Poll suggests half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests that nearly half of Canadians believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza almost two years after the current conflict began.

In a survey conducted last weekend, the polling firm Leger asked Canadians and Americans a series of questions about the conflict in the Gaza Strip.

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Squabbling jurors return split verdict in Harvey Weinstein trial, can’t agree on rape charge

Harvey Weinstein was convicted Wednesday of one of the top charges at his Manhattan sex-crimes retrial — but squabbling jurors have failed to reach a verdict on a rape allegations.

The shocking moment followed several dramatic days of deliberations marked by infighting among jurors — including hours before the partial verdict was announced when the foreman claimed to have been threatened by another member of the panel.

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Canadians reject that they live on ‘stolen’ Indigenous land, although new poll reveals a generational divide

A majority of Canadians reject the idea they live on stolen Indigenous land, and the older people are, the more likely they are to say they don’t, according to a new public opinion poll.

Among all respondents across Canada, 52 per cent said they did not live on stolen Indigenous land, with 27 per cent saying they do. The remaining 21 per cent said they didn’t know or declined to answer.

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George Soros anti-ICE ‘plot’ emerges amid LA riots… as ‘paid’ foreign agitators are finally exposed

President Donald Trump’s claim that ‘paid agitators’ are wreaking havoc in Los Angeles has raised questions about the protest groups and dark money flows from billionaires that may be behind the chaos in America’s second-biggest city.

Speaking with reporters on Tuesday, Trump described some LA protestors as ‘paid insurrectionist or agitator or troublemakers,’ suggesting they were financed by clandestine groups, which the president did not name.

His comments heightened scrutiny over the protests, which erupted in downtown LA on Friday in response to federal immigration raids and escalated into clashes with law enforcers, property being vandalized and rampant looting.

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Toronto police turn to AI tool to investigate the murders of Barry and Honey Sherman

The Toronto police homicide unit has recently turned to an off-the-shelf program with AI capabilities to try and solve the double murder of billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman.

More than seven years into the investigation, with dozens of people still considered “persons of interest,” the lone detective working the case says he got the idea last month after attending a seminar at police headquarters by the Toronto police intelligence unit.

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The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson Dies at 82

Brian Wilson, the co-founder and primary songwriter of the Beach Boys, has died, his family announced. While an official cause of death was not disclosed, the beloved musical auteur, who helped pioneer the studio-as-instrument, influencing generations of musicians in pop and beyond, was revealed in early 2024 to be living with a neurocognitive disorder akin to dementia. Wilson was 82 years old.

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These Gazan families came to Quebec for safety. Now, they face life without health coverage

When Nidal Zaqout arrived in Montreal last September from Gaza, he hoped to have a chance to rebuild his life.

But safety didn’t mean the struggle was over.

He soon realized that he and his family would only receive public health coverage for three months after arrival — despite having fled Israel’s deadly attacks on Gazans and their homeland.


There are plenty of wealthy Muslim states they could go to!

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Ballymena riots: hundreds gather on second night of ‘serious disorder’

Petrol bombs, fireworks, glass bottles and pieces of metal were thrown at police during a second night of “serious disorder” in Ballymena, Co Antrim.

Hundreds of people gathered and riot police were deployed around the Clonavon Terrace area. A police spokesperson said 17 officers were injured as they came under “sustained attack over a number of hours with multiple petrol bombs, heavy masonry, bricks and fireworks in their direction”.

Police fired less-than-lethal rounds and used a water cannon to disperse the crowd. Five people were arrested on suspicion of riotous behaviour.

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No jail time for B.C. man with ‘relatively modest’ child porn collection, judge rules

A B.C. man convicted on child pornography charges has been allowed to serve his sentence in the community, in part because of the “relatively modest” size of his collection, a judge has ruled.

Mark Keenan pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography in Kelowna provincial court, and was handed a conditional sentence of two years less a day.

H/T Mauser

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Trump says deal ‘done’ for China to supply rare earths

“Our deal with China is done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me,” Trump said in an online post.

“Full magnets, and any necessary rare earths, will be supplied, up front, by China. Likewise, we will provide to China what was agreed to, including Chinese students using our colleges and universities (which has always been good with me!).”

“We are getting a total of 55% tariffs, China is getting 10%. Relationship is excellent! Thank you for your attention to this matter!”


WTF? Is this some sort of Ginsu Knives 27th Level Chess?

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Jewish outrage at RCMP war-crimes probe of Canadian IDF soldiers

The RCMP’s “structural investigation” into whether Canadian citizens serving with the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza may have committed war crimes has sparked outrage in the Jewish community and its leaders, who accuse Ottawa of political targeting.

“It’s funny how law enforcement in our cities have watched tens of thousands of people illegally protest and harass Jews while the RCMP tells us they want to play global cop and pour resources into finding bogeyman crimes,” said Toronto-based Israel Ellis, whose son Eitan is an Israeli soldier guarding a humanitarian corridor in Gaza.

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LA police enforce curfew as Trump vows to ‘liberate’ city

Los Angeles police say they have made “mass arrests” after a fifth day of protests over US President Donald Trump’s immigration raids.

Mayor Karen Bass declared an overnight curfew within a relatively small area of the city’s downtown district, saying businesses were being vandalised and looted.

Elsewhere, the immigration raids that triggered the protests last Friday have continued, with deployed National Guard troops now protecting border control agents on enforcement operations.


I hate Walmart!

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Carney laments Pride ‘backlash’ and rolls out money to make 2SLGBTQ+ parades safer

Fag Hag

Prime Minister Mark Carney raised a Pride flag on Parliament Hill Tuesday to kick off a month-long celebration of sexual and gender diversity while saying there’s a brewing “backlash” to these sorts of celebrations and federal money is needed to help make 2SLGBTQ+ parades safe this year.

Speaking to a couple hundred MPs, senators, political staffers, community activists and others gathered on Parliament Hill for the occasion, Carney said there’s been progress in the struggle for equal rights for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and trans people but the community is still in a sometimes “precarious” position.


Let’s see, he sucks up to Muslims and Gays and wants to shut down Alberta.

Implies some unnamed group is making Pride parades unsafe.

Yup, as bad as Junior already.

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Is the UK getting more lawless? We examined the crime data

Only 52 per cent of British people believe the police are doing a good job, down from 70 per cent in 2019, a poll has found

Perhaps the most heated rows before Wednesday’s spending review have concerned the future of policing.

After weeks of negotiating, Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, agreed to a real-terms increase to police budgets over the next three years — but has stopped short of stumping up further cash.

Why does this matter? Because without extra money, ministers argue, Labour’s ambitious law and order pledges will be unachievable.

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About Time … Poilievre calls for ‘severe limits’ on Canadian population growth

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Canadian population has grown out of control and is calling on the Liberal government to further reduce immigration.

“We want severe limits on population growth to reverse the damage the Liberals did to our system,” Poilievre said during a press conference Tuesday in the foyer of the House of Commons.

“The population has been growing out of control, our border has been left wide open. This has caused the free flow of drugs, illegal migration, human trafficking and much worse.”

Why didn’t he say so before?

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