A Canadian Parliamentarian assessed by national security officials to be part of a Toronto-based Chinese consulate election interference network was the subject of a high-profile foreign interference investigation into an alleged breach of Canada’s Senate, The Bureau has confirmed through multiple intelligence sources.
Sources said the investigation examined allegations that the Parliamentarian enabled a close associate—described as a female Chinese national—to bypass Senate security protocols.
Monday’s edition of Amanpour & Co., which airs on PBS and CNN International, was hosted by regular show fill-in Bianna Golodryga, who is probably even more bluntly liberal than the formidable Christiane Amanpour herself.
The opener teased the upcoming interview with Kenneth Stern, self-styled anti-semitism expert at the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, with his hostile thoughts on the Trump administration’s attempt to protect Jewish students on college campuses via cutting off funding to schools that refuse to clamp down on pro-Hamas hatred.
Two years have passed since sweaty, visibly shaking Air Canada manager Simran Preet Panesar gave Peel Regional Police a tour of the site of Canada’s largest ever gold heist — a hangar outside Pearson International Airport.
The warehouse manager led investigators to the spot where a white truck pulled up on the afternoon of April 17, 2023, and a man stepped out to present a doctored document.
The document, for frozen seafood that had already been collected, was quickly approved.
I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn’t think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, “The era of global boiling has arrived!”
Rebel News and other right-wing media outlets dominated the question-and-answer sessions with federal party leaders after Wednesday’s French-language leaders’ debate — though not all of them got answers to their questions.
Liberal Leader Mark Carney was the first leader to take 10 minutes of questions from the media after the debate, which took place at CBC/Radio-Canada in Montreal.
The news conference is overseen by the Leaders’ Debate Commission, an independent debate-planning body that sets out the criteria parties must meet for their leaders to participate in the event. The organization is also responsible for accrediting journalists who participate in the Q&A session after the debates.
“Rebel News and other right-wing media outlets” – That statement is a confession that the CBC is by default a “left-wing media outlet.”
An instructor and PhD student with Washington State University (WSU) has been arrested for allegedly assaulting an engineering student who wore a “Take America Back” hat in support of President Donald Trump.
You don’t need to be a Preston-Manning-like soothsayer to imagine western separatist sentiment ticks upward if the Liberals win re-election.
You just need to remember 2019 and the Wexit movement.
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals narrowly won a second term that fall, and disgruntled Albertans and Saskatchewanians self-branded a separatist movement after the United Kingdom’s Brexit.
Also …
Majority of Canadians think Western separatism is serious: poll
A majority of Canadians across regions and demographic groups say that talk about Western sovereignty should be taken seriously, according to new polling by Nanos Research.
The research found that three in five Canadians think that such talk should be taken seriously (32 per cent) or somewhat seriously (30 per cent).
Fear mongering in the LPC’s favour?
A bakery in southwestern Germany has caused controversy by reviving the Nazi-era practice of selling Easter bunnies mounted on tanks.
Café Lieb, a bakery in the city of Tübingen, dusted off old moulds it had on its shelves from the past 90 years, including ones with military motifs sold during the Second World War.
One person is in custody and at least six people are wounded, one critically on Thursday after someone reportedly opened fire near Florida State University’s student union.
Police swarmed the university’s Tallahassee campus with guns drawn around noon. Students hid in classrooms. Some fled the area with hands in the air, leaving behind backpacks, food and even shoes. Tallahassee
Police spokesperson Alicia Hill confirmed to the Miami Herald that one person is in custody. She said there are multiple victims but could not confirm an exact number.
Info is sketchy with contradictory details on casualties.
#BREAKING UPDATE: At least 5 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Florida State University (FSU), per WFTV
Reports stating TWO SHOOTERS, with one in custody and the other dead.
The scene is STILL listed as an “active shooter situation.” It is unknown if there are other shooters. pic.twitter.com/QDjKZyG8IC
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 17, 2025
Eyewitness account from Florida State University student Max Jenkins pic.twitter.com/fKgFMBdkKD
— Alicia Devine (@alicia_c_devine) April 17, 2025
Twitter – Florida State
Update via CNN
• FSU shooting: At least six people were wounded in a mass shooting today at Florida State University in Tallahassee, according to a local hospital. One patient is in critical condition while the other five were described as serious.
• Suspect in custody: Police have taken at least one person into custody. Officers found a handgun on the suspect, as well as a shotgun in the school’s student union and another gun in the suspect’s car, according to a law enforcement official.
King praises Judaism and Islam in Easter message
The King has praised the ethics of Judaism and the human instinct of Islam in his Easter message.
In a message issued on Maundy Thursday, the King wished the public a “blessed and peaceful Easter”, saying the greatest virtue the world needs is “love”.
On Thursday, he and the Queen will join the congregation at Durham Cathedral for a service before he distributes “Maundy Money”, a longstanding royal tradition.
I see the end of the Monarchy as a genuine possibility in our lifetime.
By coincidence, Wednesday’s French-language debate was held on the same day as the three-month anniversary of Mark Carney’s leadership launch and his official foray into elected politics. His political recency is sometimes characterized as a weakness. But it’s clear from the debate that Carney and his campaign team view it as an essential strength.
Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program, according to administration officials and others briefed on the discussions.
Mr. Trump made his decision after months of internal debate over whether to pursue diplomacy or support Israel in seeking to set back Iran’s ability to build a bomb, at a time when Iran has been weakened militarily and economically.
Given that the federal Liberal government has earmarked more than $200 billion of taxpayers’ money to fight climate change, how effective has all that spending been?
The answer is that it has been a financial disaster for Canadians when one considers the primary purpose of the spending, which is to lower Canada’s annual output of industrial greenhouse gas emissions.
The US government has threatened to ban Harvard University from enrolling foreign students – after the institution said it would not bow to demands from President Donald Trump’s administration and was hit with a funding freeze.
The White House has demanded the oldest university in the US make changes to hiring, admissions and teaching practices – to help fight antisemitism on campus.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has asked for records on what she called the “illegal and violent” activities of its foreign student visa-holders.
Trump exposed Harvard. It's not an institution of higher learning but a manufacturer of elite status, reserved for those who have been taught to hate America and to hate the working class. I don't want Harvard to reform. I want us to stop worshipping institutions that hate us. pic.twitter.com/WG20Ftp0tB
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) April 16, 2025
Alex Zoltan of True North reported on April 11, 2025 that an indigenous man found guilty of participating in the biggest fentanyl lab bust in Canadian history will seek a reduced sentence on ‘Gladue’ grounds.
