It’s Monday, June 8. Here are the top stories we’re following today.
Carney government to ban social media for kids younger than 16, but will allow exemptions
An official confirmed that the plan will allow platforms to seek exemptions should they demonstrate an ability to keep the youngest Canadians safe while using their products online. The legislation is not expected to include the same type of ban for AI chatbots.
This graph shows the rise of ticks in Canada, and the rate of their population spreading across the provinces from 1977 to 2024.
Invasion of the ticks: Watch their remarkably fast spread across Canada
Ticks are pushing farther across Canada every year, and the diseases they carry are coming with them. Experts weigh in on the current tick problem, how to avoid the insects and what happens when one bites you.
Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi pictured in 2022. Despite being in an Indian prison, he’s one of the key figures in an extortion crisis sweeping Canada.
FIRST READING: How lax immigration brought one of Canada’s most dangerous gangs to life
As Canada comes to terms with the consequences of a recent surge of temporary migration unlike anything in its history, “one of the most flamboyant seems to be that it caused a powerful Indian gang to materialize almost overnight,” Tristin Hopper writes.
Newly elected B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay in Vancouver, June 2, 2026.
Geoff Russ: Conservatives exist in B.C., even if that shocks Globe and Mail writers
Russ argues that new B.C. Conservative leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s mantra of “faith, family and freedom” is not going to turn the party into MAGA North, or split the party, or alarm voters — despite what some journalists think.
The Canadian flag at the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill and all other federal buildings were lowered for more than five months after the announcement that unmarked ‘graves’ were found outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.
Michael Higgins: Archeologist’s ‘critical theory’ PhD thesis explains everything about Kamloops ‘graves’
“Canada has given almost $250 million to First Nations to hunt for bodies, all based on an archeological report — that the federal government paid for and that has never been made public — from a social justice activist who seems to believe that her mission is more about fighting oppression,” Higgins concludes.