One person has died after a stabbing in Mississauga, according to police, who are still hunting for the suspect.

Around 12:30 p.m., Peel Regional Police were called to Agnes and Hurontario streets for reports someone had been stabbed.

When officers arrived at the scene, they found a male victim with stab wounds. He was rushed to hospital in life-threatening condition.

Later, he was pronounced dead.

Police said schools in the area were briefly locked down and roads closed.

Investigators said they believe they’re looking for two suspects but released no further details.

 

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New numbers from Statistics Canada show Manitoba tied for the highest annual inflation rate among the provinces in April, driven in part by jumps in food prices and property taxes.

Manitoba’s inflation rate, compared with April of last year, was 4.3 per cent — tied with Nova Scotia and above the national average of 2.8 per cent.

Property taxes and related charges rose 19 per cent while food costs rose 4.9 per cent — both were steeper increases than in any other province.

The Manitoba government said it is helping the situation through a recent cut to the provincial fuel tax and higher tax credits for renters and homeowners.

The NDP government is also planning to eliminate the provincial sales tax on more food as of July 1, but a bill to enact the change has not yet been passed by the legislature.

The Opposition Progressive Conservatives are calling on the government to cut income taxes as well.

“We have higher provincial income taxes, higher education property taxes (than some other provinces). All the while, utilities, gas and food continue to skyrocket,” Tory finance critic Lauren Stone said Tuesday.

Finance Minister Adrien Sala called on the Tories to allow a budget implementation bill to pass before the summer break in June in order to enact the food-tax cut by Canada Day.

“We ask the members opposite today — will they finally stop with the games and get on board,” Sala said in question period.

Basic groceries such as bread, meat, cereal and produce are already tax-exempt. The budget bill would extend the exemption to snacks, soft drinks and prepared meals such as rotisserie chickens in grocery and convenience stores.

The Tories want the bill changed to include a rise in the amount of income people can earn before being taxed.

Property taxes jumped in Winnipeg and some other areas of Manitoba over the past year, driven largely by higher taxes on properties imposed by school divisions. The NDP government replaced a tax credit and refund system enacted by the former Tory government with a new credit that offers more relief to lower-value homes but has many medium and high-value properties paying more.

Food prices have been increasing as well.

Some of the main factors behind April’s increase were jumps in the cost of beef, processed meat, coffee and tea, and non-alcoholic beverages.

“Manitoba’s supply chain differs somewhat from other provinces,” a statement from Statistics Canada read.

“The province is located farther from agricultural hubs, resulting in higher transportation costs that can be passed on to consumers. This is especially seen in products that are seasonal, such as fresh fruit and vegetables.

“In April, prices for fresh fruit rose 4.3 per cent year over year, while prices declined by 0.5 per cent at the Canada level. In addition, Manitoba has fewer grocery chains, which can limit competition and contribute to higher prices.”

Premier Wab Kinew has hinted at new relief measures to help people with the rising cost of living. He said earlier this year he was considering a temporary additional cut to the provincial fuel tax. He told reporters last month that some sort of direct subsidy for healthy food might be better.

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B.C. Premier David Eby is expected to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday and a possible Pacific pipeline is sure to be on the agenda.

On Friday, Eby said that the federal government is rewarding Alberta for “bad behaviour” by agreeing to push for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast.

On Tuesday, Eby said that his message is straightforward, saying British Columbia backs Canada and Ottawa needs to back British Columbia.

“The message to the prime minister is simple,” Eby said.

“This country cannot work if separatists, separatist premiers, others get all of the attention of the federal government and those provinces where we’re standing squarely behind Canada, where we are fighting for Canada, where we couldn’t be more pro-Canadian in the projects we’re advancing.”

Eby said B.C. was left out of the discussion when Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an “implementation agreement” to advance a West Coast pipeline to Ottawa’s major projects office by July 1.

The new agreement commits both the federal government and Alberta to consult B.C. on the proposed pipeline, and it could be declared in the national interest by the federal government by October, which would expedite the project.

“We have huge projects here in the province that are going to employ thousands and thousands of British Columbians and Canadians from across the country,” Eby said on Tuesday.

“It’s going to raise the national GDP. It’s going to raise the value of the Canadian dollar. Some of these projects are that big. And we’re training up British Columbians to be able to take the jobs these projects create. So they have more money to cope with rising expenses as a result of global inflation.

“We are doing this work. We need to do it together and we need to have at least as much enthusiasm from the federal government for B.C. projects as they’ve shown for Alberta projects.”

A statement from the Coastal First Nations advocacy group says its members will never allow a pipeline or oil tankers to the North Coast of B.C., and notes that Friday’s announcement doesn’t increase the chances of that.

Eby said that B.C. currently has $88 billion in projects on the go, with 34 different major projects and 40 per cent of the projects with proponents and roots ready to begin.

“We have the British Columbians who are getting trained to be able to take the jobs these projects create through a quarter billion dollars in new funding for training, so that this puts more money in British Columbians’ pockets by creating jobs and opportunity,” he said.

“It puts more in Canadians’ pockets across the country by lifting the national GDP. We just need to see that same level of support that Alberta has seen from the prime minister right here in British Columbia.”

–with files from The Canadian Press

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The U.S. government will permanently drop tax claims against President Donald Trump, according to a settlement document that is part of a deal to resolve Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns.

As part of the settlement agreement, the U.S. is “forever barred and precluded” from examining or prosecuting Trump, his sons and the Trump organization’s current tax issues, according to a one-page document posted to the Justice Department’s website on Tuesday.

The settlement, which marks an extraordinary use of executive power, goes beyond resolving litigation and effectively helps shield the president from further examination of his finances and legal conduct.

The White House referred Associated Press inquiries to the Justice Department, and the U.S. Treasury did not respond to Associated Press requests for comment.

The settlement refers only to existing audits, not future examinations, the Justice Department said in response to a request for comment on the expanded settlement.

The move comes after the Trump administration announced Monday the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they have been unjustly investigated and prosecuted, an arrangement that Democrats and government watchdogs derided as “corrupt” and unconstitutional.

The “Anti-Weaponization Fund” of $1.776 billion will allow people who believe they were targeted for prosecution for political purposes, including by the Biden administration Justice Department, to apply for payouts, creating what acting Attorney General Todd Blanche called “a lawful process for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress.”

Blanche, who was grilled by lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, would not rule out the possibility that people who carried out violence during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol will be considered for payouts from the new fund.

Democratic lawmakers and ethics watchdogs slammed the creation of the fund, saying it was corrupt, opaque and had the potential to become a “slush fund” for the president and his allies. Even Republican lawmakers have expressed signs of discomfort about the fund’s creation, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who told reporters that he’s “not a big fan.”

Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that the fund is dedicated to “reimbursing people who were horribly treated.”

Vice President JD Vance said unequivocally during a press briefing at the White House on Tuesday that neither the president, his administration, nor his family will benefit from the new fund.

“Is a dollar of this money going to the Trump administration? No,” Vance said. “Is a dollar of this money going to Donald Trump personally? No. Is a dollar of this money going to Donald Trump’s family? No.”

Vance said that anyone can apply to be compensated from the fund and defended using taxpayer money for it, adding that claims — including from Jan. 6 defendants — would be reviewed on a “case-by-case basis.”

Daniel Werfel, a former IRS Commissioner during the Biden administration, said he was unaware of the IRS agreeing in advance “to permanently forgo examination of previously filed tax returns for a specific person or business.”

He said the arrangement granted Trump and his family separate tax rules from other Americans.

“Whether you are the president or Joe the Plumber, people expect the same tax rules and enforcement framework to apply to everybody.”

The fund was announced after Trump, his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., and the Trump Organization agreed to drop their lawsuit against the IRS and the Treasury Department. The lawsuit alleged that a leak of confidential tax records caused them reputational and financial harm and negatively affected their public standing, among other allegations.

According to a separate settlement agreement posted to the Justice Department website Monday, Trump will receive a formal apology from the U.S. government but “will not receive any monetary payment or damages of any kind” from the settlement.

Kathleen Williams, the judge handling the lawsuit, dismissed the case on Monday and, in her filing, admonished the government agencies, notably the Justice Department, for failing to be transparent about the settlement.

She said no agency “submitted any settlement documents nor filed any documents ensuring that settlement was appropriate where there was an outstanding question as to whether an actual case or controversy existed.”

—With additional files from Global News

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A truck driver in the U.K. has been jailed for smuggling more than £7 million (CAD $12.8 million) worth of cocaine in a vehicle carrying a shipment of underwear and clothing by Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand, the National Crime Agency (NCA) says.

“The load was entirely legitimate, and neither the exporter nor importer was connected to the smuggled load,” the agency said.

However, the truck had been “specially adapted” to hide contraband in the trailer doors.

Polish national Jakub Jan Konkel, 40, was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court, about 50 km northeast of London, on Monday to 13 years and six months in prison, following a probe by the British agency tasked with investigating organized crime.

Konkel was stopped by border staff at the Port of Harwich in Essex while returning on a ferry from the Netherlands in a heavy goods vehicle carrying 28 pallets of Skims product.

Border officers found 90 1kg packages of cocaine, with a street value of around £7.2 million, or about $13 million Canadian, according to the NCA.

The pickup was traced to an undeclared 16-minute stop, where the drugs are thought to have been loaded onto the vehicle with only his and the crime group’s knowledge, the agency said.

Konkel initially denied having knowledge of the drugs at first, the NCA added, but later pleaded guilty to drug smuggling, confessing he agreed to smuggle the Class A substance for €4,500, about CAD$7,100.

According to the BBC, a cellphone linked to the drug supply was also discovered in the truck and had been set to wipe itself after 18 hours.

NCA operations manager Paul Orchard said it is common for crime rings to hijack legitimate cargo shipments, explaining that they hire drivers willing to take payment to smuggle illegal goods.

“Organized crime groups use corrupt drivers like Konkel to move Class A drugs, often hidden on entirely legitimate loads such as this,” he explained.

“The detection and investigation have removed a significant amount of cocaine whose profits are lost to the crime group behind the smuggling attempt, and with Konkel they’ve lost an important enabler,” he added.

“The NCA works with partners at home and abroad to protect the public from the threat of Class A drugs, which are at the epicentre of huge amounts of crime and suffering in U.K. communities.”

Border Force Assistant Director Jason Thorn added that the seizure of these shipments saves people’s lives and said the interception was a “testament to the brilliant work of Border Force, depriving criminal networks of millions in profit.”

Global News reached out to Skims and Kim Kardashian’s representatives for a comment, but did not receive a response.

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NAV Canada says it’s taking several steps to increase the amount of available staff this summer to meet peak demand periods, including during events like the FIFA World Cup, in moves air industry experts say are akin to “scraping the barrel” in a sector facing staffing challenges.

This comes less than two months after the not-for-profit corporation, which owns and operates Canada’s civic air navigation system, acknowledged it was short about 200 staff, including air traffic controllers (ATC).

The shortage of ATC and other staff last summer led to delays and service disruptions at some of Canada’s busiest airports and are part of a worldwide pattern of shortages stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

NAV Canada maintains that its approximately 200 staffing gap is proportionately smaller than jurisdictions like the U.S. and still continues to this day, according to a presser released Tuesday.

Aviation experts say, regardless of new temporary measures, there will still likely be flight disruptions this summer.

“They know they’re going to be in short supply for the summer, and they’re trying whatever methodology they’re using to kind of fill that gap,” says John Gradek, faculty lecturer in supply networks and aviation management at McGill University.

“But the gap still will be there and we’ll still have disruptions in a number of control centres throughout Canada this coming summer.”

NAV Canada says there are approximately 2,100 air traffic controllers and 700 flight service specialists currently employed within the organization, with nearly 550 additional students in training across the country.

According to the company’s website, training to become an air traffic controller can take 12 to 27 months, depending on the type of controller pathway.

Until those new trainees can be put to work, NAV Canada is implementing temporary measures to help meet a spike in air traffic demand this summer.

“We have been preparing for this summer for well over a year,” said Marie-Pier Berman, vice-president and chief of operations at NAV Canada in the release.

“Our team is ready. We have more air traffic controllers in the system than at any point since the pandemic. We have invested in the tools and processes that make our operation more resilient, and we are working closely with our partners across the aviation industry to deliver the safest and most efficient service possible.”

“Canadians should be confident in the system that keeps them safe.”

Financial incentives, known as the Critical Staffing Incentive Plan, will be used to encourage current staff members to work during busier operational periods, according to NAV Canada, which didn’t specify how much more money staff could see for working during these shifts.

The company, however, did say that the incentive program is “a multi-million dollar initiative to maximize controller coverage during peak operational periods” and is supported by the air traffic controllers’ union.

In order to ensure peak operational windows are well-staffed, NAV Canada says it is using Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) blackout periods. This means that staff who have accumulated time off previously from working holidays or overtime will be restricted from taking that earned time off during busy working hours.

Some of these measures may help, but there is a risk that labour unions may push back.

“They’re scraping the barrel. They’re going after stuff that might, in certain situations, cause some labour relations issues,” says Gradek.

“If they think that these measures will yield the results that they expect to be able to get, then fine, let them do it. But I think the word of caution is that we don’t want to sour the relationship we currently have with our air traffic control labour unions.”

ATCs and other staff who were recently promoted from operational positions, like air traffic controllers, to management roles are also being incentivized to return to the front lines temporarily.

Prior to these new plans being launched, NAV Canada says it has also been rehiring recently retired ATCs on contract and plans to maintain more than 50 of those rehired contracts during the peak summer season.

NAV Canada says, in addition to these new temporary incentives and schedule restrictions, it will use data-sharing initiatives and proactive demand management to enhance how its operations co-ordinate with airlines and airports.

It also plans to improve its co-ordination with the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S. to better manage cross-border traffic and “minimize downstream impacts from U.S. delays.”

NAV Canada also highlighted its technology strategy aimed at increasing air traffic capacity to meet a spike in demand, while reducing workloads for controllers and other staff.

Among the various systems listed, NAV Canada refers to its AI-enabled capacity forecasting, which it says provides advanced notice of capacity conditions for airlines and airports.

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Conservation officers are investigating a black bear attack in the Fraser Valley.

Officers say that at 4 a.m. on Monday, a man was alerted to a bear outside his home when his dog started barking.

The man went outside on his porch, officers say, and that’s when he saw the bear. He then tried to get the bear to leave by making lots of noise.

However, the bear didn’t leave and ran towards the man and swatted his arm, officers said in a statement.

The man managed to get inside his home and although he was injured, he was not seriously injured.

Conservation officers responded to the incident, but were unable to find a bear in the area, they said.

A trap has now been placed and trail cameras set up around the property to monitor any bear activity.

The Conservation Officer Service said people should be aware of their surroundings and travel in groups and carry bear spray when possible.

Report bear conflicts to the RAPP line at 1-877-952-7277.

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Maritime farmers are still feeling the impacts of last year’s drought and while it’s still too early to determine this year’s crop yield, one farmer isn’t waiting to find out.

From setting up additional greenhouses to running extensive irrigation lines, Patrick Fogarty is doing it all.

“We put in a few more water lines last year to improve the amount of water that we can get onto the crops and quickly,” he said.

“We’re upgrading all irrigation systems and all the greenhouses, not just from the water side of things. Ventilation is key.”

Fogarty wants his suburban Halifax farm, Fogarty’s Market Garden, to be as drought resilient as possible for this upcoming summer.

He counts himself lucky because the smaller scale of his farm makes it easier to manage the losses from last year. Still, he has taken advantage of provincial programs to protect his crops from any future droughts.

“It’s not just the obvious of sprinklers and waters and irrigation systems that all add up here,” he explained.

“Just a simple tarp at the base of tomatoes or cucumbers in a greenhouse not only controls weeds, but it makes a significant difference in retaining water.”

Snapshot across country

The April report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada notes Atlantic Canada saw slow improvement from last year’s extreme drought conditions — highlighting that soil moisture and shallow wells look good, but 70 per cent of the region remained in a drought or abnormally dry conditions.

“Pastures will likely see some continued impacts with slower starts. Berry and tree fruit production will likely also be affected due to impacts from last year’s drought,” said Trevor Hadwen, agroclimate specialist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, last week.

Other parts of the country are battling below-to-well-below normal precipitation in April, including British Columbia.

“The southern interior of British Columbia has received below-normal precipitation and below-normal snowpack this winter. Dry soil moisture and below-normal stream flows are concerning at this time of year,” said Hadwen.

“We’re hoping for good rainfall through the month of May to provide some improved conditions before we get into the warm months of the summer.”

The southwestern Prairies are also an area to watch, he said, after several years of drought created increased vulnerability.

“While we’ve seen some improvements through the winter and early spring, it won’t take much to dry out the soils and see this region return to drought,” he said.

He said southern regions of Quebec and southern Ontario have seen improvements.

“Southern Ontario has seen well-above-normal spring precipitation, replenishing soil moisture water supplies from the dry fall conditions,” he said.

“At the end of April, 6.5 per cent of the agricultural land in Ontario and Quebec remained in drought or abnormally dry conditions.”

‘Building in those resilient measures’

For the Maritimes, all eyes are on the forecast. But given the fact it’s still early in the season, the full impact on this year’s yields isn’t fully known yet.

“Whether you were a livestock producer or a horticultural crop producer, Christmas tree grower, wild blueberries, everybody was impacted in some manner. And droughts like that are not something that we bounce back from overnight,” said Alicia King, president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture.

For Fogarty, he said the best thing a farmer can be is prepared.

“It’s a constant thing every year, that’s part of farming and that’s what we do,” he said.

“So it’s just building in those resilient measures to try to be able to cope with the extreme weather.”

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A teenager from Brampton who was reported missing more than a year ago has been found dead in Saskatchewan, with RCMP now treating the case as suspicious.

The remains of 16-year-old Jay’siiah Webb-Long were discovered on May 13 during what Saskatchewan RCMP described as a “planned search” near Pelican Narrows, Sask.

Police confirmed an autopsy was conducted on May 15.

Webb-Long was last in contact with family members in Ontario over social media on May 16, 2025, according to a previous Saskatchewan RCMP release issued in September 2025.

RCMP said the teen, originally from Brampton, had been living in Pelican Narrows around the time of his disappearance.

His disappearance was initially investigated as a missing persons case by Peel Regional Police before Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes took over the file in July 2025.

Police said residents in Pelican Narrows may continue to notice an increased police presence as the investigation remains ongoing.

RCMP have not released details about Webb-Long’s cause of death and have not announced any arrests or charges yet.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about the teen’s disappearance or death to contact Saskatchewan RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

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Experts say that Canada will see an increase in the costs of motor oil as the Strait of Hormuz closure continues to halter production.

Patrick de Haan, a petroleum analyst at GasBuddy, said that Canada has seen a “rise” in the costs of motor oil, engine oil and lubricants due to base oils being either stuck or blocked at the Strait of Hormuz.

“We are starting to see pricing impacts, with price increases of 20 per cent or more, have been happening to motor oils,” he said.

“There have been some availability issues with manufacturer specific motor oils, those that have special additives for major manufacturers we’ve seen now supply issues with some of those special blends.” 

Beirut Bakhtiari, an assistant professor in the operations management area at McMaster University, said that the closure has “choked” the production of base oil.

Currently, a barrel of West Texas intermediate crude oil is down about 87 cents to $1.08. Crude oil is down about $1.60 cents a barrel, with trading at about $110 a barrel.

Bakhtiari said that volatility in prices and supply at mechanic shops in Canada is “already happening.”

“Canada is absolutely vulnerable to higher price and lower availability of these high high-end motor oil,” he said.

He also added that the impact on any shortage of high-quality motor oil will become evident in “six months to a year from now.”

“That’s when more and more Canadian drivers will choose the substitute or lower-quality substitute, or more drivers will delay getting their oil change or that service visit, and it results in potential results in engine failures down the road, maybe a year from now,” Bakhtiari said.

“But one thing that’s for sure is that maintenance is going to become more expensive.”

As a result, Bakhtiari said this could possibly translate to a “mechanical debt,” where “a lot of engines failing on our cars” in a year or two. 

“Canada obviously could potentially control by not choosing the lower-quality motor oil, that extra tens of dollars that is what they need to pay extra for the higher-end oil as long as it’s available it’s absolutely worth it,” he said.  

De Haan stated that availability issues might also start to become present in auto part stores with certain blends.

“The more popular blends of motor oils, I don’t expect to see much of an issue, but most of these oils and lubricants may see an increase in price due to the ongoing surge in the price of oil.”

Dr. Sohrab Zendehboudi, a professor in the department of process engineering at Memorial University, stated that while major shortages of commonly-used motor oils are not expected, Canadian manufacturers may have to adapt.

“We may see more efforts to diversify supply sources, improve refining efficiency, expand recycling and re-refining, and explore alternative lubricants, including synthetic and bio-based options,” he said in an emailed statement to Global News.

However, Zendehboudi also stated that these changes can change the market for the better.

“These kinds of challenges can encourage better planning, things like improved inventory management, stronger domestic capacity, and more resilient supply chains.”

Bakhtiari believes that Canadians should “not panic,” but rather pay closer attention health of their cars.

“Regardless on the motor oil issues, so that they ensure is maintained, and look at that as basically a strategic asset,” he said.

“With the price of motor oil going up, the car is a little more vulnerable to wear and we at least have to make sure that other aspects of the car are properly maintained.”

Zendehboudi also believes that “if disruptions persist, greater costs or limited availability of certain products could start to influence maintenance decisions, particularly for some businesses, including trucking, delivery, and other industrial operations.”

Vehicle maintenance and repairs costs climbed by 4.2 per cent over the past year, according to Statistics Canada data findings from April.

Consumer inflation also surged last month to 2.8 per cent compared to a year earlier, with higher gas prices being the primary driver, according to Statistics Canada.

“Just know that the next time you get an old change, the price may be elevated, and in extreme situations, you may have a type of oil substituted temporarily because of the Strait closure,” de Haan said. 

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