Former RCMP intelligence official granted bail months after being found guilty under country’s secrets act

Cameron Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official who was found guilty of breaching the country’s secrets act, has been granted bail while his sentence is appealed.

Jon Doody, one of Mr. Ortis’s lawyers, said Friday in an interview that Mr. Ortis is expected to be released some time next week. His client remains at the Joyceville Institution in Kingston.

In February, Mr. Ortis, 51, was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison, which is being appealed by both the Crown and the defence.

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Scotland: No Country for Young Men

Police Scotland will target young men with “with ideas about white-male entitlement” under the new Hate Crime Act.

Scotland recently took a giant step towards becoming one of the most restrictive countries in Europe. The adjective ‘Orwellian’ trips too easily off of the lips these days, but with severe and significant restrictions to free speech being introduced in the contents of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, which came into force on 1 April 2024, it is hard to imagine a more apt description.

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Trudeau had article alleging NDA involving West Point Grey Academy spiked on Facebook

Ottawa asked Facebook to remove false article about Trudeau during 2019 election, inquiry hears

One of Canada’s top civil servants asked that a false article about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau be removed from Facebook during the 2019 election, according to Friday testimony and documents tabled at the public inquiry into foreign inference.

The article in question was published by the Buffalo Chronicle. It contained uncorroborated claims involving Trudeau and was spreading online during the 2019 election campaign.

Of flagrance and fellatios: Trudeau’s dark stint as a school teacher

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New ‘Revitalized’ Palestinian Authority, Same as the Old Palestinian Authority

As part of a US plan to “revitalize” the Palestinian Authority (PA), a new PA government headed by Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa was announced in late March. While the US administration has not clarified what it means by the “revitalization” of the PA, one can only assume that refers to the need to implement financial and administrative reforms in all PA institutions and see the emergence of new leaders in Ramallah who would work to improve the living conditions of their people and prepare them for peace with Israel.

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SHOCKA! Liberal MP Anthony Housefather to stay in caucus

Happy they no longer beat him on Saturdays

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather has ended his reflection on his place in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s caucus, declaring Friday that he intends to stay in the Liberal fold.

“My core values remain Liberal ones and after serious reflection, I believe my greatest value to Canadians is staying in caucus,” he said in a lengthy statement released Friday afternoon.

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Three Burlington rainbow crosswalks recommended for removal due to high maintenance costs … Burnout fans hardest hit

After approximately $27,000 was initially spent and more for subsequent repairs of three rainbow crosswalks installed in 2021, City of Burlington staff have recommended they be removed due to “persistent quality issues” with the materials used.

If the crosswalks are returned to the less-colourful “ladder” style, staff propose wrapping two traffic poles at each intersection with rainbow colours, using graffiti- and sticker-resistant wrap, to recognize the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

In a report recommending removal of three-year-old Pride crosswalks — at Plains Road West and Botanical Drive, Upper Middle Road in front of M.M. Robinson High School and Fairview Street at Drury Lane — staff also cited cases of vandalism.

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Diversity Alert: Playing the Race Card For Real Estate Gain

Couple fights to rid Toronto home of heritage status

A couple in an affluent midtown Toronto neighbourhood is asking the city to remove the heritage designation from their century home because they say the original owner was racist.

The two-and-a-half storey, 9,000-square foot house in the Yonge and St. Clair area, was built in 1906 for Stapleton Pitt Caldecott, a former Toronto Board of Trade president who was opposed to immigration, a University of Toronto historian says.


… This $5-million house on Woodlawn Avenue West, in the Yonge and St. Clair area, was commissioned by Stapleton Caldecott in 1906, a man who some believe held anti-immigrant views. He died there the following year.

OMG he was opposed to immigration… “Some believe”. Next.

The couple says they were unaware of the home’s heritage designation. That seems highly unlikely.

No connection to Canada obviously. Ungrateful or what?

h/t Patti Jo

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ former bodyguard claims music mogul had tapes of politicians and princes

The former bodyguard of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ claims the music mogul had blackmail tapes of politicians, princes and other prominent individuals who were involved in his sex parties.

Combs, who has been hit with a barrage of physical abuse, rape and sexual trafficking allegations, had his homes in Miami and Los Angeles raided by the Department of Homeland Security last month, during which federal agents seized computers and other electronic devices.

Diddy didn’t kill himself.

h/t XC

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China paid approximately $250,000 to ‘threat actors’ working in Canada, inquiry told

A document presented to the Foreign Interference Commission says Canadian intelligence suggests Chinese officials may have transferred around $250,000 to “threat actors” in Canada in late 2018 or early 2019.

On Thursday, the commission discussed an unclassified summary of intelligence held by security and intelligence departments and agencies – primarily the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

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