RCMP Investigating Motive in Saskatchewan Shooting That Left 1 Dead, 1 Injured RCMP are working to determine the motive for a shooting that left a woman dead and a man seriously injured in a remote community in northern Saskatchewan. The shooting happened Monday near the health centre in Pelican Narrows, 500 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon. When officers arrived, they found the woman and the man at different spots on the same road, RCMP said. The woman died at the scene and the man was taken to hospital. Residents were ordered to shelter in place, and a suspect was arrested at a home five hours later. Insp. Ashley St. Germaine said Tuesday that charges have yet to be laid against the suspect. View article →

State Department Issues Travel Advisory for Mexico According to the Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2025, there are 'extremely high rates' of violent crime in Mexico. View article →

Satellite Images Show More Military Activity Near China’s Nuclear Missile Silos The network of desert launch platforms host long-range missiles that can reach any U.S. city, but one expert cautioned that missile silos are sometimes fake. View article →

Classified Evidence Delays Roberts-Smith War Crimes Case The case against him is mired in delays stretching to September due to national security issues. View article →

Victoria to Expand Anti-Corruption Watchdog’s Powers to Investigate Public Spending The proposed changes would enable the IBAC to investigate how public funds move through subcontracting networks and labour-hire firms. View article →

BC Court to Hear Appeal of Woman Fined $10K for Private Remarks The Supreme Court of British Columbia will hear an appeal by a woman ordered her to pay a $10,000 penalty after remarks she made in a private conversation with a friend were ruled discriminatory by a B.C. tribunal. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) confirmed the hearing in a release this week, saying it will represent the woman. View article →

Connected Vehicle Data ‘Can Have Intelligence Value’ to Adversaries: Federal Document Data from an advanced electric vehicle that falls into the wrong hands could be used to track people or carry out surveillance, an internal government document warns. The Public Safety Canada memo, prepared to address concerns about Chinese vehicles, urges Canadians to be mindful of the security and privacy risks of the digital devices they […] View article →

Canada's Arts World Has a Diversity Problem: Everyone Thinks Alike Commentary A couple of years ago, Vancouver’s PuSh Festival cancelled its planned production of Christopher Morris’s “The Runner.” The issue was not that the play had suddenly become unwatchable; its repeated performances had earned lavish praise. The issue suddenly was that Morris, a Canadian playwright, had “no religious or cultural ties to the region” he […] View article →

Sylvain Charlebois: Food Tax Reform Keeps Colliding With Governments’ Need for Revenue Commentary Quebec is poised to become the second province in Canada in recent weeks to roll back provincial sales taxes on food-related items, reinforcing a broader truth governments increasingly struggle to defend: taxing food has always been a flawed way to shape consumer behaviour. Unlike Manitoba, however, Quebec is taking a broader and arguably more pragmatic approach by extending relief to healthier ready-to-eat products and convenience foods. Under current tax rules in several provinces, basic groceries are exempt from provincial sales taxes, while many prepared or ready-to-eat foods remain taxable. That distinction matters. Too often, public policy assumes that only “junk food” is taxed, when in reality many prepared and nutritious options remain subject to provincial sales taxes simply because they are convenient.... View article →

Netanyahu Directs Israeli Military to Increase Zone of Control to 70 Percent of Gaza Under a US-brokered ceasefire agreed last October, the IDF was meant to withdraw to a Yellow Line demarcating the extent of their control. View article →

Oman Assured US It Won’t Charge Tolls in Strait of Hormuz: Bessent Trump has said the strait should remain open to international shipping and not be controlled by anybody. View article →

US Imposes New Sanctions on Iran’s Oil Sales The Treasury targeted shadow fleet vessels and front companies to starve the regime of funds for rebuilding its armed forces. View article →

Australian Federal Police Defends Decision to Arrest Roberts-Smith Publicly The AFP chief said it was 'unviable' for Roberts-Smith to present himself to police, as he had promised. View article →

Falun Gong Group Asks Anand to Raise Issue of Transnational Repression With Chinese Minister A group persecuted by Beijing says Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand should use the visit by her Chinese counterpart to request an end to transnational repression in Canada and persecution in China. The Falun Dafa Association of Canada sent a letter to Anand earlier this week ahead of the arrival of Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi in Ottawa on May 28. View article →

US Carries Out Defensive Strikes in Iran, Strait of Hormuz: Official A U.S. official said the strikes were ‘measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire.’ View article →

ECB Warns Energy, Trade Shocks Could Hit Eurozone Banks Rising energy costs could increase market volatility and make it harder for governments, businesses and households to repay debt, the ECB said. View article →

US Expects USMCA Trade Talks With Mexico to Include Tariffs Negotiations with Canada could present challenges, the U.S. trade ambassador said. View article →

Global Capital Eyes Australia’s $50 Billion Water Market The scarcity of Australia's water and the $50 billion market developed to manage it is drawing the attention of global capital. View article →

Judge Considers Deportation Risk in Sentencing Alberta Theft Case An Alberta judge considered the potential immigration consequences, including possible deportation, in sentencing a woman from India convicted of stealing from her employer. Ravneet Kaur, 26, who is a permanent resident of Canada, pled guilty to stealing products of a combined value of more than $7,000 from Walmart, where she was employed. The theft occurred in multiple incidents over a five-week period from Jan. 25 to March 1, 2024. Justice James J. Ogle handed Kaur a five-and-a-half-month conditional sentence of imprisonment, saying he took into account factors including her guilty plea, absence of any prior record, arrangements for full restitution, and risk of deportation. Kaur, who came to Canada on a student visa at 17, gained permanent residence in 2024. She has worked in the past in Canada in several different retail store positions, and is currently employed as security staff in a warehouse—a job she started after being fired from Walmart. View article →

Taiwan Rep Tells MPs Trade With Canada Is ‘Remarkably Low,’ Calls for More Engagement As Ottawa prepares to host the Chinese foreign minister to boost Canada-China ties, Taiwan’s representative in Canada is calling on MPs to increase trade with the island nation. Harry Tseng, head of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Canada, told MPs on the House of Commons international trade committee that bilateral trade between Canada [...] View article →