Canada’s economic growth has been sluggish for some years now. It hasn’t been above 1 percent growth in a quarter since the beginning of 2023 and has reached negative numbers occasionally. While the economy has been flirting with being in recession, it hasn’t quite reached that point. At least, it hadn’t until now. Canada’s economy on an annualized basis shrank for the last two quarters in a row, which puts the country into a technical recession.
Tell Carney that.
Apparently, the bravest, most important man in America, fired CBS journalist Scott Pelley, sat down for an interview with New York Times podcast host Lulu Garcia-Navarro that aired Sunday (and taped Friday). It was a tour de force in rancorous arrogance and legendary levels of main character syndrome as he denied believing his semi-public berating of 60 Minutes boss Nick Bilton and CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss would cause him to lose his job.
Ottawa’s new national artificial intelligence strategy has generated considerable excitement. The federal government promises stronger productivity, economic growth, new jobs, and a more competitive Canada. These are worthy objectives, but Canadians should ask a simple question: what problem are we actually trying to solve?
Spencer Pratt’s underdog campaign for Los Angeles mayor is now in limbo. After being in a solid second spot since Election Day Tuesday, Pratt fell to third place behind the two communists who teamed up to elbow the native Angeleno out of the race. As of this writing, Pratt’s second-place standing has been eclipsed by Nithya Raman, a far-left city councilwoman. Mayor Karen Bass has won more than 34.68% of the vote and the right to go to the November election and face the runner-up.
PHNOM PENH — A new undercover investigation that set out to map Cambodia’s illegal wildlife trade has instead opened a window onto a far larger criminal ecosystem — one in which industrial scam compounds linked to Chinese transnational criminal networks, China-to-Mexico fentanyl and precursor-linked routes, elite Cambodian corruption, global money laundering and the sale of purported vitality products like “tiger penis wine” to Chinese officials converge inside the same casino, port and special-economic-zone corridors.
The doctor called from the darkness, a shadowy figure sitting on the stoop of his apartment building. “I want to tell you we’ve been four days without light,” he said. “And without electricity, water is also a problem. And there are mosquitoes everywhere.”
From the buildings around came a cacophony, as beyond dark windows people smashed pots against pans. It was a cacerolazo, a traditional form of protest which has now become commonplace in Cuba amid seemingly endless rolling blackouts.
Ottawa will direct the broadcasting regulator to scrap its requirements for foreign streaming platforms to fund local news and niche broadcasters in Canada, according to two senior government sources.
The federal government is planning a series of steps that would require the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, or CRTC, to roll back key decisions it has made implementing the controversial Online Streaming Act.
HELSINKI — Finland joined NATO just over three years ago, expecting to walk into an efficient and well-funded defensive alliance capable of warding off its belligerent Russian neighbors.
Finnish government leaders are not afraid to admit that they found NATO to be much more disorganized and underfunded than they hoped, echoing recent complaints from President Donald Trump.
OTTAWA—The Canadian government is considering the use of artificial intelligence to save time creating influential assessment profile reports of offenders as they go to federal prisons, and is running a small-scale trial to test it, the Star has learned.
Mentioned in lengthy documents tabled in Parliament last month and confirmed by Correctional Service Canada (CSC), the test run comes as the Carney government tries to ramp up AI adoption, including with billions in a national strategy released this week.
Arson is suspected as the cause of a large-scale power outage that hit the western German city of Reutlingen on Monday, according to a spokesman for grid operator Netze BW.
Three fire sites were found at a substation, while the fence and grounds in front of the facility had been damaged, the spokesman said.
… The incident is reminiscent of suspected far-left arson attacks in Berlin last year and at the start of 2026 that left thousands of households without electricity for days on end.
For the past decade, the Canadian judiciary has been in the spotlight: Activist, hopelessly woke, criminal-friendly and utterly lacking common sense. Victims have lost all faith.
Starting with the Supreme Court of Canada, judges have removed themselves from the wishes and views of their fellow citizens. Only the faculty lounge is pleased.
ans of outlaw country music will recall an old song called “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues,” which appeared on Waylon Jennings’s 1973 album Lonesome, On’ry, and Mean. Grok tells me that the original version of the song—a folk-pop version, written and performed by Danny O’Keefe and released the year before—was the “hit” version, but I’d be willing to bet that Waylon’s take is better remembered today.
In any case, the song, which is about loneliness, regret, fading youth, and feeling left behind, starts with the lyrics. “Everybody’s gone away / Said they’re movin’ to L.A. / Ain’t a soul I know around/everybody’s leaving town.”
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department used helicopters to fly in ballots from vote centers across the region
“They're picking up ballots from 8 cities including Lancaster, Santa Clarita, Palmdale, Lakewood, Santa Monica, Van Nuys, Pomona, and Torrance. Once they arrive,… pic.twitter.com/9JN9lX4gFL
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) June 4, 2026
h/t Auntie Polly
It can be easy to forget that FIFA, the international governing body for soccer, is a non-profit organization.
It is especially easy to forget this fact given that the 2026 World Cup, about to be held in Canada, the United States and Mexico, has become synonymous with avarice and greed, and the shameless gouging of soccer fans from around the globe.
When Iran launched missiles and drones at Israel overnight in response to Israeli attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, the immediate military significance of the attack appeared to be limited. The political significance, however, may be far greater.
For years, Iran has generally justified direct attacks on Israel as retaliation for actions against Iranian territory, commanders or interests. This time was different. Tehran acted after an attack on one of its allies, following an Israeli strike on what it said was a Hezbollah-linked building in southern Beirut.
The federal government needs to be “wary” about deepening ties with China as a way of offsetting trade tensions with the United States, says retired Gen. Wayne Eyre, Canada’s former chief of the defence staff.
“We need to be very wary about pivoting to China at the expense of the U.S.,” Eyre said in an interview on CTV’s Question Period that aired on June 7, adding that the threat China poses to Canada “continues to evolve.”
