MSM addresses anarchy in LA: ‘Why burning EVs isn’t a good idea’

Elizabeth Weise at USA Today decided to comment on the anarchy that’s currently raging across Los Angeles, and here’s her two cents: if you’re going to light other people’s cars on fire, at least make sure it’s not an electric vehicle, because that would be bad for the environment and your fellow rioters. (On the contrary: perhaps we can encourage them to stand as close as possible to the flames and take big deep breaths?)

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The fall of Pride is upon us

Gender ideology is the enemy of gay and lesbian rights.

The ghoulish, fleshy public spectacle that is Pride Month 2025 has little to say beyond exhibitionism and hedonism. It certainly has nothing to say about the UK Supreme Court ruling in April that ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex – a ruling that upheld the lesbian and gay right to single-sex associations. It has nothing to say about the Supreme Court justices observing that, had the judgment gone the other way, the protected characteristic of same-sex orientation would be rendered ‘meaningless’. It offers no praise or thanks to the lesbian interveners in the Supreme Court case for fighting for lesbian and gay rights. In fact, it is angry that they did so.

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David Coletto: Four myths (and one truth) about the 2025 federal election

Elections are messy, emotional, and complex, and the 2025 Canadian federal election was no exception. In the weeks since the results came in, I’ve consumed a lot of commentary, analysis, and hot takes from journalists, pundits, campaign operatives, and academics. Some of it matches what I saw in the data. But a lot of it doesn’t.

Since early March, Abacus Data has conducted eight national surveys, interviewing over 20,000 Canadians. We also fielded a comprehensive post-election survey with 1,500 eligible voters in the days immediately following election day. These polls give us a uniquely detailed picture of what happened. And not just how people voted, but why.

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Austrian school shooter murdered his neighbour’s daughter during mass killing and left note asking his mother to look after his beloved cat

The Austrian school shooter who massacred 10 people at his former school on Tuesday killed his neighbour in the horrific attack, it has emerged.

Artur A., a 21-year-old from a suburb of Graz, was revealed to have shot and killed a young girl who lived nearby as further details emerged of his abandoned plans to carry out a bombing and messages left behind for family.

The former student of the school killed a teacher and nine pupils between the ages of 14 and 17 in Tuesday’s rampage in the city of Graz.

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Police Launch Investigation After Video Shows Senior Punching Teen at BC Tim Hortons

Saanich police are investigating after a video of a senior punching a teen at a British Columbia Tim Hortons surfaced online.

Police said the incident was believed to have happened at a Saanich Tim Hortons in April but the video was posted on social media only recently, prompting an investigation. Saanich is a district municipality on the southern end of Vancouver Island.

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SHAME: Statue of Sir John A. Macdonald outside Queen’s Park uncovered after five years

After five years behind protective hoarding, the 1894 statue of Sir John A. Macdonald on the front lawn of the legislature is being uncovered.

Workers have put a protective coating on the bronze figure gazing south down University Avenue along with a plaque acknowledging his controversial role in creating residential schools where thousands of Indigenous children died after being taken from their families.

The statue was covered after repeated acts of vandalism.

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Liberals are still planning to ban gas-powered cars

Although the Carney government may have dispensed with the wildly unpopular consumer carbon tax, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin confirmed this week that they’re staying the course on an environmental policy that’s almost as controversial.

In the House of Commons on Monday, Dabrusin said there would be no changes to a Trudeau-era plan to ban the sale of gas-powered cars by 2035.

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Canadian Military Surpassed 2025 Recruitment Goal, 55 Percent Increase Over Year Prior

Canada’s armed forces are ready for emergency pronoun deployment under battlefield conditions.

The number of regular force members grew by approximately 2,000 members from April 1 last year to March 31 this year when accounting for attrition, the department said. The CAF had 65,154 regular force members and 23,561 primary reserve members on April 30, and it anticipates reaching 71,500 regular force members and 30,000 primary reserve members by 2032.

… While intake has increased, the CAF has faced issues retaining the new members, according to a leaked military report obtained by CBC News and covered in May. The attrition rate of new members is double that of the rest of the force, with recruits expressing frustration about the lengthy wait prior to receiving training.

One the biggest complaints among departing recruits is the perceived misalignment of the organization’s focus on cultural change rather than on operational requirements, the report noted. It also said an office to focus on retention had been defunded.

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Trump’s Unapologetic Defense of the Rule of Law

After a day and a half of rioting in Los Angeles County, President Donald Trump activated the National Guard to protect federal officers and property. The riots were triggered by ICE’s attempts on Friday, June 6, to arrest a few dozen illegal aliens.

The president’s mobilization order, signed on Saturday, June 7, was clarifying and precise: “To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.”

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Mexico’s Gun Case Backfires

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of seven American gun manufacturers that Mexico had charged with aiding illegal gun sales to drug cartels. In the aftermath, it has somehow escaped notice that the Obama administration did the same thing, with impunity.

On a visit to Mexico in April 2009, President Obama claimed that “more than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States, many from gun shops that line our shared border. So, we have responsibilities as well.” The administration then set out to prove this claim in covert fashion.

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Visible minorities in the GTA increasingly supporting Conservatives: U of T study

Federal and provincial Conservatives are winning over more visible minority voters in the GTA, a new study has found.

According to researchers at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities, visible minorities in the GTA, who make up more than half of the population, are increasingly backing Conservative candidates in federal and provincial elections. The study, out Wednesday, considers anyone, besides Indigenous people, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour as a visible minority, as defined by Statistics Canada.

The findings are based on federal and Ontario election results over the past two decades, including the two most recent national and provincial elections earlier this year.

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