OTTAWA — Canada’s top federal sports official says he’s “concerned” about new eligibility rules limiting Olympic women’s events to biological females, but says the changes are unlikely to stop Canada from trying to host the Olympics in the future.
Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden told reporters in Calgary on Monday that he was worried about the International Olympic Committee’s plan to roll out mandatory genetic screening for all athletes competing in the female category.
Among the many orchestrated campaigns to demonize Israel, the targeting of Israeli doctors and medical professionals under the false flag of “human rights” is one of the most transparently cynical. Specifically, the pro-Hamas lobby is circulating a mass petition calling for the expulsion of the Israeli Medical Association from the World Medical Association.
A man charged with first-degree murder in the Friday shooting of a Toronto woman was awaiting trial for an alleged intimate-partner assault against her last year.
Sharnjeet Singh, 37, of Brampton, is accused of fatally shooting Navneet Kaur, 26, in north Etobicoke on Friday.
According to court documents obtained by the Star, Singh was arrested on July 17, 2025, for allegedly assaulting and harassing Kaur by repeatedly following her from place to place.
They publish her photo but not his.
The business of explosives is booming as Western governments unleash spending to bring production home.
At least 24 new projects are under way for propellants or explosives across NATO countries, according to information assembled by The Wall Street Journal. Three new factories are set for just Arkansas, a center of U.S. weapons production.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine four years ago exposed the West’s struggle to churn out ammunition. Although artillery-shell output has increased, producers still rely on constricted supplies of dangerous chemicals manufactured in a globe-spanning supply chain with lots of chokepoints.
Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop is sounding the alarm following an uptick in recent years in explosions caused by faulty lithium-ion batteries, one of which was recently caught on video.
On Sunday morning, Toronto Fire Services responded to reports of a fire in southeast Scarborough on Mayhill Crescent, just south of Lawrence Avenue East and east of Scarborough Gold Club Road.
Yesterday an e-bike burst into flames outside a residence with lithium ion battery cells becoming dangerous projectiles. @Toronto_Fire firefighters are facing these far too frequently and they present unique challenges-flying battery cells, toxic smoke, extreme smoke as examples pic.twitter.com/k3Kw6vKgXH
— Jim Jessop (@ChiefJessopTFS) July 27, 2026
Donald Trump hosted back-to-back White House meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, as Ukraine seeks more firepower for its air defenses and the Israeli prime minister tries to repair his strained relationship with the US president.
It was Netanyahu’s first visit to the Oval Office since he and Trump launched their joint military campaign against Iran on 28 February.
Netanyahu’s relationship with Trump has been complicated in recent weeks by his push to keep fighting Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, even as Trump pursued a diplomatic opening with Tehran.
The opening of the Gordie Howe bridge promises more efficient transport between Canada and the United States — though not necessarily lower prices for consumers — trucking firms say.
The new span between Detroit, Mich., and Windsor, Ont., will make for better traffic flow, smoother security procedures and competitive toll rates that could save large trucking companies up to $100,000 a month, says Canadian Trucking Alliance CEO Stephen Laskowski, whose association represents more 4,500 carriers and suppliers.
Who will be the 1st illegal driver to crash or be caught smuggling drugs?
Rosie O’Donnell sang about President Donald Trump’s “teeny tiny” penis and “dirty diapers” in a bizarre video posted to TikTok — just days after claiming the president is “obsessed” with her.
“I watched a review of the White House Correspondents’ dinner, and I wrote this little song — a parody from The Wizard of Oz — for our loving president,” O’Donnell declared in a recent video posted to social media.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana famously wrote in his 1905 work, The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress. While this aphorism is commonly associated with tragic events such as the Holocaust, it can actually be applied to many moments in history.
Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) head Anthony Fauci privately admitted that scientists suspected the coronavirus likely stemmed from a lab leak as he publicly blasted it as a wild conspiracy theory, revelations from his diary showcase.
WASHINGTON — No one is shocked these days when U.S. President Donald Trump calls Canada the “51st state” or refers to Prime Minister Mark Carney as a “governor.”
But Trump’s habit of occasionally targeting Canada with crude insults has become much more common among rank-and-file Republicans in recent weeks.
As Trump watches his poll numbers sink under the weight of controversial policies and an unpopular war with Iran, he is casting about for scapegoats, said Robert C. Rowland, professor of rhetoric at the University of Kansas.
This is not good news, though such pronouncements are often mere negotiating tactics.
🚨 JUST IN: President Trump says Canada and Mexico NEED AMERICA to survive, so he "doesn't care" about updating the USMCA trade agreement
TARIFFS WORK 🇺🇸
"I don't care. I mean, I don't really want to. I'd rather be independent. Here's the thing, Mexico and Canada need us. We… pic.twitter.com/ekbmBnI6FS
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 28, 2026
Today, it’s a field of grass. But soon, it’ll be the site of the first mosque in this Japanese town.
“It makes me worry about how our community might change,” says long-time resident Noriko Izumizawa.
Plans to build an Islamic religious site in Fujisawa, a laid-back seaside town about an hour’s drive south of Tokyo, have sparked a wide range of emotions.
A group of Canadians detained overseas for allegedly being part of ISIS will “highly likely” pose a threat when they return home, warns an intelligence document obtained by Global News.
The Integrated Threat Assessment Centre report was written in June, after Iraq said it had taken custody of an unspecified number of ISIS members from Canada.
The suspects are liable to contribute to extremism once they returned to Canada, “either directly through an act of violence or indirectly by radicalizing others,” the intelligence report said.
Bet they’re considered cultural assets by the LPC.
REPORT: @CitImmCanada questions program that allowed 7,785 jobless actors, comedians & artists to enter the country in the name of contribution “to cultural or athletic life of Canada.” Most immigrants let in through cultural program were Chinese (31%), Iranian (14%) and Indian… pic.twitter.com/u9AwZZnX5L
— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) July 28, 2026
h/t Hermes
The deadly vehicle attack in Germany has once again raised concerns about vehicles being used as weapons, as it follows a series of similar attacks around the world.
In this latest incident, one person was killed and more than a dozen others were injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day (CSD) Pride celebrations on Saturday evening. The attack occurred in the Tiergarten area close to the Brandenburg Gate, where hundreds of thousands of people had gathered for one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ events.
Spy charges against Canadian intern at NATO triggers ‘cascade of issues’ for multiple agencies
OTTAWA — A Canadian intern accused of spying at NATO’s strategic headquarters will make her first appearance in a Belgium court Tuesday to seek bail, and while the hearing will be held behind closed doors, the outcome will be released to the public.
The female suspect is accused of working on “behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization,” according to the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office, adding that the chamber will decide if “pre-trial detention should be maintained.”
… As per protocol, the intern was vetted by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the RCMP before being hired at NATO.
More … Ottawa vows to ‘get to the bottom’ of spying allegations against Canadian NATO intern says foreigner in charge of stealing your guns.
