While diplomatic backchannels between Tehran and Washington remain active to contain regional escalation and finalize temporary understandings, a full-scale political battle has erupted inside Iran. Reuters reported in June 2026 that Iran and the United States were still exchanging messages regarding an interim memorandum of understanding, including mechanisms for releasing frozen Iranian funds.
I used to parrot the popular line that while the British royal family consisted largely of lazy, selfish mediocrities, the late Queen herself deserved respect because at least she was a model of duty and discipline.
Mark Carney has only himself to blame, for the controversy that erupted last week when he announced a half-baked plan to buy up vacant condominiums.
But the blowback, as strong as any he’s faced since becoming prime minister, may ultimately prove a blessing in disguise both for him and for the country.
That is, if it causes him to course correct at all on two traits that threaten to eventually get his government in a lot more trouble: overconfidence in his own communication skills, and a cozy relationship with business that could increasingly be seen as out of touch.
Who are the so-called Democratic Socialists of America and their fellow travelers?
While it is difficult to generalize, many current and would-be socialist officeholders share several common traits.
Most of them represent a relatively small slice of American life. Almost all are urban, with little knowledge of small-town or rural existence.
The editor of a British news site widely described as Islamist has called for a “mass physical training program” for Muslims to defend themselves.
Roshan Salih, the founding editor of 5Pillars, said in a podcast that “we need to have a mass physical training program within the Muslim community, every single mosque providing that training, every single community center, money being poured into physically training Muslims.” He added that this would mean “we are the fittest community in this country, the strongest community in this country, and the community that is most able to defend itself in this country.”
I bet the CBC approves.
In 1878, an agent for the province of British Columbia predicted the legal battle that surrounds the declaration of Aboriginal title for the Cowichan Nation today.
Gilbert Sproat, a commissioner in charge of establishing reservations for Indigenous communities, sent a letter to his superiors urging them not to rush the business of handing out land grants to the province’s new settlers, who were eager to snatch up the best lands the province offered.
“It is extremely inconvenient to the province to have lands locked up from preemption or sale in fine districts, owing to the non-settlement of the Indian claims, but this is a necessity,” Mr. Sproat wrote in a letter that became a key part of evidence in the B.C. Supreme Court record in the Cowichan case.
It’s around 2am on the Piccadilly Line and the Tube carriage is empty – apart from me and a man twice my age. His eyes never leave me during the 40-minute journey.
Potbellied and with a menacing grin, he moves suddenly from the seat opposite, plonking himself down next to me. He’s desperate to get my attention, talking at me over the deafening noise of the train.
Unnerved, I get off before my stop. But he follows me and on to another near-empty train – this time the Jubilee Line towards Stratford. Again and again he tries to engage me in chat, staring at me and licking his lips.
For all the ills former prime minister Justin Trudeau left his successor to face, the defence file has been a surprising bright spot.
What makes this all the more remarkable is the fact that just 30 months ago, the then-head of the Royal Canadian Navy took to YouTube to declare that his team and equipment were in a “critical state.” At any other moment in the last 50 years, Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee’s political masters would have punished him for daring to share his unvarnished message.
Not sure I share the author’s premise. Carney is great at pronouncements but when it comes to delivery not so much.
Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Dublin on Wednesday with the same message as always: more sanctions against Russia, more financial support, and more speed in bringing Ukraine into the European Union.
The Ukrainian president used the start of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the EU to demand that Brussels maintain the momentum behind accession and open new negotiating chapters before the end of the Irish presidency.
For years, Canadians have been warned about their country’s declining labour productivity. According to the Bank of Canada, it’s a “break the glass emergency” that requires immediate attention. But what about our other productivity crisis — the one of personal, rather than national, proportions?
Modern life has become full of tiny frustrations and complications that steal our attention and creativity a few minutes at a time, leaving us all less productive.
The hallmark of any abuser is how they make blame the victims of their abuse for making them mad. It’s horrific behavior and should not be tolerated. Since the October 7, 2023, terror attacks in Israel, we’ve seen an astronomical rise in antisemitism in America and across the globe. In Australia, Jews celebrating Hanukkah were shot at Bondi Beach. In the U.S., Leftists took over college campuses and harassed Jewish students.
Trump just posted this.
I’m howling 🤣 pic.twitter.com/XN1iqiF7SJ
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 2, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadians may hate the idea of U.S. statehood, but some still see the grass as greener across the border. The question is why, and a new study says the answer is more complicated than tax envy or better jobs.
The data tell a mixed story: More Canadians seem to be heading to the U.S. in recent years, even as long-term permanent migration has declined. Nearly 20,000 Canadians emigrated to the U.S. permanently in 2022, a 65 per cent increase from the year before, according to Statistics Canada. But the average number of native-born Canadian-born people granted permanent U.S. residence fell from 15,600 in the late 2000s to nearly 11,000 in the late 2010s.
We can be such smug hypocrites when it comes to the USA.
Where were you when the groovy 1976 psychedelic Bicentennial cartoon dropped? 🇺🇸
Funded by the Bicentennial Project Grant, it's described as a "history of the United States through its famous symbols."
I never saw it until today. pic.twitter.com/6LtGVAIKWL
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) July 2, 2026
Every day, thousands of Los Angelenos take a deep breath, step out of their houses, and plunge themselves into a transit experience straight out of Mad Max. The city’s buses have become rolling homeless shelters, replete with drugs and feces. Its trains are home to murder and mayhem. As Daquan, a daily rider who works near the North Hollywood station told us, “You could kill somebody down there and just get away with it.”
The people running LA are the same types running Toronto. This city will not get better. Ever.
Toronto is in the same death spiral we have observed in Democrat run cities throughout the USA.
