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Exclusive investigation reveals security gaps and organized crime at Toronto airport: ‘You could walk out carrying a cruise missile’

Passengers travelling through Toronto Pearson International Airport face layers of security designed to stop dangerous people and dangerous goods from boarding planes.

Carry-on bags are X-rayed. Water bottles are confiscated. Travellers are scanned, searched and monitored by cameras throughout the terminals.

But exclusive reporting from CTV News’ investigative unit W5 into how organized crime groups exploit airport insiders to move drugs has uncovered troubling gaps in the security systems meant to monitor employees with direct access to restricted areas of Canada’s busiest airport, including luggage and aircraft.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•Canada, Crime

US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regime

The United States has issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, on Wednesday, and five others in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s six-decades-old communist regime.

The 94-year-old political figurehead was charged in Miami, Florida, with conspiracy to kill US nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destruction of aircraft, according to court filings obtained by CBS.

Other defendants are a fighter pilot who was initially charged in connection with a 1996 incident in which four men were killed by the Cuban military when their aircraft were shot down during a humanitarian mission in the Florida Straits.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•Cuba, USA

CRTC looks set to kill off trade talks with U.S.

On Thursday, Canada’s broadcast regulator appears ready to throw a grenade into the already fraught world of Canada-US trade talks. The CRTC is set to unveil new rules on Canadian content and discoverability for streaming platforms.

That would include everything from Canadian-based Crave or CBC’s Gem, but also American services from Apple Music to Netflix, Prime to Disney+.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

US to reduce troops in Europe to 2021 levels, Pentagon says

The Pentagon on Tuesday said that it was reducing the number of US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) in Europe from three to four.

The chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, said in a statement that the US was reducing the number of its soldiers on the continent as a result of a “comprehensive, multilayered process” focused on US posture in Europe.

A BCT comprises 4,000 to 4,700 personnel, according to a congressional report.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•Europe, NATO, USA

We Should Sympathize With Canada’s Indigenous People, but Not Yield to Radicals

The agreement between the federal government and Premier Danielle Smith’s government in Alberta—a series of undertakings including the construction of an oil export pipeline to the North Pacific Coast—is a great step forward, though it is lumbered with some excessive green baggage. The more recent decision of an Alberta court that the province cannot respond to a petition from hundreds of thousands of its citizens fulfilling existing legal conditions to hold a referendum on the issue of independence, is a timely demonstration of the congestive breakdown of Canadian federalism.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•"Aboriginal Fatigue"

Foreign women from several countries outpace German men in crime suspect rates, latest stats show

The latest figures from Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) show that suspects from several migrant nationalities are significantly overrepresented in police crime statistics, with women from a number of foreign countries recording higher suspect rates than German men.

As first reported by Nius, the data, taken from the 2025 police crime statistics published last month, uses what the BKA calls the suspect burden rate, which measures the number of resident suspects per 100,000 people in the same population group, excluding children under the age of 8. The metric allows comparisons between different nationalities and between men and women while adjusting for population size.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints

With its pause on the Permanent Joint Board on Defence, the U.S. is attempting to constrain Canada

It is possible you have never heard of the Permanent Joint Board on Defence.

It meets just once or twice a year – these days not even that – to provide Canadian and American military leaders with the opportunity for a full and frank exchange of views on bilateral defence issues. But it is far from the only instrument of co-operation between the two countries’ militaries, or even the most important.

Carney has been in bed with the ChiComs since long before taking office.

My bet is this flirtation has reached a point that the US considers Canada a near enemy state, Venezuela norte.

Carney has said the relationship is dead on a number of occasions.

Perhaps the US has reached the same conclusion. Carney is not leading, he’s viewing his profit horizon.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Empty rooms and Fifa cancellations – US hotels fear World Cup washout

A report, externally produced by the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) has found that bookings are well below expectations in almost every host city.

The AHLA said this does not align with Fifa’s statement that more than five million tickets have been sold,, external and it creates a risk that “the anticipated economic lift may fall short”.

The AHLA is the largest hotel association in the US, representing more than 32,000 properties and over 80% of all franchised hotels.

Important because Toronto tax payers are on the hook for any losses sustained by the “Corporate Participants”.

PBO says Canadian governments to spend $1 billion to host World Cup

OTTAWA — The federal budget watchdog says Canada will spend just over $1 billion to host the World Cup this summer.

That includes money from all levels of government, with the federal government contributing $473 million.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•"Bread and Circuses"

LILLEY: CBC hits pause on show targeting RCMP and conservatives

Worried about the impact on the news brand, CBC is pausing production of a “satirical” show that appears to have been attacking conservatives and Canadian institutions. Called Northland Tales, the show is being co-produced by CBC and APTN, though a statement from CBC went to great lengths to stress that it was CBC Entertainment and not CBC News behind the production.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•Canada's Government Owned News Media

Vance says Rep. Ilhan Omar is under DOJ investigation for immigration fraud ‘right now’

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for possible immigration fraud, Vice President JD Vance revealed Tuesday.

Omar has faced repeated questions over the years about her immigration status — as well as her family finances and potential ties to a COVID-era fraud scheme in Minnesota.

“I don’t want to prejudge an investigation,” Vance told reporters at the White House. “It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody’s entitled to equal justice under the laws.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", USA

Michael Higgins: How ‘humanitarian’ Sweden’s immigration policies went all wrong

Eleven years ago, the Swedish employment minister visited Canada for advice on how best to integrate immigrants and refugees into the workforce. With Sweden now implementing some of the toughest immigration policies in Europe, Canada might want to return the favour to find out how it all went wrong for the country that prided itself on being the ultimate “humanitarian powerhouse.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, Sweden

Iran War Exposes Shortcomings in U.S. Military Industrial Base

When he was defense secretary, Robert M. Gates railed against weapons that did too much and cost too much throughout his time in two presidential administrations.

He denounced weapons that offered a “99 percent solution” but took years to build, and called for a new generation of arms that were “75 percent solutions” but could be produced more cheaply in months.

Almost two decades later, little has changed. Patriot interceptor missiles can take up to 36 months and $4 million to build. So far in the Iran war, the U.S. military has fired more than 1,200 of them. Some were used to shoot down $35,000 Shahed drones, which Iran can churn out at a rate of at least 200 a month.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•USA

Canada taps Cry Baby Carignan for NATO’s top military chair

The Liberal government is nominating Canada’s top military commander to be the next chair of the NATO military committee when the post becomes vacant next year.

Defence Minister David McGuinty announced the candidacy of Gen. Jennie Carignan on Wednesday and said she’ll continue in her current role until next year.

An election for the post will be held in September.

A golden parachute jump?

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

Leaked: The secret Chinese surveillance programme tracking people like me

At first glance, the bright blue data dashboard looks like any other – a series of graphs, charts, numbers and menus belying its darker purpose.

But The Telegraph can reveal that this platform is how China’s security apparatus can track foreigners and anyone deemed “of interest” to the state within the country.

Foreign students, foreign spouses of Chinese citizens and even foreign journalists, including The Telegraph’s, were included in the sensitive data points as part of the “Dynamic Control Platform for Foreigners” programme.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•"China - Communist Slave State"

Meet Maureen Galindo

Democrat candidate for Congress Maureen Galindo responds to the reception given her original statement.

Bill's picture of Maureen Galindo must have been taken with the help of an enormous number of filters.

This is what Maureen Galindo really looks and acts like. She's 🦇💩 crazy to say the least. https://t.co/8myTBnwkCe pic.twitter.com/Mccn8Y9Zpr

— Kim "Katie" USA (@KimKatieUSA) May 19, 2026

h/t Patti Jo

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 20, 2026•0•WTF?