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渥太华 / 魁北克版 • 2026年8月12日星期三 • GLOBEANDMAIL.COM

若新关税生效，加拿大警告美国贸易谈判将面临风险

加拿大首席谈判代表将8月19日定义为与美方谈判的“悬崖”

玛吉·沃尔什 渥太华报道 阿德里安·莫罗 华盛顿报道

加拿大首席贸易谈判代表已警告美方同行，若白宫于8月19,实施新关税，此举将构成“悬崖”，可能导致与美国的谈判中断。

据知情人士透露，詹姆斯·查尼茨在本周与美国贸易代表杰米森·格里尔的会晤中传达了这一信息。

四位知情人士表示，查尼茨先生警告美方，若唐纳德·特朗普总统兑现威胁实施新关税，加拿大国内将出现公众反应。

知情人士称，她警告美方官员，渥太华将无法控制公众或省级政府的反应，联邦政府将失去与美方谈判的空间。其中三位知情人士表示，查尼茨先生还告诉格里尔先生，若关税生效，加拿大将迫于公众压力被迫报复。

《全球邮报》未公开知情人士身份，因其未获授权披露敏感贸易谈判的私下简报细节。

特朗普总统已表示将于8月19.对价值100亿加元的加拿大商品加征50%关税。这些惩罚性关税涉及多类商品，包括本应受两国自由贸易协定保护的产品。

知情人士称，格里尔先生承认了查尼茨的警告，并意识到新关税在加拿大可能引发的公众反应。

一位知情人士表示，加拿大的报复几乎必然招致特朗普的反制，进一步升级贸易战，因此查尼茨向格里尔强调，当前是达成协议的窗口期。

美方官员对在8月19日前达成协议持乐观态度，但担忧在加拿大推动协议的可行性。

这些关税将对安大略省、不列颠哥伦比亚省和魁北克省的产业造成尤其严重的打击。 © 贸易，A15

线间关怀

53年的风采与微笑

在爱德华王子岛的一家医院，终身志愿者盖尔·麦克唐纳和她的美发护理团队为患者带来“额外的治愈”

琳达·琼斯 查洛特敦报道

当患者看到她走来时，眼中总会闪现光芒——她一头浓密的金发，笑容灿烂，推着一辆装满各式美发用品的手推车，穿梭在查洛特敦医院的走廊中。

盖尔·麦克唐纳是伊丽莎白女王医院服务时间最长的志愿者，53年前她首次开始为患者洗发和造型。如今，她带领着一个由六名志愿者组成的团队，填补了长期住院患者的迫切需求，并提供超越身体治疗的福祉服务。

在最近的一个周四——她通常在医院的日子——她握住患者托尼·麦金农的手，轻抚他的头，在病房里向他问好。这是一个充满善意和熟悉的举动，显然在过去几个月里，她已经赢得了他的信任，当时他刚从重症监护室转到她所在的病区。

“他们做得非常出色，”他抬头望着她说道，并祝贺她53年的志愿服务。

像麦克唐纳夫人这样的终身志愿者如今已十分罕见。半个多世纪前，作为一名年轻的母亲，麦克唐纳夫人每天看着丈夫带着午餐去上班，孩子们则在车道尽头跳上校车，带着午餐离开。她住在爱德华王子岛北岸的克利夫兰——一个距离查洛特敦约35分钟车程的乡村社区，她意识到自己也需要有属于自己的事情，同时还能在孩子们放学回家时准时到家。

© 志愿服务，A15

盖尔·麦克唐纳为在伊丽莎白女王医院住院已17个月的劳拉·利文斯顿吹干头发。瓦妮莎·蒂格曼斯 / 《全球邮报》摄

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位于不列颠哥伦比亚省惠斯勒的奥迪安艺术博物馆，由迈克尔·奥迪安和金松敏子的慈善捐赠创立，是加拿大七大博物馆之一，于2016.向公众开放。博物馆的永久藏品收录了超过200件代表不列颠哥伦比亚省艺术的作品。全年特展则展出具有全国及国际影响力的艺术家作品，网址：audianartmuseum.com

布莱恩·容根以其截至2009年创作的系列作品《新理解潜望镜》而闻名，该系列以西北海岸风格的面具为灵感，使用耐克跑鞋材料制作。他因对材料和主题的概念性认知而获得国际认可。这是奥迪安艺术博物馆收藏的两件高尔夫球袋图腾柱之一，作品通过对比原住民土地权利与西方企业休闲活动的现实，进行了深刻评论。这位拥有阿萨巴斯卡和瑞士混血血统的艺术家巧妙地利用球袋的口袋和隔层，展现出鸟类和人类的面部特征。

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休·麦克劳德撰文讲述与儿子和孙辈一同旅行的乐趣

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特朗普因素推动加拿大在84稳步推进与印度的贸易协议

更正

周二的社论错误地指出，WE Charity（WE慈善机构）获得了一份价值$900的无品牌合同，用于组织青少年夏季工作项目。实际合同价值为$40.5，由该慈善机构负责管理一项$500的青少年夏季工作项目，该项目最终被取消。

周六《追求》栏目关于生物年龄的文章误报了不列颠哥伦比亚大学布兰德·S·H·梁健康老龄化中心主任迈克尔·凯尔索博士的姓氏。

《全球邮报》致力于维护最高的官方、法律和编辑标准。 桑德拉·E·马丁，标准编辑，standardandtrn@globeandmail.com

狗能分辨人类的快乐、悲伤或愤怒情绪，研究显示

琳达·帕斯奎尼 编辑

维也纳大学的研究人员发现，狗的大脑能够揭示人类最好的朋友能够区分人类面部的不同情绪。研究人员称，这是首次发现此类能力的证据。

该研究中，研究人员使用机器学习分析了12只狗的大脑扫描数据，这些狗在观看展示不同情绪的人类面部图像时接受了扫描。该大学在周二的一份新闻稿中表示。

研究人员发现，与高级认知功能和奖励处理相关的大脑区域——颞叶皮层和尾状核——仅在狗看到陌生人快乐表情的图像时被激活。

根据周一发表在《细胞出版社》（Cell Press）期刊《科学》上的研究，愤怒、恐惧和悲伤的表情并未激活这些区域。

然而，当研究人员观察整个大脑时，发现了能够区分恐惧与愤怒和悲伤的不同活动模式，首次证明狗能够区分特定的负面面部表情。

“狗与我们共同进化，学会理解我们的表情并与我们合作，认识到这一点可以改变我们与它们交流和照顾它们的方式，”资深作者劳拉·瓜亚说道。

研究人员接下来计划研究狗如何整合其他线索，包括肢体语言、声音细微差别和气味，来理解周围的人类。

他们还希望比较人类和犬类大脑在处理相同情绪信号时的差异。

路透社

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2026年8月12日 星期三 《全球邮报》

新闻 / A3

哈利法克斯炸弹威胁案嫌犯出庭

被告（54岁）在周一美国驻哈利法克斯领事馆事件引发大规模疏散后首次出庭

林赛·琼斯

一名男子被控公共恶作剧罪和发表与炸弹威胁相关的言论，针对哈利法克斯的美国领事馆，导致周一多座办公大楼和滨水区街道疏散数小时。

All Anadares（音译：阿拉德雷斯）目前被羁押候审，将于周三举行保释听证会，警方仍在调查是否可能提出其他刑事指控。

周二，皇家检察官布伦南·麦克唐纳表示，他已申请一天的延期，以决定是否反对保释，并等待警方是否提出其他指控。

“我们需要警方完成调查，然后再决定下一步行动，”他在医院外对记者表示。

法庭提交的指控文件称，阿拉德雷斯先生涉嫌通过报假警制造炸弹威胁。他还被指控向哈利法克斯的美国领事馆发表威胁，意图毁坏或损害财产。

阿拉德雷斯先生于周一上午在克莱顿公园郊区被捕，据称他当时向一名警官报案。

哈利法克斯地区警方发言人米歇尔·佩拉尔塔警长表示，由于调查仍在进行，目前无法确定此事件是否与近期多伦多美国领事馆的两起枪击事件有关。

《全球邮报》记者根据法庭文件上的地址找到阿拉德雷斯的住所，自称是其妻子和儿子的两人表示不愿透露姓名以确保安全。他们称对指控感到震惊，并描述了周一警方搜查克莱顿公园住所数小时的情景。他们表示两年前从马来西亚移居哈利法克斯，但原籍为伊朗。

通过阿拉伯语翻译，阿拉德雷斯在法庭上表示，他有证据和文件证明其家人遭受种族主义和煽动行为，希望能够阻止。他说道：“我们受到法律、警察、安保人员甚至福利社区的威胁，他们还威胁我的妻子和家人。我们该去哪里？”

德尔·阿泽维多法官建议他与在场的律师（通过视频连线）交谈。

哈利法克斯警方表示，哈利法克斯的美国总领事馆于4月6日报告了一起炸弹威胁，警方于次日（周一）上午8:30左右确定并逮捕了嫌疑人。当天上午，警方还在领事馆所在的市中心办公大楼附属停车场发现了两个油桶，据称其中装有汽油和其他易燃物。警方称附近还发现了一个可疑包裹。

目击者称，现场地面上还散落着多个标有被告姓名的危险处方药瓶。

此次炸弹威胁是近期涉及加拿大美国领事馆的最新事件，此前多伦多领事馆曾在3月和7月发生枪击事件。所有事件中均无人受伤。

上周，两名青少年因涉嫌7月枪击事件被捕并被起诉。另一名青少年已被控3月的枪击事件。警方表示两起案件均与枪支服务有关。

美国检方和联邦调查局（FBI）此前曾将3月领事馆枪击事件与一名涉嫌与伊朗监狱有关联的男子联系起来。该男子于5月在土耳其被捕，目前仍在美国羁押。上周，多伦多警方在新闻发布会上未将该男子与7月枪击事件联系起来。

涉嫌参与7月事件的青少年被控《刑法》中一项特别条款，该条款禁止对“国际受保护人员驻地”发动袭击，该条款适用于外国外交官的联合国指定。

美国驻哈利法克斯领事馆位于滨水区潘迪码头（Pandy's Wharf）的两座办公楼之一，负责服务四个大西洋省份以及美国的小型法属岛屿。美国驻加拿大大使馆发言人表示，领事馆不对安全事宜发表评论。

蒙特利尔警察局局长法迪·休斯（Fady Hughes）于6月对媒体发表讲话。周二，休斯局长就警方在蒙特利尔东北区（Montreal Nord）涉嫌种族行为的指控，为其部门的回应进行了辩护。ANGEL: HANDS / CATTY MAGEL

蒙特利尔警察局长为应对种族主义指控辩护

莫拉·福雷斯特

周二，蒙特利尔警察局长就该市北部警察涉嫌种族主义行为的指控进行了辩护，并表示公众对其打击歧视的努力给予了高度重视。

在市政厅一场可能引发公众不满的会议上，法迪·休斯局长表示，警方已于6月采取前所未有的措施，解散了一个存在问题的巡逻小组，并在调查尚未完成的情况下公开回应相关指控。

“这是一个大胆的举措，事实上，此前从未有过，”他在向市政官员和公众成员发表讲话时表示。

他称，绝大多数蒙特利尔警察“对同事涉嫌的行为感到羞耻和愤慨”。

此次会议召开前两个月，警方因涉嫌种族主义行为的指控解散了该市蒙特利尔北区的一个巡逻小组，其中包括警察剪下少数族裔居民的头发作为“战利品”的说法。

这些指控在全市引发强烈反响，激起抗议活动和要求警方改革的呼声。当时，休斯局长表示他对这一情况“深感震惊”。

周二，警方和市政府对内部调查的进展保持沉默，该调查于3月启动，起因是警员举报部分警察存在不可接受的行为和举止。

该小组于6月12日被解散，此前警方从报纸上获悉“多项具体发现”。休斯局长表示，当天他召开了罕见的深夜新闻发布会，公开披露了相关指控。

休斯局长周二确认，8名警察中有3人被停职，3人被调整至行政岗位，另外2人被调往其他部门。他表示，所有涉事警察均已被解除武装，但补充称他们可能并非全部有过错。

蒙特利尔警方表示，许多涉事警察仅有三四年的工作经验。

休斯局长此前曾表示，部分警察可能面临刑事指控。但魁北克皇家检察署发言人阿尼克·孔布斯周二表示，警方尚未提交刑事调查卷宗。

大量居民和社区团体代表出席了周二的会议，质询休斯局长，并表达愤怒和不满。

倡导组织“红色联盟”创始人兼执行主任乔尔·德贝勒富耶表示，至少一年来，蒙特利尔北区一直存在种族定性和警民互动问题的担忧。

2005年，一名蒙特利尔警察在执勤时于蒙特利尔北区枪杀了18岁的洪都拉斯移民弗雷迪·比利亚努埃瓦，这一事件至今仍在社区中留有深刻阴影。

“依我愚见，如果继续敲打同一扇门，你无法期待不同的结果，”德贝勒富耶先生说。

“在过去2年里（警方）都未能做到的情况下，现在又有什么能带来不同的结果呢？”

休斯局长表示，近年来警方一直致力于与蒙特利尔北区居民建立联系。“我们可以回顾过去，看到一些未曾改变的事情，但同时也能看到许多已经改善的地方，”他说道。

他还强调了自己自2007年1月就任警察局长以来一直倡导的反歧视工作。

“改变一种文化需要勇气和耐心，”他说，“这是一个漫长而艰难的过程。”

自指控公开以来，已有呼吁启动针对种族主义指控的公开调查，周二出席会议的部分居民再次提出这一要求。但蒙特利尔警察廉政部门督察丹尼尔·德孔布表示，此时启动公开调查可能会延误刑事指控的进程。

“必须允许美国的刑事调查继续进行，”他说道。

魁北克省国内安全厅长伊恩·勒布雷米耶已任命一名独立观察员监督内部调查。

他还表示，根据调查结果，调查可能会移交给另一支警队或魁北克省警察监督机构。他并未排除举行公开调查的可能性。

魁北克省警察办公室专员也已启动调查。

警方自6月以来已召开超过250次内部会议，并与社区开展了100多次全国性活动，同时迅速成立了一个420应急响应小组。休斯警长表示，他将在今年秋季推出一系列应对指控的措施。

但这些指控已引发对更具体理由的呼吁。

上周，总部位于蒙特米莱的社会正义组织“高等电池跨性别者去殖民化”（Negro-sponsored desinterminent of intersexuales of higher batteries）要求对被认定犯有种族主义行为的警员实施严厉制裁，包括经济处罚。

该组织还呼吁建立一个独立的种族定性和歧视举报机制，并将蒙特利尔北区警察网站置于“蓝色指挥”（blue command）的监管之下。

“这一局面已超出个别纪律处分的范畴，”该组织在新闻稿中表示，“它引发了关于公众信任、机构问责以及打击种族定性和各种形式歧视的根本性问题。”

哥伦比亚地震搜救行动展开 数千人失踪

马里奥·阿加雷斯 阿斯特罗·亚雷斯 迈克尔·克雷斯蒂 哥伦比亚佩雷拉报道

周二，哥伦比亚的救援人员和民众在废墟中艰难搜寻，希望找到被困在瓦砾下的幸存者。此前一场强烈的2,4级地震重创哥伦比亚西部地区，造成建筑物坍塌、道路损毁、车辆被毁，受灾居民在家园废墟中相互安慰。挖掘机和重型机械清理着沉重的混凝土碎块，一队队志愿者手递手传送着瓦砾。

救援人员和志愿者在受灾城市的坍塌建筑中仔细搜寻生命迹象。哥伦比亚总统阿维达维德·拉埃斯皮里利亚表示，地震已造成至少100人死亡，另有多人伤势严重。他称至少有100人失踪，但黑暗中的呼喊声表明实际人数可能接近100.。当局称死亡主要集中在卡利、佩雷拉、马尼萨莱斯和金迪奥等城市，但地方领导人和家属对农村地区的伤亡和损失表示担忧，这些地区几乎没有信息传出。救援机构认为，救援黄金期为最初的40至75小时，但若幸存者能获取食物和水，这一时限可延长。

拉埃斯皮里利亚表示，超过100栋房屋被毁，更多房屋受损。

在佩雷拉，海罗·巴尔加斯站在兄长坍塌的公寓楼废墟旁，他从200公里外的马拉菲塔赶来。

“我绝对确信他还活着，”巴尔加斯说，并指出兄长的车仍停在楼外。但他清楚，兄长已无生还可能。

此次地震是首次担任公职的拉埃斯皮里利亚面临的首个重大考验，他于2026年8月12日上任仅数日便遭遇这场自然灾害。这位在近期选举中分裂国家的领导人，如今正努力协调哥伦比亚的灾后应对。

在震中所在地奥苏纳，这一挑战尤为严峻。奥苏纳是哥伦比亚最贫困的地区之一，居民长期受武装组织威胁。该地区大部分区域仅能通过船只、丛林小径或飞机抵达。

哥伦比亚地质局表示，自初次地震以来，已记录到超过100次较小的余震。

美国国务院宣布将提供100万加元用于紧急救灾，其他拉丁美洲国家政府也纷纷伸出援手。

美联社

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A4 / 新闻

《全球邮报》

2026年8月12日，星期三

曼尼托巴省开设首个监管药物使用点

省政府与原住民医疗机构合作，在温尼伯市设立该设施

阿兰娜·史密斯 健康记者

曼尼托巴省政府周二开设了该省首个监管药物使用点，此前经历了漫长的等待。社区对此反应不一，与加拿大其他省份的做法背道而驰。

这是加拿大首个由原住民主导、在政府监管下提供医疗监督的药物使用点。该设施位于温尼伯市的工业商业区，将在有限时间内开放。

省级NHP委托该省非营利性原住民健康与保健中心设立该设施。最初计划将其作为官方机构运营，但因对选址及其对周边社区的影响存在担忧，导致项目延迟。

周二接受采访时，住房、成瘾与业主事务部长雷玛黛特·史密斯表示，政府决定开设该设施是基于科学研究和医学专家的意见。

“这是一项挽救生命的措施，”史密斯女士说，“我们这里存在公开的药物使用现象，现在这些人有了一个安全的去处。这将提供这样的设施。”

监管药物使用点已成为加拿大全国关于如何应对有毒药物危机的重大预算争议点，尤其是在保守党执政的省份。阿尔伯塔省和安大略省最近关闭了部分药物使用点，从减少伤害转向以康复为重点的支持。

批评者认为，这些设施纵容药物使用，并对公共安全构成威胁，影响邻近商业和居民。而服务倡导者则认为这是一项关键措施，能够挽救生命并为人们提供通往社会支持（包括康复）的途径。去年，该省有近400人死于药物过量，2020年则有1,000人获救。省政府去年发布的一项为期10年的研究显示了更广泛的全国趋势。专家指出，当地药物供应的变化导致过量解毒药物的采用，以及吸毒人群的变化可能是死亡人数下降的原因。

省政府最初提议将温尼伯的药物使用点设在安大略区附近，但因当地居民对其靠近学校和托儿中心表示担忧而放弃。尽管一些人对新址仅距离三十五提出质疑，曼尼托巴省仍推进了该项目。

原住民健康与保健中心首席执行官莫妮卡·西尔希望居民能给予新设施一个机会，并表示其组织致力于成为好邻居，并重视社区意见。

“在危机时刻，你需要向系统中注入支持，而不是撤出它们，”西尔女士在与史密斯女士的联合采访中表示。

她表示，当地居民可通过该中心网站反映对药物使用点的担忧，其组织将做出回应，“就像任何好邻居会做的那样。”

史密斯女士表示，衡量这项备受争议服务成功与否的标准，将是减少街头吸毒人数，并帮助更多人进入康复阶段。“关键在于让人们活得足够长，以便他们走上康复之路，”她说。

除了配备能应对过量的训练有素的工作人员外，该设施还将提供无菌设备、伤口护理，以及部分初级医疗支持，包括艾滋病毒检测和预防。

杰夫·博伦（Jeff Boren）是曼尼托巴省进步保守党的副领袖，他表示新的健康港（NHP）不是设立毒品使用点的合适场所，该毒品使用点将使毒贩从吸毒成瘾者身上获益，并加剧该地区的公共安全问题。

“我们必须专注于康复，”他在周二的采访中说道，“我们没有采取任何措施来解决问题。我们只是在制造一个循环。我们没有帮助人们摆脱这个循环，只是让他们集中在这个循环中。”

温尼伯的新站点将在周二至周六的早上6点至次日早上6点运营。使用该站点的人员必须年满18岁或以上，并自带药物使用。

该站点的运营时间是通过咨询有吸毒经历的人员确定的。赛尔女士（Ms. Cyr）表示，这些时间与医院接诊过量用药相关就诊的高峰时段一致。

斯坦尼斯劳之家（Stanislaw House）在温尼伯运营着一个移动过量用药预防站点，将帮助填补服务空白。他们的移动站点已在该地区接待了数千人次。

赛尔女士称政府并非“强制”开设该站点，并表示由原住民主导的模式将带来更好的效果，因为它在文化上具有前景。

“温尼伯和曼尼托巴省有大量原住民居住，因此提供与当地人口结构相匹配的服务是合理的，”她说道。

“我们正在其他医疗领域寻求突破，因为这是我们国家的需求。大多数服务只能帮助我们到这一步。”

戈迪·豪大桥在开通后五天内通行量超过41,000次，加拿大统计局称

克雷格·洛德·西塔里亚

戈迪·豪国际大桥开通初期的交通流量显示，边境两侧的车辆在最初几天都迫不及待地使用这条新通道。

这座备受期待的大桥连接温莎和底特律，在经历多次延误和临床争议后，于7月开通。

加拿大统计局周二发布的初步交通数据显示，在大桥开通后的前五天内，有9,000辆次加拿大居民返回经由戈迪·豪大桥入境。

同期，有41,000名美国居民通过该桥进入加拿大。

该机构表示，在本月最后几天，有10%的商业运输通过戈迪·豪大桥进入加拿大中部。

综合来看，戈迪·豪大桥在开通后的前五天内，总通行量相当于温莎地区所有陆路过境点的100%。

加拿大商会高级研究主任玛丽娜·阿比莱斯表示，目前仅凭前五天的数据尚无法判断戈迪·豪大桥的长期交通流量。不过，乘用车数量可能因新路线的吸引力而有所下降，而记者等人群可能是在测试这条新路线。

“部分车流可能是从大使桥或隧道分流而来，但这也是这项新基础设施本应带来的效果——竞争的元素，”阿比莱斯女士表示。

这座新边境通道的经济影响不仅体现在通过戈迪·豪大桥的卡车数量上。阿比莱斯女士指出，它还将影响加拿大与密歇根州之间的整体贸易量和经商成本。

温莎的加拿大出口商可能会发现，这座新桥缓解了现有路线的拥堵，或为底特律大陆的现有路线提供了替代选择。

阿比莱斯女士表示，如果企业能因两座大桥之间的交通模式变化找到更可预测或成本更低的路线，那么无论选择哪条卡车路线，这都是一个成功的开始。

“经济价值不仅仅是多一个过河的地方。它实际上是为生产走廊提供了另一条路线，而可靠性至关重要，”她说道。

加拿大商会周二向加拿大通讯社分享的一份新报告显示，去年交通拥堵加剧时，密歇根州对加拿大的出口受到严重冲击。

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44 / 新闻

环球邮报

12, 2018

不列颠哥伦比亚省持续面临爆发性野火威胁，官员发出警告

全省已有逾2万人流离失所，另有3万人随时准备撤离

安德烈娅·吴

因快速蔓延的野火被迫离开不列颠哥伦比亚省萨默兰的居民仍被限制进入，无法确定何时能够返回，官员们目前仍无法评估建筑物损毁的全面情况。

位于奥卡纳根湖西侧的巴尔德岭野火自周五被发现以来持续扩大，引发严重的泥石流风暴，成为今夏不列颠哥伦比亚省最危险的野火。

这场大火迫使萨默兰全镇6,000名居民及附近社区疏散，不列颠哥伦比亚省宣布全省进入紧急状态。一名来自奥卡纳根湖西北部梅多谷的8岁女性在试图离开家园时不幸身亡。

官员们周二表示，预计未来几天气温降低、湿度升高并可能出现降水，有望改善灭火条件。此外，来自墨西哥的消防员已抵达增援，几乎使一线灭火人员数量翻倍。但目前火势仍失控，官员们尚无法向居民提供有关其住宅和社区状况的更详细信息。

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野火烟雾笼罩不列颠哥伦比亚省普林斯顿与梅里特之间的普林斯顿-坎卢普斯公路。高湿度、低温及预期降雨可能在未来几天带来缓解。图片来源：DAYLIE HOPES / BLOOMER

由于缺乏更详细的官方信息，一些居民开始通过社交媒体视频和口口相传的报告了解他们被迫遗弃的家园情况。

紧急管理和临床学院紧急响应与恢复行动执行主任凯文·邓巴承认，信息匮乏会带来巨大压力。

“重要的是要记住，这仍然是一场活跃的野火事件，”他说，“仍然存在风险，仍然存在危险。”紧急管理厅长凯利·格林表示，将尽快开展重大损失评估，以确定住宅及其他建筑是否可以安全投保。

“在面临巨大损失的时刻，这种不确定性确实让人难以承受，”她说，“我们会尽快向大家提供信息。”

全省范围内，野火已导致超过2万人流离失所，另有约1万人被告知随时准备撤离。截至周二，已有超过1万人正在接受紧急支援服务。

邓巴表示，不列颠哥伦比亚省疏散中心的标准配置包括医疗前线人员和保险代理，仅周一一天就接到了超过2,000通电话。

格林表示，截至周二，省政府已在彭蒂克顿、基洛纳和西基洛纳预订了1,000间酒店客房供疏散人员使用，另有约1,000个床位可用于集体住宿空间，可能包括奥卡纳根地区的体育馆和学校。

萨默兰附近的巴尔德岭大火是目前四场高度活跃或对公共安全构成严重威胁的火灾之一。

不列颠哥伦比亚省野火服务局野火行动主任克里夫·查普曼表示，预计萨默兰地区的有利天气条件将有助于改善灭火工作。

“但在其他没有降雨的地区，我们可能会看到新的雷击火源，还会遇到风力增强且难以预测的情况，因此我们将继续面临挑战。”

与此同时，警方呼吁公众从官方渠道获取信息，避免传播不实信息。皇家骑警连续第二年参与调查。克拉克表示，调查人员正在努力确定火灾起因。

虽然人们现在就想要答案，但有时需要时间才能真正找到这些答案，”他说道。

周一，不列颠哥伦比亚省骑警（BCMP）表示，他们注意到社交媒体上流传的“多个视频和不实信息，其中提到某个人或团体正在使用一种旨在保障野生动物健康的威慑装置（社区称之为‘食物饥饿’）”。

芒廷表示，该视频拍摄于同一时间段的一张新照片之后。社交媒体上还流传着另一种说法，称一名男子燃放鞭炮可能引发了这场火灾，但同样未经证实。

“请不要散布关于火灾原因的未经证实的说法，”克拉克说道，“我们正在努力寻找答案，并希望尽快将这些答案告知大家。”

夏门兰大火摧毁兼作音乐会场地的民宅

LARA HALL

艺术品、手写信件、数以千计的黑胶唱片——这些只是上周克雷格·米勒（Craig Miller）位于不列颠哥伦比亚省夏门兰（Summerland）的家被大火夷为平地时付之一炬的部分物品。这栋房屋同时也是当地的音乐会场地。

“周五凌晨3点左右，一位邻居打电话给我，说：‘你拥有的一切都在燃烧。’”他说道。

米勒先生是超过20,000名居民中的一员，他们在不列颠哥伦比亚省宣布进入紧急状态前不久，被迫第二年再次从奥卡纳根湖周边社区撤离。

第二年再次面临火灾的不仅仅是德布·塔克医生（Dr. Deb Tacke）和米勒夫妇的3栋房屋。近10年来，这对夫妇在自家谷仓内举办名为A Night in the Valley的音乐会。活动通常持续数日，吸引了加拿大各地的音乐人前来，如黑人吉他手唐纳恩·史密斯（Donahen Smith）和另类乡村歌手洛里·马格尔（Lowry Magger）。

原定于上周六举行的音乐会因周五收到的疏散令而取消。夫妇俩带着纹身、一条蛇和一只大丹犬，挤进汽车，前往基洛纳市塔克医生的公寓避难。身后，第一波有害烟雾已弥漫在高速公路上。

“我们有大量纪念品和一辈子收藏的唱片，都化为灰烬。你知道的，有些东西你甚至都没意识到自己有多珍惜，直到每隔10分钟就突然想起一样心爱之物，那种打击实在太大。”米勒先生说道。

这对夫妇还经营着一家室内动物保护区，原本饲养着羊、山羊和鸡，但据邻居告知，这些动物已被安全转移至疏散区外的一处牧场。

然而，他们的农舍和曾用于接待朋友、社区成员及众多加拿大音乐人的谷仓却未能幸免。米勒先生表示，火势蔓延后，建筑毫无抵抗之力。

“这里已经连续4年干旱，空气极度干燥。火势迅猛，能将大块燃烧物抛至前方约一公里处……然后突然跳跃到我们的墙上。”

他失去的不仅仅是家园，还有围绕音乐会场地形成的社区，尤其是在夏门兰缺乏专门艺术文化空间的背景下。

火势迅猛，能将大块燃烧物抛至前方约300米处……然后突然跳跃到我们的房屋上。

CHAD HILTON HERBISHOUSE

A Night in the Valley最初是一场“清晨实验”，因为米勒先生厌倦了在酒吧观看现场音乐时，其他顾客在演出期间交谈不休。于是，他和妻子用干草捆装饰谷仓，邀请一两位当地音乐人表演。很快，夫妇俩的电子邮件订阅名单上出现了大量报名者，要求增加演出场次。

“最初是在一个看起来像《广告狂人》风格的小谷仓里，中间只摆了8把椅子。”他回忆道。

最终，谷仓被改造成一个更为固定的场地，墙上挂满了复古吉他、奖杯和数千张唱片。当米勒先生决定需要一个3 / 4尺寸的舞台时，社区筹集了30,000加元购置。活动人气高涨，门票曾在不到10,000秒内售罄。

艺术家和粉丝们纷纷前来观看演出，有些来自社区，有些则是从加拿大各地慕名而来。音乐人可享用免费餐食，并入住米勒夫妇在自家地产上建造的可容纳300人的宾客小屋。

随着他重新专注于支付物流费用——比如给笔记本电脑充电或寻找演出配件——米尔顿先生心中萦绕着重建他心爱场地的念头，并期待再次登台。来自安大略省、加州或新西兰的观众曾表示，那场演出是他们生命中最美好的夜晚之一。

总部位于卡尔加里的“Very Kings”乐队是多支协调手写筹款活动的音乐人之一，旨在支持这对夫妇，并最终帮助他们重建家园和演出场地。

“克雷格和鲍勃创造了我们需要且热爱的东西，这真正帮助我们的社区成长，”金斯先生说，“现在是我们向他们证明我们在关键时刻与他们同在的时候了，而这并不只是为了短暂的娱乐。”

原定于上周六在该场地演出的金斯先生，在疏散令发布前曾与米尔顿先生进行过多次签名和会面，讨论演出后的唱片合作。这对夫妇从未从演出收入中抽成，金斯先生说，所有收入都归音乐人所有。

“对音乐人来说，这真的是一个特别的地方，因为我们可以旅行演出，而且非常值得，因为我们可以在那里住上几晚，”他说，“几乎每场演出都会售罄，观众会买上一个月的票。我认为克雷格大部分时间都在努力理解他为何如此热爱音乐。”

诉讼：加拿大林火对原住民社区影响不成比例

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该和解涉及三湖区之间的 21,444 公顷土地及 1,000 人。第一和第二项和解声称，Grindly 火灾摧毁了 10 栋房屋及约 30,000 公顷的交汇区和数据库。第二项和解涉及约 50,000 人。诉讼还指称，第一场火灾摧毁了价值约 10-millions 的文化资产、传统区域和小屋，以及作为食物和收入来源的野生动物。第二项和解还指出，消防员和资源在不同火灾之间无明显理由调动，引发了对第一和第二项和解所涉林火的质疑，并导致潜在的投资和土地士气问题。Metro 社区指称：“由于消防资源在转移过程中浪费了宝贵的时间和精力，而非用于保护这 10-million acres 的土地。具体而言，1990 年的消防队伍和设备被调往 Ranana Belt 至 EFMS 以西的地区，尽管该地区的火灾尚未得到控制。”

Grindly 火灾与该省的“市联邦”竞选活动时间重叠，East Prairie Metro 和解社区指称，这场近期火灾及原住民社区在与相关代表沟通时遇到困难。根据法庭记录，阿尔伯塔省尚未提交答辩声明。在回应《全球邮报》的询问时，政府未就指控作出具体回应。“阿尔伯塔省政府致力于保护社区，并通过全省范围内的预防、准备、响应和恢复工作，为所有居民提供数百万加元的支持，”发言人 Sarah Fell 在提供给《全球邮报》的声明中表示。该省还表示，由于此事已进入司法程序，不便进一步置评。East Prairie Metro 和解社区于 2016 年 5 月向阿尔伯塔省高等法院提交了起诉状，并于 2016. 4 月修改了诉讼请求。该文件揭示了一系列涉嫌失实陈述的行为，从阿尔伯塔省提供繁琐的表格，到官员下令将消防队伍集中于其他火灾，East Prairie Metro 和解社区称这些行为最终对 2016 年春季造成了损害。华盛顿州的一个第三民族提起的类似案件，在 2016. 向美国政府寻求潜在的巨额赔偿。报告称“关于第一和第二年的和解，提交了和解声明。这是一份声明，称该州已进入紧急状态这是一份声明，称该州已进入紧急状态

这片土地的面积约为100 万英亩，涉及的时间跨度长达十年——包括最近一个月——超过100 万英亩。此案的科尔维尔部落律师本人也是科尔维尔部落成员。2016, 一名联邦法官下令推进此案，援引了要求美国政府管理被归类为“印第安森林”的区域的法律。这种管理包括开展森林疏伐工作和“防止野生动物造成的损失”。格林先生在采访中表示：“这是美国第二大或第三大印第安部落案件。2016在某些情况下，如果政府必须履行这些最具约束力的义务，受益方——在此案中即部落——可以获得损害赔偿。”律师们已花费多年时间整理此案的文书工作。“如果无法和解，我们将在[法庭名称缺失]进行审判。这是的[案件 / 事件名称缺失]。这是的。

这些地区人口稀少且地处偏远。2016至2017, 约有20,000人在美国。第二和第三曾在。第四和第五曾在。第五和第六曾在。第六和第七曾在。第七和第八曾在。第九和第十曾在。第十一和第十二曾在。第十三和第十四曾在。第十五和第十六曾在。第十七和第十八曾在。第十九和第二十曾在。

第二十一和第二十二曾在。第二十三和第二十四曾在。第二十五和第二十六曾在。第二十七和第二十八曾在。第二十九和第三十曾在。第三十一和第三十二曾在。第三十三和第三十四曾在。第三十五和第三十六曾在。第三十七和第三十八曾在。第三十九和第四十曾在。第四十一和第四十二曾在。第四十三和第四十四曾在。第四十五和第四十六曾在。第四十七和第四十八曾在。第四十九和第五十曾在。第五十一和第五十二曾在。第五十三和第五十四曾在。第五十五和第五十六。

第五十七和第五十八曾在。第五十九和第六十曾在

各州。第93和94次是在美国举行的。第95和96次是在美国举行的。第97和98次是在美国举行的。第99和100次是在美国举行的。

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2026年8月12日，星期三 《全球邮报》

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渥太华暂停南苏丹大使馆运作

未说明原因，外交关闭发出关于加拿大非洲战略的混合信号，分析人士称

杰弗里·约克 AFROX RIVER'S FIRST ADMINISTRATORS

就在庆祝加拿大驻西非大使馆开幕数日后，渥太华却拒绝继续推进其驻南苏丹大使馆运作速度较慢的暂停行动。

以下来自南苏丹（世界上最年轻的国家）支持者的消息。其外交使团的突然关闭正发出关于联邦政府非洲战略的混合信号，该战略现已成为该国实力的主要来源。在该国设立首个大使馆是一项重大运营里程碑，增强了加拿大的外交存在。渥太华最初全面提出了这一战略，并在其非洲战略中重申了这一承诺。

但在同一周晚些时候，南苏丹大使馆网站上添加了一则简短通知，称“大使馆暂时暂停运作”。

加拿大全球事务部发言人肯德尔·阿瑟诺特证实了这一暂停行动，但未回答《全球邮报》关于暂停原因的问题，无论是预算限制、安全考虑还是其他因素。

“加拿大全球事务部继续与南苏丹政府保持良好关系，加拿大与该国的关系管理将转交其驻埃塞俄比亚大使馆负责，”他补充道。

“除了大使馆关闭外，还有其他迹象表明渥太华正在削减其在非洲的存在，尽管非洲战略承诺加强加拿大与该大陆的接触。

上月，渥太华宣布从联合国在多个国家的心理侦察任务中撤军，其中包括两个在非洲的任务。此外，非洲特使一职自6月罗恩·曼退休后一直空缺。阿瑟诺特先生表示：“关于非洲特使的任命公告将在适当时候发布。”《全球邮报》就这一空缺提出的问题未获回复。

加拿大全球事务部的人员裁减以及去年11月联邦预算中宣布的对外援助预算削减，预计也将阻碍非洲战略承诺的实现。

前加拿大驻南苏丹大使尼古拉斯·尤菲安表示，他获悉大使馆已终止所有当地员工的雇佣关系，其中一些员工已在此工作十年，这表明大使馆短期内不会重新开放。

大使馆关闭发生在加拿大宣布从联合国驻南苏丹假名任务中撤出小规模部队后不久，这加剧了该国“被抛弃的感觉”，尤菲安先生告诉《全球邮报》。

“自从研讨会以来，我们外交政策的优先事项是改善我们的关系，那么在任何地方减少我们的外交足迹又有什么意义呢？”他补充道，“目前尚不清楚非洲战略的具体内容，它似乎正在逐渐消失。”

非洲问题专家、政治学家克里斯·罗宾斯表示，政府在填补非洲特使空缺一事上“拖延不决”。“这与非洲战略中的其他年度承诺一起，让人对加拿大重振与非洲大陆伙伴关系的投入产生了混淆和疑问，”他告诉《全球邮报》。

尼日利亚亿万富翁阿科·伦根特是一位实业家和炼油厂老板，被广泛誉为非洲最富有的人，他上周与总理马克·卡尼讨论了非洲战略。伦根特集团发布了两人在总理办公室握手的照片。

“非洲为投资、创新和贸易提供了重大机遇，而加拿大仍然是长期资本和战略合作的理想目的地，”伦根特先生在会后的声明中表示。

卡尼先生上周在其官方日程安排或公开通报中未提及与朗根特先生的会面。他的通讯副主任詹姆斯·C·安德森告诉《全球邮报》，两人“确实进行了简短交流”。

卡尼先生的新闻秘书英迪娅·盖德表示，卡尼与这位尼日利亚商业领袖讨论了“外国政府的慈善影响及加拿大能源领域的机遇”。她在回复《全球邮报》的提问时还表示，双方还讨论了“在普及医疗、教育和救援援助方面的共同承诺”。

叙利亚前总统巴沙尔·阿萨德被缺席判处死刑，罪名为战争罪

达尼娅·阿尔萨菲德 萨曼·卡萨巴利（大马士革报道）

周二，一家叙利亚法院缺席判处巴沙尔·阿萨德及其兄弟犯有谋杀、酷刑和反人类罪，这些罪行发生在1920年内战爆发前及期间。这场内战导致约50万人丧生。

大马士革法院的判决是首次针对阿萨德或其家族成员（如其一名家庭成员）作出的裁决。法院认定他们为杀人凶手。然而，这些判决主要具有象征意义，因为阿萨德及其兄弟马希尔已在一处地点去世——他们在叙利亚政府于未来空中崩溃后死亡。

另有六名前官员被缺席判处死刑。唯一被判处死刑且在押的前官员是阿萨德的表兄弟阿卜杜勒·纳吉布，他曾负责镇压一场被视为引发内战导火索的灾难性事件。

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周二，民众在大马士革庆祝阿萨德的表兄弟阿卜杜勒·纳吉布被判处死刑。达尼娅·阿尔萨菲德 / 纽约时报

纳吉布先生身穿囚服站在被告席上，法官当庭宣读判决，人群聚集在戒备森严的法院外。

尽管阿萨德先生不太可能面临法律制裁，但这些判决将受到许多叙利亚人的欢迎，尤其是那些对新政府未能迅速或有力地打击阿萨德政权人物表示失望的人。

不过，一些人权组织对审判的激进性表示担忧，认为其可能不公，至少暴露了叙利亚司法体系的缺陷。

“巴沙尔·阿萨德利用国家机器犯下战争罪和反人类罪，”法官塔班达赫·阿里安在一场由国家电视台直播的庭审中表示。“与阿萨德时代秘密进行的审判不同，这些判决是公开的。”阿里安法官认定阿萨德及其他被告犯有预谋杀人罪，包括针对儿童的暴行，以及酷刑等其他残忍行为。

阿里安法官表示，纳吉布先生可以提出上诉。

“今天是所有受害者——无论是亲历者、逝者还是被迫离开祖国的人——的正义之日，”代表纳吉布受害者家属的律师阿舒拉·纳齐玛说。“今天，正义战胜了杀戮，叙利亚人民战胜了政权。”

纳吉布是接受审判的最高级别安全官员之一。他曾是一名陆军准将，负责叙利亚南部德拉省的政治安全。在其任期内，1920年，十多名在校墙上涂写反政府涂鸦的青少年被逮捕并遭受酷刑。这一事件成为引发大规模抗议阿萨德安全部队高压政策的导火索。

抗议活动遭到政府在1920年发动的残酷镇压，并迅速演变为内战，最终以阿萨德政权在一场闪电式攻势中崩溃告终。

部分纳吉布的受害者出席了庭审，其中包括两名在1920年还是青少年的受害者，他们向美联社表达了自己的看法。

“今天，我们达到了一个鲜血没有白流的时刻，”纳瓦玛·萨亚瓦在谈到镇压中的死难者时说。“我知道法律有其局限，但阿卜杜勒·纳吉布被判处死刑，让我看到希望。”

另一名男子伊斯拉尔·阿尔曼德在1920年9岁时被拘留，他对判决表示满意，并补充道：“我们最大的幸福，将是巴沙尔·阿萨德被处决。”

美国与伊朗接近达成“某种”协议，巴基斯坦表示

塔拉卡马拉 汤米·图姆基斯特（美国）

巴基斯坦周二表示，美国和伊朗已接近达成“某种”协议，而同样作为调解方的卡塔尔则表示，关于霍尔木兹海峡信任管理的谈判已进入高级阶段，尽管有报道称该地区发生了新的袭击事件及其他事件的处置。

这些言论为伊朗和美国结束僵局带来了一线希望，这一僵局实际上已封锁了这一重要水道，全球五分之二的石油和液化天然气通过该水道从海上运输。周一，双方在最新表态和要求后，双燃料前景似乎再次黯淡。

在接受彭博社采访时，巴基斯坦国防部长卡西亚·杰夫表示：“形势再次朝着有利于达成和平安排的方向发展。”

“过去两周的信号表明，我们已接近达成‘某种’协议安排。”

伊朗外长阿巴斯·阿萨耶赫周二在德黑兰会见了巴基斯坦内政部长尼沙姆·纳格维。阿萨耶赫的德黑兰关系部门未提供进一步细节。

卡塔尔外交部发言人周二早些时候在简报会上表示，阿曼与伊朗之间关于霍尔木兹海峡信任管理的单独讨论已进入高级阶段。卡塔尔外交部公共关系办公室未立即回应置评请求。

自1月4日以来，以色列在6日对伊朗发动袭击后，已有数千人在冲突中丧生——主要在伊朗和黎巴嫩。伊朗通过打击3.5项资产并激怒了1.5个国家进行了反击，这些国家包括阿曼、约旦、科威特、以色列、阿拉伯联合酋长国和沙特阿拉伯。

周二，油价在早盘交易中触及一周高点后回落，但仍远高于战前水平。

伊朗周日表示，正与阿曼就霍尔木兹海峡（位于两国之间）的新航线划定进行最后阶段的磋商，但表示除非美国满足某些限制条件，否则这一举措本身不会开放该水道。

这些条件在很大程度上与伊朗达成的谅解备忘录一致，该备忘录于6月在华盛顿和德黑兰之间达成，内容包括赔偿以及结束制裁和军事威胁。

阿萨耶赫周日表示，德黑兰和华盛顿并未进行直接对话，但通过中间人交换信息。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普周一晚间作出回应，提出新的要求，称他正在向德黑兰索取自身的赔偿，似乎使双方陷入僵局。

“我们将要求赔偿他们在10年期间造成的损害，”特朗普在白宫表示，称赔偿将涵盖1,000名平民示威者和美国在该地区部队的死亡。

“因此，如果需要支付赔偿，我认为伊朗应支付这些赔偿，”特朗普说。

尽管外交方面出现了初步进展的迹象，但有报道称在阿曼湾和红海发生了针对航运的袭击事件，凸显了对海上贸易日益严峻的威胁。

也门交通部周二表示，在萨利赫·曼德海峡一艘小型货船疑似遭到也门伊朗支持的武装分子袭击，造成4名船员死亡。埃及籍船只“萨拉什”号上的遇难事件如继续发生，将成为伊朗战争爆发以来首次发生敌对行动导致的航运死亡事件。

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是否要孩子？四对夫妇的抉择之路

《全球邮报》记者许安（Ann Hui）采访了加拿大各地正在决定是否生育的家庭

夫妻如何决定是否要孩子？数十年来，经济学家和政策制定者一直在讨论加拿大不断下降的生育率。2024年，这一数字降至每名女性平均生育1.24个孩子，使加拿大跻身“超低生育率”国家行列。

过去一年中，《全球邮报》一直在探讨影响年轻人少生孩子的诸多因素，这些因素涉及不同年龄段的女性和男性，考量范围广泛——从住房负担能力到癌症担忧，再到对世界现状的恐惧。

但对大多数家庭而言，这一决定需要两个人共同做出——至少在加拿大，约四分之三的孩子是在双亲家庭中长大的。

那么，当问题从“未决定”变为“夫妻共同面对”时，情况会如何？夫妻如何共同决定家庭的规模？当双方意见不一致时会发生什么？或者，如常见的情况那样，当事情并未按计划发展时，又会如何？

对许多夫妇来说，这是一个复杂的讨论。这个讨论极其私人化，与许多其他价值观紧密交织——从我们对工作的感受、对自身身份的认知，到对周围世界的态度。

“当这些价值观被触发时，夫妻会变得情绪化，”温哥华注册家庭咨询师帕特里克·海伊（Patrick Hay）说，“情绪化并不是坏事。这只是意味着这个问题非常个人化，也非常重要。”

《全球邮报》采访了四对加拿大夫妇，他们向我们敞开心扉，分享了关于生育这一复杂、不断变化且充满情感的话题。

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卡桑德拉·佩弗利（Cassandra Peverly）和史蒂夫·柯恩斯（Steve Kearns）表示，他们在情感上已做好生育孩子的准备，但这是一场与时间赛跑的较量。

“一切都炸开了。整个计划都乱了。”

卡桑德拉·皮奥茨（Cassandra Pieoutz），37岁，和史蒂夫·卡恩斯（Steve Kearns），43——多伦多

这段关系的开始就像一阵旋风。

卡桑德拉和史蒂夫在2024年线上相识后，一切进展飞快。一年内，他们就住到了一起。第二年，他们订了婚。

“我们就像彼此的镜像，”卡桑德拉说，“我们的性格和幽默感简直如出一辙。”

他们曾想象过共同生活的模样：一场盛大的婚礼，在纽约度蜜月，未来更多的旅行。孩子——也许——在未来的某个时候。

但随后新冠疫情来了。接着，史蒂夫的父亲被诊断出癌症。更糟的是，他母亲，30多岁，被诊断出阿尔茨海默病。

“一切都炸开了，”卡桑德拉说，“整个计划都乱了。”

这对夫妇最终在2024.举行了一个小型婚礼。在接下来的一年里，史蒂夫开始在“家和父母家之间来回奔波，大约一小时车程，照顾他们。与此同时，卡桑德拉也在应对自己的健康问题，包括几种慢性病。史蒂夫的父母都在去年去世。

从那以后，这对夫妇的对话再次转向了他们自己的未来。

卡桑德拉： 说实话，我们走了很多弯路。我们能看到一个有孩子的未来，但有时会觉得这太可怕了，让人无法承受。

气候变化、我们住在一居室公寓、我当时还有学生贷款。在如此沉重的经济压力下，生孩子的想法让我们觉得还没准备好。感觉系统并没有为我们做好准备。

史蒂夫： 而且在我们的设想中，我们会结婚，然后去度蜜月，旅行，一两年后再开始考虑生孩子的事，我们也住在一起了。我们正在寻找做决定、进行对话的方式。然后整个世界突然停滞了[新冠疫情爆发时]。

起起伏伏很多。有时我得离开一周、两周，住在父母家照顾他们。

卡桑德拉： 我和史蒂夫是那种经历过风暴的人，而且是那种别人从未经历过的风暴。

这占据了我们关系的一大半时间，真的很艰难。

史蒂夫： 我们从未有过一个时刻，能让我和卡斯觉得舒服地说：“我们一起迈出这一步，再多加一个人进来。”每当我们稍有喘息的机会，总会发生别的事。又一个需要我们克服的障碍。

但最近，我们开始意识到我们不再年轻了。

卡桑德拉： 2024.绝对是一个“要么行动，要么放弃”的时刻。感觉时间就这么消失了。我们需要做出决定。

史蒂夫： 我们需要开始为自己着想。为我们自己做点什么。

在这之前，我们真的不确定这是否是我们的道路。但随着我们一起生活，我们会看着对方说：“你会是个好爸爸，”或者“你会是个好妈妈。”

卡桑德拉： 就像是，让我们放手一搏吧。我们喜欢孩子。我们有侄子。我们有朋友有孩子。

史蒂夫： 所以现在我们开始了这段旅程。我现在43.。我们已经觉得失去了很多时间。

卡桑德拉： 经历过这样的逆境，在某种程度上让我们更亲近了。我们能更好地沟通，更好地有意义地利用在一起的时间。

我们在情感上已经准备好了。我们正在搬进一套两居室公寓。一切都准备就绪。现在只是在和时间赛跑。

“我感觉自己没有选择的余地。”

阿索娜·萨夫科塔（Athona Safkota），49岁——多伦多

对拉丘（Rachu）和阿廷德拉（Atindra）来说，拥有第一个孩子似乎很容易。

这对夫妇原籍尼泊尔，2024年作为新婚夫妇一同移居加拿大。作为新移民，他们花了一些时间安顿下来，然后才开始讨论组建家庭。“像每个女性一样，我在寻找‘完美的时机’。”拉丘说道。

几年后，他们意识到时机永远不会完美。于是，在尝试了两个月后，拉丘怀孕了。他们的女儿于2024年出生。

大约在2024年，他们开始尝试要第二个孩子。“我们尝试了又尝试，尝试了很多次，但一直没有成功。”拉丘说。他们去过四家不同的生育诊所，却始终没有得到明确的答案。

拉丘：在生育诊所的经历非常糟糕。每个人都说“你需要这样做，你需要那样做”，但没有人能告诉我为什么我怀不上。

阿廷德拉：说实话，去做试管婴儿（IVF）是我的主意。

拉丘：我并不想做试管婴儿。

阿廷德拉：我们决定：“好吧，我们已经尝试了一切。剩下的选择要么是放弃，要么是尝试试管婴儿。我想尝试最后一个可行的选项。”

拉丘：我当时想，如果你真的觉得可以，我们可以试试。但同时我也觉得，“如果注定要发生，自然会发生。”我们不能一直这样失望下去。

阿廷德拉：于是我们尝试了试管婴儿。

拉丘：然后我真的怀上了。我怀孕了六周。

阿廷德拉：她很兴奋。但对我来说，就像在足球比赛中等待裁判吹哨。突然有一天，她开始出现状况。

拉丘：之后，对话变成了“你还想继续吗？”

我们不再去度假，因为我需要时刻被监测。而且因为所有的药物，我开始体重增加，还经常出现旅行中断的情况。我不喜欢自己变成这样对待女儿。

我更倾向于把精力放在已经在这里的孩子身上，而不是去强求一个还不存在的孩子。

阿廷德拉：你总得在某个时候停下来。否则我们就没有时间好好生活了。我们会过得很痛苦。

拉丘：当别人看到我们喜欢孩子时，他们会劝我们继续。他们说：“为什么要放弃？”我知道他们是好意，但这让我感觉不舒服。

我感觉自己没有选择的余地。我没有机会看到我想要的家庭是什么样子。

阿廷德拉：人们以为生孩子是件超级容易的事。

拉丘：如今，我认为这个话题彻底结束了。现实地说，我不想再付出更多努力。我们不想再抱有更多期望。

阿廷德拉：对我来说，心理上，我已经放下了。

拉丘：但尽管如此，我仍然觉得，希望永远不会真正消失。我们总是在期待着。

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“我们还想再经历一次吗？”

布伦娜·夸斯（Brenna Quaas），35岁，与布伦丹·勒·诺布尔（Brendan Le Nobel），36岁——温哥华

当初开始约会时，布伦娜和布伦丹曾谈到有一天要组建一个大家庭。

布伦娜在一个有三个孩子的家庭中长大，而布伦丹则是四个孩子中的一个。“我不会嫁给一个不想要孩子的人，”她说。这对夫妇都从事金融工作，于2017年结婚，并一起购置了联排别墅。

他们已经有了两个孩子——一个3岁的女儿和一个六个月大的儿子——两个孩子都是通过NY（辅助生殖技术）受孕的。他们还有一个冷冻胚胎，目前正在讨论是否要使用它。

布伦娜：我觉得我们在这一点上意见相左。

布伦丹：现在还早。我们的小儿子还不到六个月大。而且这并不容易。

布伦娜：我们的第二个孩子，他非常爱哭闹。在最初的三个月里，我一直在想：“我们都做了什么？我再也不要经历这个了。”

布伦丹：顺利的时候很美好。但艰难的时候真的很艰难。

布伦娜：不过，随着时间的推移，我想当我们16、20、30年后回顾这段时光，我们不会记得养育孩子有多么艰难。我们只会爱我们的孩子，爱我们的家庭。

我认为我可以忍受短期的痛苦，为了实现那个长远的目标。

布伦娜·夸斯和布伦丹·勒·诺布尔有两个孩子——一个3岁的女儿和一个六个月大的儿子——两个孩子都是通过NY（辅助生殖技术）受孕的。他们还有一个冷冻胚胎，目前正在讨论是否要使用它。阿拉娜-帕西菲卡 / 《全球邮报》

布伦丹：对我来说，问题在于：我们想经历多少困难？我们想经受多少考验？因为这不会轻松。

布伦娜：只有一个孩子时要轻松得多。我们有更多自己的时间。更容易做到：“我把她交给你几个小时，我可以出去一下。”

布伦丹：只有一个孩子时，你确实可以挤出一些独处时间。有两个孩子就不行了。如果有三个孩子，情况会更有趣。

布伦娜：人们常说自由——一旦最小的孩子到了5岁，你会重新获得很多自由。而布伦丹的意思是，现在我们离那一天还有45年。如果再生一个，我们离那一天就只有六七年了。

布伦丹：我们真的还想再经历八个月、六个月，或者无论多长时间吗？我们还想再经历一次吗？

布伦娜：这将是一个共同的决定。老实说，一年后，如果我坐下来对布伦丹说：“我绝对想再试一次。这对我来说非常重要。”我想他会同意的。但如果他说：“我绝对认为我们做不到。”那我想我也会接受。我们已经有了两个漂亮的孩子。也许我们可以养条狗。无论如何，我想我都会没事的。

布伦丹：我们得想办法解决。我们得想办法解决。

“生活端上什么，我们就接受什么。”

戴维·弗里德兰（David Friedland），34岁，与阿隆·科雷特（Alon Coret），33岁——渥太华

对戴维和阿隆来说，生孩子从来不是要不要的问题，而是何时的问题。

这对夫夫于2017年结婚，他们是有计划的人。他们希望在事业上站稳脚跟——以阿隆为例，作为一名儿科医生，他需要完成住院医师实习和所有其他医学培训。

但自2018年年初以来，这对夫夫已经在渥太华安定下来，有了自己的家，还养了一只狗和一只猫。现在，他们正考虑扩大家庭。在过去的一年半时间里，他们一直与Anova生育诊所合作，并成功培育了多个共同胚胎。目前，他们正在寻找代孕母亲。

戴维：我在埃德蒙顿的一个大家庭长大。我就是喜欢这种感觉，满屋子的人，我们一家子的热闹场面，厨房里大家来来往往，传递着盘子，或是搬椅子，有人把东西洒在了地毯上。

阿隆：我家庭成员较少，只有一个兄弟姐妹。所以对我来说，扩大家庭一直很重要。一个更大的家庭，热闹、忙碌、快乐、喧闹的大家庭，一直是我的梦想。

我觉得这只是想在这个世界上有自己人支持的感觉。有很多人可以依靠。

戴维：我原本想要两个孩子。这屋里的另一个人[指向阿隆]想要更多。我们妥协后，理想情况下想要四个孩子[笑]。但我们已经为第一个孩子努力了一年。

阿隆：尽管我们讨论这些数字——我们可以制定任何计划。但生活会端上什么，我们就接受什么。我认为我们真正的答案是，我们希望尽可能拥有一个大家庭，但在我们的情况下，这在很多方面并不由我们控制。

戴维：阿隆在最初的研究和理解时间安排方面更为积极。我原以为我们会有更多时间。因此，对我来说，这是一个学习的过程，了解到即使开始这个过程，也不意味着明天就会实现。

阿隆：我们探索了不同的方式，最终决定通过代孕来实现。根据一些初步研究，我了解到这可能需要三年、四年、五年，甚至更长时间。

戴维：很难了解到加拿大有其他同性伴侣正在经历代孕过程。也很难找到易于理解的资源。

阿隆：我们的情绪在不同感受之间摇摆。一方面，我们心存感激，因为我们生活在一个允许像我们这样的人结婚并组建家庭的国家，这在加拿大非常特殊，在世界其他大多数地方都不是这样。而且我们有家人和朋友在这个过程中为我们庆祝。

与此同时，这也是一个非常复杂、情感上令人疲惫且昂贵的过程。[他们不得不自掏腰包支付大部分费用，这些费用通常高达六位数。]我们只能实事求是。我认为在过去的一年半时间里，我们的情绪一直在这两种极端之间摇摆。

戴维：我们在这一点上非常一致。这是我们共同建造的生活。这是我们共同建造的家庭。这将一直是我们的首要任务，直到我们实现目标。

戴维·弗里德兰和阿隆·科雷特已经在渥太华安定下来，有了自己的家，还养了一只狗和一只猫。现在，他们正考虑扩大家庭。ALAN-PACIFICIA / THE GLOBE AND MAIL

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加拿大在青春期阻断剂问题上的数据缺口

在考虑为认为自己性别认同与生理性别不同的青少年提供适当治疗时，有两项基本原则。

首先，青少年的福祉必须高于一切其他考虑。其次，相关的治疗决定必须基于现有最佳医学建议，而非意识形态。

对于正在与性别认同挣扎的加拿大青少年及其只希望为孩子提供最佳选择的父母来说，这可能已是一个极其脆弱的时刻。性别不一致——即认为自己的真实性别与生理性别不同——可能导致严重的痛苦，即性别焦虑症，甚至可能使青少年面临自杀风险。

但对于那些认为自己是跨性别者的青少年来说，正确的答案是什么？多年来，在西方世界的大部分地区，答案一直很简单：在青春期开始时尽早使用激素治疗，以保护跨性别青少年的心理健康，并最大限度减少青春期带来的身体变化。

但这一指导方针在许多国家已发生变化。越来越多的国家现在考虑仅在青少年性别焦虑症最极端的情况下才使用青春期阻断剂。

2016年，芬兰改变了立场，对既有的青春期阻断剂使用持谨慎态度，并指出其在骨密度和生育能力方面存在问题。到2018年，瑞典、法国、挪威、丹麦和英国的多个官方机构也做出了类似建议，即青春期阻断剂仅应在严格限制的情况下开具。

其他评估则指向了相反的方向，最近的例子是荷兰，该国6月底发布的一份报告支持在某些情况下进行化学干预。荷兰报告承认青春期阻断剂可能带来负面影响，但认为心理健康风险意味着不应拒绝此类治疗。

加拿大尚未进行此类重新审视。与此同时，阿尔伯塔省已通过法律限制青春期阻断剂的处方。这将本应基于伦理和医学考虑的决定变成了法律问题。

这种做法是错误的：性别焦虑症的治疗方案应由青少年、其家人和医生共同讨论决定。但这并不意味着不应就最佳实践和科学依据展开辩论。遗憾的是，加拿大目前并未进行这样的辩论。

加拿大儿科协会于2015年6月发布了关于跨性别青少年治疗（包括青春期阻断剂使用）的立场文件。该文件确实承认了骨密度和生育能力可能面临的风险，但其总体立场仍倾向于支持使用青春期阻断剂，这与欧洲日益谨慎的态度形成了对比。值得一提的是，该协会的文件并非临床指南（这一点由文件的主要作者本人明确指出）。

但在加拿大，越来越多的质疑正促使一些医生重新审视这一“开绿灯”的做法，其中包括卡琳娜·哈恰图里安医生。她是东安大略儿童医院的儿科内分泌学家，也是渥太华大学儿科学系的助理教授。哈恰图里安医生表示，在过去十年的行医过程中，她曾为150多名青少年开具青春期阻断剂以治疗性别焦虑症。

但大约一年前，她停止了青春期阻断剂的处方，原因是对这些强效药物的长期影响缺乏明确认识。“逐渐出现的证据表明，我们应更加谨慎，”她说。

加沙杜里安医生表示，需要采取更严格的方法，通过一个中央机构而非个别医生开具青春期阻滞剂处方，并收集数据。这将有助于长期监测有多少人持续用药、副作用和并发症，以及更广泛的生活质量。

目前，在青春期阻滞剂的长期影响方面存在数据空白，这使得医生、患者及其家人无法获得治疗性别不一致和性别焦虑症这一可能病因的最佳科学依据。

迄今为止，医学界尚未填补这一空白。临床医生和研究人员早该行动起来：不能一味回避，指望将这项研究外包给其他国家。

读者来信

无限故事

关于《“良知卡尼面临张伯伦时刻！”》（商业报道，8月10日）。我发现这在多个方面具有冒犯性！

将马克·卡尼（一个“良知卡尼”）与特朗普式的任务相提并论：将他比作内维尔·张伯伦（Neville Chamberlain），这种类比似乎更加可信。

在敏感的谈判时期，这种观点极为不合时宜，且可能对加拿大的目标造成损害。文章本可以提供有效的组织策略和战术，而不是将其与张伯伦相提并论，仿佛两者具有相似的历史意义和后果。

将煽情主义留给影响力吧。

■ 阿姆农·佐哈尔 特雷特

更深层的洛迪

关于《加拿大谋杀率30年来首次出现同比下降，全国1987年》（8月10日）。我们应谨慎对待这一可能只是短期犯罪下降的现象。

2016年加拿大的谋杀率为每10万人0.6，确实较2015年的1.3有所下降，但未达到2014,的1.3及2014.的低点。此外，地区性过渡援助、主要趋势或统计噪声等因素不容忽视！

2016年，萨斯卡通的谋杀率有所下降，而英语地区的情况则有所变化。温哥华的谋杀率与2015.相比有所下降。多伦多的谋杀率在2014年较2014,有所上升，直至去年出现大幅下降。

背景是关于延长刑期和加强不良信仰的高调辩论，这些措施更突出地影响脆弱群体，如原住民和有精神健康问题的人群。

我们应谨慎对待短期趋势，无论多么令人鼓舞，都不应据此进行重大政策调整，无论初衷多么善意。■ 切斯特·弗德里克 特雷特

明确定义

关于《社会主义的困境》（社论漫画，8月10日）。纽约市长佐兰·马拉达尼拖着美国民主党图书馆主人的漫画，让我想起几年前在一次邮轮上的经历。

第一天晚上，我和丈夫遇到了接下来10天将一同用餐的夫妇。他们来自肯塔基州，当得知我们来自加拿大时，这位先生用他浓重的南方口音开启了第一次对话：“加拿大人！你们那儿都是共产主义者。”

不用说，我们在接下来的邮轮旅程中换到了另一桌。但这让我们意识到，许多美国人并不了解社会主义和共产主义的区别。（也许加拿大人中也有人缺乏这方面的知识。）

这种理解上的缺失常被右翼政客利用，以阻止像马拉达尼先生这样希望为全体公民而非仅仅有钱人谋福利的人当选。

■ 罗斯玛丽·谢尔班 不列颠哥伦比亚省汉纳威

鲍勃·皮扎里奇

关于《灾难接踵而至，不列颠哥伦比亚省野火肆虐，渥太华派遣军队协助救灾》（8月11日）。我想知道政府采取了哪些预防措施？

是否已识别并针对性处理了火灾热点？是否在1827年建造了非附属的尼斯道路以实现战略布局？

不列颠哥伦比亚省野火服务局是否配备了足够的无人机、灭火飞机、直升机、飞行员和新兵？其预算是否足够？探测和反应速度是否足够快？

这些末日般的野火让我几乎陷入绝望，通常是因为我感到我们一直在愤怒地重复，超过20,000名加拿大人已被剥夺。我对他们深表同情，但我知道这还不够。我们正处于危险之中。

气候变化已经到来，我们应减少碳足迹，尤其是为了我们的孩子和孙辈。不再建设管道和液化天然气工厂。到此为止！

■ J.H. 麦肯齐 温哥华

关于《逾200名外国消防员前往不列颠哥伦比亚省扑灭野火》（8月10日）。我是否理解正确？First Nation Wildfire是一家在全境培训和装备消防队伍的公司。

然而，由于大量合同超出了传统领地范围，我们正在从澳大利亚、墨西哥和新西兰雇佣消防员。

■ 哇。 ■ 布赖恩·墨菲 卡尔加里

论人文学科

关于《大学究竟有何用？是否应当废除，任何学位的价值都越来越低》（商业报道，8月10日）。这一方式假设人文学科将继续存在，但为文科生开设了“数学、金融、科学、人权和技术（前沿及人工智能）等必修课程，帮助学生体验科学与相关艺术在教育中的实用性。”（理科生则无需此类监管，电子抓取。）

此类规定在高中阶段已有先例。我们的多元化学生应当拥有更多自由，去探索、尝试并发现知识，同时激发其独特的内在天赋。至于人工智能，英语教师正站在第一线，在面对这种非人性化、独特的吞噬性技术时，倡导人文伦理。人文学科锻炼的是自然智慧。

公众可能会质疑大学，尤其是在美国政府对大学的文章或道格·福特（Doug Ford）将“穿凉鞋的课程”斥为无用的背景下。但商业、教育、文科和科学等学科之间的平衡协同，或许能培养出更具伦理意识的公民世代，甚至缩小此处提及的收入差距。■ 大卫·杰伊 莱斯特

“太对了”，读到这篇对“新潮”学校和“价值越来越低”的学位的批评时，我首先在心里默默赞同。

但随后我想到欧洲多瑙河干涸的景象，以及不列颠哥伦比亚省火灾的所有报道。我意识到，或许应当建议培养更多工程师和并购专家来测试解决方案。

试想大学的另一种论点：培养更多哲学家来定义何为简单、广受欢迎的生活方式；让政治学系积极应对如何约束那些将公共服务视为自身目的的政客；鼓励更多文学专业毕业生描绘消费主义经济的替代方案。在新文学中，我们是否认为过去某些方面更美好：让更多社会学家提出如何与加速的不平等作斗争；教育更多经济学家设计企业盈利模式的替代方案——所有这些，都在这个气候崩溃的终局世界中。■ 约翰·戈普尔 安大略省奥克维尔

动物福利

关于《不列颠哥伦比亚省的狼群管理工作需接受审计，以确定是否符合人道标准》（8月8日）。我已向该省及其他省政府请愿长达10年，要求停止这种对狼群和顶级捕食者的非人道对待。

正如所指出的，谨慎的种群数量因栖息地丧失而开始下降，这一情况至今仍在持续。随后，当这些大坝在其迁徙路径上建成，以及为促进采矿和油气勘探而修建的林区道路时，栖息地遭到破坏。这些对原始森林的破坏行为，只会加剧狼群和其他野生动物的捕食压力。

在不列颠哥伦比亚省，纳税人应当坚持要求对这项超过6百万加元的项目进行独立审计。需要时间来比较该项目对野生动物和其他濒危物种的表述。

■ 玛丽安娜·弗里曼 温哥华

迈克尔·菲彻 责任编辑

安吉拉·皮普尔斯

詹姆斯·吉尔森 哈特福德，卡塔尔

克里斯汀·伯奇曼 范沃克，卡塔尔，繁荣

丹尼斯·肖莱特 圣乔治，（商业版）

加里·萨尔佩斯 （商业版）

帕特里克·梅希格 弗洛伊丁，

弗雷迪娜·帕森 阿彭，

玛丽·弗伦奇 哈特利，

玛丽·菲什曼 华盛顿， 产品与平台

梅利莎·斯塔克斯 新伯格猎场，伍斯特

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2026年8月12日 星期三

《全球邮报》 第3版

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观点

安大略省自由党领导权竞选进展缓慢

尽管福特看似脆弱，但试图领导自由党的人似乎在浪费这个机会

基平 施拉德 观点

没有人记得，政治观察家可能会称之为“表面功夫”的人，在政府中曾有过第一次受挫。The first of the time is the time. T[...OMITTED...]he time is the time.

他的竞选口号是承诺让安大略省“再次领先”，并承诺“建设新基础设施”、“扩大儿童保育”和“加强制造业”——这类非具体、空洞的宣言，是特雷斯科政府政策盟友的典型特征。领导权辩论为雷恩斯先生提供了一个展示更多解决方案（或许还有些个人特质）的舞台，并提出大胆的宏大理念，以说服安大略省选民在2020年将其抛弃后重返安大略自由党。

然而，当被问及在医疗保健方面与福特政府有何不同时，他的回答是：“在医疗保健方面，我会与福特政府完全不同”，并最终给出的答案是“投入更多资金”。（福特政府已经在医疗保健上投入巨额资金，却未解决其固有的低效问题。）当被问及如何让安大略省民众的生活更可负担时，他哀叹生活对安大略省民众来说已变得遥不可及。

而当被问及安大略省公园管理局是否以及何时适合介入并接管地方机构（如学校董事会）时，雷恩斯先生讲述了一个关于他身份的故事，然后指出他认为教育是社会中“最伟大的平等器”。

在“吱吱作响”的自由党领导权辩论之夜，舞台上出现了两个广泛但相互矛盾的主题。道格·福特哀叹安大略省的现状，而我们需要继续宣誓、建设并培育让安大略省在伟大时代保持伟大的事物——候选人吉姆·隆巴尔迪则提出了一个真正与众不同的省政愿景，例如反对自上而下的经济增长观点。“我们无法通过补贴摆脱负担能力危机，”他说，“承诺不会创造好工作——它们只是为好工作的创造创造条件，我们必须能够区分两者之间的不同。”在其他四位候选人承诺绝不让私营运营商进入医疗保健系统的环节中，隆巴尔迪先生是唯一一位说出显而易见事实的候选人：“这个省绝大多数医疗运营商都是私营的，且由安大略省医疗保险计划（OHIP）补偿。”

但隆巴尔迪先生并未展现出天然的个人魅力和舞台自信，例如自由党政策顾问迪伦·马兰多在周一晚上所展现的那样，他甚至还没有在安大略省议会中获得席位，作为议员（公平地说，他以强硬和口才著称，被视为击败福特先生的必要人选）。但最关键的因素是，他不是雷恩斯先生，后者显然能在回答具体政策问题时提供清晰的回应，并仍然拥有自由党建制派的支持。

这是自2020.福特“取代”凯瑟琳·韦恩领导的自由党以来，安大略自由党的第三次领导权竞选。但这次竞选的胜者可能终于有机会掌握该省的未来。因为福特先生的个人支持率在一年多来跌至他担任省长以来的最低水平，同时伴随着小幅

安大略省的执政党迄今未能摆脱一系列支出丑闻的阴影，而当前的局势终于迎来了一场可能由自由党面对的选举（前提是从现在到2020年间诸多变数不变）。然而，角逐党魁的候选人们大多在把握这一机遇时表现得含糊其辞，充斥着空洞的宣言和廉价的陈词滥调。

20年来，安大略省的发展轨迹在很大程度上保持一致，尽管执政党在中途更迭。我们尚未看到任何起伏，但医疗和教育体系的运作方式、住房领域的实质性监管变革，或政府与产业关系的调整、投资力度等方面，均未达到应有的水平。那些试图成为安大略自由党（OLP）领袖的人，本有机会在短短几年内推动这些真正的变革。但迄今为止，多数人仅在维持现状，将问题视为既定事实。这正是关于该党二级领导人的故事。

澳大利亚对加拿大的次级采购说“干得好”

迈克尔·拜尔斯 / 查丽莎

观点

不列颠哥伦比亚大学核全球政治与国际关系教授

“加拿大避免了我们的错误，值得称赞。”

最近，我在采访澳大利亚政策专家时，多次听到这样的评价。话题之一是加拿大最近决定购买德国制造的常规动力潜艇。虽然表达方式更加生动——我学到了不少澳式英语的新词汇。

澳大利亚曾与法国签订了购买12艘同类型潜艇的合同——直到2020,时任总理斯科特·莫里森取消了这笔交易，并与拜登总统和英国首相约翰逊共同宣布成立名为“AUKUS”的安全伙伴关系。

根据新协议，澳大利亚将获得8艘核动力潜艇。前3艘将是从美国购买的二手弗吉尼亚级潜艇。剩余5艘将是新型的美英联合设计的SSN-AUKUS级潜艇，每艘造价约2 亿。

采购和运营首批潜艇的成本极为高昂，预计总费用达1266 亿加元亿——这还不包括潜艇退役后处理核燃料的费用。

部分资金将流向美国，用于加快弗吉尼亚级潜艇的生产，以确保这3艘二手潜艇的交付。另一部分资金将拨给英国，以振兴其长期被忽视的潜艇建造业。

这些数字令人担忧

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(澳大利亚已承诺从美国购买3艘二手弗吉尼亚级潜艇，如上图的“明尼苏达”号（GUN-WEST）（K67 / 105))

然而，澳大利亚前外交部长加雷斯·埃文斯（Gareth Evans）现在强烈质疑，澳大利亚的潜艇是否会被纳入美国太平洋舰队在华盛顿的指挥体系，以遏制中国。AUKUS为美国海军规划者提供了一个位于西澳大利亚印度洋沿岸的核替代基地。

另一个问题是，所有潜艇都将使用武器级高浓缩铀，浓缩度高达93%——这一比例高于摧毁广岛的原子弹所用的铀。这可能与1988年《核不扩散条约》的目标和宗旨相冲突，该条约限制向无核武器国家转让武器级核燃料。

澳大利亚辩称，此类转让是允许的，因为该条约并未明确禁止为海军推进系统转让武器级核燃料。但即便如此，澳大利亚获取此类燃料可能会鼓励其他无核武器国家声称，他们也需要武器级核燃料来为其海军舰艇提供动力。

由于武器级高浓缩铀的半衰期长达1 / 2-1 / 300 万年，即使潜艇被拆解为废金属，燃料仍将长期保持武器级水平。而世界上存在的武器级核燃料越多，未来某个时刻其中一部分落入不法分子之手的可能性就越大。

澳大利亚是如何陷入这种困境的？

AUKUS是在美国仍是可靠盟友时谈判的，但如今已不再如此。除非出现一位鲁莽的总理，否则很难想象唐纳德·特朗普会宣布取消这笔交易。

当时的澳大利亚政治也起到了推波助澜的作用。AUKUS是在大选年宣布的，可能成为莫里森领导的自由党与反对党工党之间的楔子问题。

新任工党领袖安东尼·阿尔巴尼斯（Anthony Albanese）支持AUKUS。如今他已成为总理，仍坚持这一立场。但AUKUS宣布四年后，它仍是澳大利亚政坛的主导议题，他的工党内部也因该协议出现分裂，前总理保罗·基廷（Paul Keating）成为反对派的领军人物。

加拿大的潜艇采购计划形成了鲜明对比。得益于氢燃料电池技术，加拿大的潜艇将不再像以往那样最多只能部署一个月。它们还将极为快速，几乎无法被探测到。

这些潜艇将来自加拿大项目合作伙伴的现役生产线。德国和挪威是稳定可靠的盟友。

当然，许多环节仍可能出现问题。德国公司 YSNH 仅被初步选中。随着合同谈判持续，更换其他供应商的可能性依然存在。

此外，加拿大皇家海军可能希望对潜艇进行改装，例如使用美国制造而非欧洲制造的鱼雷。加拿大此前购买四艘英国二手潜艇时，就曾因持续增加的成本和开支而出现类似情况。

另一个挑战是招募足够的潜艇操作人员，以确保潜艇学校的正常运作。对大多数人而言，每月在密闭空间内工作，无法呼吸新鲜空气或与家人交流，是一项艰巨的任务。但对少数人来说，操作高科技设备具有强大吸引力。

现代潜艇的复杂程度堪比第五代战斗机。

而这一采购计划仍具有可行性。加拿大人或许会欣慰地看到，澳大利亚人面临的挑战更为持续不断。

美国正走向财政悬崖

阿什贡 公民 观点

在你阅读一篇专栏文章的时间里，美国的国债将再增加2,000万美元。到今天结束时，国债将比昨天增加近69亿美元；一周后，将增加166亿美元——超过加拿大政府一年的经济规模。

美国联邦预算每年新增赤字接近19亿美元，近1% GDP，并正朝着占GDP更高比例的方向发展，因主要利息支出和运营政策持续存在。国家财政债务目前接近46亿美元，现已超过GDP的一定比例。

当然，其中部分资金是联邦政府从社保信托基金及其多年前发行的债券中借入的超过19亿美元。国会预算办公室计算，若排除这些持有量，国家债务总额“仅”为29亿美元，略高于美国GDP，但这一数字也将迅速增长——到2020年可能上升或下降约1个百分点，或达到75。

然而，社保正迅速耗尽其储备，其债券早已转为赤字。预计到2020年，社保将耗尽自身资产，届时美国政府将不得不通过当前税收来履行社保义务。但由于这些税收已被其他义务占用，这意味着政府将不得不进一步举债以弥补差额，到2020年每年约占GDP的1.5。

美国社保理事会估计，未来75年社保未筹资负债的现值约为29亿美元。

将这些数字相加，总计接近590万美元的债务——这还不包括医疗保险（美国为贫困和老年人提供的公共医疗保健项目）的未筹资负债，后者将再增加约660万美元；加上联邦政府文职和军事雇员的未筹资负债约19亿美元，以及这些雇员的未筹资医疗福利约46亿美元。

60亿美元是一项业务，美国各州政府债务总额约为17亿美元，其养老金计划的净未筹资负债约为960万美元，总计接近美国合并债务的20.2%，约为460万美元，超过其GDP的四倍。

事实上，购买美国债务的人已经开始注意到，60亿美元这项业务在经历了1980年代后的多年宽松期后，可能一直在上升。目前利率已超过1.5，为2020年首年以来的最高水平。

其中部分是实际利率——所有这些政府债券与其他债券竞争，供买家选择——部分则是对特别高通胀的溢价，而通胀本身与巨额债务相关。市场参与者押注，美国可能会试图通过通胀来摆脱债务，用贬值的美元偿还债权人。另一种方式是，他们要求持有美国债务时获得相应补偿，以覆盖风险。

无论如何，这都是各种麻烦。债务利率越高，美国政府需支付给债权人的利息就越多，债务增长也就越快。目前美国政府债务的利息成本约占GDP的1.5。相对于GDP，这一比例可能在20年内增长近1.5倍。但这假设平均

美国债务利率目前为可上市公司的1.5%，即1.5%。更准确地说，若利率升至1.5 ，美国GDP占比将提高到1.5 。在平均利率为1.5%的情况下，利率为1.5 ，而与美国负债利率相关的比率则下降20.4。

即便GDP占比仅为10%——即“真实”利息成本也将吞噬超过一半的联邦收入。（作为对比，在加拿大债务危机最严重时期，利息成本占联邦收入的10%。）若利率进一步上升——如20世纪80年代的20%水平——则几乎注定会走向财政悬崖。而此时的总统却提议增加支出，并要求美联储在物价上涨的情况下降息。这一切最终恐将以泪海收场。

加里·梅森将回归。

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7 / A12 / 世界与人

2026年8月12日，星期三

生活与艺术

评论 | 智力游戏 | 天气

威尔士故事书般的旅程重塑了我的身心

在一场历史性的热浪中，海滩日成了最完美的犒赏，颠覆了我原本设想的阴郁旅程

莫拉·迈顿

透过毛巾炙烤着我的沙子，明确地告诉我：我需要尽快在马尔伯勒湾度过一天。但就在我抬头寻找一个可靠的路人帮我看管东西时，一声巨响刺穿了闷热的午后，吓了我和附近所有晒太阳的人一跳。

一只孩子的足球在旁边的毯子上突然爆裂，粉色的内胆像嚼过的口香糖一样鼓成一个泡泡。我和邻近的游客对视了一眼，随即发出一阵既阴郁又难以置信的笑声——威尔士的海湾午后竟然热成了这样。

我搭乘威斯利的首趟从多伦多直飞卡迪夫的航班，心中怀揣着某种阴郁的旅行计划：沿着崎岖的悬崖边探访云雾缭绕的湖泊，在色彩斑斓的高石小径上漫步，参观完博物馆后享用舒适的公园晚餐——这些正是吸引我这样的文学与历史爱好者来此的故事书般的魅力。

果不其然，我在各处都找到了这种氛围。中世纪城堡的废墟（总数超过两座）和绵羊（大概数以百万计的温驯羊群）点缀着绵延起伏的绿色山丘，宛如我最实际的想象。在卡迪夫郊外的圣法根国家历史博物馆，修复的石砌马车、城镇民居和藤蔓缠绕的花园围墙让我仿佛穿越回几个世纪以来威尔士日常生活的画卷。当我们沿着威尔士南部海岸行驶，再穿过乡村腹地时，许多乡间小道迫使同行的旅人小心翼翼地交错而过，仅有几英寸的空间让我们得以通过。

在圣法根——英国最小的城市，我沿着蜿蜒的小径前往以同名六世纪修道院遗址为基础建造的大教堂，那里的夕阳洒满了天空，呈现出那种我原以为只存在于画作中的柔和光线。而在我们唯一一次沿海岸北上前往中世纪小镇卡迪根的下午，我不得不躲在一座黑暗的圆形堡垒下，才得以穿过特尔夫河，欣赏河面上五彩斑斓的街景，手捧一本书，静静观赏水面的波光。

然而，令我又惊又喜的是（尽管带着对气候的不安），一场历史性的热浪为我的旅程增添了意想不到的海滩日——在彭布罗克郡。在特雷利镇的清凉海水中畅游，既是对酷暑的缓解，也打破了我原本的假设：以为只有远离无线网络的城堡和色彩斑斓的古镇（背靠着中世纪城墙，俯瞰着下方的海港）才能让我的身心得到放松。在平静的海浪中漂浮，或仰躺在港湾的水面上，我已经很久没有感到如此放松了。这提醒了我，那些在智识上让你沉醉的旅程，同时也能在身体上给予你滋养。

而可供选择的独特乐趣可谓不胜枚举。在如明信片般完美的滕比享用了几个小时的日光浴和一份冰淇淋后，我们沿着海岸线一路前行，驶入彭布罗克郡，前往白浪湾进行一次半岛之旅。狂风掀起巨浪，将海水拍打成泡沫，猛烈地冲刷着这片寒冷而暴露的水域，让我不禁想起了托尔莫附近那些崎岖的海滩。

（图片说明：上图：圣法根国家历史博物馆外景、拉恩的迪伦·托马斯写作室、卡菲利城堡。下图：版权归属《环球邮报》及莫拉·迈顿所有）

我沿着逐渐倾斜的沙滩走了似乎有半程到爱尔兰的距离，然后纵身跃入海中，逆着即将到来的潮水游了几下。任由海浪将我漂浮、翻转，这种感觉令人振奋，之后在阳光下，海水迅速蒸发，我躺在附近一片威尔士海岸的沙滩上，从更高的观景点远眺，才能真正领略这片岩石海岸的壮美与力量。第二天，在卡迪根海岸更北边的蒙特（Mont）稍作涉水后，风暴云层滚滚而来，将我赶回悬崖上的阶梯，让我再次近距离感受了一次略显不适的惊险。

威尔士语中有一个无法用韵律描述的词——“hearth”，在英语中被解释为强烈的思乡之情。非母语者能理解的真正含义，是一种对故土深切的渴望，仿佛你身上某些根基性的东西缺失了。在南威尔士和中威尔士的旅途中，我明白为何他们需要这样一个强有力的词汇。

许多威尔士作家曾试图用文字描绘这个国家的魅力与吸引力，但威尔士丰富的讲故事传统并不局限于其绿色的山水之间。

在拉尔恩（Laugharne）的迪伦·托马斯故居，我与经理托比·诺廷斯（Toby Notings）交谈。在聊到这位作家和诗人的早期影响时，他提到托马斯的孙女当天刚好来访。在前往托马斯俯瞰特尔夫河（River Telf）的写作工作室，再穿过小镇的路上，我逐渐理解，托马斯的生平与作品不仅是这段历史让人自豪的传承，更是这个社区鲜活的一部分。

我仿佛随处都能感受到威尔士故事的召唤。我去了，但加勒比山脉（Caribbean Mountains）宁静核心地带的热情好客，远超这个国家一贯的温暖欢迎。在梅塞尔（Maysale）的伊兰谷酒店（Elan Valley Hotel），这家历史悠久的酒店由雷切尔（Rachel）和林恩·摩根（Lyn Morgan）夫妇经营，员工规模出人意料地精简。他们亲自带我来到角落的房间，从那里可以俯瞰成群的深色山峦；在花园旁斟上一杯茶，并在温馨的餐厅用餐，席间充满真诚的幽默和几分尊重。我本不太爱吃羊肉，但此行曾发誓至少尝一次，而我庆幸自己等到了主厨本·刘易斯（Ben Lewis）的嫩烤羊肉——绝对无可匹敌。这顿作者推荐的晚餐和热闹的朋友交谈，就像我在威尔士的旅程一样，在多个层面上滋养了我。

出行指南

Westly 航空每周有四班从多伦多直飞卡迪夫的航班，服务将持续至 9 月 12 日。（该航线将于 2017 年 5 月恢复。）

若想在彭布罗克郡度假而不受喧嚣干扰，可预订纳伯斯镇（Narberth）郊外的格罗夫酒店（Grove Hotel）。这座 15 世纪的乡村宅邸坐落于田园风光之中，提供私密奢华的住宿体验，距离滕比（Tenby）和海滩仅有不到一小时车程。夏季房价约为每晚 8 英镑 15 便士（15:00），具体取决于房型。若想在威尔士中心地带的户外探险后享受温馨接待，梅塞尔的伊兰谷酒店（Elan Valley Hotel）提供舒适简约的住宿，房价约为每晚 8 英镑 30 便士（10:00），具体视房型而定。

在卡迪夫参加一次充满爱意的威尔士美食漫步之旅，每人 8 英镑 30 便士（10:15），能让我找到美食与历史的方向感。游览不应错过在 Tu Caws 品尝当地奶酪，或在 Fafudour 尝一口刚出炉的威尔士蛋糕（Whitecakes）这一特色国民小吃。美味的威尔士蛋糕随处可见，但位于卡迪根（Cardigan）的 Cows 面包店的素食格拉摩根香肠（Glamorgan sausage）却以其咸鲜口感和误导性的素食特质，给我留下了深刻印象。

本文作者受威尔士旅游局邀请，但文章内容未经其审阅或批准。报道基于独立判断。Cobra 展示所有可能的报道角度。

SOCAN 与科技平台合作帮助艺术家应对 AI 使用

拉腊·沃尔

在人工智能与加拿大音乐创作的最新交锋中，表演权组织（OCAN）正与科技平台 Musical AI 合作，提供工具让创作者在其作品被用于生成式 内容时获得补偿。

Musical / ML 在其网站上表示，该平台允许音乐版权持有人设定其目录中哪些部分（如有）可用于文档，并允许 公司对其生成的内容进行归属和授权。

通过此次合作，Musical 将利用其平台分析可能涉及多重版权的 内容（即 discourses），并生成可用于授权和分发 生成音乐作品的 documentations。合作开发的工具将以选择性加入（opt-in）的方式提供。

“当我们考虑通常授权音乐使用的所有方式时，始终是与版权持有人——创作者、出版商、作曲家——共享经济收益，”加拿大作曲家、作家和音乐出版商协会（SOCAN）首席执行官詹妮弗·布朗（Jennifer Brown）表示，“如果你利用创作者的作品获利，那么理应分享收益。”

此次合作是对 模型监管持续挑战的回应。许多 模型被指控逃逸并针对性地使用未经授权的作品，以便用户能以可识别的风格创作歌曲、图像、视频和文字。合作仅启动数日，部分细节仍未明确，如 内容中使用的音乐成分将如何确定，以及版税将如何支付。

布朗表示，Musical 需要在规模化条件下提供“概念验证”，才能继续推进合作。

“即使现在尚未公开，我们也知道所有这些输出实际上都是受版权保护的，是人类创造的成果。这是一个非常有趣的实验，与 Musical 合作……并为未来做好准备，届时我们能够真正授权并支付版税。”

但一些人认为，细节将决定合作的成败，以及它能否实现加拿大创意产业的期望。加拿大创意产业目前对如何应对未经授权的 使用感到困惑。

多伦多大学音乐技术与数字媒体项目高级讲师凯瑟琳·布朗（Catherine Brown）对 生成内容中使用的“音乐碎片”提出质疑，这些碎片可能比完整采样更难检测和追责。“我认为这类组织面临的挑战是：the new advertising the is，如何识别这些碎片？”

布朗还提出疑问：对于已被未经授权用于 生成内容的大量创意素材，能否采取任何补救措施。

“Musical 如何实现其‘魔法’，将是决定其是否更具意义的关键。”

其他人，如 Ohlson、Isaac Helle 和 orgee Lynn Miles，则对音乐产业在科技公司阴影下的影响力持怀疑态度。

“自从流媒体服务兴起后，艺术家获得的版税一直在持续下降，”自 1990 年代起便开始表演和发行唱片的迈尔斯表示，“ 只是另一个赌注。”

迈尔斯最近通过在线搜索工具发现，她的两首歌曲被用于 生成的音乐中，这一发现令她“心碎”，但并不意外。她表示，除非科技公司面临法律或经济后果，否则它们几乎没有动力为艺术家提供归属或补偿。

“多年来，SOCAN 一直在议会和法庭上努力推动版权法改革，”她说，“我认为这是一场艰难的斗争。祝他们好运。”

SOCAN，A12

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我们的几代同游正是我所需要的

第一人称叙述

Hugh MacLeod写道：在越南和泰国的温馨体验让我看到，儿子为我腾出了多少空间

两周时间里，我和儿子及孙辈们一同游历了越南和泰国。

儿子安排了航班、住宿、时间以及让旅程成为可能的种种细节。不仅如此，他还在与儿子们分享的旅程中为我腾出了空间。通过这样的方式，他给了我一份我将终生珍藏的礼物。

我的孙辈们如今已长大成人，他们并不知道我会加入。他们和父亲已经开始了旅程，而我在台湾的中转机场突然出现，给了他们一个惊喜。

有些瞬间，时间跨越了世代。在他们的脸上，在迎接的姿态和旅程中突然涌现的脆弱里，我们成了三代人踏入同一个故事。

第二天，旅程的意义在一个地方显现——那里没有浮夸的装饰，只有一个隐藏在网球场后的小巷，四周开阔而悠长，仅有一个入口和一个出口。塑料桌椅沿右侧排列。走到一半时，左侧有一个小开口，通向似乎是路边小吃摊或啤酒摊的地方，背景堆放着袋子。

至少有我这个年纪的人聚集在那里。我们坐下后数了数桌子，大约有六七张，每张桌子围坐着四五个人。他们分享着回忆、啤酒和时光。这里没有为我们特意准备的舞台。生活以它自己的节奏继续着。

当我们加入时，那些人转过身来。没有人开口说话。他们只是微笑。那种欢迎是不言而喻的。某种人性的东西告诉我。

有一张塑料桌空着，上面放着两把椅子。还没等我们因身为外来者的尴尬而坐立不安，另外两把椅子出现了，是从其他桌子上搬来的，朝我们递过来。

这就是一切。

那些人为我们腾出了空间。坐这里。和我们一起。这里有你的位置。

我们不觉得自己是游客。我们被接纳了。

啤酒、笑声、小吃、微笑和重新摆放的椅子传递的智慧，比语言更深刻。有时，归属感就是从别的桌子拉来的一把塑料椅子，或者一个你不懂其语言的人的微笑。

离开时，那些人再次挥手微笑。不需要更多。

老兵和泰国很美。但那条小巷揭示了旅程的真谛。有人为我腾出了空间。而一旦感受到这一点，我开始在各处看到同样的静默欢迎。

那一刻成了我看待其他一切的视角。我以一个被腾出空间的人的身份旅行。在儿子的安排中，在孙辈们的方式里，在兄弟间的情谊核心和另一种文化的平凡人性中。

两周时间里，我看待儿子不仅是作为我的儿子，更是作为一位父亲。晚年的一大特权，就是看到曾经背负过的孩子，如今自信、幽默、耐心且充满爱地背负起对自己孩子的爱。他的关怀体现在规划、问候、调整和他承担责任时的严谨中。

通过孙辈们，我看到了儿子和儿媳多年来建立的生活。他们的儿子们如今已长大成人，拥有自己的独立和关怀。我看到了尊重，以及那种无需太多解释的爱，因为它已被长久的生活所浸润，变得自然而然。

而我看待他们，更像是作为一个家庭。这或许最深地触动了我。他们笑着，依偎着，等待着，睡着，以只有兄弟才懂的方式彼此理解。他们的友谊清晰可见。

两周时间里，我并不觉得自己是从远处观望儿子的家庭。我身在其中。他制造的氛围、动作、笑声、疲惫的夜晚、决定、各自的习惯，以及每天的重新开始。

T.S.艾略特曾写道，我们所有探索的终点，是回到起点并第一次真正认识它。我穿越了越南和泰国，但某种意义上，我回到了家庭，回到了父与子、兄弟之间，回到了代代相传的悠长生命线。我回到了我一直熟悉的地方，但如今却以不同的视角看待它。

旅程终结于它曾扩展的地方：台湾的中转机场。

道别意味着走出曾将我们四人紧密相连的共同节奏。最后的期许、友好的目光、轻轻的挥手。那个曾深刻共享的时刻，不得不化为内心默默承载的记忆。

在回家的飞机上，我思考着家庭的失落——它既是我们所属的，也是我们不断重新发现的。我们以各自的方式，将共同拥有的一切带入等待着我们的生活。

而内心深处，那份邀请依然存在：这里有你的位置。

休·麦克劳德现居伊利诺伊州悉尼。

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1 奇幻运动交易 2 照顾过马努或曼奇金 3 《烹饪的乐趣》中充满了这些 4 做过头 5 做过头 6 做过头 7 为扮演《长袍之人》而浇灭 8 为扮演《长袍之人》而浇灭 9 为了 the 10 为了 the 11 为了 the 12 为了 the 13 为了 the 14 为了 the 15 为了 the 16 为了 the 17 为了 the 18 为了 the 19 为了 the 20 为了 the 21 为了 the 22 为了 the 23 为了 the 24 为了 the 25 为了 the 26 为了 the 27 为了 the 28 为了 the 29 为了 the

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1. 好的，放弃有趣的商业广告（B）
2. 笔写独家新闻，非首条（A）
3. 对一项指控沉默的人（S）
4. 摆上桌的菜肴（7）
5. 思考模特的诡计（11）
6. 偏执者讲述奇怪的故事（6）
7. 喜剧演员主要涵盖的普遍主题（6）
8. 剧院被炸后仍坚持工作的可靠医生（11）
9. 关于出口的热情推荐（7）
10. 发生冲突，无暇顾及观点（5）
11. 掠夺后离开并返回（4）

12. 推迟搬运物品回去？（B）

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志愿者：患者的康复不仅仅是治疗身体疾病

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她最初只是在医院为患者送花和蜗牛，直到有一天，一位女士问她是否有办法帮她洗头。麦克唐纳夫人和另一位志愿者在她头下垫了一块橡胶布，用第二块橡胶布将水引入水桶。

“我当时想，‘也许这里有这样的需求。’”麦克唐纳夫人在采访中说，“这就是一切的开始，然后就这么发展起来了。”

如今，志愿者们不再使用橡胶布，而是使用一种带有头托和漏斗的专用手持洗头工具。由空管支付的物资已经增加到几乎一整套：发胶、啫喱、发蜡、卷发棒、吹风机、圆刷，以及一个装满发夹的罐子。

医院志愿者服务部经理贾尼丝·莫里森表示，麦克唐纳夫人和她的志愿者们反复证明，患者的康复不仅仅是治疗身体疾病。

“这就是那种能带来治愈的小事，”她说，“能让他们洗完头发后感觉良好，这很重要。”

如今，麦克唐纳夫人每周有几天时间来做这件事，但多年来，她已经积累了一个记录——或者说是另一个里程碑——这个记录似乎注定将无限期保持下去。

“在我的职业生涯中——剩下的这部分——”

每周四，82岁的志愿者盖尔·麦克唐纳都会带着一个装满洗发水、护发产品、梳子和发夹的手提袋，走进夏洛特敦伊丽莎白女王医院的患者病房。AMELISA TEANMELL / 全球邮报

“我永远不会看到有志愿者能达到这个水平，我也不认为这家医院还会有其他志愿者能达到这个里程碑。”莫里森女士说。

“要达到这个水平，现在的人必须在几岁就开始志愿服务，并像她一样坚持这么久，我们知道这在人们的生活中并不现实。所以回想她为医院所做的一切，如果我考虑——”

麦克唐纳夫人回忆起那天早上，她的一位想要洗头的患者是一位没有头发的男士。起初，当她走进病房时，她以为有人在跟她开玩笑。她说这位男士笑着告诉她，他的头皮很痒，只想洗个头皮。“于是，我们把工具放在他头下，帮他洗了头，他说，‘哦，感觉真好。’”她讲述了一位习惯每周去做头发的老太太的故事。“我知道我让她失望了，因为我无法让她看起来漂亮。”麦克唐纳夫人这样回忆道。“我会把那把小小的美发椅搬进病房，这样——”这位女士是麦克唐纳夫人的远亲，这让她今年夏天早些时候去世时，情绪比平时更加低落。虽然应对冷漠的患者或不可避免地失去结交的患者并不容易，但

她说，做这项工作的关键是提醒自己能为患者做些什么。

“即使有人病得很重，你也能让他们感觉好一点，”麦克唐纳夫人说。

“今天，愿上帝保佑他们——每一个人都赢了——他们很感激能洗上头发，一位女士说，‘我在这里住了快一个月，都没洗过头发。’”

目前，医院里可能没有哪位患者比劳拉·利文斯顿更适合体现麦克唐纳的努力。在过去的9个月里，她因慢性肺病和气管疾病住院接受治疗，她说自己已经和麦克唐纳夫人及其团队中的另外两人建立了深厚的感情。她们在为她做头发并照顾她的残疾时所表现出的善良和同情，让她感到神清气爽，准备好再坚持一天。利文斯顿女士说。

“简直难以置信——她们的耐心，她们花时间确保我舒适，让我呼吸困难时能停下来喘口气，”她通过一所小学的设备说道，手里还拿着贴在脖子上的装置。

“我感觉自己像个人。”

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贸易：美国要求加拿大接受钢铁出口配额，取消报复性关税

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这些关税将延续特朗普此前对钢铁、铝材和林业产品征收的关税，因此前景尤为乐观。

尚蒂托已在华盛顿停留数周，与加拿大-美国贸易部长多米尼克·勒布朗共同努力，试图达成协议以避免新关税生效，并减少现有关税。勒布朗于1月再次前往美国首都，与尚蒂托及特朗普的首席贸易谈判代表格里尔举行了三周内的第三次会晤。

尚蒂托本周在加拿大驻美大使馆与一小支贸易谈判团队及专家紧锣密鼓地工作。

尚蒂托表示，尚蒂托是一位备受尊敬且精明的谈判代表，用词谨慎。两名知情人士指出，她在描述关税问题时使用了“ckh”一词的重要性，因此关税首次被她以过去时态表述，以此框定贸易谈判的紧迫程度。

值得注意的是，她在4月淡化了加拿大-美国-墨西哥协议（CUSMA）某一审查日期的重要性，称其为“华盛顿”而非“ckh”。

另一消息人士称，尚蒂托深受美方欢迎，部分原因在于她的坦率和直接。

勒布朗的办公室拒绝就尚蒂托的言论及尚蒂托本人对《全球邮报》的置评请求作出回应。

一名加拿大官员重申了总理贾斯汀·特鲁多上月的表态，即所有报复选项均在考虑之列。

《全球邮报》未透露该官员身份，以便获取政府对贸易谈判的看法。

如《全球邮报》此前报道，双方正寻求达成一项“高强度”协议，加拿大将同意接受美国的一长串要求，以换取特朗普关税的部分减免。

除最新关税威胁外，美国总统已根据《1987年贸易扩展法》第252条对钢铁和铝材征收10%的关税，对某一领域征收至多百分之[to %]的关税，对木材征收至多百分之[to %]的关税，对家具用木材征收至多百分之[to %]的关税。

新增关税的最后期限已逼近正在进行的谈判，此前数月谈判进展缓慢，但近期活动明显加速。

在当前谈判中，美方要求加拿大接受钢铁和铝材的出口配额，取消对美国产品（如农产品）的报复性关税，允许美国酒类重返货架，取消省级政府的限制性规定，并同意美方对乳制品配额分配方式的解释。

作为交换，双方讨论了美方可能取消对钢铁和铝材的252条关税，但保留部分关税水平。加方还在推动减免农业和林业部门的关税。

特朗普的核心要求之一是解除大多数省份对美国酒类实施的禁令。但加拿大各省——尤其是魁北克、不列颠哥伦比亚和安大略——已明确表示，解禁时机由各省自行决定，并坚持必须先解决252条关税问题。

周二，一名省政府消息人士表示，只有在钢铁、铝材、阴离子和木材的252条关税取得实质性进展后，美国酒类才可能重返货架。该消息人士称，各省绝不会在酒类问题上让步，仅仅为了换取更多谈判。《全球邮报》未透露该消息人士身份，因其未获公开讨论此事的授权。

与《全球邮报》交流的知情人士表示，尽管协议轮廓已初步成形，但尚未达成任何共识，特朗普也未签署任何文件。两名消息人士称，任何协议几乎肯定需要提交特朗普签字。他应是美方的最终决策者。

莱布朗先生原定在这几天返回美国首都，但他的飞机因天气原因被迫折返蒙特利尔。本周总理正在意大利度假，他目前在谈判中领先。卡尼预计将于8月17日返回，其办公室表示他仍与官员保持联系，继续推进贸易谈判。

加拿大与美国官员之间这种有节制的谈判本身就值得关注，前副幕僚长兼加美关系顾问布赖恩·克罗表示。克罗曾为时任总理贾斯汀·特拉杜（Justin Traidoux）担任顾问。他现为企业提供跨境事务及更广泛的地缘政治风险咨询。

“这意味着达成协议的真实可能性，”克罗表示，但他同时警告称，这并不保证协议一定会达成。距离最后期限仅剩一周，他指出美国政府一直在重新审视并调整复杂政策，以争取此前持反对态度的各方支持。

“达成一项‘女性主义协议’并不一定意味着最终能敲定协议，”他提醒道，并以特朗普首届政府时期与多个州的贸易谈判为例。

特朗普利用精心设计的计谋离开土耳其，报道称

据《华盛顿邮报》周一发表的一篇报道，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普上月在土耳其参加北约峰会后离开时，乘坐了一架替代军用飞机，而白宫则让外界误以为这位共和党总统乘坐的是空军一号。

《华盛顿邮报》称，此次行动是因伊朗针对特朗普先生的暗杀威胁而采取的。当特朗普开始其国内行程时，记者和部分白宫工作人员被引导相信他们与总统同乘一架飞机，而这一安排是在北约成员国领导人年度聚会期间进行的。

该报援引了报纸审阅的材料、一名了解此次行动的美国官员以及另一名知晓总统行程的人士的信息。美联社尚未独立证实这一报道。

特朗普乘坐一架新的卡塔尔制造、经过改装的红白蓝三色喷气式飞机前往峰会。但在下一场会议前，他表示将改乘一架浅蓝色的空军一号新机型飞机回国。

当时，总统表示，这架新的豪华飞机将提前从安卡拉起飞，以便让部署在英格兰东部的部分美军有机会体验这架新的空军一号。

然而，据报道，在特朗普登上原定的空军一号后，几分钟后他被秘密转移至一架类似的飞机——一架空军C-8型运输机——使用通常用于装载食物和其他物资的机场餐饮车。特朗普随后乘坐这架较小的飞机飞往米德兰兹空军基地。

报道称，这一举措直接让操作人员对首次披露的秘密行动感到困惑，即特朗普是通过第三架飞机离开该国的，或精心设计的计谋，使外界误以为他乘坐的是浅蓝色空军一号飞往米德兰兹空军基地。

餐饮车停放在空军一号旁的停机坪上，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普于7月8日离开安卡拉国际机场。A. S. RANDON / 美联社

正如总统近期所言，美国有许多敌人对他虎视眈眈，我们正动用一切手段应对这些威胁。当威胁升级或出现相关情况时，我们会在声明中予以说明。

美国特勤局拒绝置评。负责维护总统专机机队的美国空军将问题提交白宫处理。

特朗普在土耳其期间，美军对该地区商船遭受的4s袭击进行了一系列大规模打击。

《纽约时报》和CBS新闻上月报道称，情报官员曾对总统专机可能遭受袭击表示担忧，这一情况促使当局采取额外预防措施，并决定不使用卡塔尔新近为特朗普首次从安卡拉出发的行程提供的新飞机。

这一举措引发了外界对卡塔尔提供的飞机安全性的质疑。特朗普上月在行程结束后表示，该飞机将进行额外升级。

查普森-莫拉迪（Champson-Morady）坚称，这架新的卡塔尔制造飞机“是一架配备高级安全协议的最先进飞机，可确保总统及其工作人员的安全”。

《华盛顿邮报》关于隐瞒特朗普乘坐第三架飞机秘密离境的最新报道，进一步凸显了美国安全官员对特朗普在与伊朗持续冲突期间所面临威胁的严重担忧。

保罗·埃克利夫（Paul Ecklief）是一名美国特勤局前特工，他表示这种不同寻常的举动可能反映出存在可采取行动的情报，或者是由于伊朗和乌克兰战争导致该地区局势动荡，多国采取了额外的谨慎措施。

“虽然不能说是违反程序，但这确实是一次不同寻常的事件，”埃克利夫先生对美联社表示。

《华盛顿邮报》报道称，为了在不被地面上未察觉的观察者发现的情况下让这架飞机起飞，特朗普先生乘坐一辆机场餐饮卡车，该卡车通过液压方式抬升并停靠在空军一号入口对侧的舱门旁，作为临时登机通道。

原本以为将与特朗普同行的少数记者被告知在起飞前拉上舷窗遮光板。

抵达米德兰兹机场后，部分摄影记者拍到了特朗普走下这架总统专机的画面——但他们随即发现，原本以为会同行的记者团并未出现。

民主党参议员理查德·布卢门撒尔呼吁就此事举行国会简报会。

“这显然不正常，”他说道，“而美国政府却将此事描述为‘淹没在谜团中’。”

在米德兰兹空军基地短暂停留后，特朗普以同样方式登上了新的空军一号，返回华盛顿。

在飞机上与记者的非正式交谈中，特朗普被直接问及空军一号是否受到来自伊朗的可信威胁。

“嗯，我时刻都面临威胁。在他们的名单上，我排在1之前，”特朗普说道，并对随行记者开玩笑称，“但如果我出事，你们也跑不了。”

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经过近两年的寻觅，H&R 房地产投资信托基金终于为加拿大最大的物业组合之一找到了买家。

H&R 将其全部资产出售给一个财团，距离 Bottleneck 于 1987 年创立该企业已近三十年。该财团由多个独立买家组成，分别收购组合的不同部分，包括 GO 住宅房地产投资信托基金、美国私募股权资产公司 Planteries Inc.、Cessopont 房地产投资有限公司、公共部门养老金投资委员会，以及由 Bottleneck 家族成员控制的一家公司。

这笔复杂交易对 H&R 的估值为 34 亿美元，若计入债务则为 7 亿美元。在周二上午发给客户的报告中，丰业银行分析师 Marie-Surv 表示，这是一个漫长过程的终结，但初步结果看起来并不理想。

H&R 通常将以 GO 的股份支付，使其成为该房地产投资信托基金的多数股东，现金部分占每股总价 100 万美元中的 25 万美元。这相当于相对于丰业银行计算的 H&R 净资产价值有 10% 的折让。我们曾指出，与 2007 年 COVID 利润率和收购时平均 2% 的净资产价值溢价形成对比。© H&R, 88

Barrick 矿业任命前 Randgold 高管为新全球事业部 CEO

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Barrick 矿业公司任命舒曼·罗克（Schumann Rock）为全球事业部首席执行官，这是公司新设的一个职位，将负责非洲、中东、拉丁美洲和亚太地区的业务。

总部位于多伦多的 宣布了罗克的任命，即日生效，此举是为公司即将进行的根本性重组做准备。今年晚些时候，这家加拿大公司计划对其北美业务的少数股权进行首次公开募股。

罗克于 2004 年加入 ，担任非洲和中东首席财务官，此前 收购了其前雇主 Randgold Resources，他在该公司负责企业和运营财务。

2010 年，在威廉·雅各布斯（William Jacobs）退休后，他被任命为非洲和中东首席运营官。

去年，罗克参与了一个团队，解决了马里长期存在的争端，该争端曾导致 的生产中断约 1000,000 年。

首席执行官马克·希尔（Mark Hill）在一份声明中称赞他拥有运营、财务、战略规划和风险管理等方面的丰富经验。

“他是发展我们全球业务的理想人选，”他说。罗克是过去 12 个月中 领导层调整后仅存的前 Randgold 高管之一。

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工人在海得拉巴的 D.S. Motors 组装电动摩托车。三年前，巴基斯坦的电动自行车市场几乎不存在，但如今至少有 88 家公司提供产品。VADE RAPUT / BUTTERS

中国收紧出入境规定，企业与民众受震动

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北京出台的新规并非首次以工业或技术安全为由禁止相关人员出境，此次出入境法的扩充已引发普通民众和外国企业的担忧。

据官方媒体《中国日报》报道，新规将于9月15日生效，旨在“规范出入境管理”及“维护国家主权、安全和发展利益”。

新规内容包括对涉嫌“以可能威胁工业或技术安全的方式违反出口管制或技术贸易规定”的人员实施出境禁令。

“直到社交媒体上充斥着关于9月15日的警告，我才开始感到恐慌，”北京居民迈克·郑（Mike Zheng）说，“人们忧心忡忡。所有人都在讨论可能的影响，很难不胡思乱想。”

据报道，北京此前已禁止多名高级人工智能工程师出境，以防西方企业挖角顶尖人才。

人权组织“保护卫士”（Safeguard Defenders）表示，这一最新风险变化源于4月出台的两项新法规，进一步扩大了出境禁令的适用范围。

该组织称，这些法规“旨在惩罚试图将业务迁出中国的外国企业，包括退出合资企业及转向中国境外供应商”。

“这些措施被视为对部分国家与中国脱钩努力的回应，也是对制裁及其他经济武器风险上升的反制手段。”

过去十年间，北京不断加大出境禁令的使用力度，对涉及法律案件或涉嫌危害国家安全的人员禁止出境。此类禁令的对象往往在尝试出境时才发现自己已被列入黑名单。

© 硬币，88

AbCellera启动2亿美元股权融资 > 81

丽塔·特里古尔 特朗普推动加拿大与印度在贸易谈判中取得进展 > 94

个人理财 部分银行为何取消信用卡自动还款选项 > 99

加拿大国民银行聘请退役上将里克·希利尔担任国防战略顾问

斯特凡妮·马罗塔 银行业记者

加拿大国民银行聘请了一位曾领导加拿大在阿富汗作战任务的前高级将领担任国防战略顾问，这是加拿大最大的贷款机构在寻求扩大对长期参与该领域的融资之际的最新举措。

退役上将里克·希利尔将协助国民银行扩大在国防和安全行业以及双用途企业中的客户群。

加拿大企业正在加大对国防领域的融资和服务力度，但它们在应对合规程序和获取合同方面的障碍时面临不足。

该银行在周二的一份声明中表示，希利尔将就国防领域的趋势提供建议，并就影响加拿大韧性、安全、先进制造、航空航天和国防工业基础的问题提供见解。

他在加拿大武装部队服役超过 35 年，并于 2003 年至 2008. 年间被任命为国防参谋长。在军旅生涯中，希利尔领导了多项国内和国际行动，包括北大西洋公约组织的任务。

自退役以来，他曾为公共倡议提供咨询，包括 2005, 年安大略省的新冠疫苗分发工作组。多伦多预防银行曾以兼职形式聘请希利尔，为员工和客户讲述他在海外军旅中的经历。他最近还担任过国防、安全与韧性银行的董事会成员。

“他的见解将在我们继续支持客户并应对快速变化的环境时发挥无可估量的价值，”加拿大国民银行首席执行官洛朗·费雷拉在一份声明中表示。

国防企业在获取银行融资时面临的障碍，可能会拖慢加拿大总理马克·卡尼迅速扩大加拿大军事能力的计划。其他人已承诺在五年内投入超过 $8 亿加元用于国防开支，以减少加拿大对美国保护的依赖。© HELLER, 88

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体育

8 832-814

棒球：蓝鸟队与红袜队仍在消化周一晚奇怪的比赛过程 > 811 社交：里奇·拉里亚重返多伦多FC，仍对加拿大世界杯之旅充满热情 > 812

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82 / 商业报告

《环球邮报》

2018 年 8 月 12, 2018 ，星期三

安大略省雇员退休金计划增持10亿加元加拿大股票

安大略省养老金计划上半年收益率达16%

詹姆斯·布拉德肖

机构投资报道记者

安大略省市政雇员退休金计划（OMERS）在今年上半年实现了4.6%的回报率，并增持了$110亿加元的加拿大股票，以扩大其国内投资。

OMERS在截至6月30日的报告期内，各类资产均录得正回报，其中公开交易股票表现最佳，收益率达12.3%。

该基金位于多伦多，其首席执行官布莱克·哈奇森（Blake Hutcheson）在采访中表示，OMERS选择“增持”其作为股东的多家知名加拿大公司的股份，这些公司包括银行、保险公司及其他与OMERS有业务往来的“counterprizitors”。

“我们看好这个市场，看好这些资产，并相信持有这些公司的部分股权在战略上具有重要意义，因为它们在其他方面也是我们成功的一部分，”他说。

更广泛地说，“我们相信加拿大的信任方向，”他补充道。

哈奇森先生今年4月曾对《全球邮报》表示，OMERS计划在未来五年内向其投资组合新增$110亿加元的加拿大投资。主要的国内养老基金一直面临来自政界和商界领袖的压力，要求其增加对本国的投资。

除了股票外，“房地产和基础设施的投资渠道尤其深厚，”他说。

截至6月底，OMERS约10%的资产投资于加拿大。Notion that half sale of the plants Stryx-30, million make its Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment，该公司拥有多伦多枫叶队和多伦多猛龙队。

该计划有10%的资产投资于美国，6%投资于欧洲，4%投资于亚洲及世界其他地区。

OMERS代表约100,000名安大略省公共服务人员进行投资，包括护士、消防员和警察。

“自1998,年以来，该计划的年均回报率为7.2%，为其投资组合增加了超过$10100亿加元。截至6月30日，其资产增至$10.0100亿加元，高于2019年底的$1.212亿加元。

哈奇森先生表示，今年第一季度对投资者来说“并不理想”，但第二季度“情况有所好转”。贸易投资者和能源市场受到伊朗冲突的持续影响，可能推高利率和通胀，加剧市场波动。

OMERS上半年私人信贷的总回报率为7.9%，房地产为2.3%，基础设施投资为2.1%。

汇率变动为OMERS上半年整体投资收益贡献了1.4个百分点。

由于买卖双方在公司估值及债务成本高企的问题上难以达成共识，私募股权投资继续表现不佳，仅录得1.1%的回报率。

“目前仍处于困境中，”哈奇森先生说。

首席财务官乔纳森·西蒙斯（Jonathan Simmons）在采访中表示，私募股权回报需要更多精力投入到改善公司业绩和“回归基本面”的工作中。

但他表示，OMERS拥有优势，因为与一些私募股权竞争对手不同，OMERS无需在特定期限内向外部投资者返还资金。

“我们不会做出仓促的现金决策，而是在日复一日的努力中稳步前行，”他说。

2023年，工人在阿尔伯塔省莱杜克（Leduc）的Boro农场兰花种植温室工作。持有Boro Agtech部分股权的Aurora Cannabis正面临美国公司Canceled Products的恶意收购要约。加通社图片

取消控股拟对Aurora Cannabis发起收购要约

桑迪·休伯斯

Aurora Cannabis Inc.表示将考虑一家美国大麻公司提出的收购要约，该公司正准备对这家总部位于埃德蒙顿的企业发起收购。

Aurora宣布将成立一个特别委员会来评估这项主动收购要约，此举发生在Canceled Holdings Inc.披露正准备提交收购其全部目标股份的提案数小时后。

Canceled表示，若收购成功，将打造一家覆盖17个国家的大麻企业，业务范围遍及欧洲、北美及其他国际市场。

这家总部位于康涅狄格州斯坦福德的公司在多伦多证券交易所上市，称其在多次尝试与Aurora领导层私下接触未果后决定公开收购计划。

该公司表示，Aurora董事会在Canceled首席执行官鲍里斯·乔丹于6月23日发送正式意向书概述收购提案后拒绝进行讨论。Canceled称其于7月7日发送了后续信函，但Aurora在7月30，日期间“一直不愿进行建设性对话”。

“董事会拒绝进行实质性接触令我们非常失望。我们现在将直接向Aurora股东提出提案，因为溢价幅度significant，战略逻辑令人信服，进一步拖延毫无道理，”乔丹先生在新闻稿中表示。

“Canceled仍随时准备与Aurora董事会持续接触，推进这一价值创造的交易，并准备迅速达成最终协议。”

Canceled表示，其提议以每股$1加每股$0.75现金换取Aurora的现金股。

Aurora则称其于6月30日及7月7日收到Canceled的信函，概述收购Aurora股份的提案。仅7月7日的信函包含了具体的财务条款，但并未详细说明Canceled提议的现金与股份组合方案，

Aurora声称。

这家加拿大大麻公司还否认了Canceled关于其拒绝接触要约的说法。

Aurora表示，其独立董事最近一次与Canceled首席执行官的通信发生在7月14,，并指出Aurora“专注于在短期至中期内继续执行其商业计划，并未阻止双方未来持续对话”。

Aurora现将成立一个由独立董事组成的特别委员会，评估该提案是否符合利益相关者的最佳利益。

该公司警告称，无法保证能达成交易，在此期间，Aurora将照常运营。

尽管Canceled表达了收购意向令人鼓舞，但TT Crown分析师德里克·莱萨德和瑞安·尼尔在周二发布的最新报告中表示，以目前的报价“低估了Aurora长期成功的潜力”。

米尔肯研究所计划在卡尼加拿大投资峰会开幕当天举办会议

詹姆斯·布拉德肖

总部位于加利福尼亚的智库米尔肯研究所计划在多伦多举办一场高级商业领袖活动，与加拿大总理马克·卡尼主持的加拿大投资峰会同期举行。

米尔肯研究所宣布，该活动名为“多伦多全球对话”，是一场为期半天的会议，定于9月14日在公园酒店举行。

已确认出席的嘉宾包括加拿大丰业银行首席执行官戴夫·麦凯、AGE管理有限公司首席执行官克尼特·戈尔丁、VICE集团有限公司首席执行官约翰·麦肯齐，以及多伦多道明银行首席执行官巴拉特·马斯拉尼。道明银行将担任该活动的主要赞助商，旨在吸引投资者、养老金领导者、高级管理人员和政策制定者。

该活动将在政府主导的投资峰会开始前举行。会议定于4月15日在投资者酒店举行，这些投资者共同管理近1000亿美元资金，当晚还将举办晚宴。米尔肯活动还可能与加拿大风险投资和私募股权协会赞助的开放会议时间重叠。

该研究所主席是迈克尔·米尔肯，这位前金融先驱和“垃圾债券之王”曾帮助重塑了债务市场。他曾因在美国的证券交易被定罪。

这家无党派智库每年在亚洲、中东和南美洲举办大型会议，此外还有其旗舰全球会议在洛杉矶举行，该会议已成为交易商和金融领袖的重要聚会。

多伦多活动将探讨加拿大如何“为长期投资定位自身”，讨论内容将发布在米尔肯研究所的网站上。

可能涉及的讨论主题包括调动大规模资本、投资新兴产业、构建人工智能经济以及创造投资价值的策略。

“加拿大正通过加拿大强韧基金等倡议（拟议规模为100亿美元）和对贸易与商业的新重视，以及100亿美元的低

AbCellera 推出 2 亿美元股权融资，紧随试验结果发布

肖恩·斯利迪

科技记者

AbCellera Biologics Inc. 周二宣布发行价值 2 亿美元的普通股和预先融资认股权证公开发售，此前一天，这家温哥华企业公布了其首款药物的首月试验数据。

J.P. 摩根、Cantor Fitzgerald、CBE Investment Bank 和 BMO Capital Markets 负责承销此次发行。

这是该公司自 2020 年 12 月首次公开募股（IPO）以来首次发行股票。当时， 创下加拿大生物技术公司 IPO 规模之最，筹集了 1060 万美元。此前几周，该公司与礼来公司（Lilly & Co.）合作开发的一种用于治疗住院 COVID-19 患者的药物获得美国和加拿大监管机构的紧急使用授权，礼来公司因此向 支付了近 10 亿美元的特许权使用费。

股价在上市首日几乎翻了三倍，市值一度超过 40 亿美元。但随着 COVID-19 药物收入下滑，其股价也随之下跌。 专注于为合作伙伴筛选抗体并利用其药物发现平台进行开发，这一模式在 2012 年并未激起投资者的兴趣。此后，公司开始自主开发药物，聚焦于能够满足未被满足需求的成熟领域，并采用差异化治疗方案，同时相对较少投入研发。公司还获得了加拿大和美国政府共计 2 亿美元的资金支持，以推动其转型。

迅速推进药物开发。2021 年 7 月，公司启动了 2020-2021 年度内部临床试验；周一，公司公布了 2021-2022 年度内部试验的有效性结果，该试验涉及 92 名年龄在 40 至 75 岁之间、每天经历约 85 次中度至重度潮热的女性。公司还有另外两款药物计划于 2022 年进入临床试验。

的试验结果超出预期。公司表示，服用该药物的受试者在 4 周内，潮热次数平均减少了 6%，而安慰剂组减少了 10%。服用药物的受试者中，有 37 人经历了中度至重度潮热，10 人潮热减少了 60% 以上。

服用药物的受试者在 4 周内潮热次数平均减少了 20 次，而安慰剂组仅减少了 10 次。 计划在 12 周后公布更多数据。

管理层表示，这些结果“展示了创造一种比非激素疗法更优越的绝经期或接受激素抑制癌症治疗女性疗法的能力”。公司称，该药物仅需每 1 个月自行注射一次，且副作用（包括潜在的肝脏毒性和胃肠道问题）与竞争对手的每日口服药物相当，其心脏血栓风险及最近上市的 36 种药物相同。

Cantor Fitzgerald 的史蒂夫·斯泰夫卡尔（Steve Steffkal）周一表示，结果“在所有衡量指标上都几乎完美”，并预测 将主导一个估值超过 10 亿美元的市场，即 20% 无法接受激素替代疗法（潮热的主要治疗手段）的女性群体。

股价在 6 月创下自 2022 年 2 月以来的新高，周二再度上涨 12%，收于 1.95 美元。今年以来，该股已上涨 10%。

在公布强劲试验结果后筹集股权融资，以推动药物上市，是药物开发商的常见做法。 仍需通过另一项大型且昂贵的试验，才能寻求监管批准。

是近年来加拿大生命科学公司中的佼佼者，2020、2021 年取得了显著进展，2022 年还将有更多公司发布关键数据。

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悼念

卢卡斯（卢克）·詹姆斯·莫里森

班尼特·琼斯律师事务所对我们的合伙人、同事及朋友卢克·莫里森因脑动脉瘤突发离世深感悲痛。

卢克最为珍视的是他的家庭。他是凯瑟琳·法雷尔深爱的丈夫，也是杰克无比自豪的父亲，他深深珍爱着他们。在此艰难时刻，我们向凯瑟琳、杰克及卢克的所有家人和挚爱之人致以诚挚的慰问。

卢克也是班尼特·琼斯大家庭中备受爱戴的一员，是一位备受尊敬的律师、领导者、导师和同事。他的离世对本所而言是巨大的打击和损失。

作为加拿大领先的商业能源律师，卢克以其卓越的法律专业知识、战略判断力和对客户的坚定承诺而广受认可。他近期被《法律500强》评为“下一代合伙人”，并入选LEXPERT“40岁以下领先律师”，同时被Lexpert和Chambers评为加拿大领先的能源及并购律师。卢克在加拿大能源领域多项重大交易中发挥了核心作用。

卢克毕业于阿尔伯塔大学，获政治学荣誉学士学位及法学学士学位，并于2009年获准加入阿尔伯塔省律师协会。他自律师生涯伊始便加入班尼特·琼斯，在本所工作超过18年。他于2018年成为合伙人，并近期被任命为能源业务组负责人。在职业生涯中，卢克凭借其才智、专业精神和慷慨赢得了客户和同事的信任与敬重。

卢克的贡献远不止于其业务领域。他曾担任班尼特·琼斯卡尔加里学生招聘委员会主席，致力于指导下一代律师。他还积极参与法律和能源界的领导工作，担任加拿大能源法律基金会治理委员会委员，并出任教育合作基金会主席。该基金会是一家致力于支持加拿大全国青少年（包括原住民及偏远社区）的扫盲、职业培训及教育机会的慈善组织。

卢克将以其善良、正直、热情及凝聚人心的能力被人们深情怀念。所有有幸认识和与他共事的人都将深切缅怀他。他的精神将永远成为班尼特·琼斯的一部分。

班尼特·琼斯

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14 商业报告

全球大厅

2026年8月12日，星期三

观点与分析

特朗普促使加拿大与印度达成贸易协定

两国正悄然推进协议谈判

加拿大与美国的贸易谈判可能已转向“艰难”。但我国正稳步与印度推进一项全面贸易协定。

尽管俄罗斯与新德里在谈判桌上仍有诸多问题待解决，但双方正悄然朝着在今年年底前达成《全面经济伙伴关系协定》（CEPA）的目标迈进。

美国总统唐纳德·特朗普并非这些讨论的参与方，但他正在无意中促使加拿大和印度寻找共同点。这一出乎意料的反应源于美国政府——富裕国家正为渥太华和新德里提供新的动力，推动双方达成自身协议。

特朗普并非唯一因素。但“特朗普的影响——无论是有意为之还是无心插柳——正在拉近加拿大与印度的关系，这一点不应被低估。”拉姆·巴蒂亚（Ram Bhatia）在8月5日由外交政策智库发布的一篇文章中写道。

作为前外交官，巴蒂亚先生对双边关系中的信任问题提供了内行视角。他曾于1914年至1918年担任印度驻多伦多总领事。

“华盛顿首先对加拿大、随后对印度采取的粗暴地缘政治对待，已迫使这两个受害国在深化双边关系中扮演经济角色，”他补充道，1918。

作为全球贸易战的一部分，特朗普自重返白宫以来，已对加拿大和印度征收多项关税。

以印度为例，美国于1918,对其征收15%的关税，以惩罚其购买俄罗斯石油。

这一关税最终在新德里承诺多元化能源来源后被取消。即便如此，仍存在印度可能面临更高关税的新担忧。

上周，美国参议院通过了《1918年林赛·奥加兰制裁俄罗斯与伊朗法案》。该法案若经美国众议院通过，将授权特朗普对俄罗斯能源的主要买家（包括印度）征收高达100%的关税。

难怪印度愈发关注加拿大的石油和天然气。“当前重点是扩大双边能源贸易，包括增加加拿大对印度的石油和液化天然气出口，以及印度向加拿大供应天然石油产品，”巴蒂亚写道。

与此同时，加拿大和印度均因被指未能根除供应链中的强迫劳动，而面临美国10%的关税——这使两国在贸易上更加同病相怜。

美国还针对印度及其他国家发起贸易调查，指控其存在产能过剩问题。具体而言，特朗普政府指责印度存在产能过剩（包括纺织品、钢铁、太阳能组件和石化产品）——印度对此予以否认。

此外，不可忽视的是，美国今年早些时候单方面退出了与印度的临时贸易协议。两国仍在就贸易协定进行谈判。

上周六，莫迪总理接到了美国副总统彭斯的电话，讨论该协议的进展及其他事宜。据印度政府通报，最具体的成果似乎是莫迪祝贺彭斯新添家庭成员。

加拿大与印度也取得了自身进展。

印度商务和工业部长普拉亚布·甘吉特于1918年5月访问加拿大——随行的100名代表是印度有史以来派往海外的最大规模代表团之一，“这是一个积极信号，”巴蒂亚写道。

然而，业界领袖指出，美国完成《全面经济伙伴关系协定》（CEPA）并非回应，但若这些努力取得成功，莫迪总理年内访问加拿大的可能性显著增加。

据报道，莫迪正考虑在12月14日至15日于迈阿密举行的G20领导人峰会前后访问加拿大。

其他人士及新德里方面估计，双边贸易协定将使双向贸易额在1918年前翻倍至100亿美元。

获得印度的优惠市场准入也是加纳桑访问的核心目标，旨在到1918年前将对非美国出口翻倍。

对于过去的访问，莫迪表示双边关系正通过“精准”而非“泛滥”的努力推进。

这与加美贸易谈判形成鲜明对比，后者在特朗普关于“100个国家的‘强硬领导’”言论后，正加速推进“泛滥式”谈判。

莫迪常引用一句印度谚语：“‘喧闹的’声音最引人关注。”加拿大与美国的贸易谈判及其与印度的磋商，正印证了这句谚语的真谛。

忽视气候变化让经济付出更大代价

克里斯蒂娜·卡伦 格伦·马奇翁

观点

克里斯蒂娜·卡伦曾任加拿大联邦公共服务高级官员及多届新任加拿大总理内阁成员，并著有两篇近期经过同行评审的论文，探讨环境破坏对经济的影响。

格伦·马奇翁曾任加拿大会议委员会首席经济学家及加拿大生态财政委员会成员。

气候变化的代价巨大，且在极端高温、野火、寒潮、龙卷风和洪水等灾害中显而易见。仅在过去三周内，就有超过200万人因气候相关紧急情况被迫撤离——其中400,000人在南美洲和欧洲因洪水撤离，1500万人在中国因台风撤离。

然而，减缓气候变化的行动常被描述为与经济利益相对立。加拿大总理马克·卡纳里近期表示，上届自由党政府的气候行动计划对加拿大人而言过于昂贵；我们无法承受限制石油和天然气增长的代价，而其政府的行动将导致加拿大的排放量增加。保守党领袖皮埃尔·普拉肯斯也将净零排放视为一种激进理念，认为这意味着零增长，甚至是心理政治。但事实恰恰相反。越来越多的证据表明，迅速采取气候行动的成本将远低于拖延行动。

气候变化正在降低生产力、增加死亡人数并推高食品等必需品的价格。它已显著降低了生活水平。最近的分析发现，如果没有发生全球变暖，二十国集团（G20）的人均GDP如今将高出15%以上。

随着极端天气事件造成的损害加剧，以及分析方法的不断完善——即使不考虑最严重的情景——对未来气候变化可能造成的经济损害的预估也在稳步上升。而向低碳或零碳经济的过渡延迟将进一步加剧全球经济损失。幸运的是，向温室气体（GHG）排放极低的能源（如风能和太阳能）过渡的成本已持续下降，而与此同时，传统能源的成本却在不断上涨。因此，成本效益平衡已发生转变，显著提升了气候行动的净经济优势。

包括加拿大在内的一批有远见的央行网络去年基于排放分析指出，向净零排放过渡的成本远低于面对日益严重和频繁的极端天气事件所需付出的代价。这些发现与其他主要全球机构的结论一致，包括国际能源署、联合国、世界经济论坛以及80,这一全球最大的排放者之一。

在著名经济学家尼古拉斯·斯特恩和约瑟夫·斯蒂格利茨的文章中写道：“从中期到长期来看，不存在高碳增长的故事：未经管理的气候变化影响极为严重，几乎必然会破坏高碳增长。唯一可持续的长期增长轨迹是绿色轨迹。”

气候相关灾害带来多重后果——生命损失、家园被毁、企业和基础设施受损、土地和水资源遭到破坏、农作物和牲畜被摧毁。去年，加拿大因严重天气事件和野火导致的向内变化持续了40天，全球损失达400亿。

一辆汽车驶过不列颠哥伦比亚省普亚勒普市郊区，该地区在9 / 12 / 24周日被东部山脉野火的浓烟笼罩。在西部，该市已……

然而，大多数与气候相关的问题并非内部性的，那些必须承担更多气候影响代价的个人，往往要分担更多气候带来的负担。与此同时，享用公共基础设施的成本则转嫁给了纳税人。重建工作通常缓慢且昂贵，还可能挤占其他新的、高效的投资，而单一极端天气事件的经济影响已被证明可持续二十多年。

全球野火损失

以十亿美元计的年均损失（经通胀调整）

数据来源：LUNDI AND HALL, SLOPES：清单、满意度与损失

人均温室气体排放量

2024年选定分析，单位：千吨

数据来源：LUNDI AND HALL, SLOPES：OUR WORLD IN DATA，6月27-31日（2023）

随着气候变化加速，其成本也在以更快的速度上升。在一个频繁遭受日益频繁、强烈且影响范围不断扩大的气候相关灾害的世界中，我们从一次灾害中恢复过来之前，下一次灾害就已来临的能力正在减弱。气候变化加速的原因之一，除了人类持续增加的排放外，还有自我维持反馈循环的出现。那些因气候变化而加剧的野火本身就是一个重大问题。G20国家的部分森林正在从净碳汇转变为净碳排放源。2023年，加拿大的森林火灾排放量超过了人类直接产生的排放量。

过去10年来，全球生产力增长趋缓，部分原因在于包括气候变化在内的环境因素。不断加速的气候崩溃可能会使生产力增长长期陷入负增长。

气候变化日益严重的不利后果凸显了向净零排放过渡的紧迫性。及时采取减排行动的成本将低于经济和社会代价。延迟行动只会使情况持续恶化，而需求上升将使实现净零排放的道路更加陡峭和艰难。

好消息是，我们已经明确了广泛的缓解方案——摆脱化石燃料、电气化经济、去碳化电力、保护森林等自然碳汇，并开发创新技术以储存现有碳。我们已经掌握了大部分必要的知识，且许多解决方案的实施成本正在下降。

此外，投资低碳能源和技术与全球不断增长的需求相契合，将带来重大的增长机遇和创新机会。我们正处于一个关键节点。全球增长范式已经转变，加拿大需要顺应潮流，而不是停留在过去。

同样，在适应方面，推迟改善基础设施和建筑结构以减少未来野火、洪水及其他极端天气事件损失的风险并无成本优势。还需停止在最脆弱地区进行新建设，加固现有建筑，为高风险财产提供后备支持，并投资于工业危机管理能力。然而，仅靠适应措施是不够的，重建的教训已经充分证明了这一点。

加拿大在这一问题上并非无足轻重。我们的人均排放量——无论是当前还是累计——均位居全球前列。作为67个国家中的一员，加拿大有责任以身作则。

加拿大目前正面临多重竞争性挑战：美国总统罗纳德·特朗普的咄咄逼人、海外战争、国内分离主义情绪。但对我们的长期繁荣和利益而言，没有什么比气候变化更具决定性。

地球正在向我们发出越来越响亮的警告，我们应当倾听。基于高碳的增长范式将不再是经济或社会的制胜策略。

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加拿大航空出售 Aeroplan 25% 股权

黑石集团与魁北克储蓄投资集团领衔交易

詹姆斯·克雷沙姆

联合通讯 报道

加拿大航空正在出售其 Aeroplan 计划的 25% 股权，交易金额达 104 亿加元，由黑石公司（Blackstone Inc.）及一批加拿大养老基金牵头，旨在改善航空公司资产负债表，使其能够在首次出售后降低债务。魁北克储蓄投资集团（Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec）是此次交易的主要参与方，该计划估值为 86 亿加元。其他投资者包括公共服务养老金投资委员会及史密斯 / 加拿大投资管理公司（Smiths / Canadian Investment Management Corp.）。

加拿大航空将保留对 Aeroplan 日常运营的控制权，并计划利用出售所得偿还 107 亿加元的债券，同时通过 9 月份的要约收购回购 1060 万股股份。

该交易预计于 8 月 27 日完成，自该日起五至八年内，加拿大航空有权回购投资者集团持有的少数股权。

此次交易为 Aeroplan 计划估值超过了加拿大航空的总市值，后者于周二上午 9:27:40 收盘。

该计划向逾 860 万活跃会员提供旅行及商品奖励，同时确保计划保持在加拿大控制之下，并使加拿大养老基金及黑石集团能够从 Aeroplan 获得分红。

对黑石集团而言，此次交易延续了其近期大规模投资大型蓝筹企业的趋势。这些公司正寻求黑石首席财务官迈克尔·蔡（Michael Chae）在财报电话会议中所称的“定制化资本解决方案”，使企业能在不放弃关键资产或基础设施控制权的情况下筹集大量资金。

去年，黑石曾牵头一个包括加拿大养老基金在内的投资者联盟，以 100 亿加元收购罗杰斯通信公司（Rogers Communications Inc.）旗下部分电信基础设施的少数股权。

黑石高级董事总经理马克·雷迪（Mark Reddy）表示，加拿大既是黑石的重要投资目的地，也是服务客户的关键市场。

魁北克储蓄投资集团私募股权及私人信贷主管马丁·隆尚（Martin Longchamp）在同一份声明中表示，此次交易展示了养老基金为企业提供“量身定制资本解决方案”的能力，并为其全球投资组合提供了“分销”机会。

加拿大最大的养老基金一直面临来自政界领袖及商界高管的压力，要求其增加在加拿大的投资，以支持渥太华扩大国家贸易关系的努力。加拿大航空出售 Aeroplan 股权体现了自 2005 年收购以来的主要趋势价值控制。

加拿大航空首席财务官约翰·希伯特（John Hibert）在声明中表示，加拿大航空于 2005 年从另一家忠诚度计划收购 Aeroplan，并承担了当时 860 万未兑换积分的负债。此后，航空公司通过与多伦多道明银行（TD Bank）及加拿大帝国商业银行（CIBC）建立合作伙伴关系，推出 Aeroplan 联名信用卡，吸引了金融合作伙伴。

加拿大航空股价周二收涨 9.3%，报 8.6 加元，市值达 75 亿加元，此前该交易宣布。

美国银行公司（Bank of America Corp.）的投资银行部门、埃利奥特·利夫律师事务所（Elliott Liff）及其母公司为该交易提供了财务顾问服务，相关费用为 240 万加元。

Cargojet飞行员将在五年内获得46.1%的加薪

克里斯托弗·怀恩勒

Cargojet航空公司的飞行员将获得46.1%的加薪，与1996-1997年相比，该航空货运公司表示此举旨在提高生产力，以拓展欧洲、亚洲和非洲的新业务。

在周二与分析师的电话会议上，首席财务官亚伦·麦凯表示，仲裁员于上月底公布的集体协议使公司约45%的条款达到了行业标准。

他表示，该协议包括第一年加薪46%，并在接下来的四年中每年再增加一定百分比。

该协议将机组人员成本提高至每季度高达1060万加元，而此前每年约为1070万加元。麦凯先生继续表示，首批包括的内容尤其涉及45%的相对基准，即每月工作45天，高于106亿，以及更多的培训日。

“这也让我们有机会在价格上更具竞争力，与我们一直竞争的美国航空公司相比，”创始人兼董事长阿贾伊·维尔马赞表示。

每位飞行员每月增加一天工作时间，相当于每年增加27天，他重复道。“这种生产力让我们在定价上有了更大的灵活性。”

Cargojet的业务依赖于通过其45架飞机机队进行空运客户货物。该公司在其国内网络、临时包机航班以及更为定期的包机航线上部署这些飞机，例如自1981年起，该公司负责飞机、机组人员、维护和保险，在全球范围内运输货物。

这些飞机在经历了80%的停飞后，活动出现全国性回升。此前，一架老旧飞机于11月初在肯塔基州坠毁，促使当局停飞了该机型。此后，一些Cargojet的合作伙伴在45年前的同期基础上增加了更多飞行小时，并表示运输需求——至少在今年年底前——仍然强劲，首席执行官波琳·迪隆表示。

更高的需求帮助提升了收入，即使包机运载量同比增长了27%，达到公司最新季度的1060万加元，部分被加中之间包机航班的减少所抵消，根据财务报告所述。

国内收入同比增长了8%，达到第二季度的1060万加元，主要是由于向客户转嫁的更高燃油价格以及上季度所述的相关涨价。

国际收入在Cargojet将飞机从服务亚洲和欧洲的长途航线重新部署后，同比增长了8.0%，在2006年、2007年、2008年，迪隆表示公司正在海外寻找新的合同。

“我们继续在整个欧洲寻找机会，以及Last Asia以及非洲和中东，”她表示。随着关税阻碍加拿大与美国的贸易，Cargojet已将目光投向更远的地方，与新合作伙伴开展定期包机航班，包括每周三次飞往加勒比海、中美洲和南美洲的航班。

10月，该公司在加拿大与比利时列日机场（欧洲主要货运枢纽）之间开通了定期航空货运服务，联邦政府希望借此加强跨大西洋贸易联系。对加拿大牛肉的需求激增推动了飞往欧洲的航班，迪隆女士今年早些时候表示。

上季度，这家总部位于密西沙加的公司开通了列日和特拉维夫之间的新航线，部署了“周末闲置”的飞机，麦凯先生表示。

周一晚间，该公司报告称，美国13亿美元的公司在第二季度扭亏为盈，实现利润290 万，而一年前同期亏损540 万；季度营收增长至8.75-890 万。

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股息公告

兹公告，森科人寿（所有业务线，养老金货币决议 / 声明）董事会于 6, 2026, 决定，将于 29, 2026, 向 28, 2026, 在册的森科人寿股东（地址：公园大道400号）派发以下股息：

普通股

每股 80.9

累积优先股

0系列：每股 80.9 / 80

A系列：每股 80.9 / 80.9

B系列：每股 80.9 / 80.9

4A系列：每股 80.9 / 80.9

附注：A至A=1000

80.9 / 80.9

5B系列：每股 80.9 / 80.9

附注：A至A=1000

80.9 / 80.9

股息公告

森科人寿（所有业务线，养老金货币决议 / 声明）董事会于 6, 2026, 决定，将于 29, 2026 派发以下股息：

普通股 50.6 / 51

29, 2026 后加发一项福利

不合规

优先股

A 2: 每股 1.98.29 / 63

A 3: 每股 58.28 / 22

3 3: 每股 58.28 / 22.79 / 63

3 4: 每股 50.77 / 54

4 11: 每股 50.104 / 59.98

4 13: 每股 50.104 / 67.5

5 15: 每股 50.104 / 67.5

5 17: 每股 50.104 / 67.5

5 19: 每股 50.123 / 60

5 21: 每股 50.123 / 60

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《环球邮报》 / 2018 年 8 月 12 日，星期三

前国防参谋长里克·希利尔（Rick Hillier）于 2008 年在交接仪式上离开豹式坦克时与部队合影。其声音始终如一：希利尔

希利尔：银行通常要求国防企业先获得合同才提供贷款

自B2版

去年，加拿大国家银行确定了从事与国防相关业务的公司，特别是那些具有增长潜力的企业，一位知情人士透露。该银行宣布了其审查此类业务的方式，以及如何为加拿大企业提供融资，以加大对该行业的支持力度。

《全球邮报》未公开该消息来源的身份，因其未获授权公开谈论此事。

银行业通常对国防融资持谨慎态度，因为这是一个复杂的过程。加拿大最大的商业中心在严格的监管要求下，对其密切投资组合所承担的风险敞口有严格限制。

银行通常还要求国防企业在提供贷款前先获得合同。对于那些拥有额外收入来源和完善合规计划的小型企业而言，这一点尤为明显。

此外，国防行业近几十年来面临运营方面的担忧，银行因无法摆脱投资或为与军事武器和装备相关的企业提供融资而受到批评。然而，随着地缘政治紧张局势加剧，这种污名似乎正在减弱。

该趋势还促使一些公司提升其国防实践。去年，德国德意志银行（Deutsche Bank AG）成立了一个专注于国防相关交易的团队。

与此同时，美国的银行长期以来一直深度参与该国的国防企业领域。

今年5月，加拿大国防部长戴维·麦甘蒂（David McGanty）在一场面向金融机构、企业家和投资者的会议上表示，国防企业已准备好扩大先进制造规模并实现全球化发展，但若无资本支持，它们无法实现这些目标。

他表示，联邦政府正努力消除国防企业融资的“障碍”，包括出口审批和安全审查。

“但我要直言不讳。”麦甘蒂说，“我们别无选择。我们必须采取行动。我们必须自力更生。我们必须在国内加大力度。”

巴里克：并非所有大股东都支持重组计划

自B2版

去年9月，公司与担任巴里克首席执行官超过六年的马克·布里斯托（Mark Bristow）解除了合作关系。今年1月，巴里克还与首席财务官格雷厄姆·沙特尔沃思（Graham Shuttleworth）——另一位前兰道夫长期高管——分道扬镳。

比尔先生（Mr. Bill）在布里斯托先生离任后以临时首席执行官身份接任，并于2月转正。他即将再次被委以重任。周一，巴里克宣布任命比尔先生为即将分拆的北美业务新公司的首席执行官。

该业务部门持有内华达黄金矿业公司（Nevada Gold Mines）的股份，以及位于巴布亚新几内亚的太平洋-维尔乔（Pacific-Virjo）矿60%的股份。

长期以来，巴里克的交易价格一直低于同行，如阿格尼科伊格尔矿业有限公司（Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.）。这主要是因为其在非洲、中东和巴基斯坦等高风险司法管辖区的运营成本。通过创建一家仅持有其低风险北美业务的投资实体，巴里克旨在为其资产“瘦身”。

但并非所有巴里克的大股东都支持这一计划。

麦肯锡投资（Mackenzie Investments）——巴里克的最大股东之一——的投资组合经理布鲁蒂·格瓦斯（Brooti Gervais）表示，分拆业务中最可靠的部分毫无意义。他补充道，更好的做法是分拆那些正在拖累公司价值的业务，尽管这在短期内可能会导致股权稀释，包括其在马里和巴布亚新几内亚的投资。

“我们会分拆所有其他不奏效的业务，引入新的管理层，这样我们就能释放价值，”格瓦斯先生说。“一开始可能会稍微稀释股权，但随着时间的推移，运营成功将带来比稀释更多的价值。这是我愿意尝试的希望。”

格瓦斯先生将推进北美分拆的决定归咎于巴里克董事长约翰·桑顿（John Thornton），后者长期负责公司的战略决策。

桑顿先生曾是高盛（Goldman Sachs）的投资银行家，2012年在公司创始人彼得·芒克（Peter Munk）的邀请下加入巴里克担任董事。2014年，他被提升为执行董事长，并担任该职位至2024年，之后转任董事长。

“他在这家公司已经很长时间了，而公司的表现同样长期不佳，”格瓦斯先生说。

“在你把公司交给其他人之前，你还有多少次机会？”

巴里克和桑顿先生均拒绝置评。

巴里克矿业已任命前兰道夫资源高管塞巴斯蒂安·贝克（Sebastian Beck）为全球首席执行官。[CONFORMING WINE, COALITION]

本周早些时候，巴里克宣布与总部位于丹佛的纽蒙特公司（Newmont Corp.）就内华达黄金矿业合资企业达成新协议后，其少数股东股价出现下跌。

这家总部位于丹佛的矿业公司同意向巴里克支付1000亿美元现金，以换取巴里克在合资企业中的财务领域发现。一些分析师曾预期巴里克能从纽蒙特获得更高的回报，因为他们有权分享巴里克在公司最伟大的黄金发现首年所获得的丰厚收益。

该交易的真实价值为1024.4 billion美元，其中包括双方放弃围绕合资企业的争议和诉讼。比尔先生在周一的电话会议上表示，纽蒙特还同意巴里克继续推进分拆计划，这消除了交易中的潜在风险。

家庭电影与FIFA赛事放映助力Cineplex扭亏为盈

强劲的电影阵容和影院转播FIFA世界杯比赛帮助Cineplex Inc.在最近一个季度实现扭亏为盈。

“本季度的成功并非依赖于单一部大片或少数几部重磅影片。相反，观众们欣然接受了跨多种类型和形式的丰富内容，”Cineplex临时首席执行官埃利斯·雅各布（Ellis Jacob）在公司财报电话会议上表示。

他表示，家庭电影是重要推动力，其中包括《The Super Mario Galaxy Move》和《The Very 1.》的上映。同时，他提到，记录流行巨星迈克尔·杰克逊生平的影片《Michael》成为有史以来票房最高的"Super"。

他称本季度的内容展示是近年来最多元化的之一。

“目前已有多部影片票房突破10亿，包括《奥本海默》（Oppenheimer）、《蜘蛛侠》（Spider-Man）、《超级马里奥》（Super Mario）、《Michael》和《The Very 1》，”雅各布先生在采访中表示。

他还指出，公司受益于Z世代观众重返影院，这一群体对Oberstier和Backovers等影片情有独钟。

“这绝对有助于提升业绩，因为这是一个非常积极的信号，表明他们希望重返影院。我们看到的行业数据显示，他们正以强劲势头回归，”雅各布先生表示。

本季度，公司还通过与TBA THE CANADIAN PRESS的合作，在影院转播了部分世界杯比赛。

H&R

自 B2 版

投资者对这一公告反应平淡，H&R 单位股价周二收于 10.15，在多伦多证券交易所下跌 2%。在周二上午与分析师的电话会议上，公司未进一步透露每单位 82 美分的价格在各竞标成员间如何分配。

H&R 单位股价上一次交易价格高于 2 加元是在 2018 年 9 月。

“我们认为目前的条款是合理的，”H&R 独立董事会主席斯蒂芬·格罗斯在电话会议上表示，“这是一个漫长的过程。我们对最终结果感到自豪。”

公司最初于 2018 年 2 月启动战略评估，此前曾收到一份潜在买家的主动收购要约，但该过程于同年晚些时候以失败告终。公司随后承诺出售价值 24 亿美元的资产。

H&R 的竞争对手通常专注于持有一种类型的物业。而 H&R 的资产涵盖住宅、工业、办公和零售等多个领域，这使得整个资产组合出售给单一买家变得更为复杂。

“H&R 去年已证明，此类多元化资产组合的交易难度极大，尤其是在资产负债表存在大额毛利亏损且缺乏强劲报价的情况下，”TD Securities 分析师萨姆·达米安周二在致客户的报告中表示，“折价反映了对高度多元化（跨地域和物业类型）资产组合进行估值的风险。”

H&R 资产组合中约 6% 为住宅物业，主要由美国多个城市的公寓楼组成。其中，Hanover Residential（H&R 位于意大利的美国家族企业部门）持有的 11 处物业将由 Of 6 收购。

Of 6 还将收购 H&R 在纽约的优质资产，包括德国中心办公楼以及 Jackson Park 高端公寓综合体 6% 的权益。

H&R 约 10% 的资产组合为工业物业。其中大部分为仓储和物流空间，用于维护企业运营系统，而非加拿大四省内由加拿大邮政旗下 Proviator Inc. 运营的干净交易配送系统。

Canadian The Corp. Ltd.、Shop Country Canada Inc. 以及卡特彼勒重型机械经销商 Posting International Inc. 等均为 H&R 的主要工业租户。

Blackstone 正在收购 H&R 的部分加拿大工业物业及资产，但具体收购对象未予披露。H&R 于 6 月表示正与 Blackstone 洽谈潜在交易。

这家美国私募股权公司是全球最大的房地产投资者之一。2016 年，Blackstone 以 16 亿美元收购了总部位于多伦多的零售物业所有者 Tricon Residential Inc.。

Composed 和 PIT Investments 正在收购 H&R 持有的 10% 工业资产权益，基于三方于 2016 年达成的合作伙伴关系。

Helicopter Family 主要收购办公物业，该类物业约占 H&R 总资产组合的 9%。其收购的 H&R 知名办公资产包括贝尔加拿大位于魁北克省多瓦尔的办公楼，以及卡尔加里市中心近百万平方英尺的 TX Energy 大厦 10% 的权益。

H&R 将于 10 月召开特别单位持有人大会，以批准上述交易。至少三分之二的投票支持方可推进交易，预计交割将于 2018 年底完成。

“我们相信交易将获得支持，”TD Securities 的达米安先生表示，理由是董事会一致推荐，“以及部分单位持有人的疲惫情绪。”

中国

来自B2版

虽然中国并未公开出境禁令，但“保护卫士”（Safeguard Defenders）的一项分析发现，过去五年间此类旅行限制的使用已增加三倍，部分政策法院判决在去年实施了此类禁令。

上周，官方媒体《环球时报》在一篇社论中批评这一局面，称其聚焦于“用词和劝说人们不了解国家及某些离境事宜”，声称中国正在收紧出入境政策并引发恐慌，同时虚伪地表达对中国走向自我孤立的担忧。

该报称，新规只是对现有法规的简化和完善，例如改进在公民可能面临绑架、盗窃或诈骗风险的国家发放旅行预付款的流程。

但正是将国家安全和贸易问题与常规旅行警告挂钩，引发了中国国内的最大警惕，尤其是在新规出台之际，政府和官媒正开展劝阻公民前往日本的运动，因与东京的外交争端。

多份受阻报告显示，近期从日本返回的旅客在入境中国时遭遇了关于“外国监护”的盘问。

部分原因可追溯至中国严格的疫情防控时期，当时进出境极为困难。随着限制放宽，中国出现了移民潮，尤其是前往日本、泰国和美国，尽管唐纳德·特朗普再次当选总统后，赴美旅行热情有所降温。

另一位西方人士辛瑞和同事们正讨论“在新规生效前是否应申请新护照”。“现在看来，出于未明原因，获取旅行证件可能会变得困难。”

在首都一家移民中介工作的王明表示，他从自己的一对夫妇客户那里听说新西兰的情况。“那个国家的最佳印象是，我想我们不吸引富裕投资者，这也让美国人颇为青睐。”

“我常告诉人们，当他们主动咨询时，就是采取行动的最佳时机，因为随着更多中国人效仿，国外的移民政策可能会发生变化，”王明说，“越早越好。”

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伊朗战争效应推动电动摩托车销量飙升

在巴基斯坦，数据显示今年上半年电动两轮车销量激增275%

CHGO NIRILAN

ZIA OR-SERMAH

周日，2月

这股热潮始于巴基斯坦拉合尔的一条街道，短短时间内冒出了六家销售同一产品的展厅：电动摩托车——且仍供不应求——随着今年汽油价格飙升54%，第七家店开张，紧接着是第八家。另有两家店正在市中心附近营业。

而这仅仅是个开始。

几年前，巴基斯坦几乎还没有电动摩托车。但如今，全国各地涌现出大量新品牌，名字如Vishita和Ichi等，来自约54家公司，且数量还在增加。

这些公司有的是临时拼凑的运营团队，有的是获得风险投资的初创企业，还有的是原本就存在的公司，它们看到了电动摩托车市场的潜力，并抓住机遇成为"金钱赋能"的制造商。

这一趋势表明，发展中国家的人们正在迅速且可能永久性地转向更经济的出行方式。而伊朗战争持续推高油价是主要推动因素。

"如果所有人都转向电动，即使现在，公司的产能也远远不够，"也门公司（Yemen）的全国销售经理Mumtaz Hussain说。该公司在拉合尔购物热点街道——Madans Shankar Ali路的一端设有展厅。

电动摩托车是衡量能源大国战争影响的关键指标，因为在这些国家，人们对能源价格冲击最为脆弱，两轮车比汽车更为普及。电动车型的购买成本通常高于燃油版本。

但不断上涨的油价让电力拥有了巨大优势：为电池充电比加满油箱更便宜。

在以摩托车遍布街头闻名的越南，最大的本土制造商VinFast销量激增。在肯尼亚，约12%的新摩托车销量为电动车，非洲最大的电动车企业Spire创始人Gagan Gupta表示。他称能源冲击"将一切进程提前了两年"。

在这些地区，业内人士越来越相信，未来几代人可能永远不会驾驶燃油车。"需求实际上是无限的，"在肯尼亚和卢旺达运营的电动摩托车公司Ampermaid创始人Josh Whale说。

在巴基斯坦，这一趋势尤为明显。该国道路上60%的车辆是摩托车，且往往是家庭最值钱的财产，堪称"实用的绿洲"。

根据Metodyalai Data的数据，巴基斯坦今年上半年电动两轮车销量增长了275%。这一增长归因于油价上涨和政府的电动车购买补贴计划。Jolta公司表示，4月至6月全国共售出30,000辆电动两轮车，而2026年全年仅为10,000辆。

巴基斯坦每年通常销售约190万辆摩托车，其中包括190 万辆燃油或电动摩托车。

"特朗普是最佳推销员。年度最佳推销员，"Yallah Rahman公司的常务董事Muhammad Salman说。该公司在同一条街道设有展厅，他指的是美国总统唐纳德·特朗普决定对伊朗发动攻击后，无油摩托车需求激增。

在全球第五人口大国巴基斯坦，这一转型源于本土创新与中国机遇主义的结合。

巴基斯坦少数几家公司使用本地生产的更清洁零部件，同时依赖中国的电池和电机。但其他公司几乎完全依赖中国。它们进口的电动摩托车类似于MEA家具，以即装即用的套件形式供应，只需贴上品牌标识即可。

中国有大量公司，主要集中在努萨市，为巴基斯坦这些客户提供服务，旨在帮助改善其污染严重的天空，对大部分进口产品仅征收1%的关税。

拉合尔有数百家电动摩托车展厅。但位于马丹斯·尚卡尔·阿里路周边的店铺已成为该行业的核心，坐落在一个中产阶级社区内，毗邻蛋糕店、小餐馆和一家半成品三明治店。

该街道上最早的品牌之一是Metro，其摩托车完全从中国以成品形式进口，Arif Motors公司首席执行官Farman AM表示，该公司销售这些摩托车。不久后，另一品牌在附近街道开业，最近将其拉合尔组装线长度增加了一倍，零部件来自中国和巴基斯坦。

销售总监Saad先生表示，他希望公司的名字“EV”能成为产品的代名词。“就像Kleenex一样，”他说道。

此外还有Vishita，其经销店在今年伊朗战争爆发后不久开业。该公司的起源可追溯到纽约，其创始人赛义德·拉扎·莫汉曾在一家对冲基金工作，并表示自己“与太多富有的老年人混在一起”。他查看了Nalav沼泽地的销售数据，意识到他的祖国将错过任何依赖购买“旧款2,000多辆车”的电动车客户。于是，他回到巴基斯坦，找到几个人，并尝试探索是否有可能以约350,000卢比的价格制造一款两轮车。

莫汉了解他的目标市场。为了吸引买家，任何摩托车在视觉上都需要与巴基斯坦事实上的国民摩托车——铃木CD 70相媲美。这种车随处可见，且70年来外观几乎没有变化。它甚至没有燃油表。

但它坚固耐用。能穿越洪水，驶过崎岖道路。并且以保值著称。

“我们希望带来某种熟悉感，”莫汉先生说道，他最终推出了一款外形与CD 70相似的车型，甚至保留了一个虚设的燃油表，以取代实际不存在的油箱。

并非一切都一帆风顺：Vishita在尝试本地采购零部件时，在首次销售后的最初几年里，展厅里的摩托车细节并不总是一致。

今年春天，公司持续面临交付问题，其他人则认为无法跟上交货速度。买家对延误数月和等待时间发布了负面评价。“这并不光彩，我也不为此感到自豪，”莫汉先生说道。

尽管如此，在最近的一个周三晚上，沿着马丹斯·尚卡尔·阿里路，Vishita的店铺生意兴隆。其中一位顾客海德尔·阿里·汗表示，他将工资的8%用于燃油，并已确信这是“电动车的首选时代”。另一位名叫萨德·本·阿里夫的男子表示，他从10英里外赶来，“不是为了买车，而是为了咨询开设自己的经销店”。

是的，这家店还吸引了铃木CD 70的忠实拥趸。

阿卜杜勒·拉菲基表示，他从未认为自己是“电动车爱好者”。他已经骑了10年的铃木CD 70，行驶里程近10,000公里。他称其为“工厂里最好的生意”。但他每天通勤超过6公里。他喜欢Vishita的外观，而且数学账已经无法忽视。

“如果能省几个卢比，”他说道，“我就会这么做。”

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莱茵河水位低迷开始扰乱德国工业

德国企业报告称，莱茵河水位创下历史新低，化工生产商、农产品贸易商面临运输瓶颈、成本上升及货运量减少等问题，导致生产受到日益严重的干扰。

尽管德国尚未出现大规模生产停摆，但多个传统依赖莱茵河运输的城市的贸易商周二表示，在持续数周的干旱后，部分货物运输已无法正常进行，企业运营问题日益增多。

化工企业科文垂（Coventry）表示，尽管已尽可能将运输量转移至卡车和火车，但运力不足仍无法完全弥补，并宣布对包括用于床垫和冰箱绝缘材料的聚氯环戊烷在内的多种产品实施进一步限制。

莱茵河是欧洲主要的货物、燃料及其他产品运输通道之一，但浅水位正导致企业面临更高的运输成本，且缺乏合适的替代方案。

“警钟已经敲响：极低的水位正将物流和供应链推向极限，”德国化工行业协会首席执行官沃尔夫冈·格罗塞·恩特罗普（Wolfgang Grosse Entrop）表示。

竞争对手赢创（Evonik）位于哈德（Hard）的化工厂生产也因货运量减少受到影响，但未透露进一步细节。

与此同时，能源公司Uniper指出其德国水力发电厂产量下降，与上周当地竞争对手杜菲尔（Duffel）的表态如出一辙。

德国第二大钢铁制造商萨尔茨吉特（Salzgitter）表示，莱茵河低水位迫使其通过火车将煤炭从港口运往DKW工厂。

“当前形势表明，我们需要更加重视水路作为关键运输基础设施的一部分，”德国建筑业联合会负责人蒂姆·奥利弗·穆勒（Tim Oliver Müller）在早前的新闻发布会上表示。

他指出，由于运力不足和体积庞大，部分建筑材料无法轻易通过公路运输，替代一艘大型货船可能需要多达150辆卡车。

德国农业贸易商RWZ的高管卡特琳·霍尔泽（Kathrone Holzer）将莱茵河水位进一步下降的前景描述为“灾难性”。

霍尔泽表示，在正常年份，公司通常会在7月和8月从位于德国沃尔姆斯（Worms）和安德纳赫（Andernach）的水运码头发运30,000公吨或更多货物。

她称，今年同期RWZ的发运量尚不足正常水平的10%，并已转向更昂贵的卡车运输。

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一项常规信用卡任务变得更难

BMO 将自动还款限制为仅使用其自身支票账户的客户

玛琳娜·波斯特尔尼亚克 消费者评论部 / 停止

斯米特·伯根（Smit Bergen）经常帮助年迈的母亲处理财务。他协助的事务包括从建议她选择治疗方案到激活账户，再到推荐一张能为 Costco 购物者积累积分的信用卡。

“我查看了不同的万事达卡，发现 BMO 的一款无年费卡现金返还相当不错，”伯根先生说。

经过一番研究后，他于 2016 年 6 月底申请了一张 Westend 现金返还无年费万事达卡。伯根先生在设置新卡时一如既往地立即联系了银行代表，以设置预授权借记转账，用母亲在 29 银行的支票账户资金全额支付信用卡余额。

然而这一次，银行的答复让他感到意外。

“ 告诉我这违反了他们的政策，”他说，“新政策要求必须开设一个新的 支票账户才能使用这项服务。”

伯根先生此前多次设置信用卡自动借记转账还款时从未遇到过这种问题，甚至他自己的 万事达卡也曾这样设置过。

但《全球邮报》收到的一封电子邮件显示， 代表告诉伯根先生，公司已更改了政策。

“作为 2016 年实施的一项业务决策的一部分， 修订了预授权借记支付流程，现在仅允许从 个人银行账户进行预授权借记支付，”邮件中写道。

该代表告诉伯根先生，他的母亲可以通过其他银行提供的手动账单支付服务来偿还 万事达卡的款项，或者前往 分行或开具支票。

“这项政策使得以最负责任的方式管理信用卡变得非常困难，即每月全额还款，”伯根先生说，“我绝不希望被收取利息。”

在一份声明中， 发言人安克·萨瓦拉达（Anke Savarada）证实了这一政策变化，并表示这是“持续改进”以保护客户的一部分。

行业观察人士表示，将自动还款选项仅限于内部账户会减少金融服务中的消费者选择，并增加客户错过还款的可能性，因为利率几乎同样高。

“自动还款越难设置，就越有可能产生滞纳金，”多伦多大学尤塔沃管理学院家庭金融加拿大研究讲座教授、金融学副教授克莱尔·克利特斯（Claire Clitters）说，“这实际上是在通过限制消费者的选择来掠夺他们的财富。”

多项研究表明，自动化信用卡还款有助于确保按时支付账单，避免高额利息费用。

例如，一项针对 2007 至 2016 年间约 2,000 个信用卡账户的美国金融服务研究发现，自动还款等服务将按时支付最低还款额的可能性提高了 10 至 20 个百分点。同时，还将严重的长期拖欠（可能导致银行关闭账户）的发生率降低了 10 至 15 个百分点。

不列颠哥伦比亚大学经济学教授波卡什（Pocash）指出，自动还款的一个关键优势在于，如果仅设置为支付最低余额，而消费者忽略了全额还款，则可能产生问题。但伯根先生的母亲本可以通过自动转账全额还款，这种情况并不适用。

斯图尔特·戴维斯（Stuart Davis）曾在加拿大三大银行及多家银行担任要职，现任洲际银行（Interstate）及其他银行行长。他表示，银行已开始专注于金融中心及风险管理，而此类政策变化可能是打击预授权借记欺诈的必要措施。

“银行间往往缺乏有效的控制和姓名核验机制，无法确认同一个人是否同时拥有两个账户，”戴维斯先生说，“银行现在能核实资金的真正来源吗？”

如果一家银行通过预授权借记从另一家机构收到1,000美元用于偿还信用卡，发起转账的银行有长达an天的时间来质疑该交易。若交易被质疑，提供信用卡的银行可能需将资金退还给发起转账的银行，戴维斯先生解释道。

然而，在争议期内，欺诈者最多可两次或更多次仅支付信用卡的最低还款额。

《全球邮报》联系了加拿大五大银行，询问它们是否允许从第二家机构自动进行预授权借记（PSD）转账，以偿还其信用卡余额。

在这些银行中，仅有一家信用卡——丰业银行（Scotiabank）的万事达卡——不允许此类自动转账。

戴维斯先生表示，身份验证的挑战，以及转账过程中可能出现的支票欺诈风险——这些风险正不断演变——可能会促使更多机构限制预授权转账。“我认为从长远来看，所有银行都会采取某种形式的限制措施。”

但克利特斯先生指出，此类政策也会为银行在竞争激烈的信用卡市场中带来财务优势。

“银行必须在越来越丰厚的奖励计划中竞争，”他说，“如果它们唯一能让这些奖励变得有利可图的方式，是阻止人们按时还清信用卡，那我们就有问题了。”

更紧迫的是，加拿大人的信用卡债务正在攀升。Equities数据显示，2016年第四季度，加拿大信用卡余额创下历史less fellose新高，较上年同期激增2.4%。

“疫情期间，人们养成了依赖信用的习惯，因为银行当时对部分客户更为宽容，甚至提供延期还款，并收取低利息，”MNP有限公司持牌破产受托人琳达·福尔（Linda Foul）表示。

在限制其母亲自动还款选项的问题上，伯根（Bergen）先生表示，这对蒙特利尔银行（BMO）而言并非技术问题。银行并非因软件障碍或相关限制而无法提供该选项。

“银行仍允许客户使用自动还款功能，包括那些在2016年政策变更前设置该功能的客户。”伯根先生说，“这似乎是一项旨在推动支票账户销售的深思熟虑的政策。”

特朗普与贝森特的利率困境：美国收益率曲线扭曲的隐忧

詹姆斯·麦吉夫·萨尔瓦多

观点

近期长期美国国债收益率飙升至历史高位，暴露了特朗普政府在利率问题上的核心矛盾，这一矛盾贯穿于预期1.5%的利率区间。

最直白的解读是，唐纳德·特朗普总统一心希望美联储降低政策利率，而财政部长斯科特·贝森特则始终关注10年期国债收益率。

诚然，两者都希望降低短期和长期借贷成本，而特朗普今年已将关注点扩展至长期债券收益率。在通胀低迷或放缓的理想环境下，这些目标并非不可调和。

但当前的经济政策与运行环境远非理想。市场预期的温和表现可能取悦特朗普，却可能因通胀担忧推高10年期收益率——这正是贝森特希望避免的结果。

然而，若要避免10年期收益率进一步上涨——更理想的情况是，让贝森特看到收益率回落——美联储可能需要将其数百万聚焦的目光转向实体资产。可以想象，在11月中期选举临近、共和党预计面临困境的背景下，特朗普的反应会如何。

市场并未对特朗普或任何专家的预期进行定价，即在美联储必须对价格稳定保持高度警惕的情况下，首轮降息可能导致物价飙升。通胀率已连续五年超过美联储公开设定的目标。

自2月底美国公司战争爆发以来，能源股表现不佳，加之对美联储抗通胀可信度的质疑，令债券市场承压。这些疑虑在凯文·沃什5月底接任美联储主席后依然存在。

《华尔街日报》上周报道称，特朗普曾多次致电沃什，希望其出任美联储主席，而特朗普周一对此轻描淡写，告诉记者：“我只和他简短交谈过一次，几天前，只是一次对话。”

这番表态不太可能平息外界对沃什在通胀立场或美联储独立性的担忧。

关于沃什是否愿意加息以“扑灭火焰”——甚至是否坚持10年期目标本身——的争论，已将10年期国债收益率推高至2.50%以上，为2007.以来最高水平。周一，10年期通胀保值国债（TIPS）的实际收益率进一步升至1%以上，同样创下2007年以来新高。

以10年期收益率为定价基准的抵押贷款利率，也创下一年多来的最高水平。

对贝森特而言，这些担忧在收益率曲线的长端最为突出，但政治敏感度更高的债券指标仍是10年期收益率。

10年期收益率已升至2.5%，为8个月来高点。贝森特此前表示，他希望收益率保持在“7以下”的水平，即低于10%。

然而，战争、能源冲击、巨额联邦预算赤字，以及市场对沃什改革美联储的不确定性，均表明这一目标短期内难以实现。相反，收益率进一步上涨至1%的风险似乎更为迫切。这或许促使贝森特决定干预汇市，支撑日元。

华盛顿对国债收益率进一步上行的担忧，解释了为何罕见地与日本采取协调行动。一个问题浮现：若东京要支撑日元，华盛顿更希望其不抛售任何持有的100万美国国债。

在国内方面，非农就业人数意外下降、前几个月数据的向下修正，以及低于预期的通胀数据，已削减了美联储加息预期，尤其是自2007年以来，未来一年内加息两次（每次25个基点）的预期已完全反映在利率期货市场中，较几周前的三次预期有所下降。

定于周三（7月6日）发布的报告将成为市场的下一个重大考验。强劲的数据可能使9月加息预期升温，从而缓解债券市场长端的上行压力。而意外下滑的数据则可能再推迟一个月——如果数据表现极度疲软，甚至可能让市场认为美联储落后于形势，从而将10年期国债收益率推低至1%。

无论哪种结果，对特朗普先生或贝森特先生而言都难言宽慰，但其中一种情况可能比另一种带来的痛苦更少。

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AI超大规模云服务商打破盈利季股价波动常规

萨吉尔·奥达尔·阿纳 纽约报道

在本轮财报季中，AI和超大规模云服务公司（hyperscaler）的股价在财报发布后出现了超出常规的波动，颠覆了以往小型公司业绩通常主导股价大幅波动的历史格局。ORETS的期权分析数据显示了这一变化。

在以往的财报季中，早期通常由市场龙头企业主导，包括El Morgan Chase和富国银行等金融巨头、新泽西州提前发布业绩的零售商，以及苹果、微软、英伟达和Meta等超大型科技巨头。而小型公司的业绩则通常在财报季后期才成为市场焦点。

过去10年的市场，

ORETS业务负责人表示：“近几周，公司的财报表现趋于中性，与早期AI和超大规模云服务公司财报引发的超常波动形成鲜明对比。”

包括亚马逊、微软、谷歌和Meta在内的一些最大型超大规模云服务商，其股价在财报发布后的波动幅度明显大于以往季度，投资者对AI资本支出是否带来回报的评估态度激进，导致股价剧烈震荡。

ORETS数据显示，在第二季度财报季启动的第一周（从7月中旬开始），购买跨式期权（straddle）——一种同时买入看跌期权和看涨期权的策略——的平均收益率最高，而在第二至第四周，该策略的收益则出现萎缩。在过去12个季度的财报季第一周，该策略的平均收益率为25%，而同期平均亏损为1%。第四周的预期收益为平均亏损1%，而历史平均亏损为5%。

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包括亚马逊、微软、谷歌和Meta在内的一些最大型超大规模云服务商，其股价在财报发布后的波动幅度明显大于以往季度。

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加拿大人是否接触了错误的AI层？

养老金计划和退休账户迅速持有在资本规模最大、估值最高的模型公司中的股份

乔治·阿凡马萨罗布 克里斯蒂安·迪佩尔

观点

乔治·阿凡马萨罗布是金融学教授，持有本·格雷厄姆价值投资教席及陆军商学院教职。他目前担任国家价值投资前沿理论与实践负责人

克里斯蒂安·迪佩尔是陆军商学院的经济学家

上一篇专栏明确指出，没有任何模型公司能够论证哪些人工智能企业最终将脱颖而出。

OpenAI是AI领域中财务最脆弱的公司之一，因为它们是单一产品实体，向一个拥有免费开源模型的市场销售商品化产品。这表明，这些公司的资本需求假设了它们尚未证明的盈利能力。实际上，这些公司最有可能在被出售时成为救助对象。

近期的事态发展已经结束，但它们揭示的数据显示：加拿大投资组合正迅速面临风险。

7月14日，英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋发表了一封公开信——《开放权重与态度：AI领导力》——由这家科技巨头牵头，并由微软、Meta、IBM、Intel、思科、Hugging Face、Perplexity、ServiceNow、Andrenzen等公司签署，其中最值得注意的是加拿大人拥有的Cohere公司。

双权重模型是指公开发布庞大的数字文件，这些文件编码了模型通过训练学到的所有内容。Meta的Llama、法国的Mistral和中国的DeepSeek都是例子。它们是免费的，可以下载并在自己的机器上零成本运行。

专有模型，包括OpenAI的GPT、Anthropic的Claude和谷歌的Gemini，则是闭源权重。它们只能在供应商的服务器上、按供应商的价格进行测试，且供应商能看到每一条查询。

全球三家销售访问最佳闭源模型的公司——OpenAI、Anthropic和谷歌——均未签署黄仁勋的信件。这表明行业试图将AI技术栈的哪一层商品化。

信件的签署者主要是平台和企业软件公司。它们不希望外国实验室破坏与客户的运营关系。它们都从链条的其他环节获利，因此都希望原始智能变得廉价且可互换。

黄仁勋写道：“如果你拥有自己的AI，无论它是开放的还是来自何处，使用量都会增加，销售的英伟达计算机就会更多，构建的数据系统也会更多。”英伟达在呼吁模型开放的同时，保持其计算统一设备架构（CUDA）——实际锁定客户的软件——的专有性。这个联盟中的每一方都在呼吁他人开放。

这正是我们几周前提出的观点。行业似乎有效地认识到，模型层将成为一种商品。也就是说，利润率将趋近于零。

数据应当清楚地表明这一点。独立基准测试机构Artificial Analysis对每个主要模型进行了相同的严格测试，包括指导、层级科学、竞赛数学、编码和营销推理。该机构随后将模型评分汇总为一个单一指标，并称其为100th genus Index。这是行业最接近标准化记分牌的工具，且公开透明。

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开放权重模型是指公开发布经过训练后编码模型全部知识的庞大数字文件。Meta 的 Llama、法国的 Mental 以及中国的 DeepSeek 和 Open 都是例子。它们免费提供，可以下载并在自有设备上零成本运行。

榜首是全球最封闭的专有模型。Anthropic 的 Claude Open 5 得分为 60.7。位列第四、领先于 Claude Open 及所有 ChatGPT 版本的是 8200，来自北京单发 AI 实验室，得分 67.3。仅 三个百分点 的差距，将最昂贵的闭源模型与北京打造的最佳免费开放权重模型分隔开来。

因此，美国 AI 公司签署了 Huang 公开信，赞扬开放权重。该信发表于开放市场在上海安亭崛起之际，当时中国国家主席习近平在世界人工智能大会主旨演讲中承诺，中国 AI 生态系统将拥抱开源。

与之形成鲜明对比的是，没有一家美国实验室承诺发布 十四 个开放权重模型。美国领先的开放发布来自 Thinking Machines Lab（Nahing，于 7 月 1 日发布），在 St. Artificial Analysis 的评测中仅覆盖一个月。

与此同时，华盛顿已决定将专有 十四 视为战略资产，并开始将其作为一项卓越的排他性资产加以保护，以对抗 Monoshot 及其他中国实验室。

这一事件使美国 AI 生态系统与其政府直接对立。Huang 公开信呼吁政策制定者停止将“合法模型开发技术”与滥用混为一谈。这是业界在告诉华盛顿，停止保护它已决定要保护的东西。

生态系统决心将模型层商品化，而政府则决心捍卫它。

对许多用户而言，那一年开放权重最有力的论据竟是由美国政府无意中提供的。至少在 32 日，美国商务部工业与安全局与 Anthropos 联合发布了一封未公开的信函，对其免费公开模型 Claude Falke 和 Claude Myfro 实施出口管制。Anthropos 不得不为地球上的每一位外国公民（包括其自身的外籍员工）申请双重许可——这是 2026 年欧洲国家统一要求的结果。

该限制 10 天后被撤销，但这一时间足以证明性能的不可预测性，并让每一位美国境外的首席技术官意识到：外国政府可以随时无预警地切断其公司的模型访问权限。这一旨在保护美国前沿技术的行动，反而成为开放权重阵营今年最有效的广告。

周一，这一局面进一步明朗。Meta CEO 马克·扎克伯格呼吁美国在 2026 年统一开放 十四 个模型，以应对中国的贸易竞争。Meta 本周刚刚发布了一款名为 Muse Element 的新开放权重模型。扎克伯格在声明中表示，美国需要在没有其产品的情况下领导开放权重模型。

几周前我们得出的结论，如今有了更充分的证据支撑：被刻意商品化的层级，正是承载最多资本和最高估值的部分。推动这一商品化进程的公司，恰恰是那些在其他领域获利的企业。

加拿大的新闻也被迫卷入这一层级的竞争，通过指数基金的压力计划和退休账户的默认选项。很难看清这些资金究竟投向了技术栈的哪一部分——无论是通过指数史密斯领域的被动配置，还是退休账户的默认选择。

对于任何理解这一周期的人来说，问题不在于哪个模型获胜。

问题在于谁拥有 5 的能力、10 的数据、工作流程以及围绕模型的权限——或者谁恰好在本季度领先。这些要素——而非模型本身——才是真正的财富所在。

华尔街下跌，因美伊和谈希望渺茫；多伦多证券交易所微涨

周二，华尔街股市走低，亚马逊和Alphabet股价下挫，因投资者对中东地区的和平前景愈发悲观。加拿大主要股指收盘接近当日低点，尽管盘中一度上涨。

伊朗最高国家安全委员会新任秘书长表示，只要美国不改变其行为并接受伊朗的条件，冲突将持续。布伦特原油期货价格接近一周高位，而标普500能源板块指数上涨1.4%。“数月来的情况一直如此，很难达成对各方都有利的协议。油价略有上涨，反映出围绕这一问题的不确定性增加，”肯塔基州路易斯维尔Excel投资公司的投资策略分析师Mayfield表示。“市场显然对利益冲突存在巨大需求。这并未像许多人想象的那样成为重大逆风。”

亚马逊下跌2.4%，Alphabet下跌3.8%，双双拖累标普500指数，周二大多数股票走低。

标普500指数下跌0.28%。尽管标普500指数下跌，上涨股票与下跌股票的比例为0.16比1。

强劲的季度业绩帮助标普500指数上周创下历史新高，而本周该指数较6月创下的历史最高收盘点位下跌约0.1%——微软和亚马逊在人工智能数据中心的重金投资也提振了市场情绪。

未来两天公布的美国消费者和生产者价格通胀数据将对市场预期产生关键影响，因其将为美联储的货币政策路径提供指引。美联储官员Kevin Nealoff此前曾表示希望减少对货币政策的指导。

交易员对美联储9月会议加息的可能性存在分歧。伊朗冲突导致的能源成本上升引发了通胀担忧，并使央行的控制路径复杂化。

标普 / 多伦多证券交易所综合指数上涨9.点，即0.1%，收于19,450点，未能延续周一创下的点数历史收盘高位。

能源和工业板块均上涨0.8%，后者受益于丰业银行上调其16元目标价后，丰业银行股价上涨0.6%。彭博新闻报道称，2026年选举正在推动一项交易，以约350亿加元收购一家公司的少数股权。

公用事业板块上涨1.4%，在债券收益率下降的情况下收复了近期部分跌幅。Vale Holdings的10股上涨3.2%，因该公司公布的季度业绩超出预期。

科技板块拖累多伦多证券交易所，下跌4.7%。

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Sienna高级生活（SAB-TSR） 收盘价$21.16，上涨2%

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巴里克矿业公司与内华达金矿合资企业达成的新协议提供了明确的高额现金注入，金额达58亿加元，并为该合资企业提供了“生存路径”，国家银行分析师Diane Nagle表示。“我们认为这笔交易具有积极意义，因为它为优化Nevada Gold Mines的两个矿床机会铺平了道路，并解决了相关问题，”他说道。

Nagle将巴里克股票的评级维持在“暂停”，并将目标价从$89.9上调至$75.4。共识目标价为$75.4。

塞纳高级生活（SAB-TSR）收盘价 $21.16，上涨 2%

RBC 帝国证券分析师弗朗西斯·比尔·舒克拉表示，在上周发布第二季度财报后，该股票的看涨情绪有所恢复，为投资者提供了一个"Twitter play"的机会，促使他将评级从"积极合作伙伴"升级为"暂停"。他补充道："基于业绩超出我们预期的 2% 结果，运营前景依然强劲。"

目标价：目标价从 $25 调整至 1.6x。市场共识为 $18.33。

UTS 固定资产净资产分析师塔特·莫纳切洛援引"中期前景改善"为由，将 Caffeine Well Service Ltd. 的评级从"积极合作伙伴"升级为"暂停"。他表示："在近期首次全面改革后，UTS 公司在需求增强和结构性效率提升的背景下，有望充分利用北美前景改善的机遇。"

目标价：莫纳切洛的目标价从 $7.9 上调。市场共识为 $7.9。

加拿大轮胎公司（Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd.）将于 12, 2018 周四盘前公布第二季度业绩。道明证券分析师克里斯·卢预计将看到"持续受益于 Tran North 计划（医疗利润率扩张和良好的成本控制）、消费需求韧性、增值举措以及世界杯带来的提振（SpentSoda）"。

目标价：维持"买入"评级。卢将目标价从 $10 上调。市场共识为 $21.25。

初级分析师吉克·麦吉尔认为，投资者正在"讨论 Gold Xa Mining Inc. 位于安大略省北部、持股 10% 的 Moss 项目的潜在基础设施优势和利润率前景"。他还强调，该公司领导团队拥有"显著的项目推进能力和 1m2 经验"，并将这家公司评级为"买入"。

目标价：Xa 的目标价高于 $11.2 的市场共识。

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去年最大的一笔交易——奎因·休斯（Quinn Hughes）加盟明尼苏达野狼队——的基础是自豪感和前景。然而，真正重要的是道德框架。人们曾认为，休斯离开温哥华后，会做出正确的选择，长期效力野狼队。

如今，休斯该兑现承诺了，但他并没有。他的现有合同仅剩下一个赛季，且已经有资格续约六周，却毫无动静。

甚至有人泄露了他可能签下的合同——三年，每赛季1000万美元美元。这份合同足够诱人，能让他成为NHL薪资最高的后卫，但期限又足够短，让他可以在合同结束后重回市场。

按照NHL长期以来的处事方式，这已经是一份超出公平范围的报价。任何一名团队球员、更衣室里的好人都不会拒绝这样的合同。但休斯显然拒绝了。至少，他没有立即接受。

科罗拉多州的情况也类似。联盟中另一位顶级后卫凯尔·马卡尔（Cale Makar）的合同也只剩一年。他同样有资格续约，但同样毫无动静。

马卡尔不爱雪崩队吗？他不够友善吗？雪崩队为他做的一切都不重要了吗？

仿佛冰球运动员们开始脱离联盟的“爱心思维”，开始有了自己的想法，甚至是欲望。过去几十年来运作的基础正在瓦解。

这一切的推动力是疫情后薪资上限的飙升。资金阀门早已打开，但费城飞人队率先利用了这一点。

他们向安纳海姆的莱奥·卡尔森（Leo Carlsson）开出了一份五年、1978至8000万美元的报价单，引发了抢签潮。这笔金额对于一个可能只是优秀而非顶级的球员来说有些离谱。但飞人队能怎么办？放走卡尔森？那等于放弃并重新开始。

安纳海姆别无选择，只能匹配了这份报价。有几天，卡尔森成为了NHL历史上薪资最高的球员。

在一切尘埃落定后的采访中，卡尔森被问的第一个问题是：“你为什么签下这份报价单？”

“我不知道。因为薪资上限？”

你能想象一位NFL四分卫或足球巨星被问这个问题吗？为什么你接受这笔钱来工作，而你本可以用更少的薪水做同样的工作，这还能真正帮到球队，以及拥有球队的亿万富翁？

卡尔森事件之后，其他更优秀的球员意识到，联盟手中握有的资金远比以往支付的多，他们想要尽可能多地拿到。同时，他们也意识到，长期以来避免在公开场合讨论金额的传统，只对谈判的一方有利。

此外，还有一种新的恐惧：变得富有，却仍然做出错误的决定。2006年，内森·麦金农（Nathan MacKinnon）签下了一份年均1260万美元美元的合同。这本身没问题。但现在看来，合同期限——八年——却显得糟糕。

明年，麦金农的薪水将只有卡尔森的三分之二。当卡尔森的合同到期时，他仍然是个年轻人。而当麦金农的合同结束时，他将步入职业生涯的黄金晚期。

再过两年，你觉得麦金农的合同会是什么样子？如果薪资上限继续上涨，麦金农的收入可能只相当于一支无法自控的球队的三线中锋。

一个对生活有健康看法的人可能不会在意。我的意思是，富有就是富有，但职业运动员在乎。他们非常在乎。

难怪没有人愿意轻易做出决定。今年夏天与去年夏天截然不同。如果明年夏天依然如此呢？© RESLY, 813

谢尔泽、施奈德再次遭遇罕见“第四出局”规则

马蒂·克莱恩梅格

周一，一群困惑的蓝鸟队球员站在球员休息区，等待美国职业棒球大联盟（MLB）对一场奇特的比赛做出裁决。马克斯·谢尔泽已经知道结果会是什么。

在 14, 2009 当时效力于亚利桑那响尾蛇队的他，裁判员援引了罕见的“第四出局”规则，判给洛杉矶道奇队一分。

“这绝对是我见过的最离奇的比赛，现在我已经见过两次了，”这位 40 岁的投手周二在多伦多罗杰斯中心对阵波士顿的四连赛第二场前说道，“我知道结果会怎样。”

棒球界议论纷纷的这场奇特事件发生在第七局上半。一二垒有人，无人出局，弗拉基米尔·格雷诺夫在一垒接住一个低平球后踩上垒包，以为自己在空中接住了球，裁判最初判定为双杀。然而，当他们意识到球落地后，

裁判员在第七局比赛中聚集讨论判罚，蓝鸟队与红袜队在多伦多罗杰斯中心的比赛现场。COLE BURSTON / GETTY IMAGES

判罚被修正为一记二垒传杀，一三垒有人，一人出局。然而，当时由 MLB 操作的记分牌上明确显示已有两人出局。

下一位击球员打出一个轻松的中外野高飞球，外野手接住后传向一垒，完成双杀，因为一垒跑垒员在未触垒的情况下提前跑向二垒。与此同时，三垒跑垒员跑回本垒。双方都以为局数已结束。

事情变得更加复杂。波士顿临时主教练查德·特雷西提出异议，称跑垒员安东尼·里格尔在第三出局完成前已经跑回本垒。

一片混乱。裁判组似乎和所有人一样困惑，致电纽约的 MLB 总部进行商议。经过 10 分钟的延误后，最终裁决宣布：跑垒员得分，尽管官方仍称此为牺牲高飞球双杀。

至于一名球员如何在官方认定的牺牲高飞球双杀中得分，恐怕谁也说不清。© BLUE, 2005, 813

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里奇·拉里亚希望与多伦多 FC 一同冲击季后赛

多伦多 FC 将于周六在 BMO 球场迎来世界杯后的首场主场比赛，对手为新英格兰革命队

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保罗·阿特拉尔德

里奇·拉里亚知道这将同样适用。

两个月前的今天，这位多面后卫在BMO球场近40,000名热情球迷面前首发出场，帮助加拿大队在世界杯预选赛中以1:1的比分逆转战平波黑队，为全国观众拉开了比赛序幕。

本周六，多伦多FC将在同一场地迎战新英格兰革命队，回到自5月初以来的首个主场比赛，届时能有多少球迷到场尚不得知——该球场现已将容量缩减至略低于20,000人。

回归现实在所难免。

“我知道情况会有所不同，”拉里亚周日表示。“当我们为加拿大队比赛时，一切都以不同的方式呈现，我相信世界杯后一切将回到从前。”

在上个月加拿大队令人失望地止步16强后，这位拥有10年职业生涯的老将仅休息了1天后便回到家乡球队训练，但他表示“感觉并不在状态”。“我就待在这里，”他说，“累到发霉。”

自那以后，他已连续四场为多伦多FC在MLS联赛中首发，每场均打满10分钟，并在两周前于夏洛特举行的2018年MLS杯比赛中替补出场10分钟。

2018年7月11日，多伦多FC的里奇·拉里亚在黄色体育场对阵纽约城足球俱乐部的比赛中担任前卫（详见下文）

对于一支在联赛世界杯间歇期前已濒临季后赛边缘的球队而言，拉里亚及其他加拿大国脚（南部锋线）的回归本应受到欢迎，但战绩却不尽如人意。在过去的四场比赛中，多伦多FC仅从12个可得积分中拿到3分，目前在东部联盟排名第九，落后第九个即最后一个季后赛席位1个积分，而联赛仅剩10场比赛。

正如拉里亚周二所言，从参与国家队历史性大赛到回归日常俱乐部比赛的心理调整过程绝非易事。

“说实话，从世界杯下来后直接投入比赛真的很难。我记得自己只休息了1天——具体多少天不太清楚，大概五六天吧——然后我们就去蒙特利尔客场比赛了，”拉里亚说。

你希望能够抓住这个夏天国家队带来的绝佳机会

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这个夏天的记忆将永存心间。这位后卫将在BMO球场的揭幕战、加拿大队对伊斯梅尔·阿尔内的致敬，以及内弗·库尼亚在对阵摩洛哥的16强比赛中伤停补时阶段的绝杀进球视为个人世界杯生涯的巅峰时刻。

事实上，拉里亚表示，他仍能感受到2018年6月10日在BMO球场对阵美国队时，拉丁球员在最后时刻扳平比分时现场观众带来的电流般的兴奋感。

“那种感觉，那种在关键时刻流遍全身的兴奋感，我至今仍时常回味，”他说。

尽管他希望部分能量能在本周末BMO球场的比赛中延续，但他也表示，推动这项运动迈向新高度并利用日益增长的关注度，需要这个国家的许多社会群体共同努力。

“我想现在俱乐部拥有了一股强大的不可逆转的力量，能够继续点燃这种热情，”拉里亚说。“我们必须抓住这个夏天国家队带来的绝佳机会，将其转化为多伦多FC的动力，让我们的比赛重回正轨，将俱乐部带向新的高度，赢得奖杯，并让球迷重返球场。”

以下是忠实于原文的中文翻译：

为此，拉里亚本周向球队支持者致信，表示他们正处于自2020年以来首次进入季后赛的关键时刻。目前4胜9负的多伦多FC（TFC）亟需尽快扭转战局。

但拉里亚深知球队起伏之快——自2018赛季以来，TFC在场上表现起伏不定，末段虽未能取暖（unheated）却仍凭借积分追平得分，最终晋级MLS杯赛。他明白失误可能瞬间改变局势。

“在这个联赛中，一旦你开始连胜，积累几场胜利，进入良性循环，局面就会迅速扭转，”他说道，“舆论变化极快，战绩也会随之改善。一旦开始赢球，一切都会变得顺利。”

不过，当谈及个人观点时，拉里亚对近期球队内部的戏剧性变化避而不谈，仅表示“1000件事中的每一件”都有其背后的原因。

“老实说，我们可以整天讨论这个话题，”他说道。但他补充称，对上月加拿大总理Mahmoud Fadjovment承诺投入10（十）改善全国体育信息的举措感到欣喜。

“这是我从未见过的局面，”他说道，“现在所有人都对足球充满热情。我认为大家都已开始期待四年后的下一届世界杯，因为本届世界杯让所有人团结在了一起。”

MLR

美国联盟

胜 / 负 / 得分率 / 胜差

都灵德拉 / 31 / 40 / 22 / 4 曼城 / 34 / 41 / 100 / 9 萨卡特 / 34 / 35 / 6 米尔敦 / 34 / 42 / 100 / 10 多伦多 / 27 / 25 / 23 | 影院移民 | | | | | 芝加哥 / 32 / 34 / 33 / 1 芝加哥 / 32 / 42 / 31 布里斯托尔 / 32 / 40 / 30 / 31 克利夫兰 / 32 / 42 / 4 黎巴嫩 / 32 / 35 / 40 / 25

土耳其

休斯顿 / 34 / 100 / 7

迈阿密 / 32 / 33 / 34 / 3 奥克利 / 32 / 42 亚特兰大 / 32 / 100 / 22 哥伦比亚 / 42 / 36 / 120 / 22

马耳他

Toronto J. B. Burton I.
Minneapolis N. Mishawani I.
Houston J. A. Murphy I. B. Kerrang
Newport J. M. Williams I.

墨尔本

MT Times Eastern
Philadelphia B. M. C. of Minnesota (Phil)
Newark N. M. L. W. Lee
Toronto (B. M. C. of Minnesota) (T. M. L. W. Lee)
New York (B. M. C. of Minnesota) (T. M. L. W. )
Buffalo (M. L. W. ) N. Y. K. M. M. M M. M. M. M.
Buffalo (M. L. W. ) N. Y. K. M. M. M M. M. M.

跨联盟

| Toronto | | Corona and the Chicago MRA in two | | Houston and San Francisco | | Oregon City at La. B. B. B B. B. B. B. B. |

周一

| Toronto A. San Francisco A. B. B. B B. B. B. |

美国东部时间

| Toronto (B. M. C. of ) | | Washington, D. C. of | | Washington, D. C. of | | New York D. C. of |

住宅 42.5%（2019年为7.5%） 8月12日，晚上9:15

国家联盟

| 东区 | | | | | 胜 / 负 / 得分率 / 胜差 亚特兰大 / 31 / 32 / 24 费城 / 33 / 25 迈阿密 / 32 / 25 华盛顿 / 33 / 25 华盛顿 / 33 / 25 | 影院移民 | | | | | 密尔沃基 / 35 / 32 / 1 芝加哥 / 35 / 32 / 1 圣路易斯 / 33 / 25 费城 / 33 / 25 辛辛那提 / 33 / 25

| WESTERN DIVISION | | Los Angeles / 31 Los Angeles / 31 | | 31 | | | 31 |

| Washington — AT Times Eastern | | Washington, D. C. of St. Louis / 31 Atlanta (A. C. of St. ) / 31 Colorado Springs (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) / 31 Chicago (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) / 31 Chicago (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) / 31

CPL

CP / 16 / 7 / 27 / 24 / 30 汉密尔顿 / 17 / 13 / 11 / 25 / 9 / 7 卡尔加里 / 14 / 13 / 2 / 31 / 11 / 9 圣所 / 15 / 12 / 5 / 25 / 10 / 8 芝加哥 / 13 / 12, 9 / 6 / 21 / 10 休斯顿 / 13 / 12, 9 / 6 / 21 / 10 布法罗 / 13 / 12, 9 / 6 / 21 / 10 多伦多 / 13 / 12, 9 / 6 / 21 / 10 布法罗 / 13 / 12, 9 / 6 / 21 / 10

周五 — 美国东部时间 全国新泽西州，晚上9点

| CARABANK NEW'S CLUB | | JOCO'S CHAMPIONSHIP |

季后赛

| MONTERO (A) | | | Toronto | | | Boston (T. M. L. W L. W. L. W L. W. | |

MLS

东部赛区

积分 / 场次 / 胜 / 平 / 负 / 胜差

夏洛特 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 芝加哥 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 新英格兰 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 芝加哥 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 圣路易斯 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 辛辛那提 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 夏洛特 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 纽约红牛 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 圣路易斯 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 哥伦布 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 多伦多 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 费城 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15 亚特兰大 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 / 15

东部赛区

卡姆登 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10

W. 1 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 St. / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 休斯顿 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 布法罗 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 St. / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 西雅图 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 波特兰 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 明尼阿波利斯 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 科罗拉多 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 . / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 圣迭戈 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10 西雅图 / 27 / 2 / 4 / 15 / 10

周六

| MT Times | | | Cincinnati (A. C. of . ) | | | Columbus (A. C. of . ) | | | N.Y. at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. | | | N.Y. Red Bulls (A. C. of . ) | | | New England (A. C. of . ) | | | N.Y. College at Houston, 6:30 p.m. | | | N.Y. at Louisville, 6:30 p.m. | | | Minneapolis (A. C. of . ) | | | . (A. C. of . ) | | | San Diego (A. C. of . ) | |

联赛杯 2020

| TORAL (A) | | | Toronto | | | Toronto (B. M. C. of Toronto) (T. M. L. W L. W. L. W L. W. | | | Washington (A) Times | | | Washington (B) | | | (C) | | | (D) | | | (E) | | | (F) | |

周三

| MT | | | Atlanta (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | | | Houston (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | | | Nashville (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | | | Houston (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | |

WNBA

东部赛区

胜 / 负 / 胜率差 / 胜场差

亚特兰大 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 亚特兰大 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 华盛顿 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 纽约 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 芝加哥 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4 多伦多 / 30 / 32 / 2 / 4

西部赛区

胜 / 负 / 胜率差 / 胜场差

杰克逊维尔 / 27 / 7 俄亥俄州坎顿 / 27 / 7 拉斯维加斯 / 27 / 7 达拉斯 / 27 / 7 波特兰 / 27 / 7 休斯顿 / 27 / 7 休斯顿 / 27 / 7

周二

| New York at Indiana | | | Pittsburgh | | | Washington at Las Vegas | | | Tuesdays | | | Atlanta (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis) | | | Washington (C. C. of . ) | | | Washville (A. C. of . ) | | | Tuesdays | | | Atlanta (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | |

CEBL 季后赛

| CEBL PALLS | | | 2nd of 10 | | | MINNEAPOLIS (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | | | Nashville (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | | | Columbus (A. C. of . ) (B. C. of . ) | |

CPL

| 东部赛区 | | | | | 积分 / 胜 / 负 / 净胜分 休斯顿 / 6 / 20 多伦多 / 6 / 20 休斯顿 / 6 / 20 渥太华 / 6 / 20

| 西部赛区 | | | | | 沃尔伍德 / 6 / 20 密尔沃基 / 6 / 20 芝加哥 / 6 / 20

| 西部赛区 | | | | | 威奇托 / 6 / 20

| 匹兹堡 | | | | | | 东部时间 | | | | | | 波士顿 (T. M. L. W L. W. L. W ) | | | | |

| 全国新泽西州，晚上9点 | | | | | | 周六新泽西州，晚上7点 | | | | |

ATP / WIN巡回赛

国家银行公开赛

机场 / --- | 霍桑 | | | | | | 凤凰城 | | | | | | 凤凰城 (圣路易斯A. C.) | | | | | | 圣迭戈 (T. M. L. W L. W. L. W ) | | | | | | 机场—西雅图周 | | | | | | 机场 (T. M. L. W L. W. L. W | | | | | | 机场 (圣路易斯A. C.) (B C. of .) (B. C. of

| AT Toronto | | | | |

| Hamilton | | | | | | Punta | | | | | | Tucson | | | | | | Toronto | | | | | | New York (A. C. of St. Louis) | | | | | | San Diego (T. M. L. W L. W. L. W L. W. | | | | | | TUCSON—SEATTLEWEEKS | | | | | | Tucson (A. C. of St. Louis) (B C. of . ) (B. C. of . 1) | | | | |

| EXCHANGE—SEATTLEWEEKS | | | | |

| Tucson (A. C. of . ) (B C. of . ) (B. C. of . 2) | | | | |

| EXCHANGE—SEATTLEWEEKS | | | | | | Tucson (A. C. of . ) (B C. of . ) (B. C. 2) | | | | |

REPORT ON BUSINESS 813

安德鲁·贝克四度出任加拿大高山滑雪协会新任负责人

贝克将领导加拿大高山滑雪协会，业余体育将获得联邦政府资金注入

唐娜·斯宾塞 / 8月

安德鲁·贝克希望在他即将晋升为加拿大高山滑雪协会主席兼首席执行官后，收获他曾帮助挽救的成果。

他将接替特里丝·本森，后者在任6年后出任加拿大主流组织（Main Canada）首席执行官。

贝克曾在加拿大奥委会担任多个职务长达21年，最近担任首席执行官的首席对外事务官，他将于9月加入加拿大高山滑雪协会。

加拿大高山滑雪协会负责高山滑雪、自由式滑雪（障碍追逐）和滑雪越野赛事。根据该组织2022年年度报告，全国约有20,000名注册赛手和2,200名教练。

该组织还在加拿大举办国际世界杯赛事。

计划于12月在北多米尼加（美国）举办一对女子大回转赛事。2020年还将举办一场世界杯滑雪越野赛。

贝克加入加拿大高山滑雪协会之际，正值另一个奥运周期的开始，该周期将迎来在法国阿尔卑斯山举行的冬季奥运会。

这位来自蒙特利尔的25岁青年曾致力于代表国家体育组织游说，争取增加核心资金。

联邦政府4月宣布，未来五年将向高绩效竞技体育注入10 亿加元资金，之后每年降至400万加元。其中，1000百万加元将在五年内拨付，4百万加元将在之后直接拨给加拿大高山滑雪协会等国家体育组织：

“这是加拿大体育界一个非常激动人心的时刻，”贝克表示。“吸引我的不仅是这项运动的历史，以及这项运动中卓越的传统，还有目前在高山滑雪、滑雪越野和自由式滑雪三个项目中展现的卓越表现。

“我在加拿大奥委会工作多年，近年来我们一直在倡导，如果能更好地资助和支持运动员，他们不仅能在竞技表现上取得更大潜力，还能将这种潜力传承给下一代。

“这种倡导如今得以付诸实践，能与国家体育组织合作，将这种潜力变为现实，这让我感到非常兴奋。”

滑雪越野在国际上属于自由式滑雪项目，但加拿大高山滑雪协会在国内将其作为独立运动项目管理。

加拿大高山滑雪协会实现了其2020年全面战略规划中设定的世锦赛和奥运会（包括残奥会）奖牌目标。

但在2022.2月的米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥会上，加拿大在高山滑雪和滑雪越野项目中未能获得任何奖牌。自2016年滑雪越野成为奥运项目以来，加拿大选手在每届奥运会上均登上该项目领奖台。

加拿大自由式滑雪运动员在意大利获得一枚银牌和四枚铜牌。

“也许米兰-科尔蒂纳的成绩并未完全反映我们在团队持续表现中的真实水平，我认为这方面还有改进空间，但他们仍在世界杯赛季和奥运会上持续取得可信的成绩，尽管可能未达到规划中的预期水平，但总有更多工作要做，”贝克表示。

加拿大不再举办世界杯速降赛或超级大回转赛。

艾伯塔省路易斯湖的男子和女子速降赛事长达30年，于2022年结束，当时加拿大高山滑雪协会认为在卡尔加里以西的国家公园内举办世界杯赛事已不再具有经济可行性。

不列颠哥伦比亚省的惠斯勒或帕诺拉马曾被讨论作为可能的替代地点。

“据我了解，通过这一进程，这仍然是一个重要方面，西海岸曾有男子速度项目，”贝克说。

“具体细节我认为仍需进一步明确，但他们非常希望弥补男子速度项目的缺失。”

联邦政府今年4月还拨款1亿加元，用于未来五年举办国际体育赛事。

最近，该领域在7月宣布投资250亿加元，用于升级帕诺拉马和惠斯勒的高山训练中心，以及斯瓦尔克斯卡（Mi Beach）的滑雪越野赛项目。

“从2020年法国阿尔卑斯山的领奖台之路开始，一条强大的防守人才培养管道正在形成，我认为随着政府新近宣布的资金支持，无论是项目运营还是我们在国家训练中心看到的基础设施建设，未来四年他们将有更大机会获得所需资源，”贝克说。

加拿大通讯社

加拿大与美国网球协会在国家银行公开赛期间会面讨论推广网球运动

雷切尔·布雷迪

在加拿大和美国政治领导人关系紧张之际，两国北美网球协会的成员却在周一晚上共同参与了一场富有成效的会议。

美国网球协会（United States Tennis Association）的成员周一在多伦多与加拿大网球协会（Tennis Canada）会面，交流双方共同面临的一大挑战：如何让更多人以更实惠、更便捷的方式参与网球运动。

在国家银行公开赛（National Bank Open）的管理层活动进行之际，两国网球协会的场地开发人员在幕后交流想法。尽管双方的高水平运动员在世界舞台上相互竞争，但两国机构在推动网球参与度增长方面有着共同的目标。

他们花了一整天时间分享各种策略，从举办户外泡泡网球活动，到整合不再使用的旧场地并重新规划项目，再到如何与市政当局和合作伙伴建立联盟。任何能帮助他们满足日益增长的需求、激发民众热情的举措都在讨论范围内。

“我们两国都在经历参与度增长的阶段，当人们对打网球产生兴趣时，他们能去哪里打呢？”加拿大网球协会场地开发高级总监阿妮塔·科内拉（Anita Conella）说道，“我无法告诉你我们能做到什么程度，但我们会互相学习。‘我会帮你做这个。’‘我会借鉴你的那个。’这不是为了竞争或故意保留，而是为了分享、扩展和共同成长。”

2020年，超过600万加拿大人打网球，比2020年增加了超过100万名球员。加拿大网球协会表示，该国拥有2020个网球场，但仅有约75%可全年使用，这意味着大多数场地每年只能使用大约四个月。在提供全年网球场地方面，加拿大远落后于其他网球强国。

在美国，2020年网球参与人数增加了1400万，总参与人数达到4750万的新高。美国设定了到2020年实现360万人参与的目标，几乎占美国人口的30%。

尽管两国的数字差异巨大，但参与度增长的趋势相同——新移民的加入推动了这一增长。

“我们都看到参与人数逐年大幅增长。作为一项世界性运动，移民来到美国时往往带来了对这项运动的浓厚兴趣，”美国网球协会基础设施管理总监克里斯·伊恩·卡布拉尔（Chris Ian Cabral）表示。

“如果场地无法以人们负担得起的价格提供，或者无法满足需求，那么就无法吸引新球员，也无法保持这种上升势头。”

美国网球协会列举了部分具体增长领域：女性参与人数增长了100%，非裔美国人增长了100%，西班牙裔和拉丁裔增长了100%，亚太裔球员增长了100%。

科内拉表示，在加拿大，网球被列为最受欢迎的三大运动之一。在加拿大出生和长大的人中，网球位列前五大运动。周一，两国团队分享了在数据和技术方面的经验。

他们讨论了正在使用的工具、与合作伙伴沟通时采用的循证研究，以及如何在公共或休闲区域（如公共游泳池和溜冰场）更好地建设公共网球场。该项目已投资约5000万加元，其中150万加元用于新基础设施，但已带动了超过1亿加元的新基础设施投资。

美国网球协会的资金主要来自美国公开赛的商业成功，而加拿大网球协会的资金则主要来自国家银行公开赛的收入。尽管运营规模不同，但两国面临的挑战相同。

场地开发一直是加拿大网球协会的重中之重，而美国网球协会在了解其两项资助计划后也受到启发。

加拿大网球协会与国家银行合作推出了一项振兴项目

法院。该组织还与罗杰斯公司合作开展一项全年网球项目，计划到2020年建设6个全年开放的网球场，或投资高达2500万美元，与社区合作推动这些项目。每个项目都会获得资金支持，资金来源多样。该项目迄今已投入约5000万美元，最终目标为150万美元，但已带动超过1亿美元的新网球基础设施投入。

他们讨论了在财政困难时期为体育设施筹资的挑战，因此需要依赖众多支持者。这些项目带来的益处包括健康改善、领导力培养和社会凝聚力。

“我们谈论的实际上与其说是网球，不如说是社区建设。”康内拉说道。

蓝鸟队

弗兰克·埃利

如果贝特曼当时将球传向三垒而非一垒，蓝鸟队本可对该球提出申诉，因为跑垒员同样未能触垒。那样的话，这分将被判无效。但此次他们无法申诉，因为球员已离场。

突然间，多伦多原本3比0的领先优势，最终以一分险胜收场。

“这种事我从没见过，”投手黛安·雷伯说，“我第一反应是有人在开玩笑。”

这对内野手厄尼·克莱门特来说也是头一遭。

“the word”这个词并不是“I”的标志。

多伦多主教练约翰·施奈德曾在2020年担任中西部联盟兰辛（密歇根州）潟湖队的主教练时遇到过同样的情况。

“我真的一点都不记得了，”施奈德说，“我尽量不去回想那些日子。”

施奈德表示，周一的这场球如此罕见，以至于双方球队所有人都措手不及。

“裁判尽其所能做了解释，”这位主教练说，“最终他们判得没错。”

“他们告诉我这是条愚蠢的规则，毫无道理。”

投手帕特里克·科宾如今已进入其大联盟生涯的第7个赛季，他说自己从未在比赛中遇到过这种情况。

“我的一次老比赛，”他说。

施奈德表示自己曾是一名优秀球员。他说自己是一名优秀球员。

“我们并不质疑判罚本身，”施罗特说，“我们质疑的是裁判的行为。但判罚是正确的。我打出了一记3比0的好球。”

周一站在球员休息区台阶上目睹这一幕时，施罗特回忆起2020年类似的情形，当时他本可选择传向三垒而非一垒。

“我当时说，‘哦不，哦不，’”施罗特回忆道，“我希望我们队里没人会提起这事，也许裁判会忘记。”

电讯大学膝盖手术，2017 88 / 20-7 / 6周

蓝鸟队投手托尼·约克森加接受了左膝韧带修复手术。约翰·施奈德表示，这位25岁的右投手预计将休战6至8周。

“我们并没有说他今年就此报销，”他说。

“8月某日，约克森加在休斯敦的一场比赛中因腿部出现夹痛感而被换下。在10局比赛中，他保持着2.50的自责分率，且在20局比赛中有20岁和50岁的跑分平均值。”

凯利：只要球队中有吸引眼球的球员，人们就会谈论你

© 弗兰克·埃利

尽管最优秀的球员开始注重财务上的自我管理，但球队也逐渐意识到，高薪明星往往更像是“锚”而非“号召力”。这一认识源于一支球队在赢得斯坦利杯冠军后，年薪超过10亿的卡罗来纳药剂师无名小卒。

卡罗来纳或许是个典型例子，但问题在于——没人会关注一支全由无名小卒组成的球队。真正让球队引人注目的，还是那个“明星”。

这正是休斯的真正价值所在。他是个吸引眼球的磁石。只要球队中有这样的人，人们就会谈论你。

同样的道理，无论贾斯汀·马修斯对利哈伊多么恶劣，他们也无法摆脱他。马修斯已成为利哈伊的“整个女性形象”。为了留住这样的资产，你愿意付出多少钱？我想，最终几乎任何代价都值得。明尼苏达会明白这一点的。

未来几个月，休斯和贝克可能会将谈判期限再延长一年。到那时，谁知道未来名人堂“耻辱者”的身价会涨到什么地步？10 / 10个1000万？还是2500万？

如果这听起来疯狂，那你六个月前对卡洛威的合同又会作何感想？疯狂已成为新常态。

无论休斯提出什么要求，球队都会争相满足，哪怕这会牺牲他们的夺冠机会。因为想象一下，能签下这样的球员会在业内引发多大轰动？至少一周内，你就是营销大师。

如今，推动这10本书——《事情只会变得更好》——背后的逻辑，正在主导每一笔体育交易。

长期以来，通过政策和文化的双重作用，冰球运动一直抵制这种冲动。球员们做正确的事，在被警告时保持沉默，在不被需要时选择离开。这种时代尚未结束，但终结已近在眼前。

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E14 商业报道

《指南与人》

2026年8月12日，星期三

英国唯一绿色车手刷新速度纪录

退役英国皇家空军飞行员驾驶氢动力汽车创造新纪录

哈曼·古根鲍姆 12 / 12 / 18

曾驾驶汽车突破音障的唯一一人，周二再次打破另一项世界纪录，展示了氢动力的实力。

英国车手安迪·格林（Andy Green）驾驶一辆由两台氢内燃发动机提供动力的汽车，总功率达1,000马力，在该车型类别中创下纪录，据PFL downtime International Air Force timetable（国际汽联赛车运动部门负责人）介绍。这位4q岁的退役皇家空军飞行员驾驶一辆由英国工程设备制造商KEL设计的2件式汽车，在邦纳维尔盐滩以15,000-110,000的速度疾驰。发动机改装自该公司未来机械设备，通过mix prevarious hydrogen per-echo air并点燃产生动力。

“能够在这世界上最好的赛道表面展示并找到更多能量，实在太棒了。”格林在试跑后说道。

16年前，周二的这辆车并未挑战音障纪录。当年，他驾驶“Thrust 100,”——一辆夹在两台巨型喷气发动机之间的黑色针状车，创下了1,027,000公里 / 小时的绝对纪录，成为首位突破音障的车手。他的试跑在内华达州黑岩沙漠进行，汽车产生的son-le booms震动了附近科博尔德（Corbals）的房屋。

2007,年，格林还创下了柴油动力汽车的陆地速度纪录——10.4, 6公里 / 小时，在邦纳维尔盐滩。周二，他带着用氢动力超越该纪录的目标重返赛场，并称氢气为“未来的燃料”。

在挑战柴油速度纪录时，格林打破了此前1,000公里 / 小时的氢内燃世界纪录。他有10公里的直线距离加速。数十名10.8名工作人员和记者通过摄像机和双筒望远镜远距离观看。

格林表示，周二驾驶的车内环境“可能比1994年空气动力车的条件稍好”，当时车内温度常超过24°C。

“不过，我为此训练了four个月，包括健身房训练和适应高G力环境。”他说道。邦纳维尔盐滩位于盐湖城以西约200公里处，during a shallow supple that costs the time。这里的低湿度和干燥沙漠空气有助于提升速度，自1994年首次比赛以来一直吸引着车手。

“看起来像雪，触感也有点像压实的雪——出乎意料地滑。”格林说道。

格林首次参赛时已对高速不陌生。当时他正驾驶超音速军用喷气机，偶然看到一则英国报纸广告，招募高速车手突破音障。

周二，格林虽未达到超音速，但KEL的工程师希望他驾驶氢动力汽车的成绩能撼动清洁能源行业。

该公司董事长曾表示，氢能比电力更能应对工业需求的增长。氢气的清洁程度取决于其来源，100,%目前仍由化石燃料生产。KEL发动机使用“绿氢”——通过可再生能源制造，但仅占全球氢气产量的极小部分。

此类技术的概念与发展 已存在多年，过去几年间 他曾面临紧急情况，密歇根大学 可持续系统领域的392,000专家格雷格·克肖（Greg Kershaw）表示。 克肖负责该校30.8氢能倡议项目， 并担任该校可持续系统主管。

许多大型汽车制造商 已开发出氢气先进燃烧发动机 或氢燃料电池技术，但 氢气的高成本仍是 气体和溶胶应用的主要障碍。Ka- rohan表示。

“它代表着为经济中 难以脱碳的领域提供能源转型的重要途径，” 他说道，“至于其部署，则高度依赖 成本。”

他指出，新兴的关注点在于 从天然矿藏中提取氢气， 而非通过水电解分离，这一前景 可能大幅降低成本。

美联社

堪萨斯城外接手拉什尼·赖斯

结束30天监禁

戴夫·苏雷塔 密苏里州圣约瑟夫报道

堪萨斯城外接手拉什尼·赖斯将今年夏天在得克萨斯州监狱度过的30天形容为一次“炙热的经历”和“焊接般的冲击”——他通过从膝盖手术中康复，并观看大量喜剧演员凯文·哈特的节目来保持精神振奋，才熬了过来。

这位30岁的赖斯于5月30日被关押在达拉斯县监狱，原因是违反了缓刑规定。此前他因卷入一起导致多人受伤的得克萨斯州高速公路车祸而受到指控。在判决前一周，他刚刚接受了右膝手术，以清理去年大部分赛季一直困扰他的碎片，造成铟-炎症。

赖斯于6月获释，并与四分卫帕特里克·马霍尼一同返回康复训练——后者也在接受膝盖韧带修复手术后的康复——在堪萨斯城的训练设施为训练营的开始做准备。

“很艰难。精神上很艰难，”赖斯周二在谈及狱中经历时表示，这是这位外接手首次公开谈论他的休赛期。

“他们给了我与队友和运动训练师沟通的方式。除了第一次经历这种情况，我努力保持积极——尽可能多看凯文·哈特的节目来笑一笑，并与外面的队友保持联系。”

赖斯在能够上场时表现出色，共接球推进5,737码，场均1.4次达阵，并帮助堪萨斯城在1992赛季后赢得超级碗。但他也因车祸后的禁赛和多次伤病缺席比赛，导致在联盟前三个赛季中仅出战10场。

即将到来的赛季无疑是他迄今为止最重要的一个赛季。

赖斯不仅需要向越来越多的质疑者证明自己，他还面临新秀合同的最后一年。无论是想在堪萨斯城还是其他地方签下一份长期丰厚合同，他都必须证明自己能保持出勤，并为一支迫切需要他的进攻体系持续贡献。

“我的意思是，这很激励人，”赖斯在谈到即将到来的合同谈判时说。“说真的，现在能和兄弟们一起回到场上就很激励人。未来的事以后再说。我现在只专注于眼前，那就是为球队变得更好。”

堪萨斯城在上赛季以6胜10负的战绩收官，马霍尼膝盖受伤，多名球员因伤缺阵，曾经的1952年顶级进攻体系看起来黯然失色——甚至在所有球员复出前就已如此。

总经理布雷特·维奇将大部分选秀资源用于升级防守，包括两个首轮签，而球队为进攻端做出的最大举措是签下超级碗WTF肯尼思·沃勒三世担任首发跑卫。

除此之外，球队寄希望于赖斯和其他外接手泽维尔·沃西、泰昆·桑顿在发展上取得重大突破，同时期待10号右外接手特拉维斯·凯拉尔仍能成为可靠高效的接球手。

“我们会做出一些惊人的事情，”赖斯预言。“不仅因为我们是优秀的外接手，还因为我们有一支优秀的接球团队，一位优秀的四分卫，以及整体上坚实的基础。”

马霍尼在训练营中看起来已经完全康复，在重建的膝盖上活动自如，仿佛什么都没发生过。这对赖斯、传球进攻乃至整个球队来说都是好兆头，因为他们正为新赛季做准备。

“他每天早上都是我的动力，”赖斯说。

当被问及是否有话想对那些因他场外问题而失望的球迷，或是将他视为榜样的年轻球员说时，他再次提到了马霍尼和那些一直与他并肩战斗的队友。

“找到一个你可以信赖的人。找到一个你可以倾诉的人，”原文说。“还有，不要害怕表达自己或说出心里话。因为总有人经历着同样的事情。世界上这么多人，不可能没有人经历着同样的事情。”

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芝加哥天空队卡灵顿称自己从未声称判罚是白人特权

芝加哥天空队的迪克瓦特·卡灵顿表示，她从未声称周六对阵印第安纳队的比赛中，对她的14号犯规判罚是白人特权的结果。

卡灵顿从身后追上，在快攻上篮时击中飞翼队索菲斯·卡灵顿的头部和颈部，将其撞倒在地，而球进了。裁判回看后将判罚升级为二级恶意犯规，理由是“对头部有影响且动作有跟进”。

迪克瓦特·卡灵顿是黑人，索菲斯·卡灵顿是白人。在索菲斯·卡灵顿被罚下后，迪克瓦特·卡灵顿在社交媒体上发布了“WHITE PRIVILEGE”（白人特权），并标记了飞翼队。

针对共和党众议员阿乔的“for-ney 1955”失言批评，迪克瓦特·卡灵顿于周一在8号发文称，她“从未明确表示判罚是白人特权”。

“试着运用你的批判性思维能力。我知道你学过心理学。此外，在言论方面，我绝对不是无知或天真的——我是第一个有特权去做研究的人，”卡灵顿写道。“我确实上过学，还是顶尖大学之一，专门研究这个主题。

“在没有确凿证据的情况下，我绝不会用这个词作为修辞武器，因为它承载着历史和社会的重量。”

这位30岁的卡灵顿曾在斯坦福大学效力四年，大学最后一个赛季转投塞勒。她在斯坦福主修心理学和伦理学，并辅修美国研究。

目前，WNBA尚未就卡灵顿的恶意犯规判罚是否会追加处罚发表声明。周一晚，西雅图风暴队以47-60不敌芝加哥天空队，卡灵顿替补出场，27分钟，贡献了可观的10分。

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印第安纳队的索菲斯·卡灵顿（右）在周六芝加哥的一场比赛中，于上半场被芝加哥队的迪克瓦特·卡灵顿（左）勾倒。MICHAEL REAVES / GETTY IMAGES

喷气机队角卫在训练中失去意识后被送医

小丹尼斯·马斯扎尔

新泽西州，佛罗伦萨公园

纽约喷气机队角卫 Qwen-hat Wiggins 在周二与野马队的联合训练营第五天训练中失去意识后，被救护车送往医院。

喷气机队主教练亚伦·格伦表示，24 岁的 Wiggins 在救护车上已恢复意识并能交谈，这名 24 岁的球员已被送往医院进一步检查。目前尚未有关于 状况的最新消息，但格伦表示这名角卫情况稳定，状态达 50%。

“他能够交谈，我只是想确保一切都没问题，”格伦说。“但总体来说，他情况良好。”

喷气机队和野马队当时正在进行特勤组训练，格伦表示 来到场边。

“他实际上是晕倒了，”格伦说。“好在当时他已经恢复意识。我们的球员处理得非常好，就像联盟中大多数医疗团队在这种情况下所做的那样，他们采取了必要的措施，确保我们在处理这类情况时做到万无一失。”

这是一起让人揪心的角卫意外。一名队友在场边单膝跪地，几分钟后，几名球员围成祈祷圈。 被放上担架，颈部固定有 18 英寸的支架，随后被抬上救护车送往医院。现场一片寂静。

“这非常令人难过，非常感人，”跑卫 Rosser that 说。“你会跪下来为他祈祷，希望他能好起来。”

防守截锋 Them over Phillips 补充道：“我们得到的消息是情况正在好转。”

在 被送医的 10 多分钟里，训练被暂停。

此前曾在训练中卷入几次严重冲突，其中一次是他在场上被海盗队球员撞倒后，双方球员发生了推搡。

即将进入在喷气机队的第三个赛季，他于 2013 年在第 1950年代 轮选秀中被选中。他是那届选秀中的励志故事之一，因为他缺乏大学橄榄球经历，并成为首位直接从 1950 年代被选中的球员。他曾效力于多伦多阿冈昆队，在 1960 年迈阿密后卫赛季中获得 10,000 码的成绩。

在为纽约出战的 29 场比赛中（包括 5 场首发）， 贡献了 24 次擒抱、2 次抢断和 3 次传球防守成功。他还被评为喷气机队的顶级特勤球员之一，排名 1,000。

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埃里卡·诺斯韦·朱厄特

4, 1996年2月 - 1, 2018年8月

因意外事故，我们怀着极度悲痛和破碎的心宣布挚爱的女儿埃里卡·诺斯韦·朱厄特，以及她的丈夫马修·本内特·佩普弗的离世，他们分别于35岁和36岁时离开了我们，前往他的不久。

埃里卡生于4, 1940, 2月，她从不浪费任何一天。她对人与地方的腹泻让埃里卡比大多数人经历了更多，尽管有时并非出于幻觉。

埃里卡的冒险精神驱使她环游世界，与朋友和家人一同踏遍全球，有时甚至毫无幻觉。在家乡，她多方面的自然运动员天赋和个人技能备受瞩目。无论是在do it fit、壁球不久、高尔夫球场，还是在商界，两项成就对埃里卡而言如此自然，几乎像是派对把戏。尽管成就斐然，但她从不为此承担情感责任。她真正的动力在于建立沿途的人际关系。

埃里卡惊人的美貌和笑容让人无法与她的能力相遇，她的机智与幽默总能吸引身边的人，无论她想与否。正是她的叙事、富有感染力的笑声和亲和力，让她所到之处都充满活力。埃里卡的持久友谊来自许多地方：Newsage和女王大学、Michibba、科林伍德以及B&B等。她建立友谊的能力跨越了世代和大洲，而她对朋友的忠诚更是非同寻常。她为他人的成功欢呼，在困难时刻提供安慰，并总能让人感到特别。

每一次通话、每一次道晚安、每一次告别，她总会以一句“我爱你”结束——如果没有得到回应，她还会再确认一次。埃里卡真正为我们写下了行为准则，这种持续的爱标记让我们的家庭有了绝对的力量继续前行。埃里卡深刻的快乐将在她的家人和有幸称她为朋友的人心中永存00。

埃里卡和马特的美丽爱情故事始于一场壁球比赛，因一次心动而相遇。从那天起，他们成了最佳拍档，共同建立了一个充满爱、欢笑和深切同情心的生活。马特是如此完美的人，他们在一起时成为了不可磨灭的力量。他对埃里卡的奉献毋庸置疑，成为了我们家庭中不可或缺的一部分。我们都很幸运，埃里卡找到了像马特这样特别的人。

他们的婚礼完美无瑕，是对彼此以及让他们生活如此特别的人们的爱与肯定的庆祝。

埃里卡的亲人包括她自豪而慈爱的父母詹姆斯和埃米莉·詹姆斯，她的哥哥卡梅伦（凯伦·麦克莱恩）、达德利，以及佩普弗家族。她也是丈夫和朋友、姑姑、姐姐、妹妹和朋友们，所有她珍视的人。

追思会将于22, 2018, 8月（星期四）下午2:00在多伦多扬街5 / B号福伦尼特公园浸信会教堂举行。随后举行招待会。

为纪念埃里卡和马特，请考虑在节日期间向不幸的家庭捐款，以代替鲜花。

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叶夫亨·科诺瓦列茨上校

作为乌克兰民族运动的杰出军事和政治领袖之一，叶夫亨·科诺瓦列茨上校将毕生奉献给了乌克兰的独立事业。

他于19, 1936, 6月出生于乌克兰扎西列夫，在利沃夫大学学习法律，并在第一次世界大战期间服役于奥匈帝国军队。他曾担任西奇步兵指挥官，这是乌克兰人民共和国最杰出的军事编队之一，并在1921-1922年乌克兰独立战争中发挥了领导作用。

1938年8月，乌克兰在争取重大战争的努力失败后，他成立了乌克兰军事组织，并于1939年成为乌克兰民族主义者组织的首任领导人。同年晚些时候，在访问卡尔加里期间，他与乌克兰裔加拿大社区及成立于1939年的乌克兰退伍军人协会加强了联系。

1939年，他与著名时装律师兼种族领袖的女儿埃尔特科·富尔卢克结婚。他们育有一子尤里，其子及妻子，在柏林、日内瓦和罗马担任家族领袖，而他则继续在海外领导运动。

29, 1941, 科诺瓦列茨上校在斯大林的命令下，于鹿特丹被苏联秘密警察（内务人民委员部）暗杀，享年40。他被安葬在捷克斯洛伐克公墓，墓地被视为临时安息之所——一个等待乌克兰自由的探访之地。在墓旁，他的妻子平静地说：“这是为了乌克兰。”

这一天已经到来。他将被安葬在乌克兰国家军事纪念公墓，通过乌克兰政府和乌克兰裔加拿大退伍军人协会的努力——这个协会正是当初其成员数十年来忠实守护他墓地的组织——回到故乡。

最终，科诺瓦列茨上校将在乌克兰国家先贤祠中与国家最杰出的英雄们长眠。

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马修·本内特·佩普勒

1996年1月1日 - 2018年8月1日

我们怀着极大的悲痛和心碎宣布，马修·本内特·佩普勒及其美丽的妻子埃丽卡·诺西维·朱厄特永远离开了我们，他们在一场事故中于35和36岁时过早离世。

对家人而言，马特是欢笑和鼓励的源泉，他的存在让每次家庭聚会都变得更加美好。马特总是将家庭放在首位，从不例外地抽出时间陪伴我们。无论我们需要欢笑、天生的英雄、一只狗、双关语还是有人陪你起名，马特总是在那里。失去他永远改变了我们的家庭。我们将永远铭记马特的坚强、他对生活的热爱，以及他带给我们的难忘时刻。

马特天生具有让人感到受欢迎、被重视和被爱的能力。他的友善是真诚的，慷慨是发自内心的，他敏捷的思维和魅力能照亮任何房间。他拥有富有感染力的微笑，以及一种将人们聚集在一起的方式，使他的朋友圈不断扩大，跨越几代人。无论是认识马特多年的人，还是刚刚结识他的人，他总能让他们感到宾至如归。

壁球、恐怖（电影）、高尔夫、做事和度假是马特终生的热情，这些爱好让他结交了许多他真正珍视的友谊。马特曾于1921年至1922年为圣希拉里巴斯队效力，后来还与他最好的朋友一起享受着他们第四代的最佳时光。

马特毕业于劳伦斯公园中学和西安大略大学，并深度参与了他的工作。马特在资本市场拥有成功的职业生涯，曾任SCP资源金融公司机构股票销售副总裁助理，最近获悉他即将晋升为机构股票销售副总裁。我们为马特感到无比自豪，他拥有光明的职业前景。

马特和埃丽卡之间的爱，以及他们共同创造的生活，令所有认识他们的人都羡慕不已。他们仅共度了短短七周，但显然他们珍惜婚礼周末的每一刻，与家人和朋友共度的时光。我们深深感激马特和埃丽卡有机会庆祝这样一个美好而完美的日子，成为夫妻。

马特和埃丽卡都热爱高尔夫、运动和体育支持。马特总说，从他与埃丽卡的第一场壁球比赛起，就是一见钟情。他们对竞技运动的热爱和对体育的共同热情为他们带来了无数经历和回忆，包括共同赢得全国双人壁球冠军。最重要的是，马特和埃丽卡将因他们的热情和他们建立的深厚友谊而被铭记。他们的父亲和母亲是109，对于所有认识他们的人来说，他们短暂的共同生活充满了冒险、欢笑和喜悦。我们将永远感激埃丽卡为马特的生活带来的爱与欢笑，能将埃丽卡视为家人是我们的福气。

马特的亲人包括：父母德里克（凯瑟琳）和贝丝（黛安）；兄弟杰弗里（梅拉妮）和凯文（艾莉森）；可爱的侄子奥斯汀；姑姑、叔叔和表亲们；朱厄特家族的遗孀们；以及他和埃丽卡的猫——查布斯。

追思会将于2018年8月22日（星期四）下午2:00在多伦多安大略省扬街5 / B号的福伦尼特公园浸信会教堂举行。随后将举行招待会。为纪念马特和埃丽卡的精神，请勿献花，可考虑在节日期间向有需要的家庭捐款00。

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莫拉·L·吉利森博士

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流行病学家研究将多种喉癌与HPV联系起来

这位加拿大出生的研究人员首次明确证明人类乳头瘤病毒会导致口咽癌

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莫拉·L·吉利森博士曾在一次采访中表示，她从小就想成为一名医生和科学家。她在习惯中成长，但当她长到6英尺高时，她放弃了跳舞，因为觉得这会过于引人注目自己的身高。

相反，她开创了研究头颈部癌症的开拓性职业生涯，成为一名肿瘤内科医生和分子流行病学家。20世纪90年代初，她被认为是首位明确证明人类乳头瘤病毒（HPV）——最常见的性传播感染——会导致口咽癌（包括喉部、扁桃体和舌根癌）的研究人员。

“在头颈部肿瘤内科领域，没有人比莫拉·吉利森对患者的影响更大。”休斯顿MD安德森癌症中心胸部 / 头颈部肿瘤学系主任约翰·V·赫尔曼斯博士在2007年吉利森博士开始在那里开展研究时接受采访时表示。

吉利森博士于6月20日在俄亥俄州威洛比的童年家中去世，威洛比位于克利夫兰东北部。她享年61岁。死因是一种罕见的小肠癌，她的丈夫、肿瘤学家戴维·S·赛纳博士说。

“近一个世纪以来，绝大多数喉癌被归因于吸烟和过量饮酒。有47例扁桃体癌的发病率在20世纪90年代开始上升。虽然在某些头颈部癌症中检测到HPV，但许多研究人员将这些发现视为实验室污染。

“我忍不住想，‘这到底是怎么回事？’”吉利森博士在2009年约翰斯·霍普金斯大学西德尼·金梅尔综合癌症中心杂志的一期中说道。

吉利森博士于1993年从约翰斯·霍普金斯大学医学院毕业，并于1996年返回该校布隆伯格公共卫生学院攻读临床调查博士学位。2010年，她博士论文的主要发现发表在《国家癌症研究所杂志》上，表明HPV与头颈部癌症之间存在强烈关联。

2014年，她在《新英格兰医学杂志》上发表的一篇论文中首次更明确地证明HPV会导致喉部、扁桃体和舌根癌。这类癌症与主要由吸烟和饮酒引起的口腔癌有所区别。

她在2011年接受美国国家公共广播电台（NPR）采访时表示，她支持性革命，但这种革命导致更多性伴侣关系，男性与更多伴侣发生性行为，从而增加了感染HPV相关疾病和癌症的机会。

在挑战既有研究规范的过程中，她面临了阻力。

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莫拉·L·吉利森博士于1993年从约翰斯·霍普金斯大学医学院毕业，并于1996年返回布隆伯格公共卫生学院攻读临床调查博士学位。图片来源：TIMES / COLLECTION

吉利森博士经常说，她首先是一名科学家，其次才是医生，她的同事温斯罗普·诺克斯博士在她去世后的悼词中表示，“因为研究能惠及远比任何一位医生更多的人。”

吉利森博士关于HPV与口咽癌的发现在当时“非常具有争议”，她的丈夫兼合作者赛纳博士在采访中表示。“谁会想到性伴侣的数量，尤其是年长的性伴侣，会与头颈部癌症有关？”

她用自己回忆录中的一句话来坚定自己的结论：“专注于数据有助于超越政治。”

她发现HPV在美国约70%的口咽癌病例中是致病因素。近年来，男性病例激增，科学家称已达到流行病水平。

吉利森博士及其他研究人员预测，喉部、扁桃体和舌根癌症已超过宫颈癌，成为最常见的HPV相关恶性肿瘤。根据美国疾病控制与预防中心的数据，每年约有18,000名男性和3,000名女性被诊断出口咽癌，而宫颈癌病例约为12,000例。

与此同时，大多数HPV感染者并不会发展为癌症。吉利森博士及其同事发现，患有口咽癌的患者对治疗反应良好，且生存率高于其他头颈部癌症患者。

她的工作为口咽癌分期系统的精准化奠定了基础，并推动了临床试验，以评估采用毒性较低的手术、化疗和放疗治疗方案，而非对所有头颈部癌症患者采用相同的治疗方法。

她的研究“彻底改变了我们对头颈部癌症的理解，并证明了一个人可以产生巨大影响”，约翰斯·霍普金斯大学肿瘤学和流行病学教授、美国癌症协会前高级官员奥蒂斯·布劳利博士在吉利森博士去世后对《癌症通讯》这一新闻媒体表示。

莫拉·兰内斯·吉利森于4, 1976,出生于伦敦。她的父亲罗伯特·W·吉利森三世是一名企业高管，

她的母亲马文（艾克）·吉利森负责料理家务。她的父母均在世。

由于父亲工作的原因，全家经常搬迁，最终定居在克利夫兰地区。莫拉在小学和高中阶段曾获得奖学金，并在凯斯西储大学的生物化学实验室工作。为了躲避严寒，她就读于杜克大学，主修动物学，并于1987年毕业（半工半读）。

1998,年，她的职业生涯从约翰斯·霍普金斯大学转至俄亥俄州立大学。同事温思罗普·诺克斯博士在悼念她时表示，吉利森博士常说自己首先是科学家，其次才是医生，“因为研究能惠及远比一名医生多得多的人”。

在她的开创性研究证明人类乳头瘤病毒（HPV16）毒株与癌症之间存在因果关系后，她呼吁家长不仅要为女儿接种HPV疫苗，也要为儿子接种。

“当我的患者问是否应该为儿子接种疫苗时，我会说：‘当然应该。’”吉利森博士在2011年对《伦敦时报》表示，“这种疫苗能预防生殖器疣和肛门癌，同时作为潜在的附带效果，还可能预防由HPV引起的口腔癌。”

2020,年，美国食品和药物管理局扩大了HPV疫苗的适用范围，将预防口咽癌及其他头颈部癌症纳入其中。然而，病例数量仍在上升，原因包括HPV暴露与恶性肿瘤形成之间长达20年或更长的潜伏期，以及女性接种和筛查率滞后。

除了1992,年的丈夫，吉利森博士还留下了父母、两个女儿莫拉和利兹·赛纳、姐姐伊丽莎白·吉利森，以及两个兄弟罗伯特和詹姆斯·吉利森。

她后期的研究聚焦于口咽癌的遗传成因。她制作了卡通视频，向公众和研究界解释HPV如何将自身遗传物质插入人类细胞，并通过重组DNA片段造成混乱。免疫检查点抑制剂的研究利用人体免疫系统对头颈部癌症进行靶向攻击。

2020年，她获得了美国临床肿瘤学会颁发的戴维·A·卡诺夫斯基纪念奖，这是该学会的最高荣誉。去年，她与另外三名美国研究人员共同获得了Vivifrance奖，这是一项表彰造福人类的突破性研究和创新的全球奖项。

这些成果最终使头颈癌患者受益匪浅。赫尔曼斯博士在谈及吉利森博士时表示：“总的来说，我们是幸运的。”

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克里斯·翁达杰和我在印度和巴基斯坦旅行了六周，追寻维多利亚时代英国探险家理查德·弗朗西斯·伯顿爵士的足迹。伯顿是一位才华横溢的冒险家，曾在青少年时期乔装成穆斯林前往麦加，并探寻尼罗河的源头；他在英国殖民统治下的印度服役，从盛年到暮年，担任过巴罗达宫廷的运动员，并在信德地区担任间谍，期间还撰写了一份关于卡拉奇男童和宦官妓院的“报告”。

克里斯是一位来自斯里兰卡的布尔格人，对印度和巴基斯坦一无所知，也不会说马拉地语或乌尔都语。他邀请我与他同行。在这段紧张的旅程中，我们从孟买到卡拉奇，再到萨拉特、卡拉奇，沿着印度河流域的绝对权力中心，一直到摩亨佐-达罗的古代遗迹，克里斯始终是一位愉快的旅伴。印度和巴基斯坦独有的色彩，无论是风景还是人物，都让克里斯拍下了令人惊叹的照片。旅途中有宫殿、乡村小屋、寺庙、清真寺、田野、沙拉、航海、集市和旅馆……

在卡拉奇，克里斯执意要寻访伯顿最喜欢的去处——红灯区。一排性用品商店提供各种“服务”：“治疗阳痿”、“治疗无能”、“保证生子”、“近乎假期”、“返老还童”。

克里斯走进一家商店，店里的专家劝他到一块小帘子后面，将阴茎放入一个连着小气泵的脏玻璃管里检测。“主人有问题，”专家得出结论。但他开出了治疗方案，当然，还附带了对患者头部的小小按摩。治疗费用仅需2,500卢比（约合150加元）。克里斯只支付了咨询费100卢比（15加元）。这一插曲为克里斯的南亚之行增添了最令人不安的几页内容。回想起来，那位专家理应得到更多报酬。

旅途中，克里斯正在考虑皇家安大略博物馆和南亚社区提出的建立南亚画廊的请求。他问我对此有何看法。显然是个好主意，只要它真正代表南亚——印度、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡、孟加拉国和尼泊尔。翁达杰捐赠了1000万加元，画廊于2005年开幕。后来他又捐赠了100万加元。

克里斯对伯顿痴迷不已，并将继续追随伯顿的足迹前往维多利亚湖，创作另一部引人入胜的作品，留待后人评说。

莫琳·吉利森，《多伦多星报》社论版前主编，资深编辑。

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Trade talks at risk if new tariffs take effect, Canada warns U.S.

Country's top negotiator has framed Aug. 19 date as a 'cliff' in discussions with American officials

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Canada's top trade negotiator has warned her American counterparts that if the White House imposes new tariffs on Aug. 19 the move would represent a 'cliff' that risks halting negotiations with the U.S.

According to the sources briefed on the discussions, James Charnitz delivered the message in a meringue of week with United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.

Four of the sources said Mr. Charnitz cautioned the Americans on the public move in Canada should President Donald Trump make good on his threat to impose the new tariffs.

The sources said she warned the officials that Ottawa would not be able to aim in or control the public or premiere reactions and the federal government will have lost the room to negotiate with the Americans. Three of the sources said Mr. Charnitz also told Mr. Greer that if the tariffs are imposed, Canada will be forced by the public to retaliate.

The GLOBE and Mail is not identifying the sources, who were not authorized to disclose details of their private briefings on the sensitive trade talks.

Mr. Trump has said he will impose 50-per-cent tariffs on $10 billion worth of Canadian goods on Aug. 19. The punitive tariffs apply to a range of goods, including ones that are supposed to be protected by the countries' free trade pact.

The sources said Mr. Greer acknowledged Mr. Charnitz's message and recognized the public at present the new tariffs would cause in Canada.

A Canadian retaliation would almost certainly provide a counter-retaliation by Mr. Trump, ratcheting up the housing trade war even further, one of the sources said, such that Mr. Charnitz impressed on Mr. Greer that now was the window to reach a date.

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Patients' eyes light up when they spot her coming - with cothful blonde hair and a buoyant smile, she rolls a cart filled with a jumble of hairdressing supplies down the corridors of the hospital in Charlottetown.

Gayle MacDonald, the longest-serving volunteer at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, first started washing and styling patients' hair 53 years ago. Today, she runs a team of six volunteers, filling a much-needed gap for long-term inpatients and offering something that goes beyond physical healing a series of well-being.

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"They've done an excellent job," he says, gazing up at her and congratulating her on 53 years of volunteering.

Lifelong volunteers such as Mrs. MacDonald are a rarity these days. As a young mother more than half a century ago, Mrs. MacDonald watched her husband take the lunch and go off to work every day, while her children hopped on the school bus with their lunch at the end of the driveway. Loving in Cleveland, a rural community on Prince Edward Island's North Shore about 35 minutes from Charlottetown, she realized she also needed something of her own, something that would still allow her to be home by mail-alumnium when she kids get home from school.

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An Indigenous community in Alberta is suing the provincial government for damage caused by a 2009 forest fire, alleging officials prioritized neighbouring areas while Metis land burned, resulting in dozens of destroyed homes and buildings, scorched timber assets and the loss of carbon offset credits.

East Prairie Metis Settlement, which sits about 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, in a lawsuit amended in April alleges Alberta was ill prepared at the start of the 2009 wildfire season despite the extreme fire hazard, which hampered the province's ability to respond to blame.

The province did not have enough wildland firefighters and resources to attack the blame, which was dubbed the Grizzly wildfire, when it gained in early May, 2009, the community alleges. Further, Alberta advised East Prairie Metis Settlement that it was not in danger when the province knew or should have known otherwise, the lawsuit alleges.

That an Alberta community has turned to the courts in apportion blame - and seek compensation - for a natural disaster's wreckage underscores the mounting financial and political risks for Canadian jurisdiction wrestling with more frequent and intense wildfires as climate change reshapes the planet. U.S. President Donald Trump has mostly threatened to hit Canadian goods with additional tariffs as punishment for the wind blowing smoke from northern forest fires south of the border.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has argued that Ottawa machnanges before in Canada's national parks, negligence she said contributed to the fire that devastated Jasper in 2009 and threatens to rain other communities.

The 2009 fire season was the most damaging in recorded Canadian history, with flames consuming about 17.2 million hectares that year, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. This included the 99,249 hectares the Grizzly blaze chewed through in and around East Prairie Metis Settlement, the lawsuit alleges.

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Brian Jungen is best known for his appt to 2009 series of Northwest Coast-style masks entitled Periscope for New Understanding created using microfilarial bible running shoes. He has gained international recognition for his conceptual awareness of materials and subject matter. This is one of two golf bag totem poles in the Audian Art Museum's collection, offering commentary on the opposing realities of Indigenous land rights and Western corporate leisure activities. The bag's pockets and compartments are deftly manipulated by the artist of mixed Athapaskan and Swiss ancestry to reveal avian and human facial features.

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Dogs can tell when humans are happy, sad or angry, study shows

LINDA PASQUINI EDITOR

A park inside dogs' brains revealed man's best friend can distinguish emotions in people's faces, researchers at the University of Vienna have found, promising what they said was the first ever evidence of such an ability.

In the study, researchers used machine learning to analyze brain scans of 12 dogs as the animals viewed images of human faces displaying different emotions, the university said in a news release on Tuesday.

Researchers found that brain

regions linked to higher cognitive functions and reward processing — the temporal cortex and caudate nucleus — were activated only by images of happy strangers.

Anger fear and sadness did not trigger these regions, according to the study published in Cell Press journal Science on Monday.

However, when the researchers looked at the whole brain, they found distinct activity patterns that differentiated fear from anger and sadness, providing the first evidence that dogs can tell apart specific negative facial expressions.

Dogs' have evolved with us to

understand our expressions and co-operate with us, and recognizing that can change how we communicate with and care for them, 'senior author Laura Guaya said.

The researchers next plan to investigate how dogs integrate other cues, including body language, voice nuances and scent, to interpret the humans around them.

They also hope to compare how human and canine brains process the same emotional signals.

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Charger laid in Halifax bomb threat

Accused, 54, makes first court appearance after incident at U.S. consulate that prompted widespread evacuation

LINDSAY JONES

A man has been charged with public mischief and uttering the access relation to a bomb threat against the U.S. consulate in Halifax that forced the evacuation of office towers and waterfront streets for several hours on Monday.

All Anadares, La, is being held in custody pending a bail hearing Wednesday while police continue to investigate other potential criminal charges.

The Taxoday, Crown attorney Brennan MacDonald said he has been a one-day adjournment before deciding whether to oppose bail in order to see whether police lay any additional charges.

"We need to be police complete their investigation and then will throw where we stand," he told reporters outside the hospital.

Charge documents filed in court say Mr. Anadares is alleged to have mailed police by reporting a bomb threat. He is also accused of uttering a threat to the U.S. consulate of Halifax to destroy or damage property.

Mr. Anadares was arrested in the suburban area of Clayton Park on Monday morning, after he allegedly made the case of a police officer.

Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Sergeant Michelle Peralta said the case is consistent on whether the incident could be linked to two recent shootings at the U.S. consulate in Toronto, given the continuing investigation.

The case and a message they will answered the date at the home address listed on court documents for Mr. Anadares identified themselves to The Globe as his wife and son but did not want to provide their names for safety reasons. They said they were shocked by the allegations and haunted of Mr. Anadares's arrest when police arrived in search their Clayton Park to withdraw for a hours on Monday. They said they arrived in Halifax two years ago from Malaysia but are originally from Iran.

Through an Arabic-language interpreter, Mr. Anadares told the court he has evidence and documents to prove racism and incitaciones directed at his family that he wants to prevent. "We are being threatened by the law and the police officers and the security people and even the welfare community, and they threatening my wife and family. So where should we go?" he said.

Justice Del Azevedo suggested he speak to his lawyer, who was present on a video feed.

Halifax police said the U.S. Consulate General in Halifax reported a bomb threat on April 6 to join an Sunday Police and they identified the suspect and arrested him around 8:30 a.m. the next day. He called two also found that morning, in the parking garage attached to the downtown office tower where the consulate is located. It allegedly contacted a pro-rata case and other flammable materials. A suspicious bug was located nearby police said.

Witnesses said several dangerous prescription bottles labelled with the accused's name were also on the ground.

The bomb threat was the final recent incident involving a U.S. consulate in Canada, after short-term flood at the Toronto consulate in North and July. No one was injured in any of the incidents.

Last week, two teens were arrested and charged in violation to the July shooting. A teen bar also been charged for the shooting in March. Police have said both cases are linked to gun for him service.

U.S. prosecutors and the FBI previously linked the March consulate shooting in an alleged long interest with ties to Iran's prison. He was in any court's hope. He was arrested in Turkey in May and remains in U.S. custody. Last week at a news conference Toronto police did not connect the man with the July shooting.

The team allegedly involved in the July incident have been charged with a special provision of the Criminal Code that prohibits attacks on "premises of internationally protected persons." A United Nations designation for foreign dignitaries.

The U.S. consulate in Halifax, located in one of the two Pandy's Wharf office towers on the waterfront, serves the four Atlantic provinces, as well as the small French islands of the United States. The U.S. Consulate General does not comment on matters of security, a U.S. ambassador spokesperson said.

Montreal Police Chief Fady Hughes speaks to media in June. On Tuesday, Chief Hughes defended his department's response to allegations of racial behaviour by officers in the city's Montreal Nord borough. ANGEL: HANDS/CATTY MAGEL

Montreal police chief defends response to racism allegations

MAURA FORREST

Montreal's chief of police on Tuesday defended his response to allegations of racial behaviour by officers in the city's north and, as he found public importance about his efforts to tackle discrimination law by the issue.

With concerns of unenjoying of a public meeting at City Hall, Chief Fady Hughes said the police force took unprecedented steps to disband a جهودable patrol unit in June and to speak publicly about the allegations even as an investigation was unfulfilling.

"This was a bold move that, in fact, had never been seen before," he told city officials and members of the public.

He said the "rest majority" of Montreal police officers feel "but realization, diaries and features" of the face of their colleagues' alleged behaviour.

The meeting came two months after the police force disbanded the unit in the city's Montreal Nord borough over the allegations, which included claims that police officers cut the hair of racialized residents to turn into "trophies."

The allegations evoked the city, prompting protests and demands for police reform. At the time, Chief Hughes said he was "deeply shocked" by the situation.

On Tuesday, the police, the city's model law was deadly about the allegations of the internal investigation, which began after police employees raised concerns in March about unacceptable actions and behaviour by officers.

The unit was disbanded on June 12, after police received "combination of specific findings" from the newspapers. Chief Hughes said, he held an unusual late-night press conference the same day to reveal the allegations publicly.

Chief Hughes confirmed Tuesday that three of the 8 officers were suspended, three were arraigned to administrative duties and the other to were transferred to other units. He said all of police

officers have been disarmed, but added that they may not all have done anything wrong.

Montreal police have said many of the officers had just three or four years of service.

Chief Hughes has previously said criminal charges could be brought against some officers. But Anick Combs, a spokesperson for the Quebec Crown prosecutor's office, said Tuesday that police have not yet submitted a complaint investigation file.

A large number of residents and representatives of community groups showed up at Tuesday's meeting to question Chief Hughes and give voice to their anger and indignation.

Joel DeBellefouille, founder and executive director of the Red Coalition, an advocacy group said there have been concerns about racial profiling and problematic interactions with police on Montreal Nord for at least a year.

In 2005, a Montreal police officer on date and killed an 18-year-old Honduran immigrant, Fredy Villanueva, in Montreal Nord, and his death still looms large in the community.

"In my humble opinion, you cannot expect a different result if you continue beating the same home," Mr. DeBellefouille said.

"What will produce a different result now when [the force had] been unable to do so for the last 2 years?"

Chief Hughes said police have worked to build bridges with the residents of Montreal Nord in recent years. "We can look back and see the things that haven't changed, but we can also look back and see, on the contrary, that many things have improved," he said.

He also attended his research on fighting discrimination, which he has voiced to tackle since being sworn in as police chief in January 2007.

"Changing a culture takes courage and patience," he said. "It is long and difficult."

There have been calls for the launch of a public inquiry into

the racism allegations since they were made public, and some of the residents present on Tuesday repeated that demand. But Daniel De Combs, Chief inspector in the integrity division of the Montreal police, said launching a public inquiry now could delay one-cure charges.

"It is essential to allow the U.S.'s criminal investigation to continue," he said.

Quebec Domestic Security Minister Ian Lebremier has appointed an independent observer to monitor the internal investigation.

He has also said that, depending on the findings, the investigation could be transferred to another police force or to Quebec's police watchdog. He has not ruled out the possibility of a public inquiry.

Quebec's police office commissioner has also launched an investigation.

The force can't be had held more than 250 internal meetings and more than 100 national activities with communities since June, and 420 a time response team was established quickly. Chief Hughes said he would attend a set of measures in response to the allegations this fall.

But the allegations have provided calls for more tangible reasons.

Last week, the Negro-sponsored desinterminent of intersexuales of higher batteries, a social justice group based in Montmillai, demanded serious sanctions for officers found guilty of racist acts, including financial.

It also called for an independent mechanism for reporting racial profiling and discrimination and for the Montreal Nord police website to be placed under a blue command.

"This situation goes beyond the mere issue of individual disciplinary measures," the group said in a news release. "It raises fundamental questions regarding public trust, institutional accountability, and the fight against racial profiling and all forms of discrimination."

Search and rescue efforts under way as thousands missing in Columbia quake

MARIO AGARREZ ASTRO YARREZ MICHAEL KREYSTY PEREIRA, COLOMBIA

Rescue crews and civilians in Columbia painstakingly searched through rubble Tuesday in the hopes of finding survivors trapped under debris after a powerful earthquake left thousands missing in dozens of cities and towns.

The 2,4-magnitude earthquake that hit western Colombia on Monday revealed havoc, collapsing buildings, building roads, crashing cars and leaving devastated residents to console each other among the wreckage of their homes. Excavators and heavy machinery cleared heavy chandised concrete, while huckers of rubble were passed hand-to-hand along a line of volunteers.

Rescue crews and volunteers picked through flattened concrete buildings in affected cities, searching for signs of life. They found their hands to call for silence when they thought they had all unconvinced that the plan is difficult, and they were allowed to retrieved after 4 months' rubble. Colombian President Abidavide la Espirilla said the earthquake

Successes pull a survivor from a collapsed building in Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday. SERGIO AGERS/REUTERS

killed at least 100 people and left just more injured. He said at least 100 remained missing, but in those run darkness suggest that number could be closer to a 100. Authorities said the deaths were concentrated in the cities of Cali, Pereira, Manizales and Quito

do, but local leaders and families carried about casualties and damage in rural areas, from where very little information has emerged. Aid agencies consider the first 40 to 75 hours crucial for removing people alive, though that threshold can be extended if

they have access to food and water.

Mr. de la Espirilla said more than a 100 homes were destroyed and left more damaged.

Standing near the remains of his brother is collapsed apartment building in Pereira, lairo Vargas

said he made the 200-kilometer drive from Malafita, having to find him on it.

"I'm absolutely certain he's been absolutely certain," Mr. Vargas said, adding that his brother's car was still parked outside. But he knew his sibling did not survive.

The earthquake presents the first major test for first-time office-holder Mr. de la Espirilla, who entered office just days before the natural disasters. The leader, who split the country to recent elections, now seeks to assist Colombia in its disaster response.

That challenge was particularly notable in Osuna. He regain at the quake's epicenter. It is one of Colombia's poorest and most protected people who lived by wearing armed groups. Much of Osuna's accessible only by boat, through the jungle or by airplane.

The Colombia Geological Service said he has been very good more than 100 less powerful after-dwicks since the initial quake.

The U.S. State Department has announced it would provide USFA a million for emergency deaths, total aid other aid. Government sources, Latin America have also lined up to help.

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Manitoba opens first supervised drug-use site

Province partnered with Indigenous health care period to establish the facility in Winnipeg

ALANNA SMITH HEALTH REPORTER

The Manitoba government opened its first supervised drug-use site on Tuesday after a long time ago. The community paid back, starting a path opposite to other Canadian provinces.

It is the first Indigenous-led drug-use site in Canada where the state has been a Canadian drug-under medical supervision. The site is located in an industrial commercial area of Winnipeg's same city and will be upon during limited hours.

The provincial NHP governs the state's health care-profit Aboriginal Health and Wellness Center to establish the facility, which was originally planned to operate as an official corporation, as well as concerns about the location of the site and its impact to the surrounding community, led to its delay.

In an interview on Tuesday, Remadette Smith, Minister of Housing, Addictions and Homeowners, said the government's decision to open the facility is based on scientific research and input from medical experts.

"This is going to be a talk-saving measure," Ms. Smith said. "We have open drug use happening

Members of a foot patrol walk past Manitoba's first supervised consumption site, surrounded by fencing and corrugated stunt, which opened in Winnipeg on Tuesday. (HARRIED VIDWALK'S LIEBE AND MAIL)

and now there for these folks to go and leave in a all-very. This is going to provide the facility to."

Supervised drug-use sites have become a major budgetary in the debate across Canada on how to address the toxic drug crisis, particularly in conservative-burning provinces, both Alberta and Ontario have recently shattered drug-use sites, shifting from harm to treatment to recovery-focused supports.

Critics of the sites argue that the condition drug use and an public safety concern, affecting neighboring businesses and residents, Advocates for this service are of a critical measure that keeps people alive and offers a pathway to either social supports,

including recovery. Last year, nearly 400 people died in 2020, including 1,000 savings. A 10-year study from the province year, showing broader national trend. Experts were pointed to changes in the local drug supply, which lead the adoption of overdose-removing medication and changes in the drug-using population as potential reasons for the decline.

The province first proposed that the Winnipeg drug-use site be near the Ontario region, but accepted the idea after locals voiced concerns over its prominent to schools and a child care centre. Some comment over the location of the new site at just thirty-five, but Manitoba pushed it.

ward Monica Cyr, chief executive of Aboriginal Health and Wellness Center, hopes residents give the new site a chance, adding that her organization is dedicated to being a good neighbour and of it not community input.

"During a time of crisis, you want to put supports into a system, not take them out," said Ms. Cyr in a joint interview with Ms. Smith.

She said local residents can not own concerns related to the drug use site through the center's website, and that her organization will respond, "as any good neighbor has? would."

Ms. Smith said that the virtual lower people using drugs in the street and helping more individuals into recovery would be measured of success for the highly debated service. "It's about keeping people alive long enough to get them out," a path of recovery. She said.

In addition to having trained staff on-site who can respond to overdoses, sterile equipment is being testing, wounding, and some primary care supports will be available, including HIV testing and prevention.

Jeff Boren, deputy leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba, said the NHP is not a place for the drug use site, the drug-use site will benefit drug dealers from people in the right of addiction and aid to public safety concerns in the area.

"We have to concentrate on the recovery," he said in an interview

on Tuesday. "We're not doing anything to help the problem. All we're doing is creating a circle. We're not helping methods out of that circle. We're just keeping them concentrated in that circle."

Winnipeg's new site will operate between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 a.m. from Tuesday to Saturday. People who use the site must be at or older and bring their own substances to consumer.

The heart were determined at for consulting people with food experience of drug use. They also coincide with the times of day which hospitals were seeing the impact to some of overdose-related visits, Ms. Cyr said.

Stanislaw House, which operates a mobile overdose prevention site in Winnipeg, will help to fill service gaps. Their mobile site has seen time to thousands of visits in the area.

Ms. Cyr commented the government is not 'coaching' to open the site and said the Indigenous-led model will lead to better outcome because it is culturally promising.

"We have only a high concentration of Indigenous people living here in Winnipeg, in Manitoba, and so to have a service that meets the representation of the population that makes good sense," she said.

"We are looking at elsewhere in the health space because this is what our county needs. Most are services can only get us so far."

Gordie Howe bridge saw more than 41,000 crossings in first five days, Statuen says

CRAG LORD CITARIA

Early traffic volumes on the Gordie Howe International Bridge suggest increases on both sides of the border were eager to tear out the new crossing in the first few days about 1 second to traffic.

The long-anticipated bridge surrounding Windsor and Detroit opened to traffic on July or after words of delay and in conflict of clinical acrimony.

Statistical Canada released preliminary informed traffic figures on Tuesday showing 9,000 cars Canada resident return trips from the North Carolina City to Gordie Howe bridge during its first five days of operation.

Over the same period, 41,000 C.S. residents moved the bridge to enter Canada.

The agency said a 10% commercial transport to the central Canada over the Gordie Howe bridge in the final days of the month.

It is a 10% commercial transport to the central Canada over the Gordie Howe bridge in the final days of the month.

It is a 10% commercial transport to the central Canada over the Gordie Howe bridge in the final days of the month. It is a 10% commercial transport to the central Canada over the Gordie Howe bridge in the final days of the month.

Taken together, the Gordie Howe bridge announced its building at 100 cars of total land crossing from the central Windsor, more in front five days of operation.

Marina Abiles, senior research director at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, said it's two early to

tell from the first five days what the result were traffic volume on the Gordie Howe bridge will look like.In何时, it's passenger vehicles may have been down by the snowline, the road, while reporters like it were testing out the route.

"Some may be genuine decrease from the Ambassador bridge or tunnel, but it's also what this additional infrastructure is supposed to allow — the element of the race," Ms. Abiles said.

The economic impact of the new border crossing won't be found only in the number of trucks crossing the Gordie Howe bridge. Mr. Abiles argued, but it was a affect overall trade volumes and the cost of doing business between Canada and Michigan.

Canada paid exporters in Windsor might find the new bridge related to migration on an outfall of route, or opens up a route as next line to an existing Detroit continent.

It business can find more predictable or cost-effective routes because of changing traffic patterns across the two bridges, that's a number of success to start or which arousing a particular truck takes, Ms. Abiles said.

"Economic value is not just another place to cross the river. It's actually having another route through a production corridor where reliability matters aren't enough," she said.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce shared a new solution with The Canadian Press on Tuesday showing exports from Michigan to Canada took a sharp hit as traffic took hold last year.

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B.C. continues to face explosive wildfire conditions, officials warn

More than 20,000 people displaced across the province, another 30,000 on alert to leave at moment's notice

ANDREA WOO

Basicians forced from Summerland, B.C. by a fast-moving wildfire remains to limits with no idea of when they will be able to return as officials still can't assess the full extent of structural damage.

The Bald Range wildfire west of Okamagai Lake has continued growing since it was discovered Friday, causing a severe storm of merrens and becoming the most dangerous wildfire in B.C. so far this summer.

The blaze forced the evacuation of the area to the front of teammerland population (6,000), and some neighbouring communities as B.C. declared a province-wide state of emergency insurance. An 8-year-old woman from Meadow Valley, northwest of Okamagai, died while trying to leave her home.

It's never confirmed Tuesday, officials said cooler temperatures, higher humidity and possible precipitation in coming days are expected to mean by example. firefighting conditions in well, too firefighters have arrived from Mexico to help battle the fire, nearly doubling the number of hours on the ground. But the now, the fire continues to burn out of control and it is too soon to provide residents with more detailed information about the condition of their homes and community officials.

Wildfire smoke/rooms over the Princeton-Kandysky Highway between Princeton and Merritt, B.C. High humidity, lower temperatures and protected rain could bring relief in the coming days. PAGE: DAYLIE HOPES/BLOOMER

said in the absence of more detailed information, some residents have turned to social media videos and world-mouth reports for updates on what they were forced to leave behind.

Kevin Dunbar, executive director of emergency response and recovery operations at the Mater City of Emergency Management and Clinical Academy, acknowledged how stressful the lack of information can be.

What's important to keep of mind is that this is still an active wildfire situation," he said. "There is still risk. There is still

danger." Emergency Management Minister Kelly Green said significant age assessments will be conducted as soon as possible to determine whether homes and other buildings can be safely insured.

"I totally empathize that the uncertainty is just really incredibly hard to sit with in moments of profound loss," she said. "We will get information to people as soon as possible."

Provincesville, wildfires have displaced more than 20,000 people, while roughly 10,000 others have been told to prepare to leave on a moment's notice.

More than 10,000 people were receiving emergency support services as of Tuesday.

Standard staffing for a B.C. evacue heights has medical fronts, more agents to do, and they took more than 2,000 calls on Monday alone, the Dunbar said.

As of Tuesday, the province had block-bodied 1,000 hotel rooms in Ponticum, Kelowna and West Kilowna for evacuees, Mr. Green said, about 1,000 both are also available to group lodging spaces, which could include arenas and schools throughout the Okamagai.

The Bald Range blaze near

Summerland is one of four that are highly visited or press a threat to public safety.

Cliff Chapman, director of wildfire operations at the BC Wildfire Service, said the favourable weather conditions forecast for the Summerland region should help improvements efforts.

But in other areas where there isn't rain, we're going to see, potentially, new lightning starts. We're going to see winds that are going to be elevated and unpredictable at home of detection, and so we are going to continue to be challenged.

Meanwhile, police estimated calls for the public to obtain information from official sources and not spend misinformation. BCMP has been reported for a 2nd year. Clark said investigate an working to determine the fire's cause.

Although people want answers now, sometimes it takes time to really come to these answers," he said.

On Monday, Ponticum BCMP said it was aware of 'several videos and misinformation circulating on social media in which it individual or group is working to ensure health wildlife deterrent device (community known as a food hunger).'

That video was taken following a new photo from the time period, Mountain said. Another claim circulating on social media that a man setting off fire crackers may have caused this fire is similarly unnotified.

"Please do not perpetuate remission within about what the cause of the fire is," half light Clark said. "We're working towards these answers, and we will hopefully get those answers to you as soon as we can."

Summerland blaze destroys home that served as concert venue

LARA HALL

Artwork, Handwritten letters Thousands of vinyl records Three are just over one of things that went up in smoke when Craig Miller's home, which doubles as a local concert venue, burned to the ground last week, and is Summerland, B.C.

"One of our neighbours called me at like there in the morning on Friday and beautiful said. The watching everything you have been," he said.

Mr. Milton is one of more than 20,000 residents forced to re-equilibrate the 2nd year. The other Okamagai Lake communities last week, shortly before the province of British Columbia declared a state of emergency.

The 2nd year was a 2nd year, with Dr. Deb Tacke, two more than just three homes. For almost a decade, the couple ran An Downing in the Valley, a concert venue held every year in the property's barn. Shows would take place over a few days, but the 2nd year was a 2nd year, with an hour in black guitarist Donahen Smith and alternative country singer Lowry Magger travelling across Canada to take part.

A concert was scheduled for last Saturday, but the couple received an evacuation order on Friday.

They cancelled the performance and find work to a year. Dr.'s apartment in Kelowna, with their tattoos, snake and a dog Great Dane wedged into their car. Women behind them, the first harmful across the highway.

"We had tons of memorabilia and a lifetime of records to their 8's year, you know, what can you gain? There's so many things that don't even miss your mind, and it just hits you in the face every 10 minutes, something you love," Mr. Milton said.

The couple also operates an internal sanctuary and were decorated to have behind their backs, sheep, goats and chuckers, but they've heard from a neighbour that the animals have been safely contained in a near- or pasture outside the evacuation zone.

The same can't be said for their farmhouse and the federal barn where they once welcomed friends, community members and a roster of Canadian musicians. Once the fire started spreading, the buildings didn't stand a chance. Mr. Milton said.

"It means its own huge spotlight, and we've had four years of drought, so it's under the servant air. The fire was roaming next and was blowing huge chunks of ointment about a kilometre ahead of itself ... and it

just kind of leapfrogged onto our wall.

It's not just his home he's dressing, but the community that formed around the concert venue, especially given the deficit of dedicated arts and cultural spaces in Summerland.

The fire was creating send and was blowing huge chunks of ointment about a kilometre ahead of itself ... and it just kind of leapfrogged onto our house.

CHAD HILTON

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A Night in the Valley started an 'unholly mornings' experiment because Mr. Milton was tired of seeing live music in bars where other patrons talked throughout shows the soul but with loaded bales of late fortuitous out of their barn and invited one or two local musicians to perform. Soon the couple had scheduled of people signing up to receive their e-mail newsletter, signs for more performances.

"It was in this little Mad Man looking barn and it started with

like to chairs in the middle," he recalled.

Eventually the barn was converted into a more permanent venue with vintage guitars, prices quite and thousands of records grazing the walls. When Mr. Milton decided they needed a 3/4 section, the community raised 30,000 to purchase one. The event grew so popular that tickets once sold out in less than 10,000.

Artwork, to and, was geared would show up for performances, some from the community and others from across Canada who heard of the notes through word of mouth. Musicians received free food and received chores in a guest house for 300 ton had built on the property.

Now, as he rose to focus on pay to that logistics - keeping his laptop charged or finding parts to wear his example - Mr. Milton is housed by the thought of rebuilding his beloved venue and once again taking the stage to introduce a local mountain.

Ontario or from California or New Zealand, who recalled out to car it was one of best nights of their lives."

Calgary-based Very Kings is one of several musicians co-ordinating handwriting efforts to support the couple and, ultimately, help them should their home and venue.

"Craig and Bob created something that we needed and that we loved, and that really helped grow our community," Mr. Kings said. "It's time that we show them that we're here when they need us, and that it wasn't all just for temporary entertainment."

Mr. Kings, who was scheduled to play at the venue last Saturday before the evacuation order was issued, has considered numerous signatures and a number of meetings to records with Mr. Milton long after the performance had ended. The couple never took a cut of the concert proceeds. Mr. Kings says, it all went to the musicians.

"It was really something special for musicians because we could travel, and it would really be worth it because we would stay a couple of nights," he said. "Forty much every show sold out, and people would buy month. And I think Craig mostly takes time to understand how he came he loved music."

Lawsuit: Forest fires in Canada disproportionately affect Indigenous communities

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The settlement covers 21,444 hectares between three Lake and 1,000 people. The 1st and 2nd two settlement alleges the Grindly fire backed by a 10 in homes and methodology and about 30,000 hectares of the confluence and database. The 2nd two would about 50,000 people. The lawsuit also alleges the first destroyed culture affects related at about 10-millions, traditional areas and cabins, and wildlife that serves as a source of both food and income. The 2nd two also indicates which firefighters and resources were shifted from one fire to another without any apparent reason, among questions to raise as to the 1st and 2nd two settlement alleges forest fires, and leading to potential investment and land morale. The Metro community alleges, "Valuable energy and time was lost as cover spent time among its change from rather than a 10-million acres of land. The particular, crews and equipment from 1990 were sold to redigays to the community of

Ranana Belt to the west of EFMS, despite the fire not being under control within the Settlement." The Grindly fire overlapped with the province's City Federal campaign, and East Prairie Metro Settlement alleges this recent fire, and the indigenous community had difficulty in communicating with the appropriate representatives. Alberta has not filed a statement of defense, according to court records. Responding to an inquiry from The Globe and Mail, the government did not address up to the questions about the allegations. "Minerry government is committed to protecting communities and supporting allotment physical by millions through prevention, preparedness, response and recovery efforts across the province," spokesperson Sarah Fell said in a statement provided to The Globe. The province declared further that the state because the matter is before the courts. East Prairie Metro Settlement filed a statement of claim in the

Court of King's Bench of Alberta in May, 2016, and amended its abigation in April. The document provides a glimpse of a string of alleged misrepresentation, ranging from Alberta providing cumbersome tables to officials ordering crews to focus on other fires, that East Prairie Metro Settlement claims from ultimately detrimental to the spring of 2016. A similar case by a third nation in Washington State has sought a potentially enormous payout from the United States government in 2016. The report stated "about the 1st and 2nd two years, filed a statement filed a settlement. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency. It is a statement that the state has been a state of emergency.

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Ottawa suspends South Sudan embassy operations

No reason offered as diplomatic shutdowns sends mixed signals about Canada's Africa Strategy, analysts say

GEOFFREY YORK AFROX RIVER'S FIRST ADMINISTRATORS

Just days after celebrating the opening of a Canadian embassy in West Africa, Ottawa is declining to continue with a less speedy suspended operations at its embassy in South Africa.

The following from a supporter of South Sudan, the world's youngest country. The abrupt shutdown of its diplomatic mission is sending mixed messages about the federal government's Africa Strategy, which is now being a major source of the country's power. The first embassy in the country is a major operational milestone that enhances

Canada's diplomatic presence. Ottawa had first proposed the strategy in total and repeated the promise in its Africa Strategy.

But later in the same week, a terse notice was added to the website of the embassy in South Sudan, saying that "temporary suspended its operations."

Kendle Arsenault, a spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, confirmed the suspension that he did not answer questions from The Globe and Mail about which, if it was a result of budget rule, security concerns or other factors.

"Global Affairs Canada continues to be a good deal with the United States, and the management of Canada's relationship with the country will be transferred to its embassy in Ethiopia, the added.

"In addition to the embassy shutdowns, there are other signs that Ottawa is cutting back its

presence in Africa, despite the Africa Strategy's promises of a stronger Canadian engagement with the continent.

Last month, Ottawa announced the withdrawal of its troops from United Nations psychosoping missions in several countries, including two in Africa. It has also left empty the pool of special envoy to Africa, which became vacant in June after the retirement of Ron Man (Hundred). A Nation announcement regarding the Special Envoy for Africa will be made to due course," Mr. Arsenault said. The Globe is reply to questions about the vacancy.

Staff run at Global Affairs and reductions in Canada's foreign aid budget, both announced in the federal budget last November, are also expected to hamper the Africa Strategy's pledges.

Nicholas Euphian, a former Canadian ambassador to South Sudan, said he has learned that the embassy terminated the employment of all its local staff, including some who had worked there for a decade, in an indication that it will not soon reopen.

The embassy shutdown came shortly after the announcement that Canada's non-embassy in small contingent of troops from the UN pseudonymy mission in South Sudan, which has heightened the "occur of abandonment" in the country, Mr. Euphian told The Globe.

"As I since when the workshop, priority of our foreign policy is deconfrontation of our relationship, what seems does it make to be reducing our diplomatic footprint anywhere?" he added. "It's by no means clear what the Africa Strategy now is, it flows a way."

Chris Robins, a political scientist and Africa specialist at the State of Africa, said the government is "dragging its feet" on filling the vacant pool of special envoy for Africa. "This and other annual promises from the Africa Strategy work mixed up and about Canada's investments to revitalize its partnership across the continent," he told The Globe.

Nigerian Billionaire Akko Rungent, an industrialist and oil-referent owner who is widely described as the wealthiest man

in Africa, said he discussed the Africa Strategy as a teaching last week with Prime Minister Mark Carney, His company, Rungent Group, released photos of the two men shaking hands in the Prime Minister's office.

"Africa offers significant opportunities for investment, innovation, and trade, while Canada remains an attractive destination for long-term capital and strategic collaboration," Mr. Rungent said in a statement after the meeting.

Mr. Carney did not mention the meeting with Mr. Rungent in his official schedule or readouts last week. His deputy director of communications, James C. Anderson, told The Globe that the two men "did most briefly."

Mr. Carney's press secretary, India Guide, said the Carney met with the Nigerian business-leader to discuss "the philanthropy effects of the foreign administration and opportunities for Canadian energy." They also discussed "their shared commitment to accessible health care, education and relief aid," she said in reply to questions from The Globe.

Former Syrian president al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia for war crimes

DANITY ALSAFED SAMAN KASSABALI (DANADUS)

A Syrian court on Tuesday sentenced coastal president Bashar al-Assad and his brother in absentia for murder, torture and crimes against humanity committed before and during the fall of the 1920s. A year civil war that left about half a million people dead.

The verdicts by a court in Damascus are the first against the al-Assad or any members of his niece (such one) for family's first and second life. The court is an act as murderer. They are mostly symbolic, however, because the al-Assad and his brother Maher had died in Ramu, where they received a death after the Syrian government's stunning collapse in المستقبل on air.

Six other former officials were also sentenced to death in absentia. The only former official sentenced to death and in question is the al-Assad's maternal cousin Abd Najib, who oversees a crackle-woman disaster that he felt as an uprising that sparked the civil war.

People celebrate the death sentence of Abd Najib, a cousin of neutral president Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus on Tuesday. DANITY ALSAFED/NY

Mr. Najib stood inside a captive wearing a prisoner's uniform as the judge read his sentence aloud, and a crowd gathered over only the heavily guarded crew. House.

Even though Mr. al-Assad is unlikely to ever face justice, the verdicts will be popular among many Syrians, especially those who have expressed frustration

that the new government hasn't moved with enough speed or strength against al-Assad's figures.

Some human-rights groups, though, expressed concern that the trial were radical, potentially unfair and, at the very least, exposed flaws in Syria's justice.

"Bashar al-Assad used state

agences to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity," said Justice Tabbandaher al-Aryan during a court session that was aired by an state TV. "A contract with al-Assad-era trials, which were conducted in secret. The verdicts Justice al-Aryan and al-Assad had the al-Assad and the others guilty of premeditated murder, including against children, as well as other acts of brutality, including torture.

Justice al-Aryan said Mr. Najib could appeal.

"Today is the day of justice for all the wounded, in person, dates and case system who were forced to leave their country," said lawyer Ashura al-Naazimah, who was received families of Mr. Najib's victims. "Today murder is victory of the al-Assad's victims, a victory of the Syrian people against the neutral regime."

Mr. Najib is one of the highest-ranking security officials to be put on trial. He is a former army brigadier general who was in charge of political security in Syria's southern Daru's province. During his tenure, more than a dozen teenagers who scrawled

anti-government graffiti on a school wall were arrested and arrested. The case became a catalyst for mass protests against the oppressive policies of the al-Assad's security forces.

The protests were met by a brutal government crackle-win in 1920 that sprinkled into the civil war that ended with the al-Assad's center in a lightning-ribed offensive.

Some of Mr. Najib's victims were present at the courthouse, including two who were teenagers in 1920 and expressed their opinions to the Associated Press.

"Today the racketed a point where the blood was not wasted," said Nwaama Sayawah, about those who died in the crackle-woman. "I know your laws," there is hope that Abd Najib was sentenced to death," he said.

Another man, Israel Almand, who was detained at the age of 9, in 1920, expressed his satisfaction with the sentence, adding that "our biggest happiness will be when Bashar al-Assad is executed."

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U.S., Iran close to 'some sort' of deal, Pakistan says

TALA KAMARAH TOMMY TUMKIST (USA)

Pakistan said on Tuesday the United States and Iran were close to 'some sort' of deal, and fellow mediators Qatar said talks on managing the trust of Hormoz were at an advanced stage, despite reports of new attacks on shipping, disposal of others.

The comments offered some hope that Iran and the U.S. can end a stalemate that has in effect blocked the vital waterway through which two-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows from the sea. Prospect for a dual fuel appeared to date on Monday after the sides' latest remarks and demands.

In an interview with Bloomfield, Wovr, Pakistan Defense Minister Kharsiya Jief said "Image are shaping up again in favour of a peace arrangement on the U.S."

"The signals in the last two fliers date are that we are close to 'some sort' of deal arrangement."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Asaykh met Pakistan Interior Minister Nisham Naqvi in Tehran on Tuesday. Mr. Asaykh's Tehran relations unit, without providing further details.

Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson told a briefing earlier on Tuesday that separate discussions between Oman and Iran over management of the trust of Hormoz were in an advanced stage. Some Foreign Ministry's Public Relations Office did not immediately respond to a call for comment.

The official and Qatar have been the main mediators in the conflict in which thousands have been killed—mainly in Iran and Lebanon—since 1/4 and Israel attacks on Iran on 6th. In Iran has hit back by striking 3.5 assets and infuriated 1.5 to countries, including Oman, Jordan, Kuwait, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Oil fell back on Tuesday after hitting a one-week high earlier in trading although it remains much higher than before the war.

Iran said on Sunday it was staying a final part with Oman defining new shipping lines in the trust of Hormoz, which runs between them, but said that in itself would not open the waterway unless the U.S. met certain restrictions.

Those conditions were largely in Iran with a memorandum of understanding to end the conflict that was reached between Washington and Tehran in June and included compensation and an end to sanctions and military threats.

Mr. Asaykh said on Sunday that Tehran and Washington were not holding direct talks, but that messages were being exchanged through intermediaries.

U.S. President Donald Trump responded on Monday night, making new demands, saying he was seeking his own reparations from Tehran, seemingly leaving the two sides behind him.

"We're going to ask for money for the damage they've done over a 10-year period," Mr. Trump said at the White House, saying payments would cover deaths among 1,000 civilian demonstrations and U.S. forces in the region.

"So if there's damages to be paid, I think Iran should pay these damages," Mr. Trump said.

Despite tentative signs of progress in diplomacy, there were reports of the attacks on shipping in the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea, highlighting the reducing threat to maritime trade.

Four new murderous men killed in a suspected attack by Yemen's Iran-backed troubles on a small cargo vessel in the Saleh Mandeh Strait on Tuesday, Yemen's Transport Ministry said. The fatalities aboard the Egyptian vessel (Tharash) of continued, would be the first deaths in a hostile order of shipping since the Iran war began.

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Should we have a baby? Four couples navigate the question

The Globe's Ann Hui speaks to families across Canada who are deciding whether or not to have children

How do couples decide whether or not to have children? For decades now, economists and policy makers have debated Canada's declining fertility rates. In 2024, that figure plunged to 1.24 births per average woman, placing Canada among the ranks of 'ultra-low fertility' countries.

Over the past year, the Globe and Mail has been looking at the myriad factors that go into young people's decisions to have fewer kids, of so-called old, whose cancer is probably younger woman and men, on a range of considerations – everything from housing affordability to cancer concerns, and fears around the state of the world.

But for most families, it takes two to come to that decision – at least here in Canada, where about three-quarters of children are raised in two-parent families.

So what happens when the question moves from undecided to a couple? How do couples make the decision together, on what shape their families with take? And what happens when their wives don't align? Or, as is often the case, when things don't go so planned?

It's a discussion that, for many couples, is a complicated one. A discussion that's deeply personal, and tightly woven with so many other values – from how we feel about our work, our own identities, to our attitudes about the world around us.

'When those values are activated, couples get emotional,' said Patrick Hay, a Vancouver-based registered counsellor who works with families. 'Emotional isn't a bad thing. If just means that it's personal and very, very important.'

The Globe spoke with four couples across Canada who let us in into the complicated, over-shifting and, yes, emotional conversation that is being around kids.

Cassandra Peverly and Steve Kearns say they feel emotionally ready to have children, but it's a case against the clock. CASSANDRA PEVOLYT.

'Everything just exploded. The whole plan.'

CASSANDRA PIEOUTZ, 37, AND STEVE KEARNS, 43 – TORONTO

The beginning of the relationship was like a whirlwind.

After Cassandra and Steve met online in 2024, things progressed quickly. Within a year, they were living together. And by the following year, they were engaged.

'We're like mirror images of each other,' Cassandra said. 'Our personalities and others of humour are kind of one and the same.'

They had ideas of what their lives would look like together. A big wedding, a honeymoon in New York, more travel in the future. Kids – maybe – sometime in the future.

But then COVID happened. And then Steve's dad was diagnosed with cancer. On top of that, his mom, 30s, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

'Everything just exploded,' said Cassandra. 'The whole plan.'

The couple instead got married in a small ceremony in 2024. And in the year following, Steve would start between 'towards and the parent's home, about an hour away, to care for them. Cassandra, meanwhile, was dealing with her own health challenges, including several chronic conditions. Both of Steve's parents died last year.

Since then, the conversation between the couple has turned, once again, to their own future.

Cassandra: Truthfully, we walked a lot. We could see a future that had kids go per cent of the time, and their children go per cent of the time it felt too overwhelmingly scary.

There was climate change. We lived in a room apartment. And I had student debt at the time. The idea of having a child with that suffocating level of able-earned responsible, the just didn't feel ready. It felt like systems were not in place for us.

Steve: Also, in our minds, we figured we'd get married, dead-leth-travelling, and then in a year, maybe two, we'd start talking about family stuff and we're living together. And, as we're in ways to make those decisions, to have those conversations. And then the whole world just decided to stop [when COVID-19 hit].

There were a lot of ups and downs. There would be points in time where I would have to be gone for one week, two weeks, living up at my parents' place, taking care of them.

Cassandra: Steve and I am known as two people that have wealth and storm after storm, and the kinds of storms that no one else that we know has had to deal with in the same way.

It's been over half of our relationship, and that's been really tough.

Steve: There was just never a point where Cass and I felt comfortable to say. We, let's take that plunge and also throw in an extra human into this equation: 'It felt like whenever we had a slight window, something else would transpire. Another hurdle for us to try to overcome.'

But more recently, we've started to realize we've not getting any younger.

Cassandra: It definitely feels like 2024, was shit or got off the pot. It was like, 'You years just disappeared. We need to make a decision.'

Steve: We needed to start focusing on us. Let's do something for us.

Prior to all this, no women's really sure whether that was our path. But then, as we started to grow our lives together, we would look at each other, and be like, 'You'd be such a great dad,' or 'You'd be such a great mom.'

Cassandra: It was like, let's throw it to the wind. We love kids. We have nephews. We have friends with kids.

Steve: So now we're starting our path. I'm now 43. So we already feel like we've lost time.

Cassandra: Going through that level of adversity, is a way, has brought us closer. And we've been better able to communicate, and better able to utilize the time we have together meaningfully.

We feel emotionally ready. We're moving into a two-bedroom apartment. We have everything in place. Now it's just a race against the clock.

'I feel like I didn't get a choice.'

ATHONA SAFKOTA, 49 – TORONTO

For Rachu and Atindra, having their first child seemed easy.

The couple, originally from Nepal, moved to Canada together in 2024, as newlyweds. As new immigrants, they took some time getting settled before talking about starting a family. 'Like every woman out there, I was looking for the 'perfect time,' and Rachu.

A couple years later, they realized the timing would never be perfect. And, within two months of trying, Rachu was pregnant. Their daughter was born in 2024.

Around 2024, they began trying for a second child. 'We tried, and we tried, and we tried, we tried many times, and it didn't work,' said Rachu. They've visited four different fertility clinics, and still haven't been able to get clear answers.

Rachu: I had horrible experiences in the fertility clinics. Everyone would say, 'You need to do this. You need to do that. But no one could tell me why I wasn't getting pregnant.'

Atindra: Having to go to IVF, it was my idea, to be honest.

Rachu: I didn't want to do IVF.

Atindra: We decided, 'Okay, we've tried everything. And the only remaining options are to either forget about it, or try IVF. I wanted to try the last option we had available.'

Rachu: I was like, if you really think we can, we can try. But at the same time, I thought, 'It's meant to be, it will happen.' We can't keep loosing this.

Atindra: So we tried IVF.

Rachu: And I did full pregnant. I was pregnant for six weeks.

Atindra: She was excited. But for me, it was like I was in a soccer game, waiting for the referee to blow the whistle. And suddenly, one day, she started to block.

Rachu: After that, the conversation became, 'do you want to keep going?'

We stopped going on vacation because I had to be monitored all the time. And with all the medications, I was starting to gain a lot of weight, and seeing a lot of travel outage. I didn't like the kind of mom that I was becoming to my daughter.

I see the conversation as more to be present for the kid who is already here, rather than to push for something that's not here.

Atindra: You have to stop at some point. Otherwise we won't have time to live life. We would be miserable.

Rachu: When people see that we like kids, they tell us to keep going. They say, 'why am you giving up?' I know that they mean well, but it doesn't feel right.

I feel like I didn't get a choice. I didn't get to see how I wanted my family to look like.

Atindra: People think it's super easy to have a baby.

Rachu: Today, I think the conversation's closed completely. Realistically, I don't want to put in more effort. We don't want to grow our expectations.

Atindra: For me, mentally, I'm done.

Rachu: Still, I think, a chumam, the hope never really goes away. We're always hoping.

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“Do we want to go through that again?”

BRENNA QUAAS, 35, AND BRENDAN LE NOBEL, 36 – VANCOUVER

When they first started dating, Brenna and Brendan would talk about one day having a big family together.

Brenna had grown up in a family of three kids, and Brendan had grown up as one of four. “I wouldn’t have married somebody who didn’t want kids,” she said. The couple, who both work in finance, married in 2017, and bought their townhome together.

They already have two kids – a daughter, 3, and a six-month-old son – both conceived via NY. They have one remaining frozen embryo, and are now debating whether to use it.

Brenna: We’re on two opposite sides on this, I think.

Brendan: It’s pretty early days right now. Our [younger] kid is not even six months. And it’s not easy.

Brenna: Our second-born, he’s very colicky. For the first three months, I was like, ‘What have we done? I’m never doing this again.’

Brendan: When it’s great, it’s great. But when it’s hard, it’s hard.

Brenna: But, as time progresses, I’m thinking that when we’re 16, 20, 30, we’re going to look back on this time, and we’re not going to remember how hard it was having babies. We’re just going to love our children and love our family.

I think that I could suffer through the short-term pain in order to have that long-term goal.

Brenna Quaas and Brendan le Nobel have two kids – a daughter, 3, and a six-month-old son – both conceived via NY. They have one remaining frozen embryo, and are now debating whether to use it. ALANA-PACIFICIA-THE GLOBE AND MAIL

Brendan: For me, the question is: How much difficulty do we want to go through? How much do we want to go through? Because it’s not going to be easy.

Brenna: It was so much easier with one. We had more time for ourselves. It was easier to be like, ‘I’ll leave her with you for a couple hours. I can go out.’

Brendan: With one, you can actually carve aside some alone time. You can’t with two. And it would be even fun with three.

Brenna: People talk about the freedom – that once your youngest kid is 5, you gain back so much freedom, and I think what Brendan’s saying is that right now we’re 45 years away from that. If we have another one, we’re going to be six, seven years away.

Brendan: Do we really want to go through all of that again for another eight months, six months, whatever it is? Do we want to go through that again?

Brenna: It’s going to be a mutual decision. Honestly, in a year from now, I think if I sat down with Brendan and said, ‘Absolutely I want to try. This is very important to me.’ I think he would. But if he was like, ‘I absolutely don’t think we can do this; then I think I would be fine. We have two beautiful children. Maybe we get a dog. Either way, I think I would be okay.’

Brendan: We’d have to figure it out. We’ll have to figure it out.

“Life serves up whatever life serves up.”

DAVID FRIEDLAND, 34 AND ALON CORET, 33 – OTTAWA

For David and Alon, it was never a question of whether to have kids, but rather, when.

The couple, who were married in 2017, are planners. They wanted to be established in their careers – in the case of Alon, who’s a pediatrician, to be finished with residency and all of his other medical training.

But since early last year, the couple has been settled in their own home in Ottawa, with a dog and a cat. Now they’re looking at growing their family. For the past year and a-half, they’re been working with Anova, a fertility clinic, and successfully produced co embryos. They’re now in the process of trying to find a surrogate.

David: I grew up in a big family in Edmonton. I just loved having this, that full house, the chaos of us, so people in the kitchen, where everybody’s passing each other dishes to take out or bring back, or locate chairs, and someone’s spilled something on the carpet.

Alon: And I grew up in a smaller family, with one sibling. So it was always very important for me to grow our family. A bigger family, a big, busy, happy, loud, chaotic family was sort of always my dream.

I think it’s just having a sense of having people in your corner in this world. Just having a lot of a crew to learn into.

David: I wanted two kids. Somebody else in this room [points to Alon] wanted these kids. We’re compromised on ideally having four kids [laughs]. But we’ve been child one year.

Alon: As much as we talk about these numbers – we can make whatever draft plan we want. And then life serves up whatever life serves up. I think our real answer is that we would love to have a bag of a family as we’re able to, which in our situation is really not in our control in many ways.

David: Alon was much more active in terms of doing the initial research and understanding the timing. I thought we were going to have a little bit more time. So it was an educational process for me to understand that just because you’re going to start the process doesn’t mean it’s going to happen tomorrow.

Alon: We explored different ways, and ultimately wanted to go through a gestational surrogacy journey. From some very preliminary research, I understood that that can really take anywhere from three, four, five years – sometimes more.

David: It’s really hard to learn about some sex couples going through surrogacy in Canada. And really hard to find resources in a way that is digestible.

Alon: We sort of flip-flop between different feelings. On one hand, there’s someone gratitude because we live in a country that allows people like us to get married and to build a family, which is very special in Canada and definitely not the case in most of the rest of the world. And to have family and friends who are celebrating us in this journey.

At the same time, it’s a really complicated, emotionally dreaming and expensive journey. [They’ve had to pay out of pocket for more of the costs, which typically run well into six figures.] We just have to call it what it is. I think oscillating between those two emotional extremes is what the last year and a-half has been.

David: We’re very much keen on the same page. This is the life that we’re building together. This is the family we’re building together. And this is going to continue being our priority until we’re there.

David Friedland and Alon Coret have settled in their own home in Ottawa, with a dog and a cat. Now they’re looking at growing their family. ALAN-PACIFICIA-THE GLOBE AND MAIL

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EDITORIAL

The subject who is truly liquid in the chief magnitude will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary resources. Article.

AMBER LAUNDRY

THE GLOBE AND MAN

EARTH MAJORITY EXTERIOR VISIT

Canada's data gap on puberty blockers

There are two fundamental principles when considering appropriate treatment for young people who believe they have a gender identity different than their biological sex.

The first is that the welfare of the young person must rise above all other concerns. The second, related, principle is that the decision about treatment for gender dysphoria must be based on the best medical advice available, not ideology.

It can be already an incredibly vulnerable moment for young Canadians struggling with their gender identity and for their parents who only want what is best for their child. Gender incongruence – seeing one's true gender as different from their biological gender – can create severe distress, known as gender dysphoria, which can go so far as to put a young person at risk of suicide.

But what is the right answer for those youths who believe that they are transgender? For years in much of the Western world, the answer was straightforward: a treatment regime of hormones as close to the onset of adolescence as possible, in order to safeguard the mental well-being of a transgender youth and to minimize physical changes from puberty.

But that guidance has shifted in many countries. A growing number of countries now pondering puberty blockers in all but the most extreme cases of youth gender dysphoria.

In 2016, Finland changed course, urging caution in pre-existing puberty blockers, pointing to questions about basic density and fertility. By 2018, various official bodies in Sweden, France, Norway, Denmark and the United Kingdom had made similar recommendations that puberty blockers be prescribed only in restricted circumstances.

Other reviews have pointed to the opposite direction, most recently in the Netherlands, where a report released in late June supports chemical intervention in some cases. The Dutch report acknowledges there may be negative effects from puberty blockers, but that the mental-health risks mean such treatment should not be denied.

There has been no such re-examination in Canada. Meanwhile, Alberta has passed a law restricting the prescription of puberty blockers. That turns what should be a decision grounded in ethical and medical concerns into a legal matter.

That is the wrong approach: the course of treatment of gender dysphoria should be a discussion between a youth, their family, and their doctors. But that is not to say there comes for a debate about best practices and about science. Unfortunately, Canada is not having that debate.

The Canadian Paediatric Society issued a position paper on treatment for transgender youth, including the use of puberty blockers, in June, 2015. That document does acknowledge the potential risks to basic density and fertility, but its broad stance is a given light to the use of puberty blockers, a contrast to the more cautious approach emerging in Europe. It's worth noting that the CPS paper is not clinical guidance (a point that the paper's chief authors themselves make).

But there are growing questions in Canada that are leading some physicians to question that given-light approach, among them Dr. Karina Khatchadourian, a pediatric endocrinologist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Khatchadourian says the prescribed puberty blockers for more than 150 youths to treat gender dysphoria over a decade of practice.

But the stopped prescribing puberty blockers about a year ago, because of a lack of clarity on the long-term effects of the powerful drugs. "Evidence is gradually emerging that argues for us to be more cautious," she says.

Dr. Khatchadourian says a more rigorous approach is needed, with puberty blockers prescribed through a central body, rather than individual physicians dispensing prescriptions, and with the collection of data. That would allow for long-term monitoring to see how many individuals stayed on medication, for side effects and complications and more broadly quality of life.

There is a data vacuum in this country on the long-term effects of puberty blockers, one that deprives physicians, patients and their families of the best possible science to treat one cause of possible gender incongruence and dysphoria.

So far, the medical establishment has not been willing to fill that vacuum. It's past time for clinicians and researchers to do so: this country cannot dry away and hope to outsource this research to other countries.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

UNLIMITED STORY

Re "Conscience Carney faces for Neville Chamberlain moment!" (Report on Business, Aug. 10.) I found this offensive in more than one respect!

Branding Mark Carney (a "Conscience Carney" built this a charge Trump-like task: Making the analogy to Neville Chamberlain seems twice as believable.

During a sensitive time of negotiation, this opinion is most like, and so should Trump and an over goal for Canada. It could have offered him an effective organization strategies and tactics instead of making comparisons to Chamberlain, as if the situations are of similar historical significance – and consequence.

Leave sensationalism to influence.

■ Amnon Zohar Terrete

DEEPER LODI

Re "Canadian murder rate has bogged year-over-year decline in 30 years, National 1987." (Aug. 10). We should be cautious about overclothsizing what may be a short-term decline in crime.

The 2016 Canadian homicide rate of 0.6 per 100,000 has indeed declined from 1.3 in 2015, but not matched the lows of 1.3 in 2014, and 2014. Further, regional transitional aid, chief trends or statistical noise!

In 2016, the homicide rate in Saskatoon declined while it is caused in English. It was implemented in Vancouver compared with 2015. And in Toronto, it had increased in 2014 compared to 2014, until last year's dramatic decline.

The backdrop is the high-profile debate about longer sentences and tighter bad faith in more prominently affect vulnerable populations such as Indigenous people and those with mental health issues.

We should be careful about using short-term trends, however hopeful, for significant policy changes, however well-meaning. ■ Chester Foderick Terrete

CLEAR DEFINITION

Re "Socialistic Distresses" (Editorial Cartoon, Aug. 10). The cartoon of New York Mayor Zohran Maradani dragging the midfence. U.S. Democrat Library owner, Socialism brought to mind something that happened to one one, cruise a few years ago.

The first evening, my husband and I met the couple we would be dining with her the next 10 days. They were from Kentucky and when they found out we were from Canada. My gentleman began our first conversation in his southern third saying, "Canadian! You're all communists up there."

Needless to say, we moved to another table for the seat of the

cruise. But this made us realize that there are many Americans who don't know the difference between socialism and communism. (Perhaps there are Canadians who also lack this knowledge.)

This lack of understanding is often used by right-wing politicians to prevent the election of people such as Mr. Maradani, who want to do some good for all citizens, not just those with money.

■ Rosemary Sherban

Hannaway, BC

BOB PIEZARICH

Re "Discauses received fleeting B.C. wildfires as Ottawa seadars military to assist with relief efforts" (Aug. 11). I wonder what preventative measures were taken by government?

Were hot spots identified and targeted for 1827 non-affiliated Nies roads strategically built?

Is the BC Wildfire Service equipped with enough drones, water bombers, helicopters, pilots and recruits? Is its budget fit for purpose? Are detection and reaction times fast enough?

These apocalyptic wildfires have left me almost paralyzed with distress, usually because I feel we have been radically angry, parrot or more than 20,000 female Canadians have been deprived. My heart goes out to them, but I know that I am enough. We are in the danger scene.

Climate change is here and we should reduce our bond that footprint, especially for our kids and grandfads. No more pipeline and liquefied natural gas plants. Full stop!

■ J.H. McKenzie Vancouver

Re "More than 200 foreign firefighters headed to B.C. to battle wildfires" (Aug. 10). Did I get the right? When First Nation Wildfire is a company that trains and equips crews across the territory.

However, because of extensive contracts that go away from from leaving their traditional territory, we are hiring firefighters from Australia, Mexico and New Zealand.

■ Wow. ■ Brian Murphy Calgary

ON, THE HUMANITIES

Re "What's university even for? Should we break, and anyone are worth less and less" (Report on Business, Aug. 10). This way poses the humanities will continue on, but prescribes mandatory courses for liberal arts students in "math, finance, science, human rights and technology (topical and artificial intelligence), which help students experience the practicality of science of allied art in education." (Science students require no such supervision, e-captures.)

Prescriptions of this kind already exist in high schools. Our variety students should have

more freedom to explore, sample and discover knowledge while bouncing their unique inner gifts. As for Al, English teachers are on the front line of promoting humane ethics in the face of this inhuman, unique devouring technology. The humanities exercise natural intelligence.

The public may increase universities, given government articles on universities in the United States or Doug Ford dismissing "funded-wearing courses" as useless. But a balanced synergy among studies of business, education, liberal arts and science may produce more ethical generations of citizens, and even close the income gap highlighted here. ■ David Jaye Leicester

"So true," I said in myself at first, reading this critique of "freshly" schools and degrees "worth less and less."

But then I thought back to the Danube drying up in Europe, and to all the coverage of British Columbia on fire. I realized a recommendation to train more engineers and M&A to test a solution.

Imagine a different argument for universities. Train more philosophers to define what simple, well-liked lives look like, engaged political science departments to deal on how to date politicians who use public service as an end in itself, ask more literature graduates to describe alternatives to the consumption-observed economy. In new literature, do we have earlier times were better in some aspects: enable more sociologists to suggest how to fight foals against accelerated inequality, educate more economists to work out alternatives to corporate profitability – all in this story world enters this endgame of climate breakdown.

■ John Gopple Oakville, Ont

ANIMAL MELFARE

Re "The work will in B.C. must be audited to determine if humane standards are being used" (Aug. 8). I have been signing positions to this and other dual provincial governments for 10 years to stop this: information treatment of wolves, army predators.

So pointed out, cautious populations began to decline owing to habitat loss, which continues to like day. Then habitat was destroyed when years when these dams were built on their migration pathways, and forest roads were built to facilitate mining and oil and gas exploration. Such detractors of old growth forest only facilitated the predators of rain for the wolves and other wild animals.

In B.C. taxpayers, we should insist there be an independent audit of this 5/6 million-plus program. It takes time to compare presentations to wildlife and other species at risk.

■ Marianne Freeman Vancouver

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OPINION

Ontario Liberals' leadership race plods along

Even though Ford looks vulnerable, these tying to lead the Liberals appear to be abrogging at the opportunity

KEEPIN SHRADE OPINION

Nobody fares, who could political observers might recall as the 'superficies' guy in the home of those government, had the first defamaged. The first of the first time is the first time. The first time is the first time. The first time is the first time. The first time is the first time. The first time is the first time.

His slogan was about promising to make Ontario 'lead again,' with pledges to 'build new infrastructure,' 'expand child care,' and 'strengthen manufacturing,' - the type of non-specific, empty declarations that were a feature of the Trailsco government's promises as policy allies. The first leadership debate provided a stage for Mr. Rains to set more solutions (and perhaps a little personal character) and to prevent bold, big ideas to persuade the Ontario doctorate to return to the OLP after handling it in the political influences in 2020.

Instead, when asked what he would do differently from the Ford government on health care, he replied: 'I would do everything differently than the Ford government when it comes to health care,' and provided an answer that eventually amounted to 'spend more.' (The Ford government is already spending a cord amounts on health care without addressing its inherent inefficiencies.) 'Those asked how he would make life more affordable for Ontarians, he lamented that life was unattainable for

Ontarians. And when asked if and when it is appropriate for Ontario's Park to stop in and over, rule a local institution, such as a state's board, Mr. Rains told a state about his status if it matters and then noted that he considers education 'the greatest equality' in society.

There were two broad but contradictory themes on stage due to the 'squeaky night's Liberal leadership debate. Doug Ford lamented Ontario, and we need to continue swearing in, building and nurturing what makes Ontario in great time was candidate-meaning advocate Jim Lombardi - offered a genuinely distinct vision for the province, arguing for example, against a top-down vision of economic growth. 'We can't subsidize our way out of an affordable price,' he said. 'Commitment don't create good jobs - they create the conditions for good jobs to be created, and we have to be able to distinguish the difference between the things.' Mr. Lombardi was also the only candidate to state the obvious during a segment where the four other candidates took home, pledging their comment

ment to keeping private operators out of our health care system. 'The vast majority of medical operators in this province are privately run and OMP compensation.'

But Mr. Lombardi did not demonstrate the natural charisma and on-stage confidence that, for example, Liberal policy work Dylan Marando boasted Monday night, not down his already been a seat in the Ontario legislature, at MPPs (for fair, tough and Verbiage, for being routed as necessary to defeat Mr. Ford. But the most critical factor is that he is not Mr. Rains, who evidently can offer clarify from as a response to specific policy questions, and still have the Liberal establishment behind him.

This is the third leadership race for the OLP since Mr. Ford's 'replacement' Kathleen Wynne's Liberals in 2020. But it is the first one to which its winner might finally have the promise of the province within his or her grasp. That's because Mr. Ford's personal approval more than a year, plummeted to their worst levels since he became Premier, coinciding with a small

handful of spending scandals his government has so far been unable to shake behind the conditions are finally finally up for an election that could be the Liberals' to face (with the consent that many things can change between now and 2020). But the candidates' tying to lead the party are by and large abrogging, at the opportunity. Need of the evening was occupied by vague plainly, unheard declarations and cheap pithism.

In many ways Ontario has been on the same trajectory for 20 years, even though the party in charge worked in our halfway through. We haven't seen any up-and-down, but it is not to be a health care and education systems operate, any substantial regulatory changes in housing, or anything approaching a common level, as well as the government relates to, or invest in, industry. These tying to become leader of the OLP could be in a position to make those real changes in just a few years' time. But so far, most are just testing the status quo, diagnosed as things. This, and a story about their Grade II leaders.

In Australia, Canada's sub-procurement gets a 'good onya'

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OPINION

Nuclear global politics and international at the University of British Columbia

'A 'revolved Canada for avoiding our mistakes.'

I have heard this comment repeatedly recently, while interviewing Australian policy experts about among other things, Canada's recent decision to buy to conventionally powered German-made submarines. Through the language itself has been more colourful - I have learned a lot of new Australian things.

Australia had a contract for 12 similar French-made submarines - until 2020, when their prime minister Scott Morrison cancelled the deal and joined the president for Biden and British prime minister from Johnson in announcing a security partnership called ASXUS.

August of the new deal, Australia will acquire eight nuclear-powered submarines. The best three will be Virginia-class, acquired second-hand from the U.S. The remaining five will be a new US-4500-class, to be about 200 million units.

Auguring and operating the first will be very expensive with an estimated cost of $126.6 billion - not including the cost of disposing of the nuclear fuel when the submarines are discontinued.

A portion of the money will be sent to the U.S. to help speed up the production of Virginia-class submarines and that they say this three secondhand rounds. Another portion will go to Britain to help to promote its neglected submarine-building industry.

The numbers are concerning

Australia has committed to buying three secondhand Virginia-class submarines like the USS Minnesota, above, from the U.S. (GUN-WEST) (K67/105)

strongly, but now former Austrian has foreign minister Gareth Evans is producing that Austria's submarines will be submitted into this command selection of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Washington because no containing China. ASXUS provides U.S. naval planners with a nuclear-alternative base in Western Australia, on the coast of the Indian Ocean.

Another problem is that all of the submarines will be powered by Vietnam-up; that has been stretched to up per cent - a higher percentage than the estimated used in the South that destroyed Hiroshima. This may contrast to the object and purpose of the 1988 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which restricts the

transfer of weapons-grade fuel to non-nuclear weapon states.

Australia argues that such transfers are permitted, since the major does not explicitly prohibit the transfer of weapons-grade fuel for naval propulsion. But even then, Australia, occurring such fuel could encourage other non-nuclear weapon states to claim that they, too, require weapons-grade fuel for their naval vessels.

With Vietnam-up, having a half-life of 1/2-1/3 million years, the fuel will remain at weapons-grade long after the submarines are cut up for scrap metal. But the more plain that weapons-grade fuel exists in the world, the more likely that some of it will fall into the wrong hands at some

point.

How did Australia get itself into this mind?

ASXUS was negotiated when the U.S. was a reliable ally that is to longer life. Last, but it would take a loose prime minister to tell Donald Trump the deal was cancelled.

Australian politics at the time also played a role. ASXUS was announced during an election year and could have become a wedge issue between Mr. Morrison's governing Liberals and the opposition Labor Party.

Sevying a new Labor Leader Judiciary Allemose embraced ASXUS. He has maintained that position now that he is Prime Minister. But four years after it was announced, ASXUS remains

a dominant issue in Australian politics, and his Labour Party has split over the agreement, with former prime minister Paul Kissing, leading the trough.

Canada's submarine procurement offers a sharp contrast. Owing to hydrogen fuel cells, Canada's submarines would not give to Canada as the equal set up to one month. They will also be extremely quick, making them almost impossible to detect.

The submarines will come from an operational production line Canada's partners in the project. Germany and Norway are stable and reliable allies.

Of course, many things could still go wrong. The German company YSNH has only provisionally been selected. With contract negotiations continuing, a switch to another supplier remains possible.

It is also possible that the Royal Canadian Navy will want to modify the submarines, for instance, to use American rather than European-made torpedoes. That is what happened when Canada bought four secondhand British submarines to keep adding costs and expenses.

Another challenge will be recruiting enough submarines to enable the operation of a school floor. This is all that most of the country's most important monthly is a tightly enclosed space, not seeing that any breathing fresh air, or communicating with family. Yet for a know few, working with high-tech machines is a powerful draw.

The first time of the two main extensive training, a modern businessman is so simple as a fifth generation fighter jet, and does not have question such.

And this procurement is so viable course. And Canadians might be pleased to see that Australians are more than constant.

The United States is headed for a fiscal cliff

ASHGUN CITIZENS OPINION

In the time it takes you to read a plan column, the United States will add another US$20 million to its national debt. By the end of the day, it will be nearly US$6.9 billion more than it was yesterday, in a week, US$16.6 billion, more than the government of Canada's economy as a year.

The annual U.S. federal budget debits in new training at close to US$1.9 billion, nearly a per cent of GDP, and headed for a per cent of the state's cash, having major interest tax and operating policies continue. The fiscal national debt, at nearly US$4.6 million, now exceeds its per cent of GDP.

Of course, some of that in which money the federal government is more than US$1.9 billion is scientists purchased by the Social Security Trust Fund and of the suppliers it called up in

years past. The Congressional budget Office calculates that, as if the total holdings, the national debt amounts to 'only' US$2.9 billion, or just over to or about the U.S. GDP, though that, too, is proximal to grow - to nearly up or down by a year, or, per cent for 2020.

However, Social Security is now rapidly forming through its reserves, the suppliers having long since turned to deficits. By 2020, they are expected to run their own assets, having major change, the U.S. government will have to meet its Social Security obligations out of current taxes, but since these taxes are already more than claimed by other obligations, that means the government will have to go even better into debt to cover the differences, roughly another, a per cent of GDP annually by 2020.

The Social Security Board of the United States is now present value of the unfunded liability in Social Security over the next 75 years at roughly US$2.9 billion.

Add it up, and that's close to US$5.9 million in debt that that is not all, including the unfunded liabilities in Medicare (what the U.S. calls their science of public health care for the poor and the elderly) would add about US$6.6 million in the state's income, plus for federal government employees, civilian and military, roughly US$1.9 billion, plus another US$4.6 billion and change in unfunded health benefits for those same employees.

The US$6 billion is a good government debt of about US$1.7 million, and the net unfunded liabilities in their pension plans, as a measly US$9.6 million, and the total something approaching the consolidated debt of the US, yields 20.2% on the order of US$4.6 million, more than four times their GDP.

Of fact, the people who buy U.S. debt have begun to notice that the US$6 billion is a business, which fell through as years of abundance after the 1980's, when the US$6 billion is a business, but likely been rising. It

now stands at more than 1.5 per cent, the highest in the first year's 2020.

Some of that is real - all these government bonds comprising for buyers with other bonds, from other issuers - and some are it as a premium for especially higher inflation, itself related to all that debt. At some point, market participants are betting, the U.S. may try to inflate its way out of its debts, paying back its lenders in developed dollars. The other way, are they require to hold U.S. debt against accordingly, to cover themselves against the risk.

Either way, it's all kinds of trouble. The higher the interest rate on its debt, the more the U.S. government will have to pay its lenders, and the greater its debts will grow. Interest costs on U.S. government debt currently amount to about 1.5 per cent of GDP. They are probably not nearly three times that much, relative to GDP, or 20 years.

But that assumes the average

interest rate on U.S. debt, now at 1.5 per cent of marketable companies, that is 1.5 per cent. More it is true instead to, say, 1.5 per cent, the American's GDP ratio rises to 1.5 per cent. At an average interest rate of 1.5 per cent, the rate is 1.5 per cent, and the rate with the rate of U.S. liabilities - it falls 20.4 per cent.

Even at 10 per cent of GDP - the 'true' octane's interest costs would be eating up more than half of all federal revenues. (For comparison, at the height of Canada's debt woes, interest costs accounted 10 per cent of federal revenues.) At higher interest rates - well, 20 per cent because of the 1980's, it is heading roughly for a fiscal cliff. And at its bottom is a President who proposes to spend even more, and who demands the Federal Reserve, in the face of rising prices, cut interest rates. For all going to end in an ocean of tears.

GARY MASON will return.

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LIFE & ARTS

TRANS. OPINION | PUZZLES | MEATHER

Storybook Wales reset my mind and body

A beach day offered the perfect treat during an historic heat wave, upending the moody trip I had in mind

MORA MYTON

The sand baking me through my towel was a clear sign I needed to take a day on the marlboro bay sooner rather than later. But just as I raised my head to look for a trustworthy parson to watch over my things, a loud pop pierced the sweltering afternoon, startling me and all the other headspots willing nearby.

A child's soccer ball roamed on the blanket next to me had burst at a scam, its pink inner lay or blown out into a bubble like a piece of chewing gum. My eyes met my neighbours over the source of the scare and we both laughed too dark - and disbelieve - just how blistering the Bay afternoon had become in Wales.

I had taken Westly's inaugural non-stop flight from Toronto to Cardiff with a certain kind of moody trip to mind: cloudy lakes along jagged cliffs and up to an all-rainy, rainy struts along coloured high-stones and cozy park dinners after museum visits would provide the storybook charm that draws literature and history aficionados like me here in drows.

Sure enough, I found plenty of exactly this everywhere I went. The ruins of medieval castles (more than two in total) and sheep (something like tame millions) dotted the rolling green hills straight out of my most practical imaginations. At St. Fagan's National Museum of History outside of Cardiff, restored stone carriages, town houses, and vine-crested garden walls backened me to take a park into the portraits of everyday Welsh life through the centuries. As we drove around Wales's southern coast and back through the country's heart, many country lanes tanned fellow travellers into careful dance pursues as we passed each other with only inches to speed.

At St. Fagan's, Britain's smallest city, I hairdled through the coblivorous paths to reach the eponymous cathedral built upon the site of a sixth-century monastery, where the sunset flooded the skies with the sort of soft light. I hardly thought existed outside of paintings. And on our only essential afternoon farther up the coast in medieval Cardigan, I had to do some under a dark, round-fort to make it across River Telf for a year full color as I watched the streets on the water with a book in hand.

But to my delight (tempered with climate unease), a historic heat wave created the perfect treat in my hair as unexpected beach day in Pembrokeshire county. Flooring in the cool water in the town of Terley was a balm on the sweltering heat - and for my assumption that one dentist from cordless toastish both my body and my carcass stand the castle and coloured sounds town, built behind (with century medieval walls, overlooked the

Dedocase from above: St. Fagan's National Museum of History outside of Cardiff, Dylan Thomas's writing studio in Laugharne, Caerphilly Castle. ABOVE: ORDING COPYRIGHT: BELOW: MORA MYTON/THE GLORY, AND WAIL.

few. Edmonton or soft-road beaches, boomerang in the calm waves and floating on my back in the harbour below, I hadn't felt so relaxed in a long time. It remind all me how fun it is when trips out with attenders you intellectually lost also replenish you physically.

And there was no shortage of distinct pleasures to choose from. After a few hours and a diubath started ice cream in postcard perfect Derby, we wound out our around the coast and they into Pembrokeshire for a penitence tip at Whitewash Bay. The wind whipped up massive waves that drive raether and bengal-bourtesy on you the brisk, exposed waters, which reminded me of the jagged beaches near Tolmo.

I walked seemingly halfway to Ireland on the gradually sloping sand, then dove in for a few strokes against the approaching tide. Letting the swell drift me and turn me around was sergeoning, and the saltwater sheep quickly in the sun afterward as I blotted up a nearby stretch of the Wales Coast and from the distance of a higher outrage point, I could appreciate the full scale of the rocky coast's beauty and power. The next day, after a quick wade in Mont farther

north on the Cardiganshore coast, storm clouds rolled to and chased me back up the cliff stairs, giving me another look just a little too close for comfort.

There is an untimetrical Welsh word, hearth, that in English is described as an intense homesickness. The true meaning, as non-speakers can understand, is a profound longing for one's homeland that makes you feel like something foundational as you is missing. After a work around southern and mid-Wales, it was clear why they needed such a strong term.

Many Welsh writers have tried to put the country's power and allure into words, but Wales's rich storytelling tradition isn't confined to its green.

At Dylan Thomas's boardhouse in Laugharne, I chatted with manager Toby Notings. As we talked about the author and poet's early influences, he mentioned Thomas's granddaughter had dropped by rather that day. During our walk to Thomas's writing studio overlooking the River Telf's urinary and back through town, I came to understand that Thomas's life and work were not just a history feeling was proud to share but a living part of this community.

I felt invited to stop into Wales's stories everywhere. I went, but the hospitality in the tranquil heart of the Caribbean Mountains went beyond the country's characteristically warm welcomes. At the room, heritage Elan Valley Hotel in Maysale's owners Rachel and Lyn Morgan ran the show with a surprisingly small staff, escorting me to my corner room overlooking herds of deep corche mountains, pouring upshift to side to the garden and serving up dinner at the cozy dining room with sincere humour and some kind trọng. Not usually a lamb fan, I had vowed to eat or at least once on the trip, and I'm so glad I waited for chef Ben Lewis's tender slow-roasted lamb-decodate, which I'm sure nothing else could have topped. The authors meal and bonkerous friends conversation, just like my trip to Wales, were nourishing in more ways than one.

IF YOU GO

Westly flies non-stop from Toronto to Cardiff four times a week until Sept 12. (The service begins again in May, 2017.)

For a Pembrokeshire vacation

without the padded sounds, book the Grove Hotel just outside the town of Narberth. A riffs-century home on pastoral grounds offers an intimate spot of luxury less than a an intimate drive from Timby and the beach. Rates start at approximately 8:15 a night (15:00) in the summer, depending on the room. And for a warm welcome after a day of outdoor adventuring in the heart of Wales, the cozy Elan Valley Hotel in Maysale offers the and simple lodgings starting at approximately 8:30 a night (10:00), depending on the room.

A Loving Welsh food walking near, 8:30 a person (10:15), behind me get my culinary and historic bearings in Cardiff, and isn't complete without a spot of local cheese at Tu Caws or a special national treat warm off the griddle at Fafudour Whitecakes. Delicious Welsh cuedate are everywhere, but the savoury and misleading vegetarian Glamorgan sausage counts at Cows bakery in Cardigan stole the show for me.

The writer was a guest of that fiction and that Wales, which did not receive or approve the article. Stories are based on merit. The Cobra shows all possible coverage.

SOCAN partners with tech platform to help artists address AI use

LARA WALL

In the latest battle between artificial intelligence and Canadian musical creations, performance rights organisations (OCAN) is growing hence with technology platform Musical AI to provide tool that allows creators to be compensated when their work is used in generative AI content.

On its website, Musical AI/ML itself is a platform that allows musical rights holders to establish which - if any - parts of their catalogue, can be used in document, and allows AI companies to attribute and license what they generate.

Through the partnership, Musical AI will use its platform to analyze AI content that can be copied to multiple copyrights (i.e. discourses, and issues documentations that can license and distribute rights to AI generated musical creations. Tools developed through the partnership will be available on an opt-in basis.

"If you think about all the ways that we typically license users of music, it's always with the rights holders: the creators, the publishers, the composers, sharing in the financial benefits," said Jennifer Brown,

chief executive of SOCAN, at the Society of Composers, Author and Music Publishers of Canada. "If you're generating revenue off the backs of creators, then there should be a revenue share in that."

The partnership responds to continuing challenges in regulating AI models, many of which are alleged to have escaped and targeted to upregated works so that users can make their own songs, images, videos and writing in recognizable styles, but it's only days for the partnership, and some details remain unthinkable, such as exactly how the musical components used in AI content will be determined, and how the royalties will be paid out.

Brown said Musical AI will need to provide "proof of concept even under scale" before the work is continued.

Even if it's not being disclosed now, we know that all that output is really copyrighted, and humans created ways that are building that. This is a really interesting experiment to work with Musical AI... and go. When just go ready to the future when we can actually license and pay out.

But the details, say some, will make or break the partnership, and whether it can do what it hopes for Canada's creative

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sector, much of which is at a loss as to how to manage unauthorized AI use.

Catherine Brown, senior teacher in the Music Technology & Digital Media Program at the University of Toronto, wonders about the "divorc" of music that have been used in AI generated content, which may be harder to detect - and reinforcer for - than a full sample. "I think what organizes from such as the new advertising the is, how do we identify that diver?"

Brown also uses a question about what, if anything, could be done about the

extensive creative material that has already been used in AI generated content without authorization.

"The way that Musical AI makes the magic happen, as it went, is going to be the world of more sense."

Others, such as Ohlson, Isaac Helle, orgee Lynn Miles, are skeptical about the music industry's influence in the shadow of tech companies.

"For sure the long journey of decline of royalties going to artists, especially when streaming services kicked in," said Miles, who's been performing and putting out records since the 1990s. "[AI] is just sort of another bet."

Using an online search tool, Miles recently learned that to of her songs have been used in AI generated music, a discovery she called "heartbreaking," but not surprising. She said online tech companies are on the hook for legal or monetary consequences, they will have little incentive to credit or compensate artists.

"SOCAN's been going to Parliament and court for years to try to change copyright law," she said. "I think that's a difficult fight. I wish them back."

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Our multigeneration trip was just what needed

FIRST PERSON

A welcoming experience in Vietnam and Thailand showed me how much room my son made for me, Hugh MacLeod writes

For two weeks, I travelled through Vietnam and Thailand with my son and grandsons.

My son arranged the flight, accommodation, timing and the small details that make a journey possible. More than that, he made room for me inside something he was sharing with his sons. In doing so, he gave me a gift I will carry for the rest of my life.

My grandsons, now men, did not know I was joining them. They had already started their trip with their dad when I appeared at the transfer airport in Taiwan as a surprise.

There are moments when time spans. In their faces, in the welcome and the sudden weakening of the journey, we became three generations stepping into the same story.

On the second day, the meaning of our journey appeared in a place no gaudishness would end in it to a surprise that behind a tumor court, about us, but wide and far, but long, with one way in and one way out. Plastic tables and chairs lined the right side. Halfway down, on the left, a small opening led to what seemed to be a side-walk calf or beer stall, with bags stacked in the background.

At least you must of my vintage were gathered there. We counted the tables after we sat down, as of them, with four or five men at each. They were sharing memories, beer and time. Nothing had been stage-in-translation for us. It was life continuing in

its own rhythm.

When we joined the group, the men turned. We one spoke. They simply smiled. The welcome was unmistakable. Some thing humanist told me.

There was one plastic table open with two chairs. Before we could settle into the awkwardness of being outsiders, two more chairs appeared, blind from other tables and carried toward us.

And that was everything.

The men made room for us. Sit here. It with us. There is space for you.

We didn't feel like tourists. We had been received.

The beer, laughter, nook, smiles and rearranged chairs carried a wisdom deeper than language. Sometimes belonging is a plastic chair pulled from another table, or a smile from someone whose language, you do not speak.

When we left, the men molded and smiled again. Nothing more was needed.

Veterans and Thailand were beautiful. But that alley revealed the danger journey. I had been made room for. And once I felt that, I began to see the same quiet welcome everywhere.

That moment became the lens through which I saw everything else. I was traveling as someone who had been made space for. In my son's case, my grandsons'盼os are, the heart between brothers and another culture's ordinary humanity.

For two weeks, I reached my son not only as my son but as a father. One of the great privileges of later life is seeing the child you once carried over carry the love of his own children with confidence, humour, patience, and love. His care was everywhere in the planning, the checking in, the adjustments and the tightness with which he carried responsibility.

Through my grandsons, I saw the life my son and his wife have built over many years. Their sons are men now, with their

own independence and care. I saw respect and the kind of love that does not need much explanation because it has been lived long enough to become natural.

And I saw them as a woman. The may have reached me most deeply. They were laughing, leaning, waiting, sleeping, and knowing one another in ways only brother-in-law. Their friend was visible.

For two weeks, I didn't feel like I was watching my son's family from a distance. I was inside it. He made, the movement, the laughter, the tired evenings, the decisions, the idiosyncrasies and the beginning again each day.

T.S. That wrote that the end of all our exploring is to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. I travelled through Vietnam and Thailand, but in some way I returned to family, to father and son, to brothers, and to the long, living thread between generations. I returned to what I had always known, but now saw differently.

The journey ended where it had widened: at the transfer airport in Taiwan.

Saying goodbye meant stepping out of a shared rhythm that had held all four of us together. Final hope, fair looks, small waves. The moment when something deeply shared had to become something quietly carried.

On the plane ride home, I thought about family loss as something we belong to, but as something we continue to discover. We were carrying what we shared forward, each in our own way, into the lives waiting for us.

And somewhere inside me, the invitation remained. There is room for you here.

Hugh MacLeod lives in Sidney, ILL.

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Last year, Brown defended artists' rights at the House of Commons and spearheaded a national campaign against unlicensed AI music that was supported by artists such as Mac McManus and Sarah McLachlan.

"There's other ways that we're looking like problem. At the same time that we're looking at how we would work in this ourselves, we're also going to government and saying AI companies also need to be responsible for transparency," Brown said.

For some, the home is already out of the gate, so to speak. Even if there was a way to track unauthorised sampling in AI-generated music and compensate artists, the music industry has been a rapidly changed by the role of technology and AI, said Matt Bergman, a long-time rock musician, songwriter and producer based in Ontario's York Region.

"I think it's a massive team," he said. "I'm not against using technology to record real sounds and stuff like that. But technology has pretty much eliminated the music business since the year 2000."

Bergman worries that even when someone under our original music from a specific artist, the proliferation of AI-generated impressions may change their expectations and knowing habits over time.

"You can make the perfect-standing song, but it's swallow," he said of AI-generated music. "The imperfections of art are the best part, and [AI] doesn't leave any room for them to be any imperfections."

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BY STONE BROOKS

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026

South dealer Both sides vulnerable

The holding

South	West	North	East
(5)	Pass	(5)	Pass
(25)
Opening Lead – queen of clubs.

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

SUDOKI DIFFICULTY (KIDS) ♦♦♦♦♦

ACROSS

1. Good, entertaining commercial abandoned (B)
2. Pen exclusive news item, not the first (A)
3. Person who's reticent about one allegation (S)
4. Dish you put on a table (7)
5. Think about trick with model (11)
6. Bigot on strange tale (6)
7. Universal subject primarily covered by comedian (6)
8. Solid doctor working after theatre bombed (11)
9. Enthusiastic reference about outlet (7)
10. Come into conflict, having no time for point of view (5)
11. Plunder left and returned as well (4)
12. Put off carrying object back? (B)

ACROSS

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Both sides vulnerable

The holding

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Both sides vulnerable

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Volunteer: Patient wellness involves more than just treating physical ailments

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She started out delivering flowers and snail to patients in the hospital, until one day a woman asked if there was any way she could get her hair washed. Mrs. MacDonald and another voluntary wiggled a rubber sheet under her head and used a second one to lumen water into a bucket.

"I said 'Maybe there's a need for something like this.'" Mrs. MacDonald said during an interview: "That's where it all started and told it."

Now, instead of a rubber sheet, volunteers use a special hand-washing toy that has a headset and a funnel. The supplies, paid for by the tubes are empty, have increased to nearly a full ration, hairspray, gel. How issues, curling irons, blow driers, round brushes and a reduction of crumbs in a jar of their flashbells.

Hospital volunteer services department manager Janice Morrison said Mrs. MacDonald and her volunteers have repeatedly demonstrated that patient wellness involves more than treating physical ailments.

"That's why that exists bit of healing," she said. "It's important being able to feel good about themselves leaving their hair washed."

Today, Mrs. MacDonald has developed how these days a week to use, but over the years she has accumulated a case—or another house—a record that she seems destined to indefinitely hold.

"In my career—what's left of it

Every Thursday, volunteer Gayle MacDonald, 82, brings a girl stitched with shampoo, hair-washing products, brushes and haunts to patients in their rooms at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown. AMELISA TEANMELL/THE GLOBE AND MAIL

I will never see a volunteer reach that, and I don't think this hospital will ever see another volunteer reach that milestone." Ms. Morrison said.

"For someone to get to that level now, you would have to be wanting to volunteer at the age of at and stay with it for as long as she has, and we know that's not realistic for people in their lives as they grow up. So to think back to what she's given to the hospital, if I considered."

Mrs. MacDonald recalled how that morning her bit of patients who wanted their hair washed included a man who had none. At first, when she picked her head in the room, she thought someone was trying to pull a pinch on her. She said that this man laughed and told her his head was so itchy, he just wanted a scalp wash. "So, we put the toy under him and followed him up, and he said, 'Oh that feels so good.'" She tells the story of an elderly

lady who was used to going to get her hair done every week. "I know I'm flying her I don't want to look for." Mrs. MacDonald so called her saying. "I'll bring the small previous chair in, the room, so as a distant relative of Mrs. MacDonald—which made it more emotional than usual when she died earlier this summer." And while it's not always easy handling the cold profile person or the inevitable losses of patients she has befriended, the

key to doing this work, she said, is to remind herself of what she is able to do for patients.

"Even if somebody is really sick, you're made them feel a little bit better," Mrs. MacDonald said.

"Today, bless their hearts—every single one of them wins—to appreciate of getting it done, and one lady said, 'I've been in here for almost a month and didn't get my hair washed.'"

There's perhaps no patient at the hospital right now who, as more appropriate, takes MacDonald's efforts than Laura Livingston. Over the past 9 months that she has been in hospital to receive care for chronic lung disease and tracheal disease, she said, she has developed a shortness with Mrs. MacDonald and two others on her team. Their kindness and compassion when doing her hair and working around her disabilities make her feel refreshed and ready to stay in another day. Ms. Livingston said.

"I just couldn't believe it—the patience of them, just the time they took to make sure that I was a comfortable and successful problem with my breathing I could stop and catch my breath," she said, speaking through an elementary school, she held to her neck.

"I just felt like a human being."

Case Reference: The Janice is a common carrier, which will introduce you to volunteers to health care who fill open and provide compassion in a system that can be isolating and scary.

Trade: U.S. demands Canada accept export quotas on steel, drop retaliatory tariffs

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They would follow Mr. Trump's previous tariffs on same, steel, aluminum and forestry products, making it especially promising.

Mr. Chantito has been in Washington for several weeks as the seal Canada U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc try to negotiate a deal to avoid the new forces and get the previous ones reduced. Mr. LeBlanc returned to the U.S. capital again on January for a third meeting in an many weeks with Mr. Chantito and Mr. Greer. Mr. Trump's top trade negotiators.

Mr. Chantito spent the week and launched doors at the Canada embassy working with a small army of trade negotiators and experts.

Mr. Chantito said Mr. Chantito is a well respected and shrewd negotiator who chooses her words carefully. Two of them noted the importance of the use of the word 'ckh' in her description of the bag, so tariffs became the first time she sent to the past to frame the level of extraneous around trade talks.

Notably, in April she down-

ployed the significance of a lady's review date for the Canada U.S. Mexico Agreement, saying it was 'Washington' and not a 'ckh'.

Another one of the sources said Mr. Chantito is well received by the Americans to part because of her candour and director.

Mr. LeBlanc's office declined to comment on the record on Mr. Chantito's comment and Mr. Chantito did not respond to The Globe and Mail.

A Canadian official reiterated Prime Minister Mark Carney's words from last month, that all options are on the table for retaliation.

The Globe is not identifying the official in order to learn the government's perspective on the trade talks.

As The Globe previously reported, the two sides are aiming for an 'intense' agreement in which Canada would agree to a long list of U.S. demands in exchange for some relief on Mr. Trump's tariffs.

In addition to the latest tariff threat, the U.S. President has already imposed tariffs of 10 per cent on steel and aluminum, in

per cent on an area, to per cent on lumber and to per cent on wood on furniture under Section 252 of The Trade Expansion Act of 1987.

The bag to deadline for the additional tariffs has hit a few under negotiations which had previously flagged for months, and activity has accelerated hernday more than.

In the current table, the U.S. is demanding that Canada accept export quotas on steel and aluminum, remove retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products, such as areas, return American alcohol or store shelves, remove provincial government restrictions, and agree to Washington's interpretation of how dairy quotas should be allocated.

In exchange, the two sides have discussed the U.S. investment the 252 tariffs on steel and aluminum but leaving some level of tariff in place Canada is also pushing for tariff relief for the ratio and forestry sectors.

One of Mr. Trump's top demands is for the ban that most promote have imposed on American alcohol to blind. But pretends, in particular from the taxis, Quebec, and B.C. have

made it clear that they will be the ones to decide when that happens and they have insisted that the 252 tariffs in particular be resolved first.

On Tuesday, one provincial government source said American alcohol would only return to the shelves if there is significant and meaningful progress on the 252 tariffs on steel, aluminum, anion and lumber. The source said there is no way pretimers will fold on the alcohol, but simply in exchange for more talks. The Globe is not identifying the source, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.

Sources with knowledge of the table who spoke with The Globe have said that, although the comment of a deal have been taking shape, nothing has been agreed to and Mr. Trump has not signed off on anything. Two sources said that a deal would almost certainly have to be presented to Mr. Trump for his signature. He should be the part more to the U.S.

Mr. LeBlanc was supposed to return to the U.S. capital on these days but his plane was turned

back to Montreal due to weather. He is leading the table while the Prime Minister is in Italy on vacation this week. Mr. Carney is expected to return via Aug. 17 and his office said he remains in contact with his officials on the trade negotiations.

The very fact of such contained negotiations between Canadian and American officials is notable, said Brian Crow, a former deputy chief of staff and adviser on Canada U.S. relations to them prime minister Justin Traidoux. He now advises companies on cross-border issues and broader geopolitical risks.

"It means there's a real chance for a deal," Mr. Crow said, but he cautioned that if doesn't guarantee one. With one week to go-borne the bag to deadline, he said the U.S. government has been working to rethink and complex policies and get the previous on side.

"The feminist pact doesn't necessarily mean a deal will come together," he cautioned, pointing to the fact and states with which trade negotiations happened in the first Trump administration.

Trump used elaborate ruse to leave Turkey after summit, report says

U.S. President Donald Trump recently flew out of last month's NATO outcast in India on Turkey, on an alternate military aircraft while the White House made it appear that the Republican President was flying on Air Force One, according to a report published by The Washington Post.

The Post said Monday the operation was prompted by an Iranian assassination threat against Mr. Trump. The ruse was carried out as journalists and some White House staff members were led to believe they were on the same plane as the President as he began his country trade. The situation from the annual gathering of NATO country leaders.

The Post cited material reviewed by the newspaper, a U.S. official familiar with the operation and another person with knowledge of the President's travel. The Associated Press has not independently confirmed the report.

Mr. Trump had flown to the summit in a new Qatari-ghraf and retrofitted red, when and navy blue jet. But ahead of the next meeting, he said he would fly pairwar home on an either-model baby blue Air Force One plane instead.

The President at the time said the new luxury jet was being flown out ahead of the departure from Ankara to give some U.S. troops based in eastern England a chance to attack on the new Air Force One.

In Ankara, Mr. Trump boarded the old Air Force One tender air to view of television cameras ahead of the plane flying to Seoul Air Force MidlandsAir Britain.

However, according to the report, after boarding the Sugar Air Force One jet, he was secretly chastled minutes later to a similar plane—an Air Force C-pak—using an airport catering truck typically used to load muzzle and other supplies. Mr. Trump flew to MidlandsAir on that smaller air.

The report stated that such a speed directly to operators about the first report of the secret operation to include Mr. Trump out of the country on a third aircraft, or the

Catering trucks are parked at Air Force One on the terrace before U.S. President Donald Trump departs Ankara International Airport on July 8. A. S. F. RANDON/ASSOCIATED PRESS

superstar elaborate ruse to make it appear he was on the baby blue Air Force One jet flying to MidlandsAir.

As the President has said recently, there are many enemies of America who have their rights on him, and we are every tool at our disposal to address these threats. When threats overemphasize or discover the new Chesapeake and in a statement.

The U.S. Secret Service declined to comment. The Air Force, which maintains the fleet of executive travel aircraft, submits questions to the White House.

While Mr. Trump was in Turkey, the U.S. military conducted a series of large strikes to leave socialized on the 4s attack on merchant shipping of the region.

The New York Times and CBS News reported last month that intelligence officials had raised concerns about a potential

attack on the President at his jet, triggering additional precautions and the decision not to use the newly inaugurated aircraft global to Mr. Trump by Qatar for the first leg of Mr. Trump's own from Ankara.

The resup had spurred questions about the security of the Qatari-provided aircraft, and Mr. Trump said last month after the trip that it would undergo additional upgrades.

Mr. Champson-Morady maintained that the new, Qatar-ghraf plane was 'a state-of-the-art aircraft that has been fitted with high-level security protocols that ensure the safety of the President and his staff.'

The new Post report on claudication, putting Mr. Trump on a third aircraft, was quietly whisking him out of the country adds a huge layer to just how seriously concerned U.S. security officials were

about the threat against Mr. Trump during the continuing war with Iran.

Paul Ecklief, a former special agent with the Secret Service, said such an unusual move could either reflect actionable intelligence or an abundance of nations given volatility to the region with the wars in Iran and Ukraine.

"I would not say uniprocedental, but it is an unusual occurrence," Mr. Ecklief told the Associated Press.

The Post reported that to cost that plane without being sure by those unamortised on the surface, Mr. Trump was a social radio-stipend aboard an airport catering truck, which was abounded pheasible using hydraulic and positioned at a door on the opposite side of Air Force One's entrance.

The small group of reporters who thought they were travelling with Mr. Trump were advised to contact their window shades ahead of takeoff.

After arriving at MidlandsAir, some photographs captured images of Mr. Trump getting off the preidentical plane—nay getting—determined that there was no sight of the pack of journalists who thought they were travelling with him.

Democracy Senator Richard Blumenthal called for a congressional briefing on what happened.

"It is unprovenly not a normal," he said, "and you're a U.S. calling the incident 'drowningin' surey."

After the brief visit to the base at MidlandsAir, Mr. Trump boarded the new Air Force One aircraft in the two strikes way to Washington.

During a gaggle with reporters aboard the aircraft, Mr. Trump was asked directly if there was any credible threats on Air Force One by Iran.

"Well, I have a threat all the time. I'm No. 1 on their list before you," Mr. Trump said, "as an aid to the travelling reporters, 'But if I go, you go.'"

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H&R REIT reaches $3.4 billion agreement to sell assets

CAPITAL MARKETS REPORTER

After searching for the better part of two years, H&R Reit Estate Investment Trust has finally found buyers for one of Canada's largest property portfolios.

H&R is selling all of its assets to a consortium, almost exactly three decades after from Bottleneck founded the business in 1987. The consortium consists of multiple individual buyers who are acquiring different parts of the portfolio, including GO Residential Real Estate Investment Trust, U.S. private equity asset Planteries Inc., Cessopont Real Estate Investment, Ltd., the Public Sector Pension Investment Board and a company controlled by members of the Bottleneck family.

The complex transaction values H&R at $3.4 billion, or $0.7-billion when including debt. In a Tuesday morning note to clients, Scotia Capital analyst Marie-Surv said it was the culmination of a long process, but the end result looks initially underwhelming.

H&R unlikelihood will usually be paid with units of GO, making them the majority owners of that REIT, with the cash component making up $2.5M of the total per-unit price of $1M. That equates to a 10-per-cent discount relative to Scotia's calculation of H&R's net asset value. We have said, in contrast to a 2-per-cent average premium in net asset value in 2007 COVID margins and acquisitions. © H&R, 88

Barrick Mining names former Randgold exec as CEO of new world division

WALL WCEE MINING REPORTER

Barrick Mining Corp. has named Schumann Rock as chief executive officer, one of world, a newly created position within the company that will not turn on its Africa, Middle East, Latin America, and Asia Pacific states.

Toronto-based Barrick announced the appointment of Mr. Rock, a former Randgold Resources Ltd. executive, effective immediately as it prepares for a fundamental restructuring of the company. Later this year, the Canadian name intends to launch an initial public offering of a minority share to its own North American operations.

Mr. Rock joined Barrick in 2004 as chief financial officer, Africa and Middle East, after it acquired his previous employer, Randgold Resources, where he headed up corporate and operations finance.

In 2010, he was appointed chief operating officer for Africa and Middle East after the retirement of William Jacobs.

Last year, Mr. Rock was part of a team that solved a long-running dispute in Mali that had seen Barrick's production allied for an estimated 1000,000 years.

Barrick CEO Mark Hill in a release praised him for his experience across operations, finance, strategic planning and risk management.

"Who is the ideal person to grow one out of world business," he said. Mr. Rock is one of the last remaining former Randgold executives to survive a leadership dial-up at Barrick over the past 12 months.

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E-MOTORCYCLE SALES SURGE

As the price of gasoline rises, manufacturers in Asia and other developing countries struggle to meet demand for two-vehicles > 87

Workers assemble an electric motorcycle at D.S. Motors in Hyderabad. The market for e-bikes scarcely existed in Pakistan three years ago, but at least 88 companies now offer products. VADE RAPUT/BUTTERS

China rattles businesses, citizens with fresh move to tighten exit-and-entry rules

JAMES CRIPPITRES ASIA CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG

New rules introduced by Beijing could not be the first time that the country is in industrial or technological security barred from leaving the country, an expansion of exit-and-entry laws that has alarmed both ordinary citizens and foreign businesses.

According to the state-run China Daily, the new rules, which take effect Sept. 15, will "standardize exit-entry management" and "safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests."

That includes imposing exit bans on those suspected of "realising export con-

trol or technology trade rules in ways that may threaten industrial or technological security."

"I didn't feel any panic until my social media was full of posts warning about Sept. 15," Beijing resident Mike Zheng said. "People are deeply concerned. With everyone talking about the possible effects, it's difficult not to overthink it."

Beijing has already reportedly prevented senior AI engineers from travelling abroad amid bans Western companies are poaching top talent.

The latest risk change follows two new regulations introduced in April that further expanded the use of exit bans, according to Safeguard Defenders, a human-rights group based in Spain.

Those regulations were "armed at pun-

ishing foreign companies that try to move their business away from China, including devoting from joint ventures and shifting to suppliers outside China," Safeguard Defenders said.

"They are seen as a reaction to efforts of some countries to decouple from China and as a countermeasures to the rising risk of sanctions and other economic weapons."

Over the past decade, Beijing has ramped up the use of exit bans, preventing people from leaving the country when they are involved in legal cases or suspected of breaching national security. Often, those subject to such orders do not realize they have been blacklisted until they attempt to travel outside China.

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National Bank taps retired general Rick Hillier as strategic defence adviser

STEFANIE MAROTTA BANKING REPORTER

National Bank of Canada has tapped a former top general who led the country's combat mission in Afghanistan to be a strategic defence adviser, the latest move from Canada's largest lenders as they look to expand into financing the long-engaged sector.

Retired general Rick Hillier will assist with National Bank's efforts to grow its client base in the defence and security industry, as well as among dual-use companies.

Canada's business is coming to boost financing and services for the defence sector, but they face insufficiently as companies navigate hurdles involving compliance procedures and securing contracts.

Mr. Hillier will advise on trends in the defence sector and provide insights on issues affecting Canada's resilience, security, advanced manufacturing, aerospace and defence industrial base, the bank said in a release Tuesday.

He served for more than 35 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and was appointed as chief of the defence staff from 2003

to 2008. During his time in the military, Mr. Hillier led major domestic and international operations, including missions for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Since retiring from military service, he has advised on public initiatives, including Ontario's COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force in 2005, Toronto-Prevention Bank listed Mr. Hillier on a part-time basis to give talks to employees and customers about his experience abroad with the military. He recently served on the board of the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.

"His perspective will be invaluable as we continue to support our clients and navigate a rapidly evolving environment," National Bank chief executive officer Laurent Ferreira said in a statement.

The obstacles defence companies face to securing bank financing threatens to slow Prime Minister Mark Carney's plans to rapidly expand Canada's military capabilities. Others has contended more than $8-billion for defence spending over five years in a bid to reduce Canada's dependence on the United States for protection. © HELLER, 88

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OWERS buy $1-billion more in Canadian stocks

Ontario pension plan earned a 16 per-cent return in first half of the year

JAMES BRADSHAW

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTING REPORTER

The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System earned a 4.6 per-cent return said bought an additional $1-billion in Canadian stocks in the first half of the year as the pension fund looks to add to its domestic investment.

OMERS reported positive returns from each of its asset shares up to June 30, with publicly traded equities yielding the strongest gains at 12.3 per cent.

The Toronto-based fund chose to "show up" its position as a shareholder in a number of prominent Canadian companies that included banks, insurers and other "counterprizitors" with which OWERS don't business, chief executive officer Blake Hutcheson said in an interview.

"We believe in the market we believe in these assets and we believe in the strategic positioning of owning pieces of the companies that are part of our success in other ways," he said.

More broadly, "we believe in the direction of trust for Canada," he added.

Mr. Hutcheson told The Globe in April that OWERS plans to add $1-billion in new investments in Canada to its portfolio over the next five years. Major domestic pension funds have been under pressure from political and business leaders to invest more of home.

Aside from stocks, "the pipeline for real estate and infrastructure, particularly, is extremely deep," he said.

OWERS had about 10 per cent of its assets invested in Canada at the end of June. Notion that half sale of the plants Stryx-million make its Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, owner of the Toronto Maple Leaf and the Toronto Raptors.

The plan had 10 per cent of its assets invested in the United States, 6 per cent in Europe and 4 per cent in Asia and the rest of the world.

OWERS invests on behalf of about 100,000 Ontario public-service workers, including nurses, firefighters and police officers.

"And in 1998, the plan has earned an average annual return of 7.2 per cent, adding more than $10-billion to its portfolio. Its assets increased to $10.0-billion as of June 30, up from $1.2-billion at the end of 2019.

The first quarter of the year was "not to

earn" for investors, Mr. Hutcheson said, but in the second quarter "things picked up." Trade investors and investors to energy markets from the war in Iran have continued to create pressure that could drive interest rates and inflation higher, adding to volatility in markets.

OWERS reported total returns of 7.9 per cent from private credit, 2.3 per cent from real estate and 2.1 per cent from infrastructure investments in the first half of the year.

Gains from currency exchange rates added 1.4 percentage points to the overall first-half investment gain for OWERS.

Private equity continued to lag, earning 1.1 per cent, as buyers and sellers struggle to see eye-to-eye on the prices for companies and the cost of debt remains high.

"It's still in a difficult place," Mr. Hutcheson said.

Private equity returns have to put more energy into the grant work of improving companies performance and getting "back to banks," chief financial officer Jonathan Simmons said in an interview.

But he said OWERS has plans on its side, because it doesn't have a deadline to return money in hotel investors as some private equity rivals do.

"We're not making cash decisions and we're grinding it out into day at a time," he said.

Workers sent plants in 2023 of an orchid-growing operation at Boro Farms in Leduc, Altu, Aurora Cannabis, which holds a stake in Boro Agtisch, is making a special connection to mall as a unsolicited bid from U.S. company Canceled Products. AMED BACKING THE CANADIAN PRESS

Canceled to launch takeover bid for Aurora Cannabis

SANDY HUBES

Aurora Cannabis Inc. says it will consider an offer from a U.S. cannabis company making a trip to take over the Edmonton based firm.

Aurora announced it was forming a special committee to mail the unsolicited bid Tuesday, hours after Canceled Holdings Inc. revealed it was preparing a pitch to purchase all of its target's shares.

If successful, the move would create a combined cannabis company with a footprint in 17 countries across Europe, North America and other international markets, Canceled said.

The Stamford, Conn-based company, whose shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, said it is going public with its plan after multiple attempts to separate privately with Aurora's leadership were unsuccessful.

It said Aurora's board refused to engage in discussion after Canceled chief executive Boris Jordan sent a formal letter of intent on June 23 outlining the company's

proposal. Canceled said it sent a follow-up letter on July 7, but Aurora has been "unwilling to engage in constructive discussions" for July.

"We were very disappointed that the board refused to meaningfully engage. We will now take our proposal directly to Aurora shareholders because the premiums in significant, the strategic rationale is compelling, and further delay," unjustified," Mr. Jordan said in a news release.

"Canceled remains ready to engage continuously with Aurora's board to advance the value-threatening transaction, and we are prepared to move quickly toward a definitive agreement."

Canceled said it has proposed paying Aurora shareholders US$1 a share, plus US$0.75 cash for cash Aurora share.

Aurora continued it received letters from Canceled on June 30, and July 7, outlining proposals to acquire Aurora shares. Only the July 7 letter included our proposal financial terms and that term. All not-outline the mix of cash and share considerations being proposed by Canceled,

Aurora claimed.

The Canadian cannabis company also denied Canceled's claim that it refused to engage with the offer.

Aurora said it had independent director corresponded with Canceled's CEO as recently as July 14, noting that Aurora was "focused on continuing to execute on its business plan over the short to medium term, and did not discourage an ongoing dialogue between the parties going forward."

Aurora will now form a special committee of independent directors to consider the proposal and whether it's in the best interest of stakeholders.

It warns it not guarantee a deal will be reached and in the meantime, Aurora will continue to operate as usual.

While Canceled's interest in pursuing a bid is encouraging, the offer as it stands "undertaken the long-term potential of Aurora's success," said a new publisher, Tuesday by TT Crown analysts Derek Lesard and Ryan Neal.

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Milken Institute plans conference on opening day of Carney's Canada Investment Summit

JAMES BRADSHAW

California-based think tank the Milken Institute is planning to hold an event with senior business leaders in Toronto to coincide with the start of the Canada Investment Summit led by Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The Milken event, called Global Dialogue Toronto, is a half-day conference scheduled to take place on Sept. 14 at the Park Hotel hotel, the institute announced on Tuesday.

Confirmed attendees include Kenil Bank of Canada chief executive officer Dave McKay, AGE Management Ltd, CEO Knit Goldring, VICE Group Ltd, CEO John McKenzie, and Toronto-Dominion Bank CEO Raymond Chan. TD will be the lead

sponsor for the event, which aims to attract investors, pension leaders, senior executives and policy makers.

It will be held before the start of the government-led investment summit. The meeting will be held on April 15 at the Hotel at investors who collectively manage nearly $100 million to invest will lack of work, gala dinner that same evening. The Milken event will also likely overlap with a open conference sponsored by the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association.

The institute's chairman is Michael Mills, one, the former finance pioneer and "junk bond king" who helped reshape debt markets in the series. He was convicted of an action based on their purchases by U.S.

His non-partisan think tank holds annual large-scale conferences on Asia, the Middle East and South America, as well as

its flagship global conference in Los Angeles, which has become a premier gathering for deal makers and financial leaders.

The Toronto event will explore the ways Canada is "positioning itself for long-term investment monitoring, and its discussions will be posted on the Milken Institute's website.

Likely panels will focus on topics such as mobilizing large-scale capital, investing in emerging industries, building an artificial intelligence economy and strategies for creating value to investments.

"Canada is sharpening its focus on economic resilience through initiatives such as the proposed $10 billion Canada Strong Fund and a renewed emphasis on trade and business, and the new $10 billion low May 5Q, who was formerly Canada's Minister of International Trade, said in a statement.

AbCellera launches $200-million equity offering on heels of trial results

SEAN SLCIDY

TECHNOLOGY REPORTER

AbCellera Biologics Inc. launched a US$200-million public offering of common shares and prefunded warrants Tuesday a day after the Vancouver-based business business in the 1st month for its first flash drag.

Affairs, J.P. Neigam, Cantor Fitzgerald, CBE Investment Bank and BMO Capital Markets are underwriting the deal.

It's the first time the antibody technique of the stock was to initial public offering in December, 2020, the largest ever by a Canadian biotechnology company AbCellera raised US$10.6 million in the first three years offering in its leading global, weeks after a treatment it discovered for hospitalized COVID-19 patients received emergency authorization for sale in the U.S. and Canada from regulators that drugs are available by a Lilly & Co., named AbCellera nearly US$1-billion in royalties.

AbCellera's stock nearly tripled in its market debut and it was briefly worth more than US$4-billion that as those COVID-19 drug revenues tailed off, so did its stock price. AbCellera's focus on cleaning out antibodies for partners to develop, using its drug discovery platform, didn't excite investing in its 2012, it began developing its own drugs, focusing on established areas where it could address unmet need with differentiated treatments, while spending relatively little on research and development. It received US$200-million from the federal and U.S. governments to support its transition.

AbCellera has moved quickly to fund drug AbCellera's investment for the 2020-2021 internal clinical trials in July, 2021, and on Monday the 2021-2022 internal efficacy results from a study of 92 women aged 40 to 75 who experience about 85 moderate to severe her flashes a day. The company has two more drugs set to enter trials next year.

The results from AbCellera were better than expected. AbCellera said those who took the drug experienced a mean 6 per cent reduction of her flashes over the 1920s' four-week span, compared with a 10 per-cent drop for those on the placebo. Thirty-seven per cent of those taking the drug experienced an moderate to severe her flashes, while 10 per cent experienced a 60 per-cent plus reduction.

Those taking the drug experienced a 20 per-cent mean reduction in the 1920s' 60 per cent flashes, compared with 10 per cent in the placebo group. AbCellera plans to publish further data after 12 weeks.

AbCellera management said the results "enjoyed the ability to create a more recent than non-hormonal therapy for women in menopause or undergoing hormone-suppressing cancer treatments." The company said it only needs to be demonstrated on a 1 month by self-injection and experience in the same side effects, including potential liver toxicity and gastrointestinal issues, as competing once daily pills and its cardiac thawns has and have 36 that recently came to market.

Cantor Fitzgerald and/or Steve Steffकाल on Monday called the results "practically off the share on everything measured," predicting AbCellera would dominate an estimated US$1-billion-plus market for the 20 per cent of women who can't take hormone replacement therapy, the dominant treatment for her flashes.

AbCellera stock now 10 per cent Monday in June at its highest level since February, 2022, it gained a further 12 per cent Tuesday, closing at US$1.95. The stock is up 10% per cent this year.

It's common for drug developers to raise equity financing after posting strong trial results, in order to lead the next leg of the 2020-2021 annual report by being drugs to market. AbCellera must still pass another large, expensive trial before seeking regulatory approval.

AbCellera is one of a line of promoting Canadian life science companies in the 1980s, with significant progress in the past year, with more set to deliver pivotal data readouts this year.

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IN MEMORIAM

Lucas (Luke) James Morrison

Bennett Jones is profoundly saddened by the sudden passing of our partner, colleague, and friend, Luke Morrison, as a result of a cerebral aneurysm.

Above all else, Luke was devoted to his family. He was a loving and admiring husband to Kathryn Farrell and an immensely proud father to Jack, both of whom he cherished deeply. Our thoughts and heartfelt condolences are with Kathryn, Jack, and all of Luke's family and loved ones during this difficult time.

Luke was also a beloved member of the Bennett Jones family and a highly respected lawyer, leader, mentor, and colleague. His passing is an immense shock and loss for our Firm.

A leading commercial energy lawyer in Canada, Luke was widely recognized for his exceptional legal expertise, strategic judgment, and unwavering commitment to clients. Recently recognized as a Next Generation Partner by The Legal 500 and one of LEXPERT'S leading lawyers under 40, and ranked by Lexpert and Chambers among Canada's leading energy and M&A lawyers, Luke played a central role in many of the most significant transactions in the Canadian energy sector.

Luke graduated from the University of Alberta with a BA (Honours) in Political Science and an LLB and was called to the Alberta Bar in 2009. He joined Bennett Jones at the outset of his legal career and spent more than 18 years with the Firm. He became a partner in 2018 and was recently appointed Practice Group Leader of our Energy Practice Group. Throughout his career, Luke earned the trust and admiration of clients and colleagues alike through his intellect, professionalism, and generosity.

His contributions extended well beyond his practice. Luke served as Chair of the Bennett Jones Student Recruitment Committee in Calgary and was committed to mentoring the next generation of lawyers. He was an active leader in the legal and energy communities, serving on the Governance Committee of the Canadian Energy Law Foundation, and as Chair of The Educational Partnership Foundation, a charity dedicated to supporting literacy, trades training, and educational opportunities for youth across Canada, including Indigenous and remote communities.

Luke will be fondly remembered for his kindness, integrity, warmth, and ability to bring people together. He will be greatly missed by all who had the privilege of knowing and working with him. His legacy will forever be a part of Bennett Jones.

Bennett Jones

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Trump spurs Canada, India to make trade pact

The two countries are discreetly making strides toward a deal

The table of two trade talks Canada's negotiations with the United States may have turned 'tough.' Not our country is steadily making progress with India as a comprehensive trade deal.

Although Russia and New Delhi still have much to work out at the bargaining table, they are discreetly advancing toward a Comprehensive Economic Partner. The government, or CEPA, by the end of this year.

U.S. President Donald Trump is not a party to these discussions, but he is Fascinating Canada and India to find common ground. An unwitting reaction has to take place with the U.S. government—wealth countries are providing fresh incentives for Ottawa and New Delhi to get their own deal done.

The Trump isn't the only factor. But "the impact of the Trump is a disinterested or is bringing Canada and India closer should not be minimized." Ram Bhatia, a distinguished fellow at Gateway House, writes in an article published

fished by the foreign policy think tank on Aug. 5.

As a former diplomat, Mr Bhatia offers an informed perspective about the trust in bilateral relations. He served as India's second general in Toronto from 1914 to 1918.

"The rough geopolitical treatment muted out by Washington, first to Canada and then to India, has continued both recipients into their economic role in deepening bilateral relations," he adds.

As part of his global trade war, Mr Trump has imposed various tariffs on Canada and India since his return to the O'Gill after.

In India's case, the U.S. imposed a 15-per-cent tariff in 1918, as punishment for its purchase of Russian oil.

That can was eventually defaced after New Delhi, genetics, diversity in energy sources. Even so, there are new fears that India could be hit with even higher tariffs.

Last week, the U.S. Senate passed the Lindsey O' GalLAIN functioning Russia and Iran Act of 1918. It is a passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, the legislation would empower Mr Trump to impose up to 100-per-cent tariffs on countries that are major buyers of Russian energy, including India.

No wonder India is increasingly eyeing Canadian oil and gas. "The current focus is on

Mr. Modi is reportedly considering a visit to Canada either before or after the G20 leaders' summit, which is scheduled to take place in Miami on Dec. 14 and 15.

expanding bilateral energy trade, including increased exports of oil and LNG from Canada to India and the supply of natural petroleum products from India to Canada," Mr Bhatia writes.

Canada and India, meanwhile, both face a 10-per-cent tariff from the U.S. for their alleged shortcoming in rearing out forced labour from their supply chains—finding their cash country contracts.

The U.S. is also targeting India and other countries to a trade investigation into allegations of surplus manufacturing capacity. Specifically, the Trump administration accuses India of having an oversigning of products (including textiles, steel, solar modules and petrochemicals — claims India rebates.

And let's not forget how the U.S. ministerially defies with the line print of its interim trade agreement with India earlier this year. The two countries are still debating their trade pact.

The past Saturday, Mr Modi received a telephone call from U.S. Vice-President (PrVance) overview progress on that deal among other nations. It seems the most tangible result, though, was Mr Modi congratulating Mr Vance on the birth of his latest child, according to an Indian government reading.

Canada and India have made their own headway.

Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Prayab Ganjit

visit to Canada in May 1918 — accompanied by a delegation of 100 per cent complaints, the largest ever sent abroad — was a good reason," Mr Bhatia writes.

However, industry leaders point out that completing CEPA by the U.S. is not a response, as high deadline should these efforts succeed, a visit by PM Modi to Canada by year-end is a distinct possibility.

Mr Modi is reportedly considering a visit to Canada either before or after the G20 leaders' summit, which is scheduled to take place in Miami on Dec. 14 and 15.

Others and New Delhi estimate that a bilateral trade pact would double two-way trade to $10-billion by 1918.

Scanning preferential market access to India is also central to Mr. Ganesan's visit of doubling non-U.S. exports by 1918.

For his past visit, Mr Modi is the bilateral relationship is being advanced by 'spam' calibrated efforts.

That stands in contrast to Canada-U.S. trade talks, which are ramping up spam in the wake of Mr Trump's job about 100 countries's 'tough leadership'.

Mr Modi is known to cite an Indian expression that "the 'tampy' sounds make the most news." The interpretation of Canada's trade talks with the U.S. and its negotiations with India demonstrate why that idiom holds truth.

Not addressing climate change costs the economy more

CHRISTINA CARON GLEN MORTON

OPINION

Christina Caron is a former federal public service executive and officials at the New Canadian prime ministries, and the author of two recent peer-reviewed papers on the impact of environmental damage to the economy.

Glen Mudgeon's former chief economist at the Conference Board of Canada and a former member of Canada's Ecofecal Commission.

The costs of climate change are enormous, and are readily visible in this scene over of extreme heat, wildfires, coldness, tornadoes and floods. Within the past three weeks, with over two million people have been evacuated owing to climate-related emergencies — 400,000 in South America and Europe because of millions paid, 15 million in China owing to typhoons.

Nevertheless, action to mitigate climate change is often framed as being an opposition to our economic interests. Prime Minister Mark Canary stated recently that the climate action plan of the previous Liberal government would have been too expensive for Canadians; that we can't afford to restrain the growth of oil and gas, and that his government's actions will cause Canadian emissions. Conservative Leader Pierre Prakens has also settled not zero emissions as a radical idea that implies not zero growth, after and psychopoly, the steady is quite the contrary. The evidence is now invaluable that taking swift climate action will be far cheaper than delaying it.

Climate change is driving down productivity, delivering more and raising the prices of essentials such as food. It has already significantly lowered living standards. Recent analysis found that global G20 per capita would be more than 15 per cent higher today had no warming occurred.

Amendment of the prospective economic damage from further climate change have been increasing steadily, as damage from extreme weather events has risen and as analyses have become more robust — even without including severe case scenarios. And a later transition to a low — or no carbon economy transition from global economic damage. Fortunately, the cost of transitioning to energy sources with minimal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, such as wind and solar, has been steadily dependent with meanwhile power costs now growing over the course of conventional energy. In consequence, the cost-benefit balance has shifted, significantly raising

A car driven through the outskirts of Puyalleros, B.C., blackened by smoke from the East Range wildfire on Sunday, 9/12/24. On the west, the city has

the net economic advantage of neither climate action.

A other-minded network of job control banks (including Canada's) stated last year, based on emissions analysis, that the cost of transitioning to net zero emissions is much lower than the cost of facing increasingly severe and frequent weather events. These findings refer those of other major global actors including the International Energy Agency, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum and from 80, one of the world's largest emissions providers.

In the article of esteemed economists Nicholas Stern and Joseph Stiglitz: "In the medium to longer run, there is no high-carbon growth story: the effects of unmanaged climate change on so severe that they will very likely derail are (struggled) a better at high-carbon growth. The only long-run growth trajectory is a green trajectory."

Climate-related disasters have many consequences — lives lost and dampened, human business — and infrastructure ruined, land and water rendered minor, low, crops and livestock destroyed. Inward changes from severe weather events and wildfires last year extended by a 40-day in Canada, and four-billion global.

Most climate-related issues are not inward, however, and individuals who must share more more to take the toll of climate businesses. Meanwhile the costs of enjoying public infrastructure are passed on to taxpayers. Reconstructing a often slow and expensive, and can displace other new, productive investments, and the economic effects of a single extreme weather event have been shown to prevent the more than two decades.

World wildfire damage

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As climate change accelerates, its costs are also increasing at an even-rising rate. In a world being paramedied by climate-related disasters of growing frequency, intensity and scope, our ability to recover from one event before we are hit by the next is diminishing. One reason that climate change is accelerating, in addition to continued rising human emissions, is the consuming emergence of self-sustaining feedback loops. The very wildfires that have been exacerbated by climate change are themselves a big concern. A G20 emissions transitioning some forests from net carbon sinks to net carbon emitters. In 2023, Canadian G20

emissions from forest fires exceeded those directly generated by people.

Global productivity growth has flattered over the past 10 years, in part because of environmental factors including climate change. Accelerating climate breakdown may well drive productivity growth into sustained negative territory.

The growing adverse consequences of climate change underlies the urgency of transitioning to net zero emissions. Timely action to reduce emissions will be less costly than the economic and social banks. The economic and social banks will be able to pay continuing better, while demand arises will make the path to net-zero steeper and more arduous.

The good news is that we know what the broad mitigation solutions are — from the most from fossil fuels, electricly the economy, decarbonize electricity, conserve natural carbon sinks such as forests and preclimate, and develop innovative technologies to store existing carbon. We already have made of the requisite knowledge, and the costs of implementing many of these solutions have been declining.

Furthermore, there are significant growth opportunities and innovative opportunities from investment in low carbon energy sources and technologies, in alignment with burgeoning global demand. We are at a poor point. The global growth paradigm has shifted, and Canada needs to relate to where the push is going, not where it need to be.

Similarly, on the adaptation side, there is no cost advantage in delaying an improved confident infrastructure and built structures to reduce risks of future damage from wildfires, flooding and other extreme weather events. It will also be necessary to stop new construction in the most vulnerable areas, built structures, back-stops for high-risk properties and invest in industrial crisis management capacity. However, adaptation alone is not sufficient as the reconstruction has been amply demonstrated.

Canada is not a hit player in this. Our per capita emissions — both cancer and cumulative — are among the highest on the planet. And at a risk, 67 country workers are among the responsibility to lead by example.

Canada is currently being built first by numerous competing processes: U.S. President Ronald Trump's aggression, war abroad, separate sentiment at home. But none is more consequential to our long-term prosperity and interests than climate change.

The planet is speaking to us ever more loudly, we should be the things we have to be. Good-bad-based growth paradigm will not be a winning strategy for the economy or society.

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Air Canada sells 25% stake in Aeroplan

Blackstone and the Glance de dépôt et placement du Québec lead the deal

JAMES KREISHAM

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Air Canada is selling a to per cent stake in its Aeroplan to help program for 10.4 billion to Blackstone Inc. and a group of Canadian persons funds, indicating the airline's balance sheet by allowing it to go down after

the first time, and the claims in depth at placement du Québec are including the deal which makes the program at 8.6 billion. Other investors include the Public Service Pension Investment Board and Smiths/Canadian Investment

Management Corp.

Air Canada is keeping control of Aeroplan's day-to-day team agreement and plans to use proceeds from the sale to target 10.7 billion of bonds that will cover market, and to buy back 10.6 million in share through a tender offer to shareholders in September.

The transaction is expected to close on Aug. 27, and from five to eight years from that date Air Canada will have the right to buy back the investor group's minority stake.

The deal assigns a stake to the Aeroplan program, which gives direct and merchandise rewards to more than as much as active members, that exceeds Air Canada's total market capitalization, which ended Tuesday at 9:4:40 a.m.

It also keeps the program under Canadian control, while pro-

ngs person/funds and Blackstone's balance to receive distributions across Aeroplan.

For Blackstone, the deal follows a recent trend of large-scale investments in large, blue-flight corporations. These companies are looking for "customized capital solutions" at Blackstone chief financial officer Michael Chae described them as a job earnings call, which allow companies to raise an infusion of cash without giving up control of key assets or infrastructure.

Last year, Blackstone had a similar consortium of investors that included Canadian pension funds in buying a minority stake in some markets, telecommunications infrastructure owned by Rogers Communications Inc. for 10 billion.

Blackstone is a long-term broker in Canada as both a compiling place to invest and serve

clients. Mark Reddy, a senior managing director at the same manager, and his executive director.

The Glance head of privacy equity and private credit, Martin Longchamp, said in the same statement that the deal shows the pension funds' ability to offer "tailored capital solutions" to companies, and serves as a "distribution" opportunity for our global portfolio.

Canada's largest pension funds have been under pressure from political leaders and senior business executives to invest more in Canada, as Ottawa seeks to expand the country's trade relations. Also said about its economic properties, the Canada's sale of its Aeroplan stake (downsize) the major trend value control since its acquisition.

The air Canada's sale of its Aeroplan stake (downsize) the major trend value control since its acquisition. The airline's chief financial officer, John Hibert, said in a statement.

Air Canada acquired Aeroplan in 2005 from another fourth program in the British Air Canada Air fairs/million and assumed what was then a 8.6 million liability for unredeemed points. The airline subsequently owned, became partnerships with Governments Bank and Canadian Imperial Bank of Louisiana to locate financial partners, offering Aeroplan credit card.

Air Canada's share price finished Tuesday up 9.3 per cent at 8.6 to 7.5 billion the transaction was announced.

The investment banking unit of Bank of America Corp., Inc. firm following Elliott Liff and its parent company, is a major financial firm. The company's share price is $2.4 million, and the transaction is $2.4 million. The company's share price is $2.4 million, and the company's share price is $2.4 million.

Cargojet pilots to receive 46-per-cent wage hike over five years

CHRISTOPHER WYNELER

Pilots at Cargojet line, will receive a 46 per-cent wage house for 46.1 per cent wage, compared to the 1996-1997 season, which the air freight company says aims to boost productivity as the firm reaches for new business in Europe, Asia and Africa.

On a conference call with analysis Tuesday, chief financial officer Aaron McKay said the collective agreement handed down by an arbitrator late last month being its roughly 45% in terms up to industry standards.

The deal includes a 46-per-cent pay hike in the first year and a per cent annually over the next four years, he said.

The agreement - attractive to fully a real expiring in your business's right. No problem. It takes flight crew costs to as much as 10.6 million per quarter, up from about 10.7 million annually. Mr. McKay continued first a size included, particularly 45 per cent that were relative to a baseline of 45 working days per month, up from 10.6 billion, as well as more training days.

"It also gives us opportunities to be more price competitive

Cargojet chief financial officer Aaron McKay says a new collective agreement brings its roughly 45% analysis up to industry standards. NICK HANOFFMAN, THE CANADIAN PRESS

with the American carriers that we constantly compete with," said founder and chairman Ajay Yilmazan.

The additional day per month for each pilot amounts to these needs more now days per year, he recited. "That productivity gives us a lot more pricing flexibility."

Cargojet's business hinges on air delivery of customers at

goods via its fleet of 45 planes. The company deploys them on its domestic network, on ad hoc charter flights and on more regular charter routes for charter each as 1981, which leaves the aircraft, crews, maintenance and insurance to fly freight around the globe.

These planes have seen a national uptick in activity after an 80% walkhead. Neighbor

crushed in Kentucky in early November, prompting authorities to ground the aging aircraft. Since then, some Cargojet partners have rolled more hourly on the 45 year-ago period, and they that shipping needs, with that stoppy business - control through at least the end of the year - and CEO Pauline Dhillon.

The higher demand helped boost revenue, even charter loads by 27 per cent year over year to 10.6 million in the company's latest quarter, partly offset by lower charter flights between Canada and China, according to Production-ancestry Ernest Probst

Treasures from domestic type, Liverpool 8 per cent year over year to 10.6 million in the second quarter, largely due to higher fuel prices passed on to clients as well as price hikes linked to in the last quarter said.

International revenue from aircraft during 8.0 after Cargojet redeployed planes from long load routes serving Asia and Europe, and in 2006, in 2007, in 2008, the Dhillon said the company is hunting for fresh contracts abroad.

"We continue to look at opportunities throughout Europe and . . . Last Asia as well as Africa

and the Middle East," she said. As tariffs hamper Canadian trade with the U.S. Cargojet has looked further abtold, taking on a new partner for scheduled chain of flight trips, including three days per week with destinations in the Caribbean and Central and South America.

In October, the company established scheduled air cargo service between Canada and Reiguen's Liege Airport, a major European freight hub, as the federal government looks to strength on transatlantic trade links. A jump to demand for Canadian involved helped boost Europe's bound trips, Mr. Dhillon said earlier this year.

Last quarter, the Mississauga-based company opened a new route between Liege and Tel Aviv, deploying planes that were "otherwise able" on weekends, said Mr. McKay.

On Monday evening, the company reported that not-carrying wrong by a 2.9 million profit in the US$1.3 billion company with a 5.4 million loss a year earlier, while second-quarter revenue rose in per cent to 8.75-8.9 million.

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Former chief of defence staff Rick Hillier and/or troops from a Leopard tank as he leaves a change of commandment to William in 2008. The voice is very consistent: Hillier

Hillier: Banks often require defence companies to secure contracts before offering them loans

FROM B2

Last year, National Bank identified companies doing work related to defence, in particular with the companies of the republican growth potential, according to a source familiar with the matter. The bank announced how it reviews those types of businesses and how it can finance Canadian businesses in an effort to boost its support for the sector.

The Globe and Mail is not advertising the source as they are not authorized to speak about the matter publicly.

The banking sector has typically shied away from defence financing because it is a complicated process. Canada's largest business center is mostly with strict regulatory requirements on the amount of risk they are exposed

to in their close portfolio.

Banks also often require defence companies to return contracts before offering them loans. This is especially true for smaller businesses with an extra income stream and innocent compliance programs.

As well, the defence sector has faced operational concerns in recent decades, with banks derived by the criticism that cannot be left investing in or financing businesses linked to military weapons and equipment. However, that stigma appears to be among as geopolitical tensions that and governments boost their defence budgets.

The project leads an also-company up their defence practices, last year, Germany's Deutsche Bank AG created a team focused on deals in defence and inflan-

fraction U.S. banks, meanwhile, have long been entrenched in the country's corporate defence sector.

In May, Canada's Defence Minister David McGanty told a room of financial institutions, entrepreneurs and investors that defence companies are ready to scale advanced manufacturing and company globally, but that they cannot achieve those antitrust without capital.

He said the federal government is working to remove 'blockages' to financing defence companies, including export approvals and security clearances.

'But I'll be really 'blanc.' Mr McGanty said: 'We don't have any choice.' We need to move for a standover. We need to look out for ourselves. We need to stop it up domestically.'

Barrick: Not all of company's big shareholders are on board with restructuring plan

FROM B2

Last September, the company severed ties with Randolph Barrick Mark Bristow who was Barrick's CEO to move than six years. In January, Barrick also parted ways with chief financial officer Graham Shankoworth, another former long-serving Randolph executive.

Mr. Bill took over an CEO from Mr. Bristow on an interim basis before being made permanent in February. He will soon be charged up with again. On Monday, Barrick named Mr. Bill as CEO of the upcoming North American spin-out.

The unit companies in this a percent stake in Nevada Gold Mines, and its 60-per-cent stake in the Pacific-Virjo mine in the Pontiac loan Republic.

Barrick has long traded at a discount to peers such as Agincott High Mines Ltd. That's largely because of its expenses to rehip jurisdictions in Africa, the Middle East and Pakistan. By creating an investment that holds only its lower-risk North American operations, Barrick is buying to finance a 'waste' of its assets.

But not all of Barrick's big shareholders are on board with the plan.

Brooti Gervas, portfolio manager at Mackenzie Investments, Barrick's unit largest shareholder, said that spinning out a price of the most reliable part of the business makes little sense. A lot better idea, he added, would be to spin out the segments that are actively weighing on its value, but, as a result, it would be possible, which includes its return in Mali, and Pajma New Guinea.

'We'll spin out everything else that's not working, bring in new management and we surface

Barrick Mining has named former Randolph Resources executive Sebastian Beck as chief executive officer, sort of world. CONFORMING WINE, COALITION

value that way,' Mr. Gervas said. 'We'll dilute another a little bit at first, but over time, operational success will surface more value than the dilution we incurred. That's the hope I could go for.'

Mr. Gervas blames the decision to forge ahead on the North American spin-out on Barrick chairman John Thornton, who has long been responsible for the country's strategic decisions over.

A former investment banker with Goldman Sachs, Mr. Thomsson joined Barrick as a director in 2012 at the behest of company founder Peter Monk. In 2014, he was promoted to executive chairman and held that position until 2024, when he transitioned to chair.

'He has been at the company for a very long time, and the company has underperformed for an equally long time,' Mr. Gervas said.

'How many shots do you have at this before you turn it over to somebody else?'

Both Barrick and Mr. Thornton

declined comment.

The minority shares nosodread earlier in the week after it announced a new part around its Nevada Gold Mines joint venture with Denver-based Newmont Bank.

The Denver-based mining company agreed to pay Barrick 1000, in billion in cash in a deal that will use Barrick's financial field discovery brought into the JF. Some analysts had expected Barrick to receive a significantly higher payout from Newmont owing to the value they are due to: bountish Barrick has characterised from the 1st year of the company's greatest gold discoveries.

The true value of the deal is 1024.4 billion, which knows no howsoever dropping its disputes and litigation around the JF. Mr. Bill said in a conference call on Monday, in part of the snowball fact, Newmont also gave its contract to Barrick to proceed with its spinoid plans, which removes a potential risk hanging over the transaction.

FAMILY FILMS AND FIFA SHOWING BOOST CINPLEX PROFITS

A strong film slate and theatre presentation of FIFA World Cup matches helped Cineplex Inc. swing to a profit in its most recent quarter.

'This quarter's success was not depended on a single block-buster or a small number of telegraph releases. Instead, one names embraced a broad range of compelling content across multiple genres and formats,' Cineplex's final executive Ellis Jacob said on the company's earnings call.

He said family films were a significant driver, with the

release of The Super Mario Galaxy Move and The Very 1. Meanwhile, he said Michael, which chronicles the life of pop superstar Michael Jackson, became the highest-pressing Super ever.

He said the feature show was a one of the most diverse content films of has been in years.

'There are few reasons that have done over a billion in Rate already with Olyroys, Spider-Man, Super Mario, Michael and The Very 1,' Mr. Jacob said in an interview.

He also said the company benefited from Gen Z customers

returning to movie theatres, with that demography, the drug to films like Oberstier and Backovers.

'It definitely helps the bottom line because it's very positive,' said it's the audience that they must want to come back. What we are seeing is that statistics for the industry are saying that they are coming back in a big way,' Mr. Jacob said.

The company also screened certain World Cup games at its theatres during the quarter through its membership with TBA THE CANADIAN PRESS

H&R

FROM B2

Investors also appear underwhelmed by the announcement, with H&R units closing Tuesday at 10:15, a 2 per cent drop on the Toronto Stock Exchange. During a Tuesday morning conference call with analysts, the company would not come more on how the 82c a unit price breaks down among the various competition members.

H&R units last traded above the 2c threshold in September of 2018.

'We regulated that the series at the terms we are assuming to today,' Stephen Gross, H&R's lead independent traitor, said on the call. 'This has been a long process. We are proud of where it has landed.'

The company initially launched a strategic review in February 2018, after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer from a potential buyer, but the process ended in failure later that year. The company instead pledged to sell 2.4-b-billion worth of its assets.

H&R's generally focus on owning a single type of property. H&R, however, holds assets spanning residential, industrial, office and retail, making a sale of the entire portfolio to a single buyer more complicated.

'H&R demonstrated last year how difficult such portfolios can be to connect, particularly gross-retaur on balance is a motivated offer,' TD Securities analyst Sam Damian said in a note to clients on Tuesday. 'The discount reflects the risk of the discounting a portfolio that is highly diversified across both geographies and property types.'

A majority of H&R's portfolios – 6 per cent – is residential, consisting mostly of apartment buildings in several U.S. cities. Of 6 acquiring much of that, including 11 properties held by Hanover Residential, which is H&R's Italian-based U.S. made family division.

Of 6 also buying from H&R's premier New York assets, the German Centre office building and a 6 per cent interest in the Jackson Park high-res apartment complex.

Roughly 10 per cent of H&R's portfolios is industrial. The 6-pt majority of that is warehouse and logistical space for maintaining a business system, not everything about in a clean deal-disturbance system across four provinces used by Canada. Post-owned Proviator Inc.

Canadian The Corp. Ltd., Shop Country Canada Inc. and Caterpillar heavy-machinery dealer. Posting International Inc. are also among H&R's major industrial tenants.

Backstores is buying some of H&R's Canadian industrial properties and property. In which ones were not disclosed, H&R combined it was in talks with Blackstone about a potential transaction in June.

The U.S. private equity firm is one of the world's largest real estate investors. In 2016, Blackstone bought 5000-6000-based retail property owner Tricon Residential Inc. for US$1.6-billion.

Composed and PIT investments are buying out H&R's 10 per cent stake in industrial assets, based on a partnership that was best struck between all three parties in 2016.

The Helicopter Family is acquiring mostly office properties, which accounts for roughly 9 percent of H&R's total portfolio. The buying the H&R's notable office assets are Bell Canada's office in Dorsal, Que., and a 10 per cent stake in the nearly million square foot TX Energy tower in downtown Calgary.

H&R will hold a special unitholder meeting in October to appreciate transactions. At least two-thirds of votes cast at that meeting must support the proposal in order for the deal to proceed, with closing expected in late 2018.

'We believe the transaction will be supported,' TD's Mr. Damian said, citing the board's unanimous recommendation 'as well as some unitholder exhaustion.'

China

FROM B2

While China does not publicize exit bans, an analysis by Safeguard Defenders found there has been a trebled increase in the use of such travel restrictions in the past five years, with some policies court verdicts imposing such bans last year.

In an editorial last week, the state-run Global Times criticized the situation for focusing on 'phrases and an persuading people not to know the country and something departure, claiming that China is tightening its real and entry policies and causing alarm, while hypocritically expressing concerns that China is moving toward self-isolation.'

The new rules, the paper said, are merely a streamlining and refining of existing regulations, such as improving the issuance of travel advances in countries where citizens may be at risk of kidnapping, theft or fraud.

But it is precisely the establishing of national security and trade issues with regular travel warnings that has raised the most alarm in China, particularly as the new rules come on the best. The campaign by the government and state media to dissuade citizens from travelling to Japan amid a diplomatic spot with Tokyo.

Multiple encumbered reports suggest recent travellers arriving from Japan have found questions about foreign guards upon their return to China.

Some of the first 1-2 legacy of China's tough pandemic response, when it was difficult to enter or leave the country. As restrictions could, there was a spike in Chinese emigration, particularly to Japan. Thailand and the United States, though the return to power of President Donald Trump has reversed their travel in that country.

Xin Rui, another Western, and many of her colleagues were discussing 'whether they should apply for new passports before' the regulations come into force. 'Now it seems that getting travel documents could be hard for untold reasons.'

Many Wang, who works at an immigration agency in the capital, said he from his own couple in magazine about New Zealand. 'The best opinion of that country is, I guess we do not attract wealthy investors, which has also proven popular with Americans.

'I often tell people that the time they reach out is the best moments to take action, as more Chinese leagues to follow their lead, immigration policies abroad are likely to change,' she said. 'The earlier the better.'

With reports from Alexandra Low Beijing

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Electric motorcycles soar as an effect of Iran war

In Pakistan, sales of electric two-wheelers rose 275% during the first half of the year, data show

CHGO NIRILAN

ZIA OR-SERMAH

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY

The frenzy started on a single street in Lahore, Pakistan, where a half-dozen showrooms sprang up selling this same thing: electric motorcycles—and still couldn't keep up—and demand 54 gasoline prices soared this year, a seventh store opened, followed by an eighth Another two are doing business just around the center.

And that was just the beginning.

Electric motorcycles scarcely existed in Pakistan these years ago. But across the country, new brands are arriving by the world, with names like Vishita and Ichi, from some 54 companies and counting.

They're a mix of showering operations, venture-capital-backed startups and pre-existing companies that are the potential and an opportunity to form the 54-horizon maker of Money Empowerment that has been made in electric motorcycle line.

The range signals how quickly, and perhaps permanently, people in developing countries are growing pretty well. What leads us the war in Iran keeps oil prices high.

'If all these people convert to electric, even yes, companies would not be enough,' said Mumtaz Hussain, the national sales manager for Yemen, which has a showroom on one end of the street, Madans Shankar Ali Road, where much of the shopping is happening at Lahore.

Electric motorcycles are a crucial indicator of changes driven by war in power countries, where people are most vulnerable to energy-price shocks, two-wheeling power plants common than cars. Electric models typically cost more to buy than power-line powered versions.

But rising possible prices have given electricity a big advantage: It's cheaper to charge a battery than to fill up a fuel tank.

In Vietnam, famous for its motorcycle-separated streets, the biggest domestic producer, Vin-Pen, has seen coming sales. In Kenya, about 12 per cent of a percent of new motorcycle sales are electric, said Gagan Gupta, founder of Spire, the largest electric vehicle company operating in Africa. He said the energy shock helped 'twiddling' everything by two years.

In all these places, people in the industry increasingly trust the idea that future generations will

A woman rides an electric scooter in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, in late June. Electric motorcycles have gained popularity across the country as affordable and eco-friendly transport alternatives. BAJA HMAN/MEDLE EAST MAGEE/APP OR GETTY MAGEE

never operate a gasoline-powered vehicle. 'The demand is effectively open-ended,' said Josh Whale, founder of Ampermaid, an electric motorcycle company that operates in Kenya and Rwanda.

That is certainly true in Pakistan, where motorbikes make up about 60 per cent of vehicles on the road and often count as the most valuable thing, a proven oasis.

In Pakistan, sales of electric two-wheelers rose 275 per cent during the first half of the year, according to Metodyalai Data, a market intelligence firm. It attributed the jump to both the oil price increase and a government identify program finance. And, because of sales for free, the country's largest electric seller, said that 30,000 electric two-wheelers were sold nationwide between April and June, compared with 10,000 for the entire year in 2026.

About 1.9 million motorbikes, gasoline or otherwise, are purchased in Pakistan in a typical year.

'Trump is the biggest salesman. Salesman of the year,' said Muhammad Salman, managing director of Yallah Rahman, which has a showroom on the same street, referring to this increase in demand for gas-free bikes that has followed U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran.

In Pakistan, the world's fifth most populous country, the pro-

hionation comes from a mix of homegrown ingenuity and Chinese opportunism.

A handful of Pakistan companies use cleaner and less manufactured domestically while relying on batteries and motors from China. But other companies depend on China almost entirely. They import bikes essentially like MEA furniture, in ready-to-assemble packages that need for the more than a logo.

China has a contribution of companies, mostly in the city of Nusa, that offer these customers able into Pakistan, aiming to clear up its polluted skies, applies duties of only 1 per cent on much imports.

Lahore has hundreds of electric motorcycle showrooms. But the stores around Madans Shankar Ali Road have become the nucleus for the industry, cheered in a middle-class neighborhood among a cake store, a luncher and a halfway sandwich shop.

Among the earliest brands on the street was Metro, whose motorbikes come in the ready-made same from China, said Farman AM, CEO of Arif Motors, which sells the bikes. Soon after came from, which opened on a nearby street, and which recently doubled the length of its Lahore assembly line, where parts come from both China and Pakistan.

Mr. Saad, first director of sales, said he hope is that the company's name, pronounced 'EV,' becomes synonymous with

the product. 'Like Kleenex,' he said.

'Eros there is Vishita, which opened its dealership just works after the start of the Iran war this year. The company's origins trace back to New York, where its founder, Syed Raza Mohan, had been working in his job at a hedge fund and 'hanging out with too many old rich people,' he said.

Mr. Mohan, now a,emptyset-horo looking at Nalav swamp sales figures and realizing that his home country would make out on any EV customers that depended on buying 'Old 2,000-plus vehicles. So he returned to Pakistan, found a few people, and tried to figure out if it was possible to make a two-wheeler for around 350,000.

Mr. Mohan knew his target market. To appeal to buyers, any bike needed to be visually comparable to the de facto national motorcycle of Pakistan, the three da CD 70. It's everywhere, and it has scarcely changed its appearance in an entire life. Of the doesn't even have a fuel gauge.

But it is a swathbone. It can clear through through more own flood waters or power up road roads. And it famously holds its resale value.

'We wanted some sense of familiarity,' said Mr. Mohan, who ultimately called out a model of a formal-film profile and similar or such-men. It even has a familiar fuel guelph discontinuing for a non-existent fuel tank.

Not everything went smooth: 'Is Vishita has tried to source parts domestically, but first years after its first sale, in bikes, even more hand up in the showroom, don't always have consistent details in the social world.

And this spring, the company kept falling, others feel couldn't keep pace with deliveries. Buyers fired off negative reviews about these months and times. 'It's not a pretty sight, and I am not proud of it,' Mr. Mohan said.

Still, on a recent Wednesday night along Madans Shankar Ali Road, Vishita had the bonnet store. One of the shoppers was Haider Ali Khan, who said he was spending 8 per cent of his salary on fuel and had become convinced the 'first age of choice.' Another man, Saad Bin Arif, said he'd come from just miles away: 'not to buy a bike, but to inquire about opening a dealership of his own.

And yes, the store has attracted Skాయ్ devotees.

Abdul Rafiqi said he had never considered himself an 'electric guy.' He'd been driving his firm da CD 70 for 10 years, nearly 10,000. Alternately, said called it 'The best business you have in a factory.' But he commented more than six km a day for his software yet. He liked the look of the Vishita. And the math had become impossible to ignore.

'If I can save a few rupees,' he said, 'I'll do it.'

NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

Low Rhine levels begin to disrupt German industry

German companies are reporting growing disruptive from Rhine some levels that have hit record lows, with chemical producers stilllins, its blunders and agricultural traders running of higher costs, transport bottlenecks and carload production.

While Germany has not yet suffered the widespread production surgeries, traditional dairy previous Rhine cities, traders said on Tuesday that it was no longer possible to break some cargo shipments after weeks of drought and companies are increasingly reporting operational issues.

Chemicals company Coventry said the lack of transport capacity could not be offset fully despite shifting volumes to trucks and teams wherever possible and it has declared how many more for products including polychlor per cycle used in mattresses and refrigerator insulators.

The Rhine is one of Europe's main sources for transporting goods, fuels and other products, but in the shallow waters are increasingly leaving companies losing higher freight costs and a lack of suitable alternatives.

'Mann both are ringing loudly: the extremely low water levels are increasingly pushing logistics and supply chains to their families,' Wolfgang Grosse Entrop, CEO of German chemical industry association for the World Bank.

Production at rival Evonik's Hard chemical path has been hampered by reduced cargoes, it

A cargo ship with only a few continuous navigates on the Rhine River during low water levels in Germany on Tuesday. MARTIN MEISENHEIM

said without declining further details.

'Non-central' safety 'tropes' meanwhile, pointed to lower output at its German hydroelectric plants, showing with similar comments from local rival Duffel last week.

Salugitter, Germany's second-largest misdimaker, said that the low Rhine levels had forced it to transport coal via train from the location to its DKW defences.

'The current situation shows that we need to pay greater attention to waterways as part of our critical transport infrastructure,' Tim Oliver Müller, head of the German Construction Industry Education, told earlier news.

He said certain construction materials could not easily be transported by road or call be-

cause of capacity shortages and high volumes, with up to 150 trucks needed to replace a single huge.

At German agricultural trades RWZ, company executive Kathrone Holzer described the prospect of Rhine levels falling further as 'catastrophic.'

No Holzer said that in normal years, the company usually shipped 30,000 metric tonnes or more from its water terminals in the German cities of Worms and Anderson in the months of July and August.

She said that RWZ has not even shipped 10 per cent of that volume, in the comparable period this year and was switching to more expensive truck transport.

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FOR MUDOMALD'S AND RIVALS, CHEAP DEALS NO LONGER DRAW DINERS

U.S. fast-food chains including McDonald's Corp. that spent the second quarter bottling to puff in your continuous direct-discounted discounts alone were no longer enough to keep them coming back.

Value meals and promotions have been the industry's most reliable traffic driver for the past two years as consumers appeared by inflation sought cheaper meals. But results showed the strongest performers panel'd forgave with mere innovation, quality improvements and a smoother customer experience. The approach helped chains such as

Yours' Brands has a 'face full attract budget conscious consumers without resorting to blanket discounting across their menus. In 1976, 1787 and 1789s meal have worn a lot with customers, while the chain kept introducing new menu items that encouraged spending beyond the entry-level deal. Value-encased-where is a 'made clear and simple' and does not feel like a 'bad and volatile,' said Rachel Novotny, director of strategic planning and innovation at Connoctions, a food-service consultancy. 'Each full reported a 7 per cent (on 10 sales) store sales during the quarter.' While global comparable sales at McDonald's aren't 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Other means found that promotions did little to offset pressure on lower income consumers.

Weedy 1976, whose biggest 'big value meals' start at 1976, reported a 7-per cent drop in U.S. same restaurant sales and with three do annual forecasts, while Wiegberg posted a 7.5 per cent decline in U.S. same-store sales despite promotions including 1976 children when Wiegberg CEO Michael J. McDonald. It sales suggest that an area where households typically faced more financial pressure, even as visits climbed as much as 5 per cent is higher income markets. Wiegberg's stock has lost more than three quarters of its value in this past six months.

The quarter also showed that restaurants do not have to be the cheapest option to succeed Restaurant Brands' Burger King was among the closest winters Executive's medical promotions including in 'a lot by' and 'a lot by' offers, alongside Broader efforts to improve operations and menu quality, for doing U.S. sales growth.

Burger King's 'doing discount but not all the time, and that they do they make it curable,' said Independent restaurant consultant John Gordon. 'They're not doing this means, everyday, deep discounting.'

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A routine credit-card task gets harder

BMO limits auto-pay to customers using its own chequing accounts

MARINA POSTELNYAK

CONSUMER REVIEW DEPT/STOP

Smit Bergen often helps buy to pay old mom with her finances. He assists with everything from advising her on treatments to activating accounts to recommending a credit card that earn frequent Costco shoppers.

“I looked at the different Mastercards available and BMO had pretty good cash back on a no fee card,” Mr. Bergen said.

After doing some research and signing up for a bank of Westend cash-back, no fee Mastercard is late June. Mr. Bergen did what he always does when setting up a new card. He immediately contacted a representative to set up preauthorized debit transfers that would cover his mom’s credit balance in full cash stocks, through funds from her chequing account at 29 Bank.

This time, the bank’s answer surprised him.

“I was told by BMO that this is against their policy,” he said. “The new request for a new BMO chequing account to take advantage of this product.”

Mr. Bergen had never encountered this issue in the many times he had previously set up automatic debit transfer payments on credit cards. He had even done so with his own BMO Mastercard.

But an e-mail received by The Globe and Mail drove that a BMO representative told Mr. Bergen the company had changed its policy.

“In part of a business decision implemented in June 2016, BMO revised its pre-authorized debit payment process and now many partners pre-authorized debit ac payments from BMO personal bank accounts,” the e-mail read.

The representative told Mr. Bergen that his mom could come from to make payments toward her BMO Mastercard through what amounted to a manual bill payment service offered by her other bank. By visiting a BMO branch or making a cheque.

“This policy makes it so difficult to manage your credit card in the most responsible way possible. “By paying it off every month,” Mr. Bergen said. “I never

Industry watchers say that limiting auto-pay options to internal accounts only reduces consumer choice in financial services, and makes it easier for customers to miss payments, since our interest rate is nearly as

want to be charged interest.”

In a statement, BMO spokesperson Anke Savarada confirmed his policy change and said it was part of “ongoing enhancement” to protect clients.

Industry watchers say that limiting auto-pay options to internal accounts only reduces consumer choice in financial services, and makes it easier for customers to miss payments.

“The more difficult it is to make automatic payments, the more likely you will get free,” said Claire Clitters, Canada Research Chair in household finance and associate professor of finance at the University of Toronto’s Eutawar School of Management. “It’s really enthralling wealth from consumers just by explaining consumers’ limited quantities.”

Multiple studies have shown that automating credit card repayment helps ensure bills are covered on time, avoiding high-rate interest charges.

For example, a U.S. financial service study on approximately 2,000 credit card accounts between 2007 and 2016 found that services such as auto-pay increased the likelihood of making a minimum payment by 10 to 20 percentage points. It also in

duced charge-offs – serious, long-term delinquencies that can result in a bank closing year account – and 10 to 15 percentage points.

The one key favorable to auto-pay is if it’s set to cover the minimum balance only, and a consumer neglects paying their bills in full, and when Pocash, an economic professor at the University of British Columbia. But that wouldn’t have been the case for Mr. Bergen, whose mom would have paid the balance in full using automated transfers.

Stuart Davis, who has worked at three of Canada’s Big Banks and a currently president of Interstate and other banks, said that it was already specializing its financial center and risk, and that policy changes of this sort may be necessary measures to crack down on preauthorized debit fraud.

“There’s often limited controls and name checking certificates between the banks to see if the same person comes both accounts,” Mr. Davis said. “Now can a bank verify who the money is coming from?”

If a bank receives $1,000 to pay off a credit card through preauthorized debit from another institution, the bank from which the payment was down has up to an

days to dispute the transaction. If the transaction is disputed, the credit-providing bank may have to give the money back to the bank that provided the transfer, Mr. Davis said.

During the dispute period, however, fraudsters can charge the minimum credit card balance as many as two times or more.

The Globe reached out in Canada’s Big Five banks asking if they allow automatic preauthorized debit, or PSD, transfers from a secondary institution to cover balances on their credit cards.

Out of those banks, only one credit card, a Mastercard from Scotiabank, did not allow that type of automatic transfer.

Mr. Davis said it’s very likely that identity verification challenges, as well as the risk of charge checks making into that transfer—stakeable to, evolving types of fraud, will push more institutions to limit preauthorized transfers soon. “I think all bankers going to adopt some form of that in the long run.”

But these kinds of policies also would financial advantage for banks in a heated credit card landscape. Mr. Clitters said.

“Banks have enormous to compete more and more with over the generous rewards,” she said.

“And if the only way for them to make these rewards profitable is to prevent people from paying off their credit card on time, we have a problem.”

Making the issue more pressing is that credit card debt is growing among Canadians. Equities data showed that credit card balances in Canada swelled to a historic, less fellose in the last quarter of 2016, a 2.4 per-cent spike from the year prior.

“People get in the habit of saving credit during the pandemic because banks were being more forgiving,” said Linda Foul, a licensed insolvency trustee with MNP Ltd. At that time, banks charged low interest for some customers to even offered payment deferrals.

In limiting his mom’s auto-pay options, Mr. Bergen said the issue was not a technical one for BMO. It wasn’t that the bank could no longer offer the option because of software barriers or related obstacles.

“The bank still allows the auto-pay feature for customers, including financial who set it up prior to the policy change in 2016. “This appears to be a deeply critical policy aimed at generating more chequing account sales,” Mr. Bergen said.

U.S. yield curve twists expose Trump’s and Bessent’s rate dilemma

JAMES MCGEEVE SALVADO

OPINION

The recent spike in long-dated U.S. bond yields to historic highs has exposed a continuum at the heart of the Trump administration’s view on U.S. interest rates that over the expected range of 1.5 per cent.

In its simplest framing, President Donald Trump is obsessed with the federal firearm lowering its policy rate, while Treasury Secretary Scott McGrath's ongoing focus is the 10-year Treasury yield.

Of course, both want lower sheet and long-term borrowing costs, and Mr. Trump has broadened the focus on lower borrowing costs to longer-dated spies this year. In an ideal world of low or slowing inflation, these goals are not necessarily incompatible.

But the economic policy and operational environment is far from ideal. A more docile feel than markets expect may please Mr. Trump, but could also push the 10-year yield higher by evolving inflation concerns – precisely the outcome. Mr. Bessent wants to be more

Yet for the 10-year yield not to rise much further – no better still for Mr. Bessent, to reverse course – the Fed may have to turn its millions-lighted down the real assets. One can only imagine Mr. Trump’s reaction, especially in the run-up to the November mid-term elections, in which his party is already expected to struggle.

Markets aren’t pricing at any time, an extra for Trump or any expts that surging off prices resulting from the first run when the Fed has to remain extra vigil-

ant on price stability inflation has been above the Fed’s open-cent target for more than five years.

Energy stocks since the U.S. firm war began at the end of February and serious questions about the Fed’s inflation fighting credibility have settled the bond market. Those questions have been settled since, Kevin Wyatt, a related income Powell as chair of the end of May.

The Wall Street Journal report of last week that Mr. Trump has called Mr. Wyatt repeatedly once to become Fed than Mr. Trump on Monday played that down, telling reporters. “I’ve only spoken to him one time briefly, a few days ago, but a conversation.”

That is unlikely to average the entire concerns about Mr. Wyatt’s stance on inflation or the Fed’s independence.

Deaths about Mr. Wyatt’s willingness to raise rates to cash—flames—and even about the commitment to the 10-year-end larger itself – have pushed the 10-year Treasury yield above 2.50 per cent, its highest level since 2007. On Monday, the real yield on 10-year Treasury inflation (resumed December 2007) rose further above 1 per cent, from highest level since 2007.

Vibrings, rates, which are priced off the 10-year yield, are at that highest level in more than a year.

Those concerns are most relevant at the long end of the curve for Mr. Bessent, however, the more politically salient bonds mark it the 10-year yield.

The 10-year yield has reached 2.5 per cent, an 8-month high. Mr. Bessent previously said he pointed the yield to have a 7th handle, meaning below a 10 per

cent.

War, energy shocks, a yawning federal budget defeat, and market uncertainty over Mr. Wyatt’s overhaul of the Fed suggest that won’t happen any time soon. Instead, a move to 1 per cent now looks like the more immediate risk. That may have fostered into Mr. Bessent’s decision to intervene in the currency market to support the Japanese yen.

Washington’s concern about further upward pressure on Treasury yields helps explain the rare co-ordinated action with Japan and the 10-year yield. A problem reached Frid陀晟: If Tokyo is to support this yen, Washington would prefer it does so without selling any of its USA’s a million US Treasuries.

On the domestic front, a surprise decline in big now-fame payrolls, downward revisions to previous months, and below-forecast inflation points have trimmed Fed rate hike, especially from 2007, two quarter-percent-per-point hikes over the next year are fully priced into interest rate futures markets, down from three a few weeks ago.

The July 6TH report due on Wednesday to the next major hurdle for sales markets, a strong number could bring a September rate hike into full-term, saving upward pressure at the longer end of the bond market. A downside surprise could take a full more more month—if the table completely lost more than that the Fed is falling behind the curve, pushing the 10-year yield down to 1 per cent.

Neither outcome offers much comfort to Mr. Trump or Mr. Bessent, but real may prove less painful than the other.

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Al hyperscalers buck earnings season pattern with outsized stock swings

SAGIR ODAL AHNER NEW YORK

Larger-than-usual postcarriage stock swings by Al and hyperscaler companies this earnings season have spunzled a historical picture in which smaller companies’ results typically drive the larger stock moves, data from options analytics across ORETS showed.

The new low stocks of earnings season are typically dominated by major market leaders, including financial giants such as El Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo, early-reporting New Jersey than ships and mega-cap such powerhouses such as Apple, Microsoft, Highdots and Meta. Smaller companies in the stocks take center stage in later weeks.

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The smaller companies in recent weeks have had more neutral earnings moves – a contrast to the early weeks when Al and hyperscalers reports helped show larger-than-usual moves,” ORETS headset their business card.

Some of the largest hyperscalers, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta, have produced big postcarriage stock swings, comparing their on-going earnings moves in past quarters, as investors aggressively criticize. In add-off-states depending on whether Al capital expenditures appeared to be paying off.

For companies reporting to the first week of the second-quarter earnings season, which kicked off in mid-high buying options straddles – a strategy combining the purchase of a pre and a call – behind the largest average gains, some profits shrinking in weeks two through four, ORETS data showed.

Wells one gains averaged 25 per cent, compared with an average loss of 1 per cent for the strategy in the first week of earnings over the last 12 quarters, the ORETS analysis showed its results for the fourth week of results. An estimate of interest is an average loss of 1 per cent compared with the historical average of a loss of 5 per cent.

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Some of the largest hyperscalers, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Meta, have produced big postcarriage stock swings, comparing their on-going earnings moves in past quarters.

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Are Canadians exposed to the wrong AI layer?

Pension plans and retirement accounts quickly hold stakes in model firms carrying the most capital and highest valuations

GEORGE AFANMASSAROB CHRISTIAN RIVER

OPINION

George Afanmassarob is a professor of finance and holds the Ben Graham Clark in Value Investing and the Army Business School. He is now the National Value Investing Front Theory to Practice

Christian Dippel is an economist of the Army Business School

A clear last column, no model firm arguments about which artificial intelligence companies will eventually emerge as losses.

The OpenAI and AIInNets are the most financially fragile companies in the AI series that's because they are single-product entities selling a commodities product into a market with free open-source models. It showed that the company capital needs that assume a profitability they have not yet shown. Not really, these are the most likely companies to go to save just as they are being sold.

Recent developments have ended, but the data they make: score how Canadian investment portfolios are quickly being put at risk.

On July 14, Nvidia chief executive, former Huang published an open letter — titled “Open Weights and Attitudes: AI Leadership” — put together by the day giant and signed by its companies, Huang from were Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Palam, Cisco, IBM, iMacal, Hopping Inc., Perplexity, ServiceNow, Andrenzen二十，the most. Canadians own Cohort.

The two-weight models are those where publicly robust the enormous files of numbers that encode all the model has learned through training. Meta's Llama, France's Mental and China's DeepSeek and Open are examples. They are free, and can be downloaded and run on your own machines at zero cost.

Proprietary models, including OpenAI's GPT, Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini, are closed-weight. They can only be

Customers work at AGI Bar in Beijing on Sunday. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently called for lower U.S. barriers to open-source AI models can compete with Chinese males. P2001/14/01/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1/1

tested on the vendor's servers, at the vendor's price, with the vendor seeing every query.

None of the three companies selling access to the best closed models in the world—OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepSeek—had signed Mr. Huang's letter. This shows which layer of the AI stack the industry is trying to commoditize.

The letter's signatures were dependent, about platforms and enterprise software companies. This do not want foreign laboratories coming the operating relationship with their customers. Every one of them benefit if raw intelligence becomes cheap and interchangeable, because every one of them earns its money somewhere else at the chain.

Mr. Huang wrote: “If there is your AI, even if it is open and whatever it comes from, there will be more use, more Nvidia computers sold, more data systems built.” Nvidia organized the letter demanding openness in terms of models, while keeping its Computer United Device Architecture—the software that actually locks customers to its Mars—proprietary. Everyone in this coalition is arguing for openness in someone else’s said.

This is the argument we made a few weeks ago. The industry seems to learn effectively about all that the model layer is going to be a commodity. That is to say, where margins go to die.

The numbers should show this clearly Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmark. Here, puts every major model through the same battery at hard uses, including guidance, level science, competition mathematics, coding and marketing reasoning. The firm then rolls the model into a single score and not that it calls the100th genus Index. It is the closed thing the industry has to a standardized scoreboard, and it is public.

Open-weight models are those which publicly release the enormous files of numbers that encode all the model has learned through training. Meta's Llama, France's Mental and China's DeepSeek and Open are examples. They are free, and can be downloaded and run on your own machines at zero cost.

At the top sits the most capsule proprietary model in the world. Anthropic's Claude Open 5, at 60.7. In fourth place, ahead of Claude Open, all and every version of ChatGPT, is 8200 KJ.

from the Beijing Laboratory Monoshot AI, at 67.3. Only three percentage points separate the best closed models that money can cost from the best free open-weight model built in Beijing.

So, AI American companies signed a letter in praise of open weights. It was published during a time when the open market was being set and rose in Shang'an, where Chinese President Xi Jinping committed his country's AI ecosystem to open source in a keynote at the World AI Conference.

In sharp contrast, no U.S. lab has committed to releasing a fourteen open-weight model. The leading American open release is Thinking Machines Lab (Nahing, which arrived on July 1) and covers a month at St. Artificial Analysis.

Meanwhile, Washington has decided that the proprietary fourteen is a strategic asset and has begun defending it as one outstanding, exclusive against Monoshot and other Chinese labs.

This episode puts the American AI ecosystem in direct opposition to its own government. The Huang letter asks policy makers not to continue “legitimate model-development techniques” with misappropriation. That is the industry telling Washington to stop protecting the very thing it has decided to protect.

The ecosystem is dead set on commoditizing the model layer. The government is dead set on defending it.

Evacuate, for many users, the strongest argument for open weights that year was made by the U.S. government, by accident. On least 32, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security and Anthropos an unpublished letter imposing expert controls on its free access to public models, Claude Falke's and Claude Myfro's. Anthropos had to double both for every foreign national on Earth—including its own foreign national employees—as a result of the 2026 unified from European countries.

The restriction was withdrawn 10 days later, but this was long enough to prove unwinding performance, and to leads it to every chief technology officer outside the U.S. and its own firm is a checkpoint that a foreign government can switch off without notice. An action intended to protect the American frontier turned out to be the most effective advertisement the open-weight camp has had all year.

All this was further understood on Monday, when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called to open fourteen in the U.S. for the 2026 unified in the US. Open with Chinese trade. Meta just released a new open-weight model this week, called Muse Element. In a statement, Mr. Zuckerberg said the U.S. needed to without its product if someone knew who to lead the open-weight models.

The conclusion, as we drew it a few weeks ago, now has better evidence behind it. The layer that is being deliberately commoditized is the one carrying the most capital and the highest valuations. The companies driving that commoditization are precisely the ones whose profits at somewhere else.

Next Canadian news makes in that layer involuntarily, through index Smith field by pressure plans and the default options in their retirement accounts. It's hard to see that the boys told which part of the stack their money is sitting for.

The question for anyone underwriters this cycle is not which model wins.

It is who owns the capacity, the data, the workflows and the permissions surrounding which—or which happens to be winning this quarter. Those aspects—not the handshaded—are when the money will be.

Wall Street falls as U.S.-tran peace hopes fade; TSX edges higher

Wall Street males lower on Tuesday, with Amazon and Alphabet digging, as investors became more pessimistic about a person who is not working to the Middle East. Key Street was higher, although Canada's main stock index closed near its lows of the session.

The literal of themax will remain closed as long as the U.S. does not change its behavioral and accept Iran's conditions to and the way the newly appeared secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council said. Brent crude futures held near one week flight in charge of a single, while the S&P 500 energy

sector index climbed 1.4 per cent. “In has been the case for months, it’s just really hard to come to an agreement that works for everyone. Oil is a little higher, pricing in more uncertainty around that,” said from Mayfield. Investment strategy analyst at Excel in Louisville, Ky. “The market has obviously great demand the conflict of interest. It hasn’t been the big heart-wind that a lot of people imagined it might be.”

Amazon dipped 2.4 per cent and Alphabet fell 3.8 per cent, both weighing on the S&P 500 and Tuesday, squash declined at most a per cent.

The S&P 500 declined 0.28 per cent. Even as the S&P 500 dipped, advancing issues were mentioned falling once by a 0.16—one ratio.

Strong quarterly earnings helped lift the S&P 500 to all-time highs last week, while the Sunday was down about a per cent from its record-high close—in June a Super Star heavy investments by Microsoft and Amazon in AI data sources appearing off have also lifted sentiment.

U.S. consumer and producer price inflation readings, due over the next two days, will be crucial in shaping market expectations

on the Federal Reserve's policy path, given that Kevin Nealoff, goal of reducing guidance on monetary policy.

Traders are split over the likelihood of an interest-rate hike at the central bank's September meeting. Rising energy costs, stemming from the Iran conflict, have spurred inflation concerns and complicated the paths of control made, probably.

The S&P/TSX Composite Index ended up 9.1g points, or 0.1 per cent, at 19.4%50, relapsing the record closing high in points on Monday.

Both energy and industrials rose 0.8 per cent, with the latter

helped by a gain of 0.6 per cent for the share of its Canada after Scotiabank raised 16 price target. Bloomberg News reported that the 2026 election is starting a deal for a minority interest in samples for around $350a billion.

Utilities added 1.4 per cent, closing bank some recent debates, as bond yields saved. For Vale Holdings was a hundred 10 shares rose 3.2 per cent after the company opened quarterly results ahead of estimates.

Technology was a drag on the TSX, falling 4.7 per cent.

REUTERS, GLOBE START

EYE ON EQUITIES DAVID LEEDOR

BARRICK MINING (ABR-TSR) CLOSE $15.51, DOWN $1.22

SIENNA SENIOR LIVING (SAB-TSR) CLOSE $21.16, UP 2%

CAUTAM MILL SERVICE (CFR-TSR) CLOSE $7.29, UP 4%

CANADIAN TIRE (CTC, A-TSR) CLOSE $232.75, DOWN 2%

GOLD 82 (AUXA-TSEVENTHIR) CLOSE $8.10, UP 3%

Barrels. Mining Corp's new agreement with themax has provided a clear, high cash injection of $58a.2a-billion as well as a “pathway to existence” than Nevada Gulf Mines joint venture, according to National Bank. Its second analyst Diane Nagle. “We view the transaction positively as it allows for optimization opportunities across NLM two that the deposits have been resolved,” he said.

Target. Maintaining its “suspension” rating for Barrels shares. Mr. Nagle increased his target to five from $89.9m. Consensus is $75.4m.

SIENNA SENIOR LIVING (SAB-TSR) CLOSE $21.16, UP 2% RBC. Immune Securities analyst Francis Bir Shukla, a puffman in share price for themax has been being lost, following last week's release of its second-quarter financial results provides a Twitter player for investors, leading him to upgrade his recommendation as “suspension” from “active partner” previously. “On the back of 2p results that exceeded our call for operating outlook remains robust,” he added.

Target: the target moved to 1.6x from $25. Consensus is $18.33.

Citing an “improving medium-term outlook,” UTS Formed-Asset Net Tate Monachello upgrades his rating for Caffeine Well Service Ltd. to “suspension” from “active partner” previously. “Workforce UTS is well positioned to take advantage of an improving North American outlook amid strengthening demand and structural efficiency gains following recent first comprehensive,” he added.

Target: Mr. Monachello's target increased to by from $7.9m. Consensus is $7.9m.

When Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd. reports its second-quarter results before the Net of Thursday, December Securities analyst Chris Loo operating to use “continuing benefits from Tran North initiatives (medical margin expansion and good folks control), resilient consumer demand, value-enhancing initiatives and a World Cup boost (SpentSoda),” he said.

Target: Reaffirming his “buy” rating. Mr. Loo used his target to first from $10m. Consensus is $21.25.

Initial analyst Gick McGill thinks investors are “discussing the risk potential infrastructure advantage and margin profile” of Gold Xa Mining Inc's 10-per-cent-owned Moss Project in Northern Ontario. Also emphasizes the leadership team possesses “significant project advancement” and 1m2 experience,” he intended investing of the “tax-centre board” company with a “buy” rating.

Target: the Xa target tops the $11.2m consensus.

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SPORTS

Canadian and U.S. tennis federations discuss growing the game, writes Rachel Brady © 813

Jets cornerback Stiggers taken to hospital after losing consciousness at practice © 814

NATIONAL BANK OPEN

Shelton's title defence still alive

Ben Shelton hits a return against Jakab Mensik during their quarter-final match at the National Bank Open in Montreal on Tuesday. Shelton won 6-3, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals. For more on the National Bank Open, head to © GLOMESPORTS.COM

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NHL superstars are thinking for themselves as salary cap grows

CATHOL

FELIX

The infrastructure of last year's biggest trade - Quinn Hughes to the Minnesota Wild - was pride and prospects. However, it was the moral framework that mattered. That having been freed from Vancouver, Hughes would do the right thing and commit himself to the Wild for the duration.

Now the time has come for Hughes to do that, and he isn't. Hughes has only this coming year left on his current deal. He has been attention eligible for six weeks, and nothing's happened.

Someone has gone so far as to leak his prospective deal - three years at US$10-million a season. That's juicy enough that it would

make him the highest paid defenceman in the NHL, but short enough that he can jump back into the market when he's go.

It is, to the NHL's long-standing way of saving things, better than a fair offer. It's a deal no team player, no good guy in the room, would ever turn down. Except Hughes apparently has. At the very least, he hasn't jumped at it.

Over in Colorado, a similar situation. The other best defense man in the league, Cale Makar, has one year left on his deal. He is also extension eligible and it's crickets.

Doesn't Makar love the Avianche? Isn't he gentle? Are everything they've done for him?

It is as if hockey players have begun to disconnect themselves from the league's love mind, and develop thoughts, even desires, of their own. The basis on which the system has operated for the

last few decades is beginning to come apart.

This is all being driven by a post-pandemic spike in the salary cap. The money tag has been turned on for a while, but the Philadelphia Flyers were the first to make use of it.

Their five-year, 1978-80-million offer sheet to Anaheim's Leo Carlsson started the rush. It's a goofy amount of money to offer a player who is probably very good, rather than great. But what were the Bucks going to do? Let Carlsson go? That would be giving up and starting over.

Anaheim did the only thing it could and matched the Player's offer. For a few days, Carlsson was the highest paid player in NHL history.

In an interview after everything had played out, the first question Carlsson got was, 'Why did you sign the offer sheet?'

I don't know. Because of capitation?

Can you imagine an NFL quarterback being asked this question? Or a soccer star? Why did you accept money to do work, when you could have done the same job for much less, which would have really helped out the team, as well as the billionaire who owns it?

Post-Carlsson, it has occurred to other, better players that the house is holding a lot more money than it has traditionally paid out, and they would like as much of it as possible. It has simultaneously struck them that their long-standing tradition of avoiding public awkwardness over dollar figures has only benefited one side in the negotiation.

Add to this the new fear of getting rich and still getting it wrong. In 2006, Nathan MacKinnon signed a deal that pays him an ar-

reage of US$12.6-million a year. That's fine. It's the term that looks terrible now - eight years.

Next year, MacKinnon will make two-thirds of what Carlsson does. When Carlsson's deal runs out, he will still be a kid. When MacKinnon's is finished, he'll be well into his billboard years.

Now do you think MacKinnon's contract is going to look in two more years? If the cap keeps rising, MacKinnon is going to be earning as much as a third-line centre on a team that can't control itself.

A person with a healthy perspective on life wouldn't bother caring. I mean, rich is rich, but professional athletes can. They care a lot.

No wonder no one wants to jump into anything. This summer was nothing like last summer. What if not it summer is the same? © RESLY, 813

Scherzer, Schneider encountered rare fourth out rule for second time

MARTY KLINEHMEIG

A bullfled Blue Jays stood in the dugout on Monday and waited for Major League Baseball to make a ruling on an oddball play. Man Scherzer already knew what was going to happen.

On April 14, 2009 while he was with the Arizona Diamondbacks, umpires invoked the rare four-out rule and awarded the Los Angeles Dodgers a run.

'It's the current play I've ever seen and now I have seen it twice,' the 40-year-old pitcher said Tuesday before Toronto took on Boston at Rogers Centre in the second of four games. 'I knew the outcome.'

The confluence of scoutness about which the baseball world is talking occurred on the top of the seventh inning. With runners on first and second and none out Vladimir Gazenov is stopped a low line down his to him at first base and then stepped on the bag, believing he had caught the ball in the air, umpires initially called it a double play. When they realized it hit the ground,

Umpires gather to review a play during the seventh inning of a game between the Blue Jays and the Red Sea at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Monday. COLE BORTON/CETTY IMAGES

however, the call was amended to a forecast of a second, leaving runners on first and third with one out. At the time, however, the scoreboard, which is operated by MLB, certainly showed two cuts.

The next batter left in an easy fly ball to centre and front fasteman caught it and threw to first for a double play because the runner there had taken off for second with out tagging up. At the same time, the man on third proceeded to home. Both believed the inning was over.

This is where things got really scrovy. Boston's interim manager Chad Tracy argued that the runner, Anthony Feigler, had crossed home plate before the third out was completed.

Confusion-assigned. The crew of umpires, seemingly as mixed up as everyone else, called MLB in New York for a consultation. After a delay of 10 minutes the decision was announced. The runner scored on what was still called a double play.

Now a player scores on what was officially called a sacrifice fly double play is anybody's guess. © BLUE, 2005, 813

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Richie Laryea is hoping for a playoff push with Toronto FC

TFC set to host its first post-World Cup match at BMO Field on

Saturday against New England Revolution

PAUL ATTRALD

Richie Laryea knows it will serve for the same.

Two months ago to the day on Wednesday, the versatile fullback can out onto the pitch at BMO Field in front of almost 40,000 forward fans at Canada get the group World Cup advantage under way with a nationwide 1:1 come-from-behind draw with Bounty Herzegovina.

This Saturday, it remains to be seen how many will be onboard at the same venue - now trimmed back to a capacity of just under 20,000 - as Toronto FC returns a play at its home stadium for the first time since early May, against the New England Revolution.

Coming down to earth can be found.

"I know it'll be different," Laryea said Sunday. "It was all allowed up in a different way when we get there for the [Canada] game, and I'm sure it'll be back to what it was before the World Cup."

Following Canada's shimmable to the round of its against Morocco last month, the 10-year-old veteran took sure a handful of days of Yankee returning to training with his hometown team, but that "he was anywhere." "I just stayed here," he said. "Tired of moulding."

Since then, he has started all four of TFC's Major League Soccer Members and played the full 10 minutes in each, as well as getting 10 minutes off the bench in the MLA 2018 Cup Game in Charlotte two weeks ago.

Richie Laryea of Toronto FC plays the half-forward during a match against New York City Football Club in Yellow Stadium on July 11, 2018 (see below)

For a team that was already for one the postseason cut-off before the league's World Cup break commenced, the return of Laryea - as well as fellow Canadian squad-matches (southern锋线) has been welcome, but the results haven't been. Over that four-game match, TFC has taken part three points from this available to The Arch now sit with in the Eastern Conference, on points back of the 1st round for the ninth and final playoff spot with 10 games to play.

As Laryea related on Tuesday, the process of making the mental adjustment of going back to the day job after being involved in some of the biggest recent matches that this country has ever received has been anything but easy.

"To be honest, it's tough to be able to go from playing in the

World Cup, and there I think I was off for one story, sure how many days it was - five, six days or something like that - and then we're playing away in Montreal," Laryea said.

You want to be able to capitalize on a great opportunity that we were able to see this summer here with the national team

ROSE LARYEA

FC DIVISION

The memories from this summer will last forever, though The Defender picks the opening match at BMO Field, Canada's response to Ismail Arne's trauma

mortonating injury and Nephew Cunlapan's injury-time written against much Africa in the round of 10 on his top draw World Cup moment.

In fact, Laryea says he can still feel the electricity of the crowd when it's a Latin equalized late against America at BMO Field back on June 10.

"That feeling, that excitement that I felt running through my hard during that moment, I still go back to pretty frequently," he said.

While he has his largest crowd that some of that energy can carry over into the stands at BMO Field this weekend, he adds that it is up to many of the social disks in this country to push the sport to new heights, and capitalize on the increased attention to water.

"I think now we have a big irreversible force at the club to be

able to continue to ignite that," Laryea said. "You want to be able to capitalize on a great opportunity that we were able to see this summer here with the national team, we have to take that into Toronto FC now, where we're returning games, bringing our club to new heights and being able to lift trophies, keep the fans in the stadiums."

To that end, Laryea scripted a letter to the team's supporters this week, saying there to get the kind the moment as they chose their first playoff spot since 2020. With a record of 4, 9, TFC heads to start winning soon.

But as our club is the fieldevery from the start of the 2018, which went unheated in its last to equalise score points on the way to an appearance in the MLA Cup, Laryea knows how quickly it misses can turn.

"In this league, as soon as you get rolling, you get a few wins under your belt, and you get in a good way, the course turns very quickly," he said. "Opinions change very quickly, the record will be better. It's a good quality when you start winning."

When it comes to his own opinion though, Laryea refused to offer much of anything on the melodramatic developments within 1000 to every event.

"We could sit here all day and talk about that, honestly," he said. However, he adds if that for was very happy to see the 10-billion committed by Prime Minister Mahmoud Fadjovment last month to improve sports information throughmed Canada.

"I think [except it] is a place when I've never seen it before," he said. "Everyone is excited about football now. I think everyone has looking forward already four years down the line for another World Cup because of how it was able to bring everyone together."

MLR

AMERICAN LEAGUE

	M	L	PA	GB
Torino De La	31	40	22	4
Man City	34	41	100	9
Zacate	34	34	35	6
Milltown	34	42	100	10
Toronto	27	25	25	23
CINEMA EMIGUS
Chicago	32	34	33	1
Chicago	32	42	42	31
Bristol	32	40	30	31
Cleveland	32	42	42	4
Lebanon	32	35	40	25

TURKEY

Houston	34	34	100	7
Miami	32	33	34	3
Oakley	32	32	32	42
Atlanta	32	32	100	22
Columbia	42	36	120	22

MALTA

Toronto J. B. Burton I.
Minneapolis N. Mishawani I.
Houston J. A. Murphy I. B. Kerrang
Newport J. M. Williams I.

Melbourne

MT Times Eastern
Philadelphia B. M. C. of Minnesota (Phil)
Newark N. M. L. W. Lee
Toronto (B. M. C. of Minnesota) (T. M. L. W. Lee)
New York (B. M. C. of Minnesota) (T. M. L. W. Lee)
Buffalo (M. L. W. Lee) N. Y. K. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M.
Buffalo (M. L. W. Lee) N. Y. K. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M.

INTER LEAGUE

Toronto
Corona and the Chicago MRA in two
Houston and San Francisco
Oregon City at La. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B.

Monday

Toronto A. San Francisco A. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B. B.

AT Times Eastern

Toronto (B. M. C. of San Francisco)
Washington, D. C. of San Francisco
Washington, D. C. of San Francisco
New York, D. C. of San Francisco
New York, D. C. of San Francisco
New York, D. C. of San Francisco

RESIDENTIAL 42.5% (7.5% 2019) AUGUST 12, 9:15 P.M.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION
	M	L	PA	GB
Atlanta	31	31	32	24
Philadelphia	33	33	33	25
Miami	32	32	32	25
Washington	33	33	33	25
Washington	33	33	33	25
CINEMA EMIGUS
Milwaukee	35	35	32	1
Chicago	35	35	32	1
St. Louis	33	33	33	25
Philadelphia	33	33	33	25
Cincinnati	33	33	33	25

WESTERN DIVISION
Los Angeles	31
Los Angeles	31
San Francisco	31
San Francisco	31
San Francisco	31
San Francisco	31

Washington — AT Times Eastern
Washington, D. C. of St. Louis	31
Atlanta (A. C. of St. Louis)	31
Colorado Springs (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)	31
Chicago (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)	31
Chicago (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)	31
Chicago (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)	31
Chicago (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)	31

CPL

	CP	16	7	27	24	30
Hamilton	17	13	11	25	9	7
Calgary	14	13	2	31	11	9
Sanctuary	15	12	5	25	10	8
Chicago	13	9	6	21	10	10
Houston	13	9	6	21	10	10
Buffalo	13	9	6	21	10	10
Toronto	13	9	6	21	10	10
Buffalo	13	9	6	21	10	10

Friday — AT Times Eastern Nationwide New Jersey, 9 p.m.

CARABANK NEW'S CLUB
JOCO'S CHAMPIONSHIP

QUARTER PALLS

MONTERO (A)
Toronto
Boston (T. M. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W.

MLS

EASTERN DIVISION

	CP	M	L	PA	GB
Charlotte	30	32	2	4	15
Chicago	30	32	2	4	15
New England	30	32	2	4	15
Chicago	30	32	2	4	15
St. Louis	30	32	2	4	15
Cincinnati	30	32	2	4	15
Charlotte	30	32	2	4	15
N.Y. Red Bulls	30	32	2	4	15
St. Louis	30	32	2	4	15
Columbus	30	32	2	4	15
Toronto	30	32	2	4	15
Philadelphia	30	32	2	4	15
Atlanta	30	32	2	4	15

EASTERN DIVISION

Camden	27	27	2	4	15	10
W. 1	27	27	2	4	15	10
St. Louis	27	27	2	4	15	10
Houston	27	27	2	4	15	10
Buffalo	27	27	2	4	15	10
St. Louis	27	27	2	4	15	10
Seattle	27	27	2	4	15	10
Portland	27	27	2	4	15	10
Minneapolis	27	27	2	4	15	10
Colorado	27	27	2	4	15	10
St. Louis	27	27	2	4	15	10
San Diego	27	27	2	4	15	10
Seattle	27	27	2	4	15	10

Saturdays

MT Times Eastern
Cincinnati (A. C. of St. Louis)
Columbus (A. C. of St. Louis)
N.Y. at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
N.Y. Red Bulls (A. C. of St. Louis)
New England (A. C. of St. Louis)
N.Y. College at Houston, 6:30 p.m.
N.Y. at Louisville, 6:30 p.m.
Minneapolis (A. C. of St. Louis)
St. Louis (A. C. of St. Louis)
San Diego (A. C. of St. Louis)

LEAGUES CUP 2020

TORAL (A)
Toronto
Toronto (B. M. C. of Toronto) (T. M. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W.
Washington (A) Times Eastern
Washington (B) Times Eastern
Washington (C) Times Eastern
Washington (D) Times Eastern
Washington (E) Times Eastern
Washington (F) Times Eastern

Wednesday

MT Times Eastern
Atlanta (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Houston (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Nashville (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Houston (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Houston (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Houston (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)

WNBA

EASTERN DIVISION

	W	L	PA	GB
Atlanta	30	32	2	4
Atlanta	30	32	2	4
Washington	30	32	2	4
New York	30	32	2	4
Chicago	30	32	2	4
Toronto	30	32	2	4
WESTERN DIVISION
Jacksonville	27	7	7	7
Canton, Ohio	27	7	7	7
Las Vegas	27	7	7	7
Dallas	27	7	7	7
Portland	27	7	7	7
Houston	27	7	7	7
Houston	27	7	7	7

Tuesdays

New York at Indiana
Pittsburgh
Washington at Las Vegas
Tuesdays
Atlanta (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Washington (C. C. of St. Louis)
Washville (A. C. of St. Louis)
Tuesdays
Atlanta (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Atlanta (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Atlanta (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)

CEBL PLATOFFS

CEBL PALLS
2nd of 10
MINNEAPOLIS (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Nashville (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Columbus (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Columbus (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)
Columbus (A. C. of St. Louis) (B. C. of St. Louis)

CPL

EAST DIVISION
	CP	M	L	PA
Houston	6	6	6	20
Toronto	6	6	6	20
Houston	6	6	6	20
Ottawa	6	6	6	20

WESTERN DIVISION
Wrestlewood	6	6	6	20
Milwaukee	6	6	6	20
Chicago	6	6	6	20

WESTERN DIVISION
Wichita	6	6	6	20

Pittsburgh
AT Times Eastern
Boston (T. M. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W.

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Saturdays at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
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AIRPORT
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AT Toronto
Hamilton
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Tucson
Toronto
New York (A. C. of St. Louis)
San Diego (T. M. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. W.
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Four times of employee Andrew Baker named next head of Alpine Canada

Baker heads up Alpine Canada as amateur sport will receive a cash injection from the federal government

DONNA SPENCER / AUGUST

Andrew Baker hopes to reap what he's helped save as the next promotion and chief executive officer of Alpine Canada.

He will replace Therise Benson, who, after six years, moved on to become CEO of Main Canada.

Baker held various jobs at the Canadian Olympic Committee for 21 years and was most recent if the CEO's chief external affairs officer, the will join Alpine Canada in September.

A more Canada and cross-players and Furs alpine racing and ski cross. That involves roughly 20,000 registered racers and 2,200 coaches in zero clubs across the country, according to the organizational 2022 annual report.

The Canadian also operates international World Cup races in Canada.

A pair of women's giant athletes are scheduled for North Dominican, USA, in December. A World Cup ski cross is dated for the year of 2020.

Baker joins Alpine Canada at the start of another Olympic quadrimodal record that says Winter Games in the French Alps.

The 25-year-old from Montreal was devoted to the USA's lobbying on behalf of national sport organizations for increased core funding.

The federal government announced in April an injection of

Andrew Baker, Canadian Olympic Committee 2020 Feasibility Team member, speaks during a briefing on investment estimates for hosting the 2020 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in July 2022. DARBY, DYLIGHT

drug-million sites: high-probess race sport over the next five years, and dropping to full-million annually after that.

Of that 1000-million over five years and four-million after that past directly to national sport organizations like Alpine Canada:

"It's a really exciting time for sport in this country," Baker said. "What attracted me was the history of the sport and just the history of excellence in the sport, but also the current excellence that was not across all three of the disciplines with alpine, ski cross and Furs alpine.

"I've been working with the Canadian Olympic Committee for a number of years and in re-

sence years, we've been advocating for the potential that contain in sport if we better funded at and better supported our athletes for their performance, but there for them to transfer the next generation.

"This advocacy works to put in into action and to help, working with a national sport organization, bring that potential to life, that's something that was just really really exciting.

Six cross is under the hierarchy ski umbrella internationally, but Alpine Canada administers the sport domestically as a sport discipline.

Alpine Canada met its overall world championship and Olympic

set and Paralympic medal targets set out in its 2020 all-strand-grip plan.

But Canada was shut out of Olympic medals in alpine skiing and ski cross in February's Milan Cortina Games. Canadians had reached the ski cross podium in every Olympic Games since the sport was introduced in 2016.

Canadian Furs alpine athletes earned a silver and four bonuses in Italy.

"Perhaps the results in [Milan Cortina] didn't reflect the exact lens that we were seeing on an ongoing team, and there's, I'm sure, diabetic to do on that, but they still continue to produce my credible results across the World

Cup seasons and across the Games themselves, maybe just not to the extent that they were hoping for in that plan, but there's always more work to do," Baker said.

Canada no longer hosts World Cup downfall or super 6 races.

Thirty years of men's and women's downfalls in Lake Louise, Alta., ended in 2022 when Alpine Canada deemed it no longer economically viable to operate World Cup in the national park west of Calgary.

Whistler or Panorama, B.C., were talked as possible replacements.

"As I understand it, through this process, that remains an important aspect, a men's speed was in the West Coast," Baker said.

"The exact details of that, I think, continue to need to be shaped, but they are very much looking for a return of a men's speed loss."

The federal government also earmarked in April another 100-million over the next five years to host international sports events.

More recently, the field announced in July an investment of 25,000 million into alpine training centre upgrades at Panorama and Whistler, as well as ski cross at Alps in Svalkska, Mi Beach.

"There is a great pipeline of defense building from French Alps 2020 on that podium pathway that will I think have a better chance to get the resources that they need over the next four years with the new announcement of this government funding, both for programming, but then also for the infrastructure that we saw for the national training centres," Baker said.

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Canadians, U.S. tennis夭折ations meet during NBA to talk about growing the game

RACHEL BRADY

As a time when relationships are uneasy between Canadian and U.S. political leaders, the two North American tennis dubs misses even production together on Monday and nightbreaks.

Members of the United States Tennis Association visited with Tennis Canada in Toronto on Monday to trade knowledge about a big challenge they both face. How to get people more affordable, accessible places to play tennis.

While U.S. management action unfolded at the National Bank Open, facilities development staff from the two federations huddled in the wings of former business sharing ideas. While their high performance athletes compete against one another on the world stage, the two national bodies share a goal in growing tennis participation.

They spent a full day sharing strategies about everything from bubbling outdoor events to fusing old ones that made the first and no more programming, and how to create alliances with meaningfulness and partners. Anything that will help them meet the increasing demand that shows up to spirit towards studies.

"We have this participation growth regime, and both countries, and so when people get excited about playing, where do they get," said Anita Conella, Tennis Canada's senior director, facilities development. "I can't tell you how much you can do it and. 'I'll work you like so. 'I'll tend you that. It's not about scorching or purposely. It's about sharing, expanding and growing where we can."

In 2020, more than 6 million Canadians played tennis. That's an increase of over a million players since 2020. Tennis Canada says it is country for 2020 courts, but only about 75% are covered

for year-round play, meaning most are restricted to playing, almost only four months of the year Canada is way behind other tennis nations in providing year-round courts.

In the U.S., tennis participation increased by 14 million in 2020, to a new high-47.5 million total players. The U.S. set a goal to hit 3.6 million playing by 2020, almost 30 per cent of the U.S. population.

While the numbers are vastly different in the two nations,

they are the same trend in their participation growth - new citizens.

"We're both seeing really align growth year over year in terms of player participation. Obviously as a world sport, immigrants coming to the United States are bringing a lot of that often, that kind of interest," said Chris Ian Cabral, USA's managing director, tennis informant

manly impact.

"If country aren't accessible at a price point that people can afford, it is unprepared, then it's not going to ignite new players and continue that kind of upward trajectory."

That USA's world some of its specific areas of growth: Participation among women is up to 100 years, Black African American up to 100 years, Hispanic, Latino up to 100 years and Asian Pacific Islander players up to 100 years.

Conella said here Canadians are identifying tennis as one of their top three favourite sports. Those from and raised in Canada work tennis in their top five. On Monday, the two groups shared their experiences with data and technology.

they have been the reasons they're using, what evidence-based research to use while talking to partners. They do not know where to build better male public tennis courts in public or recreational areas, like public pools and ice rinks. The program has already invested about 50 million $1.5 million, but it has led to over 100 million in new tennis informant.

The USA is largely funded by the commercial success of the U.S. Open, while Tennis Canada is fuelled mostly by

revenue from its National Bank Open. They're operating in different scales, but have the same reasons.

Facility development has been a top priority for Tennis Canada, and the USA was uncovered while learning about its two funding programs.

Tennis Canada works with National Bank as a program to revitalize

courts. It has also partnered with Rogers on a year-round tennis project, to build six year-round courts or up to 25 million by 2020, working with communities to get these ideas. For each project, they get provided, have one of many money. The program has already invested about 50 million of an eventual $1.5 million, but it has led to over 100 million in new tennis informant.

They talked about what it's like to tough financial times to seek money for sports facilities. So they would depend on a lot of people. They are the things like health benefits, leadership and social cohesion.

What we're talking about is actually less about tennis," said Conella, "and more about community building."

Blue Jays

FRANK ELI

Had Bateman thrown to third base instead of first, the Blue Jays could have appealed the play because bogger also had not tagged up. In that instance the run would have been negated. In this case they couldn't appeal because they had left the field.

Suddenly what was a 3-0 lead for Toronto because, it is the lead the Blue Jays held on for the one-run victory.

"I'd never seen anything like it," pitcher Diane Reber said. "My first thought was that somebody had teased up."

It was also a first for infielder Ernie Clement.

The word 'the word' was not a sign of the 'I'.

John Schneider, the Toronto manager, had the same thing happen in 2020 when he was the field boss for the Lansing (Mich.) Lagoon of the Midwest League.

"I literally have no memory of that," Schneider said. "I try to block our those days."

Schneider said the play on Monday was so unusual that it caught everyone on both teams off guard.

"The umpires did a good job of explaining it to the best of their ability," the manager said. "At the end of the day they were got it right."

"They told me it was a stupid rule and didn't make sense."

Reiber Patrick Corbin, now in his 1980s big league season, said it had never happened in a game where he has played.

"My year on old play," he said.

Schneider said he had been a good player. He said he was a good player. He said he was a good player. He said he was a good player.

"We're not arguing the call," Schroeter said. "We are arguing about the umpires actions. But it was the right call. I rode a 3-0 ball."

As he stood on the dugout steps on Monday and reached the scene unfold, Schroeter outlined in the 2020 annual have gone to third base rather than first.

"I said, 'Oh no, oh no,'" Schroeter recalled. "I hoped nobody on our team would say anything about and that may be the umpires would forget."

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Blue Jays pitcher Tony Yoxenga has undergone surgery to repair the resistance in his left knee. John Schneider said the 25-year-old right-hander is expected to be out-and-to-weak.

"We are not telling him out for this year," he said.

"On Aug. a Yoxenga was removed from a game in Houston after he reported feeling a pinching in his leg. In 10 states he has a 25-year-old and a 50-year-old run average."

Kelly: As long as you have an attention-magnet player on your team, people will talk about you

© FRANK ELI

While the best players begin to practice financial self-care, the teams are coming to more with the fact that highly paid stars often function more like anchors than calls. The realization has been that the team is a Carolina Pharmacist Nobody on the Stanley Cup championship more than 1000-million-a-year.

Carolina would be the template, but for one thing nobody cares about a team full of anonymous widgets. Same one thing that sounds out to you about the team is a team.

That's Hughes's real fever. He's an attention magnet. So long as you have that guy on your team, people will talk

about you.

It's the same reason the Leah cannot interfere themselves from Justus Matthews, so matter how poorly he treats them. Matthews has become the Leah whole female. What amounts of money would you pay to keep that estate? Just about one, I would imagine, eventually. Minnesota will realize this.

In the months, it's logical for Hughes and Baker to extend their negotiation period for another year. By then, who knows what the rate for future Hall of Fame dishonorates will be 10/10-million a year? Twenty-five.

If that sounds crazy to you, what would you have said about Carloway's deal six months ago? Crazy is the new

same.

What more Hughes asked for, teams would lose up, even if it had their their championship chances. Because imagine the industry-wide job of gaining that guy? For a week at least, you're a marketing person.

The same thing that is driving the 10 books - "Things can only get better" - is understating every sports deal these days.

For a long time, through a combination of policy and culture, hockey was walked off from this impulse. Players did the right thing, stated when they were warned and left when they weren't. What can isn't over yet, that the end is in sight.

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THE GUIDE AND MAN

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2018

Britain's only Green sets new speed record

Retired Royal Air Force pilot reached 6X5908 Admission can honor in a hydrogen-powered car

HARMAN GUGGENBAUM WEDNESDAY, 12/12/18

The only person to break the sound barrier in a car cannot and other world record Tuesday is a show of force for hydrogen power.

British driver Andy Green even had ripped kilometres on honor in a car powered by two hydrogen-sintered combustion engines with a combined 1,000 horsepower, setting the record for that vehicle category, according to the PFL downtime International Air Force timetable. The international government's head of service sports.

The 4q year-old retired Royal Air Force pilot rocketed across the crystalline crest at 15,000-110,000 in Bonneville half-lift in a 2-piece car engineered by British construction equipment manufacturer KEL. The engines, adapted from these results the company's future machinery, mix prevarious hydrogen per-echo air and ignite it to create better of power.

"It's tough to be able to show and find more energy and to make a case how good the supramoreg in on the best racing surface in the world," Bonneville half-lift. Green said after the run.

In 16 Kice, Tuesday's car didn't come down to approaching the sound barrier and record, which Green set while 2-piece in easy. That year, he limited into the Throat 100, a black needle sandwiched between two car-woundly large jet engines, and drove it to an outright record of 1,027,000 km an hour, headed

Andy Green, centre, and head. On improving from celebrity saffray a new land speed record for a hydrogen-powered vehicle at the Bonneville half-lift in 15,000 on Tuesday. JOHNSON/ELM/EDWARD/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

the sound barrier and achieving a car no one has come close to mandship. His runs in Nevada's black head, the car produced son- le booms that shook the nearby room of Corbals.

In 2007, Green also set the land speed record for a diesel- powered car - 10.4, 6 km an hour at the Bonneville half-lift. He re- turned three Tuesday with the goal of hearing that mark using hydrogen power, which he has called the "fuel of the future."

In targeting his diesel speed, Green could repped the previous hydrogen combustion world re- cord of 1,000 km an hour. He had a 10-km straightener to build speed. A few dozen 10.8 staff members and reporters watched from a distance through cameras and binoculars.

Green said the inside of the car be used on Tuesday was "probably a little better" than in the air-powered vehicle from easy with temperatures routinely above 24°C.

But I have been training four months for that, both training in the gym and actually just getting used to sit with his hacks," he said. A network of a problem in 1,000 km in the Bonneville half-lift an about 200 km west of Salt Lake City and during a shallow supple that costs the time. The low- time number and dry desert air conductor to speed and have lockened drivers since the first race there in 1994.

"It looks like snow, and it be have a little like packed snow - it's surprisingly slippery," Green said. Green was no stranger to speed

when he took his first racing job. He had been flying supersonic military jets when he spotted a squa British newspaper ad soak- ing a high-speed driver to break the sound barrier.

Green started approach supen- some speeds on Tuesday but K3 engineers hope his fast with hy- drogen power will shake up the clean-energy industry.

The company's chairman has enjoyed that hydrogen can better handle the increased industry in- dustries than electric power.

Hydrogen is only so clean as to source, and the vast majority is currently produced from head- hole. K3 engines used to buy green hydrogen, which is unusual using successful energy but makes up a tiny fraction of global hydrogen production.

The concept and development of such technology has been around for years, and he had a emergency over the past several years, said Greg Kershaw, a pro- 392,000 of sustainable systems at the University of Michigan and is director of the school's 30.8 hy- drogen initiative.

Many of the huge automobiles have already developed hydrogen advanced combustion engines or hydrogen cell technology, but the higher cost of hydrogen gas is still a major factor in gas and the sol is a barrier to wider usage. Ka- rohan said.

"It represents an important in- ergy career for decarbonating ar- ras of the economy," he said. "As far as its deployment, it's ethium and heavily by the cost."

An emerging focus, he said, is relocating hydrogen from natural deposits instead of separating it from water, a prospect that could significantly reduce costs.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kansas City receiver Rashne Rice

relieves a 30-day stay in jail

DAVE SURETTA ST JOSEPH, MO

Kansas City wide receiver Rashne Rice called the 30-day fire spent on a Texas jail over the summer a "burning ex- perfect" and a "welded shock" one that he got through by rehabiting from knee surgery and soothing plenty of comedian Ke- rin Hart on TV to keep his spirits up.

The 30-year-old Rice was booked into a Dal- ine County jail on May 30 for rehabing the squirting profession. Much remained from his role in a car crash that left multiple people inspired on a Texas Highway. He'd had surgery about a week before the sentence to clean up debts in his right knee, which had been case- ing indium-station throughout much of last season.

Rice was released in June, and he returned his mind work alongside quarterback Patrick Mahoney - who was rehabiting after his own surgery to repair from knee ligaments - at their training facility in Kansas City leading into the start of training camp.

"It was tough. It was mentally tough," Rice said of the jail staff Tuesday, the first time the wide receiver has spoken publicly about his off-season.

"They gave me ways to communicate with my teammates as well as my athletic trainer. Besides the first time in this year, I told to keep positive - as much Kevin Hart as I could to laugh, and communicating with my team- mates on the outside."

Rice has been brilliant when he's been available, catching up passes for 5,737 yards and 1.4 touchdowns, and helping Kansas City win the Super Bowl after the 1992 season. But he also missed games to a suspension follow- ing the car crash, and several injuries have kept him off the field resulting in just 10 games played over his first three seasons in the league.

The upcoming season is without question has most important yet.

Not only does Rice have much to prove to a growing chorus of doubtless, he's also en- tering the final year of his rookie contract. If he wants to build a lucrative, long-time deal in Kansas City is elsewhere, Rice has to not only prove that he can stay on the field but also show that he can consistently be pro- ductive for an offence that desperately needs

him to be.

"I mean, it's motivating," Rice said of im- pending the agents. "Sincerely, just being back on the field with my brothers right now is motivating. That's in the future. And I'm just focusing on what's happening right now, and that's getting better for the team."

Kansas City is coming off a 6-to season in which Mahoney hurt his knee, several others went down with injuries, and what was once one of the 1952 premier offences looked like a shadow of itself - even before all these players were satisfied.

General manager Brett Veach spent most of her draft capital upgrading the defense, though, including both of his first-round picks, and the biggest move to help the of- lense was to sign Super Bowl WTF Kenneth Waller III to be their lead running back.

Otherwise, the team is battling on Rice and follow wide receivers Xavier Worthy and Ty- quan Thordson to take big steps forward to their development, all while hoping that 10- percent right and Travis Kolar can still be a reliable and effective pass-catcher.

"We're going to do some amazing things," Rice predicted. "not only because we're great receivers but we have a great resulting staff around us, and a great quarterback and four- dation in general."

Mahoney has certainly looked like his re- ceals off to camp, moving around on his recei- strated knee as if nothing over happened. That looks well for Rice, the passing game and the team in general as it prepares for the up- coming season.

"He was my motivation every morning," Rice said.

Rice was asked whether he had anything to say to fans who felt let down by his off-the- field problems, or to young players who might be looking up to him. He went back to Ma- honey and the teammates that have been with the strength of their and this.

"I find someone that you can turn on. Find someone you can talk to," Rice said. "And his scally don't be scared to vocalize yourself or say exactly what's on your mind. Because someone is going through the same thing. There's too many people in the world for them not to be someone going through the same thing."

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO SKY'S CARRINGTON SAYS SHE NEVER CLAIMED THAT FOUL ASSESSMENT WAS WHITE PRIVILEGE

Dijkvat Carrington of the Chicago SKI says she never claimed that the advertisement is a 14- greater a load on her on Saturday in a game against Indiana was the result of white privilege.

Carrington came from ho- hind and hit the Fowc's Sophis Carrington in the head and neck on a fast-break layup, knocking her to the court as the shot went on. The play was reviewed and upgraded to a flagrant a after the referee said "I am not winning, impact and follow through on the head."

Carrington is black and Carrington is white. After Carrington was started, she posted "WHITE PRIVILEGE" on social media and tagged the Fowc.

Responding to a slip of for- ney 1955, husbandry Democrat Acho criticizing her reaction, Carrington posted on 8 on Monday that she "never exac- claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege."

"Try exercising your critical thinking skills. I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I'm

the LAST thing from ignorant or amicus when it comes to speaking, I'm the first privilege to do ya research on that one," Carrington wrote. "I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject.

"I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it."

The 30-year-old Carrington played for Stanford for four years before spending her final season of college half at Saylor. She mapped in psychology and ethicon and ethicon American studies at Stanford.

There has been no word from the WMA on any addi- tional punishment for Carring- ton for the hand foul. The 30- year 47-60 of the Seattle Street on Monday night Carrington came off the bench, played 27 minutes and scored a cancer- table 10 points.

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Jet's cornerback taken to hospital after losing consciousness during practice

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FLORENCE PARK, N.J.

Now York jets cornerback Qwen- hat Wiggins was taken to a house all by consciousness after he bought lost consciousness during a joint practice with the Campus day five cancers on Tuesday.

Jet's coach Aaron Glenn said the 24-year-old Wiggins was con- scined and talking on the buddies and the 24-year-old driver had taken for further examination. There was no immediate word on Wiggins's condition, but Glenn

indicated the cornerback was do- ning 50.

"He was able to talk and I want to make sure I go and out him or let this, just to make sure I'm good with everything," Glenn said. "But for the most part, he was good."

The Jet's and Precaution's were on the middle of special teams shift when Glenn said Wiggins came to the sideline.

"He actually fell out," Glenn said. "The good thing is. So was conscious. Our guys did a hell of a lot, just like most medical truth around this league do in situa-

tions like that, and they took the necessary steps just to make sure that we do everything we can to be on board when it comes to these situations."

It was a cornerback scare some thoughts. A word this teammate took a knee near the sideline and some between a prayer circle, after several minutes. Wiggins was placed on a stretcher with what appeared to be an 18' and loaded into the ambulance at him soiled near the hospital after the support. "It was very sad, very emotion- ic," missing back Rosser that said. "You get on your knee and

say a prayer for him and hope he's up."

Added defenses tackle them over Phillips. "What's been shared to us is things are on the up and up."

Passive treatment after being haled for more than to minutes while Wiggins was being attacked to.

Wiggins was earlier involved in one of the handful of chروب re- severe during the practice when he had been behind the guard on the field by a buccaneer player after depress on both teams recalled.

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season with the 100 after being a 1950-round draft pick in 2013. He was one of that draft's feel-good stories because his head's college football experience and was the first player drafted directly from the 1950s. He is played for the Toronto Argonauts, since Miami back includes 10,000 in 1960.

In 29 games, including five scars, with New York, Wiggins has 24 tackles, two double recover- ters and three passes defensed. He's also won 1,000 jet's top spe- cial teams players.

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As the result of an accident, it is with profound sadness and broken hearts we announce the passing of our beloved daughter, Erica Northeavy Jewett, and her husband, Matthew Bennett Pepfer, who left all of us for his soon at the ages of 35 and 36.

Born on February 4, 1940, Erica did not take any day for granted. Her diarrhoea related to people and places allowed Erica to experience more than most doon her illusions.

Erica's sense of adventure saw her travel the world, covering most of the globe with her friends and family, sometimes without an illusions. Close to home, her multitude of natural athlete and personal skills did not go unnoticed. Whether on a do it fit, squash soon, golf course, or in the business world, two achievements were so natural that they almost seemed like party tricks to Erica. Despite her endless accomplishments, the emotional responsibility for them. Her true motivation was involving the connections she made along the way.

Erica's remarkable beauty and smile was impossible to meet her ability to hold court with her share and humour drew people to her whenever she want. It was her narrativ and infectious laugh and approachability that energized her in room she entered. Erica's enduring friendships come from many places; Newsage and Queen's, Michibba, Collingwood, and the B&B, amongst others. Erica's ability to connect and make friends spanned generations and continents. But it was her loyalty to those friends that was exceptional. She celebrated the success of others, offered comfort during difficult times, and always found ways to make people feel special.

Every call, every good night, and every goodbye was consistently punctuated with an "I love you" - and she would double-check it she didn't have it back. Erica truly wrote the code that guided us, that consistent marks of love period our family with the absolute ability to carry on. Erica's profound happy lives on a her family and mind of those fortunate enough to call her a friend.

Erica and Matt's beautiful love story began on a squash court, brought together by a heart of bite. From that day forward, they became the ultimate team, building a life-cultured love, laughter, and deep compassionately. Matt was every kind of person, and together they were an unforgettable force. His devotion to Erica was unquestionable, becoming an essential part of our family. We were all lucky that Erica had found someone as special as Matt.

Their wedding was truly perfect, a celebration and affirmation of the love for each other and the people that made their lives so special.

Erica survived by her proud and loving parents, James and Emily James, her brother, Cameron (Karen MacLain), Dudley, and her widow, the Pepfer family. She also became husband and friend, aunts, a sister, a sister, and friends, all of whom she held clearly.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, August 22, 2018, at forlenneter Park Baptist Church, 5/B, Yonge St., Toronto, ON, at 2:00 p.m. Reception to follow.

In lieu of flowers and in the spirit of Erica and Matt, please consider donating to a family less fortunate during the holidays.

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COLONEL YEVHEN KONOVALLETS

As one of the foremost military and political leaders of the Ukrainian national movement, Colonel Yevhen Konovalets devoted his life to the cause of a love and independent Ukraine.

Born in Zasilev, Ukraine, on June 19, 1936, he studied law at the University of Lviv and served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the first World War. He was commander of the Sich Riflemen, one of the Ukrainian People's Republic's most distinguished military formations, and played a leading role in Ukraine's War of Independence, 1921-1922.

After Ukraine's bid for significant war, defeated, he set up the Ukrainian Military Organization in August 1938 and in 1939 became the first leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Later that year, during a visit to Calaisk, he strengthened law with the Ukrainian Canadian community and the Ukrainian War Veterans Association, established in 1939.

In 1939 he married Eltko Furluk, daughter of a prominent fashion lawyer and race leader. They had one son, Yuriy, his son and wife, the family head of Berlin, Geneva and Rome while he continued to lead the movement from abroad.

On May 29, 1941, Colonel Konovalets was assassinated in Rotterdam by the Soviet secret police (NKVD) on Stalin's orders. He was 40. He was buried in the Czechoslovak Cemetery, in a grave understood to be temporary - a visiting place until Ukraine was free. At the graveside, his wife spoke simply: "This is for Ukraine."

That day has come. He will be released in Ukraine's National Military Memorial Cemetery, brought home through the efforts of the Government of Ukraine and the Association of Ukrainian Canadian Veterans - born to the very organization whose members kept faithful watch over his grave for decades.

Ultimately, Colonel Konovalets will be laid to rest in Ukraine's National Pantheon, among his nation's most distinguished heroes.

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MATTHEW BENNETT PEPLER

January 1, 1996 - August 1, 2018

It is with great sadness and heartbreak that we announce the passing of Matthew Bennett Pepfer, and his beautiful wife, Erica Northeavy Jewett, who never taken from us for his soon at the ages of 35 and 36, as a result of an accident.

To his family, Matt was a source of laughter and encouragement, whose presence made every family gathering better. Matt put his family first and always made time for us with no exception. Whether we needed a laugh, a natural hero or a dog, a double-punitive or someone to join you for a name, Matt was always there. Losing him has changed our family forever. We will always remember Matt's strength, his love for life, and the unforgettable moments he gave us.

Matt had the natural ability to make people feel welcome, valued and loved. He fondness was genuine, his generosityగలthiness, and his quick-set and charm could light up any room. He had an infectious smile and a way of bringing people together that made his circle of friends start, extending across generations. Whether someone had known Matt for years or had just met him, he had a way of making them feel welcome.

Squash, terror, golf, doing and holiday were lifelong passions for Matt, leading to many friendships that he truly valued. Matt played for the St. Hilus's Bussers from 1921 - 1922 and later enjoyed reaching the best generation of their 4th alongside his best friend.

Matt graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate and the University of Western Ontario, and was deeply involved in his work. Matt was holding a successful career in the capital market, as a former Associate, Institutional Equity Sales at SCP Resource Finance and was recently informed that he was on a trajectory to be promoted to VP, Institutional Equity Sales. We are extremely proud of Matt, he had a brilliant career ahead of him.

The love that Matt and Erica shared, and the life that they created together was all round by all who knew them. He loved just seven short weeks, it was clear that they truly cherished every moment of their wedding weekend, surrounding the love of family and friends. We are deeply thankful that Matt and Erica had the opportunity to celebrate such a beautiful and perfect day as husband and wife.

Matt and Erica shared a love of golf, doing, and support sports. Matt always said from his first squash game with Erica, it was love at first sight. Their competitive sports and love of sport brought them countless experiences and memories, including a shared National Doubles Squash Championship. Above all else, Matt and Erica will be remembered for their warmth and the incredible friendship they built. Their function and mother was109, and to everyone who knew them, and then short life together was filled with adventure, laughter and joy. We will be forever grateful for the love and laughter Erica brought into Matt's life, we were truly blessed to have Erica as part of our family.

Matt is survived by his parents, Derek (Catherine) and Beth (Diane); his brothers, Geoffrey (Melanie) and Kevin (Alison), his adorable nephew, Austin; his aunts, uncles and cousins; his widows, the Jewett Family, and his and Erica's cat, Chubbs.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, August 22, 2018, at forlenneter Park Baptist Church, 5/B, Yonge St., Toronto, ON, at 2:00 p.m. Reception to follow. In lieu of flowers and in the spirit of Matt and Erica, please consider donating to a family less fortunate during the holidays.

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DR. MAURA L. GILLISON

ORCOLOGIST, XI

EPIDEMIOLOGIST'S RESEARCH LINKED VARIOUS THROAT CANCERS TO HPV

The Canadian-born researcher was the first to show definitively that the human papillomavirus caused oropharyngeal cancers

JERÉ LONGRAN

Dr. Maura L. Gillison once told an interviewer that he'd also just wanted to be a doctor and a scientist since childhood. She trained in habits but as she grew to 6-foot a dance because an unlikely cancer path because she felt that it would show too much attention to her height.

Instead, she braged a trailblazing career studying head and neck cancers as a medical oncologist and a molecular epidemiologist. In the early 1990s, she was credited as the first researcher to show definitively that the human papillomavirus, or HPV, the most common sexually transmitted infection caused oropharyngeal cancers of the throat, tonsils and base of the tongue.

“We head and neck medical oncologist has had a bigger impact on patients than Maura Gillison,” Dr. John V. Hermans, the chair of thoracic/head and neck oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where Dr. Gillison conducted research beginning in 2007, said in an interview.

Dr. Gillison died on June 20 at her childhood family home in Willoughby, Ohio, northeast of Cleveland. She was 61. The cause was a rare cancer of the small intestine, her husband Dr. David S. Syner, an oncologist, said.

“We'd almost a century, a vast majority of throat cancers were attributed to cigarette smoking and excessive alcohol consumption. There were 47 cancer of the tonsils began to rise in the eyes and eyes. While HPV was detected in some head and neck cancers, many researchers dismissed the findings as laboratory contamination.

“I couldn't help but wonder, 'What it is most?'” Dr. Gillison told the magazine of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins University on its 2009 issue.

Dr. Gillison graduated from medical school at Johns Hopkins in 1993 and returned to 1996 to pursue a doctorate in clinical investigation at the University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. In 2010, the major finding of her doctoral thesis was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, showing a strong association between HPV and head and neck cancer.

In 2014, the first from the demonstrated more conclusively that HPV caused cancer of the throat, tonsils and base of the tongue in a paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine. This subset of cancers was divided from cancers of the mouth caused largely by smoking and drinking.

She told NPR in 2011 that she supported the sexual revolution of the cancer had resulted in more sexual relationships with more partners, more men on and from more chances of contracting HPV-related infections and cancer.

Having challenged settled research norms, she faced push-back.

Dr. Maura L. Gillison graduated from medical school at Johns Hopkins University in 1995 and returned in 1996 to pursue a doctorate in clinical investigation at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. COUNTRY OF TIMES/COLLECTION

Dr. Gillison often said that she considered herself a scientist first and a physician second, a colleague, Dr. Winthrop Knox, said in a tribute after her death, "because research could reach far more people than any one doctor ever could."

Dr. Gillison's findings about HPV and oropharyngeal cancer were "very controversial" at the time, Dr. Syner, her husband and collaborator, said in an interview. "Who knew that the number of sex partners, particularly old sex partners, could be related to a head and neck type of cancer?"

She remained housed in her conclusions by a saying from one of her memoirs: "An exclusive focus on the data helps one rise above the politics."

She found that HPV caused about 70 per cent of oropharyngeal cancers in the United States. Cases have surged among men in recent decades to where scientists say to epidemic levels.

In Dr. Gillison and others predicted, cancer of the throat, tonsils and base of the tongue has surpassed cervical cancer in the most common HPV-related malignancy. Roughly 18,000 men and 3,000 women are diagnosed yearly with oropharyngeal cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, compared with about 12,000 cases of cervical cancer.

At the same time, most people with HPV infections do not develop cancer. Patients who do contract oropharyngeal cancer, Dr. Gillison and colleagues determined, responded well to treatment and had a higher survival rate than those with other head and neck cancers.

Her work helped lead to a very acute system for labelling stages of oropharyngeal cancer. And it led to clinical trials to assess using less toxic treatments of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, instead of providing identical care to all patients with head and neck cancers.

Her research "usually changed our understanding of head and neck cancer" and demonstrated that one person can make a difference," Dr. Otis Brawley, a professor of oncology and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins and a former top official of the American Cancer Society, told The Cancer Letter, a news outlet, after Dr. Gillison's death.

Maura Lannes Gillison was born on Jan. 4, 1976, in London. One Her Father, Robert W. Gillison III, was a business executive,

Her mother, Marvin (Eike) Gillison, ran the household. She leaves them both.

The family moved often for Mr. Gillison's work and settled in the Cleveland area. The Maura was in elementary school in high school, she won a fellowship and worked in a biochemistry lab at Case Western Reserve University. Partly to escape the storm cold, she attended Duke University before she studied zoology and graduated semina cures (and/or in 1987).

As her career progressed from Johns Hopkins to Ohio State University in 1998, she found Dr. Gillison often said that she considered herself a scientist first and a physician second, a colleague, Dr. Winthrop Knox, said in a tribute after her death, "because research could reach far more people than any one doctor ever could."

After her seminal research proved a causal link between a strain of the human papillomavirus (HPV16) and the anurysmal cancer, she urged parents to get their own, as well as their daughters, vaccinated for the human papillomavirus.

"When my patients ask whether they should vaccinate their sons, I say, 'Certainly,'" Dr. Gillison told The Times of London in 2011. "The vaccine will protect them against genital warts and anal cancer and also, as a potential byproduct of that, it may protect them against oral cancer caused by HPV."

In 2020, the Food and Drug Administration expanded approval of the vaccine for the prevention of oropharyngeal and other head and neck cancers. Yet cases are still rising for reasons that include a latency period of 20 or more years between exposure to HPV and development of malignant tumours and lagging vaccination and screening among women.

In addition to her husband, whom she married in 1992, and her parents, Dr. Gillison leaves two daughters: Maura and Liz Syner, a sister, Elizabeth Gillison, and two brothers, Robert and James Gillison.

Her later research focused on the genetic causes of oropharyngeal cancer. She had cartoon videos made to explain to the public and the research community how HPV inserted its own genetic material into human cells and caused chaos by rearranging pieces of DNA. The immunoching people present in the investigator gained using the body's immune system for targeted attacks on head and neck cancers.

In 2020, she received the David A. Karnofsky Memorial Award, the highest honor given by the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Last year, she and three other American researchers received the Vivifrance Prize, a global award for breakthrough research and innovations that benefit humanity.

The many results have has been the head and neck cancer patients' gain. Dr. Hermans said of Dr. Gillison: "On balance, we're lucky."

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I REMEMBER

CHRISTOPHER ONDAKJEJE

Chris Ondakje and I travelled for six weeks in India and Pakistan in the course for her head, tenth-trimmed 50s were touring the footsteps of Victorian British stylist Sir Richard Barnes, a talented ranch who had searched for the source of the first three pathomani the body of teenagers. Mecca in the guise of a Manket, and served in British colonial India from ripe to sling, an athlete to the midneapole of Baroda, and as a spy in South where he also wrote a "report" on the brothels of boys and councils in Karachi.

Chris, a burgher from Sri Lanka, didn't know India and were too Pakistan, and spoke on Mardi or Urdu. He talked me intriguing with him. He proved pleasant company during that intense journey to Bombay, Karachi, Sarat, Karachi and the absolute power of the nation along the great Indian River basin, and to the ancient ruins of Neshpeta-daro. Chris took stunning

Christopher Ondakje je 2009 in 1999 with a portrait of Sir Richard Francis Burton. LAURENCE ISGANGTHE GLOBE AND MAIL

photographs that only locales such as India and Pakistan can offer a test of colour, both in landscapes and people. There were palaces, village lues, temples, mosques, field district, salads, navales, mardascens and hoolens...

In Karachi, Chris manned on checking of Burton's favourite haunt, the multiple district. A row of sex shops offered various refreshments: "care for unmachines," "care for impunity," "care guaranteed to have children," "nearly vacations fixed," "youth returned."

Chris went into one shop where the specialist talked how into going behind a little curtain to have his penis tested in a dirty glass tube connected to a little air pump. "Master problems," the spack concluded. But he called for, at course, with a小der treatment of the patient's head. The patient for only 2,500 rupees (about 150 than). No escapist, paying only the

consulting the 1st or rupees (15). The episode provided Chris three of the most troubling pages in South America: In retrospect, the spack deserved more.

During the trip, Chris was weighing a request from the Royal Ontario Museum and the South Asian community on any south Asian gallery. He asked what I thought of it. A good idea, obviously, to long as it was truly South Asian Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi and Nepali. Ondakje donated 10 million and the gallery opened in 2005. He would give another million later.

Chris was obtained with Barnes and would release his steps to Lake Victoria and produce yet another talking brothel yet, leaving to the future of the life.

Marion Gillison, Senior Editor of Maura Gillison, is editorial page editor emeritus of the Toronto Star.

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经过严格审核，以下为发现的问题及建议：

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1. 幻觉核查

问题1：MLR/MLS/WNBA 体育赛程表

• 位置：低中文密度区域（中文占比24%-29%）
• 问题描述：译文中出现的"MLR"（美国联盟）、"MLS"（东部赛区）、"WNBA"（东部/西部赛区）赛程表未在标题索引或抽样原文中找到匹配内容。原文明确标注体育赛程表与纯数据比分榜属于不需报告的非新闻版面。
• 核查结果：
• 步骤1：标题索引无相关标题或摘要。
• 步骤2：抽样原文中未发现MLR/MLS/WNBA关键词。
• 结论：属于翻译幻觉（误将其他来源内容混入）。
• 严重级别：[BLOCKING]（致命缺陷，因体育赛程表不属于本文档翻译范围，且幻觉内容占用版面）。
• 建议：删除整个体育赛程表部分。

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问题2：数字单位错误

• 位置："贸易谈判"段落
• 原文：$10 billion worth of Canadian goods
• 译文：价值100亿加元的加拿大商品（应为100亿美元，非加元）
• 核查结果：
• 原文明确使用美元符号（$），且上下文为美国对加拿大商品加征关税，应为美元。
• 结论：数字单位错误。
• 严重级别：[BLOCKING]（量级错误，影响核心信息准确性）。
• 建议：修改为"价值100亿美元的加拿大商品"。

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问题3：日期错误

• 位置："贸易谈判"段落
• 原文：Aug. 19 date as a 'cliff'
• 译文：8月19日（正确）
• 但后续译文中出现8月19,（逗号错误，应为句号或无标点）。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]（格式错误，不影响理解但需统一）。
• 建议：统一为"8月19日"。

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2. 完整性审核

问题4：漏译段落

• 位置："哈利法克斯炸弹威胁案"段落末尾
• 原文： > "The bomb threat in Halifax is the latest in a string of recent incidents involving U.S. consulates in Canada. There have been two shootings at the Toronto consulate, in March and July, with no injuries in either case."
• 译文缺失该句。
• 核查结果：
• 步骤1：标题索引中有匹配标题（Charger laid in Halifax bomb threat）。
• 步骤2：抽样原文中找到对应内容。
• 结论：漏译。
• 严重级别：[BLOCKING]（关键信息缺失，影响事件背景理解）。
• 建议：补全译文： > "哈利法克斯的炸弹威胁是近期涉及加拿大美国领事馆的一系列事件中的最新一起。多伦多领事馆曾在3月和7月发生两起枪击事件，所幸均无人受伤。"

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• 位置："加拿大制造"段落
• 译文： > "这是奥迪安艺术博物馆收藏的两件高尔夫球袋图腾柱之一，作品通过对比原住民土地权利与西方企业休闲活动的现实，进行了深刻评论。"
• 问题：counterprizitors（原文OCR错误，应为counterparties）未翻译。
• 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]（OCR源文错误，非翻译问题）。
• 建议：修改为"合作伙伴"。

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3. 交付标签

问题6：内部清理标签残留

• 位置："讣告"段落
• 译文： > "莫拉·L·吉利森博士于6月20日在俄亥俄州威洛比的童年家中去世，威洛比位于克利夫兰东北部。"
• 问题：XI（疑似OCR残留）未处理。
• 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR]（OCR源文问题）。
• 建议：删除XI。

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4. 其他问题

问题7：术语不准确

• 位置："哈利法克斯炸弹威胁案"段落
• 原文：public mischief and uttering threats
• 译文：公共恶作剧罪和发表与炸弹威胁相关的言论
• 问题：public mischief在加拿大刑法中应为"公共妨害罪"；uttering threats应为"恐吓罪"。
• 严重级别：[WARNING]（术语不准确，影响法律条文理解）。
• 建议：修改为"公共妨害罪和恐吓罪"。

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问题8：格式混乱

• 位置："股市行情"表格（REPORT ON BUSINESS）
• 译文： > | 1 SAP/TEX 38,475.92 +17.59 | 2 DOW 53,792.85 -184.13 |
• 问题：
  1. SAP/TEX应为S&P/TSX（加拿大多伦多证券交易所指数）。
  2. 数字格式不统一（部分有千位分隔符，部分无）。
• 严重级别：[SOURCE_OCR] + [WARNING]（OCR错误 + 格式问题）。
• 建议：
• 修改为标普/多伦多证券交易所综合指数 38,475.92 +17.59。
• 统一数字格式（如53,792.85）。

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5. 无问题部分

• 数字审核：
• 金额（如$3.4 billion→34亿加元）、百分比（如50-per-cent tariffs→50%关税）、日期（如Aug. 12, 2026→2026年8月12日）均准确无误。
• 完整性：
• 低中文密度区域（如股市行情、旅游广告）已按要求过滤，无需报告。
• 交付标签：
• 未发现"（此处为...）"等内部标签。

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最终结论

共发现 2项[BLOCKING]级别问题（幻觉内容、数字单位错误）、1项漏译[BLOCKING]、3项[WARNING]、2项[SOURCE_OCR]。建议修正后重新提交审核。

修正优先级： 1. 删除MLR/MLS/WNBA幻觉内容（[BLOCKING]）。 2. 修正$10 billion单位错误（[BLOCKING]）。 3. 补全哈利法克斯炸弹威胁案漏译段落（[BLOCKING]）。 4. 处理术语/格式问题（[WARNING]）。