The red maple leaf tilting right on time

While a leader stays underground

Conservative Party @CPC_HQ

We are united and strong. We will be bold and proud. We are going to be here for every Canadian and every family. We will put Canada first. That is what our new logo will symbolize for everyone. 🇨🇦

Resemblance to the logo of the Royal Canadian Air Force suits former captain Erin O’Toole, as the Conservatives introduced a new logo. But the party leader remains in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19—and also listening to Grimes.

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Weekly grind is stuck at five

National Post @nationalpost

The most popular idea that won't be in Wednesday's throne speech? A four day work week

nationalpost.comThe most popular idea that won’t be in Wednesday’s throne speech? A four day work weekAs experts have noted, it’s an idea that would likely have to be worked out between employees and employers and not necessarily something the government would…

Four-day work weeks are something that disparate political wings agree on, but the National Post found no sign of Liberal support, despite about half of polled Canadians thinking it’s a good idea. Meanwhile, the throne speech will be followed by a televised address from Justin Trudeau, which should shift the spotlight from the governor general’s job drama.

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Ranked Ballot Initiative of Toronto hasn’t given up on trying. A decade after the organization was founded to promote electoral reform, Toronto’s city clerk says a plan to introduce ranked ballots in 2022 should be delayed due to the pandemic. Ontario’s decision to allow them in municipalities found its first taker in London.

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The binge-watching decade

Netflix Canada launched with apologies for using paid actors to gush about the streaming service to journalists. But the company was soon enough refusing to reveal anything about its economics to the CRTC. Ten years of such disruption are being commemorated with a menu of mainly border-defying titles, but also a recent feather in its resolutely unregulated cap:

Netflix @netflix

The history-making final season of Schitt’s Creek will (finally) hit Netflix in the US and Canada on October 7.

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“How MEC Lost Touch with Its Roots.” Harley Rustad of The Walrus wrote a lament for Mountain Equipment Co-op, a week after its board of directors approved a deal to sell it to an American investment firm. But after co-op members expressed dismay over not being consulted, they’re now raising legal fees for an effort to overturn the deal.

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Finally, living a virtual afterlife

Nick Cordero, the Hamilton rock singer who ended up a Broadway star, died in July after a months-long battle with COVID-19. Subsequently, he attained posthumous fame that included a live album release on what would’ve been his 42nd birthday, as his widow Amanda Kloots’s postings on Instagram have continued to tell their story:

Hamilton Spectator @TheSpec

#HamOnt's Nick Cordero was just 41, married and the father of a newborn son when he got sick with what turned out to be the #coronavirus. Michael Paulson @nytimes sits down with Cordero's widow, Amanda Kloots to talk about grief, God and perseverance

thespec.com‘He never quit’: Nick Cordero’s widow on grief, God and perseveranceIn a phone interview, Kloots, who is 38, was warm, poised and direct, breaking down only when asked how she saw her own future. These are edited excer...