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a US-Israeli plan emerging to provide humanitarian... "I campaigned for no more foreign wars. And now we are supposedly on the verge of going to war with Iran" Marjorie Taylor Greene... A 'settlement in principle' between the US Justice Department and the family... Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre running for an Alberta seat... Election Day in Australia... US District Beryl Howell declaring an executive order from President Donald Trump... The US State Department approving a potential 310.5 million-dollar military deal with Ukraine... Israeli air attacks continuing in Syria late tonight... In Illinois 73-year-old Joseph Czuba sentenced to 53 years...

There will be a vote by Albertans on Alberta independence. Everyone who has their ear to the ground agrees. They say you can bet the farm on it. And just the fact there is an almost-certain vote on Alberta independence looming on the horizon will be a message heard across the country and right into the office of Prime Minister Mark Carney. You see, under changes being brought in by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, the question of Alberta independence from Canada will be put to a vote of Albertans if the following happens. If a total of 177,000 Albertans, names...

If Donald Trump wants a 51st state to the north, here’s how he can get one. For weeks, President Donald Trump has said that Canada should be America’s 51st state. He has mocked Canada’s economic dependence on the United States. He has condemned Canadian tariffs and trade restrictions. He has scolded Canada’s free riding on American defense. He has knocked Canada’s porous borders and drug dens. He has accused Canada of colluding with hostile foreign powers and global institutions. He has trolled our prime minister. It’s delightful. Many Canadians are enjoying the show. Up here in the cold white north,...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith responded on Wednesday to the barrage of criticism she's faced from across Canada for her recent diplomatic efforts and media appearances in the U.S. During Wednesday's afternoon session in the Alberta Legislature, Smith said she's been unjustly criticized for her attempts to persuade officials that a trade war between the U.S. and Canada would be a bad idea. She defended her strategy, characterizing her actions as entering the "lion's den" to change the hearts and minds of Americans that Canada needs on its side. "I will not be silent. Alberta will not be silent. We will...

According to a CBC report, an extensive new project has highlighted just how vast the trade network in obsidian was for Indigenous communities living during the precontact period in current-day Alberta. Obsidian, a type of volcanic glass, was indispensable for many ancient cultures around the world because it can be easily shaped into arrowheads and cutting tools. No volcanoes have ever erupted in Alberta, however, so every sherd of obsidian was transported there from elsewhere. Researchers from the Alberta Obsidian Project analyzed 383 obsidian fragments from 96 sites across the area dating to between 13,000 and 300 years ago. They...

A Washington state man accused of making more than 20 swatting calls across the U.S. and in Canada, leading to law enforcement responses to his false reports of bombings, shootings and other crimes, pleaded guilty. Ashton Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of extortion and two counts of threats and hoaxes regarding explosives, U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman said in a news release. Garcia was initially charged with 10 felony counts. Garcia placed the calls to agencies in Washington state, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Colorado,...

At his request, I met with Prime Minister Mark Carney @MarkJCarney today. We had a very frank discussion in which I made it clear that Albertans will no longer tolerate the way we've been treated by the federal Liberals over the past 10 years. I provided a specific list of demands the next Prime Minister, regardless of who that is, must address within the first six months of their term to avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis. This includes:....

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday rejected a call from Parliament member Jagmeet Singh to bar President Trump from attending the Group of Seven (G7) summit that is set to take place in Canada in June, saying it is “not responsible.” Trudeau, who announced his intent to step down as prime minister and as the leader of the Liberal Party last month, will not be the country’s head during the G7 summit of leading industrialized nations in Kananaskis, Alberta, this summer. Despite the resignation, he called the demand to disinvite Trump from the gathering “shocking.” “I think it’s easy...

With the Trudeau Liberals failing to address Americans' concerns about border security, Edmonton Sun columnist Lorne Gunter tells The Ezra Levant Show that the Alberta premier is the only leader in Canada who recognizes what Trump's tariff threat is about.( See video at thread article link) With tariffs set to begin on Saturday, Canada could quickly find itself embroiled in a trade war with the United States. The White House confirmed the policy would begin this weekend, refuting an earlier report from Reuters that suggested the measure could be delayed until March 1. As the country braces for the impact...

Mrs. POF and I are in Calgary today and tonight on our way to Banff and Lake Louise. While on a nice afternoon stroll across the Bow River, we found a Commiela campaign poster! I didn’t know she was simultaneously running in Canada.

David Suzuki, the godfather of the Canadian environmental movement, warned over the weekend that if politicians don’t act to reverse climate change, there could be attacks against oil and gas infrastructure. “This is what we’re come to. The next stage after this, there are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don’t pay attention to what’s going on.” “The violence is coming from the authorities, from government, from the RCMP,” said Suzuki. “They’re declaring war against those that are protesting.” It wouldn’t be unprecedented. In Alberta, in the 1990s, Wiebo Ludwig, who died in 2012, engaged in a...

Wiebo Ludwig,(Alberta farmer) convicted of bombings in 1990s, says he understands frustration that leads to sabotage. RCMP called in members of a local search and rescue team on Saturday to help sift through a 300-metre debris field surrounding the second of two pipeline bombings. "It's likely we'll still be there tomorrow," RCMP spokesman Tim Shields said. Anything out of the ordinary hidden in the long grass and fallen leaves could lead them to the bomber. RCMP also released a partial description of a pickup truck seen leaving the scene the morning of the latest explosion. That blast happened before dawn...

Tommy Robinson live speech on 'Free Speech' in Canada, now free after immediate arrest in Alberta after his first speech - the irony. Passport taken, no reason given - since returned, they backed down.

A bright green fireball illuminated the night sky over Montana, U.S., at approximately 05:45 UTC on May 21, 2024 (23:45 LT, May 20). The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 65 reports from users in Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington, U.S., as well as in Alberta, Canada. This event follows an exceptionally bright meteor over Spain and Portugal on May 18. The meteor was described as unreal, massive, and a once-in-a-lifetime event. “That’s crazy! Mad props to the person that was able to get this footage,” one eyewitness wrote on X.

VIDEOUntil now I thought that the most RIDICULOUS Covid mask worn by a public figure was the Darth Vader double mask rig worn by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. However, it seems I will now have to revise that assessment due to the picture in this video which serves to reveal the inner Dork of its wearer, Naheed Nenshi, the former mayor of Calgary who is now running to become the leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP). For those of you not living in Canada or down here in Baja Canada aka South Florida (now home to the best...

AParents whose kids have undergone medical or surgical 'transitioning' say that Premier Danielle Smith’s policies will spare other families from 'the heartache their families have been through.' (LifeSiteNews) — Many parents, some of whom consider themselves very “liberal,” are on board with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s forthcoming legislation that will ban doctors from surgically or chemically “transitioning” children, saying the new rules will help prevent the immense sorrow that comes from extreme transgender ideology. As highlighted in a recent Epoch Times report, parents whose kids have undergone medical or surgical “transitioning” say that Smith’s new policies will only benefit families...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's health minister on Thursday said planned restrictions for transgender youth in the Western province of Alberta are "extremely dangerous," a sign that policies could become a political wedge issue going into next year's election. On Wednesday, conservative Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveiled sweeping changes to policies related to students and gender identity, restricting the medical treatments they may seek. This includes prohibiting hormonal treatment, puberty blockers and gender affirming surgery for children under 15 years of age and banning gender-related surgery for minors. Parents also will have to give permission for any student under 15 to...

Smith said she viewed the sit-down interview as an opportunity to speak with all types of media and that she doesn’t agree with the viewpoints of every outlet she speaks to — a point made by her office in November when the event was announced. Carlson also noted he and Smith had dinner Tuesday night. “First of all, we had dinner last night, and I had the best time — and thank you for letting me, a rank foreigner, ask you questions,” Carlson said. Carlson asked Smith for her thoughts on the four men arrested at the Coutts border crossing...

Albertans did the right thing Saturday night, unplugging enough that the provincial power grid was able to avoid resorting to a series of rotating power outages on a night when the wind-chill readings across the province threatened to drop to -50. The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) worked with the province to issue an Emergency Alert early Saturday evening, asking everyone to reduce electricity use to essential needs only, to lower the load on the province’s electrical grid, which had been running with a grid alert since 3:30 p.m. Almost immediately, the AESO says there was a 100 megawatt (MW)...

Albertans were asked for the second evening in a row on Saturday to limit their electricity usage to essential needs only. According to an alert issued by the Alberta Emergency Management Agency to all cell phones shortly before 7 p.m., a high demand for power during the extreme cold placed the province at a "high risk" of rotating power outages. "On top of high demand of our own energy generation, Alberta's grid receives electricity from neighboring provinces. Extreme weather in Saskatchewan and British Columbia is impacting electricity sharing, which is also a contributing factor to tonight's grid alert," Nathan Neudorf,...