Accused in Toronto cop’s death had been working for gun-for-hire network suspected in GFL, tow-truck shootings: sources

Accused in Toronto cop’s death had been working for gun-for-hire network suspected in GFL, tow-truck shootings: sources

Authorities believe the 19-year-old who allegedly killed a Toronto police officer this week had been working for a gun-for-hire network that’s suspected in some of the city’s most notorious violence of recent years, sources say.

The network is believed to be linked to an attack on the U.S. consulate, the GTA tow-truck wars and a set of shootings targeting waste management empire GFL Environmental, the Star has learned.


Nothing to do with Islam. Could just as easily been disgruntled Christadelphians.

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Despicable trolls post doctored photos showing them urinating on Austin Metcalf’s grave

Despicable trolls post doctored photos showing them urinating on Austin Metcalf’s grave

Ghoulish internet trolls are editing photos of themselves so they appear to be urinating on Austin Metcalf’s grave — in a twisted act of solidarity with the Texas teen’s killer, Karmelo Anthony.

Numerous photos showing the despicable act surfaced on social media this week after 19-year-old Anthony was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder in the 2025 stabbing, with some of the photos tagged with the likes of “#FreeKarmeloAnthony,” “#AustinMetcalf” and even “#F–kEm.”

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The 2029 warning: NATO’s race to rearm ahead of Russia

The 2029 warning: NATO’s race to rearm ahead of Russia

Boris Pistorius doesn’t look like a man prone to alarmism.

Germany’s defence minister is frank and plain-spoken, but also deliberate with his words and intention.

When he talks about Russia, the future of the West and the possibility of another European war, the message however becomes stark: “Our experts say it can happen in 2029.”

Wait. What? That’s three years from now.

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“It’s No Longer a Belgian City”: Viral Documentary Examines Brussels

“It’s No Longer a Belgian City”: Viral Documentary Examines Brussels

A new documentary by American YouTuber Tyler Oliveira has attracted significant attention online for its portrayal of Brussels as a city transformed by mass immigration, rising crime, and growing integration tensions.

Oliveira, who has built a large online audience through documentaries exploring crime, social tensions, and political controversies around the world, examined life in the Belgian capital in a documentary that runs more than 40 minutes.

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Jamie Sarkonak: The Liberals’ Bill C-34 is a boomer plan to censor the internet

Jamie Sarkonak: The Liberals’ Bill C-34 is a boomer plan to censor the internet

On Wednesday, the Liberals tabled Bill C-34, which would restrict minors from social media. That’s the headline pitch, but the bill goes much further, offering cabinet the power to ban children from online games, shut online entities out of Canada completely and order websites to censor content deemed “harmful” by the government. It’s a Great Canadian Firewall in the making.

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China uses ChatGPT to sow unrest in America

China uses ChatGPT to sow unrest in America

China has been using ChatGPT to sow unrest in the US, generating fake images and cartoons in an effort to turn Americans against AI.

OpenAI said a “cluster” of accounts based in China had been manipulating its ChatGPT bot to run “covert influence operations” targeting US voters with anti-AI messaging.

It said the fraudulent accounts, which were based in China but masked their true location, created memes and pictures that aimed to “amplify divisions or exacerbate public distrust”, with the AI-generated images shared on X.

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18-year-old Sheldon Tracy-Stewart accused of firing gun at U.S. consulate in Toronto arrested

18-year-old Sheldon Tracy-Stewart accused of firing gun at U.S. consulate in Toronto arrested

…Const. Marc Pinizzotto was fatally shot at a fourth-floor apartment building on Martha Eaton Way on Thursday, as officers carried out an investigation into multiple shootings, including one at the consulate in March.

Police said 19-year-old Nicholas Bennett, who was shot multiple times in the exchange of gunfire and remains in hospital, faces a first-degree murder charge. A court document shows he has also been charged with firearm-related offences in relation to alleged incidents in March.

Police also arrested and charged another suspect in the consulate shooting on Thursday, a court document shows. Sheldon Tracy-Stewart, 18, is accused of firing a gun at the consulate and committing a violent attack on the official premises of an internationally protected person that was likely to endanger that person’s life or liberty, the document shows.

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US warned French authorities multiple times about main suspect in Lyhanna murder, exposing major justice system failure

US warned French authorities multiple times about main suspect in Lyhanna murder, exposing major justice system failure

French authorities face mounting embarrassment and public fury after it emerged that US child protection organisations repeatedly warned them about the main suspect in the brutal murder of 11-year-old Lyhanna, whose body was found on June 4 in a disused grain silo near Fleurance in south-west France.

The suspect, 41-year-old Jérôme Barella, a father of one of Lyhanna’s classmates, had been the subject of several prior complaints for sexual violence against minors.

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Gatineau muslim told she can’t wear hijab at after-school event: parent committee

Gatineau muslim told she can’t wear hijab at after-school event: parent committee

A Gatineau school board committee says it’s worried parents will be discouraged from volunteering after a local mother was reportedly told by her child’s elementary school that, due to one of the province’s secularism laws, she would have to remove her hijab if she wants to take part in an after-school event this fall.

“We already have a lot of trouble recruiting in general, so it’s a shame,” said Simon Lajoie, president of the parent committee of the board in question, the Centre de services scolaire des Portages-de-l’Outaouais (CSSPO).


No cult accommodations. Move to Afghanistan, you’ll feel at home.

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Deal to end fighting would lead to Hormuz reopening, Iran says

Deal to end fighting would lead to Hormuz reopening, Iran says

A deal with the US to end fighting in Iran is close and includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Foreign Minister has said.

Seyed Abbas Araghchi told state TV the deal also includes the lifting of a US blockade of Iran, but that talks on Iran’s nuclear programme would begin later.

US officials have confirmed some of the details of the agreement, saying economic benefits for Iran would depend on Tehran meeting its obligations.

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McCRAE: Globe and Mail admits its Kamloops ‘mass grave’ failure — now other mainstream media must follow

McCRAE: Globe and Mail admits its Kamloops ‘mass grave’ failure — now other mainstream media must follow

In its May 30 mea culpa, the Globe and Mail’s editorial board came clean and confessed that the newspaper’s reporting of the May 27, 2021, Kamloops graves “discovery” announcement was journalism at its worst.

The newspaper — finally, after five years — admitted it did no homework, asked no questions, and acted merely as a stenographer for the Kamloops Indian band, which, on that “day that lives in infamy,” announced it had discovered the bodies of 215 indigenous children indecently interred in the apple orchard near the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.

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