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NEW: B.C. Conservative leadership candidate @KerryLynneFindl called a press conference to address allegations of election funding violations during her 2025 federal campaign, then fled in a black SUV after speaking for just seven minutes without taking a single question from reporters — The Chilliwack Progress

NEW: Nova Scotia Premier @TimHoustonNS says Nova Scotia is entering negotiations with a natural gas company that could frack for gas in the province, after seven firms responded to an exploration call and the government lifted a decade-long ban on fracking last year — Global News

NEW: Support for freedom of gender expression has declined among both men and women in Canada since 2018, dropping from 85% to 77% among women and 78% to 70% among men, with immigrants less likely to support than Canadian-born residents — Statistics Canada

WATCH: Former Liberal Minister @cafreeland is confronted and verbally harassed at a Toronto event, with a protester calling her a "Zionist Nazi dog" and other slurs before getting kicked out.

WATCH: Prime Minister @MarkJCarney responds to Alberta Premier @ABDanielleSmith's decision to go forward with a separation referendum question despite signing an MOU with the federal government.

NEW: Advocates are calling on Ottawa to reduce Old Age Security payments to retirees with household incomes over $100,000, a move that proponents say would save $7 billion annually, eliminate seniors poverty, fund $10/day childcare, and provide rental subsidies for a million young Canadians — Global News

BREAKING: @NavdeepSBains, former federal Innovation Minister under Justin Trudeau, officially enters the race for Ontario Liberal leader as the party looks to rebuild ahead of the next provincial election.

WATCH: Prime Minister @MarkJCarney invokes Brexit as a warning against Alberta separation, saying people are "still trying to undo what people didn't think they were voting for but what they ended up having.”

WATCH: CTV reporter @VassyKapelos interrogates Alberta Premier @ABDanielleSmith, says she is misrepresenting the true number of Albertans who signed an independence petition stating, ‘I don’t understand’ how Canadians could not think Premier Smith is pushing for separation.

WATCH: PM @MarkJCarney says median wealth in Canada is 23% higher than in the U.S. "because we take care of each other."

NEW: The Squamish Nation is warning residents of a fake letter ordering homeowners to vacate their property, calling it a deliberate provocation amid ongoing tensions following the landmark Cowichan ruling on Aboriginal title in Richmond — CBC News

BREAKING: @oliviachow announces she will run for a second term as Toronto mayor, with municipal elections set for October 2026 — City News

JUST IN: PM @MarkJCarney gets chippy with the Globe and Mail's @MariekeWalsh.

NEW: Prime Minister @MarkJCarney welcomes the FIFA World Cup to Ottawa as Canada prepares to host matches next month, pledging $755 million to develop soccer at all levels across the country — CTV News

NEW: Canadian concern over Alberta and Quebec separatism has dropped sharply, with only 26% of respondents worried about Alberta leaving and 18% about Quebec, down from 52% and 42% respectively in May 2025 — National Post

NEW: Google warned a House of Commons committee that Bill C-22's lawful-access regime would create surveillance backdoors, break end-to-end encryption, and facilitate foreign interference, joining Meta, Apple, and Signal in urging Ottawa to narrow the bill's scope — Globe and Mail

NEW: @Pontifex calls for AI regulation and transparency in his first encyclical, warning it is "not permissible" to entrust AI systems with lethal decisions and urging governments to slow the technology's development before it leads the world toward unending war — CBC News

POLL: 47% of Canadians say the country is heading in the right direction, the highest proportion since 2017 — Abacus Data

Tim Hortons dials back its use of the Temporary Foreign Worker program and pledges to stop lobbying Ottawa to expand the TFW cap — The Globe and Mail