Afternoon front page: Trump ‘open to offers’ on trade, U.S. ambassador says; Toronto police officer killed during Iran terror probe; and more

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra during an interview at the U.S. embassy in Ottawa on Dec. 8, 2025. Photo by Tony Caldwell/Postmedia

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It’s Thursday, June 11. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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‘Make your case,’ U.S. ambassador tells Canada after Trump threatens not to renew CUSMA

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“You maybe don’t like the way the president says it but take it in the tone of what he’s saying is we’re open to offers,” said Hoekstra. Yesterday, Trump told reporters: “We don’t need anything Canada has, we don’t need anything that Mexico has, but they need everything that we have, and they have to treat us better.”

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“No words can capture the impact on Marc’s family, who expected him to come home today. We as a Service will support them and each other,” Toronto Chief of Police Myron Demkiw said on X. Photo by Toronto Police Service

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Toronto police officer killed during Iran terror probe raid tied to American consulate shooting

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A Toronto police spokesperson could not confirm whether the raid in which Constable Marc Pinizzotto was killed was also linked to what American prosecutors view as a related targeting of a Canadian synagogue shooting.

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The Edmonton Law Courts building. Photo by David Bloom/Postmedia/File

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Amy Hamm: Court letting ‘fetish gear’ in woman’s changeroom conflates sex, gender

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“There will be more cases — because there are thousands of Canadian women who’ve had enough of being forced to share their intimate spaces with males. Our institutions cannot keep waving their magic “bigot” wand to make every concerned woman disappear,” Hamm writes.

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Rohinie Bisesar in an undated photo. Photo by Courtesy of Karl Gutowski/File

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Schizophrenic woman who killed stranger in Toronto financial district goes free

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Rohinie Bisesar, who stabbed an innocent stranger in the cosmetics section of a drug store, “no longer is a significant threat to the safety of the public, and the law requires that an absolute discharge must be imposed,” says the Ontario Review Board.

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Rebecca Eckler responds to readers’ questions.

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I have a high-stress job and a toddler. The problem is my narcissistic mother | Ask Rebecca

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Ask Rebecca is a new National Post advice column by Rebecca Eckler, where she gives smart, honest advice to readers’ questions about life, family and relationships.

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