Inside the sprawling online industry selling fake Canadian visas and human smuggling services

A silver Toyota minivan pulls into a bank parking lot in Toronto’s west end.

Two young Punjabi men step out and start looking around for their client, a woman they’ve been communicating with over the previous days through texts and calls.

She has agreed to pay them $4,000 to be smuggled south across the border into the United States.

The two men believe the woman is waiting for them inside the bank.

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Get a life: U.S. outdoor group’s application to use B.C. land sparks debate amid 51st state talk

People who live on Vancouver Island and some smaller neighbouring islands have been hotly debating an application made by an American non-profit to use B.C. Crown land for campsites while on kayak trips.

National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), which runs outdoor expeditions around the world, is applying to renew — and expand — a licence the province says it has held since 2006.

The application is to permit NOLS to camp at 77 locations while leading an eight- to 10-person kayak trip from Washington to Alaska next summer. Most of the locations, which range from 0.3-4.6 hectares, are on and around Vancouver Island.

The Elbow People are the Covid Karen Mask People.

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David Hogg Wants His Death Politicized; Kirk Wanted His Courage and Faith Remembered

Gun control activist and former Democratic National Committee vice chair David Hogg said in a social media thread Saturday that he wants his death politicized “before my blood runs cold,” contrasting with slain Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who had told his wife he hoped to be remembered for his “courage and his faith.”

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TDSB teacher allegedly showed Charlie Kirk assassination video to 10- and 11-year-olds, told students he deserved to be killed

A public school teacher has been suspended after allegedly showing a video of Charlie Kirk’s assassination to students as young as 10 in his class, authorities in Canada said.

The teacher also suggested that Kirk deserved to be killed, and gave the young students a speech about anti-fascism and transgender issues, according to a report.

“Several students from his class went home and complained to their parents, traumatized at witnessing the on-camera death, which they were forced to witness numerous times over,” a source told the Toronto Sun after the shocking incident at a school in Toronto on Thursday.

Wow! Toronto is world class!

h/t Hermes and PA Cat

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Speech, Spite, and the Oxford Union’s Shame

In a striking irony, George Abaraonye, the president-elect of the Oxford Union — the prestigious student debating society known for championing integrity, respect, and civil debate — has faced intense backlash and was reportedly asked to resign from his leadership position following the hateful comments he made about the fatal shooting of the prominent political influencer Charlie Kirk. Shortly after Kirk was murdered by a sniper on a Utah college campus, Abaraonye posted celebratory messages on social media, including “Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s f****** go” and “Charlie Kirk got shot loool”

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