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Pope urges Europe to do more for migrants while visiting gateway island
Pope Leo XIV has called on European leaders to rise to the “momentous challenge” of handling migration as he visited the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The pontiff urged Europe to help new arrivals integrate better and improve conditions in their home countries, during a mass on the island, which receives tens of thousands of migrants a year.
“Those who have lost their lives in this sea are victims both of decisions that were made and of decisions that were not made,” the Pope said.
NATO’s European members and Canada have signaled a readiness to fully take over the financing of Ukraine’s fight against Russia
NATO members are hoping to pledge €70 billion ($80 billion) in military aid to Ukraine for 2026 and “at least equivalent levels” of support in 2027, when they meet at an upcoming summit in Turkey on July 6 and 7.
The funding pledge was revealed in a released text of the summit’s declaration, which was approved by the ambassadors of all NATO’s 32 members, including the United States.
… European NATO members and Canada will provide the majority of the funding.
The move comes in response to declining support to provide aid to Ukraine by US President Donald Trump, with Kyiv’s European allies signaling a readiness to take over the financing of Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
So all of Canada’s problem’s are solved?
Gunman who opened fire at mother-and-child home in Stade Germany killing 6 in custody dispute ‘is paedophile prison escapee’
A GUNMAN who killed six people in a shooting rampage at a mother-and-child home over a custody dispute is allegedly a paedophile prison escapee.
Fatih Gazioglu, 45, is accused of opening fire at a facility where his child and the boy’s mum reportedly lived at in Stade, Germany.
Partners in time
Few figures did more to build modern Canada than William Van Horne. The irrepressible railroad executive drove the laying of the ribbons of steel that brought commerce and settlement to the West, sealing British Columbia’s membership in Confederation and knitting the country together from coast to coast.
As a leader of the Canadian Pacific Railway company, Mr. Van Horne connected citizens of the new country together in ways many had considered impossible, delivering transportation and telegraph communication across thousands of kilometres. Doubt hung so heavily over the project that at one point Ottawa offered B.C. a wagon road instead. Alexander Mackenzie, the country’s second prime minister, had predicted the line would take more than a decade to build, even “with all the power of men and all the money of the Empire.”
Two-tier justice row as police arrest white man ‘assaulted by black men’
West Midlands Police have been accused of carrying out two-tier justice after a white man was arrested after being assaulted by several black men.
The force is facing calls to release full footage of the incident, which happened in Birmingham on June 21.
Footage shared on social media shows a white man being arrested following a physical confrontation with a group of black men.
Henry Nowak Mark II. A white man is set upon by some Africans & the West Midlands @WMPolice arrest him.
They must have seen 👀 he was not the aggressor. In two-tier Britain 🇬🇧 claiming self-defense will be rejected, unlike the Manchester Airport scum.
pic.twitter.com/a7bMdBH5dF— David Atherton (@daveatherton) July 2, 2026
Hoekstra says no ‘significant progress’ in 14 months of trade negotiations, but U.S. to keep talking
The U.S. envoy to Canada says 14 months of trade talk between Canada and the Trump administration has resolved few issues, but insists the Americans will keep talking in the hopes of striking an agreement on the future of CUSMA, as well as settling other issues.
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra made the remarks on CBC’s Ottawa Morning, where he was asked by host Rebecca Zandbergen how far apart he believes Canada and the United States are on settling the trade irritants that are frustrating a renewal of CUSMA.
Henry Nowak’s killer ‘applies to have murder conviction quashed AND his sentence reduced’
Henry Nowak’s killer has launched a bid to have his murder conviction quashed and his sentence reduced.
Vickrum Digwa, 23, was jailed for life last month with a minimum 21-year term after he stabbed Mr Nowak, 18, to death in December with a ceremonial dagger.
Digwa did not know his teenage victim but ‘lied’ to officers at the scene by claiming Mr Nowak shouted racist abuse, punched him and knocked off his turban.
JAY GOLDBERG: Canada’s high taxes are scaring away top talent
A Canadian-based National Hockey League team hasn’t won the Stanley Cup since 1993. And, with the Carolina Hurricanes capturing hockey’s top prize in mid-June, Canadian fans will have to wait yet another year to see if Lord Stanley’s cup will finally return north of the 49th parallel.
It’s getting too expensive for kids to play hockey.
Court Finds Syrian Home Care Workers Abused Swedish Elderly People in Their Care
Two former home care workers of Syrian descent, Ghazi Jamal Eddin and Mohammad Kher Alhasan in Örebro have been convicted of filming and humiliating elderly people in their care, a case that has prompted Swedish MEP (Sweden Democrats/ECR) Charlie Weimers to call for the deportation of those responsible.
One of the culprits, Eddin, a 22-year-old Syrian man, was found guilty of 36 counts of offensive photography and seven counts of molestation after recordings showed him verbally abusing vulnerable residents while carrying out his duties. According to the district court, he repeatedly filmed elderly people in their own homes without their knowledge or consent, often targeting victims suffering from dementia, before sharing some of the recordings with others.
DONOVAN: Carney’s ‘shoebox’ condo bailout rewards developers — and sticks taxpayers with the bill
Prime Minister Mark Carney and BC Premier David Eby are teaming up to use taxpayer funds for the noble cause of saving real estate developers, likely including some of the ones responsible for the urban blight known as “shoebox” or “dog crate” condos.
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WTF?
There’s something seriously wrong with British policing. pic.twitter.com/lbezgwy6mP
— Or I’ll just!! (@OrIlljust1) July 2, 2026
Israel Ellis: It’s minutes to midnight for Canada’s Jews
In 1947, a group of scientists created a clock — to measure a world teetering on the edge of its own destruction. Born from the fear of a nuclear arms race between Moscow and Washington, they called it the Doomsday Clock. Its face was simple: an analogue dial, a single minute hand leading to midnight — the point of no return.
WTF?
The attack by North Africans with knives on Colosseum in Rome and subsequent police escape represent one of the most serious incidents in recent years. A direct attack on Italianness. They must be sent back to where they came from. Italy for Italians. pic.twitter.com/dIIUFLkIh0
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) July 3, 2026
The American Revolution Was Fought And Won In Neighborhood Bars
Colonel Benjamin Tallmadge noticed it from across the room. For eight years, he had watched Washington and learned to read the small signals: the set of the jaw, the economy of movement, the way the general’s silence could crowd out other men’s noise. He had never seen the hand shake — not at Long Island, where the army nearly dissolved into the East River; not at Valley Forge, where it nearly froze to death; not at Yorktown, where it won.