With July nearly finished, freshwater turtles in Canada have finished laying eggs for the year, but they can still encounter danger from vehicle traffic while moving from one wetland to another.

City Office REIT said on Thursday it has agreed to be taken private by MCME Carell, an affiliate of hedge fund Elliott Investment, in a deal valued at nearly $1.1 billion, including the assumption of debt.

Five Canadian professional hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2018 were found not guilty on Thursday, with the judge ruling the complainant's account of the alleged offenses was not credible.

Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Dillon Dubé and Michael McLeod were found not guilty of sexual assault in a verdict shared by Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia on Thursday in London, Ontario, according to The Athletic's Sean Gentille and Hailey Salvian.

Also today: Uber tests new safety feature for women in the US, and how climate change is raising your grocery bill.

For the first time, an active member of the Canadian Armed Forces is facing a terrorism-related charge — but extremism in the ranks has been a concern for decades. For The National, CBC’s Jonathan Montpetit explains how the military has been trying to get a handle on the issue for nearly 30 years.

Lyons’ departure means that both Canada and the United States do not have anyone in their antisemitism envoy roles. President Donald Trump has announced his pick for the role of antisemitism envoy, a Hasidic fixer named Yehuda Kaploun, but Congress has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing for the nominee nearly six months into his term.