Former executive sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her memoir, ‘Careless People’
A former Meta executive whose memoir, “Careless People,” provides an explosive insider account of her time at the social media giant, has sued the company for attempting to “silence” her.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in Northern California, claims the tech giant’s private arbitration order barring her from speaking about the company or promoting her bestselling book is invalid. It also argues that the severance agreement she signed when she left Meta, in which she agreed not to disparage the company, was done
Tornado warning issued for areas southwest of London
Environment Canada has ended a red-level tornado warning for areas southwest of London that was in effect for several hours late Thursday afternoon and into the evening.
The earlier tornado warning, which was in effect for Chatham-Kent and Rondeau Park, is now a yellow, severe-thunderstorm warning.
Despite the tornado risk being downgraded, the storm can still cause damage, Environment Canada warns.
“Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts and up to quarter size hail,”
RBC fined more than $4M for providing inaccurate credit card statements
OTTAWA — Canada’s financial consumer watchdog says the Royal Bank of Canada was fined more than $4 million for providing inaccurate credit card statements to some customers.
The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada says it issued a fine of $4.25 million in March, which the bank paid in April.
It says RBC provided credit card statements with wrong information about amounts credited or charged between 2001 and 2024.
The agency says a total of 227,947 accounts were
Federal government strengthen laws surround strangulation and intimate partner violence
WARNING: This story contains graphic content related to intimate partner violence, and may be disturbing to some readers. If you or someone you know may be a victim of intimate partner violence, you can call the Assaulted Women’s Crisis Lines at 416-863-0511, toll-free at 1-866-863-0511, or text #7233 on your Bell, Rogers, Fido or Telus mobile phone
As changes to
Cow spotted on the loose on Highway 400 north of Innisfil Beach Road
Aurora OPP reported spotting a cow trotting along Highway 400, bringing traffic to a standstill.
Ontario Provincial Police are asking drivers to slow down and keep an eye out for cow on the loose after it was spotted on Highway 400 near Innisfil Beach Road.
In a social media post, police said the cow was spotted on the right shoulder of highway before OPP diverted it to a sideroad off the highway.
It’s now off the highway and moving south.
Emergency services in the area are also looking
Niagara man arrested in East York assault investigation
A Niagara man is facing charges after police allege he assaulted and threatened someone known to him in East York last Wednesday.
Officers were called about an assault in the Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue area on June 17.
Investigators say the suspect, identified as Jonathan Laranjeira, 37, assaulted and threatened the person.
The victim wasn’t injured. Investigators say the suspect and victim knew each other, but didn’t elaborate on the nature of their relationship.
Laranjeira was located the next day in Niagara by
Oshawa man arrested for breaching terms of bail following conviction of sex offences against child
A 43-year-old man has been charged with breaching the terms of his bail after being convicted of sexual offences against a child.
On June 22, 2026, police in Durham Region say they received information that a man had breached conditions of his release order prohibiting him from being in the company of or communicating with anyone under the age of 16.
Following an investigation, police determined the man had violated his release order, and he was arrested without incident.
Alexander Brooking of Oshawa
DEA asks watchdog to investigate claims that agents permitted fentanyl to hit the streets
The federal Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog to investigate a whistleblower’s claims that DEA agents permitted hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to hit the streets of New Mexico.
The request came days after an Associated Press investigation found agents repeatedly monitored — but did not seize — major shipments of the synthetic opioid in a bid to build bigger criminal cases between 2023 and 2025.
In a letter sent Thursday to the U.S. Justice
Public support is strong for two per cent inflation target, Bank of Canada says
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says there is strong support for its flexible inflation targeting and the two per cent target rate in a new report.
The central bank consulted with stakeholders and the general public as part of the renewal process for its monetary policy framework agreement with the federal government, which it undergoes every five years.
“It was important for the bank to hear from Canadians as part of this process because inflation and interest rate decisions affect their day-to-day lives,” governor Tiff Macklem said in a
Apple increases prices for Macs and iPads, blaming a shortage of memory chips
Apple on Thursday announced an increase in prices for Macs and iPads, citing a memory chip shortage brought on by the artificial intelligence boom.
The Cupertino, California-based company called the demand spike an “unprecedented challenge” for the consumer electronics industry.
“The rapid expansion of AI data centers has created an extraordinary surge in demand for memory and storage. We have never seen a component price increase this much, this quickly,” the company said in a written statement.
The new, entry-level MacBook Neo will