We all remember the scoldings.
Daily, we were told that the crisis of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) was our fault. In some ways, it was true, but in most ways, it wasn’t.
UK civil servants revolt over ‘Israel’s genocide’
British civil servants must stop helping Israel with “potential war crimes” in Gaza, union bosses have demanded.
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, which represents almost 200,000 civil servants across Whitehall, has advised members to “stop all work within the civil service and its related areas which in any way potentially enables acts of genocide”.
It has pledged to support civil servants who refuse to work on Israel and demanded that mandarins be given legal immunity for aiding potential “war crimes”.
England, civil war or surrender?
Adam Zivo: ‘This is the big war’ — Israelis stoic as Iran counterattacks
TEL AVIV — Israel launched a devastating strike against Iran’s nuclear program early Friday morning, with missiles and drones devastating military targets throughout the country. Although Iran has vowed revenge — and indeed launched missiles on Friday — and already retaliated with more than 100 drones, the mood in Tel Aviv remains remarkably ataraxic.
As munitions soared towards Tehran in the middle of the night, a blaring emergency alert was sent to every phone in Israel, warning residents to obey further government instructions “in preparation for a significant threat.” Rumours had been swirling in the preceding days that an attack on Iran was imminent, so many recipients immediately understood what was happening, even without confirmation from the government announcements that came shortly afterwards.
IDF Spokesperson: Footage shows an Israel Air Force attack helicopter downing an Iranian UAV launched earlier today. #IsraelUnderFire pic.twitter.com/SjoUTtbAwi
— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 13, 2025
Trump Leaves European Leaders Praying for a Low-Drama Summit
The last time European leaders came together for a diplomatic gathering in Canada, it didn’t go so well.
At the Group of 7 meeting in 2018, a photo of a glowering President Trump, arms crossed as he was lectured by the German chancellor, went viral. At the end of the summit, in a tweet, Mr. Trump accused the Canadian prime minister of being “dishonest & weak” for vowing to retaliate against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs. Then he ripped up the agreement the leaders had just signed.
This year, as the European leaders head to Canada again, with Mr. Trump back in office, they are hoping to avoid something even worse.
Iran threatens to attack British and American bases
Iran has warned the United States, United Kingdom and France against assisting Israel to deter Tehran’s strikes, saying that their bases and ships in the region will be targeted if they do so.
American officials confirmed that the US military had helped to shoot down Iranian missiles headed for Israel, after Iran launched wave after wave of retaliatory missile strikes less than a day after Israel’s surprise attack on Friday morning. Britain was not believed to have been involved.
On Friday, it was reported that Britain is monitoring the safety of staff at the UK embassy in Tehran, fearing that they could be the target of reprisals as the US and Canada closed their missions.
⚡️JUST IN: Footage of a drone from Iran being intercepted in the Galilee region by Israel. pic.twitter.com/aG4gcUkdi8
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) June 14, 2025
Building in Israel hit by Iran missile pic.twitter.com/jX2pEJWlnJ
— Potkin Azarmehr (@potkazar) June 14, 2025
The road to Tehran has been paved: IDF secures air route for stronger strikes on Iran
The Israel Air Force is now capable of operating without obstruction as far as Tehran, following what was described as the destruction of a majority of Iran’s air defense systems, security officials said on Saturday morning.
The reported elimination of Syria’s military capabilities, including those of Hezbollah, has further expanded Israel’s operational range and shortened flight paths to Iran.
Tehran early hours of this morning. Explosions around the city after long hours of Israeli air drones facing Iran’s air defence fire pic.twitter.com/ooYiYlmyoa
— Potkin Azarmehr (@potkazar) June 14, 2025
Iranians in Iran are casually driving by and laughing at the terrorist Islamic Republic's military and nuclear facilities being decimated by Israel.
Show this video to the non-Iranian Islamic terrorist sympathizers defending a brutal Islamic dictatorship pic.twitter.com/Nv2FSoLiE3
— Goldie Ghamari, JD | گلسا قمری (@gghamari) June 14, 2025
Times Of Israel Feed– IDF: ‘Tehran is no longer immune; the Iranian capital is exposed to Israeli strikes’
LA protests expose the new battle lines on immigration
California’s biggest city is no stranger to riots but the response to Trump’s migrant arrests shows civil disorder is now integral to urban politics — and both Democrats and Republicans are out to exploit that
Somewhere in Malibu, a mortician prepares Brian Wilson for his last performance. The California of the Beach Boys is long gone. The California of Silicon Valley is going — to Texas, where Elon Musk has moved Tesla’s headquarters; to Washington, where Big Tech is now fusing with Big Government; and down into a spiral of debt, dysfunction and disorder.
California used to be the world’s blue-sky future. Now it is America’s darkening present. The scenes from downtown Los Angeles are shocking but not surprising. If, as I did, you lived in a Democratic city in a Democratic state in the decade between the advent of the Occupy movement in 2011 and the apotheosis of George Floyd in the summer of 2020, you are accustomed to rioters burning cars and throwing stones, looters ransacking the Adidas and Apple stores, and police firing tear gas. This is how American politics now works.
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Translation: In Cairo, Egypt, residents attacked far-left activists participating in the March on Gaza. The latter accuse the Egyptian authorities of exerting pressure on the local population to provoke these attacks. https://t.co/DZzEhsq0Mu
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) June 14, 2025
52 Percent of Toronto-Area Residents Doubt They Can Have a ‘Comfortable’ Future in the Region: Survey
More than half of Toronto residents say they are not confident they will be able to live a comfortable life in the city over the long-term, according to a recent survey.
The survey was conducted by Ipsos for the Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBOT). It sought responses from 1,000 residents in Hamilton and Toronto between May 9 and 22.
Pentagon has plan to take Greenland ‘by force if necessary’
Pete Hegseth revealed the Pentagon has drafted plans to take Greenland and Panama “by force if necessary”.
The defence secretary let slip the existence of the contingency plans during a heated exchange with Democrat Representative Adam Smith.
During a congressional hearing on Thursday, Mr Smith asked Mr Hegseth if it is “the policy of the department of defence that we need to be prepared to take Greenland and Panama by force if necessary”.
Second-class dads: Why are family courts still siding against fathers?
Mike Smith played basketball at university, went to nationals a few times, and today is a successful executive in Halifax. But his charmed life was upended when his marriage collapsed and his access to his three children evaporated.
Seven years ago, he and his wife of nearly two decades had an intense verbal fight. His wife left the house, called the police and reported Smith had a mental health disorder. According to his telling, when they arrived he was given an hour to vacate the premises or face arrest. When he initially challenged the demand, one of the officers told him, “She wants to come home with the children.”
Electric vehicle sales plunge 23% as rebates end
Electric vehicle sales in Canada have fallen sharply after federal and provincial governments cut rebate programs, according to new figures from Statistics Canada.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the first quarter of 2025 saw the steepest drop in zero-emission vehicle sales since pandemic lockdowns.
Trump Overturns California’s Authoritarian Ban On Gas Cars
President Donald Trump overturned California’s authoritarian ban on gas-powered vehicles on Thursday, signing a resolution approved by Congress last month.
California became the first state in the nation to pursue a phase-out of gas-powered cars, attempting to halt all new sales by 2035 and effectively force its citizens to purchase electric vehicles. After Trump’s move, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., who is currently letting Los Angeles burn by not responding to riots there, signed a reciprocal order reaffirming the ban, while Rob Bonta, the state’s far-left attorney general, filed a lawsuit against the move.
Ballymena may be a taste of things to come
Another community in flames. Masonry and Molotov cocktails thrown at police. A leisure centre, believed to be housing migrants, set ablaze by a bigoted mob. Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before.
This week, Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland became the latest town within these troubled isles to be ripped apart by fear, loathing and rioting – sparked by an alleged crime committed by migrants.
Anti-#immigrant #riots have been going on for the second day in a row in #Ballymena, #Northern #Ireland, after a teenage #girl was #raped.
Two #Romanians raped a girl. People came out to protest.
The state-run #BBC immediately called the protests "#racist thuggery." pic.twitter.com/WzOEewwD6G
— Moriarty (@777Moriarty777) June 11, 2025
An elderly disabled man has gone viral after footage emerged of him challenging the riot police in his mobility scooter while wearing a Roman helmet.
Witnesses say he has been charging the police during the anti-migration riots in Ballymena, Northern Ireland for the past 2 days pic.twitter.com/JJ3PNvKFDl
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) June 13, 2025
Will Tam Make A Beeline To Communist China?
Canada’s top doctor Theresa Tam leaving position when term ends June 20
TORONTO — Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her position at the end of next week.
Tam has been in the role since June 2017, but became a household name in the last five years as she led the country’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tam says her term ends on Friday, June 20 and she doesn’t have another job lined up.
Florida sheriff advises would-be rioters ‘we will kill you’
In Brevard County, Florida, the local sheriff doesn’t play around.
BREVARD SHERIFF WAYNE IVEY TO POTENTIAL RIOTERS: "If you throw a brick, a firebomb, or point a gun at one of our deputies, we will be notifying your family where to collect your remains at. Because we will kill you, graveyard dead. We're not gonna play." pic.twitter.com/HYuhEBqV4Q
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) June 12, 2025