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Bullet Train	1	-	$30.03M
DC League of Super-Pets	2	1	$44.95M
Nope	3	2	$97.97M
Thor: Love and Thunder	4	3	$316.17M
Minions: The Rise of Gru	5	4	$334.58M
Top Gun: Maverick	6	-	$662.49M
Where the Crawdads Sing	7	6	$64.65M
Easter Sunday	8	-	$5.45M
Elvis	9	7	$136.46M
The Black Phone	10	8	$85.94M
Jurassic World Dominion	11	9	$371.87M
Vengeance	12	10	$3.28M
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris	13	11	$8.07M

spotify canada daily

1	DJ Khaled : STAYING ALIVE
2	Harry Styles : As It Was
3	Steve Lacy : Bad Habit
4	Kate Bush : Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
5	Drake : Jimmy Cooks
6	Glass Animals : Heat Waves
7	OneRepublic : I Ain't Worried
8	Post Malone : I Like You (A Happier Song)
9	Joji : Glimpse of Us
10	Central Cee : Doja
11	Nicky Youre : Sunroof
12	Lizzo : About Damn Time
13	Marshmello : Numb
14	Jack Harlow : First Class
15	Elton John : Cold Heart - PNAU Remix
16	Doja Cat : Vegas (From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ELVIS)
17	Harry Styles : Late Night Talking
18	Beyoncé : BREAK MY SOUL
19	The Kid LAROI : Stay
20	NAV : Never Sleep
21	Future : WAIT FOR U
22	Camila Cabello : Bam Bam
23	Yung Gravy : Betty (Get Money)

slashdot

-	Researchers Find Way To Shrink a VR Headset Down To Normal Glasses Size
-	FCC Cancels $886 Million In Funding For SpaceX's Starlink
-	GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory On GMC, Buick, Cadillac Models
-	IRS Seeks SFOX Customer Information in Cryptocurrency Tax Push
-	Iran Cheerfully Admits Using Cryptocurrency To Pay For Imports

sportsnet

-	Serena’s send-off: Canada says goodbye to an incomparable champion
-	‘It’s been a joy playing in front of you guys’: Williams bids emotional farewell to Toronto
-	As rain washes out Blue Jays, Bichette encouraged by recent success
-	Canada earns first win at WJC as Latvia applies unexpected pressure
-	Blue Jays, Orioles series finale postponed; will be made up as doubleheader

ctv

-	Canadian army veteran charged with murder after mass shooting in Belize nightclub
-	More Canadians report strong attachment to their language than to Canada: poll
-	B.C. actress hit in the chest by bullet in L.A. shooting last month
-	Social media model arrested in Hawaii on murder charge
-	Well-known Brampton, Ont. real estate agent, media personality savagely attacked outside home

cnet

-	Americans See Misleading Info Daily in Search Results. So Google is Making Changes
-	Best Portable AC Units of 2022
-	Galaxy Z Flip 4 vs. Z Fold 4: Which Style of Samsung Foldable Is a Fit for You?
-	Please Don't Mount Your TV Where You Poop
-	'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Is a Love Letter to Teenage Girls Everywhere

reuters

-	Indian shares hit four-month high; inflation data eyed - Reuters
-	Climate risks dwarf Europe's energy crisis, space chief warns - Reuters
-	Morning Bid: Fed doesn't see enough swallows for summer - Reuters
-	Exclusive: U.S. rethinks steps on China tariffs in wake of Taiwan response - Reuters
-	Dollar slides further after U.S. inflation surprise - Reuters

cbc

-	Lumber, wheat, and oil: Tumbling prices could mean the worst of inflation is over
-	U.S. politics engulfed in threats following police search at Trump's home
-	Air Canada, WestJet continue to deny compensation for flight disruptions caused by crew shortages
-	Polio largely vanished thanks to vaccines. So why is it now back in more countries?
-	Ontario class action settlement reclassifies volunteers as employees, setting new precedent

space

-	Building on the moon and Mars? You'll need extraterrestrial cement for that
-	Exposed! International Space Station tests organisms, materials in space
-	Image: Pure gold pin for space testing
-	Jupiter missions could also help search for dark matter
-	NASA Goddard's 'Web Around Asteroid Bennu' shows in SIGGRAPH film fest

science daily

-	The cost of climate change on economic growth
-	Female monkeys with female friends live longer
-	Amazon's growth limited by lack of phosphorus
-	Evidence that giant meteorite impacts created the continents
-	Even modest climate change may lead to sweeping changes in northernmost forests

new scientist

-	Millimetre-wave beams could give us access to deep geothermal energy
-	Giant yellow crustacean in an aquarium turns out to be new species
-	What Alaska's record-breaking wildfires mean for the Arctic's future
-	Vegetarian women have 33 per cent higher risk of breaking a hip
-	Half of Buenos Aires’s methane emissions may come from one landfill

Thu Aug 11

Chance of showers
high: 25 c
pop: 30%

Fri Aug 12

Sunny
high: 23 c

Sat Aug 13

Sunny
high: 24 c

Sun Aug 14

A mix of sun and cloud
high: 23 c

Mon Aug 15

A mix of sun and cloud
high: 23 c

Stocks

TSX	19,885.94	+307.64 +1.57%
S&P	4,210.24	+87.77 +2.13%
DOW	33,309.51	+535.10 +1.63%
NASDAQ	13,378.32	+370.16 +2.85%
GOOG	120.87	+0.22 +0.18%
IBM	131.70	+0.24 +0.18%
CSCO	45.96	-0.06 -0.13%
INTC	35.48	+0.11 +0.31%
AAPL	169.25	+0.01 +0.01%
CIEN	53.98	+2.21 +4.27%
NXP	179.97	+8.93 +5.22%
QCOM	147.04	+0.05 +0.03%
TESLA	883.47	+0.40 +0.05%
AMZN	142.90	+0.21 +0.15%
NFLX	244.01	-0.10 -0.04%
XLNX	n/a	n/a

Word of the Day

alleviate

verb (uh-LEE-vee-ayt)

Alleviate means "to make something less painful, difficult, or severe" or "to partially remove or correct."

// Mom's suggestions for ways to alleviate some of my cold symptoms included her special tea and plenty of sleep.

// The new tunnel should alleviate traffic on the bridge.

See the entry >

"People have tried to alleviate their climate anxiety in many ways." — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 May 2022

"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster." - Theodore Roosevelt

science blog

-	New programmable materials can sense their own movements
-	Prehistoric podiatry: How dinos carried their enormous weight
-	New target identified for treatment of premature aging disease
-	Brain scans predict students’ learning better than test scores

Born on this day

- Henry V, King of Germany (1099-1125) and Holy Roman Emperor (1111-1125), born in Goslar, Saxony (d. 1125) [or born 1086]
- Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)
- Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, German bassonist, born in Breitenau, Saxony
- Michael Whalley Wickham, artist
- Angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955)
- Richard Barratt, former Chief Inspector of Constabulary
- Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- Marilyn Vos Savant, writer/world's highest IQ (228), born in St Louis, Missouri

Weather fact of the day

Today is the official ending to the "Dog Days" of Summer. "Dog Days" is the name for the most sultry period of summer, lasting from July 3 until today. Named in early times by observers in countries bordering the Mediterranean, the period was reckoned as extending from 20 days before to 20 days after the conjunction of Sirius (the dog star) and the sun.

Today in History

- 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
- Chad declares Independence from France
- "Help!" a musical comedy film featuring the Beatles released in the US
- Future Baseball HOF pitcher Jim Bunning becomes 2nd Cy Young Award winner to win 100 games in both NL and AL; Phillies beat Houston 6-5 at Astrodome
- Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago's Britt Burns
- Angola revises its constitution
- Owen Nares [Ramsay], British actor and manager (Maiden Erleigh), born in Maiden Erlegh, Berks, England (d. 1943)
- Robert Linn, American composer, born in San Francisco (d. 1999)
- Raymond Leppard, British-American harpsichordist, conductor (Indianapolis Symphony, 1987-2001; BBC Northern Symphony, 1973-80), and composer (Lord Of The Flies), born in London, England
- June Daugherty, American women's college basketball coach (Boise State Uni, Uni of Washington, Washington State University), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2021)