
Good morning. U.S. President Donald Trump ordered military strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran on the weekend, inserting the country into the war between Israel and Iran and raising fears the attacks could lead to an escalation across the Middle East. Our full coverage is below, along with other key stories of the week.
June 23, 2025 - 06:40 | Bianca Bharti | The Globe and Mail
In June 2021, an Atikamekw artist named Catherine Boivin posted a video on TikTok. It begins with a clip of a woman who goes by Isabelle Kun-Nipiu Falardeau describing “une femme Métis de l’Est,” or an Eastern Metis woman. In French, Falardeau explains that such women are “wild . . . you let them loose in a forest and they won’t have a problem,” that they have “hunter husbands” and don’t wear makeup. Falardeau was speaking generally, but she also calls herself la Métisse des Bois—the Metis woman of the woods. The video then cuts to Boivin, a mascara wand...
June 23, 2025 - 06:30 | Michelle Cyca | Walrus
A little over a week after the initial Israeli attack on Iran, the US has weighed in with a massive air strike against three Iranian nuclear weapons program sites.
President Donald Trump issued the first official news of the strike on Saturday evening, June 21, during a brief press briefing at 10 p.m. This was followed on Sunday morning by a more extensive press briefing held at the Pentagon at 8 a.m., by the secretary of defence, Pete Hegseth, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, General Dan Cain.
Two immediate questions are key. Why strike, and to what effect?
We don’t know...
June 23, 2025 - 06:29 | Wesley Wark | Walrus
Ford's government is proposing to weaken an impending slate of new recycling rules because producers of the materials said the system is getting too expensive.
June 23, 2025 - 06:28 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Ford's government is proposing to weaken an impending slate of new recycling rules because producers of the materials said the system is getting too expensive.
June 23, 2025 - 06:28 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa
Much of Ontario and southwestern Quebec will continue to bake in high temperatures Monday and Tuesday as a heat dome lingers over the region.
June 23, 2025 - 06:13 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Ottawa