Gustavo Vieira

He was mad for his mountain bike, but he’d just met a girl. He wanted to introduce her to the sport he loved.

His daily text messages and photos to family spread his good cheer. But his real passion was running the streets of Halifax.

Glenn Gould’s historic Steinway CD 318 piano will be set on permanent display at the mezzanine of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa today. The not less famous folding chair Gould’s father made him will also be part of the display, just only on special occasions.

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been reportedly taken off life support and is in a coma, adding more tension to Egypt’s delicate political situation.

Canada is set to join negotiations for a massive free-trade agreement with nine other countries, including the United States, Australia, Singapore and Chile.

Mike Tyson, the knockout machine boxing champion from the 1980s, also a convicted rapist, ear-biter and racing pigeon fancier, among other many things, is adding yet one more feat to his collection of incredible accomplishments and failures: starring in a Broadway show.

As the G20 summit comes to a close in Los Cabos, Mexico, Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to announce on that his government has inched closer to China in trade talks, according to the CBC. The announcement probably involves support from the Obama administration on a deal to support Canada’s admission into the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, a scoop the Globe and Mail’s Steven Chase and Bill Curry have learned from “a Canadian official.”

Martin Patriquin of Maclean’s will be at court today for Luka Rocca Magnotta’s appearance. Watch our website for updates. Follow Patriquin on Twitter at @MartinPatriquin.

Canada and the governor of Michigan have reached a deal for a second bridge linking Windsor, Ont. and Detroit, Mich., say anonymous sources quoted by the Globe and Mail, the CBC and the Toronto Star.

Canada has been deemed the fourth most peaceful country in the world, behind only Iceland, Denmark and New Zealand on an annual ranking of peacefulness released Tuesday by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The organization is an Australian-American think-tank that produces the Global Peace Index using data from the Economist Intelligence Unit to show how valuable peace can be.

A string of bomb and shooting attacks has killed at least 63 people in Iraq on Wednesday, wounding dozens more, according to the Associated Press.

A Stanley Cup rioter has been sentenced to one month in jail, despite the fact he turned himself in, pleaded guilty and did not previously have a criminal record.