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Generating new knowledge typically starts with a study. Now, libraries struggle to afford them (www.cbc.ca)

The rising costs university libraries are paying to access journals have implications far beyond the ivory tower. From new cancer treatments to debates about foreign policy, new information enters the public domain through academic studies. Now libraries are having trouble affording the subscriptions.

Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accuses India's government of involvement in killing of Canadian Sikh leader (www.cbc.ca)

Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar was brazenly shot dead outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, B.C. on June 18. Nijjar, a supporter of a Sikh homeland in the form of an independent Khalistani state, had been branded by the Indian government as a “terrorist” and accused of leading a militant separatist group — something his...

Kia is holding imported cars on locked compounds, rather than sell or deliver them. (www.cbc.ca)

“New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships — and reportedly many more across the country — to sell. Instead, they’re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada.”

Community leaders worry about increased radicalization risk after arrest of youth in Ottawa (www.cbc.ca)

Though the details surrounding the most recent arrest in Ottawa remain unknown, community leaders and experts say they’re worried the ongoing Israel-Hamas war has led to an uptick in antisemetic and Islamophobic hate, and risks increased radicalization of youth....

B.C.'s chief coroner exits, frustrated and disappointed with government's response to toxic-drug crisis (www.cbc.ca)

British Columbia’s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe says she’s a hopeful person, but she is leaving her office frustrated and disappointed. Angry, even, with drug overdose deaths expected to hit record levels this year....

A killer is found not criminally responsible. The Crown and defence agree the system is broken (www.cbc.ca)

A man who killed an Indigenous mother of three in the Ottawa Valley a year ago has been found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder. In court, both the Crown and defence stood up to say that the case reflects how Ontario's mental health system is broken.

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