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Team Canada’s Phil ‘Wizard’ Kim wins the first-ever gold medal in men’s breaking at the Paris Olympics

Wizard defeated local favourite, Frenchman Dany Dann, in the championship battle

What’s happening today at the Olympics: Canada’s ‘Wizard’ wins first-ever B-boy gold; Katie Vincent breaks medal record with canoe gold; Marco Arop wins silver in men’s 800m

Canada’s Marco Arop wins silver in men’s 800-metre, breaks Canadian drought in event

Taiwan wins 57g women’s boxing, defeating Poland in unanimous decision

opinion

How should one come to an understanding of break dancing’s Paris Olympic debut? Just watch and pay attention.

Cathal Kelly
Cathal Kelly
U.S. Election

Donald Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked

The claim comes a day after Microsoft issued a report detailing foreign agents’ attempts to interfere in the U.S. campaign in 2024

Democrats take a page from the Trump playbook

opinion

The Harris-Walz ticket peddles the politics of joy

Shannon Proudfoot
Shannon Proudfoot
opinion

Politicians, stop trying to make ‘brat’ happen. You’re being weird

Erin Gee
israel-hamas war

Israeli strike kills nearly 100 in Gaza school refuge, civil defence officials say

Around 350 families had been sheltering at the compound, Palestinian civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said – some of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by Israel’s onslaught on Gaza

Jordan will not be a battlefield for Iran or Israel, foreign minister warns

Israeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza’s Khan Younis as mediators push for ceasefire talks

Extreme Weather

One man missing, thousands without power after Debby’s passage in Quebec

Hydro Quebec said in a statement on its website that nearly 500,000 customers were left without electricity at the peak of the outage Friday night.

More than 400 lightning strikes spark eight new wildfires, BC Wildfire Services says

music

Billy Idol giving fans more, more, more with Canadian tour and expanded Rebel Yell release

Idol spoke to The Globe ahead of his Friday concert at Scotiabank Arena

Lennie Gallant remembers beach cookouts and jam sessions with Jimmy Buffett

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Victoria police introduce strategy to deal with street disorder following attack on paramedic

Large geological feature known as the ‘Double Arch’ and the ‘Toilet Bowl’ collapses in southern Utah

Paris Olympics: U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles set to lose bronze medal after opponent’s appeal granted

Tesla stops taking orders for cheapest Cybertruck, offers $100,000 version now

Former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive Susan Wojcicki has died at 56

Vancouver says crane removal work will take two weeks following Tuesday’s fire

Hotel workers in Montreal picket for third day in protest of contract impasse

Top-seeded Coco Gauff tumbles out of National Bank Open, falling 6-4, 6-1 to Diana Shnaider

Iran’s new president reappoints UN-sanctioned official as head of the country's nuclear agency

Better sex through scheduling, and other fixes for stressed-out people who want more heat in the sheets

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Israel-Hezbollah tensions escalate with deadly strikesPodcast

Paris Olympics

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What’s happening today at the Olympics: Canada’s ‘Wizard’ wins first-ever B-boy gold; Katie Vincent breaks medal record with canoe gold; Marco Arop wins silver in men’s 800m

olympic daily digest

What’s happening today at the Olympics: Canada earns silver in women’s beach volleyball; Gold in 4x100-metre men’s relay; Japan wins breaking’s first gold

Athletes stick around Paris Games to watch other sports, get full Olympic experience

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How should one come to an understanding of break dancing’s Paris Olympic debut? Just watch and pay attention.

Cathal Kelly

Canadian women’s 4x400m relay team places sixth at Paris Olympics

Canada’s defending Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell exits in quarterfinal of women’s sprint in track cycling

Iran’s Salimi wins men’s taekwondo heavyweight gold at Paris Olympics

Paris Olympics: Kenya’s Kipyegon jubilant after historic 1,500 m Athletics hat-trick

Paris Olympics: China wins gold in artistic swimming duet event ahead of Britain, Netherlands

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Satellite image of Jasper captured on August 1, 2024, a week after wildfires devastated the Alberta town.
Weekend Reads

In the wreckage of the Jasper wildfires, residents see a need to create a community built to last

Locals want to rebuild in a way that addresses a housing shortage that has long priced anyone wanting to live and work in the town out of the market

Business and Finance

financial facelift

Can Moira, 51 and a teacher, retire within seven years?

Algonquin Power sells renewables unit for US$2.5-billion, cuts dividend to reduce debt

Why Canada’s cottage country has changed forever, the Home of the Week and more top real estate stories

Canadian labour market stalls as youth, newcomers struggle to find work

Nuvei CEO Phil Fayer on the perils of running a public tech company – and why he’s taking it private

Opinion and analysis

There are greater forces behind this week’s market crash. And they are not done with us

John Rapley
John Rapley

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion should be the beginning – not end – of Canada’s energy aspirations

Rita Trichur
Rita Trichur

When Olympians can’t make a living off their sport, it shames us as a country

Erin Gee

How can the Trudeau government fix its immigration mess? Press ‘Rewind’

Tony Keller
Tony Keller

Google antitrust ruling reeks of government overreach and has dire consequences

Gus Carlson

Weekend spotlight

Loblaw’s health care empire is growing. But can it earn the trust of Canadian patients?

Loblaw says it’s supporting the publicly funded health care system. Critics say the company is undermining it

Billionaire Warren Buffett sold off half of his shares of which major company? Take our business and investing news quiz

Pitching in: Cycling to raise money for research into Parkinson’s disease

Barclays Canada hires new M&A banker from TD

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Business Brief: Can Loblaw’s growing health care empire earn the trust of Canadian patients?

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Ottawa issues ‘sunset clauses’ for historical records access

Thirteen Saskatchewan ministries refuse to comply with information commissioner’s decision

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Canadian B-boy ready to make history at Olympics breakdancing debutVideo2:33

Canada's double hammer throw gold in Paris was years in the makingVideo1:04

Japan marks 79th anniversary of atomic bombing in NagasakiVideo1:31

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Eli Lilly lifts revenue forecast on bumper obesity drug salesVideo1:30

Russia battles Ukrainian incursion in Kursk regionVideo2:08

Powerful 7.1 earthquake rattles southwestern JapanVideo0:36

Concert organizer and fans react to Taylor Swift cancellationsVideo1:49

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Opinion

How should one come to an understanding of break dancing’s Paris Olympic debut? Just watch and pay attention.

Cathal Kelly
Opinion

Adieu Paris! You were your genuine self and the Olympic Games were better for it

Cathal Kelly
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Politicians, stop trying to make ‘brat’ happen. You’re being weird

Erin Gee

Democrats take a page from the Trump playbook

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