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A month ago, news broke that, up in Canada, Justin Trudeau’s government is fining the Amish community $300,000 ($222,660 American dollars). Their crime? They didn’t download the government’s COVID app. The twist, of course, is that the Amish don’t have smartphones. They eschew all modern technology. This story has made almost no headlines, but it’s important because it’s a preview of coming attractions if Kamala becomes president. This is what leftists do. Acting for your own good, they destroy you. As anyone who has watched either Witness or Weird Al Yankovich’s brilliant Amish Paradise knows, the Amish lifestyle does not...

No more diplomatic games from Biden and Blinken.. Biden has seen enough. On Sept. 26, the United States joined nine other countries and the European Union to demand a three-week ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border. "It is time," the group said in a statement, "to conclude a diplomatic settlement that enables civilians on both sides of the border to return to their homes in safety." I've consumed a lot of multilateral mush during the Biden years. Never have I encountered a statement as disingenuous, deluded, and feckless as this. Notice who signed it: the United States, Australia, Canada, the EU,...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nearly got himself ejected from the House of Commons on Wednesday after refusing to withdraw a remark accusing the Conservatives of being homophobic. MPs were well into question period when Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre asked about New York Consul General Tom Clark’s $9-million Billionaires Row condo in Manhattan — specifically regarding the home’s opulent bathroom, which featured a “hand-crafted copper soaking tub.” The PM’s response was drowned out by jeers and catcalls from the Conservative benches. But just after Speaker Greg Fergus stood, somebody in the Conservative benches allegedly shouted a remark about Trudeau...

Imagine it is October 2025. A ceasefire has been achieved between Russia and Ukraine. Moscow’s attention shifted to North America. Canada’s left-wing prime minister leaned toward making a trade deal with Russia and its Central Asian partners. Washington, however, offered a last-minute financial sweetener, an early Christmas present of sorts, and Ottawa turned back to the U.S. Angry crowds hit the streets, causing chaos in Canada’s capital. Moscow promotes the violence, as its propagandists lauded democracy in action. When the police give way, Canada’s premier flees south. Russian operatives begin putting their candidates for office forward, and new elections confirm...

VIDEOThis AI clip was put together by comedian Danny Polishchuck but it represents what could really happen if both Stephen Colbert and his guest Justin Trudeau had taken truth serum just before their interview.

The US and France leading a group of nations calling for 21-day ceasefire involving Israel and Hezbollah... Word tonight that New York Mayor Eric Adams is under federal indictment... The Lebanese Health Ministry reporting at least 72 killed and hundreds wounded in Israeli strikes... Russia updating the rules for nuclear war. President Vladimir Putin speaking tonight... In the Dutch capital city The Hague an office building converted so it can receive migrants... 41.2 million people in Canada as of July 1st...1.2 million added to Canada's population in just one year... Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party government surviving its...

New Brunswickers have to be 18 or older to undergo gender-affirming surgeryA Canada Post worker says she was suspended after refusing to deliver flyers that compare gender-affirming medical care to child mutilation. The flyer from Campaign Life Coalition, an anti-abortion group based in Hamilton, Ont., calls for a ban on "child sex-change." Shannon Aitchison said she is the mother of a transgender adult and given that gender-affirming surgery is only available to people aged 18 and above, believes the wording of the flyers is harmful and discriminatory against transgender people. "It's misinformation. It is lies and misinformation being presented as...

The story of how Richard and Karen covered Klaatu, the group rumored to the secret reunion of the Fab Four. Have you heard the one about the futuristic track by a group that were rumored to be The Beatles in disguise, and which was turned into a hit by America’s favorite musical brother and sister? This is the story of how the Carpenters get involved with an organization called the International Flying Saucer Bureau, and turned the affair into a hit record. Devotees of quality pop of the 1970s will, by now, know that we’re talking about “Calling Occupants Of...

Could this be the end of the Trudeau regime at last? VIDEOS AT LINK................ On September 4th, Jagmeet Singh, leader of Canada’s socialist New Democratic Party (NDP), publicly announced that he pulled the plug on his agreement with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. This deal has kept Trudeau’s shaky minority government afloat, preventing it from falling to a vote of no confidence. If Singh follows through, Trudeau’s government could finally collapse, triggering a new election and giving Canadians a long-awaited chance to oust him from power. This isn’t just Canadian political theater—this could signal the end of Trudeau’s regime. To clarify...

Documentary details horrific cruelty towards and abuse of First Nations children in residential schools and discovery of unmarked graves This gripping account of the abuse of First Nations children at Catholic residential schools in Canada rightly won the jury prize for documentary direction at Sundance in January and is now an early Academy Award favourite. Early in the film, a group of volunteers ventures into a barn on the grounds of St Joseph’s Mission residential school near the Sugarcane Reservation in British Columbia. They find heartbreaking inscriptions from desperate children. Investigators Charlene Belleau and Whitney Spearing uncover more than 50...

Radio-Canada infiltrated networks offering to bring 'Indian' migrants from Quebec to the U.S. for a price"We do it every day. It will take one hour to arrive at the destination. From there you need to walk 40 minutes through the jungle." "Is it safe?" "Yes brother. It is not our first time." Radio-Canada had this conversation recently over WhatsApp with an individual associated with one of a dozen TikTok accounts we identified that were advertising an illegal service: helping Indian temporary residents in Canada cross into the U.S. outside of official border points. The individual offering a trip of "40...

As I pointed out yesterday, PM Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party was facing a special election in Montreal where they were at risk of losing a once-safe seat. As expected, the Liberals lost the seat though not to the NDP but to a candidate from the Bloq Quebecois. The pressure on Trudeau to step aside will only increase after this loss, the second loss for the Liberal Party in just a few monthsThe defeat will raise the pressure on the 52-year-old leader to step aside before the next election, which is scheduled for October 2025 but may happen earlier than that.It’s...

In the wake of yet another foiled ISIS-inspired terrorist plot, this one by a Canada-based Pakistani seeking to kill Jews in New York on the anniversary of last year’s Hamas attack in Israel, everyone is loudly proclaiming: “ISIS is back.”And yet, this analysis is wrong.For someone or something to “be back,” it has to have left in the first place. This return can be surprising or expected, but in the end it is of note. With respect to the ISIS terrorist group, it has not “resurged” because it never went away in the first place.The group has been around since...

Prime Mnister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party suffered two byelection losses Monday night. With results in, Liberal candidates lost in both contests. In the perpetually safe seat in Montreal of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, the Liberal candidate lost to the Bloc Québécois' Louis-Philippe Sauvé, in a tight three-way race. In the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg's Elmwood —Transcona the NDP's Leila Dance defeated the Conservative Party with the Liberals a distant third. In Montreal, Liberal candidate Laura Palestini had insisted “It’s about me. It’s not about the PM. I will let myself be the … prime focus of this election.” Former Justice Minister David Lametti...

Canadian military officials wanted the Canadian Armed Forces’ hate crimes and extremism investigation unit to open a file on soldiers vandalizing feminine hygiene product dispensers placed in male washrooms following a Liberal government mandate. Ultimately both the National Investigation Service and the specialized Hate Crimes, Extremism, Drugs and Gang Enforcement unit turned down the requests due to a lack of evidence. The controversy began in December 2023, following a Liberal government directive requiring military bases to provide menstrual products in men’s washrooms as part of a broader inclusivity push. Department of National Defence access to information files obtained by True...

Four months after its Chapter 11 filing, restaurant chain Red Lobster says it has exited bankruptcy led by new management.The company announced on Monday, Sept. 16 that it's been acquired by lender group RL Investor Holdings with $60 million in new funding backed by Fortress Investment Group. Damola Adamolekun, former chief executive officer at Asian fusion casual dining chain P.F. Chang’s, is now running Red Lobster. The move comes after the chain, founded in 1968, abruptly closed dozens of locations earlier this year. It still has 544 locations across 44 US states and four provinces in Canada. "Red Lobster has...

A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on Sept. 4 in Canada in connection with a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York. Khan was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). “The defendant is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around October 7th of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible,” said Attorney...

Controversy over a 15-foot tall Viking statue in Canada has heated up in the town of Gimli - specifically over the horns on its helmet, which some say aren't realistic. With a battle axe in one hand, a horn in the other and a cape hanging down its back, the Viking statue is almost entirely realistic aside from one recognizable detail - the horns that poke out on the side of the battle warrior's helmet. 'There's never been a Viking helmet found with horns,' The historical accuracy of the horns was put into question and prompted a debate on social...

In Hawaii "Phase 2" of the state Attorney General's report...deadly Maui wildfire disaster... The lengthy trial of organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy truckers protest against COVID mandates wrapped up... An inquest opened in the UK today regarding the suicide of an autistic teenager...arrested by police on terrorism charges... Police in Portland, Oregon suspect fentanyl is involved in the death of a two-year-old girl... "Against Life" The view of Pope Francis regarding the two major party presidential candidates... Three Americans among 37 sentenced to death in connection with a coup attempt in Congo... US Central Command said tonight that US...

Alex Chiu plans to use his lottery winnings for his children's education and investmentsAfter a rough night with his newborn, married father of two Alex Chiu of Maple was in disbelief on learning he had won a $1-million Maxmillions prize in the Aug. 13, 2024 Lotto Max draw. “To be honest, I was having a rough morning. My newborn had kept me up all night,” Chiu recalled, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his winnings. “I received an email from OLG confirming I had won, and at first, I thought it had to be a...