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Time for Ford to go 'uphill' against Carney's Alto rail: Denley

Federal Liberal MPs hold 23 of Toronto’s 24 seats, and they have nothing to gain by supporting an unpopular airport expansion plan. There’s also a by-election in August in a Liberal-dominated Toronto, but the concern is broader than that. Opponents of airport expansion are determined, organized and have long memories. If you’re a Toronto Liberal MP, why antagonize them to help Doug Ford? Source…

Afternoon front page: Anti-Semitic attacks hit 30-year high; low birth rates among immigrants to Canada; and more

It’s Wednesday, July 29. Here are the top stories we are following today. Read more Source link

OpenAI says the fraudulent AI agent attack hit other companies

ChatGPT’s maker, OpenAI, has revealed that an autonomous artificial intelligence agent that hacked a popular platform for computer programmers also attempted to breach four other companies during the incident. In an update late Tuesday in a blog post detailing its investigation into the incident, OpenAI said its AI agent affected these “publicly available services,” though it did not name the…

Zelenskyy says he and Trump had 'good meeting' on Patriot missiles at the White House

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he discussed Patriot air defenses and prospects for renewed diplomacy during a meeting with US President Donald Trump, although there were few public signs of progress as Kiev seeks to strengthen its military capabilities against Russia. Read more Source link

New at home: Building a community on rails

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Netanyahu will meet with Trump at the White House for the first time since the start of the war in Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since the start of the war in Iran, on which they have publicly disagreed. Read more Source link

Unofficial US-Iran ceasefire holds for third straight day, but Tehran denies the two sides are talking

US President Donald Trump expressed optimism on Monday about the prospects for a negotiated peace deal with Iran, as the two sides held their fire for a third straight day. Read more Source link

It's not just Canadians who are upset with Trump's latest tariffs

Asked whether Trump’s tariffs had increased, decreased or had no effect on the price of the goods they bought, 46 percent said prices had increased a lot, while 26 percent thought they had increased a little and 14 percent said they had seen no effect. Only three percent thought prices had fallen. Source link

It could be about Trump muddying the water at the Canadian border

WASHINGTON, DC – While Canadians have focused on Donald Trump’s efforts to become the “51st state” and tighten their cross-border trade, the US president has been quietly tinkering with regulations on waters along the Canada-US border. Read more Source link

Appeals court blocks Trump's mail-in voting fix ahead of midterm elections

Judge Joshua Dunlap, an appointee during Trump’s second term, dissented in part, writing that he would have allowed part of the impugned order that directed the Department of Homeland Security to prepare a list of potentially eligible U.S. citizen voters as guidance for states running elections. Source link

TPS suspects hate attacks at two locations of Jewish-owned bakery chain

Police did not specify which chain was targeted, but several users on X, including Avi Benlolo, founding chairman and CEO of the Abraham Global Peace Initiative (AGPI), identified it as Kiva’s Bagel Bar in St. Clair and their bakery and restaurant in Steeles. Source link

Netanyahu will ask Trump for 'continuous monitoring' of Iran's nuclear program

“Our intelligence services and yours are working so closely together that it’s not like I’m going to introduce new information, but I think it’s a good thing to have the opportunity to sit down with our good friend President Trump and hear what he has in mind, because I think in many ways it’s his decision,” Netanyahu told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.” Source link

The fires have moved closer to Madrid and Bordeaux

“Our priority, our thought, our goal is for your lives, to save your lives and to protect residential areas,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez told a news conference in the village of Cenicientos, in the fire zone about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the capital. Unpredictable winds mean “we’re going to have a challenging couple of hours,” he said. Source link

Conrad Black: Canada should not accept disrespect from Americans

Trump’s stylistic quirks have often been painful, though they’ve also often been entertaining and tempered the near-terminal pomposity of many senior officials. But his imminent end to illegal immigration and the flow of illegal drugs across America’s southern border, his tax cuts, deregulation, attack on political correctness, wake-up call and bigotry and subversion in universities, his support…

US measles outbreak worst in 35 years, amid declining vaccination rates

Washington (United States) (AFP) — The United States is in the midst of its worst measles outbreak in 35 years, according to official figures released Friday, amid a serious surge in cases as vaccine reluctance grows. Read more Source link

U of T mathematics professor Jacob Tsimerman has won the Fields Medal

He undertook his high school studies at the University of Toronto Schools, where he won two gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad, achieving a perfect score in 2004. At just 16, he began his Bachelor of Mathematics at U of T, graduating just two years later. When he joined the faculty at U of T, he was the youngest person appointed as a full professor in the mathematics…

The Canada-US trade war: A timeline of Trump's tariffs and Canada's response

On July 20, US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a new 50 percent tariff on Canadian goodsincluding milk, honey, essential oils, hockey equipment and some alcoholic beverages. Read more Source link

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