Maple Leaf Beat — Morning Brief · Friday, August 21, 2026

Tiananmen Square crackdown were convicted Friday in a national security case brought under a China-imposed law.

US economic restrictions have strained the island's already fragile economy, prompting blackouts and medical shortages.

Israel says its military did not commit a criminal act when it killed seven aid workers in Gaza two years ago, including a Canadian.

Calais has become a kind of permanent border zone with police cracking down on departures and clearing informal settlements, chasing migrants.

At least 18 people have been killed in Ukraine as Russia exploits Kyiv's lack of missile interceptors in another wave of attacks.

The new Churchill River power agreement does not give Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro the ability to directly sell more power to customers in Quebec.

Meta's new data centre near Edmonton in Sturgeon County will become the largest in Canada, including a $4.6 billion gas-fired electricity plant.

131 jobs have been cut for WSIB employees in Windsor. They must now decide if they relocate or leave the workforce.

The U.S. Treasury's surprise bond buyback plans briefly stemmed a global rise in long-term borrowing costs, but lingering concerns about U.S. debt remain.

Around 400 pulp mill and chipping workers at Port Mellon on Howe Sound learned on Thursday that they have lost their jobs.

Microsoft released Aspire 13.5, an update that refreshes the dashboard and the aspire.dev homepage and adds several workflow improvements.

The Osmo Action 7 is expected to support 8K video resolution, higher frame rates, advanced image stabilization and enhanced image processing.

Multiple gameplay clips and an apparent "GTA VI" map surfaced online in what the purported hacker says is a protest against the gaming industry.

The Pixel 11 Pro Fold is a standard-bearer for mobile AI, serving consumers, guiding Android partners, and advancing Google's AI ambitions.

Samsung announced it will hold a Galaxy event on Aug. 27 to introduce the next phone in the Galaxy S26 series.