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Brown shooter revealed to be PhD student whose main target was MIT professor

The gunman who killed two students at Brown University was found dead in a storage unit as it was revealed his main target was an MIT professor he shot dead in Boston.

The suspect – 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente – was revealed to be a Portuguese national who studied at the Ivy League school in Rhode Island more than 20 years ago.

After being on the lam for days, his eventual demise stemmed from a Reddit post that flagged his suspicious activity outside the Providence campus.

h/t Patti Jo

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Ouch! That’s gonna leave a mark.

The Globe insults Canucks. Canucks insult them right back, that’s some Ratio…

Article  link – Canada has become a nation of charity grinches

‘Tis the season for giving, but for Canadians that increasingly entails foregoing gifts to charities.

The share of tax-filers in Canada who reported that they donated to charity sat at just 16.8 per cent in 2023, according to the latest numbers from Statistics Canada, down from nearly 22 per cent a decade earlier.

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Heinous act of discrimination! Cats do not count as ‘second person’ for Hwy. 417 HOV lanes, OPP says

A cat doesn’t count as a passenger to allow you to use the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes on Highway 417 in Ottawa, according to police.

Ontario Provincial Police say an officer stopped a driver in the HOV lane on Highway 417 near Terry Fox Drive, “after they were seen driving alone in the HOV lane.”

 

h/t Patti Jo

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Canadians Favour Gripen over F-35

[Ottawa – December 17, 2025] As the debate over Canada’s next-generation fighter jet continues, Canadians are leaning decisively away from an all-F-35 future.

When asked which option is best for Canada – the Lockheed Martin F-35 or the Saab Gripen – seven in ten Canadians (72 per cent) support incorporating the Gripen into Canada’s fighter fleet, either by switching to the aircraft for all future purchases (43 per cent) or by maintaining a mixed fleet of both Gripens and F-35s (29 per cent). Just one in eight (13 per cent) say Canada should continue with the F-35 as its primary fighter jet.

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British Academics Want to ‘Decolonise’ Female Genital Mutilation

A new paper in a highly regarded British Medical Journal publication has sparked outrage for attempting to launch a debate on the so-called “harms of the current global anti-female genital mutilation (FGM) campaign.”

It says coverage of the practice, where the female genitals are deliberately cut, injured or changed, often relies on “titillating sensationalism,” and complains that this “leads to vilification of migrants, infantilisation of people and their cultures, and failure to recognise the agency of the women concerned and their communities.”

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Hospital birth data suggests increase in birth tourism, says immigration expert

Births in Canada to foreign visitors and other non-residents have risen in the past year, an expert in immigration statistics has found after analyzing hospital data.

The research, published in a report on Wednesday, shows a small increase in births at Canadian hospitals to temporary residents, such as international students and people here on work permits.

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Bill Gates pictured with women in new Epstein files

Jeffrey Epstein kept photos of Bill Gates posing alongside women, newly published images show.

Democrats published 68 new photographs from Epstein’s estate showing Mr Gates as well as a host of the paedophile’s powerful associates, including Woody Allen, Noam Chomsky and Steve Bannon.

The Microsoft founder was pictured standing arm in arm with a woman with dark hair and a navy dress. A further photo showed him standing alongside a woman dressed in a white shirt in a hallway. Both had their faces obscured.

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BARCLAY: No ceasefire up North — the reality of Jewish life in Canada post-October 7

On December 14, two Islamic terrorists attacked a Chanukah celebration in Australia and murdered 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl, before their rampage was eventually halted by the Bondi police.

Unfortunately, the recent antisemitic attack in Australia has vividly underscored the sad reality that the shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas does not entail any peace for the international Jewish community or an end to the antisemitic violence that has become a consistent aspect of Jewish life in the wake of October 7.

(Incognito)

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Retarded: Doug Ford Wants To Build Casino Hotels In Niagara Falls For Homeless Fake Asylum Seekers

Doug Ford wants more casinos in Niagara Falls — but does anyone else?

Premier Doug Ford’s big bet on “more casinos” for Niagara Falls may not pay off.

Ford unveiled a new economic development scheme this week to boost tourism in Ontario, including new gambling houses in the honeymoon capital, in a bid to double the number of annual visitors at wineries, restaurants and other attractions in Niagara Region.

“I’m thrilled to announce our government’s ‘Destination Niagara strategy,’ a multibillion-dollar plan to build new world class attractions, elevate Niagara’s casino and gaming experience — meaning we want more casinos, big, large casinos to come here,” the premier enthused Monday in the Falls.

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I bet Carney will buy ’em

The Ajax tank scandal shames the British Army

By any normal logic, the FillYourBoots forum should never have become a problem for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). The Facebook page started as little more than a digital gossip corner: a place where soldiers shared banter, memes and humour too dark, too sharp and too truthful for civilian audiences. It was the army in its most unfiltered form. Harmless, rowdy, even charming.

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