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Europe considering proposals to allow navigation fees in strait of Hormuz
The Guardian: Europe is studying proposals that could allow navigation fees to be charged in the strait of…
July 11, 2026
Mark Carney’s govt loves memorandums of understanding. So, what are they exactly?
Shannon Proudfoot/The Globe and Mail: But the real challenge goes back to what a memorandum of understanding is…
July 11, 2026
Hey, big spender: Why we need to start giving Carney bit less benefit of doubt
Adam Radwanski/Toronto Star: But there’s too much at stake, in the bets he’s placing on the country’s future,…
July 11, 2026
Mark Carney spent year gathering political capital. Now he’s spending it — along with billions of taxpayers’ dollars
Tonda MacCharles/Toronto Star: Poilievre’s newly named foreign affairs critic Eric Duncan said in an interview that when he…
July 11, 2026
Former diplomat joins legal case against Trump’s sanctioning of Canadian ICC judge
The Canadian Press: Washington sanctioned International Criminal Court judge Kimberly Prost nearly a year ago, over her work…
July 11, 2026
How federal govt’s proposed digital regulator would work
The Canadian Press: University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist has dubbed the commission a “digital super-regulator.” “A…
July 11, 2026
News outlets urge judge to sanction OpenAI in high-stakes AI copyright fight
Associated Press: The newspapers allege the ChatGPT maker is hiding evidence important to what could be a landmark…
July 10, 2026
Why Chat Control 1.0 is EU’s most Orwellian law yet
Euronews: A loophole in parliamentary procedure allowed MEPs to extend mass scanning of private communications until 2026 —…
July 10, 2026
Nobel-winning U.S. chemist will move to China to lead A.I. institute
New York Times: Omar Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, will head an initiative to apply artificial…
July 10, 2026
OpenAI and Google sell AI models to blacklisted China groups
Financial Times: The US companies confirmed to the FT that they have been supplying AI services to Singapore-based…
July 10, 2026
Detroit-Canada bridge to open by late July after delay due to issues between countries, sources say
Toronto Star: The Gordie Howe bridge is expected to open by the end of the month after U.S.…
July 10, 2026
EU threatens Instagram, Facebook with fines if it doesn’t change addictive design
Politico Europe: The EU executive issued its findings under the Digital Services Act on Friday, telling Meta to…
July 10, 2026
Continued myth of Russia’s imminent collapse: Lessons from Prigozhin’s mutiny three years on
Sean Wiswesser/The Cipher Brief: The third lesson is perhaps the most consequential. Putin’s system was never designed to…
July 10, 2026
Trump again declares ceasefire over but says US has agreed to talks with Iran. Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump—AND MORE
CNN: President Donald Trump said the US has agreed to continue talks with Iran but that Washington has…
July 10, 2026
Braid: Smith’s big Stampede rollouts aimed at cutting separatist support
Don Braid/Calgary Herald: In the space of seven days, UCP Premier Danielle Smith and her allies proved that…
July 10, 2026
Anthony Koch: I’m a Conservative who wants to win! That doesn’t make me a Liberal
Anthony Koch/National Post: Somewhere along the line, a segment of the conservative movement stopped caring about victory and…
July 10, 2026
Questions over Conservative unity resurface amid bickering over ‘Liberal’ staff, data centres
National Post: Sniping over “Liberal lobbyists” working for a B.C. Conservative leadership campaign and federal Conservatives at odds…
July 10, 2026
Unemployment rate falls to 6.5% in June as youth add 33,000 jobs: StatCan
The Canadian Press: Employers added 18,000 jobs last month, the agency said, mostly in part-time and private sector…
July 10, 2026
Dozens of senators routinely miss key votes in Red Chamber
CBC: In the 12 months following the last federal election, the Senate convened for just 76 sitting days.…
July 10, 2026
‘It’s awkward’: Why Alberta’s separation debate tends to live mostly online
CBC: Lum had some time to kill with her brother-in-law as they waited for her partner to finish…
July 10, 2026