Author: Blazingcatfur
The Cigarette Clues in Winnipeg’s Biggest Cartel Bust Point to an Indigenous Tobacco Empire and Protected Entities
OTTAWA — When Winnipeg police laid out the largest drug seizure in Manitoba history last week — more than 525 kilograms of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl, 14 firearms, and $825,000 in cash — the bricks of narcotics and the row of guns drew the cameras. A quieter item in the evidence locker did not: 1.35 million contraband cigarettes.
US planning to halt immigration at ‘sanctuary city’ airports
The Trump administration is “drawing up plans” to halt immigration and customs processing at so-called “sanctuary cities,” US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has said.
The cities, which are all run by Democrats, have refused to work with the White House in its crackdown on irregular immigration.
The plans would essentially halt all international passenger and cargo arrivals at major airports in Democratic-run states.
German submarine bid promises Canada $86B economic boost and tens of thousands of jobs
An average of up to 50,000 jobs could be created in Canada over the next five years should the federal government opt to buy the German-made Type 212CD submarine, CBC News has learned.
Up until this point in the fierce competition over the navy’s new submarines, both the German and Norwegian governments and the builder, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), have been reluctant to reveal strict details of the potential economic benefits that could accrue from their proposal.
While Xi and Putin Argue Over Pipeline, U.S. Keeps Chokehold on China’s Energy
Vladimir Putin wrapped up his summit in Beijing with Xi Jinping on May 20, the Russian leader’s 25th visit to China.
Putin walked away with more than 40 agreements, but he did not leave with the prize he has long sought.
As an initial matter, forget about the pacts that were inked. “When you look at all the ‘agreements,’ they are only memoranda of understanding,” Dmitri Alperovitch, chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, said to Gatestone. “In other words, they are merely invitations to talk more.”
Toronto police still searching for missing 14-year-old girl
It’s now been 10 days since a 14-year-old girl named Esther went missing from Toronto’s north end.
The teen, who is affectionately known as Esti, was last seen shortly after midnight on May 16, near Bathurst Street and Hotspur Road, just south of Highway 401.
She had been seen 30 minutes earlier at North York’s Earl Bales Park, near Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue West.
I hope this turns out to a stupid teen doing stupid teen things to irritate her parents.
Phoenix Built an Empire of Cubicle Jobs. AI Is Coming to Tear It Down.
PHOENIX—All around this desert city’s sprawling metro area, low-rise office parks with tinted windows and vast parking lots stretch to the horizon. This is America’s back office.
Abundant land and cheap labor made Phoenix a premier place for companies to stash lower-paid office workers who don’t need to be physically close to clients or headquarters. The cubicle-based jobs—customer service, data entry, payroll processing—created a vital ladder to the middle class, helping replace factory work lost to overseas competition.
Now, these white-collar jobs are fading, too, thanks to continued offshoring and, increasingly, artificial intelligence. Tens of thousands of local workers suddenly face an uncertain future.
CHARLEBOIS: Think chicken prices are high now? Just wait until this summer
Canadians are paying record prices for chicken while importing massive quantities of foreign poultry, mostly from the United States. If that sounds contradictory, it’s because it is.
According to the latest Canadian Association of Regulated Importers (CARI) figures released May 23, Canada has already imported more than 52.2 million kilograms of chicken so far this year under WTO, CUSMA, and CPTPP commitments combined. Nearly 23.8 million kilograms came directly from the United States under CUSMA alone.
The pic is courtesy handy n handsome and shows current Maine USA prices.
Even the Big, Blue Towns Are Sick of the Democratic Freak-Show
Albert Einstein wrote the following in a letter to his son in the 1950s about American politics: “There’s something amazing about America’s democracy, it’s got a gyroscope, and just when you think it’s going to go off the cliff, it rights itself.”
Some 70 years later, we see that gyroscope is once again at work.
Paul Anka tells Bill Maher crime has gone ‘through the roof’ in Canada amid recent immigration
Canadian American singer, songwriter and actor Paul Anka told comedian Bill Maher on Monday that crime has gone “through the roof” in formerly homogenous Canada amid mass immigration.
Anka appeared on Maher’s “Club Random” podcast and discussed an upcoming Broadway show he is working on about a young Canadian songwriter. Both then reminisced about Canada.
Canadian singer Paul Anka just blew the lid off Canada’s multicultural experiment NIGHTMARE on Bill Maher’s show.
He forced Maher to acknowledge the direct link between Canada’s unchecked immigration policy and EXPLODING crime within its cities.
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— Overton (@overton_news) May 25, 2026
An Inconvenient Truth at 20: A hoax in hindsight
In July 2006, while still a relatively young columnist at the Denver Post, I published a piece headlined, “Chill out over global warming.”
The column was exceptionally unpopular with readers. Rewardingly so. Yet, I hadn’t merely been mouthing off. In it, I interviewed meteorologist Roger Pielke Sr., a professor at the University of Colorado, and Colorado State University’s Bill Gray, perhaps the world’s foremost hurricane expert at the time. Both were skeptical of the doomsday predictions offered by climate change activist Al Gore in his recently released film, An Inconvenient Truth.
HUNTER: CBSA’s most wanted list nabbed dozens of villains. Then Trudeau killed it
There are 17 of them accused in a widespread campaign of terror and extortion of South Asians in Brampton.
Instead, cops, prosecutors, the Canada Border Services Agency, and others will serve up their usual po-faced approach and start scolding you for suggesting there is a problem of foreign criminals in this country.
Nolte: Early Box Office Projections for ‘Supergirl’ Are Disastrous
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is looking at a $47 million to $65 million opening, which would be a disaster for a superhero tentpole that costs $175 million to produce and at least another $75 million to promote.
That puts break-even at right around $500 million global, and if you open to $65 million domestic, that ain’t happening.
What will Mark Carney’s role be in the Alberta referendum?
Announcing her referendum question last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith invoked the last prime minister’s name four times.
“When I was first elected premier, I was very concerned that it would be almost impossible to restore provincial rights stolen from Alberta and other provinces by the Trudeau-Singh government in Ottawa,” she said, also referencing the former NDP leader, Jagmeet Singh, whose caucus supported the Trudeau government from 2022 to 2024.
Biden sues Justice Department to block release of audio recordings
Former president Joe Biden sued the Justice Department on Tuesday, seeking to block the Trump administration from releasing the recordings and transcripts of his private interviews with a ghost writer who was helping to write his memoir.
The lawsuit argues that releasing the recordings would reflect an abandonment of the Justice Department’s “obligations to safeguard sensitive and highly personal law enforcement information.”
The Justice Department informed Biden it plans on June 15 to provide the material to a congressional committee and a conservative think tank that had filed a public records request, according to the lawsuit.