GIESBRECHT: Carney smarter than Trudeau and looks unfriendly to West

Are the Carney Liberals different from the Trudeau Liberals, and can they keep Canada from falling apart? Although the possibility of Quebec separating is always there, the very real possibility that Western Canada will go its own way has never faced an incoming prime minister.

But after a decade of the Justin Trudeau Liberals’ version of governing, it is suddenly the existential issue for Carney. Unless he can demonstrate that the Carney Liberals are not just a more sophisticated version of the Trudeau liberals who brought us to this low point, the reality of Western independence appears to be only a matter of time.

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Welcome to šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street: Vancouver’s newest street name is also its first using alphabet other than English

Vancouver’s newest street name is set to be the city’s first officially named in an alphabet other than English: šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm Street.

The new name, which comes from the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ language of the Musqueam First Nation, will replace Trutch Street on Vancouver’s West Side if city council approves a staff report at a meeting next week.

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‘Unreliable’ UK not told in advance about Israel’s attack on Iran

The UK was not officially informed about Israel’s attack on Iran before it happened and provided no support to the mission, it is understood, highlighting the deteriorating relationship between the two countries.

Diplomats said it appeared Israel no longer considered the UK to be a “reliable partner” after Sir Keir Starmer placed sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers this week.

Military planners inside the Ministry of Defence were braced for the strikes on Thursday night. However, the UK appeared to have been cut out of the loop on the operation, despite being involved in previous strikes.


If Britain is out Canada is on ice for good.

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The Prime Minister hits the ground running, unconcerned by deficits, principle or the rights of Parliament

Tuesday marks a couple of anniversaries of sorts for Mark Carney. It will have been 100 days since he was elected leader of the Liberal Party and, as such, became Prime Minister of Canada. And it will have been 50 days since the general election confirmed him in that position.

What have we learned in that time about his philosophy of government, and – a related but distinct point – his approach to governing?

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WARMINGTON: Peel, York, Toronto Police let public know they are monitoring Israel-Iran war

On this Friday the 13th coming after major preemptive military strikes by Israel in Iran, GTA police services are taking no chances.

Toronto, Peel and York police stepped up with messages to the public and have deployed strategies to respond just in case they are needed. Everybody is hoping they will not be. But with the possibility of World War III on the horizon, they have done their due diligence to make sure their citizens are safe.

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The diplomatic war over the £16bn haul of treasure beneath the Caribbean

With 70 guns and about 400 hands, HMS Expedition was exactly the kind of ship-of-the-line that formed the backbone of the 18th-century Royal Navy.

At about 7pm on June 8 1708, she fired a broadside that not only sent a Spanish enemy carrying 600 people onboard to the bottom of the Caribbean Sea but, after the passage of more than three centuries, triggered a diplomatic and legal row that has suddenly escalated.

The dispute is over the wreckage of the San José, a galleon carrying a priceless hoard of gold, silver and emeralds from Panama to Colombia for onward travel to Spain.

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The Supreme Court Swats Down Discrimination Double Standards

The 1964 Civil Rights Act made it illegal to base employment decisions on protected characteristics, including sex and race. It doesn’t contain a carveout for “reverse” discrimination against majority groups—nor does it create special, extra-demanding legal standards for such cases.

And yet courts in several of the nation’s appeals circuits have long made these cases harder to bring. In the Sixth Circuit, for instance, plaintiffs from majority groups have had to show “background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.”

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Jamie Sarkonak: New Liberals offer more of the same old attitude on immigration

In case you were still wondering whether the federal government’s attitude has changed under its new leadership — well, it hasn’t.

In a House of Commons debate earlier this week, the new Liberal immigration minister, Lena Diab, evaded questions, defended her government’s record of over-immigration and finger-wagged the Opposition for drawing a connection between housing shortages and steep population growth.

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Dark Clouds Over South Africa

There was a moment with a glimmer of hope for beleaguered South Africa. That moment appeared on May 21, 2025, with a meeting at the White House between US President Donald J. Trump and his South African counterpart, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The purpose of the meeting was to ‘reset’ the relationship between them after violently racist and anti-Western policies adopted by the largest political party in South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC), which heads a coalition government, were criticised by President Trump.

While Ramaphosa focused on trade at the meeting –- probably believing he could get away with neo-Marxist policies by tempting Trump with trade opportunities, such as availability of critical minerals — Trump instead brooded on the deep injustice against the country’s white minorities. Many onlookers believe they deserving what they are getting as a result of sometimes hundreds of years of discrimination against the Blacks, or “Coloureds,” by South Africa’s White European settlers.

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Mafia charges paint surprising picture of who killed whom in power struggles

The charges filed in Thursday’s roundup of significant organized crime figures on Thursday suggest past ties mean nothing during underworld power struggles.

The charge that stands out the most is one that accuses alleged Montreal Mafia leaders Leonardo Rizzuto, 56, and Stefano Sollecito, 57, of the first-degree murder of Lorenzo LoPresti, a man who was killed at his condo in the St-Laurent borough on Oct. 24, 2011.

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U.S. border officials say additional checks of Canada-bound vehicles are here to stay

U.S. border officials told Global News that outbound searches of vehicles heading north into Canada are now the norm and will be happening indefinitely.

Global News was given a behind-the-scenes tour of operations at the Blaine border crossing on Thursday and attended more than five hours of presentations from the port director, agriculture specialist and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.

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Anti-ICE Org Backing National Protests Led By Member Of CCP-Tied Group

The leader of a Chinese American political action committee involved in organizing upcoming protests against federal immigration enforcement under the “No Kings” banner is also a director of a taxpayer-funded group with extensive ties to Beijing’s intelligence network, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has discovered.

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