LOCAL
“He had a couple of pops. Big deal,” Doug Ford said in response to journalists’ ongoing questions after the mayor appeared on video at Taste of the Danforth inebriated. He then accused reporters of being “investigative reporters” for asking where the chief magistrate consumed alcohol. [National Post]
In the wake of the Sammy Yatim shooting, the chairman of the Toronto Police Services Board says legislation is constraining its ability to ensure accountability. “Right now it is very, very hard to terminate a police officer,” he said. [National Post]
A cube van collided with a TTC bus, killing one person who was waiting to disembark and injuring 12. A witness claims he saw that the driver of the truck was on the phone at the time of the crash. [CBC]
NATIONAL
Senator Pamela Wallin’s audit is being referred to the RCMP. The Senate committee that ordered the independent audit unveiled a report that listed dozens of personal or partisan travel claims. [Globe and Mail]
A former Ontario prosecutor and civil servant has been appointed to conduct an independent review of the Rehtaeh Parsons case. Murray Segal has been asked to make recommendations to improve the justice system and consider the impact technology is having on children and their families. [Globe and Mail]
Four Canadians and five Americans have been indicted on what government officials are calling one of the largest penny stock frauds in history. The fraud generated funds from investors in about 35 countries through various brokerages and bank accounts. [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
On the eve of long-stalled peace talks Israel released 26 Palestinian inmates, some of them convicted for grisly killings. This has angered Israeli relatives of those slain while they were welcomed as heroes in the West Bank and Gaza. [CBC]
One pro-Morsi protestor was killed while at least 11 were wounded in a demonstration in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood claims that plain clothes policemen were firing on their march. [Globe and Mail]
TransCanada President and CEO Russ Girling has been challenged to a live debate about the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. Tom Steyer, an ardent critic of the project and a Democratic financier, extended his invitation in an open letter to Girling. [CBC]
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