national
- Top 6 moments from the 2022 Ontario election debate
Ontario’s four main party leaders were relatively civil as they spared at Monday night’s televised election debate in Toronto.
- Kenney visits Washington, pushing stronger energy ties between Alberta and U.S.
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney begins his two-day blitz in Washington today, hoping to convince U.S. lawmakers his province is best positioned to strengthen North American energy security.
- Ontario party leaders attack Ford on health, education in election debate
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford faced a barrage of attacks from the other three major party leaders in the Ontario election debate Monday.
- Metis leader calls for Queen to apologize for residential schools
The president of the Metis National Council says the Queen should apologize for residential schools to help survivors and their families heal.
- Documents show a pattern of human rights abuses against gender diverse prisoners
Facing daily instances of violence and abuse, gender diverse people in the Canadian prison system say they are forced to take measures into their own hands to secure their safety.
- Federal commitments still outstanding, nearly a year since first residential school burial site discovery
Almost a year since the first reported discovery of a burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, the federal government provided an update on the promises it has made since to 'lift up the truth,' many of which are still a work in progress.
- Canada Day celebrations moving from Parliament Hill
The Canada Day main stage will be at LeBreton Flats park just west of downtown Ottawa this year, not on Parliament Hill.
- 'Absolutely disgusting': Team leader critical of RCMP mental health support after N.S. shooting
The RCMP's treatment of their tactical team in the days following the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia was characterized as "absolutely disgusting" Monday during testimony before the public inquiry examining the killings.
- Ontario driver who killed woman and three daughters sentenced to 17 years in prison
A driver who struck and killed a woman and her three young daughters nearly two years ago 'gambled with other people's lives' when he took the wheel, an Ontario judge said Monday in sentencing him to 17 years behind bars.
- Here's where Prince Charles and Camilla will go on their Royal visit in Canada
Canadians welcome Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as they embark on a three-day, travel-filled visit starting Tuesday. Between what senior government officials, Canadian Heritage, Rideau Hall and Clarence House have released, here's everything we know about the royal tour and its itinerary.
world
- Attacking schools, Russia deals a blow to Ukraine's future
The Ukrainian government says Russia has shelled more than 1,000 schools, destroying 95. Intentionally attacking schools and other civilian infrastructure is a war crime. Experts say wide-scale wreckage can be used as evidence of Russian intent, and to refute claims that schools were simply collateral damage.
- Ukraine mounts effort to rescue last of the Mariupol steel mill fighters
Efforts were underway Tuesday to rescue the last of the defenders inside the Azovstal steel plant in the ruined city of Mariupol after Ukrainian officials said the fighters had 'completed their mission' and there was no way to free the plant by military means.
- North Korea reports another surge in fevers amid COVID crisis
North Korea on Tuesday reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be COVID-19 and encouraged good health habits as a mass outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population and military officers were deployed to distribute medicine.
- Europe accused of 'double-standard' on Ukrainian refugees
The quick acceptance of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's aggression puts a spotlight on Europe's 'double standard' for migrants, standing against its nonwelcome for people fleeing violence in Africa, the Mideast and elsewhere, the head of the world's largest humanitarian network said Monday.
- Feds seek prison for rioter in 'Camp Auschwitz' sweatshirt
Federal prosecutors on Monday recommended a prison sentence of more than two months for a Virginia man who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a "Camp Auschwitz" sweatshirt.
- Online diary: Buffalo gunman plotted attack for months
The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket wrote as far back as November about staging a livestreamed attack on African Americans, practiced shooting from his car and travelled hours from his home in March to scout out the store, according to detailed diary entries he appears to have posted online.
- 'Copycat' mass shootings becoming deadlier, experts warn after Buffalo attack
An 18-year-old white man suspected of fatally shooting 10 people in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, appears to be the latest in a line of 'copycat' gunmen carrying out deadlier mass shootings inspired by previous attackers, experts warned.
- Greece: Man, believed homeless, crushed in 'robot dumpster'
Authorities in northern Greece say a man has been killed in an automated dumpster after opening the bin and looking inside, apparently in search of food.
- White 'replacement theory' fuels racist attacks
A racist ideology seeping from the internet's fringes into the mainstream is being investigated as a motivating factor in the supermarket shooting that killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York. Most of the victims were Black.
- Officials confirm EF0 landspout tornado near Casselman, Ont.
Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project says a landspout tornado occurred east of Ottawa during Sunday's severe weather, making it the first confirmed tornado of the 2022 season.
USA news
- After Helping Depress Twitter Stock, Elon Musk Floats Possibility Of Lower Purchase Price
He still seemed unenthusiastic about buying due to concerns about bots, he told a conference. “The more questions I ask, the more my concerns grow.”
- Arizona’s GOP-Led Senate Launches Inquiry Into Wendy Rogers’ Post About Buffalo Shooting
After 10 people were killed by a gunman in New York, the state senator seemed to suggest it was a "false flag."
- U.S. Government Offering Twice As Many COVID-19 Test Kits Via Mail
The increased test distribution comes as weekly cases of coronavirus are growing.
- Fox News Exec Says Giuliani’s Appearance On ‘The Masked Singer’ Was A ‘Jaw Dropping Moment’
Trump's ex-attorney appeared in Episode 7 of this season’s show.
- Legendary WWE Wrestler Ric Flair Returning To Ring For One Final Match
The boisterous 16-time world champion is back for a showdown.
- Karine Jean-Pierre Acknowledges Historic Moment As New White House Press Secretary
"I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman,” Jean-Pierre said at the press briefing. "The first of all three of those to hold this position."
- Trump Is Back On Twitter
The former president is posting his Truth Social messages on Twitter, even though he's supposed to be permanently banned.
- CNN Correspondent Breaks Down At Buffalo Shooting Scene: ‘Nothing Will Change’
"I've done 15 of these," Victor Blackwell said. "At least the ones I could count."
- White House To Loosen Some Cuba Restrictions
Trump had increased sanctions against Cuba, including the cancellation of permits to send remittances.
- Buffalo Shooting Victim Who Called For Stronger Gun Control Was ‘A Beautiful Soul’
Community leader Katherine Massey, 72, was remembered as a “warrior” who fiercely advocated for ending gun violence.
politics
- Bloc, NDP support Tory bid to revive committee studying Canada-China relations
MPs have voted to re-establish a special committee on Canada-China relations. The committee was first set up in 2019 in light of prolonged diplomatic friction with China, with a mandate to examine and review the bilateral relationship, including economic, legal and security aspects.
- Criminal case review body still in the works, justice minister says after Milgaard death
Justice Minister David Lametti says Ottawa is weighing options for the design of a commission to review possible wrongful convictions, adding he is committed to getting the new body in place. The recent death of David Milgaard, the victim of one of Canada's most notorious miscarriages of justice, has put renewed attention on Lametti's plan to create an independent criminal case review commission.
- Federal commitments still outstanding, nearly a year since first residential school burial site discovery
Almost a year since the first reported discovery of a burial site at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, the federal government provided an update on the promises it has made since to 'lift up the truth,' many of which are still a work in progress.
- Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre denounces 'white replacement theory'
Pierre Poilievre is denouncing the 'white replacement theory' believed to be a motive for a mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., as 'ugly and disgusting hate-mongering.'
- Canada prepared to send ships to Romanian ports to help export Ukraine's wheat: Joly
Canada is poised to send cargo ships to ports in Romania and neighbouring countries to help Ukraine get its wheat to Africa and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Monday.
- Ottawa's Terry Fox statue to move to make way for new parliamentary building
The Terry Fox statue across from Parliament Hill will need to be moved to make way for a new building to house MPs and senators, committee rooms and an Indigenous Peoples' space.
- Canada Day celebrations moving from Parliament Hill
The Canada Day main stage will be at LeBreton Flats park just west of downtown Ottawa this year, not on Parliament Hill.
- Patrick Brown says social conservatives would have a place in a party led by him
Conservative Party leadership candidate Patrick Brown says social conservatives would have a place in a party led by him but that he stands firm on his views on topics such as abortion.
- From Poilievre's banking pledges to absent climate talk, former PM Campbell questions direction of Conservative Party
Amid discussions about the battle for the soul of the Conservative Party, former prime minister Kim Campbell says without leadership on policies such as climate change, the party's identity will remain in question.
- Here's where Prince Charles and Camilla will go on their Royal visit in Canada
Canadians welcome Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as they embark on a three-day, travel-filled visit starting Tuesday. Between what senior government officials, Canadian Heritage, Rideau Hall and Clarence House have released, here's everything we know about the royal tour and its itinerary.