The relocation of the painting - which depicts a slingshot-toting rat and was likely intended to protest the Israel occupation - raises ethical questions about the removal of artwork from occupied territory and the display of such politically-charged pieces in radically different settings from where they were created. She remains Canada's lone Olympic women's track and field gold medallist.Ī long-lost painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy has resurfaced in a swank art gallery in downtown Tel Aviv, an hour’s drive and a world away from the concrete wall in the occupied West Bank where it was initially sprayed. Saskatoon's Ethel Catherwood won the women's high jump at the Amsterdam Olympics. Japan's prime minister said Friday that China's military exercises aimed at Taiwan represent a "grave problem" that threatens regional peace and security. Five of the missiles fired by China landed in Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone off Hateruma, an island far south of Japan's main islands. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week to Taiwan.Ĭhina regards Taiwan as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary. īeijing says it summoned European diplomats in the country to protest statements issued by the Group of Seven nations and the European Union criticizing threatening Chinese military exercises surrounding Taiwan.Ĭhina has dispatched navy ships and warplanes and launched missiles into the Taiwan Strait in response to a visit by U.S. What we are watching in the rest of the world. Passage by the House, which Democrats control narrowly, could come when that chamber returns briefly to Washington next week. Schumer has said he wants the Senate to begin voting on the legislation Saturday, after which it would begin its summer recess. The announcement came as a surprise, with some expecting talks between Schumer and the mercurial Sinema to drag on for days longer without guarantee of success. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., a centrist seen as the pivotal vote in the 50-50 chamber, said in a statement that she had agreed to revamping some of the measure's tax and energy provisions and was ready to "move forward" on the bill. Senate Democrats have agreed to eleventh-hour changes to their marquee economic legislation, they announced late Thursday, clearing the major impediment to pushing one of President Joe Biden's paramount election-year priorities through the chamber in the coming days. I see complacency," said Dan Werb, director at the Toronto-based Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation, which was contracted by the city to help work on the decriminalization request. Health Canada says the application is being examined, noting that such requests are "carefully and thoroughly reviewed on a case-by-case basis."īut harm reduction workers say a rise in opioid deaths has underscored the need for action. This week marks seven months since the city sent its decriminalization request to Ottawa, the same amount of time it took for the federal government to greenlight a similar request from British Columbia. Wages have also been on the rise, increasing by 5.2 per cent year-over-year in June, but still below the pace of inflation.įor the month of July, RBC economists are predicting the economy added 15,000 jobs and the unemployment rate hovered at five per cent.Īs Toronto waits to hear whether the federal government will grant its request to decriminalize the possession of illicit drugs for personal use, harm reduction advocates say approval is urgently needed as governments fail to match the gravity of the opioid crisis. The federal agency previously reported the unemployment rate hit a record low of 4.9 per cent in June.Ĭanada currently has more than one million job vacancies and is grappling with an ongoing labour shortage largely driven by demographic changes in the population. Statistics Canada expects to release its labour force survey for July this morning. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Friday, Aug. In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day.
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