Toronto gas prices set for sharp 8‑cent jump Wednesday — biggest 1‑day increase since early May
US grants visa to Haitian soccer player to join team for World Cup
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government has given a visa to Woodensky Pierre , the only member of Haiti’s national soccer team who lives in the Caribbean country, to travel and participate in the World Cup , an official said Tuesday.
Thecieux Jeanty, Haiti’s soccer federation spokesperson, told The Associated Press that Pierre is scheduled to travel to Florida on Tuesday.
“It was a great moment for him, a moment of happiness,” he said.
Teammates arrived in

Toronto police seek suspect after unprovoked TTC streetcar assault in Leslieville
Toronto police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted in connection with a violent, unprovoked assault on a streetcar in the city’s east end last month that left a rider seriously injured.
Officers were called to the Coxwell Avenue and Queen Street East area on Sunday, May 17, at 7:52 p.m., after reports that a passenger had been attacked aboard a TTC streetcar. When police arrived, they found the victim suffering from serious but non‑life‑threatening

Muhammad Ali’s family reflects on the champion boxer’s legacy 10 years after his death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Muhammad Ali’s legacy extends beyond his stinging right jab, world titles and Olympic gold medal, to the heart and compassion he showed long after he left the ring, his wife Lonnie Ali said.
“He transcended boxing into every space you can imagine,” she told The Associated Press this week ahead of the 10-year anniversary of Ali’s death on June 3, 2016, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
“Muhammad

Pope names Mexican-American broadcasting executive to lead Vatican communications
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took a step Tuesday toward overhauling the Vatican’s communications operations by naming the Mexican-American president of the Catholic U.S. media conglomerate EWTN News as its new head.
Maria Montserrat Alvarado replaces Paolo Ruffini as prefect of the Dicastery of Communications, the office that controls the Vatican’s television, radio, online, publishing and newspaper operations. It enjoys one of the biggest budgets of any Vatican department.
By naming a layperson and a woman to head a major Vatican

Iran’s inflation hits World War II levels, deepening economic pain
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Year-on-year inflation in Iran reached a level in May unseen since World War II, underlining the economic pain average Iranians face as the Islamic Republic worries about the war with Israel and the United States restarting.
A report Monday by Iran’s Central Bank represents the first official acknowledgment of what Iranians shopping, paying for a taxi or visiting a medical clinic already know: The rial currency is battered by the war and uncertainty around it resuming.
Meanwhile, longtime problems

Canada’s latest obsession: data centres
If you’ve noticed that data centres are having a moment in Canada right now, you wouldn’t be the only one.
As Ottawa looks to maintain a sovereign digital footprint amid the current AI rush, building its own data centres has the potential to do so. But the question is who actually funds these centres, and what are they doing to the environments around them?
Host Maria Kestane speaks to Shion Guha, information professor at the University of Toronto’s department of computer science, to discuss why Canada

Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill as Trump reconsiders plans for his $1.8 billion fund
WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday after the Trump administration signaled it was pausing contentious plans to move forward with a nearly $1.8 billion fund that could compensate allies of President Donald Trump who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted.
The hearing before the House Appropriations Committee was scheduled for discussion of the Justice Department’s budget, but lawmakers will almost certainly focus their questioning on the creation of a fund that has provoked outrage over the mere possibility

Video of Toronto police tackling cyclist sparks debate; TPS says rider fled stop‑sign enforcement
A video circulating widely on social media is raising questions about police use of force after Toronto officers were seen tackling and arresting a cyclist during a stop‑sign enforcement blitz along the Martin Goodman Trail over the weekend.
The near-one-minute clip, posted to X by cycling advocate David Shellnutt , shows two officers forcefully bringing a cyclist to the ground as bystanders react in shock. In the video, the cyclist can be heard asking, “What did I do wrong?” while an officer responds, “ You

Schools, band office closed after Saskatchewan shooting kills one, injures another
PELICAN NARROWS — The remote northeastern Saskatchewan community of Pelican Narrows has been left shaken after a shooting near its local health clinic that killed one person and injured another.
RCMP say a suspect was taken into custody late Monday, almost six hours after residents in the community about 500 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon were ordered to shelter in place.
Officials with Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation say that for safety reasons, schools and the local band office will be closed the rest of the week.
It also says the health centre will offer
