In college, I was given an assignment that permanently changed how I read and write.
The premise was almost absurd in its simplicity. There was a man and a woman in a kitchen. The woman was his wife. The man brought her her slippers. That was it. No plot. No backstory. Just that action. We were instructed to write the scene twice, using the same facts and the same sequence of events, but to convey two entirely different emotional realities using nothing but word choice, pacing, and detail.
Toronto police have a man in custody as part of an investigation into a string of New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in the city’s west end.
My neck of the woods.
A violent New Year’s Eve across Germany was capped off with an attack on a female live streamer, who was assaulted on camera as she was filming on the multicultural streets of Cologne.
🚨🇩🇪 Meanwhile in Cologne, Germany
German Streamer Kunshikitty sets out with the intention of showing that Women can walk safely through the streets that are occupied by new foreign Men
Ends up being attacked twice live on stream ‼️ pic.twitter.com/OU9uDmIXJD
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) January 1, 2026
If 2025 taught us anything about politics, it’s that you shouldn’t be too sure about yourself – things can change.
That’s something that Liberals who feel like they are riding high right now and Conservatives who are feeling in the doldrums should remember.
President Trump didn’t let New Year’s festivities stop him from taking aim at Minnesota’s daycare fraud scandal, telling Mar-a-Lago partygoers the problem extends far beyond one state.
“Can you imagine they stole $18 billion,” the president said during remarks made at his annual New Year’s Eve celebration. “That’s just what we’re learning about. That’s peanuts. And California is worse, Illinois is worse and sadly New York is worse.”
“We’re going to get to the bottom of all those. It was a giant scam.”
This is a big red pill https://t.co/F7LhD4ClEK
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 31, 2025
“MN mom” panics after seeing “fraud is bad” in her script pic.twitter.com/EaV2Ptjssh
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 31, 2025
Report from 7 years ago of Somali fraudsters caught sending over $100 MILLION through airports to foreign groups, including TERRORIST groups.
Somali daycare scams, one of the sources of this fraud, were reported back in 2015!
This fraud has been going on for YEARS. Democrat… pic.twitter.com/wTCNaAAOfC
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 31, 2025
Stop giving Tax Dollars to Somalia and stop importing them. I mean "Scaling Up Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Somalia" Seriously? https://t.co/SVsKqLvNjV
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) January 1, 2026
As the era of bilateral bad blood between Canada and the U.S. drags on, some snowbirds are facing a choice this January: Go south to warmer climes, or boycott a country that has gone from friend to somewhat of a foe.
That decision is more difficult for the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who collectively own an estimated $60 billion worth of property in Florida, the favoured refuge for generations of the winter-weary.
Donna Lockhart, a snowbird from Ennismore, Ont., decided the recent anti-Canadian sentiment was too much to bear and it was time to put her condo near Punta Gorda, Fla., up for sale and get out of U.S. President Donald Trump’s America.
Germany sounding out next generation of soldiers with mandatory survey on fitness and attitude amid fears of war with Russia
German teenagers will be greeted with a survey from the army about their readiness for war as they turn 18, when the country’s new military service scheme comes into force.
As of Thursday, all German males turning 18 will be legally required to fill in surveys sent out by the armed forces, or Bundeswehr, about their fitness for service. Those who refuse face a fine of up to €1,000 (£800).
The survey is part of Germany’s new military service scheme, which has been significantly watered down from an original proposal to bring back conscription.
The Toronto District School Board was duped into sending $1 million to fraudster who ‘can barely spell’
The Toronto District School Board is trying to recoup more than $1 million in public funds it lost in a cyberscam that experts say was “highly preventable.”
The public school board says a fraudster represented themselves as a long-time contractor for school renewal projects and tricked the TDSB into wiring $1.08 million to a Toronto-Dominion Bank account.
The TDSB has not publicly disclosed the 2024 fraud, which the Star discovered in reviewing court records.
The first non-European Pope in more than 1,000 years, the Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, a soul legend and one of the world’s most famous designers – here are some of the well-known faces no longer with us.
Oghenemaro Dave Ejerua wanted after vulnerable adults assaulted at Toronto group home: police
The No. 2 reason you should avoid Times Square’s insanely crowded ball-drop for NYE
No. 2 is the No. 1 reason not to go to Times Square’s insanely crowded ball-drop!
Revelers were forced to layer on up to four Depends adult diapers Wednesday — with peddlers selling pairs for $50 a pop, warning they could fetch even more as the night wore on — because once you get in the pen, you can’t leave for bathroom emergencies, sellers told The Post.
Ontario’s solicitor general wants the Toronto Police Service to urgently step up its enforcement of “hate, intimidation and harassment-motivated offences” plaguing the city.
And while Michael Kerzner’s letter to Toronto Police Service Chief Myron Dimkew and Councillor Shelly Carroll, chair of the civilian oversight board, doesn’t explicitly single out the city’s Jewish population as the victims of such offences, his intent is clear.
The TPS will get tough and institute a One Donut Only per protester policy.
A battlefield encounter between a Ukrainian drone and a Russian soldier on horseback ended in victory for modern weaponry over centuries-old tactics.
Russia’s invasion has seen technological advances that have changed the nature of warfare, from the ubiquitous use of drones to hypersonic missiles.
Yet Russia’s shortage of military vehicles means that some of President Putin’s troops are trying to use horses to avoid getting stuck in the mud as they launch assaults on Ukrainian lines.
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Absolute must watch for the crowd saying taxpayers billions to Ukraine and sanctions have Russia backed into a corner. Watch this reality check from Niall Ferguson
"Russian real wages have risen 22% since the war began. Unemployment simply doesn't exist. Disposable income is up… pic.twitter.com/AIwsRiQGsf
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) December 30, 2025
Well, well, well. Looky here! 👇@fancypants_s https://t.co/MGTx5h776F
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) December 31, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly
