Why an island airport rehab project hasn’t taken flight

Plus, the Liberals bank on Mark Carney for economy advice, how to simplify school lunch prep and TIFF’s best foreign films [The Star] First Up [By Andrew Joe Potter] By Andrew Joe Potter Good morning. Kamala Harris has a modern, multiracial family. By criticizing it, Jamie Watt thinks [Republicans walked straight into a perfectly laid trap](. Here’s the latest on everything else. MUST READS Ports Toronto Island airport [Even a ‘dream team’ has been unable to revitalize a Billy Bishop landmark]( At the south end of the island airport sits the empty 85-year-old Terminal A. However, despite plans to restore the historic building into a restaurant and event space, headwinds — such as moving the building from its current place within a secure area at Billy Bishop — have grounded the project, Patty Winsa reports. Unable to take flight, [this incredible relic of Toronto’s aviation history has been allowed to rot](. AFP/Getty Images file photo POLITICS [Justin Trudeau finally draws in banking buff Mark Carney]( The former Bank of Canada governor will join the Liberals’ summer caucus meetings starting tomorrow in Nanaimo. Carney will advise the party on an economic productivity plan, Althia Raj writes. Despite the NDP ripping up the supply and confidence agreement and the departure of the party’s campaign director, [Trudeau’s chances of sticking through to the next election just got rosier](. Steve Russell/Toronto Star transit [Hundreds join west-end ghost bike ride to mark yet another slain cyclist]( Late August, Navjot Kaur was cycling when she was struck by a vehicle near Kipling Avenue. She succumbed to her injuries a week later, becoming the sixth cyclist killed in Toronto this year — already the deadliest since the city began recording driver-related biking deaths in 2006, Raju Mudhar notes. [Many riders say suburban cycling infrastructure is still sorely lacking](. Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star BACK TO SCHOOL [Failure to lunch? Here’s how to make school prep faster and easier]( As a battle-tested mom of a tween and a teens’ cooking teacher, Claire Tansey is an expert at making nutritious, school-safe lunches that kids will actually eat. Instead of coming up with a new lunch idea every day, consider adopting the “camp system,” repeating preset daily themes each week. [Read on for more practical lunch prep tips](. Tim Vizer/Getty Images Sports [Canada’s men’s soccer team ended its long stateside drought]( For the first time in 67 years, the Canadians beat the Americans on their own turf, taking Saturday’s friendly 2-1 in Kansas City. Coach Jesse Marsch’s squad was superlative, reinforcing the success Canada had at Copa America earlier this year while the U.S. floundered, Joe Callaghan writes. [Here’s what the statement victory means in the lead up to the 2026 World Cup](. UP CLOSE Nick Lachance/Toronto Star Jordan Romano’s season is officially over, the Blue Jays announced Friday. Never quite able to get his body right, the talented closer logged the most frustrating season of his career, Gregor Chisholm writes. [Now, a major decision looms for the club](. WATCH THIS Courtesy of TIFF One of the best parts about TIFF is getting the chance to preview some of the year’s buzziest international films long before they show up on this winter’s Oscar season radar. [Adam Nayman breaks down the top four foreign flicks at the festival](. Thanks for reading the weekend edition of First Up, the Bong Joon-ho to the weekday’s Ingmar Bergman. Send questions, comments and spec scripts to our team at [firstup@thestar.ca](mailto:firstup@thestar.ca?source=newsletter&utm_source=ts_nl&utm_medium=emailutm_email=6C53B63A8E3FAD70AD4EF13004527437&utm_campaign=frst_1819), and we will see you back here Monday. If you're not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. Or, if you'd prefer, you can unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking the first link below. [Unsubscribe From This Newsletter]( [Sign Up for More Newsletters and Email Alerts]( [View in Browser]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. 8 Spadina Avenue, 10th Floor, Toronto, ON M5V 0S8. 416-367-2000 [PRIVACY POLICY](