Why Trump wants Canada – Expansion is America’s manifest destiny

President Trump’s overtures to Greenland might have shocked Denmark, but they certainly haven’t shocked historians of American territorial ambition. Talking about the rendition of President Maduro, Trump called it an example of the “Donroe Doctrine”: a repurposing of the 1823 “Monroe Doctrine” which had declared the Western Hemisphere closed to European interference. It meant that the United States of America, independent for less than a generation, would be the boss of its own backyard. Trump’s interest in Greenland is merely an extension of this.

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Trump’s Gaza peace board angers Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu has objected to Donald Trump’s appointments to a board which will oversee the rebuilding of Gaza.

The White House has started to unveil administrators who will supervise the Strip as part of the second phase of his peace deal, including Sir Tony Blair, White House envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The “executive board” will oversee the postwar management of the enclave with the “board of peace”, which will be chaired by Mr Trump and other world leaders who are expected to be announced at Davos next week.

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Canada May Fall Into China’s Strategic Trap as It Seeks New Energy Sources After Losing Venezuela, Analyst Warns

Ottawa may be walking into a trap by seeking a “strategic partnership” with China, which is losing energy suppliers like Venezuela under U.S. control and could pull Canada into its orbit for resources and away from its allies, longtime China analyst Sheng Xue warns.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said his government is pursuing a “strategic partnership” with Beijing, as he and several of his cabinet ministers have been meeting with Chinese officials throughout his visit in Beijing in an effort to build closer relations between the two countries.

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Muslim accused of murdering woman and toddler in Munich car attack goes on trial

Federal prosecutors say they believe he “committed the crime out of excessive religious motivation.

A man has gone on trial in Germany charged with driving his car into a crowd of people in the city of Munich last year, killing two people.

The 25-year-old man, named only as Farhad N, in line with German privacy laws, is an Afghan national.

Prosecutors say that on the morning of 13 February 2025, he deliberately drove his BMW Mini into a trade union demonstration in the centre of Munich. About 1,400 people were taking part in the street rally.

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Canada wants to be 1st in North America to build EV with Chinese knowledge: senior official

Canada wants to look at joint ventures and investments with Chinese companies within the next three years to build a Canadian electric vehicle with Chinese knowledge, according to a senior Canadian official.

The official, who spoke on the condition they not be named, said the goal is for Canada to become the first country in North America to build this type of EV.

It’s a fundamental error, the official said, to think that U.S. President Donald Trump will not allow Chinese electric vehicles into the United States.


Will that include OEM surveillance tech?

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Emergencies without accountability — how Canada normalized state overreach

Here we go again. Years after the federal government unleashed extraordinary powers against its own citizens during the 2022 Freedom Convoy, Canadians are once more confronted with an uncomfortable truth: the abuse has been legally acknowledged, yet no one in power will be held to account.

(Incognito)

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Islamism’s ruthless exploitation of Britain’s tradition of toleration

AS TCW reported on Monday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is discouraging its young people from applying to British universities – not because it fears the students will be targets of ‘Islamophobia’ but because of the risk that they will be radicalised into Islamist extremists. Like other moderate Arab nations, they regard British universities as ‘Hezbollah training camps with matriculation fees’.

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Minneapolis Equity Report Urged Using Somali Muslim Genital Mutilation to “Learn About Their Culture”

How far did Minneapolis and Minnesota go in urging Americans to abandon their values and accept Somali Muslim ‘cultural values’?

A report from the Hennepin County Medical Center that was posted on the Minneapolis Minnesota Department of Health site was titled “caring for women affected by female genital cutting” or FGM, a Muslim practice common among Somalis of mutilating the genital areas of young girls, “Striving for Health Equity’

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Small and remote towns across Canada are struggling with a surge in homelessness

In the small, northeastern New Brunswick city of Bathurst, homelessness was not even on the radar a few years ago. Today the city of 15,000 is working on opening a 40-bed homeless shelter.

The quaint southwestern Saskatchewan city of Yorkton recently expanded its new emergency shelter to meet growing demand.

And in the remote British Columbia community of 100 Mile House, the town council just bought a specialized firefighting bush truck, to mitigate the risk of out-of-control blazes from homeless people increasingly setting up camp in the surrounding forest.

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How the Islamic Republic terrorised Iran – and the world

After the blackout, the body bags. With the internet shut off in Iran, videos on our social-media feeds of thousands upon thousands of Iranians reclaiming their streets have given way to tentative reports of the fatalities. As many as 12,000 protesters are believed to have been killed in Iran, as the Islamic Republic and its thugs have set about putting down two weeks of mass demonstrations with a hail of bullets.

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The Prescient Warning Behind Ottawa’s China Influence File—and Carney’s Beijing Electric Vehicle Gamble

A Canadian immigration control official who warned of influence from Prime Minister Jean Chrétien’s Beijing–Montreal business networks, predicted the types of outcomes unfolding under Carney.

This abridged 2023 Bureau investigation is being reposted in the aftermath of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade mission to Beijing. It offers a plausible lens on how Ottawa can arrive at policy choices that may ultimately damage the interests of most Canadians—and erode Canada’s standing as a Western middle power.

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