Need to knowStories we’re watching: New pressures for Syria’s Bashar al-AssadAlso: Cooler heads in Ferguson, Karen Stintz’s next gig, and a reality show contestant sues the show for being too real
CanadaNew information gives salmon expert pause on mine leak impactCarl Walters, who has been studying B.C. salmon for 40 years, finds new reason to worry about the Mount Polley leak’s effect on salmon run
SocietyTim Leiweke has left MLSE. Now thank him, and move on.It would be easy for Toronto’s inferiority-complex machine to hum to life after the MLSE president’s exit—but let’s just relish his successes
ArtsAttention, attention: Satire alert. Please insert laugh here.Facebook’s ’satire tag’ is just the latest, saddest defanging of the comedic form, lowering the bar for all
ArtsDo stand-up comedians have it worse?It’s become a mantra in stand-up comedy: a great laugh comes out of making lightness out of darkness. But where does that stereotype come from?
CanadaCleaning up after Canada’s largest tailings pond leakThe better solution to the dam breach may actually be doing less, not more, with the mine tailings
CanadaSalmon expert: Tailings pond leak won’t affect sockeye salmon runA sober second thought on the ’eco-babble’ about the mine-waste leak at Mount Polley, B.C. affecting what may be a record-breaking salmon run
ArtsLong time comin’: Sam Cooke’s brother releases a classic-that-never-wasA Q&A with L.C. Cooke, Sam’s younger brother whose 1964 debut was finally released last week
CanadaWhat you need to know about tailings pondsUnderstanding the tailings ponds breach at Mount Polley near Likely, B.C., which has emptied mine waste into waterways
ArtsOVO Fest 2014: The flip side of Drake’s ascendanceHe started from the bottom. But has the Toronto rapper gotten too big for his own iconic hip-hop festival?