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Const. Marc Pinizzotto and family.The shooting death of Toronto Const. Marc Pinizzotto during the "high-risk" execution of a search warrant on Thursday has been linked to a shooting at the U.S. consulate in Toronto in March and an FBI terrorism investigation. Photo by Toronto Police handout

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Michael Higgins: Did ignoring warnings about terrorism lead to police officer’s death?

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“The hatred on the street is targeting Jews. The extremists and the terrorists are after Jews. But that doesn’t mean other Canadians will not be caught in the gunfire,” writes Higgins, who notes there are indications that Const. Marc Pinizzotto’s death is linked to the unprecedented levels of antisemitism in Canada.

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stadium Temporary bleacher seating is installed to add extra capacity near the regular stands at BMO Field in Toronto on March 24, 2026. Photo by Cole Burston/AFP via Getty Images

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Toronto’s towering temporary FIFA bleachers perfectly safe, builder says, especially on game day

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An official with Arena Group, which built the stands, understands that they may look a little hodgepodge but says safety is paramount: “We are all about the engineering and the strength. That is what we’re there to do.”

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Police tape outside the U.S. Consulate Toronto Police officers work around the scene of a shooting at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto on March 10, 2026. Photo by COLE BURSTON/AFP via Getty Images

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Gunmen-for-hire who targeted U.S. Consulate linked to earlier shootings, source says

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Texts and videos in the phones of those arrested in a probe into shootings at GFL facilities and the Toronto home of at least one of its executives showed the shooters were paid between $600 and $800 each to target buildings, including Toronto’s U.S. Consulate, this past March, said the source.

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A person holding up a phone with the ChatGPT logo on the screen. A person holds a phone displaying OpenAI’s ChatGPT logo. Photo by VINCENT FEURAY/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images

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Canadian mother sues ChatGPT’s owner, alleging AI chatbot encouraged her daughter’s suicide

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The lawsuit alleges that the woman’s daughter told ChatGPT about her suicidal thoughts more than a dozen times between March 2024 and her death in July 2025, but the conversations were never terminated or flagged for human review.

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Marc Miller with his hand on his face Heritage Minister Marc Miller during a news conference after tabling the Safe Social Media Act in Ottawa on June 10, 2026. Photo by HYUNGCHEOL PARK/Postmedia

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Big Tech needs ‘to come to the table’ to figure out social media ban: Canada’s heritage minister

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One coalition of tech firms expressed concern that months, if not years, could pass before companies seeking an exemption under the proposed law could have a path to secure one, removing the incentive to improve safety.

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