Global National: Jul 31

A holiday weekend filled with warning, as a heat wave takes over Western Canada, raising the risks from a wicked wildfire season. Plus, the anger in Alberta as residents and doctors protest the province’s plans to drop COVID-19 restrictions, while a potential fourth wave looms. Meanwhile, Canadian companies get creative in offering perks to keep employees and combat the pandemic labour shortage. And Montenegro’s billion-dollar blunder – why building a ‘highway to nowhere’ has left the tiny Balkan country in debt to China.