VANCOUVER – Thirteen people have been charged with mischief over accusations they blocked the Vancouver Canadian National Railway line for hours during what police said was an unlawful protest last May.
The Vancouver Police Department says in a news release the BC Prosecution Service approved charges on Monday, following the police investigation into the pro-Palestinian protest on May 31.
The Liberal government’s recent internal budget cutting exercise at the Department of National Defence (DND) has deprived the army’s system for maintaining equipment and vehicles of up to $150 million, CBC News has learned.
And when the preservation of older systems — the kind that might have to be pressed into service during an emergency — is factored in, the funding gap grows to $260 million, the army acknowledged in a written statement.
MINNEAPOLIS — Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, one of the liberal Democratic House members known as the “Squad” and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted the war in Gaza, has won her primary race in Minnesota.
Meanwhile, a conservative populist and former NBA player, Royce White, defeated Navy veteran Joe Fraser in Minnesota’s primary election for the Republican nomination to challenge the incumbent Democrat, Senator Klobuchar, in November.
This is Walz country.
NEW: The Taliban held a military parade at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan with the US military equipment they stole after the disastrous Biden-Harris withdrawal.
The Taliban was celebrating the third anniversary of taking over the former US air base as they trolled the US with… pic.twitter.com/UUuANxX4UO
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 14, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a tear. This week he trotted out the b-word — “baloney” — to describe Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for tariffs on cheap Chinese-made EVs threatening to flood the Canadian market and demolish domestic manufacturing. In May, the U.S. hiked its tariffs to 100 per cent from 25 per cent, while the EU has set tariffs north of 38 per cent. The Canadian government just wrapped a 30-day consultation on the issue, with a decision expected soon.
The Democratic nominee was mocked for a simple take on Russia’s invasion, but her uneasy relationship with Zelensky could be a bigger issue
“Ukraine is a country in Europe. It exists next to another country called Russia. Russia is a bigger country. Russia is a powerful country. Russia decided to invade a smaller country called Ukraine. So basically that’s wrong.”
Kamala Harris’s painfully obvious description of the war in Ukraine went viral after she was anointed Democratic presidential nominee when US president Joe Biden dropped out last month. Her defenders pointed out that she had been asked by the Morning Hustle radio show to “break [Ukraine] down in layman’s terms”, shortly after Vladimir Putin’s illegal invasion in 2022.
U.S. speeding up asylum claim processing along the Canadian border
The U.S. government is moving to speed up asylum claim processing at its northern border in an attempt to deter migrants from illegally crossing over from Canada.
Washington is making two changes that fall under the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA), which calls for asylum seekers to apply for refugee status in the first of two countries they enter.
First, migrants looking to prove that they’re exempt from the STCA will have to provide their documents to U.S. border officials at the time of their screening. Migrants previously were allowed to postpone screenings to gather necessary documentation.
As he campaigned to be Minnesota’s next governor, Tim Walz called a Muslim cleric who promoted a pro-Adolf Hitler film a “master teacher” who offered Walz lessons over the time they “spent together,” according to footage at a 2018 event unearthed by the Washington Examiner.
Wow. This is the guy that passed the vetting process.
The latest Canadian public opinion poll suggests there has been no impact from the seismic events taking place in U.S. politics and that the excitement generated by Kamala Harris has not rubbed off on voters north of the border.
Rather than any ripple effects reinvigorating Liberal support, the latest Abacus Data poll indicates the Conservatives are consolidating their 20-point lead , with the size of the party’s accessible voter pool increasing and leader Pierre Poilievre’s approval rating hitting new highs. As Abacus’ David Coletto and I discussed in June , 20-point comeback election wins are as rare as world-class Australian break-dancers.
The Paris public prosecutor’s office said Wednesday it will look into online bullying targeting Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif during the Summer Games in the French capital.
The prosecutor’s office said it had received a legal complaint from the 25-year-old Algerian athlete over cyber abuse directed at her as she competed in the women’s welterweight competition.
US news magazine Variety reported that J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk were both named in the criminal complaint filed by Khelif over alleged “acts of aggravated cyber harassment.”
Canada’s police chiefs are calling on all levels of government to provide more funding and manpower to deal with the growing number of protests across the country.
The request was part of a resolution released at the 119th annual summit of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) in Halifax Aug. 11–13. The gathering looked at the impact that global conflicts are having on Canadian communities from a policing perspective.
How much more money has to be wasted on keeping Islam contained?
A woman is reported to have been left paralysed after being shot by Iranian police who were attempting to stop her car over alleged violations of Iran’s draconian hijab laws.
According to human rights groups and sources inside Iran, Arezoo Badri was driving home in the northern city of Noor on 22 July when the police attempted to pull her over after her car was identified as being on an impoundment list.
The government of Ontario estimates nearly a quarter of a million people — roughly three of every 200 residents — are homeless, according to information contained in a housing ministry document.
The number is about nine times higher than the auditor general’s most recent estimate, and still likely drastically undercounts the true number of people experiencing homelessness in the province, experts say.
Imagine a quarter of a million people marching on Ottawa with blood in their eyes.
Heaven forbid that is Trudeau’s wretched fate!
BREAKING: A Chicago-based activist group has put out an ominous video ahead of the @ChicagoDNC24.
"As home to the largest Palestinian diaspora in the country, we want to give Killer Kamala, her partners in crime, and her future VP, a warm welcome to our city."
Attn. @FBI pic.twitter.com/NvQpuVqDYX
— Stu (@thestustustudio) August 13, 2024
h/t Mauser
The plan has sparked concerns over who defines “fake news.”
Not content with its efforts to limit free speech on social media platforms, Britain’s new Labour government is also gearing schools up to “arm our children against … disinformation.”
After last week’s riots, prompted by the Southport stabbing, ministers will now include plans “to embed critical skills in lessons” in the next curriculum review, due next year. These will see pupils as young as five given what the government describes as the “knowledge and skills” to spot “disinformation” online.
