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SAWYER, Mich. (AP) — A completed bridge linking Detroit and Canada is expected to open by the end of the month after U.S. and Canadian officials reached an agreement to resolve the dispute that delayed its debut, according to two people directly involved in the negotiations.The sources were not authorized to publicly disclose the deal before a formal announcement.A ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for early June was postponed after the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority said the two countries needed more time to resolve “outstanding issues.” The delay followed President Donald Trump’s earlier threats to block the bridge’s opening.Commercial traffic is now expected...

I admit that this surprised me too. No matter how much one distrusts media narratives, they shape our perceptions until something breaks the bubble and makes you question the basic assumptions that inform your worldview. What choice do we have? We can't go down every rabbit hole to ferret out the truth. We have to pick and choose our battles, after all. So it's good to have a reminder to remain skeptical in all things, especially when some interest or political agenda is involved. A case in point: the story we are told about crime rates in the United States...

Mark Carney swept to power on a backlash to President Trump’s talk of making Canada the 51st state, which many Americans took for mere shtick. But for the new prime minister, reading intelligence reports detailing the gravity of the crisis, it was a breaking point. In private phone conversations with Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, Trump had threatened to scrap the 1908 agreement delineating their shared border. “I tear that up and your whole country unravels,” Trump told Trudeau in one call, according to two people familiar with the matter. Over dinner at Mar-a-Lago, Trudeau’s envoys tried to dissuade Trump from...

Federal agents crushed the California arm of a vicious transnational organized crime syndicate in series of stunning raids Tuesday that saw the arrest of at least 11 accused criminals in the Golden State — and over a dozen more in the US, Canada and Europe. Los Angeles federal agents led the global takedown of the India-based Bishnoi Gang, a fearsome global mob blamed for extortion, drug dealing and the assassination of political figures, industrialists, actors and musicians in North America and India.

Canadian David Bonin, 58, told The Post his ancestors fought in the American Revolution for the British — but seeing the July 4 celebrations has convinced him they were wrong. “I think we should have followed the US and ousted the British,” said the Montreal native, after explaining he could trace his lineage back to British Loyalists based in Niagara Falls during the Revolution. SNIP “They really get into it. They do everything super well,” he said, adding that he was now rethinking his thoughts about Canada.

Highly ill-advised' card comes amid tension over military procurementAmid the ongoing review of Canada's fighter jet procurement, a federal public servant has been rebuked for distributing a custom-made business card featuring two Lockheed Martin F-35s at a recent military trade show. According to federal guidelines, all government business cards must follow a standardized template, with a Canadian flag as the sole illustration. The card used by Crista-lynn Ferguson at the Ottawa conference included more than her email, phone numbers and title as director general of fighter capability at the Department of National Defence (DND). Its front featured a metallic logo...

SummaryUS denies extension of US-Mexico-Canada Agreement for 16 years without changes USMCA remains in place for 10 years with annual review before expiring More US-Mexico negotiations scheduled the week of July 20 Mexico's Sheinbaum says work on USMCA will continue, 'today is not a deadline' WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday declined to extend the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, starting a decade-long clock to wind down the trade deal as it seeks changes to try ‌to reshore manufacturing jobs and reduce U.S. trade deficits with its North American neighbors. The decision, revealed after a six-year review of the...

Chinese cars are increasingly driving a wedge between the US, Mexico and Canada ahead of a July 1 deadline to renew North America’s faltering free-trade pact, deepening a rift already torn open by Donald Trump’s tariffs. The US is the only major market Chinese cars have yet to conquer — but it remains firmly off-limits. Washington has in effect banned them to combat suspected surveillance technology amid fears the vehicles, heavily subsidised by Beijing, would kill off America’s domestic auto industry. By contrast, Mexico’s love affair with cheap Chinese cars has made it Beijing’s top car export destination and Canada...

A schizophrenic woman who viciously stabbed to death a newlywed at a Toronto drugstore was shockingly allowed to walk free over a decade after the senseless rampage. SNIP Bisesar, a financial adviser clad in business attire and standing less than 5 feet tall, took off after the stabbing spree but was captured later by Toronto police. “While the tragedy cannot be undone and will always be on our minds, Ms. Bisesar no longer is a significant threat to the safety of the public, and the law requires that an absolute discharge must be imposed,” the board wrote in its decision...

Canada’s House rejected a final attempt to stop Bill C-9, which threatens to criminalize quoting the Bible, including on homosexuality.OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A final attempt to stop Bill C-9 was defeated, meaning that the bill, which threatens to criminalize quoting parts of the Bible, including on homosexuality, has officially passed Canada’s Parliament and will soon become law.On Wednesday, June 17, a majority of MPs voted down an attempt by Conservative MP Andrew Lawton to stop Bill C-9 “once and for all.”“The Liberals and Bloc Québécois voted down my motion to withdraw the divisive and toxic Bill C-9 to stand...

Toronto police say multiple investigations into shootings around the Toronto area, including incidents at synagogues and the U.S. Consulate, reveal a pattern of young people being hired to perpetrate gun crimes in the city. Chief Myron Demkiw and Chief Supt. Joe Matthews spoke at a news conference Tuesday morning, less than a week after police carried out search warrants related to multiple shootings across the city. Three recent arrests have been linked to the shooting investigations, Matthews said, including the alleged killer of a Toronto police officer who was shot during a raid Thursday. Demkiw said the investigators recovered two...

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that the “new world order will be built from Europe” with his country playing a key role in comments that echo a speech earlier in the year interpreted as a criticism of President Donald Trump. During a visit to Ireland, Carney said that that Canada was “the most European of non-European countries, and we are transforming our cooperation with the EU.” In January, Carney addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, taking aim at the erosion of the rules-based international order in comments which were seen as a pointed reference to Trump’s...

The opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge was delayed at the request of the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday afternoon. Hours after the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority postponed a planned ribbon-cutting event on Friday, Carney said there were "a few issues that have been raised." "At the request of the United States, we agreed to delay the opening and take the necessary time to resolve outstanding issues, a few issues that have been raised," said Carney, speaking to reporters at an event unveiling a food security strategy. "We're going to work through some issues that have come...

An Ontario court has ordered the Iranian regime to pay more than $560 million to a Canadian citizen who was tortured in Iran decades ago, marking one of the largest civil awards ever issued in the country. In a Thursday ruling, Canadian authorities found the Iranian regime must pay 5 percent annual interest on previously awarded damages to victim Zahed Haftlang, who fled to Canada in 2001 after enduring two years of torture in an Iranian prison. Because the abuse dates back to 1990, 36 years of accrued interest adds an additional $360 million to the original award, bringing the...

Officers carried out search warrant at residential building Thursday morning, prior to shootingA 19-year-old will be charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Toronto police constable shot in an exchange of gunfire in the city's northwest end Thursday morning, police say. The shooting happened as officers were conducting an investigation linked to several other incidents involving firearms around the Greater Toronto Area, Toronto police Chief Demkiw said, including one that took place at the U.S. consulate in March. Const. Marc Pinizzotto, 43, was "a hero in life, not death," Demkiw said at a news conference outside Sunnybrook Health...

Geoffrey Wall of Barrie, Ont., faces several charges after fraud investigation, Peel police sayA former airline captain is facing fraud charges after he allegedly flew hundreds of flights over nearly 17 years without a necessary licence, Peel police say. Geoffrey Wall, 59, of Barrie, Ont., was arrested on June 1, following a complex fraud investigation dubbed "Project Icarus," Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich announced at a news conference Tuesday. Wall began his career in 1998 and was promoted to captain in 2009, at which point he required an airline transport pilot license (ATPL), which he allegedly did not have, police said....

Link Gaetz allegedly punched driver in face, broke windshield and fled last September Police in British Columbia say a former NHL player remains at large a day after authorities announced charges against him in the alleged attack on a taxi driver in Metro Vancouver. Link Gaetz, 57, is facing charges of assault and mischief under $5,000 in the unprovoked attack of a Maple Ridge, B.C., taxi driver on Sept. 17, 2025. Mounties say Gaetz is accused of abruptly telling the taxi driver to stop after being picked up, then punching the driver repeatedly in the face and trying to break...

Police in Durham Region, Ont., say they’ve uncovered a network of what they’re describing as criminal tourists who enter Canada legally to commit crime for financial gain. Investigators unveiled the results of “Project Jetsetter” on Friday, saying they’ve connected more than 200 incidents to the organized criminal network and confirmed more than $2.6 million in financial losses. So far, 46 individuals have been arrested and are facing a combined 1,442 criminal charges. At least 164 arrest warrants have been issued for individuals currently wanted by police. Through the investigation, Chief Peter Moreira said police uncovered what he called “concerning patterns”...

Denis Bouchard, the 70-year-old Canadian who has already pleaded guilty to two false claims in connection to illegally voting in nine American elections, is going to prison for two months. Bouchard has lived in the United States since the 1960s and never became a citizen, prosecutors say. Yet, he checked a box saying he was a United States citizen on registration applications and ballots. Voting records indicate participation in nine federal elections between 2004 and 2024 in two coastal counties of southeastern North Carolina. According to the State Board of Elections, Bouchard has been removed from being registered in New...

In the first paragraph, they admit that they wrongly accepted as true the 2021 allegation of “unmarked graves” near the former Kamloops, B.C., residential school without a shred of evidence to back up the claim. Fine. But in the very next paragraph, they state: “3,200 Indigenous children, at least, died at residential schools, according to the 2015 report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.” Not true, according to Nina Green, an independent researcher whose website Indian Residential School Records is a documentary treasure trove on this issue ... In her latest missive , which unpacks the Globe editorial, she writes...