Good morning. A Toronto neighbourhood is reeling after two people were killed in an exchange of gunfire at a street festival. More on that below, along with Lindsey Graham’s death and the Canadian communities pushing back against AI data centres.
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A police officer on Toronto’s St. Clair Avenue a day after the shooting.EDUARDO LIMA/The Globe and Mail
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Toronto’s St. Clair Avenue shooting
A leafy midtown Toronto neighbourhood is in shock after two men were killed in an exchange of gunfire on Saturday evening at a busy Latin street festival.
Shortly after 8 on a sweltering evening, thousands ran for cover in the wake of the shootings. Some took refuge inside restaurants, on the front porches of homeowners, or in the narrow gaps between houses.
Billed as Canada’s number one Latin cultural celebration, Salsa on St. Clair was in its 22nd year, with about 13,000 people jammed into a handful of city blocks at the time of the shootings.
One of the victims died on the street around St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue, while another man died in hospital. Four others suffered injuries, according to Toronto Police Service.
On Saturday evening, TPS initially told the public that an active shooter was at large. But at a news conference later on, Deputy Chief Frank Barredo clarified that that wasn’t the case.
Here’s the latest on the shooting on St. Clair.
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In response to U.S. attacks, Iran targeted several countries across the Gulf, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Oman.-/AFP/Getty Images
U.S. and Iran trade blows
The United States and Iran each asserted they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. Kuwait said its air defenses were firing as Iran retaliated over U.S. airstrikes targeting it.
Talks near breaking point: The Strait of Hormuz – a key route for the global supply of oil and natural gas – has become a sticking point in talks that seem in danger of collapse. While the U.S. military and President Donald Trump said the strait remained open yesterday, Iran said it was closed until calm is restored.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images
Belarus targets Canadian activists
Belarusians living in Canada who criticize the government of President Alexander Lukashenko are facing retaliation, with at least six activists targeted in a single month, according to a new report.
The details: In one case, a Canadian resident’s apartment in Belarus was seized, while another resident said people identifying themselves as government agents showed up at a relative’s home to search their phone and seize documents. Both residents were involved in activism with a Belarusian diaspora group formed in Alberta after the country’s disputed 2020 election.
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Martin Haché was treated in hospital after contracting anaplasmosis, an emerging tick-borne illness.Ashley Fraser/The Globe and Mail
Tick disease on the rise
The Canadian Medical Association Journal is warning health care practitioners to be on alert for anaplasmosis, a bacterial illness transmitted by blacklegged ticks. It’s the same tick species that has been driving up rates of Lyme disease.
What to know: Warming temperatures have fuelled the spread of blacklegged ticks across Canada. But as Lyme-disease rates have soared, anaplasmosis has mostly laid low. As case counts rise, researchers say a critical question will be whether anaplasmosis follows a similar growth trajectory. A silver lining is that antibiotics are very effective against anaplasmosis, and so are the anti-tick precautions that work against Lyme disease.
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Jannik Sinner celebrates after winning his final Wimbledon match against Alexander Zverev.Marko Djurica/Reuters
Sinner returns as Wimbledon champion
Jannik Sinner beat Alexander Zverev at the Wimbledon men’s final yesterday, claiming his second Wimbledon victory and fifth Grand Slam title.
A heated match: The big question facing Sinner was whether he could handle unusually high temperatures and the newly invigorated Zverev, the world No. 3 who was fresh off his win at the French Open. But Sinner had won all of their last nine head-to-head matches – and Sunday’s final ended up as more of the same.
The Take
Like a barometer, Mr. Graham, who flourished in the sealed chamber of insider Republican politics and whose last telephone call may have been with Mr. Trump, responded to the atmospheric pressures of the time.
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, died at 71 on Saturday. Once a harsh critic of Trump and MAGA, Graham became a fellow traveller, The Globe’s David Shribman writes.
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Christie Little looks out at the field once slated for a proposed data centre in the Manitoba community of Ile des Chênes. She and her neighbours advocated to stop the facility’s construction.Shannon VanRaes/The Globe and Mail
With more data centres being built, anti-AI sentiment is growing – and some Canadian communities are putting their foot down.
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What else we’re following
At home: The Bank of Canada is expected to hold rates steady this week as worries of a recession recede.
Abroad: Photojournalist Goran Tomasevic returned to Russia’s front lines to document how drones are shaping the dynamics of war.
Final chapter: Simon Fraser University is ending its Master of Publishing program, the only one in Canada devoted to the industry.
Short form: In China, 60-second “microdramas” are becoming wildly popular.
Long form: The Globe’s arts editor and book critic answered your questions about this year’s summer reading list.
Speed bumps: Want your teenager to drive? Expect to pay a whole lot of insurance – for now.