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Housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and school dropouts: think tank

Pierre Saint-Arnaud, The Canadian Press 5 minute read 3:29 PM CDT

MONTRÉAL - A Quebec think tank says the province's housing crisis is a driver of domestic violence and negatively affects school dropout rates.

On Thursday, the Observatoire québécois des inégalités published the third instalment of a study analyzing the consequences of the province's housing prices.

Researcher Sandy Torres says a lack of affordable housing forces many households to live in homes that are too small or overcrowded, spaces that carry a higher risk of domestic violence.

A cramped living space, she said, "generates tension and conflicts that can escalate into aggressive acts … whether psychological, physical, or otherwise."

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Secretary of state Sahota says ‘foreign entity’ hired people to shoot at synagogues

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Secretary of state Sahota says ‘foreign entity’ hired people to shoot at synagogues

The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press 2 minute read 2:11 PM CDT

OTTAWA - Ruby Sahota, the secretary of state for combatting crime, told the House of Commons this week that people who fired shots recently at synagogues were hired and paid by a "foreign entity."

She suggested the shooters were recruited online and said that if authorities had been able to find them sooner, there would have been fewer victims.

Sahota made the comments Wednesday in response to a question about the government's "lawful access" bill, which is intended to help police and spies navigate the online world.

Sahota said victims and police chiefs were asking why it has taken so long for the bill to get through the legislative process.

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Carney says it’s ‘no secret’ Trump doesn’t like CUSMA trade pact

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Carney says it’s ‘no secret’ Trump doesn’t like CUSMA trade pact

Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press 2 minute read 3:09 PM CDT

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney appears untroubled by U.S. President Donald Trump's recent claim that the United States would “do better without" the North American free trade pact.

Carney says it's "no secret" Trump "isn't the biggest fan" of free trade deals, but that doesn't mean the two countries can't make progress on trade issues.

Trump made the comments to reporters Wednesday at the G7 summit in France, just two weeks before trade talks are expected to heat up.

The president sent mixed signals, calling the trade pact "irrelevant" and also indicating that he might ultimately sign off on its renewal.

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3:09 PM CDT

Canadian shot dead at South Africa wildlife park in apparent accident: officials

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Canadian shot dead at South Africa wildlife park in apparent accident: officials

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: 2:26 PM CDT

OTTAWA - A Canadian was shot and killed at a South African wilderness park on Wednesday in what authorities said appears to be an accident.

The South African Police Service said a 69-year-old Canadian man asked a park guide whether his gun was real, resulting in him being shot to death.

South African National Parks reports the incident happened in Kruger National Park at an evening barbecue picnic. It says the Canadian was part of a group which was invited inside the park for what's known locally as a bush braai.

In a statement offering condolences, the agency said preliminary information indicates a private guide "accidentally discharged a firearm, resulting in the fatal injury."

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Updated: 2:26 PM CDT

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Canada's Voyageurs parade toward Toronto Stadium ahead of Canada's World Cup match against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Toronto, on Friday, June 12, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jon Blacker

World Cup fans in Vancouver get ready to paint the town red

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World Cup fans in Vancouver get ready to paint the town red

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: 1:04 PM CDT

VANCOUVER - Vancouver is counting down to its first home-team match of the 2026 World Cup, as fans prepare to give Team Canada a boost against Qatar at BC Place Stadium and at watch parties around the country.

There was a long queue at the official FIFA Fan Festival in East Vancouver, where total tournament attendance is set to surge past the 100,000 mark today.

Organizers say more than 98,000 fans have attended so far, with highest attendance of 31,481 on Saturday.

A staging area for police at the southern foot of Cambie Bridge is a hive of activity, while on and off ramps for the bridge that is the closest downtown crossing to the stadium are already shut.

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Updated: 1:04 PM CDT

The flag flies over the Prime Minister's Office near Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Confusion spreads as Ottawa defends orders to surrender citizenship certificates

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Confusion spreads as Ottawa defends orders to surrender citizenship certificates

David Baxter, The Canadian Press 2 minute read 2:23 PM CDT

OTTAWA - The immigration department says it's working "as quickly as possible" to resolve citizenship-by-descent claims, as some claimants say they did everything Ottawa asked them to do.

An unknown number of people who received citizenship certificates under the new citizenship-by-descent law received letters from the federal government over the weekend demanding that they surrender them.

Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Wednesday that citizenship-by-descent claimants must prove Canadian lineage generation-by-generation with "verified, authenticated" documents.

Health psychologist Bridget Burnett had already sold her Colorado home ahead of a move to Victoria next week when she was told to surrender her proof of citizenship last weekend.

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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith looks on during an announcement of a new affordability measure in Calgary, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities

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Senior aide of Alberta premier urges First Nations chiefs to fix squalid communities

Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 3:27 PM CDT

EDMONTON - The executive director of Premier Danielle Smith’s office says that instead of criticizing her, First Nations chiefs should fix their own communities, describing them as entrenched in poverty, drugs and violence.

Bruce McAllister, in a post on social media Thursday, says the chiefs should focus on their own problems rather than having "the gall" to accuse the premier of treason over Alberta’s looming separation referendum.

McAllister accused the chiefs of engaging in “childish nonsense” and said their misaligned priorities make him wonder if they're taking orders from someone else.

"People are sick and tired of hearing unrealistic demands from them," McAllister writes.

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Updated: 3:27 PM CDT

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An architectural rendering of the building that could house the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Rosefellow, Tsatas Group and (mandatory credit).

Montreal group proposes new downtown tower for NATO defence bank

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Montreal group proposes new downtown tower for NATO defence bank

Patrice Bergeron, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: 2:52 PM CDT

QUÉBEC - Montreal's business community is coming together to sweeten the pot in the city's bid to host a multinational defence bank, offering several floors in a planned downtown tower for the highly sought-after headquarters.

A consortium of three companies — Sid Lee Architecture and real estate developers Rosefellow and the Tsatas Group — hope their idea will give Montreal an edge as it competes with Vancouver, Ottawa, and Toronto for the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank.

Canada has been selected to host the multinational bank that will provide long-term, low-cost financing for defence projects by NATO members and allies. The federal government, meanwhile, has not yet chosen a host city — and the Ontario government says it has already secured a location in Toronto for the bank's headquarters.

“We want Montreal to stay in the running,” Martin Leblanc, co-founder at Sid Lee Architecture, said in an interview Thursday. “We’re going to give (Montreal) one more card to play.”

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Updated: 2:52 PM CDT

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Mitch Sylvestre hold boxes of signatures before submitting signatures for a separation referendum to Elections Alberta in Edmonton, on Monday, May 4, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Alberta judge concerned about parts of ruling that threw out separatist petition

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Alberta judge concerned about parts of ruling that threw out separatist petition

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: 3:00 PM CDT

EDMONTON - A judge has reserved her decision on whether to set aside a ruling that quashed an Alberta separatist group's referendum petition saying she has concerns with parts of the decision.

The ruling last month found that the Stay Free Alberta petition shouldn't have been issued and that Premier Danielle Smith's government neglected its duty to consult First Nations.

Alberta Court of Appeal Justice Alice Woolley, hearing arguments today for a stay of the ruling, says aspects of her colleague's decision make her uneasy.

Woolley pointed to the other judge's interpretation of legislative changes made last year to the petition process.

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Updated: 3:00 PM CDT

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Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to a G7 working session at the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre

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Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre

Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press 2 minute read Updated: 2:35 PM CDT

VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal and B.C. governments are pledging $100 million each to build a new high school in Tumbler Ridge and modernize the community's health care centre.

B.C. Premier David Eby promised last month that students wouldn't have to return to the school, which was the site of a mass shooting in February.

The prime minister says he and the premier were in Tumbler Ridge after the murders of eight people and heard from students, parents, teachers and first responders.

“We talked about what could be done to begin to heal from that trauma, that loss, unspeakable tragedy. The premier and I, among other things, we promised that we would be there for the community as they rebuild," Carney says.

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Updated: 2:35 PM CDT

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NDP Leader Avi Lewis and NDP Indigenous Affairs critic Leah Gazan stand with Grassy Narrows First Nation member Chrissy Isaacs as she addresses a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 18, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Grassy Narrows is adamant Carney must apologize for comments made about protest

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Grassy Narrows is adamant Carney must apologize for comments made about protest

Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 2:56 PM CDT

OTTAWA - A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning is adamant that Prime Minister Mark Carney must apologize for saying he could "outlast" her during a March protest.

Chrissy Isaacs stood with Grassy Narrows First Nation Chief Sherry Ackabee, NDP Leader Avi Lewis, and a large delegation of community members carrying photos of their deceased loved ones on Parliament Hill, to demand both an apology and the termination of the paper mill Isaacs said is still poisoning her people.

The Dryden Paper Mill released thousands of kilograms of mercury into the community’s river system in northwestern Ontario from the 1960s to 1970s. Community members are still dealing with the fallout today.

"When Mark Carney said that he can outlast me, well, I'm here," Isaacs said.

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Updated: 2:56 PM CDT

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The Peace tower is framed between tulips on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on Monday, May 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

MPs pass spending bill, opt to head home for summer break

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MPs pass spending bill, opt to head home for summer break

Nick Murray and Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press 4 minute read Updated: 1:15 PM CDT

OTTAWA - The House of Commons will rise for the summer Thursday afternoon, after unanimously voting to push through some final pieces of legislation, including the government's controversial lawful access bill.

MPs will return Sept. 21.

At a press conference outside the House of Commons on Thursday, Government House leader Steven MacKinnon faced many questions about the Liberals' fast-tracking of C-22.

"Every day matters in this place and a legislative achievement matters," MacKinnon told reporters.

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Updated: 1:15 PM CDT

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Co-owner of trading card store Team Collectors, Max Wong displays cards from a showcase in Richmond B.C., on Monday, March 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Police in Laval warn of violent Pokémon crime wave targeting sellers on Facebook

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Police in Laval warn of violent Pokémon crime wave targeting sellers on Facebook

The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: 1:02 PM CDT

MONTRÉAL - Montreal-area police are warning the public about a rash of violent crimes targeting sellers of Pokémon cards and MacBooks.

Laval police say they arrested 10 young men, aged 16 to 18, on June 9 and June 11.

They say the suspects had allegedly posed as buyers and set up meetings with people who were trying to sell the cards or laptops on the Facebook Marketplace platform.

The police force shared three videos of recent incidents. They appear to show how, in some cases, people who set up meetings to sell their products were instead greeted by someone who pepper sprayed them and attempted to rob them.

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Updated: 1:02 PM CDT

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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) national headquarters in Ottawa on Friday, June 28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Automatic tax filing could give the average non-filer more than $2K per year: PBO

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Automatic tax filing could give the average non-filer more than $2K per year: PBO

Craig Lord, The Canadian Press 2 minute read 10:05 AM CDT

OTTAWA - The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa's plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don't file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in owed benefits annually.

The federal government announced a plan in the 2025 budget for the Canada Revenue Agency to file taxes for certain low-income individuals and offer pre-filled returns for others with simple tax situations.

The government relies on the CRA to distribute certain benefits supporting workers, parents or low-income households — which means those who don't file their taxes probably aren't receiving the benefits they're owed.

Parliamentary Budget Officer Annette Ryan estimates in a new report that the federal government would pay out $342 million over five years under this new program, which she expects would cost $87 million to administer.

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Quebec Liberal delegate Antoine Dionne-Charest, son of former Quebec premier Jean Charest, responds to reporters questions at the Quebec Liberal general council meeting, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in Drummondville, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Son of ex-premier Jean Charest to run for Quebec Liberals in Montreal’s Verdun riding

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Son of ex-premier Jean Charest to run for Quebec Liberals in Montreal’s Verdun riding

The Canadian Press 2 minute read 9:52 AM CDT

MONTREAL - The son of former Quebec premier Jean Charest will be running for the Liberals in the fall provincial election.

Antoine Dionne Charest was formally nominated Wednesday night in the Verdun riding in Montreal, with his mother and Liberal Leader Charles Milliard in attendance.

Milliard said Dionne Charest is a long-serving Liberal member, and the leader expressed hope his new recruit will be part of the party's renewal.

Jean Charest, premier from 2003 to 2012, did not attend the nomination meeting.

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Toronto police arrest outstanding suspect in U.S. consulate shooting

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Toronto police arrest outstanding suspect in U.S. consulate shooting

Rianna Lim, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Updated: 2:44 PM CDT

TORONTO - A 19-year-old outstanding suspect in the U.S. consulate shooting in Toronto last March has been arrested, police announced Thursday, as officers continue to investigate a pattern of shootings across the city allegedly orchestrated by gun-for-hire networks.

Police said they were called to the U.S. consulate on University Avenue the morning of March 10 after two suspects allegedly fired multiple shots at the building before driving away in a stolen vehicle.

Surveillance footage later showed the suspects shooting at the building and recording a video of it on their phones, police said. No one inside the consulate was injured.

Police announced Tuesday they had arrested Sheldon Tracy-Stewart, 18, on multiple charges in the shooting. They had also been searching for Zara Jabbi, 19.

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Updated: 2:44 PM CDT

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