ICE arrests Islamic group president over allegations and suspicions of funding terrorists

ICE arrests Islamic group president over allegations and suspicions of funding terrorists

The head of an Islamic group in Milwaukee was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers this week over allegations of immigration form fraud and funding terrorists.

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Thursday that ICE arrested Salah Sarsour, who DHS identified as a “criminal illegal alien from Jordan.” He served as the president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee.

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GELOSO: Why taxpayers should fear the Buy Canadian Policy

GELOSO: Why taxpayers should fear the Buy Canadian Policy

Each year, tens of billions of dollars — more than 13% of the Canadian economy — are spent by Canadian governments on public procurement. An increase of just a few per cent in these expenditures could amount to several billion more on taxpayers’ shoulders.

In a context of rising American protectionism, governments are reinforcing preferential purchase clauses in public contracts. This approach is ill-advised and should be examined in light of the available economic data.

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Three men are charged over arson attack on four Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green

Three men are charged over arson attack on four Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green

Three men have been charged over an arson attack on four Jewish community ambulances in Golders Green.

Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old boy have been charged with arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.

The two British nationals from Leyton, and the dual British and Pakistani national from Walthamstow, were arrested on Wednesday.

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How Canada’s largest gun control effort in decades is missing the mark

How Canada’s largest gun control effort in decades is missing the mark

Heidi Rathjen has been calling for a ban on assault-style rifles since 1989, when a gunman opened fire on her classmates at Montreal’s École Polytechnique.

The shooting, in which 14 women were killed and more than a dozen injured, was a turning point for Canada, changing how the country viewed gun violence.

More than two decades later, after another deadly mass shooting in 2020, Ottawa did roll out a ban on some 2,500 models of such “assault-style” weapons.

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Germany has long had a love-hate relationship with US soldiers

Germany has long had a love-hate relationship with US soldiers

Is it right for American troops to still be stationed in Germany more than 80 years after the end of the Second World War? Their presence has long inflamed passions on sections of the German Left, but some on the Right are now also questioning their continued presence.

Tino Chrupalla, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) populist party, reignited this debate at the organisation’s regional conference last weekend. He was keen to remind supporters that there was more to the AfD than its anti-immigration stance. Its official programme demands the withdrawal of all remaining Allied troops from German soil. Keen to move the AfD on from being a “one-issue party”, as he put it, Chrupalla told delegates: “Let’s start implementing this with the removal of US troops from Germany.”

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B.C. proposes suspending parts of legislation enacting UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

B.C. proposes suspending parts of legislation enacting UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The British Columbia government wants to suspend portions of its groundbreaking legislation enacting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Premier David Eby says.

In talks with Indigenous leaders, the Premier said the government has proposed halting for three years portions of the legislation that would commit the province to bringing all its laws into alignment with UNDRIP.

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Britons cool on America and the ‘special relationship’

Britons cool on America and the ‘special relationship’

More than two in five voters think Britain is too close to the United States and should distance itself from the “special relationship”, polling for The Times has found.

The YouGov survey found that the number of people who thought the UK was too close to the US had risen by nine percentage points to 43 per cent since April last year, the last time the question was asked.

Only 18 per cent believed that the UK should get closer to the US and 29 per cent said the relationship now was about right. Ten per cent said they did not know.

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Peel police ‘actively investigating’ allegations officers cheated on promotional exam

Peel police ‘actively investigating’ allegations officers cheated on promotional exam

A probe is underway into allegations Peel police officers cheated in a recent promotional process, the Star has learned.

“We are aware of the allegations and are actively investigating the matter,” a Peel Regional Police spokesperson said this week in response to Star questions.

“It would be premature to comment at this time as it is the very start of an active investigation,” the spokesperson said in an email.

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Why Europe Needs Gatekeepers — Danube Institute Unveils Migration Documentary

Why Europe Needs Gatekeepers — Danube Institute Unveils Migration Documentary

Premiered in Budapest, the Danube Institute’s first-ever documentary, Future at the Gate, presents a stark message about Europe’s migration divide, centred on its ‘gatekeepers’. It contrasts the instability and social breakdown seen in parts of the West with the security and order maintained where borders have been defended, and gates remain closed.

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Why is this alleged Toronto hit man being extradited to the U.S. over a Canadian murder? Defence presses court over Ryan Wedding co-accused

Why is this alleged Toronto hit man being extradited to the U.S. over a Canadian murder? Defence presses court over Ryan Wedding co-accused

A lawyer for a small-time Toronto criminal facing extradition to the U.S. for allegedly murdering an enemy of Ryan Wedding’s cocaine empire is asking the Attorney General of Canada to disclose key evidence behind what he says is an entirely made-in-Canada investigation.

The defence request on Thursday casts a spotlight on a question that’s been at the forefront of other Ontario court proceedings in the sprawling FBI-led case: Why would someone like Malik Cunningham be extradited to the U.S. over an alleged offence against a Canadian victim that happened on Canadian soil — and was investigated by Canadian authorities?


No need to go Elbows Up over a criminal is there?

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