Global National: Aug. 30

Hurricane Idalia has wreaked havoc in Florida with catastrophic storm surges, flooding, and winds across the state. The destruction, how Idalia quickly swept through Florida before striking Georgia, why the storm strengthened with alarming speed as it approached Florida, and the concerns of storm surges. Ontario’s integrity commissioner has released a scathing report on the provincial government and Premier Doug Ford’s plan to remove land from the protected Greenbelt around Toronto for developers to build homes. How the watchdog says Housing Minister Steve Clark broke ethics rules, and this now means for Premier Ford. The Canadian population recently reached the milestone of 40 million. But the number of non-permanent residents in Canada could be underestimated by about an additional one million, according to a new CIBC report. How this alleged oversight could be problematic for Canada’s housing crisis. Fresh concerns are being raised about the health of U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. For the second time this summer, cameras were rolling when he appeared to freeze up while taking questions from reporters. Plus, you’d have to see it to bee-lieve it: the warning from police after five million bees spilled off a truck in Burlington, Ont. How beekeepers had to help clean up the sticky situation.