Canada and Italy have entered talks for Canada’s purchase of M-346 advanced jet trainer aircraft.

The announcement was made after a meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at the G7 summit in Évian-les-Bains.

The jets are designed and produced by Leonardo, one of Italy’s largest aerospace companies.

It’s unclear how many jets Canada is looking to purchase.

The leaders say the agreement will enable the Royal Canadian Air Force to train in “

Many single Canadians are feeling the pinch of higher food prices as they foot grocery bills single-handedly, according to a new report.

An Interac survey found single Canadians spend about $102 a week on groceries, while couples in a shared household report paying about $80 per person per week.

The report, published Tuesday, suggested nearly eight in 10 single Canadians say they can’t seem to bring their bills down, no matter what they do.

Many single-person households can’t

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in May were down compared with a year ago, but there was “meaningful upward momentum” month-over-month for the first time this year.

The organization says home sales in May totalled 47,014, down 5.1 per cent from May 2025.

However, activity was up 5.5 per cent on a seasonally adjusted basis compared with April this year.

Shaun Cathcart, CREA’s senior economist, says conditions have been

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s top diplomat said Tuesday that the tentative deal to end the war with the United States would require Israel to withdraw from Lebanon — a condition Israel has already rejected and that could sink the agreement, leading to the resumption of all-out war.

The deal, which is between the U.S. and Iran, has not been made public, and officials have sometimes offered contradictory interpretations of what is in it. While Israel is not party to the agreement

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to table long-awaited legislation to govern clean drinking water in First Nations communities today.

The House of Commons is expected to rise by Friday for the summer break, which means the legislation likely won’t be debated or voted on until the fall.

The Canadian Press has obtained a draft of the bill labelled “for consultation until June 11, 2026.” It’s not clear if any changes were made since the consultation period ended

VANCOUVER — A new study by researchers at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver has found that alcohol “significantly reduces” the chance of rescue in a youth drowning accident.

The study, published in Medicine Science and Law, analyzed 11 years of forensic data on 638 pediatric drowning deaths in Canada.

It found that teenagers between ages 15 and 19 made up 33.5 per cent of the deaths, 22 per cent of the deaths were toddlers aged two and four, and children between five and

OTTAWA — Ghana’s bid to get midfielder Thomas Partey into Canada for the World Cup heads to Federal Court this morning.

A judge is scheduled to hear an injunction application seeking to overturn Canada’s decision to deny entry to Partey, who is awaiting trial on rape and sexual assault charges in England.

The 32-year-old remains in the United States after being refused entry for Ghana’s opening match against Panama on Wednesday in Toronto.

Ghana’s government has called the decision “extremely unfair”

OTTAWA — Ottawa might scrap the position of special envoy to Africa, despite House of Commons and Senate committees calling on the government to give the role a higher priority and more resources to capitalize on a projected economic boom on the continent.

“Every time I speak about Africa, it’s like talking into a vacuum because I feel like people’s eyes are closed to this continent,” Sen. Amina Gerba said in a French-language interview.

“We shouldn’t limit ourselves to just Europe or just