News of the day: Former deputy PM Chrystia Freeland called ‘Nazi,’ ‘Zionist dog’ at Toronto event

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Published May 26, 2026  •  Last updated 14 minutes ago  •  1 minute read

Former Canadian deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland. Photo by Blair Gable /Postmedia Network

It’s Tuesday, May 26. Here are the top stories we’re following today:

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Former deputy PM Chrystia Freeland called ‘Nazi,’ ‘Zionist dog’ at Toronto event

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The limits of free speech were pushed at a downtown Toronto event last weekend. Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland was discussing globalization at the Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre’s Al Green Theatre on Sunday when she was hit with a wave of insults, video from the event shows. 

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Parents and coaches were involved in an alleged incident at a U12 game this past weekend. Instagram

New details emerge after coaches, parents go wild at U12 hockey game

Some screaming, middle fingers and glass-banging apparently were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to a heated situation at a youth spring hockey game in Toronto this past weekend.

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Some of the accused in the Peel extortion sweep. Photo by Peel Regional Police /Peel Regional Police

HUNTER: CBSA’s most wanted list nabbed dozens of villains. Then Trudeau killed it

There are 17 of them accused in a widespread campaign of terror and extortion of South Asians in Brampton. None of them are Canadians but we wouldn’t know that, would we? Instead, cops, prosecutors, the Canada Border Services Agency, and others will serve up their usual po-faced approach and start scolding you for suggesting there is a problem of foreign criminals in this country.

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Jade Downie-Landry of the Montreal Victoire takes her turn with the Walter Cup after the Montreal Victoire defeated the Ottawa Charge. Getty Images

SIMMONS: Is it too much, too soon for PWHL expansion?

The Professional Women’s Hockey League, about to expand from eight teams to 12, just completed its third season of operation. On average, teams scored at 2.33 goals per game.

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The City of Mississauga is renaming the Paramount Fine Foods Centre after it claimed the chain failed to make payments. Photo by Peter J. Thompson /Postmedia Network

Mississauga drops Paramount Fine Foods from venue name over payments issue

Mississauga is dropping the name of Paramount Fine Foods from its major sports and entertainment venue after the city alleges the chain failed to make payments. City officials said in a press release Tuesday that the complex on Rose Cherry Place will no longer bear the name Paramount Fine Foods Centre. Starting June 1, it will be called the Mississauga Sports and Entertainment Centre until a new partner is found.

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