It’s clear, after former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld was ordered by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) to pay $750,000 to LGBTQ teachers in the district, that I do not have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning my own complaints, for discrimination on the basis of political belief, at the same tribunal.
The prominent Swiss academic and Islam scholar Tariq Ramadan will go trial in Paris on Monday on charges of raping three women in France between 2009 and 2016.
Ramadan, who advised previous British governments on Islam and society, denies all the charges in a case that has been seen as one of the biggest repercussions of the #MeToo movement in France.
Ramadan, 63, was a professor of contemporary Islamic studies at the University of Oxford before taking a leave of absence in 2017 when rape allegations were first made against him. He took early retirement from Oxford in June 2021.
In recent months, the discussion that Canada may look abroad to supplement the ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) has stirred unease. Canada has long prided itself on a citizen military — professional, volunteer-based, and rooted in a shared civic identity. Any significant move to recruit non-citizens at scale would represent more than a staffing adjustment. It would be a strategic signal with political, social, and reputational consequences.
A former Royal Navy officer will face a court martial after the New Zealand ship she was commanding struck a reef and sank when the crew failed to turn off the autopilot.
Commander Yvonne Gray, a former Royal Navy warfare officer aboard frigates and minehunters, was in charge of the New Zealand navy’s 5,740-ton dive and hydrographic vessel, HMNZS Manawanui, when it hit a reef and sank near the southern coast of Upolu in Samoa in October 2024.
A Mississauga woman’s disappearance four years ago is now being investigated as a homicide, Peel police announced Monday.
In a news release, investigators said 38-year-old Mezhgan Aini was last seen in June of 2022. She lived near Queen Frederica Drive and Dundas Street East and also went by “Sara” or “Sarah.”
In June 2025, Peel police said they were contacted by Aini’s family members in Afghanistan, who they said had been unable to reach her for an “extended period.” Aini was listed as a missing person by police that month.
Three unnamed Trump administration officials hosted a call from the White House yesterday. They gave the media a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Iran talks & why President Trump ordered strikes when he did.
Related … The REALITY The Media Isn’t Telling You About Iran
h/t Patti Jo and handy n handsome
The U.S. Supreme Court was unequivocal: The tariffs imposed under the Trump administration were unconstitutional in their legal rationale. That distinction matters. The court did not declare tariffs themselves illegitimate. It rejected the justification used to impose them.
Russia has said it would accept proposals for Ukraine’s postwar security guarantees, according to President Zelensky’s chief of staff.
Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview aired on Ukrainian television: “At the last talks, the Russian side said, for example, that they would accept the security guarantees offered to Ukraine by the United States.”
The agreement has not yet been confirmed by the Kremlin, but it could signal the biggest breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations since the start of the full-scale invasion four years ago.
Canada’s seemingly breakneck effort to replace its aging submarine fleet hits an important milestone on Monday with the deadline for both the South Korean and German shipyards to submit their formal proposals in the more than $20-billion program.
The federal plan to buy as many as 12 submarines for the Royal Canadian Navy has evolved rapidly over the last year into one of the most consequential procurement battles in a generation.
The internet has started gloating at terrified influencers who relocated to the UAE in search of a glamorous, tax-free lifestyle but are now caught up in a war zone after Iranian drones and missiles rained down on Dubai.
Plumes of thick black smoke billowed into the night sky on Saturday after the five-star Fairmont hotel on Palm Jumeirah was set ablaze, with at least four people injured as UK tourists hid in basements while missiles streaked overhead.
The Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building and feared target – was evacuated as panic spread through the city, home to more than 240,000 Britons.
There’s never been a better opportunity to get hired in Canadian Academia if you’re a Trans Gender Fluid Peruvian Midget with a gimpy leg… https://t.co/PWssGR1Dxp
— Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 (@RobSchneider) March 1, 2026
h/t Mauser
Canadian national-security officials were presented with evidence that Indian consular staff operating in Vancouver supplied information to assist in the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, two sources told The Globe and Mail.
One of the Indian officials worked as a visa officer in the consulate, using his position to gather information about Mr. Nijjar from members of the Indian diaspora in Surrey, B.C., said the sources, one of whom is in law enforcement and one in national security.
The CBC cheerleads of course …
Carney signs deals worth billions in diplomatic breakthrough with India’s Modi
Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Indian counterpart announced Monday what they’re a calling a “new partnership,” a series of multi-million dollar deals and a commitment to sign a free trade agreement by year’s end as the two look to turn the page on years of frosty bilateral relations marked by allegations of Indian foreign interference.
In a statement to reporters after a one-on-one meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the colonial-era Hyderabad House in Delhi’s diplomatic core, Carney said Canada is going all-in on diversifying trade. What’s been agreed to after these leaders’ talks is designed to more than double two-way trade to some $70 billion a year by 2030, he said, as Canada continues a push to reduce its dependence on the U.S.
Donald Trump has told The Telegraph he is “very disappointed” in Sir Keir Starmer for blocking him from using Diego Garcia to carry out strikes on Iran.
In an exclusive interview, the US president said that the Prime Minister’s initial refusal to let US forces use the Chagos Islands base was unlike anything that had “happened between our countries before”.
Britain had denied the US permission to conduct strikes from bases such as Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford, citing international law. However, the Prime Minister relented on Sunday night and said he would allow the US access to Diego Garcia for “specific and limited defensive purposes”.
The murderous gunman who shot up a Texas bar in a possible terrorist attack had an Iranian flag and photos of Islamic Republic leaders in his home, according to a report.
Senegalese national Ndiaga Diagne, 53, may have been motivated by the joint attack by Israel and the US when he pulled up to Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden in Austin on Sunday wearing a “Property of Allah” shirt and started shooting, killing two people and wounding 14 others, officials have said.
What Ottawa isn’t saying about immigration
If you listen to Ottawa’s statements on immigration, you’ll get the impression that Canada has reversed course on the loose policies of the Trudeau years.
You’ll hear that Canada is getting its temporary resident numbers under control, and will reduce the number of permanent residents. And that priority is being given to the world’s top talent, which will help grow Canada’s economy.
However, the reality is more complicated, if you look at what the Liberal government is actually doing – and what it saying about how the immigration system truly operates today.
