Did Mayor Pete help fix the price of bread?
The mystery of history points north
Pete Buttigieg released some details of consulting he did for McKinsey & Co., which included analyzing the effects of price cuts at a Canadian supermarket chainâbut the U.S. presidential candidate says heâs bound by an NDA. So, might as well wonder if McKinsey client Loblaw had Mayor Pete toiling in the trenches of bread price fixing.
The player Trudeau deserves
Jimmy Fallon got the Canadian cameo role amongst the NATO world leaders gossiping about Donald Trump, although the Justin Trudeau impersonation from Fallon came off more like Mike Myers. But real-life retaliation from Trumpâs campaign chief involved chirping at the 71,200 job losses in Canada.
Ontario high school teachers threaten another strike day. Rumblings of escalation garnered a response from education minister Stephen Lecce, whoâs striving to avert a rerun of the walkout that led Doug Ford to be immortalized as a Timbit. Meanwhile, the OSSTF union has Facebook: itâs spent more than $350,000 advertising on the platform.
White space in a Sunday paper
The safety report released by Uber, which revealed nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assault by drives and passengers in the U.S. over two years, generated debate about whether this is good or bad for the app. And while Canadian statistics werenât released, Uber bought two pages in the Toronto Star promoting measures to curtail the issues:
Celine Dion canât really sell that many albums. Courage scored headlines touting the singerâs staying power, due to topping the Billboard album chart with help from a free download with U.S. ticket salesâbut its 110-spot plunge in the second week exposed the lack of further interest. (Dion managed to sustain her standing on Canadaâs chart.)
A six-decade sign-off scheme
Ken Shaw announced his retirement after 40 full-time years with CTV News Toronto. But heâll stick around until January 6, allowing him to claim six decades as anchorman before hanging around for âa number of special projects.â The managed exit provides evidence that not every Bell Media veteran gets shuffled off without an announcement:
Finally, a correction from the previous newsletter. An item from Thursdayâs 12:36 initially echoed a misattribution about how CBC caught Justin Trudeauâs hot mic moment. It wasnât via Sputnikâbut rather through the Buckingham Palace pool feed.