KATHY GYNGELL writes: In an extraordinarily considered speech, Gavin Ashenden, formerly chaplain to the late Queen Elizabeth and more recently a convert to Catholicism, has set out what King Charles could and indeed should have communicated in his Christmas Day message to his subjects.
After a wild year in Canadian politics that began with Justin Trudeau’s resignation and ended with Conservative MPs crossing the floor to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government, 2026 is shaping up to be just as action-packed.
It’ll be a year where U.S. trade talks will loom large. Meanwhile, federal opposition parties will make key decisions on their futures as the Liberal government — just one seat shy of a majority government — strategizes what to do next.
The good news is that it’s not only Muslim terrorists who get the cover-up treatment. Transgender terrorists do too.
Audrey Elizabeth Hale, a woman who falsely identified as a man, shot up a Christian school in Nashville, murdering three children and three adults. The media first tried to bury her ‘transgender’ identity and the authorities spent two years trying to suppress her motive.
Across Europe, gay voters are moving rightwards. Britain has not quite caught up yet, but it will. The only question is whether the Conservatives or Reform UK will be the ones to benefit.
I was reminded of this recently, while hosting a fundraiser for LGBT+ Conservatives at the Savile Club in London. Conservative MP Katie Lam was speaking, and she made a remark that would once have been uncontroversial, but now feels borderline taboo. LGBT rights, including same-sex marriage, she argued, are the product of particular cultures. Britain and the West built the legal and cultural framework that made LGBT equality possible. It did not happen by accident.
Greta Thunberg was arrested by U.K. police last week, completing her journey from child climate activist to proud supporter of a proscribed terrorist group.
In both instances, she arrived on the scene seemingly with no assembly required — climate and antizionist software already pre-installed — ready to plug a book authored by her mother three days after she was “discovered,” or a long list of antizionist organizations she recommended shortly after the horrific attacks of October 7 while claiming she wasn’t antisemitic. Her seven-year story appears to be one of exploitation and opportunism leading to her current role — terrorist mascot.
A woman was seen running along the street covered in blood amid a crowbar rampage in a hospital waiting room in which five people were injured.
A 20-year-old Afghan man allegedly launched the attack after he was refused an appointment, and was arrested at the scene at Newton Community Hospital in Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside.
The ‘shaking’ woman reportedly ran from the hospital into a local shop just after midday and begged staff to summon police.
h/t Patti Jo
It fell to Masoud Pezeshkian, a former heart surgeon who is now the reformist president of Iran, to pass on the message that had been resounding on the streets of Tehran for two days.
The regime would do well to pay heed, Pezeshkian said, to protests that erupted in the capital over the country’s deepening economic woes.
They should also pay attention to where the demonstrations began, Iranian exiles add, and the images of defiance that seem to have put a regime, at least for a moment, on the back foot.
A teenager from Iran sent me these videos with this message:
“I was terrified while filming them. Please share them and show the world that we, the people of Iran, do not want this regime.”The protests in Iran began in Tehran and are now spreading to cities across the country.… pic.twitter.com/4xu2S5vh86
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) December 29, 2025
Big protests against the Islamic regime in Iran. These people could be convicted under Labour's proposed "Islamophobia laws". pic.twitter.com/eYY6zrl6WL
— Leo Kearse – on YouTube & touring (@LeoKearse) December 29, 2025
Protests are erupting across Iran against Khamenei’s terrorist regime. Despite attempts to suppress the demonstrations, the movement keeps growing.
After 46 years of oppression and executions, Iranians deserve freedom and peace.
I stand with the great people of Iran. Do you? pic.twitter.com/1KZ4hnUyvv
— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) December 30, 2025
To truly understand the impact of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) in Canada, we must ask the question: what does the average MAiD patient look like?
MAiD was made to ensure Canada’s “laws reflect Canadians’ needs, protect those who may be vulnerable, and support autonomy and freedom of choice.”
At least, this is what the feds claim.
(Incognito)
As we close the book on 2025, the Canadian political landscape is not just altered, it is unrecognizable. For those of us within the “bubble,” this year served as a reminder that the old playbooks are obsolete.
In 12 months, we witnessed the fall of a populist juggernaut, the erasure of a major party’s official status, and a pivot toward an economic realism that only few saw coming.
If 2024 was defined by anxiety, 2025 was the year of the “Great Realignment.” A year in politics can seem like an eternity, yet change often arrives in a heartbeat. Looking back, we see the moments that snapped the trajectory of the country. These “small waves” have provided a rare opportunity to recalibrate priorities and capture the quiet frustrations of a changing electorate before the tide turns again.
A federal fraud investigation into Minnesota daycare centers has uncovered a troubling discovery — the scheme may have been operating undetected for more than a decade.
The discovery was unearthed from evidence in a 2018 fraud case out of Hennepin County against multiple daycare centers for allegedly swindling the government out of more than $1 million. A video of a 2015 Fox 9 KMSP report alleged that low-income parents would sign up their children for daycare services, which would then claim reimbursement for those services that were never provided.
🚨ISLAMIC FRAUD🚨A resurfaced viral video shows Minnesota legalizing driver’s licenses for illegal aliens, including violent Somali aliens. Now the state faces the largest fraud scandal in U.S. history.
DEPORT THEM ALL!
Follow:@Carlos__Turcios pic.twitter.com/k6NxyOfHg0
— Carlos Turcios (@Carlos__Turcios) December 29, 2025
Iran has labeled Canada’s navy a “terrorist organization,” escalating tensions between the two countries and raising fresh concerns over diplomatic fallout.
Newsweek contacted the Canadian military for comment on Tuesday.
What do you think of this culturally correct crosswalk? Racist or not?
(IG: FFamily_Friendly) pic.twitter.com/DK5yDRRLKq
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 30, 2025
One of the Toronto men recently charged with alleged hate and extremism-motivated crimes targeting women and Jews was denied refugee status more than seven years ago, according to court records.
Government records obtained by Global News show that Osman Azizov is an Azerbaijani citizen who, accompanied by his parents, crossed into Canada between official border points near Lacolle, Que., in 2017.
This intellectual pundit insists that Charlie Kirk was a nobody, and his wife is a fictional character.
When people give opinions from inside their vehicles, we must listen. Especially when they wear winged eyeliner. pic.twitter.com/pIK8sXxPPq
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 29, 2025
One year ago, just after midnight on New Year’s Eve, a small brush fire broke out in Topanga State Park above the Pacific Palisades outside Los Angeles. Within hours, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) arrived on scene and began digging handlines to stop its spread. The eight-acre fire—ignited by a 29-year-old former Palisades resident, who has since been charged with arson—was quickly brought under control. By 4:46 a.m., the department declared it “fully contained,” with “no further updates anticipated.”
But the fire was never fully extinguished. A week later, on January 7, it reignited and burned more than 23,000 acres, destroyed 6,800 structures, and killed 12 people in what became L.A.’s worst urban wildfire catastrophe.
