In the news today: G7 success for Carney, Oilers lose cup final to Panthers again
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Carney guided G7 in 'diplomatic Rockies': expert
Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled off a successful performance hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta., say some world leaders and foreign policy experts commenting on his perceived pragmatism and savviness.
Fen Osler Hampson, international affairs professor at Carleton University, said Carney guided the G7 'through the diplomatic Rockies,' navigating 'shifting weather' on the global front and avoiding 'avalanches and treacherous cliffs.'
This year's summit took place amid escalating violence between Israel and Iran, which pushed U.S. President Donald Trump to leave Alberta a day early. On Monday, G7 leaders published a statement affirming that Israel 'has a right to defend itself' and that Iran 'can never have a nuclear weapon.'
Hampson described Carney as pragmatic and said he was 'quite deft' in handling the G7 statement on the Middle East.
Carney returns to Ottawa after fruitful G7 summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading home to Ottawa today after hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.
He had been meeting with world leaders since Sunday to discuss topics such as U.S. tariffs, human trafficking and artificial intelligence.
Carney also had his first meeting as prime minister with numerous leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Modi's presence at the summit drew protests from Sikh groups, who said it's not appropriate to seek closer ties when the RCMP has accused Indian diplomats of extortion, coercion and homicide.
Carney says the G7 summit helped broker a looming trade deal with the U.S., co-launch a stockpile for critical minerals and boost co-ordination in fighting wildfires.
Oilers fall to Panthers in 2nd straight Cup final
Connor McDavid stood in the same room in the bowels of Amerant Bank Arena.
The Oilers superstar captain was — just as he had 12 months earlier — digesting a crushing loss that ended Edmonton's season.
Down the hall and out on the ice, the Florida Panthers were once again hoisting the Stanley Cup.
McDavid and his crestfallen teammates, meanwhile, were left with the same empty feeling.
Sam Reinhart scored four goals, including two into the empty net, as Florida topped Edmonton 5-1 in Game 6 of the NHL title series to claim the franchise's second consecutive championship after beating the same opponent in the same building last June.
Woman confined to 'dry cell' settles civil lawsuit
A woman who says she endured cruel and unusual punishment in a Nova Scotia prison has settled a civil lawsuit she filed against the federal attorney general almost five years ago.
Lisa Adams filed the lawsuit after she was placed in solitary confinement in what is commonly referred to as a dry cell for 16 days.
Dry cells have no toilet or running water. They are used to monitor inmates to determine if they have ingested contraband or hidden it inside a body cavity.
Adams' lawyer issued a brief statement confirming the settlement, but Mike Dull said he could not disclose terms of the settlement or details about financial compensation.
Retailers face reckoning from series of troubles
The fall of Hudson's Bay and Saks Fifth Avenue Canada may give the impression that one of the hottest trends this year is the distressed look, but retail and insolvency experts say the company's demise is part of a now-annual pitter-patter they expect to continue.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, they've seen hundreds of retail businesses reach the brink every year. As a result, some restructured, others reduced their store count — and many closed for good.
What they've observed mirrors federal government data showing insolvencies and bankruptcies in the retail sector have been rising over the past four years after a roughly 25-year decline.
The latest data comes from April, when Canada recorded 56 insolvencies and 46 bankruptcies. A month earlier, the Bay filed for creditor protection, making it one of four retail companies that sought a reprieve in the first quarter of the year.
Toronto's Domee Shi drew on misfit past for 'Elio'
For Domee Shi, making a movie about an introverted kid getting abducted by aliens felt oddly familiar.
Not because she's had any close encounters, but because she remembers being a teenager longing to be taken away to a world where her weirdness was understood.
The Toronto native co-directs 'Elio,' a Pixar animated sci-fi film about an 11-year-old orphan who yearns to be snatched by extraterrestrials to escape his loneliness — and gets his wish when an interplanetary organization mistakes him for Earth's ambassador.
'He's this lonely artsy kid who just wants to belong somewhere. I definitely felt that way growing up,' says the Oscar-winning animator behind 2022's coming-of-age Toronto-set hit 'Turning Red.'
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 18, 2025
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 17, 2025. Photo by SUZANNE PLUNKETT / POOL/AFP via Getty Images In the group's joint statement on critical minerals, the G7 said it recognizes they're the essential 'building blocks of digital and energy secure economies of the future.' Critical minerals, such as lithium and cobalt, are needed in the energy transition, for electrification and battery storage technologies, and in defence applications. Carney said the G7 and its partners will create a critical minerals production alliance, to stockpile and develop materials needed for defense and technology, such as germanium, gallium, graphite and rare earth elements. The dominance by China, Russia and a handful of other countries of key critical mineral production has become a growing concern for G7 nations. 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