Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Canada is getting poorer relative to its peers in the developed world, according to OECD data. It comes amid a population boom in the country that has not resulted in commensurate economic growth.
Canada is getting poorer when compared to its wealthy peers, data shows. Tepid economic growth, combined with a population boom, has hit Canada’s standing among rich countries, @JPTasker reports. https://t.co/4Uvlne0umD #cdnpoli
— National Newswatch (@natnewswatch) September 12, 2024
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Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis have become the first non-professional crew to enjoy a spacewalk. Isaacman said "Earth sure looks like a perfect world" from space after he climbed out of the Dragon capsule, which was built by Elon Musk's SpaceX.
Watch Dragon’s first spacewalk with the @PolarisProgram’s Polaris Dawn crew https://t.co/svdJRkGN7K
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 12, 2024
Rock star Jon Bon Jovi has been hailed a hero for helping a woman in distress on a bridge in Nashville. The singer joined others in talking the woman down.
Jon Bon Jovi helped talk a distraught woman off the ledge of a Nashville bridge, police said. The incident occurred Tuesday night as the rock and roll legend was filming a music video at the time, with the bridge open to the public. https://t.co/Jasbss9MV7 pic.twitter.com/DjRK4ijvpP
— ABC7 News (@abc7newsbayarea) September 12, 2024
The White House has said President Joe Biden wore a Donald Trump hat as a gesture of unity as the US commemorated the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A video shows Biden smiling as he dons the red cap at an event in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
Biden wears Trump hat as 9/11 unity gesture, says White House https://t.co/jRJv1sxou3
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 12, 2024
A union representing federal government workers has urged its members to "buy nothing" in downtown Ottawa in a protest at public servants being forced to work at least three days in the office. The move to bring workers back into the office was inspired in part by a decline in commercial activity in downtown Ottawa, but the Public Service Alliance of Canada said: "The needs of the downtown core shouldn't fall on the backs of workers and the federal public service."
'Buy nothing': PSAC wants federal workers to boycott downtown Ottawa businesses https://t.co/6sTG04k9RI
— CTV Ottawa (@ctvottawa) September 11, 2024
