Global National: July 12

U.S. President Joe Biden’s defiant press conference at the close of the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., continued to garner strong reactions from Democrats on Friday. In Nova Scotia, a youth from Wolfville was found dead after being swept away by raging floodwaters in the aftermath of hurricane Beryl. Meanwhile in Toronto, a 17-year-old girl was sent to a trauma centre after falling from a ride at Canada’s Wonderland Thursday. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is reopening the debate over supervised consumption sites, promising that he’ll close some of them if elected prime minister — and pull federal funding to all of them. Plus, there are new signs that Canada’s housing market might be perking up, with an updated housing outlook showing that numbers were up on a month-over-month basis in June. And finally, one of the most excessive weddings in recent history is unfolding in Mumbai this weekend, as the son of Asia’s richest man marries the daughter of two pharmaceutical tycoons.