http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/world/canada/canada-today.html 2016-09-17 00:17:45 Canada Today: Searchers Find a Shipwreck, and Conservatives Seek a Leader A weekly roundup of news and events with a focus on the True North. === We’re trying something new: He’s too modest to speak with reporters, but Sammy Kogvik from Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, became a national celebrity this week. It was a tip from Mr. Kogvik, an Inuit hunter, that led finally to the Critics in the past had grumbled about how former Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a priority of finding the Terror and its sister ship, the Erebus, while his government was otherwise cutting funding for science and research. But as was the case when the Erebus was discovered two years ago, all that was forgotten when the Terror’s remains emerged this week. Underwater videos showed the ship in good shape thanks to the chill of arctic waters. Everyone I interviewed said there was plenty more to learn about the doomed expedition. Among other things, the crew of the Terror may have sealed diaries and even glass photographic plates in waterproof containers. Back to the Hill. Peter MacKay, who led the Progressive Conservative Party when its merged with Mr. Harper’s Canadian Alliance, told It seemed an obvious reference to Kellie Leitch, a former Conservative cabinet minister from Ontario. In her leadership campaign, Ms. Leitch has Several caucus members denounced the idea during their meeting last week in Mr. MacKay’s home province of Nova Scotia, but it has undeniably attracted attention for Ms. Leitch. Missing in action when the House of Commons sits again will be Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He’s off for his first address to the United Nations General Assembly. This week, I At the mall. Thank you! “As a subscriber living in B.C., I love the idea of a Canada roundup,” Martin Salloum wrote from Summerland. “But please, not just about Toronto, or even Ontario.” To Mr. Salloum and others who asked for more items from outside of Ontario: don’t worry. Canada Today isn’t a Toronto news digest. Like our coverage, it will span the country. As for that coverage, you offered a wide range of suggestions: Canadian culture, the social safety net, the real estate market, First Nations issues, education. Please keep your suggestions and critiques coming. Our address is Here are some recent articles from The New York Times that I found interesting: Catch up on the former governor of the Bank of Canada as he faces an enormous political and economic challenge Canadians love Ikea, or at least they love its prices. Along with China, Poland and Australia, Canada is one of the fastest growing markets for the Swedish furniture maker, which has a perhaps excessive fondness for particle board. New York’s next attraction Somewhere in Toronto, there is a studio with a replica of the White House’s Oval Office. The city is also more or less the actor Kiefer Sutherland’s hometown. He’s back A native of Windsor, Ontario, Ian Austen was educated in Toronto, lives in Ottawa and has reported about Canada for The New York Times for over a decade.