🏛️ Government & Politics
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Ont. opposition urges legislature recall as 50% U.S. tariffs hit Canadian goods. Opposition parties asked Premier Doug Ford to recall Queen’s Park to debate tariff relief after 50 per cent U.S. tariffs took effect Saturday on billions of dollars of Canadian goods; Ford called the recall demand “gutter politics” while expanding eligibility for the province’s Protect Ontario financing program.
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Doug Ford softens public rhetoric after calling Trump names, then seeks a deal. After earlier insults, Ford told CNN on Tuesday he wants “a good deal for the American people” and said “it got a little heated,” following Trump’s social-media jabs and a suggestion to rename Lake Ontario.
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Trump says U.S. is “considering” renaming Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’. President Trump posted on Truth Social that the U.S. is giving “serious consideration” to changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as trade relations with Ontario cool; the U.S. imposed 50 per cent tariffs on $28 billion of Canadian exports, the article notes.
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Ontario students face bigger debts as OSAP grant share falls from 85% to 25%. As of Aug. 1 the province cut the non-repayable portion of OSAP from 85 per cent to a maximum of 25 per cent and allowed tuition increases up to 2% annually for three years; incoming U of T grad student Aidan Jeffers says he plans to work 25–30 hours weekly and may use food banks.
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Two men charged after seizure of ~50g meth, fentanyl and a homemade electric weapon. OPP executed a search warrant in South Frontenac on Aug. 21 and seized roughly 50 grams of suspected methamphetamine, two grams of suspected fentanyl, assorted pills, a camper, an ATV, about $1,000 and a homemade conducted-energy weapon; a 38-year-old faces multiple trafficking and theft-related charges.
🎨 Community & Culture
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Blue Jays pitcher Dylan Cease launches AGO capsule collection featuring his painting. The Art Gallery of Ontario unveiled a limited-edition collection of prints, clothing and totes built around Cease’s painting “Eve of Toronto,” with proceeds supporting the AGO’s charitable mission, AGO executive Ros Lawler said at Tuesday’s reveal.
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11 newborn puppies found abandoned in Brantford, now in foster care and rescues. Hillside Kennels picked up 11 one-to-two-day-old puppies from a box and transferred them to Sato Saved End of the Line Dog Rescue; one puppy has a cleft palate and will need tube feeding, and fosters were later secured.
