Authorities are investigating a targeted shooting at the United States Consulate in downtown Toronto early Tuesday morning, an incident that local leaders are calling a dangerous escalation of political violence.
Toronto Police responded to reports of gunfire at the consulate, located at University Avenue and Queen Street West, at <a href="https://x.com/TPSOperations/status/2031314293090607183">approximately</a> 5:29 a.m. While officials initially confirmed only &#8220;evidence of a firearm discharge&#8221; at the scene, visual reports from CBC revealed multiple bullet holes piercing the glass of the building’s front doors.
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Breaking: Shots have been fired at the US Consulate, on University Avenue, in Toronto reportedly around 5:30 this morning.
&quot;there are bullet holes in the glass door, the front door of the building.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/OBlpNSgVyK">pic.twitter.com/OBlpNSgVyK</a>
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No injuries were reported, and it remains unclear how many staff members were inside the high-security facility at the time of the attack.
The shooting has triggered a swift and forceful response from Canadian officials, who linked the attack to a disturbing wave of antisemitic violence across the greater Toronto area. This incident follows a harrowing week in which three synagogues — two in North York and one in Vaughan — were struck by gunfire. Federal Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree described seeing bullet holes through &#8220;three layers&#8221; of one synagogue, saying the violence is &#8220;not the Canadian way.&#8221;
The shooting has triggered a swift and forceful response from Canadian officials. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow <a href="https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/03/10/no-injuries-after-shots-fired-at-us-consulate-in-toronto/#:~:text=early%20Tuesday%20morning.-,Road%20closures%20are%20in%20place%20in%20Toronto's%20downtown%20core%20after,at%20around%205%3A30%20a.m.">linked the attack</a> to a disturbing trend of local violence tied to international conflicts.
“This morning the U.S. consulate was shot at. This comes after shootings at synagogues over the past two weekends. This cannot stand,” Chow told reporters. She emphasized that the city’s Jewish community and international partners have the right to live without fear, noting that &#8220;anti-Semitic incidents spike when international tensions rise.&#8221;
Ontario Premier Doug Ford <a href="https://x.com/fordnation/status/2031366316674691235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2031366316674691235%7Ctwgr%5E4f754d292c78b2bfd51f044f4a34f79aac326661%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctvnews.ca%2Ftoronto%2Farticle%2Fno-injuries-after-shots-fired-at-us-consulate-in-toronto%2F">echoed</a> these sentiments, describing the shooting as an &#8220;absolutely unacceptable act of violence and intimidation aimed at our American friends and neighbors.&#8221; Ford called for a zero-tolerance approach, urging law enforcement at all levels to &#8220;bring every resource to bear&#8221; to prosecute those responsible to the fullest extent of the law.
The Toronto Police Service is currently working alongside the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to process the scene. A heavy police presence remains at both the U.S. and Israeli consulates as a precautionary measure.
Former OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis noted that while the consulate lacks the permanent, heavy-armed presence of the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, it is heavily monitored by 24-hour surveillance.
“They are making an obvious statement here,” Lewis said, attributing the motive to &#8220;anti-U.S. sentiments&#8221; fueled by ongoing volatility in the Middle East.
Southbound University Avenue remained closed Tuesday morning as forensic teams scoured the area for evidence. Police are urging anyone with dashcam footage or information regarding the incident to contact investigators immediately.

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A Canadian man who threatened to bomb every synagogue in Toronto “to kill as many Jews as possible” was only sentenced to house arrest for 60 days.
In addition to house arrest, Waisuddin Akbari, 41, was given three years of probation, a 10-year weapons prohibition, and was ordered to provide a sample of his DNA, The National Post<a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/bomb-toronto-synagogues-house-arrest?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=NP_social&amp;utm_content=news" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> reported</a>.
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Waisuddin Akbari, convicted for plotting to blow up synagogues across Toronto and “kill as many Jews as possible,” was sentenced today. 60 days of house arrest and no jail time.
This is an outrage. Canada’s justice system is failing to protect communities from rising hate crime. <a href="https://t.co/A4dfmjSwOL">https://t.co/A4dfmjSwOL</a>
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“I’m going to plant a bomb in every synagogue in Toronto and blow them up to kiII as many Jews as possible.&#8221;
Waisuddin Akbari, the owner of a shawarma shop near Toronto, planned a Jew-hate suicide mission.
He&#8217;s been sentenced to 60 days of house arrest.
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— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) <a href="https://twitter.com/DahliaKurtz/status/1949925646672548059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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In March 2024, Akbari conversed with a salesman at a BMW dealership, claiming he wouldn’t lease or finance a new car; he claimed Israel and the Jews controlled world events and made money from interest payments on every car loan. He said Israel would kill anyone who was not Jewish and deserved to be killed themselves.
Evidence in court stated that Akbari continued, “Before I go, I want you to remember my name and remember my face because the next time you see it, I’ll be on the news. I know when I’m going to die because I’m going to plant a bomb in every synagogue in Toronto and blow them up to kill as many Jews as possible.”
When the salesman queried whether he was serious, Akbari answered, “Yes, I’m serious. I’ll make sure those attacks are filmed and posted online so the world can see what I’ve done.” The salesman later reported to the court, “Based on the seriousness in his tone, I didn’t think for a second he was joking.”
Judge Edward Prutsch, who issued the sentence, stated, “Jewish Canadians did not and do not feel safe in their own communities. The constant threat of attack has left members of the community in perpetual fear for their wellbeing and has led to members of the community questioning their future as Canadians.”
He added his reasons for the leniency of the sentence: “It is important to be clear about what Mr. Akbari is — and is not — being sentenced for. He is not being sentenced for taking any material steps to act on the threats he made. There is no evidence before me of the collection of weapons, explosives, maps, planning or coordination. Indeed, following his arrest, police conducted extensive checks and searches on Mr. Akbari to ensure the safety of the community was not still at risk. Mr. Akbari’s guilt is based on empty threats he communicated to a stranger, mistakenly assuming (he) would be sympathetic to Akbari’s own warped and hateful worldview. There was no effort to publicize his threats beyond the conversation.”
“That is not to say that the threats were harmless,” he acknowledged. “Mr. Akbari’s threats were clearly motivated by bias, prejudice and hate towards Israelis and Jews. … Hate-based threats are not just words, they are the gasoline upon which even more serious offences burn. Where hate is normalized, harm follows.”
“At a time of rampant antisemitism in Canada and elsewhere, it sends an alarming message that threats to slaughter Jews and bomb synagogues may be met with leniency. That is extremely disappointing and profoundly unsettling for our community,” Jaime Kirzner-Roberts, a director with the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies, responded to the sentence.
A Canadian government report released in July found that more than 10% of the Canadian province of Ontario’s 30,000 Jewish school-aged children have experienced antisemitism in school. “Perhaps most troubling is the revelation that approximately 17% of incidents were either initiated by a teacher or took place during school-sponsored programming. In nearly half of all reported cases, school authorities failed to investigate the incident,” Combat Antisemitism <a href="https://combatantisemitism.org/cam-news/report-reveals-one-in-six-antisemitic-incidents-in-toronto-schools-linked-to-educators-or-school-sanctioned-activities/">reported</a>.
In May, the Toronto Police Service 2024 Annual Hate Crimes Statistical Report <a href="https://www.cija.ca/antisemitism_in_toronto_is_escalating_and_the_numbers_prove_it">stated</a> that although Jews comprise less than 4% of Toronto&#8217;s population, 40% of all hate crimes and 81% of religiously motivated hate crimes in the city were targeted against Jews.
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/TPSOperations?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TPSOperations</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/TorontoPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TorontoPolice</a> have failed the Jewish community once again by allowing terrorist loyalist to yell alongside Jews during the <a href="https://twitter.com/cityoftoronto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cityoftoronto</a> permitted Walk With Israel.<a href="https://twitter.com/UJAFederation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UJAFederation</a> should ask for any money spent on this event back from the city. <a href="https://t.co/P3tjkO68Ci">pic.twitter.com/P3tjkO68Ci</a>
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Delta Airlines is offering $30,000 payments to all passengers from Flight 4819 that crash-landed and flipped upside down at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday.
This one-time payment &#8220;has no strings attached and does not affect rights,&#8221; a Delta spokesperson said, per <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/delta-offering-30000-passengers-plane-crash-landed-toronto-rcna192918">NBC News</a>. If all 76 passengers opted to take the offer, the airline would be forking over close to $2.3 million.
The flight had departed from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. There were no fatalities, but 21 passengers were hospitalized with injuries. As of Thursday morning, all of the injured passengers had been released from medical care, Delta shared on its <a href="https://news.delta.com/">website</a>. 
“The Delta and Endeavor families are grateful that all those injured Monday have been released from the hospital, and we extend our thanks to everyone who provided care to them over the past few days,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a statement. “We will continue to connect one-on-one with customers, employees and loved ones as we move forward to make sure their needs are met with care.”
The cause of the crash has yet to be determined. Videos show snow present on the runway and there were wind gusts up to 40 mph. Several outlets noted that it appears the pilot did not perform a common “flare” maneuver, which involves pulling up the nose of the plane before touchdown to slow the aircraft and ensure a smoother landing.
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The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is leading the crash investigation with assistance from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
In an interview with “CBS Mornings” on Wednesday, Bastian said the plane’s crew “performed heroically.”
“The fact that they were able to evacuate that plane as expeditiously as they did under extreme conditions coupled with the fact that all 80 people walked off the plane with limited physical injuries was really a testament to the safety that’s embedded in the systems,” the airline exec noted.
The flight was operated by Endeavor Air, a regional carrier that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/airline-operating-delta-flight-that-flipped-bragged-about-man-free-flight-crews">promoted</a> its female-led crews and “unmanned” (or male-free) flights.

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Delta Airlines Offers $30K Payments To Passengers On Plane That Crash-Landed

Delta Airlines Offers $30K Payments To Passengers On Plane That Crash Landed In Toronto

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday after he blamed President Donald Trump&#8217;s government cuts for the Delta Air Lines crash-landing in Toronto earlier this week.
Schumer <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1891646582082167166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1891646582082167166%7Ctwgr%5E67fe56231bf46cf6d604ca71a05331f7b2a6d811%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fkaroline-leavitt-gives-fact-check-sen-schumer-blames-trump-upside-down-delta-plane-crash-toronto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X on Monday shortly after the crash, writing, &#8220;Trump’s doing massive layoffs at the FAA—including safety specialists—and making our skies less and less safe.&#8221; In a follow-up post, Schumer added, &#8220;To those asking whether it matters that the plane’s destination was in Canada: The flight took off from Minneapolis. The FAA was still responsible for inspecting the aviation equipment, and Trump just let go of FAA safety specialists.&#8221;
Leavitt responded to Schumer&#8217;s criticism of the Trump administration, telling <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/karoline-leavitt-gives-fact-check-sen-schumer-blames-trump-upside-down-delta-plane-crash-toronto?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>, &#8220;It’s incredibly irresponsible for Chuck Schumer to say such a thing when the investigation is still underway.&#8221; She then pointed out that the &#8220;crash unfortunately took place in Canadian airspace with Canadian air traffic controllers overseeing it.&#8221; According to Leavitt, no air traffic controllers have been fired during Trump&#8217;s purge of the FAA. She added that the Trump administration &#8220;has put great emphasis on hiring the best and the brightest air-traffic controllers who want to be part of the FAA.&#8221;
The response from the White House Press Secretary prompted another social media <a href="https://x.com/SenSchumer/status/1892214482887152100" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> from Schumer, who wrote, &#8220;Here are the facts: This flight took off from Minneapolis. The FAA was still responsible for inspecting the aviation equipment, and Trump just fired FAA safety specialists.&#8221; He added, &#8220;The Trump administration turns away from the facts, and it’s hurting Americans. Democrats are fighting to protect the flying public.&#8221;
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union, which represents FAA and Department of Defense employees, said earlier this week that the Trump administration fired hundreds of FAA probationary workers, including systems specialists, safety inspectors, and maintenance mechanics. The reported firings came after Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-initiates-review-of-all-faa-workers-in-critical-safety-positions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> a review of all FAA “critical safety positions” to &#8220;ensure top-notch air safety and efficiency.&#8221;
Authorities have not determined the cause of the crash-landing in Toronto as Canadian and U.S. officials team up on the investigation. Video footage showed the regional jet hit the runway at an odd angle before its right main landing gear snapped off. The plane&#8217;s right wing smashed into the ground and the aircraft turned upside down and burst into flames. All 80 people on board, including 76 passengers and four crew members, survived, with 21 requiring medical attention.
Authorities will look into factors that could have led to the crash, including the weather and the pilots&#8217; experience and training. A retired Delta captain told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bad-weather-or-human-error-retired-airline-captain-breaks-down-delta-crash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> on Tuesday that he does &#8220;not believe that weather was a factor.&#8221;
&#8220;Most likely from what I gathered yesterday at the time of the incident, the wind was approximately 40 degrees from center, so the crosswind component was around 20 knots and the headwind was around 23,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;Any pilot should be able to handle that. It’s no big deal.&#8221;
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian <a href="https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-ceo-says-flight-crew-125242104.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> &#8220;CBS Mornings&#8221; on Wednesday that the crew on Delta&#8217;s Endeavor Air CRJ-900 was experienced, adding, &#8220;All these pilots train for these conditions.&#8221; Bastian also praised the crew for quickly evacuating everyone on the plane.

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Leavitt, Schumer Trade Barbs After Dem Leader Blames Trump For Delta Crash-Landing

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The Delta flight which flipped upside down while attempting to land on Monday was operated by Endeavor Air, a regional carrier that has been promoting female employees and “unmanned” (or male-free) flights. 
No information about the pilots of Delta Connection Flight 4819, operated by Endeavor Air, has been released, so there is no way to know if the employees being promoted in multiple TikTok videos were involved, or if the flight was one of the company’s “unmanned” crews. But it has led to questions from people on social media sounding off about the airline’s hiring practices and apparent focus on DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion).
The crash occurred at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Video footage captured a Bombardier CRJ-900 regional jet flipping upside down during its landing attempt, which led to 21 people being injured with no fatalities. Several injured parties remained hospitalized as of Tuesday.
Videos featuring female Endeavor Air crew members have been circulating on social media since the crash. One video is set to lines from the Disney movie “The Incredibles” (2004) and features a voiceover saying, “Girls, come on? Leave the saving of the world to the men? I don’t think so. I don’t think so,” as a female pilot mouths the words and wags her finger.
Another video features female employees getting ready for an “unmanned” flight, while other clips show instances of women working for Endeavor flying planes and attending what appears to be a trade show, all set to upbeat music with girl-power-themed lyrics.
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The plane that crashed in Toronto was a Delta flight operated by Endeavor Air, a small airline obsessed with all-female &quot;unmanned&quot; flights <a href="https://t.co/pYMS3kdpQy">pic.twitter.com/pYMS3kdpQy</a>
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The Endeavor Air flight that departed from Minneapolis-St. Paul had 80 people on board, including crew members. The video also showed windy and snowy conditions on the runway. 
Multiple outlets <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bad-weather-or-human-error-retired-airline-captain-breaks-down-delta-crash">noted</a> that in the videos, it appears the pilot did not perform the usual “flare” maneuver, which involves pulling up the nose of the plane before touchdown to slow the aircraft and ensure a smoother landing.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is leading the crash investigation with assistance from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said on Wednesday during an interview with CBS Mornings that the flight crew was experienced.
&#8220;There is one level of safety at Delta,&#8221; Bastian <a href="https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/delta-ceo-says-flight-crew-125242104.html?guccounter=1">said</a>. &#8220;All these pilots train for these conditions.&#8221;
The CEO also called the video of the incident &#8220;horrifying&#8221; but praised the flight crew for quickly and efficiently evacuating passengers after the crash. &#8220;This is what we train for,&#8221; Bastian told the outlet. &#8220;We train for this continuously.&#8221;
A note on the Endeavor Air website <a href="https://www.endeavorair.com/content/endeavor-air/en_us/home.html">says</a>, “We are aware of an incident involving Endeavor Air Flight 4819. We are focused on gathering more information and taking care of our employees and customers at this time. We will share additional details as they become available.”

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Authorities will look into numerous potential causes after a Delta Air Lines plane rolled upside down and burst into flames when it landed in Toronto on Monday.
As Canadian and American investigators begin to look into the cause of the crash, video footage of the crash-landing has given some aviation experts a good idea of what likely led to the frightening incident. The CRJ900, operated by Endeavor Air — a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines — departed from Minneapolis with 76 passengers and four crew members on board. A video posted on social media showed the plane approaching Toronto Pearson International Airport before hitting the runway at an odd angle and smashing its right wing into the ground.
The plane then turned upside down as it skidded across the runway before coming to a stop. Other videos showed Delta crew members helping passengers evacuate onto the runway as first responders extinguished the flames. Everyone on the plane survived, with 21 people requiring medical attention. Two people remain hospitalized as of Tuesday afternoon.
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A clear visual of the the Delta CRJ900, operated by Endeavor Air as Flight DL4819 from Minneapolis St. Paul, crash-landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday, flipping onto its side on the snow-covered Runway 24R, but miraculously, all the occupants survived.
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<h3>Did snow or wind play a role?</h3>
During a Tuesday <a href="https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1mnxegMVwLnGX" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press conference</a>, Canadian authorities discussed the major snowfall the area has experienced in recent days. Since last Thursday, Toronto Pearson International Airport has been hit by two snowstorms that dumped around 20 inches of snow on the area, and the video of the landing showed snow drifting across the runway.
Crosswinds at the time of the CRJ900&#8217;s landing were between 29 and 38 mph. But Toronto Pearson Fire Chief Todd Aitken said that the runway was dry, and that there were no crosswind conditions when the plane landed around 2:15 p.m., according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/delta-plane-flip-toronto-canada-airport-minneapolis-6d064bbc7a3bb8595183d6765d61a0ee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press</a>. When asked on Tuesday about the condition of the runway and the cross-wind possibly causing the crash, the fire chief said he didn&#8217;t want to speculate and directed any questions about the cause of the crash to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
The board will lead the investigation into the crash, with the National Transportation Safety Board from the United States assisting in the investigation.
A retired Delta captain, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Daily Wire that the crosswind was not strong enough to be a major factor in the crash-landing.
&#8220;Keep in mind &#8217;40 mph&#8217; winds doesn&#8217;t mean the wind was a direct crosswind or a direct headwind,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Most likely from what I gathered yesterday at the time of the incident, the wind was approximately 40 degrees from center, so the crosswind component was around 20 knots and the headwind was around 23.&#8221;
&#8220;I do not believe that weather was a factor,&#8221; the retired aviation expert said, adding, &#8220;Any pilot should be able to handle that. It&#8217;s no big deal.&#8221;
<h3>Are the pilots at fault?</h3>
The investigation will also seek to determine if the crash was the result of human error. The retired Delta captain said that the airplane appeared to be &#8220;coming down at a pretty good clip,&#8221; meaning the pilot possibly did not &#8220;flare,&#8221; the technique pilots use to achieve a proper rate of descent before touching down.
&#8220;Normally, it would be coming down, prior to landing, somewhere in the order of 600-700 feet per minute,&#8221; the captain added. &#8220;However, as you get closer to the runway, you must reduce that rate of descent such that when you touch down, you are not going 700 feet per minute in the down direction. You&#8217;re touching down very gently.&#8221;
The pilot landing the CRJ900 in Toronto on Monday &#8220;hit the right main landing gear with such force that it snapped the gear off.&#8221;
&#8220;I hate to say it,&#8221; the captain said. &#8220;This is pilot error.&#8221;

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Bad Weather Or Human Error? Retired Airline Captain Breaks Down Delta Crash

New video footage surfaced on Tuesday morning showing the moment a Delta Air Lines flight crashed on the tarmac of Toronto Pearson International Airport.
On Monday, the inbound CRJ-900 flight from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) flipped over after the right rear landing gear on the passenger plane appeared to give out as the aircraft touched down.
With the landing gear snapped off, the plane&#8217;s right wing hit the ground and was torn off, causing the plane to roll and turn upside down.
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Clearist footage showing the crash moment of Delta &#8211; Endevoir Air CRJ-900 Flight DL4819 from Minneapolis (MSP) to Toronto (YYZ) with registration N932XJ. 
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Twenty-one of the 80 people on board the regional jet — 76 passengers and four crew members — were transported to hospitals after the accident, nineteen of whom have since been released. The flight was operated by Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air.
“Our most pressing priority remains taking care of all customers and Endeavor crew members who were involved,” <a href="https://x.com/DeltaNewsHub/status/1891860188094742559">said</a> Delta CEO Ed Bastian. “We’ll do everything we can to support them and their families in the days ahead, and I know the hearts, thoughts and prayers of the entire Delta community are with them. We are grateful for all the first responders and medical teams who have been caring for them.”
Passenger Pete Koukov <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/world/canada/toronto-plane-crash-delta.html">told</a> The New York Times that nothing seemed off during the flight and that all the problems occurred the moment &#8220;the wheels hit the ground.&#8221;
“The next thing I know, we’re sideways,” he said. “I unbuckled pretty fast and kind of lowered myself to the floor, which was the ceiling. People were panicking.”
The plane had to contend with wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour and drifting snow upon landing, although there is no indication that weather factors were the cause of the accident.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the Transportation Safety Board of Canada will be in charge of the investigation and will provide any updates.

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A 116-year-old Anglican church, along with artifacts and artworks, in Canada was &#8220;completely destroyed&#8221; in a massive blaze early Sunday morning, according to Toronto&#8217;s fire chief.
Crews responded to a four-alarm fire at St. Anne&#8217;s Anglican Church around 8 a.m., just a little more than two hours before the church&#8217;s Sunday morning service was scheduled to take place, City News <a href="https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/06/09/toronto-st-annes-anglican-church-fire/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Firefighters worked to stop the blaze as surrounding properties evacuated as a precaution in case the building collapsed.
“The fire was deep-seated at the beginning … but as you can see the building is completely destroyed right now and as [are] all the artifacts inside,” Toronto Fire Services Deputy Chief Jim Jessop told reporters at the scene.
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Absolutely heartbreaking to see these drone shots of Toronto’s St. Anne’s church. It’s completely gutted. So much beauty, so much history, destroyed within hours.
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No one was injured in the fire, and authorities said they have not yet deemed it &#8220;criminal in nature.&#8221; The Ontario Fire Marshal and Toronto police returned to the scene on Monday to investigate the cause.
&#8220;Nobody was here, the church was locked, secure, all the lights were off,&#8221; said Rev. Don Beyers, the parish priest at the church. &#8220;It&#8217;s a real mystery to us how this even happened.&#8221;
Construction on the historic St. Anne&#8217;s building began in 1907 and was completed in 1908. It housed early paintings from the Group of Seven artists that were installed in the building in the 1920s, CBC <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-fire-church-dufferin-dundas-street-west-1.7229569" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Some murals were displayed on the church&#8217;s dome, which collapsed in the fire.
&#8220;The artwork was priceless,&#8221; Beyers said. &#8220;It was murals, beautiful murals. They were stunning. This was the only church that featured artwork by members of the Group of Seven. And I&#8217;m sorry to say that&#8217;s been lost, from what I can see.&#8221;
Beyers also wrote a letter to St. Anne&#8217;s congregants, saying, &#8220;Yesterday&#8217;s fire was not the end of the story, but rather the beginning of a new chapter. We will rise from the ashes stronger and even more committed to our mission to be a church for all people.&#8221;
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Around <a href="https://tnc.news/2024/02/12/a-map-of-every-church-burnt-or-vandalized-since-the-residential-school-announcements4/#:~:text=100%20Christian%20churches%20in%20Canada,located%20near%20former%20residential%20schools." target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 Christian churches</a> in Canada have been targeted by arsonists and vandals since 2021 — after researchers claimed to have found the remains of hundreds of Indigenous children buried near a residential school in British Columbia. Recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/canadas-mass-graves-narrative-that-sparked-church-burnings-crumbles-amid-dearth-of-evidence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">findings</a>, however, appear to show that the anomalies found on radar were not graves but a septic field.
Meanwhile, further research at two other locations in Canada that were once thought to be mass graves found that there were no graves of Indigenous children.

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LGBT Pride festivities across the U.S. and Canada over the weekend featured rampant nudity, including a Pride parade in Seattle in which men on bikes rode naked in front of children (<a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1673057359911075840">video here</a>; warning full frontal nudity).
The Seattle Pride parade, which declared on its website, “Parade is all about inclusiveness – so all ages gather along the route to watch the festivities,” also featured Boy Scouts marching in the event:
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Happening now: Seattle Pride kicks off being led Boys &amp; Girls Scouts of America.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell tweeted, “It was great to feel the love, energy, and sunshine at today’s #Pride parade with @CityofSeattle employees! Our diversity makes us stronger, which is why we must send a clear message to our LGBTQIA+ community today and every day: we see you, we support you, and you belong here.”
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It was great to feel the love, energy, and sunshine at today’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pride</a> parade with <a href="https://twitter.com/CityofSeattle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CityofSeattle</a> employees! Our diversity makes us stronger, which is why we must send a clear message to our LGBTQIA+ community today and every day: we see you, we support you, and you belong here. <a href="https://t.co/O1Ab3RHi2A">pic.twitter.com/O1Ab3RHi2A</a>
&mdash; Mayor Bruce Harrell (@MayorofSeattle) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorofSeattle/status/1673098119867932672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 25, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Producer Dennis Michael Lynch snapped, “If you&#8217;re going to paint yourself, walk around naked, and play in a public fountain, I question your level of sanity. But when you do it in front of kids, without pause, I think you should be placed on a watch list.”
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The nudity in front of children was not confined to the U.S.; in Toronto, naked men stood nonchalantly on the street as children passed them.
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Nudists at Toronto Pride in areas where children are present. <a href="https://t.co/wP6VfrHBCT">pic.twitter.com/wP6VfrHBCT</a>
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The Toronto Pride festivities, which were partially sponsored by Bud Light, also offered attendees the chance to vote on whether sex education should be taught to kindergartners:
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“Bud Light Canada has been a proud partner of Pride Toronto for the last 10 years. This year, we&#8217;re commemorating this milestone with Pride Toronto by featuring them on our can design, as well as continuing as the official beer sponsor of the festival,” Bud Light states on its website, adding, “In 2023, Bud Light Canada is also providing a total of $100,000 to various organizations supporting the LGBTQIA2S+ community across Canada.”
Bud Light has been battling a public relations nightmare prompted by its endorsement deal with Dylan Mulvaney, a flamboyant trans influencer who claims to be a woman. Customers have abandoned Bud Light in droves; Bud Light&#8217;s sales plummeted 17% and 21% in volume in the week ending April 15 after Mulvaney, a male who identifies as a woman, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqgTftujqZc/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=be47ac0a-7017-4d6d-a424-8dcf6d27a837" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVGDPlG42bU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a> to his 1.8 million followers on Instagram promoting his partnership with Bud Light on April 1.
“This month I celebrated my day 365 of womanhood, and Bud Light sent me possibly the best gift ever, a can with my face on it,” Mulvaney said.

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This article is adapted from today’s Morning Wire Afternoon Update. To listen to the podcast version, click <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
<a href="https://hotair.com/david-strom/2023/06/12/bombshell-covid-19-developed-by-military-at-wuhan-lab-n557307" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;Bombshell&#8217; Covid Report</a>
The UK’s Sunday Times has released a &#8220;bombshell&#8221; investigation, as described by HotAir.com, reporting that the COVID-19 virus was indeed created at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in collaboration with the Chinese military. The report also alleges that some of the funding came from the controversial EcoHealth Alliance, which is funded in part by American taxpayers through grants. The Times says it “reviewed hundreds of documents, including previously confidential reports, internal memos, scientific papers and email correspondence” from the three years prior to the pandemic. The outlet “also interviewed the US State Department investigators — including experts on China, emerging pandemic threats, and biowarfare — who conducted the first significant US inquiry into the origins of the Covid-19 outbreak.”  A recap of that investigation can be read here.
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/pandemic-fraud-waste-billions-small-business-labor-fb1d9a9eb24857efbe4611344311ae78" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hundreds Of Billions In Covid Waste</a>
The origin of the virus isn’t the only part of the pandemic that remains controversial. U.S. federal investigators are still on the hunt for what happened to roughly $400 billion in COVID relief doled out to American businesses, organizations, and citizens during the years 2020 and 2021.
A new analysis by the Associated Press revealed that fraudsters allegedly stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding. According to the analysis, an additional $123 billion was either wasted or misspent by the U.S. government. Federal spending skyrocketed due to the pandemic, and taxpayers shelled out $4.2 trillion and counting in COVID relief. Now, more than 2,000 individuals have been charged with pandemic-related fraud and investigators are still searching for and filing new charges.
<a href="https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-06-12-1344/criminal-justice-jp-morgan-agrees-pay-290m-settle-lawsuit-brought-jeffrey" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JP Morgan To Pay $290 Million To Epstein Victims</a>
Financial giant JP Morgan has agreed to pay victims of the late Jeffrey Epstein a whopping $290 million in a historic class action lawsuit settlement. The bank was sued in 2022 by one woman on behalf of herself and other victims after it was discovered that the bank continued to do business with Epstein even after he was deemed a “high-risk client” client. Epstein, a convicted sex offender, died in federal prison in 2019.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daniel-penny-speaks-out-about-death-of-jordan-neely-disputes-key-claim-about-headlock" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Penny Speaks Out</a>
Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old Marine veteran who went viral for putting the homeless man Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on May 1 has spoken out – disputing several claims about the incident:
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&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1668070425232908290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Penny was arrested and charged with manslaughter last month over the incident. The 24-year-old Veteran is due back in court on July 17th.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fox-news-demands-tucker-carlson-cease-and-desist-new-twitter-show-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News Sends Tucker Carlson Cease-And-Desist Letter</a>
Fox News has sent a cease-and-desist letter to its ex-primetime host Tucker Carlson after he started airing a new show titled “Tucker on Twitter” on the social media platform.
 The legal action from Carlson’s former employer comes on the heels of Carlson’s team teasing a new “Tucker on Twitter” episode on the federal indictment of former President Trump. Carlson is still being paid by Fox News, and the network insists that Carlson’s new show violates his contract’s non-compete clause. 
Harmneet Dhillon, one of Carlson’s attorneys, said in a statement that Fox  “is now demanding that Tucker Carlson be silent until after the 2024 election.” Dhillon added, “Tucker will not be silenced by anyone.” 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-italian-prime-minister-silvio-berlusconi-dead-at-86" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silvio Berlusconi Dead</a>
Silvio Berlusconi, the former controversial prime minister of Italy, died at the age of 86. The news was confirmed Monday morning by Italian media company Mediaset, which Berlusconi founded. Berlusconi, who once <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/silvio-berlusconi-controversial-italian-ex-prime-minister-dead-86">reportedly</a> referred to himself as the “Jesus Christ of politics,” served longer than any Italian leader since 1946, when Italy became a republic. He founded the Forza Italia party, which is described as center-right. No cause of death was provided.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/blue-jays-cut-pitcher-who-apologized-for-sharing-video-on-bud-light-target-boycotts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Blue Jays Fire Anthony Bass</a>
The Toronto Blue Jays have cut pitcher Anthony Bass just over a week after he apologized for sharing a video on social media that encouraged Christians to boycott Bud Light and Target. Bass posted a video on Instagram that made a Biblical case against supporting businesses that push people, especially children, toward “darkness.” Blue Jays manager Ross Atkins said they chose to cut Bass for “a myriad of variables,” including “performance” as well as being a “distraction” – saying it was “a small part of it and something we had to factor in.”
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A hometown crowd erupted in boos when Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass walked onto the field on Wednesday — his first appearance since he commented on the Bud Light and Target boycotts and then, a short time later, apologized for doing so.
Several separate waves of boos could be heard in a video clip shared by The Toronto Star&#8217;s baseball columnist Mike Wilner.
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Anthony Bass comes into the game, greeted by a couple of separate choruses of boos. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bluejays?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Bluejays</a> <a href="https://t.co/NM3IpEA91i">pic.twitter.com/NM3IpEA91i</a>
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Bass first stirred controversy when he shared an Instagram video from creator Ryan Miller — who called on Christians to boycott Target over clothing catering to trans-identifying children and Bud Light over its partnership with trans-identifying influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
The Major League pitcher racked up a second round of criticisms when he offered an apology, saying in part, &#8220;I recognize yesterday I made a post that was hurtful to the Pride community, which includes friends of mine and close family members of mine. I am truly sorry for that. As of right now, I am using the Blue Jays’ resources to better educate myself to make better decisions moving forward.&#8221;
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Critics attacked Bass for apologizing, noting that he professed to be a Christian and arguing that his apology amounted to a compromise of his beliefs.
&#8220;Looks like a hostage video. Congrats on getting a Christian scalp, Blue Jays,&#8221; one person <a href="https://twitter.com/fugitivemama/status/1663652055838498816" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> in response.
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&#8220;How shameful you force him to make this idiotic statement and apologize for his beliefs,&#8221; Tom Elliott added.
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How shameful you force him to make this idiotic statement and apologize for his beliefs
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&#8220;Humiliating. What type of employer would force their employee to do something like this?&#8221; Terry Schilling <a href="https://twitter.com/Schilling1776/status/1663663214758879234" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a>. &#8220;It’s truly enraging. And all around the sport of baseball. Woke ruins everything.&#8221;
It was unclear from the video taken of Bass at Wednesday&#8217;s game whether the crowd was booing because he had shared a video supporting the boycotts or because he later gave in to the calls to apologize for it.

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The Anarchist, a coffee shop in Toronto, <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/canada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Canada</a>, that functioned on a “pay what you can” system, will <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/anarchism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">close</a> at the end of the month after slightly more than one year in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/business" target="_blank" rel="noopener">business</a>.
Gabriel Sims-Fewer, the owner of The Anarchist, said in an expletive-filled <a href="https://theanarchist.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announcement</a> on the company’s website that he appreciated the opportunity to experiment with “living and working in ways that don&#8217;t enthusiastically embrace the pure misanthropy of capitalism.” He blamed the failure of his anti-capitalist business venture for the lack of “seed capital” from “ethically bankrupt sources,” which left him “unable to weather the quiet winter season, or to grow in the ways needed to be sustainable longer-term.”
“The Anarchist has been a huge success in every way I hoped, and has given me so much inspiration and education that I plan to put to use in future projects,” he told his customers. “F*** the rich. F*** the police. F*** the state. F*** the colonial death camp we call ‘Canada.’ Solidarity.”
Sims-Fewer previously wrote on a frequently asked questions <a href="https://theanarchist.ca/faqs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">page</a> that his “pay what you can” pricing scheme for drip coffee was meant to make coffee more affordable, admitting that the model gradually lost him money despite the hope that the losses would be counterbalanced by more expensive items. “I hate how everything in specialty coffee is so inaccessible to working class people, and inhospitable to everyone but the white upper middle class,” he had written on the website. “That&#8217;s also why I continue to scrutinise my prices and look for opportunities to lower them. Maybe when the shop has a couple more workers, allowing us to make significantly more drinks per day, we&#8217;ll be able to do an across-the-board price cut.”
The entrepreneur had also apologized for the fact that he is a “white, cisgender” man by noting that he is also “queer” and vowing to hiring people outside of his “particular intersection of privileges.”
“The best thing I think I can do is hire people who aren&#8217;t white, cisgender, heterosexual men, make them equal owners, and follow their lead in making the place less white-male-centered than the industry standard,” he had remarked. “That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m working towards.”
Beyond the apparent lack of access to capital faced by The Anarchist, businesses in Canada have been severely impacted by government lockdowns and vaccine mandates over the past three years. Sims-Fewer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CamzEyiONqY/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on the coffee shop’s social media last March that proof of vaccination would be required for dining in the restaurant. Other posts included a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm4GqPAgjrm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">depiction</a> of police officers hung by the neck under the slogan “ACAB,” as well as a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cicwyp8gTF5/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> which read “the queen was sh** and should have died sooner,” an ostensible reference to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, who served as the monarch of Canada and other commonwealth realms.
The Anarchist is not the first small business founded on explicitly leftist principles to recently fail in spectacular fashion: Mina’s World, a coffee shop in Philadelphia known for its LGBTQ brand identity, shuttered last year after employees <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/woke-coffee-shop-closes-down-after-insane-demands-from-even-more-woke-employees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">revolted</a> against the owners and demanded that they “redistribute” the company and its resources. A social media page called the “Mina’s World Workers” started posting accusations against the ownership, claiming they had subjected workers to “manipulation, abuse of power, exploitation, anti-blackness, ableism,” and other charges summarized in a “List of Grievances.”

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