🟢 Juno Jump Start: A major anti-conservative outlet is collapsing
PressProgress published 60% fewer stories last quarter than it did at its pre-2021 peak, Diab insists the feds have not changed eligibility rules for post-graduation work permits, and more.
Canada’s most prolific anti-conservative outlet is in retreat
PressProgress, the Broadbent Institute’s relentlessly anti-conservative attack blog, published approximately 60 per cent fewer stories last quarter than it did at its pre-2021 peak, according to a Juno News analysis of the outlet’s archives.
Now, one of their most senior bloggers, Emma Arkell, has been laid off. Keep Reading
‘We were promised work permits’: Liberals deny Ottawa changed the rules
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab insists the federal government has not changed eligibility rules for post-graduation work permits, even as hundreds of former international students continue protesting in Alberta over mass permit refusals.
Asked about the demonstrations during a press conference, Diab said international students make important contributions to Canada’s economy but rejected claims that Ottawa recently tightened the rules governing post-graduation work permits. Keep Reading
Priced out of healthy eating: Canadians skipping meals, buying less meat
Runaway food prices are driving Canadians to skip meals and abandon healthy eating, according to internal Agriculture Canada research, as Ottawa’s own data show the average household can no longer afford to follow Canada’s Food Guide.
An internal report, Survey On Consumer Perceptions Of Food: Wave VII, found 71 per cent of Canadians changed their food purchasing habits over the past year because of rising prices, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. Keep Reading
Carney’s AI push faces fresh scrutiny after secret Brookfield meeting cancelled
As Ottawa rolled out billions in AI funding, officials quietly cancelled a meeting with Brookfield executives on Canadian AI investments—putting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ties to his former employer back under the ethics spotlight. Keep Reading
Trial begins for Canadian accused of spying at NATO headquarters
A Canadian woman arrested on espionage allegations after working as an intern inside NATO’s top military headquarters will make her first appearance in a Belgian court on Tuesday to seek bail. Keep Reading
Toronto intifada shootings hit third Jewish business in days
Toronto Police Service is investigating after an armoured vehicle manufacturing plant with ties to Israel was shot up in the middle of the night, making it the fourth shooting likely related to anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment in the last couple of days. Keep Reading
Peel region shootings have doubled from last year, driven by extortion
Shootings in Peel Region have doubled this year, with 103 incidents in Mississauga and Brampton, Ontario, in the first six months of 2026, compared to 58 over the same period last year. Keep Reading
Crime severity hits decade low in Alberta: report
Police-reported crime severity in Alberta RCMP jurisdictions fell to its lowest level in more than a decade in 2025, according to a new Statistics Canada report. Keep Reading
Awww..another woke, go broke story?