Canada now leads the world in remote work among college-educated professionals, with nearly two full workdays per week spent at home, according to the latest Global Survey of Working Arrangements. That’s more than the United Kingdom, the United States, India, or Nigeria.
An American man identified as the son of a deputy director of the CIA was killed in eastern Ukraine in 2024 while fighting under contract for the Russian military, according to an investigation by independent Russian media.
Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, died on 4 April 2024 in “Eastern Europe”, according to an obituary published by his family. He was the son of Juliane Gallina, who was appointed the deputy director for digital innovation at the Central Intelligence Agency in February 2024.
The threat to Canada’s sovereignty from US President Donald Trump has dominated the election, but the country also faces a challenge from within. Some western Canadians, fed up with a decade of Liberal rule, are openly calling for separation.
Standing in front of a crowd of about 100 squeezed into a small event hall in the city of Lethbridge, Dennis Modry is asking locals about Alberta’s future.
Who thinks Alberta should have a bigger role in Canada, he asks? A dozen or so raise their hands.
Who thinks the province should push for a split from Canada and form its own nation? About half the crowd raise their hands.
Just Stop Oil have held their final march through London – to the joy of the motorists, art lovers, sports fans and police whose days they have ruined with disruptive protests that cost millions.
The self-righteous eco-clowns announced they were ‘hanging up the hi vis’ last month after three years of havoc wrecked on the lives of ordinary Brits.
A slew of controversial stunts saw them shut down the Darford Bridge, nearly cause a terrifying accident by trespassing at Silverstone, desecrating Stonehenge and throwing tomato soup over a priceless Van Gogh.
The long-running drama playing out behind the scenes between Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s team and the federal Conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre has erupted in full view of the public in the dying stages of the 2025 election.
The relationship between the two camps has long been fraught, but things have hit a fever pitch as Ontario PC sources recently alerted the media to efforts by the federal party to keep Poilievre’s Ottawa-area riding blue. It has meant the Conservatives have had to contend with several stories critical of the party’s strategy and campaign team as Poilievre makes his final pitch to voters ahead of the April 28 election day.
LOL! @fancypants_s https://t.co/Bv0gXuXpeQ
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) April 26, 2025
H/T Aunty Polly
After watching militant Marxist judges throw roadblock after roadblock into Trump’s agenda, finally a beacon of hope. Oops, make tha two, and then some!
Elections are decided by those who bother to show up. Which is why a Conservative victory on Monday is still possible and desirable.
We’ve seen a lot of change in the polls already this year from a 15-20 point lead for the Conservatives at the start of the year, to a 12-point lead for the Liberals near the start of the campaign to some polls in the last week having the two parties tied or a slight lead for one or the other. As my maxim goes, voters are fickle, polls can change and campaigns matter.
I hope the shy Poilievre vote is real.
Bill Maher has responded to fellow comedian Larry David comparing his White House dinner with President Trump to dining with Adolf Hitler, calling it an insult to millions of dead Jews.
Bill Maher responds to Larry David's NYT op-ed, comparing Maher’s dinner with Trump, to a dinner with Hitler:
“It's kind of insulting to six million dead Jews.”
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) April 24, 2025
This is it. Canada’s federal election is Monday, and it’s vitally important that Canadians are made aware of the threat that they’re up against at the ballot box: a Carney-Ford alliance that’s not just a betrayal of both Conservative and classical Liberal values, but a potential death knell for Canada’s recovery.
This may well be our last shot to stop the decline, so let’s not mince words.
YIKES! @fancypants_s https://t.co/wXsawklitI
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) April 25, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly
At least four people have been killed and 500 more injured in a massive explosion in the southern Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, state media is reporting.
The blast took place at the Shahid Rajaee port on Saturday morning, blowing out the windows of nearby office buildings and causing the roof of at least one building to collapse.
Footage showed people fleeing from the wharves at the time of the explosion and others lying wounded on the street. There are also reports of people being trapped under collapsed walls.
A massive explosion, possibly caused by ammonium nitrate the same highly-explosive chemical which caused the Beirut explosion in 2020, has rocked the port of Bandar Abbas this morning in Southern Iran. Iranian media is reporting over 400 injures, while the death toll is still… pic.twitter.com/TrVkR70Zzy
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 26, 2025
YIKES! @fancypants_s https://t.co/svxShgfX74
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) April 26, 2025
Full vid ..
Here's the full video (facing the other direction for some reason?). pic.twitter.com/J1N5M5dd5d
— Fight With Memes (@FightWithMemes) April 25, 2025
h/t Aunty Polly
Canadians have been able to watch the Liberal leader up close during the election campaign. Many don’t like what they see
Monday will bring an end to one of the most volatile election campaigns in Canada’s history. The conclusion could potentially be even more astonishing. Liberal prime minister Mark Carney may be about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
On some levels, it shouldn’t even be close. Pierre Poilievre and the Canadian Conservatives had maintained a huge lead in the polls for over two years. The gap with the Liberals had extended to 20 or more points as recently as February, presaging a landslide victory for Poilievre.
Interesting …
Seems to be lots of sketchy stuff going on with @Polymarket this was from last month.
— Catherine MacDonald-Robertson (@spiritualcat) April 24, 2025
Mourners who flocked to the Pope’s lying-in-state on Wednesday have blasted ghoulish social media users for snapping selfies next to his open casket.
After passing away aged 88 on Easter Monday, Francis’ body has been carried into Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City for the three-day ritual.
Around 50,000 faithful have paid respects to the late Pontiff, but some sparked fury after posting macabre selfies which saw Francis’ body laid out in robes in a wooden coffin in the background.
Social media users are receiving backlash for posting selfies with Pope Francis' body in his open casket. Some people even tried using selfie sticks but were told to put them away pic.twitter.com/fKKr5VToNE
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) April 24, 2025
h/t patthedog
Oh, academia, you never cease to amaze. Just when you think the ivory tower couldn’t sink any lower into the swamp of performative virtue, along comes Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) in Halifax, gleefully tossing honorary doctorates at Judy and Larry Haiven like confetti at a woke wedding. Why, you ask? For their “pro-Palestine work” through Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV), a group that’s less about Jewish voices and more about providing a flimsy fig leaf for some of the most unsavory characters in the anti-Israel circus. Buckle up, folks—this one’s a masterclass in how to make your university look pathetic while exposing a deeper rot in education.
