Summer officially begins this week, and southern Ontario is set to feel every bit of it as a multi-day heat event rolls in starting Sunday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The heat warning, in effect from Sunday through Wednesday, June 25, is expected to bring daytime highs into the mid-30s across the region, including Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga, Oakville, Hamilton, Niagara, and Durham.
Temperatures will start climbing on Friday, with a high near 25°C and partly sunny skies along with a chance of thunderstorms. Saturday will heat up further with highs near 29°C under mostly sunny skies, though evening showers are possible.
The real swelter sets in Sunday, with forecasted highs around 33°C and overnight lows of 23°C, offering little nighttime relief. The extreme heat continues into early next week, with highs of 34°C expected on both Monday and Tuesday.
Environment Canada is urging residents to stay hydrated, avoid outdoor exertion during peak heat hours, and watch for signs of heat-related illness such as dizziness, nausea, or rapid heartbeat.
Cooling centres will be open in most communities, and those without air conditioning are encouraged to seek relief at malls, libraries, or splash pads.
With several hot days ahead, public health officials remind everyone to check on vulnerable family members and neighbors, especially seniors, children, and people with chronic health conditions.
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Canada ’must remain vigilant’ about Indian foreign interference, CSIS report cautions Warning comes as Canada and India agree to reinstate top diplomats Narendra Modi and Mark Carney at the G7 summit. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit on Tuesday. Canada’s intelligence agency warns in a new report that the country remains a source of foreign interference. Photo: The Canadian Press / Darryl Dyck RCI Posted: June 18, 2025 5:09 PM Darren Major (new window) · CBC News Canada’s spy agency is warning that India’s government continues to be a foreign interference concern a day after the two countries agreed to reinstate their top diplomats. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) released its annual report (new window) on Wednesday, outlining some key concerns and threats to Canada’s national security. India was listed as a potential source of foreign interference activities, alongside Russia, China and Iran. Canada must remain vigilant about continued foreign interference conducted by the Government of India, not only within ethnic, religious and cultural communities but also in Canada’s political system, the report reads. Canada, India agree to re-establish high commissioners after G7 meeting (new window) B.C. premier to ask prime minister to declare India’s Bishnoi gang a terrorist group (new window) Carney defends inviting India’s Modi to G7 summit as Liberal MP calls it ‘a bad idea’ (new window) The CSIS report comes just a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to reinstate their high commissioners and are eyeing renewed visa services to each other’s citizens and businesses. The two countries expelled each other’s high commissioners, senior diplomats who are similar to ambassadors, last fall after the RCMP accused the Indian government of playing a role in a network of violence in Canada, including homicides and extortion. Most significantly, the RCMP have alleged Indian agents were involved in the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Canadian Khalistani separatist who was brazenly gunned down outside a Sikh temple in B.C. in 2023. Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Canadian activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed in B.C. in 2023. Photo: CBC / Ben Nelms Nijjar and others in that movement have been calling for an independent Sikh homeland in northern India called Khalistan, which Modi’s government has vigorously opposed and denounced as a national security threat. Links between the Government of India and the Nijjar murder signals a significant escalation in India’s repression efforts against the Khalistan movement and a clear intent to target individuals in North America, Wednesday’s report reads. It notes that in Canada, a small group of individuals are considered Khalistani extremists, but that doesn’t extend to those who take part in legitimate and peaceful campaigning to support the Khalistan movement. Real and perceived Khalistani extremism emerging from Canada continues to drive Indian foreign interference activities in Canada, the report says. Calls to label Indian gang a terrorist group Carney faced backlash — from Sikh advocates and some of his own MPs — for inviting Modi to this week’s G7 summit. Carney has defended the invitation, saying it makes sense to have the leader of the world’s most populous country around the table when there are big challenges to discuss. Gurpreet Sahota, the editor-in-chief at Channel Punjabi in Surrey, B.C., said members of his community feel betrayed after Carney agreed to reinstate the high commissioner without securing more co-operation from the Indian government. They are thinking that the Canadian government is more focusing on [the] economy than public safety, Sahota told CBC News. According to the prime minister’s readout, Carney raised transnational crime and repression, security and the rules-based order with Modi during their meeting on Tuesday. He’s talking about transnational repression, terrorism and Indian gangs. But he’s very eager to go for the business first. So when people sitting in Surrey or Brampton, [Ont.], see Mr. Carney, they feel that he’s more eager to do business than to take accountability, Sahota said. WATCH | Public safety minister on threats from India: Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? Asked during the closing G7 news conference what he said to Modi about Nijjar’s murder on Canadian soil, Carney did not directly answer. We have had a discussion, the prime minister and I, about the importance of having the law enforcement-to-law enforcement dialogue. Not just dialogue, but co-operation, the prime minister said. Colin Robertson, a former Canadian diplomat and current adviser for the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, said the federal government can re-engage with India while also taking a firm stance on foreign interference. I think that this government does mean business, he said. Whenever there’s any indication that they’re stepping out of line, we’ve got the capacity now through CSIS, the RCMP and other intelligence agencies to basically call them out. B.C. Premier David Eby said Tuesday that he wants the India-based Lawrence Bishnoi gang (new window) declared a terrorist organization in Canada due to their alleged links to criminal activities. Police in Surrey have said members of the South Asian community are being extorted under threat of death or violence, with the Bishnoi gang being linked to some of those threats. WATCH | B.C. premier responds to extortion reports: Début du widget Widget. Passer le widget ? Fin du widget Widget. Retourner au début du widget ? Eby said he would be writing to Carney to ask that the gang be given the terrorist designation to enable police to be able to use the necessary tools to investigate. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Wednesday that he has taken note of Eby’s comments but hasn’t received an official request. This is an independent process that goes through our public security agencies and upon their recommendation, I will be able to take that decision to cabinet, he told reporters on Parliament Hill. MP Jenny Kwan, the NDP public safety critic, also wrote to Carney on Wednesday calling for the government to list the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist group. She urged Carney to suspend any security and intelligence-sharing agreements with India.
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CSIS Warns India Still Poses Foreign Interference Risk as Canada Reinstates Diplomats
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Canada must remain on high alert regarding foreign interference from India, warns a new Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) report released just a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed to reinstate their top diplomats. The warning comes amid a delicate diplomatic reset between the two countries, following months of strained relations over allegations linking India to politically motivated violence in Canada.
The annual CSIS report identifies India as a continuing source of foreign interference alongside other state actors such as Russia, China, and Iran. The agency cautions that Indian interference efforts have extended beyond ethnic and religious communities and now reach into Canada’s political system.
While Canada and India agreed during this week’s G7 summit to restore their high commissioners and resume visa services, the shadow of unresolved tensions remains. The move follows the fallout from the killing of Canadian citizen and Khalistani activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in 2023. The RCMP has alleged Indian involvement in his assassination—a claim that led to a diplomatic standoff and reciprocal expulsions of diplomats.
In its latest report, CSIS describes Nijjar’s murder as a clear escalation of India’s transnational repression efforts, marking a shift in how the Modi government targets Sikh separatists abroad. Though the agency clarifies that only a small number of individuals in Canada are considered extremists, peaceful Khalistan advocacy continues to fuel India’s interference tactics.
Prime Minister Carney has come under criticism, including from within his own party, for welcoming Modi to the G7 table. While Carney has defended the invitation by highlighting India’s global importance, many Sikh-Canadians feel betrayed by the lack of stronger demands for accountability. “People feel the government is more focused on economic ties than public safety,” said Gurpreet Sahota, editor-in-chief of Channel Punjabi in Surrey.
Carney told reporters he raised issues of transnational repression, security, and organized crime with Modi, but stopped short of directly addressing Nijjar’s killing. “We’ve had a discussion… about law enforcement-to-law enforcement cooperation,” Carney said when pressed at the G7 closing news conference.
Meanwhile, B.C. Premier David Eby has asked Ottawa to designate the India-based Lawrence Bishnoi gang as a terrorist organization. The gang is allegedly linked to extortion threats against South Asian Canadians in cities like Surrey and Brampton. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree acknowledged Eby’s concern and said such a designation would depend on formal recommendations from national security agencies.
NDP MP Jenny Kwan also urged the federal government to list the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity and called on Carney to suspend all security and intelligence-sharing agreements with India until trust is restored.
Despite the renewed diplomatic engagement, CSIS’s report serves as a stark reminder that Canada must strike a careful balance—maintaining dialogue with India while actively defending its sovereignty and democratic institutions from foreign influence.