PM Carney gifted pistol by Turkey’s president at NATO
JEDDAH — Prime Minister Mark Carney was gifted a personalized pistol and ammunition by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit.
Erdogan, who hosted this year’s summit in Ankara, gifted every NATO leader a name-engraved firearm.
Global Affairs Canada says the RCMP is having the weapon decommissioned so it no longer fires and that the ammunition was left in Turkey.
The government will look for a home for the gift, potentially a museum.
Carney is in Jeddah today to meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at
U.S. and Iran exchange intensifying fire across the Mideast, threatening the interim deal to end war
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East.
Back-and-forth attacks, including a day earlier, have repeatedly threatened the ceasefire, but Thursday’s appeared bigger all around, with sirens sounding at least three times in Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters, and missiles targeting
Motorcyclist critically injured in collision with truck in Brampton
A motorcyclist has been critically injured in a collision with a truck in Brampton.
Peel police say officers were called to North Park Drive and Nasmith Street just after 5:30 p.m. to reports of a crash between a motorcycle and a truck.
The motorcyclist was transported to hospital with critical injuries.
All southbound lanes are closed on Nasmith at North Park while all westbound lanes on North Park are closed from Neptune Court to Newport Street.
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Person struck by train near Clarkson GO, delays expected on Lakeshore West line
Regular service has resumed on the Lakeshore West GO line after a person was struck by a train near Clarkson GO in Mississauga
Peel police say the incident happened near Lorne Park Road and Birchview Drive around 5:15 p.m.
GO Transit said the delays earlier have been resolved and regular service has since resumed.
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Blue Jays’ Dylan Cease loses no-hit bid in ninth inning
Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease fell just short of the second no-hitter of his career.
Heilot Ramos’ single to centre to open the bottom of the ninth ended the no-hitter with the Blue Jays leading 10-0 on Wednesday. Blue Jays manager John Schneider then replaced Cease with Tyler Rogers.
Dave Stieb has the only no-hitter in Blue Jays history, notching it in 1990 in Cleveland.
Cease accomplished the feat with the San Diego Padres against the Washington Nationals in
Man, 28, charged with murder in Scarborough double shooting
A 28-year-old man is facing a murder charge following a double shooting in Scarborough that claimed the life of a 32-year-old man.
Toronto police responded to a shooting at Victoria Park Avenue and Highway 401 around 3:15 p.m. on July 6. When they arrived at the scene, they located the body of a man suffering from gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced dead.
The victim has been identified as 32-year-old Levon Byers
Man seriously injured after stabbing near Sherbourne and Dundas
Suspect wanted after allegedly threatening another person and their pet with a knife in East York
Toronto police are searching for a man in connection with a threatening investigation.
Investigators say that just before 2:30 p.m. on June 20, 2026, there was an altercation between two people in the Donlands and Mortimer avenues area.
Police allege the suspect then pulled a knife and began chasing the other person while swinging the knife at them, threatening to kill them and their pet.
The man is described as being six feet one with a thin build, a black beard and black
Justin Bieber and more join World Cup final halftime show featuring Madonna, Shakira and BTS
Justin Bieber will bring his swag to the World Cup’s star-studded, Super Bowl-style halftime show, joining fellow headliners Madonna, Shakira and BTS, FIFA announced Wednesday.
Afrobeats star Burna Boy, Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus — a choir of elementary school students based in Staten Island, New York — will also perform, the last joined by Coldplay.
The 11-minute halftime performance, curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin, will take place during the final outside New