Politics

It was billed as a “Takeover Toronto” event and for a few minutes early Saturday, dozens of lawless troublemakers gave it their best shot. It was at least a Meadowvale Rd. takeover at the entrance to the Toronto Zoo. “About 100 vehicles blocked off the intersection of Meadowvale Rd. and Zoo Rd.” and were “performing stunts such as donuts and tire burnouts,” sources tell us. (Toronto Sun)

EDMONTON - The Alberta government is looking to hire a contractor to study the benefits and costs of a proposed provincial police force that could replace the RCMP. Online job postings show the province wants the contractor to do a feasibility review of a possible transition from the RCMP to an Alberta Provincial Police Service. (Edmonton Sun)

When Justin Trudeau announced his massive gun ban back on May 1, he told the country he was doing it to tackle gun violence and make Canada safer. “Every single Canadian wants to see less gun violence and safer communities. So today, we take another big step forward,” Trudeau said. (Sun Media)

Portland police arrested more than 100 people during violent clashes this weekend, as the Oregon city passed 100 consecutive days of Black Lives Matter protests. (New York Post)

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday formally refused to go quietly to face trial in the US — which the mother of his children insisted was a fight for his life. (New York Post)

A former colleague at The New York Times once explained why he kept reading the paper even though he no longer trusted it: “I want to see what they’re up to.” (New York Post)

Violence erupted on the third night of protests in Rochester against the death of Daniel Prude, with anti-police demonstrators terrorizing diners inside a restaurant and setting off what looked like fireworks near officers. (New York Post)

In Montreal over the weekend, about 200 vandals pulled down a statue of one of Canada’s founders, Sir John A. Macdonald. They were mainly referred to by the media as “protesters.” But the truth is that they were “protesters” until they put ropes around the statue, hauled it down and decapitated it. At that point, they became vandals. (National Post)

MONTREAL - What started as a noisy but peaceful march in support of changes to police funding and policies turned ugly Saturday when protestors pulled down the statue of John A. Macdonald in Place du Canada. (The Gazette)

KENOSHA - Wisconsin Justice Department investigators recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard of the car into which Jacob Blake Jr, was leaning when he was shot in the back by a police officer three days ago, the state attorney general said on Tuesday.(Toronto Sun)