Good morning. Improving trade conditions took a turbulent turn yesterday. More on that below, along with suspected arson at a Liberal MP’s home and the delayed pursuit of justice in South Africa.
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A map naming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ is displayed as U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order during an event in the Oval Office on Thursday.Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
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Trade over troubled waters
U.S. President Donald Trump set back signs of a détente in the trade war, declaring on Thursday that he was renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America. In a post on X, Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the name, from the Wendat word Ontari’io, predates the foundation of both countries. Canadians will be “calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always,” he wrote.
Before that: Dominic LeBlanc, the federal minister in charge of Canada-U.S. trade, issued a statement that suggested Canada was open to new talks after receiving “clarifications” from his U.S. counterpart. He posted on X that that French language and Canadian culture will not be subject to future U.S. trade actions.
The fish: Canada reversed planned retaliatory tariffs targeting U.S. seafood after it was warned such tariffs could damage Atlantic Canada’s seafood industry, including the processing of lobsters caught by fishers from Maine.
Outside tariffs: Ottawa has tapped 64 world-leading scientists and scholars to bolster Canadian research, creating a well-timed opportunity to crow about poaching some of the U.S.’ brightest minds. Meanwhile, American businesses brace for another drop in Canadian tourism.
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Wealthsimple plans to roll out a standalone app called Wealthsimple Predict, which will provide users access to nearly 4,000 contracts trading on U.S. prediction market exchange Kalshi.Supplied
Regulators shut the door on sports and entertainment for prediction markets
Canada’s securities and investment industry regulators are declining to oversee sports and entertainment bets on prediction markets. They say those trades don’t belong under securities law and won’t be offered through regulated investment platforms.
What’s next: The hotly debated decision draws a line around how far prediction markets can expand through the country’s investment industry. It remains unclear whether such types of prediction bets could still be made available by other means.
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A supporter of Steve Biko, attends the inquest into his 1977 death at the Gqeberha High Court.Lulama Mau Mau/The Globe and Mail
After 49 years, South Africa seeks justice for Steve Biko
After months of delays, an inquest in South Africa has begun the daunting task of unravelling the full truth about the brutal killing of Steve Biko, one of the most celebrated heroes of the anti-apartheid struggle.
The context: Biko was a charismatic student leader who led the Black Consciousness Movement before he died in police custody in 1977 at the age of 30. An inquest by apartheid authorities sought to hide the truth by concluding he had died from a mere “scuffle” with police after becoming aggressive during his interrogation.
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Mylène Choquette, senior scientific documentation technologist at the Canadian Conservation Institute, points out the underlying letter codes written in pencil under paint on Aug. 12.Jess Deeks/The Globe and Mail
The science behind the Morrisseau fraud case
Using forensic science, an Ottawa team investigating Morrisseau fakes found paint-by-number-style codes in the canvas, among other clues that the works were forgeries. This coding system corroborated witness statements about fraudsters using an assembly-line-style operation to make fakes for financial gain.
The details: Additionally, microscopic samples of the base layers of paint were removed for analysis. The art fraud case involved thousands of fakes, estimated in the realm of $100-million.
The Take
We have taken the completely ordinary fact of having a child of a particular gender and turned it into an identity, one that often relies on stale assumptions about what boys and girls are like, and what they require from their parents.
— Sadaf Ahsan
Boy moms and girl dads? Let’s be done with gendered parenting labels, writes Sadaf Ahsan.
The dig
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Catherine Rose and her mother Denise Hendrie, who owns a local pub, volunteer at the site cleaning finds – mainly bone, pottery, and other small itemsIrene Galea/The Globe and Mail
As university budgets have become strained in Britain, volunteers are more than mere labour. This archeological dig gets by with a little help from its friends.
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What else we’re following
At home: Toronto Police said they are investigating a suspected arson that damaged three cars in front of the Liberal MP Salma Zahid’s home.
Abroad: The Prime Minister of Qatar, a U.S. ally, visited Tehran in a bid to revive diplomacy talks.
From Nepal: 12 religious pilgrims from Canada were among a travel group at an immigration control building on the Tibet-Nepal border when flash floods washed away the facility, trip organizers say.
At the poll: Quebeckers will vote on Oct. 5 in an election likely to be dominated by the trade war and the prospect of a third referendum on independence.
In the bank: Canada’s biggest banks reported their earnings this week, here’s a breakdown of their third-quarter results.
On the plate: It’s tomato season. Make the most of your harvest by swapping out strawberries for this savoury tomato shortcake recipe.