ICE arrests 10,000 in 5 days, a sharp late-June surge in Trump’s deportation push
WASHINGTON (AP) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 10,000 people over a five-day period at the end of June, marking a major push by the agency tasked with carrying out the Trump administration’s mass deportations agenda .
The arrest numbers, obtained from a person familiar with the information who spoke anonymously to discuss data that has not been publicly released, comes after the agency shifted its approach from high-profile arrest sweeps in major American cities to quieter ways to reach President Donald Trump’
What’s in the multi-billion-dollar B.C.-Canada prosperity MOU?
VANCOUVER — An economic deal between Canada and British Columbia that was unveiled in Vancouver on Thursday describes commitments that Prime Minister Mark Carney says will help unlock more than $200 billion in new investment.
Here are some key points of the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement.
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The MOU says the northern oil tanker ban will remain in place and unchanged, meaning that any pipeline proposed by Alberta would have to take a southern route. It acknowledges that “B.C. does not seek this project.
Northbound lanes of the Hwy. 427 closed due to single vehicle crash
Posted July 2, 2026 3:39 pm.
All northbound lanes of Highway 427 are closed at Finch Avenue due to a single vehicle crash.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to the area of the highway in Etobicoke around 2:45 p.m. Thursday.
The occupants are currently being asessed by paramedics.
The closure is expected to last four hours. The southbound lanes remain fully open.
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How Toronto-area innovators are helping a deafblind woman summit Mount Everest
As her deafness and blindness worsen, Karolina Pakenaite is endeavouring to see the summit of Mount Everest with what remains of her vision — and help from a sensory vest designed by two Toronto-area innovators.
Pakenaite, who is from the United Kingdom, was diagnosed at 19 with Usher syndrome, a rare genetic condition that affects both hearing and vision.
Pakenaite’s original bucket-list goal was to hike to Everest base camp, and she accomplished that three years ago. But while she was there, she met
Canada to host 2028 Francophonie summit in Ottawa region
OTTAWA — Canada will host the 2028 global summit of the Francophonie in the Ottawa area, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday.
“We have decided to bring the world to Canada to celebrate the vitality, the wealth and the resilience of the French language in this country and around the world,” Carney said in French at a midday Canada Day event near Parliament Hill.
The summit will take place in the National Capital Region, which encompasses Ottawa and the area around Gatineau, Que.
The Francophonie summit,
Former Olympian indicted on felony charge over alleged Reflecting Pool vandalism
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Olympian was indicted Thursday on a felony charge in what President Donald Trump has called vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, where a renovation project he launched has been riddled with problems.
David Hearn, a former Olympic canoe racer, was indicted on a single count of property destruction in Washington, D.C. court.
District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Hearn ripped up recently installed sealant on the pool in “a deliberate act” that caused more than $
Democrats accuse Trump-linked fundraisers of fraud over diverted donations for America’s anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Consultants tied to President Donald Trump may have engaged in financial fraud, tricking donors who wanted to support the nation’s bipartisan 250th anniversary organizer into sending their money instead to a rival group set up by his administration, according to a report released Thursday by House Democrats.
The report draws in part on interviews by Democratic staffers of the House Committee on Natural Resources. Those interviews suggest that donors seeking to celebrate America fell for a bait-and-switch that, if true,
CIBC agrees to settle NSF fee class-action case, will pay $10 million
TORONTO — Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has agreed to pay $10 million in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit regarding non-sufficient funds fees.
The case took issue with CIBC’s practice of charging NSF fees on re-presented pre-authorized debit transactions between Sept. 21, 2020 and May 31, 2024.
CIBC does not admit any liability in the proposed settlement reached on June 24 that came together with the help of a mediator.
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Man wanted Canada-wide in extortions of Brampton business owners arrested in Edmonton
A 22-year-old man with alleged ties to an international criminal network that extorts South Asian business owners across Canada is in custody in connection with two violent incidents in Brampton earlier this year.
Police in Peel Region say just before 3 a.m. on April 21, a Brampton business was riddled with bullets before the suspects fled the scene in a silver Honda Civic. Investigators say they recovered 14 shell casings at the scene.
Then, on May 6, at around 8 p.m.
StubHub sued by fans who say ticket cancellations crushed dreams of going to World Cup
NEW YORK (AP) — After weeks of complaints from frustrated fans, StubHub is being sued by customers who say the ticket reseller’s inability to fulfill orders crushed their dreams of going to World Cup.
Julia Reeker Moghal and Reuben Renteria, both of California, sued the ticketing giant this week in federal court in New York, alleging that “false and misleading” sales practices left them without the tickets they purchased for group stage matches last month.
The lawsuit, which seeks to become a class action, says Moghal