Matthew Fox says he has two words for customers wanting to try Marvin’s Premium Candy Co. Cherry edibles.
“Good luck.”
Fox works behind the counter at the Realeaf Cannabis trailer on Highway 11, just north of Saskatoon. The business is owned by the Saulteaux First Nation.
Judges will no longer have to refer to criminal defendants by the gender of their choice in an update after the Supreme Court’s transgender ruling.
The revised guidance abandons self-identification language and reaffirms the binary definition of sex to state that the legal definition of a woman means biological female rather than sex attained by the acquisition of a gender recognition certificate (GRC).
It says that non-binary status has no legal footing and sets out that courts may refuse contested pronouns.
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— FRANCIS – BULLBITCOIN.COM (@francispouliot_) June 23, 2025
h/t Mauser
The Carney government largely failed to help Canadian citizens safely and quickly exit Israel as Iran began its deadly bombardment of civilian areas late last week, according to two evacuees.
Two Canadians who spent several days sheltering intermittently in bomb shelters say they found safe passage via Birthright, an organization that brings members of the Jewish diaspora to Israel on a 10-day sponsored trip to learn more about the country.
A fake wedding at Disneyland Paris in France triggered a police investigation on Sunday after the theme park’s staff suspected that the “bride” in the alleged ceremony was a 9-year-old Ukrainian girl.
The bizarre incident was first reported by the Le Parisien daily. The paper said a man had hired the park’s complex — which can be used for private events outside opening hours — for a total of €130,000 ($150,000) several weeks earlier.
Hundreds of extras were brought in to play the role of guests.
Hard work in Canada has never paid less, in economic opportunity or quality of life. For most young Canadians, it doesn’t really matter how much you make in dollars and cents: without family money, the big picture is largely the same. No homeownership. No path to building wealth. Delayed family formation, or none at all.
This corrosive disconnect between salary and lifestyle goes to the heart of Canada’s generational tensions. Outside rural areas, even a six-figure salary often means living paycheque to paycheque by the time rent, transit, food and other basic expenses are paid for. Needless to say, many young people make far less than six figures, which is why one out of every four food bank users in Ontario these days is employed.
US President Donald Trump has raised the possibility of a change in leadership in Iran, after his country joined Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities.
On Sunday, Trump posted on social media to ask “why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???”
His remarks came after other top US officials stressed that toppling Iran’s leaders was not the aim of Saturday’s military action, during which US bombers targeted three sites in an effort to curtail Tehran’s nuclear programme.
The Mayor of Guelph cuts off replies from voters because they notice that of the eleven new Guelph bus drivers, 8 are foreigners. https://t.co/GolI8hYlD6
— Marc Emery (@MarcScottEmery) June 23, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
Hot times, summer in the city but don’t even think about making sure the swimming pools are open 24/7.
This time, the City of Toronto dove into the deep end and is drowning in absurdity. Toronto won’t easily live down the day it closed its public swimming pools to kids and families wanting to cool down because it was too hot.
My new kufiya just arrived from Hirbawi, the last manufacturer left in Palestine.
It’s so beautiful holy MOLY ❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/crVHhoS8aH
— Rachel Gilmore (@atRachelGilmore) June 22, 2025
She loves the attention.
There is a frightening trend in Hamburg’s schools: Muslim pupils are putting pressure on and harassing their non-Muslim classmates.
There have been reports of girls being bullied for dressing femininely and not wearing a headscarf; others have been called ‘pig-eaters,’ and are now wary of eating their sandwiches during break between lessons.
A father says he felt compelled to enrol his son in a new school because the old school made the mistake of concentrating many Muslim children in one class—with the result being that the few “non-believers” were bullied.
We are poorer than we think. Canadians running their retirement numbers are shining light in the dark corners of household finances in this country. The sums leave many “anxious, fearful and sad about their finances,” according to a Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan survey recently reported in these pages.
Fifty-two per cent of us worry a lot about our personal finances. Fifty per cent feel frustrated, 47 per cent feel emotionally drained and 43 per cent feel depressed. There is not one survey indicator to suggest Canadians have made financial progress in 2025 compared with 2024.
“I’m the one that decides,” declared President Trump last week when asked by a reporter who gets to say what “America First” really means. Faced with a backlash from parts of his base over the prospect of the US supporting Israel in military action in Iran, the president said his word is final — “after all, I’m the one that developed America First” — adding that “the term wasn’t used until I came along”.
In fact, the phrase dates back to the First World War when Woodrow Wilson used the slogan to appeal to voters who wanted America to stay out of the conflict. (They didn’t get their wish.) The America First Committee was founded in 1940 to protest against US involvement in the Second World War, but gained notoriety after high-profile members such as the aviator Charles Lindbergh and the automotive tycoon Henry Ford led to a perception that it had antisemitic and pro-fascist sympathies.
Federal bureaucrats are working behind the scenes to manage potential conflicts of interest involving Prime Minister Mark Carney’s former private business ties, senior officials confirmed this week, amid renewed scrutiny of his financial connections and past roles with major corporations.
Christiane Fox, deputy clerk of the Privy Council Office, told MPs that public servants are coordinating with the Prime Minister’s Office to address any declared conflicts.
