Afternoon front page: Canada advances, despite loss to Swiss at World Cup; three infrastructure projects selected for possible fast-track; and more

Alistair Johnston #2 of Canada shows frustration during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group B match between Canada and Switzerland at BC Place in Vancouver on June 24, 2026. Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images

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It’s Wednesday, June 24. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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Scott Stinson: Canada advances, but shows World Cup inexperience in 2-1 loss to Switzerland

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“Canada will still have the chance to go deeper in the tournament, even if they face a tough opponent in the Round of 32, but there’s no avoiding that what might have been a seminal moment for the program instead became one of regrets” writes Stinson.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney in Ottawa on June 22, 2026. Photo by HYUNGCHEOL PARK/Postmedia

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Carney government names first three infrastructure projects as candidates for fast-tracked approvals

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The projects are a proposed highway across the Northwest Territories, a new road in Nunavut that would connect to a future port in hopes of enabling critical mineral development, and a geological repository in northwestern Ontario that would trap used fuel from nuclear reactors.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney makes an announcement about affordability at a grocery store in Ottawa, Jan. 26, 2026. Photo by Blair Gable/Postmedia

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Michael Higgins: Mark Carney fails his own grocery test

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Higgins argues that “Canadians can’t afford a steak dinner, not because of Iran, but because Carney hasn’t the political will to bring down grocery prices” by tackling barriers such as supply management and the industrial carbon tax.

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Jesse Kline: Even Hamas is now admitting dead ‘journalists’ were in fact terrorists

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“Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have been releasing hundreds of names of terrorists who were killed in the war in Gaza and — surprise, surprise — many of them were also on lists of dead reporters maintained by the Committee to Protect Journalists and others,” Kline writes.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Mike Duheme. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images/File

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RCMP hampered by outdated technology and ‘risk averse’ culture: report

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“Aging infrastructure, siloed legacy systems, and isolated databases adversely affect policing effectiveness, evidence-based decision-making, and, therefore, public safety,” reads an “advisory letter” sent to the force’s commissioner.

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