Once the U.S. began taking border security more seriously, the cartels simply changed direction, literally. They went around it.
The Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, vast and largely unguarded expanses of open water, have become the new superhighways of the Mexican drug trade. No more tunnels. No more coyotes bribing border agents.
Canadians have no appetite for another election within the next year, and want the Liberals and opposition parties to work together to ensure voters don‘t have to go back to the polls soon, a new poll has found.
Eight out of 10 respondents to the survey, conducted for The Globe and Mail by Nanos Research, said they would prefer that the minority government and opposition parties work together so Canada does not have another federal election for at least a year.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) admitted that the Democrat Party is a “threat to democracy,” as some argue they have not had a fair primary election since 2008, conceding this point during an appearance on Andrew Schulz’s Flagrant with Akaash Singh.
To limit the time Pierre Poilievre’s critics have to organize ahead of his leadership review by party rank-and-file members and to eliminate uncertainty, some senior Conservatives are considering moving the party’s convention to this fall instead of the spring 2026. And former two-term Calgary MP Devinder Shory says Poilievre should resign as party leader, call a leadership race, and seek a fresh mandate if he wants to lead the party in the next election.
“I know we’re going to be advancing the convention because we have to have that [leadership] vote,” said one senior Conservative. “It’s a matter of practicalities how soon can it be organized. I believe it would be September or October. Without that vote it’s hard, it’s going to distract everything.”
JD Vance gave the newly anointed Pope Leo XIV a custom Chicago Bears jersey and a letter inviting him to the White House from Donald Trump.
The jersey from the professional NFL football team has “Pope Leo” and the number XIV written on the back.
It was given to the pontiff in addition to two seminal works by St Augustine in an early morning meeting between the Holy See and the visiting US delegation of Mr Vance and Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, both of whom are Roman Catholics.
(May 19, 2025 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday criticized the leaders of France, the United Kingdom and Canada after they warned of “concrete actions” unless Jerusalem halts its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“By asking Israel to end a defensive war for our survival before Hamas terrorists on our border are destroyed, and by demanding a Palestinian state, the leaders in London, Ottawa, and Paris are offering a huge prize for the genocidal attack on Israel on Oct. 7, while inviting more such atrocities,” he said according to a statement from his office.
Canada’s Israel statement garners Hamas praise, condemnation from Jewish, Israeli groups
French plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana have sparked an outcry among local people and officials.
The wing would form part of a $450m (£337m) prison announced in 2017 that is expected to be completed by 2028 and hold 500 inmates. The prison would be built in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, a town bordering Suriname that once received prisoners shipped by Napoleon III in the 1800s, some of whom were sent to the notorious Devil’s Island off the coast of French Guiana.
The French justice minister, Gérald Darmanin, announced plans to build the high-security wing during an official visit to French Guiana on Saturday. He said in a Facebook post that 15 of the wing’s 60 spaces would be reserved for Islamic militants.
When asked what their city would be without auto-parts makers, Pauline Ridley and Colleen Barrette, two union officials, quickly replied, “A ghost town.”
President Trump’s tariff war against Canada has unleashed widespread anxiety in Windsor, Ontario, the country’s auto-making capital. Much of it has focused on the fate of large vehicle assembly plants.
But the concern is just as high, or higher, throughout the roughly 100 smaller auto-parts plants in Windsor and the surrounding county that employ some 9,000 workers. By comparison, about 5,400 people work for the three auto factories in Windsor.
Israel went to war after the Hamas attacks of 7 October 2023 armed with an arsenal of weapons mostly paid for, supplied and then resupplied by the United States.
Its other allies gave Israel something just as potent in its own way: a deep credit of goodwill and solidarity, based on revulsion at the killings of 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians, and the sight of 251 people being dragged into captivity in Gaza as hostages.
Now it seems that Israel’s credit has gone, at least as far as France, the United Kingdom and Canada are concerned. They have issued their strongest condemnation yet of the way Israel is fighting the war in Gaza.
Joint statement from the leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank
“Someone is not telling the facts” about Joe Biden’s prostate cancer diagnosis, Donald Trump has claimed.
The US president suggested Mr Biden or his medical team had sought to cover up his illness and cognitive decline during his time in office, calling it a “very sad situation”.
Mr Biden’s office revealed on Sunday that the former president had been diagnosed with an “aggressive” form of prostate cancer which had metastasised to the bone.
Asked about his predecessor’s diagnosis, Mr Trump said: “I think it’s very sad, actually. I’m surprised that the public wasn’t notified a long time ago because to get to stage nine, that’s a long time.”
This week, the Sun carried a story about a lawsuit filed against certain members of the NDP for casting a slur about an independent candidate in a by-election a couple of years ago. The candidate was referred to as “racist” in an attempt to discredit him. There is no evidence that he is a racist.
The world’s media descended on New York this week to churn out wall-to-wall coverage from the “trial of the century” where Sean “Diddy” Combs is in the dock for sex trafficking.
But legacy media journalists must jostle with true crime sleuths and podcasters for a coveted place inside the courthouse.
Resplendent in navy blue braces and a fedora, Sean Gunby prepares to go live to his 160,000 followers in his 1950s-esque garb.
A new survey from AutoTrader shows electric vehicle sales have dropped for the third year in a row.
According to the data, interest in electric vehicles has continued to drop since 2022 and the ongoing threat of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs has contributed to the downward trend. Consumers have raised concerns over reduced government incentives, the lack of electric vehicle infrastructure, and cost, the survey said.
WARNING! Farmers, Residents Sound Alarm over Risky Battery Project on Farmland
As renewable energy projects expand across Canada, concerns are rising over the hidden risks of battery energy storage systems (BESS).
A rural community in North Glengarry, Ontario, is resisting a… pic.twitter.com/Js5yn7g7dw
— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) May 19, 2025
It took some time, but Ukraine now allows its prisoners to have early release in return for taking up a gun to fight Russia.
When he pulled a knife and robbed a jewellery shop in President Zelensky’s home city of Kryvyhi Rih, the convict and career criminal codenamed “Makar” was not thinking of a future in the army.
Yet since he was freed from prison along with thousands of other Ukrainian convicts last summer on condition they fought at the front, the 47-year-old, now a respected and wounded veteran of Ukraine’s 71st Jaeger Brigade, is certain that his life of crime and prison prepared him well for the stresses of war.
Makar is proud to have commanded three other convicted thieves — Zippo, Alavarez and Dronik — in an assault team sent up against Russian positions near the gutted city of Vovchansk.
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