In today’s TMI (Too Much Information) world, it seems as if it would be well-nigh impossible to have an old-time gossip dragon like a Louella Parsons holding deep, dark secrets and innuendos gleaned from ‘close associates’ over a celebrity’s head.
Are there any secrets anymore?
As the summer tourism season heats up and some Canadians choose to boycott U.S. travel, New England states and business owners want to draw Canadian tourists back.
Maine’s rugged coastline and sandy beaches have helped to earn it the licence plate slogan “Vacationland.” But this year, fewer Canadians are showing up.
David Rowland, co-owner of York Beach Beer Company, has noticed fewer Canadian licence plates and fewer Canadian surfers in York Beach.
I think of myself not so much as a car reviewer as an intimacy coordinator. Four out of five American households depend on an automobile to get to work, to get the kids to school, to go wherever. The typical driver spends about an hour a day in the car, says the AAA—more face time than many of us spend with our families. A good relationship starts with a good match.
Lately, though, Americans have been losing that car-loving feeling. Actually, they’re at the dish-throwing stage. Light-vehicle sales have fallen by about 1.7 million a year since 2016, reflecting the number of younger consumers declining the pleasures of ownership. Millions more remained trapped in toxic relationships with abusive elders. The average age of passenger cars on the road is currently 14.5 years, according to S&P Global’s data.
After four days in Israeli detention, Thiago Avila was relieved to be back in Brazil. He’d been taken into custody, along with 11 others, and spent two days in solitary confinement, after they’d tried to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea. Their vessel, the Madleen, was intercepted leading to what he describes as a gruelling stay marked by inhumane treatment and a brief hunger strike.
And yet, he told CBC News from Sao Paulo, he chose to be detained rather than sign documents admitting to what he considered a false accusation — that they had tried to enter Israel illegally.
One of Greta’s Pals from the selfie cruise made a hero by the CBC.
Almost two billion words — just under 600 of them swear words — were carefully assessed, and the United States then handed the dubious honor of being the most cursing country in the English-speaking world, at least online.
For the Australian duo behind the research, it came as a surprise that the inhabitants of their own country did not lead the way, such is the stereotype that Aussies are easy-going and relaxed, in actions and words.
But Australians were only the third-most likely citizens to drop a swear word in conversation online.
One of Canada’s intelligence agencies says it “improperly” shared information about Canadians that it had obtained “incidentally” with international partners.
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) shared some details about the incident after the intelligence commissioner — the quasi-judicial position that reviews the cyber spy agency’s activities — flagged the case in his annual report tabled in Parliament earlier this week.
CSE spokesperson Janny Bender Asselin told CBC News that last year the agency had to notify the defence minister “of an incident where CSE improperly shared information.”
Pope Leo XIV has issued a stark warning regarding the potential negative impact of artificial intelligence on the intellectual, neurological, and spiritual development of young people.
The caution was delivered in a message to a major conference on AI and ethics.
The conference, which saw part of its proceedings held within the Vatican, underscored the Holy See’s growing concern over emerging technologies and their broader implications for humanity.
Will Pope AI The 1st be more or less fallible than humans?
On a recent mission to Israel, it broke my heart to hear a young Jewish Canadian question whether he had a future in Canada. One participant responded: “Only the Prime Minister of Canada can answer that.”
So, Prime Minister Mark Carney, I ask you plainly: Do Canadian Jews have a safe and secure future in this country? Because if the answer is yes — and I hope it is — then you need to start showing it. Now.
It will not get better.
Fiona Goddard was just 14 and living at a children’s home when she was targeted by a grooming gang based in Bradford.
She was plied with drink and drugs, repeatedly raped and “in effect used as a prostitute” before falling pregnant to one of her abusers, a court heard.
Nine Asian men were jailed for committing 22 offences against her in 2019, but six years on she believes predators continue to plague her home town.
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Nobody is above the law!
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Conservative members of Parliament voted with the minority Liberal government to pass its marquee major projects legislation Friday evening, setting it up to become law before Canada Day.
The legislation, also known as the one Canadian economy act, would allow the government to green-light a list of projects that have been deemed to be in the national interest, fast-tracking their approvals.
The Liberals have called it the core of the government’s domestic economic response to U.S. tariffs.
Hot air balloon with 22 people on board catches fire and falls to the ground in Praia Grande of Brazil.
Santa Catarina Gov. Mello says, “So far, we have confirmed eight de*ths and two survivors were rescued alive.”
Rescue workers are still searching.pic.twitter.com/xwLnGx9DMX
— Paul A. Szypula (@Bubblebathgirl) June 21, 2025
h/t Mauser
Tulsi Gabbard says Iran could produce nuclear weapons “within weeks”, months after she testified before Congress that the country was not building them.
The US Director of National Intelligence said her March testimony – in which she said Iran had a stock of materials but was not building these weapons – had been taken out of context by “dishonest media”.
Her change of position came after Donald Trump said she was “wrong” and that intelligence showed Iran had a “tremendous amount of material” and could have a nuclear weapon “within months”.
When Canadian-grown fruits and vegetables reach the market—typically from June to October—prices become much more stable. Historically, during this window, price fluctuations, the up-and-down swings at the checkout, are about half as volatile as the rest of the year, thanks to seasonal abundance and shorter, domestic supply chains.
Donald Trump will spend as little time as possible on European soil next week when he heads to a crucial Nato summit for just 24 hours.
He was set to arrive in The Hague on Monday evening before returning to Washington on Wednesday, but the White House says he will now arrive on Tuesday.
A week after he left a meeting of the G7 in Canada early, apparently irritated at having to sit through a meeting on wildfires when his mind was on the Middle East, it will raise fears among allies that he has no time for the sorts of summits that underpin international diplomacy.
This is what he wants everything else is just Blah Blah.
His new schedule means he will still arrive in time for a leaders’ dinner and will attend a session devoted to discussing allies’ efforts to spend the equivalent of five percent of their gross domestic product on defence.
“He wants to see that happen,” said Ms Leavitt.
