Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch for parts of eastern Ontario today. Tornado watches are issued when forecasters see weather conditions that have the potential to produce tornadoes. Environment Canada says strong winds, large hail and heavy rain are also possible, while the threat of tornadoes should end by late afternoon. Severe thunderstorm warnings have also been issued for Smiths Falls, Perth, Silver Lake Provincial Park and Lanark County. Emergency Management Ontario recommends taking cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.

The Dallas Stars are bringing back forward Ty Dellandrea on a one-year contract, the team announced on Thursday. Dallas retained negotiating rights for Dellandrea after offering the restricted free agent a qualifying offer on June 30. Dellandrea has played 109 regular season NHL games over parts of three seasons in Dallas, posting 33 points (12 goals, 21 assists). He’s also recorded 59 points (27 goals, 32 assists) in 87 games with the Texas Stars, Dallas’ AHL affiliate. AdvertisementFind more Stars coverage from The Dallas Morning News here.

A First Amendment group sued Gov. Abbott and others on Thursday, July 13, 2023 over the state’s TikTok ban on official devices. The lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Texas by The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, a free speech group in New York. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, file)A First Amendment group sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott and others on Thursday over the state’s TikTok ban on official devices, arguing the prohibition – which extends to public universities – is unconstitutional and impedes academic freedom. Congress, the White House and other Western governments have banned TikTok use on official devices, citing espionage fears.

Leaders of a Hollywood’s actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment industry after talks for a new contract with studios and streaming services broke down. Union leaders said at a news conference that they voted unanimously for a strike to begin at midnight. Outside Netflix’s Hollywood offices, picketing screenwriters chanted “Pay Your Actors!” immediately after the strike was announced. AdvertisementIt’s the first strike for actors from film and television shows since 1980. The 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America have been on strike since their own talks collapsed and their contract expired on May 2.

HALIFAX—It’s a shadow that has hung over a youth detention centre, a modest ring of green-roofed institutional buildings in Nova Scotia’s picturesque Annapolis Valley, for decades. The lawyer dealing with the class action has said the number of victims might well exceed 200. Police said, based on the investigation to date, they expected as many as 200 victims to come forward to make statements. “They revolve around the same set of allegations,” he said Wednesday of the RCMP investigation and the 2019 class action. At this point, Dull, estimates he has talked to more than 200 men who spent time at the centre, who have stories of sexual assault.

The 60-something-year-olds are the co-chief executives of Gulf & Fraser, a B.C.-based credit union founded, once upon a time, by commercial fishermen. The numbers guy joined the credit union as chief financial officer in the mid-1990s, a few years after the sales guy came aboard as a management trainee. At the time, the credit union had two branches, and about 60 employees, and just over $200 million in assets under administration. But he went along with his co-equals gut instinct, and the new hire emerged as a perennial top performer with the credit union. Back in the Caribbean, the credit union director with the famous kid was reflecting on his most prized, work-related experiment.

Delta Air Lines soared to a record quarterly profit of more than $1.8 billion as summer vacationers packed planes, especially to international destinations, and the airline enjoyed a tailwind from falling fuel prices. Delta officials said strong demand for tickets has continued into the July-through-September quarter, when it expects revenue similar to the record second quarter. “That’s our bread and butter.”In the second quarter, Delta’s revenue from sales of premium seats and services rose 25% — better than the 18% gain in the main cabin. “You have to respect your resource capabilities, including those things you don’t control such as air traffic control.”Delta’s profit compared with earnings of $735 million in the second quarter of 2022. The quarter broke Delta’s previous record for net income, set in the second quarter of 2016.

There's only been four positive samples of potato wart found in the Prince County field out of just under 50,000 samples, according to the P.E.I. Potato Board. (Jane Robertson/CBC - image credit)The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has just posted its latest update on the investigation into potato wart on P.E.I., and it includes one detection in a field in Prince County. Potato Board, said only four positive samples have been found in the field out of nearly 50,000 samples taken since 2021. He said all the positive samples were found in fields with CFIA restrictions in place, and in close proximity to each other.

Those are three of the things Josie Rudderham and Nickey Miller will miss about Cake and Loaf once the ownership torch is passed. However, the changes over the last few years aren’t the only factors at play when it comes to listing Cake and Loaf, according to its co-founders. But it’s been a balance for Rudderham and Miller, who have spent most of their adult lives as entrepreneurs. The pair felt they weren’t needed there anymore as staff are running the shop “without a hitch now,” noted Miller. The new owner will need to be someone who shares the same ethos as the pair, said Miller.

Qualcomm plans to open its first satellite facility in Tijuana this fall, with a focus on engineering for internal research and development projects. Marina del Pilar Avila Olmeda and Qualcomm Chief Executive Cristiano Amon announced the new facility. Avila Olmeda said in a statement that Qualcomm has the support of the government for its investment in Baja. Earlier this month, the company announced it was cutting more than 400 positions at its San Diego headquarters. The company is still among the region’s largest private employers, however, with 12,000 workers in San Diego.

Episode 5 (“Charades“) of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 2 debuts tomorrow, on Thursday, July 13. This week’s episode features a big change for Spock after he gets injured. In a clip released with the latest The Ready Room, you can see Spock and Chapel together in that shuttle before the accident (The clip starts at 29:45.) For more details and photos, see our previous preview for episode 205. Keep up with news about the Star Trek Universe at TrekMovie.com.

“Succession” and its deeply dysfunctional dynasty of one-percenters led all Emmy nominees in its fourth and final season with 27, including Best Drama, which it has won two of the past three years. It also got four nominations for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama. Apple TV Plus’s “Ted Lasso” led the comedies with 21 nominations, including Best Comedy Series and Best Actor for Jason Sudeikis. The SnubsImelda Staunton (Best Actress in a Drama Series): Imelda Staunton’s hunt to keep the crown on “The Crown” continues. The Surprises“Jury Duty” (Best Comedy Series): This mockumentary-style comedy series, about a juror unaware that he’s not in a real trial but rather a sitcom, was a long-shot contender.

The team behind a prize-winning virtual reality project, which exposes viewers to the realities of Arctic climate change, says the technology can help people better understand the dramatic changes to the northern environment. “This [VR experience] can help people visualize that change, and how they want to respond to it.”The project, Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk, allows viewers to explore Qikiqtaruk (Herschel Island), located off the Arctic coast of Yukon in the Beaufort Sea. Excerpt from Qikiqtaruk: Arctic at Risk https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2023/07/3D_video_visuals_of_Qikiqtaruk_credit_Qikiqtaruk_Arctic_at_Risk.mp4The idea for the project was born during the pandemic, when fieldwork on the island was suspended. For northern communities, the virtual reality project allows them to monitor the habitat in a way they wouldn’t be able to easily do otherwise. Importance of local and scientific partnershipsMyers-Smith says the rapidity of Arctic climate change can surprise even seasoned researchers like herself, but that there’s many reasons to be positive about the future.

Parents should be consulted on social transitioning for under-16s, a Canadian province has decided. New Brunswick has rolled back controversial legislation that forced schools to allow students under the age of 16 to officially self-ID their gender without parental permission. In May, a poll for think tank SecondStreet.org found that 57 per cent of Canadians surveyed agreed schools should tell parents if their child wished to change gender or pronouns. The school said it has “socially transitioned” her daughter in line with its Equality, Inclusion and Diversity policy. A Bayswater spokeswoman said: “Parents tell us that when they try to engage constructively with schools, it is often implied that they are a risk to their own children.”

Canada's Bianca Borgella, seen above earlier at the World Para Athletics Championships, won silver in the T13 200-metre race on Wednesday in Paris. (Yonathan Kellerman/Athletics Canada - image credit)Canada's Bianca Borgella is climbing up the podium. The Rockland, Ont., native won silver in the T13 200-metre visually impaired sprint at the Para athletics world championships on Wednesday in Paris, two days after grabbing bronze in the 100m. The Markham, Ont., native won bronze in the discipline at the Tokyo Paralympics with a then-Canadian record time of 50.85 seconds, which he has since lowered to 50.63 seconds. Watch live coverage of the World Para Athletics Championships on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.