for The Pink Panther, Mr. Mancini wrote the piece with Mr. Johnson in mind. “I nearly always precast my players and write for them and around them, and Plas had the sound and the style I wanted,” he recalled in his 1989 book Did They Mention the Music? written with jazz journalist Gene Lees. The recording session took place at 8 a.m. on a cold winter’s day. “We only did two takes, I think,” Mr. Johnson told The Mod- esto Bee in 2007. “When we finished, every- one applauded, even the string players. And that’s saying something.” He added, “They never applaud for any- thing.” Released as a single, the Pink Panther theme became a Top 10 hit in the adult con- temporary category and won three Gram- mys, including for best instrumental ar- rangement. Years later, Mr. Johnson began to play the tune in his nightclub appearanc- es. “I sometimes get people coming up and telling me that I sound just like the original
DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN
usumu Tonegawa, a Japa- nese molecular biologist who won the Nobel Prize in 1987 for figuring out how the body can produce sufficient anti- bodies to combat a multitude of infections, and who later ad- vanced the understanding of how the brain works by discovering how memories are stored, died on July 11 at his home in San Ma- teo, Calif. He was 86. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Dr. Tonegawa was a professor, announced his death. “Few scientists have reshaped our understanding of biology as profoundly,” Myriam Heiman, the director of MIT’s Picower In- stitute for Learning and Memory, which Dr. Tonegawa founded in 1994, said in a statement. “His in- tellectual fearlessness, extraor- dinary creativity and relentless pursuit of fundamental ques- tions opened entirely new fron- tiers in both immunology and neuroscience.” For decades, scientists were confounded by the antibodies created in the white blood cells known as B lymphocytes. Those antibodies, which fight disease, are shaped like Y’s, with two long and two short symmet- rical chains of proteins built from amino acids, all bound together by bridges of sulphur atoms. Most of the long proteins and some of the short ones are considered constants because they are the same in all antibodies.
Jazz saxophone legend Plas Johnson headlines the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival, in Portland, Ore., in July, 2007. In 2006, Mr. Johnson recorded a new version of The Pink Panther theme for a film remake starring Steve Martin as Jacques Clouseau. ANTHONY PIDGEON/ZUMA PRESS WIRE VIA REUTERS
version,” he told The Long Beach Press-Tele- gram in 2005, “and their eyes get real big when I tell them that was me on the origi- nal. They never knew who it was that did it, and they always get that look of recognition when they realize it.” Plas John Johnson Jr. was born in Donald- sonville, La., west of New Orleans, on July 21, 1931. His first name, which rhymes with “jazz,” derives from the French word “plai- sant,” meaning pleasant or agreeable. Plas was the middle of three children in a musi- cal family. “My mother, Grace, played piano and sang,” he told The Bee. “My dad, Plas Sr., played alto sax. They hustled work every- where we lived. We would travel up and down the bayou on weekends. They would play wherever they could, in bars and res- taurants, dances.” Plas was 12 when his father bought him a soprano saxophone and gave him rudimen- tary lessons. He soon progressed to the larger alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, later adding the clarinet and flute. He and
At the end of each strand are variable amino acids that allow the antibodies to bind to antigens on an array of infections, dis- abling them. A common analogy is that the constant amino acids are like the shaft of a key, and the variable ones are the notches that turn the lock. As with a key, each combination of notches is unique. Even so, scientists were puz- zled by how the antibodies could create enough combinations to fight millions of infections. One suggestion was that it was an evolutionary adaptation, passed down from generation to generation in the genes, or what is known as the germ line. But the human body has only about 20,000 genes, so it seemed un- likely that there would be enough to create all the permutations re- quired to fight so many diseases. Another theory was that the body developed its defences in somatic cells – in other words, that there were a limited number of antibody genes at birth, but the body was capable of diversifying and building up its defences over time by modifying those genes. For a long time, scientists lacked the technology to do the kind of experiments that might have helped them solve the puz- zle. In 1974, while Dr. Tonegawa was working at the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland, he decided to tackle the problem. In a labour-intensive process that took months, he and an as- sistant made hybrid probes of messenger RNA – the single-
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his older brother, Ray, a pianist, and their younger sister, Gwen, a singer, often per- formed together. As a teenager, he performed in New Or- leans, where he played blues, Dixieland and jazz, and excelled at the intricate, fast-paced bebop style pioneered by Charlie Parker in the 1940s. In 1951, he joined the touring band of Charles Brown, a popular R&B sing- er, before being drafted into the Army, for which he played in a military band in Cali- fornia. He settled in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s and became one of the first Black musicians to establish a foothold in the bu- sy West Coast film- and recording-studio scene. On any given day he was called on to play rhythm-and-blues, support the silky strings of an orchestra or knock out a hard-hitting solo for a rock tune. He became a mainstay of the Wrecking Crew, an ad hoc group of musicians known for their ability to adapt to any style of music. A versatile reed player, Mr. Johnson sup-
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stranded molecule that conveys the genetic information of DNA to other genes – to examine both the DNA of the cancer known as myeloma and that of the embryo tissue of mice. The probes bond- ed with complementary pieces of DNA, allowing the scientists to identify specific DNA sequences in the tissues they were analyz- ing. With that information, they were able to graph and compare the patterns in the myeloma and embryo tissues. The results, which were entire- ly different, allowed them to see that antibodies were made by combining some of the variable amino acids, often in conjunction with constant amino acids, to cre- ate new amino acids. In creating some of the new amino acids, parts of the coding in the DNA strands had been altered; in some
cases, the coding had been re- moved altogether. Antibodies, they finally under- stood, could be created in a varie- ty of ways, which is vital given the number of foreign antigens the body must confront. The debate was over: The so- maticeans, as Dr. Tonegawa called them, had won. In 1976, he published the first in a series of influential papers on his findings. He continued to ad- vance his research, working with others at the Basel lab, and in 1987 became the first Japanese scientist to win the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, “for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diver- sity.” The applications of Dr. Tonega- wa’s discovery, the Nobel com- mittee noted, could include mak- ing vaccines more effective, de- veloping immunological ther- apies and figuring out how to combat autoimmune diseases that occur when antibodies begin attacking healthy cells. In 1994, as a professor at MIT, Dr. Tonegawa turned his atten- tion to a new subject: neuros- cience. After founding the MIT Center for Learning and Memory (now the Picower Institute), he focused on understanding how memories are stored in the brain. Using state-of-the-art technol- ogy, he looked at a group of cells known as engrams, in the hippo- campus – the part of the brain re- sponsible for integrating new in- formation into memory – and elsewhere. Dr. Tonegawa discov- ered that memories are created in
plied the piccolo solo on the 1958 hit by Bobby Day, Rockin’ Robin; appeared on Pet Sounds, the Beach Boys’ classic album from 1966; and a flute solo to Nicolette Larson’s Top 10 hit in 1979, Lotta Love. At night, he played with small groups in jazz clubs and released more than a dozen albums under his own name. He also spent 15 years in the band of TV talk-show host Merv Griffin and was a member of jazz bands led by Frank Capp and Gene Harris. In 2006, he recorded a new version of the theme for a film remake star- ring Steve Martin as Clouseau. Mr. Johnson’s first marriage, to Elizabeth (Blinkenberg) Johnson, ended in divorce. In addition to his son Eric and daughter Ste- phanie, he leaves Philip Nunn, another child with his wife of 60 years, Carol John- son, who he also leaves; three children from his first marriage, Cheryl Johnson, David Johnson and Denise Hurley; eight grand- children; and 12 great-grandchildren.
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the engram cells from a variety of elements, including experiences and perceptions of space, time and the physical characteristics of objects. In an interview, Li-Huei Tsai, a neuroscientist who succeeded Dr. Tonegawa as the director of the Center for Learning and Memory, equated the process to the way an orchestra combines multiple in- struments to produce a piece of music. In testing on mice, Dr. Tonega- wa supplied engram cells with novel information, creating new and distinct memories. Those experiments with alter- ing memory, Dr. Heiman said, may eventually be useful in treat- ing post-traumatic stress disorder and degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer’s by modifying or even suppressing negative me- mories. Susumu Tonegawa was born on Sept. 5, 1939, in Nagoya, Japan, the second son of Tsutomu and Miyoko Tonegawa. His father was an engineer for a textiles compa- ny, and the family moved fre- quently for his job. In 1971, Dr. Tonegawa went to work at the Basel Institute for Im- munology. He was recruited to MIT in 1981 by Salvador E. Luria, who had shared the Nobel in 1969 for his work on viruses. Dr. Tonegawa’s first marriage, to Kyoko Sakita, ended in divorce. He married Mayumi Yoshinari in 1985. He leaves her, along with two children, Hidde and Hanna. A third child, Satto, died in 2011.
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