WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people in July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures. The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year from […]

As Aidan Jeffers begins his graduate studies at the University of Toronto, he says he will have to work more hours and possibly rely on food banks due to drastic changes to student financial aid in Ontario – and the resulting debt he expects to rack up. Jeffers said he’s been working two jobs over […]

Recovery Alberta is closing the addiction treatment program at Henwood Treatment Centre in Edmonton, the IJF has learned. The decision to end the program came as a shock to staff and hundreds of Albertans seeking addiction treatment, and the lack of transparency surrounding the closure is fuelling questions about the Alberta government’s plans for the […]

A contentious water aerodrome on Lake Couchiching is facing more scrutiny. Last month, on behalf of numerous residents worried an accident will happen, Ramara Mayor Basil Clarke wrote to several authorities, including Transport Canada, requesting a safety review of Lake Country Airways’ operations. In his response, the Minister of Transport, Steven MacKinnon, confirmed that the […]

In 2021, Washington lawmakers expanded the state’s power to strip cops of their certification. In an effort to keep officers fired for certain types of misconduct out of law enforcement, they passed a law requiring police agencies across the state to quickly report officer separations and misconduct to the state’s Criminal Justice Training Commission and […]

YORKTON — Saskatchewan NDP MLA Aleana Young says documents obtained through Freedom of Information legislation show no funding has been allocated for a proposed new hospital in Yorkton over the next three fiscal years. Speaking in Yorkton, Young said records received from the Saskatchewan Health Authority contradict statements from the Saskatchewan Party government that money […]

Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher is set to address city officials and take questions from the public as he provides an update on a scandal at a station in a multicultural neighbourhood in the northern part of the city. Police announced in June that they had dismantled a 16-member patrol unit at the Montreal-Nord station […]

Local residents in a multicultural neighbourhood in Montreal may not be the only ones looking for answers about a scandal at their local police station. The police have shared little public information about the investigation since June 12, when Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher announced police had disbanded a 16-member patrol unit in Montréal-Nord over […]

Frantz Jean-Jacques remembers feeling hopeful after coming out of a meeting more than a decade ago with the commander of a police station in a multicultural neighbourhood of Montreal. Over a dozen local residents attended, including a number of young men who shared troubling stories about their own interactions with police. They came to denounce […]

Internal Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) records obtained through Ontario’s Freedom of Information (FOI) process show ministry officials approved the expansion of Atura Power’s Napanee Generating Station despite acoustic modelling that predicted one startup operating scenario would exceed the applicable provincial noise criterion before proposed mitigation measures were implemented. The records provide […]

A group of concerned residents invited members of the community to a public meeting to discuss the proposed boundary adjustment involving the Brantford Municipal Airport on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. Although the airport is currently owned and operated by the City of Brantford, the lands currently fall within the boundary of the County of Brant. […]

CBC/Radio-Canada won’t disclose how much participating in the Eurovision song contest could cost. A government document, obtained through access to information law, says information about other countries is limited but total costs ranged from about $400,000 for Portugal to $1.5 million for Israel in 2025. The Canadian Heritage document also says that because the Broadcasting […]