As an Egyptian-Canadian journalist of the Muslim faith and human rights defender, I strongly urge the Canadian government to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization.
The story of this malicious transnational Sunni Islamist organization starts in Egypt in 1928. The ideas of its founder, Hassan al-Banna, spread globally, influencing charitable organizations, political parties and violent Islamist groups, such as Hamas.
Leaders from some of the largest Catholic organizations in the country have responded to openly gay leftist propaganda maker Rachel Maddow, who has claimed that she has returned to Catholicism despite spending most of her career promoting views that directly oppose Church teaching.
Look, we get it, we really do.
Our federal government constantly vilifying Israel makes it clear what it’s going to be like for Jews in Canada for the foreseeable future. That what stretches before us are years of antisemitic attacks, far beyond the norm, simply because we’re Jews, which security experts warn will inevitably escalate into a major terrorist attack, even if there’s no immediate threat today.
From AB – the contrast between Calgary’s mayor and Chow is night and day.
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Starting in 2029, the irrelevant Oscars will have its annual irrelevant Academy Awards show broadcast on — lol — YouTube.
To dwindling ratings and cultural relevance, the Oscars have been broadcast on ABC since 1976. The final broadcast will occur in 2028, which also happens to be the 100th anniversary of the award ceremony.
Nobody should be surprised by the December 5, 2025 decision of the BC Court of Appeal in Gitxaala v. British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner). The court ruled that the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) applies to all of BC’s provincial laws. After all, BC’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act — voted into law unanimously in 2019 by all MLAs of all parties — states expressly that the purpose of this Act is to “affirm the application” of UNDRIP “to the laws of British Columbia.”
(Incognito)
Netflix has canceled its gay military series “Boots,” which the Pentagon previously labeled “woke garbage,” according to multiple reports.
“Boots” followed the story of Cameron Cope, played by Miles Heizer, a gay teen from Louisiana who is bullied and “finds new purpose — and unexpected brotherhood — with his motley team of fellow recruits,” according to Netflix.
Yup. @fancypants_s https://t.co/fiRHN5T1uU
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) December 18, 2025
h/t Mauser
In a world gone digital, Canadians aren’t quite ready to give up on cash. Let’s keep it that way.
According to a recent Bank of Canada survey, paper money accounted for just 20 per cent of all transactions last year, down from 54 per cent in 2009. One-fifth of Canadians say they no longer carry any cash on a daily basis.
Teachers will be given training to spot the signs of misogyny and tackle it in the classroom as part of the government’s long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls within the next decade.
The plans – which focus on preventing the radicalisation of young men – are due to be unveiled on Thursday, after being pushed back three times this year.
Pupils will be taught about issues such as consent, the dangers of sharing intimate images, how to identify positive role models and to challenge unhealthy myths about women and relationships.
Canada’s healthcare system used to be a source of pride for my country. It was regarded as one of the world’s best examples of a publicly-funded insurance system, free at the point of use, ranking highly for accessibility, care, compassion and the treatment of major and minor illnesses.
No longer. In 2024, the influential Commonwealth Fund survey placed Canada in seventh place out of ten developed countries, with a particularly poor score for access to care. In January, the Canada-based CD Howe Institute gave the country’s healthcare system an even gloomier diagnosis: it was placed ninth out of 10 countries, with all provinces and territories falling below the international average for overall healthcare performance.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will crack down on hate speech following Sunday’s deadly shooting at Bondi Beach that targeted a Jewish festival.
Fifteen people were killed when two gunmen opened fire at an event to mark the first day of Hanukkah.
New laws will target “those who spread hate, division and radicalisation”, Albanese told reporters in Canberra.
COUNTER TERRORISM POLICE DETAIN FIVE MEN IN LIVERPOOL ON WAY TO BONDI
The allegation is that a group of men travelled from Melbourne with plans to then go to Bondi.
The group was being monitored and counter terrorism police intervened, according to one report by ramming the car… pic.twitter.com/NHv4v4NcyY
— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) December 18, 2025
OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump wants the relationship with Canada to be one of “dependence” on the United States, and is not talking about ripping up the trilateral free trade pact but renegotiating it, says Prime Minister Mark Carney.
In a pair of French-language interviews marking the year’s end, Carney revealed for the first time details of his private conversation earlier this month with Trump and Mexican President Claudia
Sheinbaum on the sidelines of the World Cup soccer draw in Washington — which came following a stormy six-week hiatus after Trump cut off bilateral trade talks on sectoral tariffs.
Volodymyr Zelensky is urging European Union leaders gathered at a crunch summit in Brussels to loan billions of euros in frozen Russian money to fund Ukraine’s military and economic needs.
Most of Russia’s €210bn (£185bn; $245bn) worth of assets in the EU are held by Belgium-based organisation Euroclear, and so far Belgium and some other members of the bloc have said they are opposed to using the cash as a “reparations loan”.
Russia has warned the EU not to use its money, but without a boost in funding Ukraine’s finances are set to run dry in a matter of months.
“I hope we will be able to get a positive decision,” Zelensky told reporters. “Without this there will be a big problem for Ukraine”.
Canada will have to increase access to the United States when it comes to dairy products as part of a renegotiated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told members of the U.S. Congress on Thursday that concerns related to dairy market access in Canada and its exports of certain dairy products are part of a “non-exhaustive” list of issues that need to be addressed as part of the six-year joint review of the trade agreement.
Greer said that while several stakeholders expressed support and explicitly called for the agreement to be extended, “virtually all stakeholders also called for some sort of improvement to the Agreement.”
The cat knew exactly what he was getting into 🤣 pic.twitter.com/NrXAeVZr55
— We don't deserve cats 😺 (@catsareblessing) December 16, 2025
Activists first to be detained under new police crackdown on such slogans
A pair of protesters who called for an “intifada” were arrested at a pro-Palestine protest on Wednesday evening.
The two demonstrators were the first to be detained after two of the country’s top police officers announced a crackdown on such chants after the Bondi Beach massacre.
They were arrested at a Palestine Coalition demonstration in central London along with another protester who attempted to obstruct their arrests.
