Global National: August 29

Pakistan’s catastrophic floods have now killed more than 1,000 people since the middle of June. How climate change is being blamed for the disaster, and the mission to save lives. Many Canadians have been left frustrated this summer, waiting in long lineups at airports and passport offices. Now Ottawa has an update on clearing that backlog. Politicians across the spectrum are condemning the man who unleashed a verbal attack against Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in Grande Prairie, Alta. The concerns such incidents are becoming more common against politicians of all parties and even their families. Also, why NASA couldn’t launch its unmanned Artemis I rocket to the moon. Plus, the Survivors’ Flag: Ottawa’s new tribute to residential school students and their families. And not your garden variety discovery: what was just unearthed in someone’s backyard in Portugal.