Toronto police are looking for the public's help identifying a suspect in a string of alleged hate-motivated vandalism at synagogues in the city's north end. Read More

America and China have tapped the brakes on a spiralling tariff war. But there are other points of fierce competition between these two nations that haven’t abated — including the race for rare earth metals. In late March, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to fast-track the mining of critical minerals in a new frontier, the deep sea, a move intended to give America a competitive edge over China. Read More

Canada should make it mandatory for young newcomers to join the cadet corps to learn more about this country’s history and values, says the former honorary colonel of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Read More

Two Israeli Embassy staffers — Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim — were shot in cold blood outside a Jewish event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. The killer reportedly shouted “Free Palestine” and declared, “I did this for Gaza” before firing again and again at close range. Read More

Universities are ground zero for the most virulent strains of antisemitism that plague the West today. But within them, some clusters are more problematic than others. Above all, the widespread antisemitism in university faculties of medicine and affiliated hospitals. Read More

Last week I was on retreat with brother priests at St. Augustine’s Seminary, perched atop the Scarborough Bluffs in Toronto. Read More

Re: Anita Anand debuts at foreign affairs by doing publicity for Hamas — Carson Jerema, May 15; On Israel, Liberals keep making bad moral decisions — Michael Higgins, May 20; and Carney Liberals give Hamas a pass — Tasha Kheiriddin, May 20 Read More

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

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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

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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

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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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