Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than answer senators’ questions this week about his conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic.
But in the 1,141-page private diary released before that hearing, the former top infectious disease official had plenty to say about the press, his celebrity, his enemies on the “far right,” and his frustration with White House aides who would not put him on television.
HALIFAX – As the affordability crisis and overall inflation continues to impact Canadians across the country, a new national survey from Narrative Research showed 76 per cent said the cost of food and groceries had the biggest impact on their household finances.
Forty-seven per cent said gas is also a significant financial pressure, followed by mortgage and rent at 33 per cent.
Electricity, household maintenance and repairs, and home heating have also caused high levels of financial anxiety for Canadians.
The top U.S. general in Europe privately warned the Pentagon this week that he lacks sufficient naval forces to continue protecting Israel from incoming ballistic missiles, officials said, illustrating how the ongoing Iran war has imposed constraints on the military.
Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of U.S. European Command, sent written notification to senior Pentagon officials saying that without another Navy destroyer he will be forced to choose defense of the United States “homeland” over that of Israel, said the officials, who like some others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the correspondence.
Conestoga College plunged into a $33-million operating deficit in the fiscal year that ended March 31, after $323 million in tuition evaporated with the collapse of foreign enrolment, new documents show.
An additional $129 million in tuition will evaporate by next March with the departure of two-thirds of foreign students who remain, the Kitchener-based community college is now forecasting.
This may put more jobs at risk after the college axed an estimated 2,750 positions including administrators, faculty and support staff.
A recent Ukrainian strike on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea has drawn concerns that Russia’s war in Ukraine and the war in Iran are becoming entangled.
Ukraine has said the ship was carrying military equipment from Iran to Russia. Iranian state media, citing Iran’s ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, reported that the cargo vessel “Anna” was anchored approximately 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the entrance of the Volga River when it was attacked by drones causing an explosion. One sailor was reported killed.
Iran summoned Ukraine’s charge d’affaires and described the incident as an act of aggression.
A U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling while patrolling the Middle East. The P-8 is a specialized reconnaissance aircraft that is among the many assets monitoring regional waters during America's blockade against Iran. As of July… pic.twitter.com/5LJGLApwWR
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 30, 2026
Five Toronto police officers found guilty of misconduct for comments on Muslim outreach podcast
An investigative report by the Toronto Police Service (TPS) has found misconduct against five officers after a police-run podcast praised the post–October 7 surge of converts to Islam and was perceived to downplay Hamas support at anti-Israel rallies.
The Project Olive Branch Podcast had been launched by TPS as an outreach tool, to build trust amongst the Muslim community, according to police documents. It was to be “light hearted” and “foster open and engaging discussions.” The first episode aired without incident, the second, at 47 minutes, aired March 10, 2025 and received 142,000 views. It was reviewed by three supervisory colleagues, yet stirred controversy.
No one ever gets fired in Canada and you can bet they are DEI hires.
Spain has condemned the “selfish, polarising and unlawful” reaction of some EU countries to the influx of about 60,000 migrants from Morocco to Ceuta.
Officials say almost all those who reached the enclave on 30 July have returned, while Spain’s Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said on Saturday that the death toll had risen to at least 67.
It comes after Italy temporarily suspended the EU’s border-free Schengen arrangement with Spain, as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the scenes “shocking”.
More … Europe turns on Spain over migrant chaos
Meloni leads charge to kick Madrid out of Schengen free-travel zone after 60,000 cross from Morocco into tiny territory of Ceuta
Mainstream Media on Ceuta: "Fake invasion. They all went home."
Reality: Multiple stabbings and the city still being overrun/terrorized. pic.twitter.com/CHjog4rOZ2
— Erikaaa (@ErikaCA47) July 31, 2026
The Canadian Armed Forces has issued new rules that expand restrictions on faith-specific language and practices during official military ceremonies and public events, including references to God.
The new directive, released on July 29, applies to all Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, Department of National Defence (DND) employees, contractors, and volunteers engaged in offering “spiritual or religious services” for the CAF, expanding application of previous instructions that only specified chaplains. The new directive also offers further specific details on what the prohibition entails.
Unitree, China’s top robotics company, mesmerised the world earlier this year with its concert-hall display of humanoid robots doing martial arts.
As they flipped and kicked, a sci-fi future seemed suddenly present, wiping away the familiar old world of stumbling, fumbling mechanoids.
But Unitree has already moved on. In the company’s latest videos, a prototype robot is shown performing tasks that are easier than martial arts for humans, but far more difficult for robots.
A $22 minimum wage, a rent freeze and free GO Transit are on the agenda for housing executive Vikram Handa as he enters Ontario’s Liberal leadership race ahead of Friday’s 5 p.m. deadline.
The bilingual graduate of Oakwood Collegiate in Toronto and the University of British Columbia law school has been quietly touring the province gathering ideas for his campaign in the Nov. 21 contest.
Sounds like a stealth Mamdani.
Donald Trump has backed off a promise to let Ukraine manufacture its own Patriot air defense interceptors, telling reporters that handing over the underlying technology was “a hard thing to give away” during a cabinet meeting at Camp David.
The retreat, billed by the White House as “something different” for the cabinet to experience together, was the first such meeting at the presidential compound of Trump’s second term.
Chinese-brand cars are sitting at Canadian ports, waiting to be unloaded. The first dealerships of BYD, Geely, and Chery are set to open this fall in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montréal, with more to follow by the end of the year. And not one of those cars can legally be sold in the United States.
That gap—vehicles landing at America’s doorstep that can’t be sold across the border—is the center of a quiet contest now unfolding on the northern frontier. The United States has walled out
Chinese cars with a 100 percent tariff and a national security rule that bars China-owned automakers from the U.S. market even if they build their cars on American soil.
But Canada has moved the other way. In January, it agreed to let in a rising number of Chinese electric vehicles at a tariff of only 6.1 percent, breaking ranks with Washington.
Meta has shut down five major Facebook groups that were actively coordinating large-scale illegal crossings into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, following intense scrutiny on X.
Collectively boasting over 230,000 members, these groups served as hubs for prospective migrants to plan sea routes, exchange phone numbers, buy border-crossing equipment, and coordinate logistics. The closures come amid videos on social media attesting to more than 50,000 migrants having already successfully arrived in the small Spanish enclave bordering Morocco, pushing local security and reception resources to their limits.
ESTO ES MUY GRAVE. Me llegan estas imágenes de cómo las autoridades marroquíes vacían camiones llenos de jóvenes cerca de la frontera con Ceuta.
Quien no quiera ver que se trata de una operación perfectamente preparada por el régimen, es que es ciego. pic.twitter.com/YpxFAaF7Wb
— Taleb Alisalem (@TalebSahara) July 30, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
TORONTO — Citing newly unsealed police warrant documents, CBC News has added significant new details to the profile of the accused Ryan Wedding cartel member uncovered in York Regional Police’s explosive Project South investigation — which alleges that the suspect, Gurpreet Singh, was involved in a plot to assassinate a senior Ontario jail official. That alleged scheme, in The Bureau‘s analysis of the allegations, would have drawn on the same marketplace of teenage contract sicarios this publication has documented in the Greater Toronto Area.
