Gord Downie, terminally ill with brain cancer, has been awarded the Order of Canada in a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. At this same event the Governor General apologized for saying that Canada is a nation of immigrants, including aboriginal people. It is not clear just who was offended because history seems to suggest that aboriginal people migrated to North America from Asia. Perhaps it’s the nuanced definition of immigrant or sensitivity. In Toronto, young Ben Kyle has solved the Pyraminx, also known as the triangle Rubik’s Cube, in a record-setting 1.28 seconds Ben, 13, was at the World Cube Association tournament on the weekend. Below that, New Zealand has won three races in a row to put a near lock on the America’s Cup. The defending champions, the US, has a week to shape up and make a comeback. And finally, the gay man photographed with the Trumps in the Oval Office had a giggle we must think by producing a fan and giving it a wave or two in an official photo.
