In April, almost a year after last spring’s federal election delivered a minority government, Mark Carney’s Liberal Party inched its way to a majority by poaching a string of floor crossers from opposition parties. The new-found majority further strengthens the hold of a party that has been in power for 60 percent of Canadian electoral history. This makes them among the most successful political parties in the Western democratic world.
A Walrus piece.
An illegal immigrant serving a lengthy prison sentence for the murder of a Michigan woman is suing President Donald Trump, alleging he faced humiliation when his case was used as a political talking point, and is demanding $75 million, a public apology, and U.S. citizenship.
Brandon Ortiz-Vite, 27, who was previously deported from the United States, is serving a sentence of 39 to 102 years in prison for killing Ruby Garcia in March 2024.
h/t HallsOfMacadamia
OTTAWA — Veteran political journalist Robert Fife has acknowledged that Conservatives face an unfair media bias in Ottawa, describing the problem as longstanding.
Fife made the admission during an interview with independent podcast host Aaron Pete on Nuanced.
“You may be right in the sense that there is an unfair bias against the Conservatives in Ottawa,” Fife said. “I think that’s probably true, and it’s always been the case, generally speaking.”
May be right?
Journey musician Jonathan Cain has dubbed Bruce Springsteen an ‘annoying, bitter old man’ for interjecting his political opinions into his act.
Cain, 76, appeared on the podcast The Complete Disaster Network, where he made the remarks about Springsteen, 76, coming on the heels of Mick Jagger’s criticism of the rock icon for veering onto a political path with his material.
‘I used to be a Democrat back in the old days, but I couldn’t go there anymore, you know?’ Cain said on the podcast. ‘I’m a diehard conservative.
A federal department officially has closed its accounts on the X social media platform, citing concerns that comments from users were causing mental distress among employees.
Women and Gender Equality Canada had kept its accounts dormant since March 2025, following an International Women’s Day post that drew a wave of responses, before formally closing them in late May 2026.
The US military says it launched another round of strikes against Iran to “further degrade” its capabilities to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The 10th consecutive night of strikes took place after US President Donald Trump vowed to punish Iran for the deaths of US soldiers.
In response, Iran said it struck two oil tankers in the waterway, as well as US military assets in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, state news agency IRNA reported.
Prime Minister Mark Carney inflicted a damaging blow on Canada-U.S. relations with his Elbows Up shenanigans but this last weekend it was America’s turn take a hammer to the alliance.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was openly gloating at the prime minister being embarrassed over the Gordie Howe Bridge deal while Donald Trump said he was considering demanding Canada pay damages over wildfires in this country.
A 28-year-old man from Rotherham has been charged with the murder of the former MP and Reform UK party spokesperson Ann Widdecombe.
Joshua Kerry was charged with Widdecombe’s murder and will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
Widdecombe’s body was found with “serious injuries” by the ambulance service at her home in Haytor Vale, Devon, at 11.40am on Thursday 9 July.
Pete Hoekstra, speaking at a conference in Edmonton on Monday, said that Mr. Carney made the pitch during an Oct. 7, 2025, meeting at the White House. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wright were eager to take the deal, Mr. Hoekstra said, but President Donald Trump held them back.
A mother has spoken of living in ‘constant fear’ after a Bournemouth-based asylum seeker became ‘predatory’ then brutally beat a man in front of her 10-year-old daughter.
Jordanian national Mustafa Al Mbaidin, 29, was helping Sophie Burnett move into her new home in Southbourne, Dorset, when he hit Muhammed Al-Aseel over the head with a vodka bottle, a metal kettle and a wine glass.
Al Mbaidin, who came to Britain in 2024, had made Ms Burnett feel uncomfortable with inappropriate comments referencing her ‘good bottom,’ prompting Mr Al-Aseel to try to make his friend leave the property – only for the defendant to turn on him.
Canada has experienced a sharp decline in business investment per worker over the past decade, in stark contrast to gains in the United States, highlighting a deepening productivity crisis north of the border, a new study suggests.
Inflation-adjusted business investment per Canadian worker fell 18.8 percent from $20,310 in 2014 to $16,493 in 2024, according to findings from the Fraser Institute’s latest study. The United States’s equivalent surged 31.3 percent from $23,263 to $30,555 over the same decade.
The US does not have enough missiles to return to an all-out war with Iran, an American official has warned.
Donald Trump is considering his options to launch a “wider war” against Tehran as more American warplanes are deployed to the Middle East.
However, a US official familiar with administration discussions said the operation would be limited by dwindling stockpiles of air defence and long-range munitions.
🚨BREAKING :
American forces reportedly launched 7 consecutive airstrikes targeting Iranian military, missile, and drone bases at 3 PM ET today.
Massive fires reported at multiple sites with casualties feared.
IRGC headquarters is allegedly suppressing the news and banning… pic.twitter.com/h5yBrQlHWt— US AIRFORCE 🇺🇲 (@usairforce_x) July 20, 2026
Hundreds of MAID cases in British Columbia in 2024 involved reporting errors and “compliance concerns” that resulted in practitioners receiving “education” on the criminal law and professional standards governing MAID, according to an internal B.C. government document.
The findings are bolstering calls for stronger, independent oversight of the country’s assisted death regime.
There were suspicions and problems with the Calgary contractor courting Punjabi pop star Yashinder Kaur.
For starters, the 29-year-old Indian woman discovered that her long-distance lover of five years had a wife and children in Canada. At one point, family members told CBC News there had been embryonic marriage plans between Kaur and 37-year-old Sukhwinder Singh Brar.
“No!” the woman cries. “May you be damned!” You can hear the despair in her voice, as masked men grab her husband, then bundle him into a waiting van. Within seconds, she’s alone, weeping in the middle of the street. This is Odesa, but scenes like it, captured on phones and posted online, hammer Ukrainian cities as relentlessly as Russian missiles. Since Putin’s full-scale invasion began, over a million Ukrainians have been conscripted to defend their homeland. And, as voluntary recruits have dried up, the army has begun resorting to the same methods faced by that couple in Odesa. People even have a term for it: “busification”.
They’re a 3 sides to this war now, Zelensky supporters, Putin and a growing anti-Zelensky anti-war faction.
