Charlie Kirk, an American free speech activist and social media icon, was tragically assassinated on Wednesday while speaking on a university campus in Utah.
Kirk often argued that dialogue — even with those we profoundly disagree with — was the antidote to extremism. Agree or disagree with his politics, his call for courage and dialogue resonates with particular urgency now.
It’s been a very one sided war to date.
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Ever bought a product thinking it was made in Canada only to find out later it wasn’t?
One Montrealer says it happened to them. And now, they’re taking on major grocery chains.
Provigo, Metro, Sobeys, Walmart, and Giant Tigre are all named in a new class action.
Joey Zukran is one of the lawyers leading the case.
“This is false advertising 101,” he says.
H/T DS
Between Russia’s military buildup in the North and China’s growing presence in the Bering Strait near Alaska, it’s no surprise Canadians in the three territories are increasingly concerned about Arctic security. But in a striking twist, a new survey found more Northerners named the United States as the most serious threat to the Canadian Arctic, on par with Russia.
Thirty-seven per cent of respondents identified the U.S. as the top threat, compared with 35 per cent who said Russia, and 17 per cent who chose China.
Joe Biden’s former aides have attacked Kamala Harris saying she “knows nothing” and was “out of her depth” after she laid into the former president.
The row was triggered by the publication of an excerpt from Ms Harris’s memoir 107 Days, in which she branded Mr Biden’s second presidential run “recklessness”.
In the book, Ms Harris said she made a “colossal mistake” in not telling the then 81-year-old to abandon his re-election campaign, and that it was a choice that should not have been left to an “individual’s ego”.
‘I would deport Justin Trudeau … that guy sucks’
Here is Charlie Kirk almost a year ago being asked what he would do if he was Prime Minister of Canada. pic.twitter.com/fSy4rmrNXa
— Ryan Gerritsen (@ryangerritsen) September 11, 2025
Canadian travellers held strong to their boycott of travel to the United States right to the end of the summer, blowing a sizable hole in the U.S. tourism sector, the latest numbers from Statistics Canada show.
In August, the number of Canadian residents returning by vehicle from the U.S. plunged 33.9 per cent year-over-year to 1.9 million, while the number of residents returning by air fell 25.4 per cent to 423,000, the agency said.
My suspicion is that while the boycott certainly accounts for the majority of the decrease in trips the fact that Canadians are realizing they’re much more poor than they knew also plays a big role.
Charlie Kirk was killed because his words were more powerful than bullets. I was going to put up my first post on this blog in a very long time today until the news of his assassination broke. Instead, I need to say this…
The reaction to the murder of Charlie Kirk has been almost as brutal and disturbing as the slaying itself.
One Canadian journalist took to social media to say it was “delicious” to see Charlie Kirk shot and killed with a gun.
The decline of patriotism displayed by Democrats after 9/11 has metastasized.
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were the most momentous and vicious assaults on our homeland in its history. The primary targets––the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon–– were chosen in order to inflict the maximum spectacular carnage on innocent people, and to achieve the greatest symbolic resonance of hatred against our global power.
Premier Doug Ford says comments from a University of Toronto professor that “shooting” is “too good” for those she disagrees with are “disgusting.”
Ontario’s premier was responding to Dr. Ruth Marshall’s X post following the political assassination of Charlie Kirk on Thursday.
Update: Political professor Dr. Ruth Marshall has been placed on leave by university after creepy comments on the assassination murder of Charlie Kirk
We are suffering through an epidemic of leftist violence.
The ruthless assassination of conservative youth leader Charlie Kirk, 31, at a crowded campus event in Utah on Wednesday is the latest manifestation of the hateful rhetoric aimed at President Trump and his MAGA movement.
It’s a sad irony that Kirk’s shockingly public murder happened the day before the trial begins of Ryan Routh, one of the alleged assassins who tried to rub out Trump during the 2024 campaign.
FBI shares ‘breakthroughs’ in hunt for Charlie Kirk assassin
Greg Gutfeld just WENT OFF about Charlie Kirk being shot, even dropped an F-bomb live on Fox
“If you thought that you were going to shut a movement down, you’re going to get a rude awakening.
You woke us the F*CK UP.” — @greggutfeld pic.twitter.com/fMY7wSadRE
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 10, 2025
Tranny theory true? Gun recovered in Charlie Kirk assassination revealed — as ammo had pro-trans, anti-fascist messages: sources
A rifle recovered in the hunt for conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassin contained ammo engraved with “transgender and anti-fascist ideology,” according to preliminary reports from law enforcement sources.
WSJ is also reporting the Tranny angle
FBI releases photos of person of interest as rifle recovered in the search for Charlie Kirk’s killer
OREM, Utah (AP) — The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing they have recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle they believe was used in the attack and are reviewing video footage of the person they believe was responsible.
The FBI has released two photos of a person of interest in connection with the shooting as investigators appealed to the public for information. The photos show a person wearing a hat, sunglasses and a long-sleeve black shirt.
h/t Canucklehead and patthedog
US space agency Nasa has blocked Chinese citizens with valid US visas from its facilities – a move that effectively bars them from working at one of the most respected space research centres.
Chinese nationals, who could only work at Nasa as contractors or students contributing to research, found out on 5 September that they had lost all access to Nasa’s systems and facilities, Bloomberg news reported, citing sources.
Nasa then confirmed this, saying Chinese nationals would be restricted from using the agency’s “facilities, materials and networks to ensure the security of our work”.
This has been self-evident for what 25 years?
New preliminary data shows that trips between Canada and the United States are down once again in August, in what Statistics Canada notes is the seventh straight month of declining international travel.
Last month, 1.8 million U.S. residents entered Canada by automobile and just shy of 590,000 did so by air, down 4.5 and 3.6 per cent, respectively, from August 2024.
Canadian travellers, meanwhile, showed a “steep decline” in trips to the United States, with U.S. automobile travel down roughly 34 per cent and air travel down more than 25 per cent from 12 months prior.
Charlie Kirk’s assassin appears to have picked a rooftop from where he could make a quick escape and be “miles and miles away” within minutes, a retired FBI expert said early Thursday.
The sniper — who remains at large early Thursday — fired the single, fatal shot from the top of the Losee Center Building at Utah Valley University, some 200 yards away from where Kirk was seated in a pop-up tent speaking in front of 3,000 people, authorities have said.
Incredible. Large vigils for Charlie Kirk have popped up all over the country.
Patriots are out signing God Bless America, honoring Charlie’s work to save our country.
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 11, 2025
Charlie Kirk had me on his show repeatedly despite disagreeing with me on many things. He never feared hearing viewpoints he didn't share. In an age of podcasters in studio, he went to campuses—to listen and persuade. He was a true American patriot. I am devastated by his loss. pic.twitter.com/R239nrUIJg
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) September 10, 2025
Is this the killer of Charlie Kirk? pic.twitter.com/MhO8CnsPF1
— THE Keith Malinak (@KeithMalinak) September 10, 2025
If you haven’t followed Charlie Kirk’s time as a Republican influencer in the new right, you will at least recognize his face. He spent his media career — a high-profile one, though not a terribly long one at only 31 years old — making conservative arguments in an overall unreceptive media ecosystem.
This is how I feel too.
I should be in my bed but I just can't sleep.
A martyr was born today – RIP Charlie Kirk. https://t.co/E4HfZorilo— AKA Frederikke Amalie Hansen (@StoikerInOvo) September 11, 2025
