News of the phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which they agreed to meet in person to discuss the war in Ukraine, will have come as an unwelcome surprise to Kyiv.
The country is being hit hard.
The last 24 hours alone have seen Russia launch dozens of missiles and more than 300 drones at multiple targets.
@fancypants_s https://t.co/R6yJLyvg2r
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) October 17, 2025
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OTTAWA — A new national poll finds that most Canadians see securing a new trade deal with the U.S. as crucial for domestic jobs and economic growth.
The poll, conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), shows that cross-border relations is a top-of-mind concern for Canadians, as the national economy falters under the weight of tariffs.
We have to accept that this is a very lopsided negotiation.
Reject or accept?
Cabinet advisor lobbied for Muslim prayer rooms in federal buildings though only 2% of employees self-identify as Muslim.
Failure to accommodate is “Islamophobia in the workplace,” @AmiraElghawaby wrote in notes disclosed thru Access To Info #ATI #cdnfoi https://t.co/AzpcpfG57M pic.twitter.com/LGrSrcC8wd— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) October 17, 2025
A federal grand jury indicted two alleged Antifa members with terrorism-related charges for a July 4 attack on an ICE facility in Texas.
The indictment, issued Wednesday and unsealed Thursday, charges Cameron Arnold and Zachary Evetts with providing material support for terrorism, attempting to murder federal and assisting officers and discharging firearms during attempted murders.
BREAKING: The DOJ has brought TERRORISM-related charges against members of Antifa for the first time
Two individuals who were involved in an attack on ICE agents in Alvarado, Texas, Zachary Evetts and Cameron Arnold, were indicted by a federal grand jury, and charged with:… pic.twitter.com/xDKtldPDoL
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 16, 2025
Canadians’ views on immigration have become slightly more positive but the opinion gap along political lines has widened to a record level, according to a poll that tracks public attitudes toward immigration and refugees.
The annual Environics Institute survey found that 56 per cent of Canadians believe the country accepts too many immigrants, declining by two percentage points from last year, following a dramatic increase in negative sentiments between 2022 and 2024.
John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Trump who is now counted among his foes, was indicted Thursday over allegations he shared and stored classified information.
Federal prosecutors say that Bolton sent more than a thousand pages of “diary-like entries” to two relatives and retained documents, writings and notes related to national defense.
Prime Minister @MarkJCarney was asked today if he would ensure that Netanyahu would be arrested if he came on Canadian soil.
The Prime Minister gave not only the morally correct answer, but the only answer appropriate under international law.
We thank him for reaffirming this… pic.twitter.com/bxwx6bz3qH
— NCCM (@nccm) October 17, 2025
OTTAWA — NDP leadership candidate Avi Lewis is promising to lower grocery bills across the country by bringing in a national “public option” to compete with corporate supermarket chains, but economists say this could be a hard row to hoe for a meagre yield.
“I think it would be profoundly expensive, and very difficult to make succeed, for a relatively marginal benefit for Canadians,” said Mike von Massow, a professor of food, agriculture and resource economics at the University of Guelph.
This game was designed for cats pic.twitter.com/2aPRfkL3M1
— Wholesome Side of (@itsme_urstruly) October 16, 2025
Prince Andrew met the top Chinese official at the centre of the Beijing spy case at least three times, The Telegraph can reveal.
The Duke of York held meetings in 2018 and 2019 with Cai Qi, one of the most senior members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a close ally of Xi Jinping, China’s president.
Mr Cai is understood to be the final recipient of sensitive information allegedly passed to China by Christopher Berry and Christopher Cash, the two British nationals accused of spying for Beijing.
Yesterday at the job fair of Toronto Pearson Airport. The organizers had promised on-site interviews but were overwhelmed by the number of people who showed up.
The event was open to anyone legally entitled to work in Canada, including TFWs & international students. pic.twitter.com/MTTsOj5UAD— sammy 2.0 (@Sammy_canada2) October 16, 2025
Starting now … Rumble Live Link
Still the greatest commercial ever filmed. pic.twitter.com/A5shm2cAVq
— Christy (@Christy4Change) October 15, 2025
Not long before he was shot dead by one of the gangs of Gaza, Saleh al-Jafarawi had identified the Hamas internal security forces whose tentacles were spreading out across the territory.
Wearing black baseball caps embroidered with gold and carrying assault rifles as they were stationed from Gaza City in the north to Khan Yunis in the south, the patrols were a sign that Hamas was ready to crush any existential and internal threat.
Three days after posting images of the security forces, Jafarawi, a journalist, was killed by an armed militia, caught in the crossfire as Hamas wrought revenge on gangs that dared to challenge it. A few days after that came the first public executions of men that Hamas claimed were plotting to overthrow the militant group that has ruled by fear since 2007.
