Montreal police say they have arrested five people this week related to a number of recent distraction thefts involving seniors, the latest in a rash of similar incidents that have prompted warnings from police forces across the country. Read More

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds more prisoners on Saturday as part of a major swap that amounted to a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire. The exchange came hours after Kyiv came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile attack that left at least 15 people injured. Read More

Judy Frank says no longer getting mail at her door would make life harder. Read More

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has written a letter to the president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency asking that ostriches at a B.C. farm be spared from a planned cull. Read More

Hudson’s Bay says it plans to sell up to 28 of its store leases to a B.C. mall owner who wants to launch “a new modern department store.” Read More

A new analysis of immigration data released by the federal government reveals that while the number of new permanent residents dropped after the federal government announced that it would cut immigration levels, the number of temporary foreign workers actually increased, while other temporary permits declined. Read More

Majdal Shams, Golan Heights — At first, the kids thought it was a drone. Read More

Canadian postal workers may once again go on strike. After a one-month strike over the winter that effectively stranded tens of thousands of Christmas parcels, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) is set to do it all again. After a midnight deadline expired without an agreement, the union announced a ban on overtime Friday and said they may escalate. Read More

… but, of course, one almost couldn’t help flashing back to our recent election campaign, wherein the prime minister had half-boasted to a Radio-Canada reporter that he doesn’t buy his own groceries and has no earthly idea how the stuff in his fridge gets there. It struck me at the time that this was a classic mistake for an electoral neophyte like Mark Carney. Fans of the legendary American columnist Michael Kinsley will surely think of it as a “Kinsley gaffe,” i.e., an obviously true statement that is nevertheless bound to get a politician in trouble. Read More

On May 19, a joint statement was issued by the governments of the United Kingdom, France, and Canada whose principal points were: ”We call on the Israeli government to stop its military operations in Gaza and immediately allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. This must include engaging with the UN to ensure a return to delivery of aid in line with humanitarian principles." "Israel suffered a heinous attack on October 7. We have always supported Israel's right to defend Israelis against terrorism. But this escalation is wholly disproportionate." "If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response." "It is a ceasefire, the release of all remaining hostages and a long-term political solution that offer the best hope of ending the agony of the hostages and their families, alleviating the suffering of civilians in Gaza, ending Hamas's control of Gaza and achieving a pathway to a two-state solution.” Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government says its new online system for collecting import duties is a step forward for business because it streamlines the entire process. Read More

OTTAWA — As an institution that has for centuries employed symbolism with surgical precision, the timing of the King's visit to Canada may be more revealing than the itinerary itself. Read More

NEW YORK — Billy Joel has cancelled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England, including one at Toronto's Rogers Centre, after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his "hearing, vision and balance." Read More

Canadian investment pioneer James O’Donnell died on May 20 at the age of 88 after a battle with dementia. He was the chairman and founder of the O’Donnell Investment Management Corporation, headquartered in Toronto. Read More

BERLIN — A stabbing attack at the busy central train station in the German city of Hamburg left multiple people injured, some of them in life-threatening condition, authorities said. A woman was arrested as the suspect. Read More

A U.S. judge has provided Harvard University a temporary reprieve from the Trump administration's move to block enrolment of foreign students, including Canadians. Read More

On Thursday Toronto city council passed a bylaw allowing schools, daycares and places of worship to apply for a 50-metre “bubble zone” in which protesting would be prohibited. The impetus, obviously, is the anti-Israel protesters who have been targeting synagogues since Oct. 7, 2003. They and their supporters naturally complained bitterly about this new bylaw — a violation of the Charter, they said confidently. (Typically, council voted down a motion that would have made public the legal advice it had received on the matter.) Read More

Let me introduce myself. I am a car and my family name is Buick. My given name is Allure which I really like. I am a member of the General Motors family and my owner calls me Maximilian. That is because that’s what she called all her transport vehicles. In fact her first Maximilian was her bicycle in Hungary. The rest were new cars, all members of the General Motors family except the first one, a used car whose odometer was reset and that emitted smoke front and back. Read More

PARIS — A Paris court on Friday found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the robbery of Kim Kardashian at her residence in the French capital in 2016. But none of them will face prison time. Read More

(Bloomberg) — Canada’s economy is likely in the early stages of a recession, according to forecasters, as unemployment rises and exports fall because of a trade war with the U.S. Read More

A woman who was busted in Spain last year with ancient artifacts is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to art trafficking across Europe. Read More

Hundreds of Canadians could potentially be caught up in the fight between President Donald Trump and prestigious Harvard University over international student enrollment. Read More

The robbery was over in minutes, the fallout long: Nearly a decade after robbers stormed Kim Kardashian's luxury residence and tied her up at gunpoint, a Paris court will decide the verdict Friday in one of the most audacious celebrity heists in modern French history. Read More

TD Bank Group said Thursday that it's cutting about two per cent of its workforce as the bank works to reduce costs and refocus spending under new leadership. Read More

The Florida Panthers have signed Canadian singer Michael Buble -- for a good cause. Read More

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump threatened Apple Inc. with a tariff of at least 25 per cent if it does not manufacture its iPhones in the U.S., ramping up pressure on the tech giant to secure more domestic production. Read More

OTTAWA — Newly minted Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said he's "committed to a clean slate" in his maiden speech in Calgary, promising to turn the page on a decade of mistrust between Alberta and the Liberal government in Ottawa. Read More

OTTAWA — When members of Parliament return to the House of Commons on Monday, their first order of business will be to elect a new Speaker. To date, no fewer than seven Liberal and Conservative MPs have indicated they are interested in the position. Read More

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Elias Rodriguez, 31, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and murder of foreign officials, among other charges that did not include terrorism or hate crimes, according to a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday. Read More

The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) said that instead of a strike, which they gave notice for earlier this week, they would be implementing a nationwide overtime ban. More than 55,000 Canada Post workers are being called on to refuse to work more than eight hours a day and more than 40 hours in a week as the union reviews the latest offers from the Crown Corporation. Read More

The murder of a 22-year-old model, university student and social media influencer has stirred outrage in Colombia.  Read More

Our cookbook of the week is My Cypriot Table by Oakville, Ont.-based author Irene Matys. Read More

It was not that long ago, merely March, when Prime Minister Mark Carney, fresh off his Liberal party leadership win, began telling Canadians that his party needed a "strong mandate" because they were "facing the most significant crisis of our lifetimes because of President Donald Trump's unjustified trade actions and his threats to our sovereignty." He insisted a snap election was essential, as was electing him, the self-proclaimed "crisis manager," to address it. Read More

Canadians don’t believe in terrorism. They believe in peace and democracy. That’s why this week’s news should alarm every Canadian: Hamas, a designated terrorist organization responsible for the brutal murders and rapes of over 1,200 innocent people on October 7 — including the deaths of eight Canadians — publicly praised a joint statement issued by the UK, France, and Canada. That statement demanded that Israel cease its military operations—or face “concrete actions.” Read More

Let’s get one thing straight. This will be Tom Cruise’s final Mission: Impossible movie. Unless of course it turns out not to be. Also, this prediction will self-destruct in five seconds. Read More