Donald Trump - Why the media plays along: Top Stories

When it comes to Donald Trump, the CBC'sKeith Boag writes,the media justcan't look away. And, while the rest of the world is getting used to bike lanes Liverpool now has lanes for fast walkers. Theseare a couple ofour top stories worth your time today.

Local

Toxic, banned PCBs leaking into Hamilton harbour

Toxic PCBs have been flowing into Hamilton Harbour for years from an east end sewer outlet, new documents reveal, and now the Ministry of Environment has issued a draft order to four companies for cleanup and remediation.

As with many of Hamilton's environmental blights, it's a complicated issue with a tangled history of ownership. Three of the four companies involved say a company that left Hamilton decades ago is the source ofthe PCBs but the MOE still wants the property ownersit has deemedwith someresponsibilityto work together to come up with solutions.

How a giraffe expert is working to protect their genetic future

Jason Pootoolal is well known in the giraffe world.Pootoolal, giraffe and hoof supervisor at African Lion Safari, was the first in Canada to impregnate one of the animals through artificial insemination. And another baby is on the way, this time through frozen semen insemination.

At the Flamborough facility, Pootoolal works on techniques to save and use genetic material to continue the population of the Rothschild giraffe, a breed so rare that only about 1,000 remain in the world

Elsewhere

Why the media plays along with Trump's presidential campaign: Keith Boag

Presidential candidate Donald Trump will host NBC's Saturday Night Live thisweekend and you can bet the audience will be "uuuuge!".That will make both the candidate and the network happy, but who benefits moreis impossible to say; the symbiosis between them is seamless.

It confirms again that Trump's show-business talents are his most formidablepolitical advantage.

In Liverpool, fast-walking pedestrians get their own lanes

For everything smartphones have done to speed life up, they've proven annoyingly effective at slowing things down when it comes to sidewalk traffic.

A recent survey of U.K. residents found that "slow walkers" are one of the most frustrating things people face while shopping nationwide and a near-constant stream of angry tweets from around the world suggest that this isn't a localized grievance.