LOCAL
City councilor Josh Matlow is making a motion to name the kids’ area in June Davis park after children’s entertainers Sharon, Lois and Bram, who all live in the area. “We’ve had all kinds of Juno awards and gold records and the Order of Canada, for goodness sake. But this is much more grassroots, it connects us literally on the ground with the people who know us and remember us,” said Bram Morrison. [Toronto Star]
Dozens of people are calling the Downtown Animal Hospital offering well wishes and seeking to adopt a little kitten who was thrown out of a moving car in downtown Toronto. The kitten is on a diet for malnourished animals, is gaining weight, and is expected to make a full recovery within two weeks. [Toronto Star]
Rob Ford said on his Sunday radio show that he believes there’s a deal in place to extend the subway in Scarborough. He credits the people of Scarborough for “speaking out” at Ford Fest, the annual Ford BBQ held for the first time this year in Scarborough. [CBC]
NATIONAL
Stephen Harper is poised to shuffle up his cabinet, setting in place the team that will carry the Conservatives into the 2015 election. Ministers and cabinet members will have their new assignments formally announced Monday morning at Rideau Hall. [National Post]
The sudden death of 31-year-old Glee star Cory Monteith has caused shock in Hollywood, Canada, and beyond. A cause of death has not yet been determined, but foul play is not suspected. [Globe and Mail]
As Alberta’s flood water recedes, Paleontologists and other scientists are urging citizens to keep their eyes peeled for fossils and other artifacts. The 45,000 archaelogical sites listed in the province are just the tip of the iceberg, and people call in with new discoveries all the time. [National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
A senior Italian minister from the anti-immigration party has received harsh criticism from Premier Enrico Letta for comparing Immigration Minister Cecile Kyenge, the country’s first black cabinet minister, to an orangutan. The premier called the comments “unacceptable” and “beyond every limit.” [Toronto Star]
The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin has reverberated from church pulpits to street protests as the country renews the debate about race, crime and the justice system. Zimmerman was acquitted on all charges by the jurors, all of them women and none of them black, who deliberated for more than 16 hours over two days. [New York Times]
Mohamed ElBaredei, a former denior UN diplomat, was sworn in as Egypt’s vice president, as the interim Prime Minister assembled his cabinet. Hazem el-Beblawi, appointed interim Prime Minister, is tapping technocrats and liberals to run the country until parliamentary elections take place about six months. [CBC]
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