A Secret Service agent shot and wounded himself in the leg while guarding former first lady Jill Biden at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday, according to the agency and a report.
The on-duty agent’s gun went off around 8:30 a.m. while helping escort former President Joe Biden’s wife at the busy travel hub, sources told KYW Newsradio.
Toronto council has voted to end the long-standing policy of ceremonially raising flags at government buildings, with a majority of councillors seemingly accepting the argument that the practice is divisive in the current geopolitical climate.
In a 19-to-seven vote Thursday, council decided to “eliminate flying flags of foreign nations, or any flags which include the depiction of a foreign nation’s flag” — effective Dec. 1. The only flag raisings that will take place until then are those currently booked.
h/t Patti Jo
Municipal police should be disarmed in the multicultural Saint-Denis suburb of Paris, the city’s recently elected radical Mayor Bally Bagayoko said this week, despite the history of violence and unrest in the area.
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🇫🇷 They interview a woman in Marseille, who speaks wonders about the ‘diversity’ in her neighborhood.
While they talk, a Muslim neighbor appears and kicks them out of the neighborhood for smoking during Ramadan!pic.twitter.com/dnz3H4cRjc
— Azat (@AzatAlsalim) March 26, 2026
Turns out the Greater Toronto Area is the wild west!
And it’s getting wilder!
#WATCH: Suspects Post Video Online, Shooting At📍Vaughan Home. Same Home Was Targeted A Few Days Ago For Attempted Vehicle Arson. YRP Investigating. https://t.co/52jzfPj7tL pic.twitter.com/IAbCrs248c
— 401_da_sarpanch (@401_da_sarpanch) March 25, 2026
Billions of dollars of highly sophisticated military equipment has been lost or significantly damaged since the U.S. and Israel began striking thousands of targets across Iran more than three weeks ago. The bulk of the damage on the ground has been caused by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones.
Battle damage and replacement of losses over the first three weeks of the war likely costs roughly $1.4 billion to $2.9 billion, according to Elaine McCusker, a top Pentagon budget official during the first Trump administration who has been tracking the cost of the conflict for the American Enterprise Institute. The higher estimate includes damage to a Qatari radar housed on a U.S. air base in the country.
Toronto City Hall is so good at filling potholes, they’re now planning to put a chicken in every pot.
City council approved a pilot project late Thursday, proposed by Councillor Anthony Perruzza, that calls for four city-run grocery stores. His hope is that if the stores “forgo” profits and get a break on property taxes, Torontonians can buy good food for less.
h/t Auntie Polly
In the utopia proposed by Elon Musk, billions of robots perform all necessary work. A network of autonomous vehicles and humanoids, fueled by solar energy, provide boundless resources. Poverty is eliminated. Work is optional.
And the world’s richest person would become the first trillionaire in the process.
While Musk has a well-documented penchant for overpromising, he has recast his companies to chase this future. He pivoted Tesla this year to prioritize building robots, phasing out car models including its popular luxury sedan to stand up a new production line of Optimus humanoids.
Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma casts doubt on reports of forced labour in China
OTTAWA – An MP who left the Conservatives to join the Liberals is casting doubt on reports of human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region.
MP Michael Ma asked an expert during a parliamentary committee hearing Thursday whether she’d seen forced labour with her own eyes.
“Have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang? Have you witnessed forced labour? Just a short answer — have you witnessed forced labour in Xinjiang, yes or no?” Ma said while questioning Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa.
He is a member of the Chinese regime, just as Governor Carney is. https://t.co/FUEOfBU5Rt
— Katewerk (@katewerk) March 26, 2026
Carney blows Xi.
Update: Michael Ma says his comments came across as ‘dismissive of the serious issue of forced labour’
Iranian-linked hackers have claimed responsibility for breaching FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal email account and publishing private images and documents online, according to a Justice Department official who confirmed the intrusion and said the materials appear authentic.
The hacking group, known as Handala Hack Team, announced the breach on its website Friday, boasting that Patel had been added to its list of “successfully hacked” targets. The group has previously presented itself as a pro-Palestinian vigilante operation, though Western cybersecurity researchers assess it as a front for Iranian government-linked cyber units.
Inderjeet Singh Gosal, who leads the Sikhs for Justice movement in Canada following the 2023 assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, has had gun possession charges against him stayed in an Ontario court.
Gosal was charged in September 2025, when Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) stopped his car in Whitby, Ont. Police alleged they found a loaded handgun in a car, and charged Gosal along with two companions.
Charges against Arman Singh of Ontario and Jagdeep Singh of New York were dropped two months later, but continued against Gosal.
A report claiming the number of young people attending church in England and Wales had skyrocketed has been retracted, after the underlying data was found to be flawed.
The Bible Society’s “Quiet Revival” report had been widely reported on since its publication last year and became an accepted part of discourse among many Christians.
Now YouGov, which carried out the research, has told the Bible Society that an internal review of the data found that some of the respondents who completed its survey were “fraudulent”.
This Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb ring was distributed by Kix cereal in the late 40's, for 15 cents and a mail-in box top.
It was actually a spinthariscope containing radioactive Polonium-210 (one of the most toxic substances out there).
A child would take the toy into a… pic.twitter.com/4ZPqn0LkdN
— Brian Eastwood (@BrianEastwoodx) March 26, 2026
h/t Mauser
OTTAWA — The North Atlantic Treaty Organization confirmed on Thursday that Canada’s defence spending has reached the target of two per cent of gross domestic product, a commitment that has been 20 years in the making.
“We control our destiny,” Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters in Halifax. “I am pleased to announce today that we have kept that ambitious promise.”
Ghana was famous for raiding and selling off rival tribes!
And it exists to this day …
Slavery in Ghana
They are slavery’s littlest victims: children on fishing boats and at gold mines. Free the Slaves works to foster a climate where child rights are respected and enforced—and kids are protected from harm.
The UN is a corrupt joke
More slaves were held by Africans than were EVER sent across the Atlantic
7 in every 1000 Africans is a slave TODAY: 10 MILLION people
It took 300 years for 10M slaves to cross the Atlantic 🤦♂️
And the Arab Slave Trade in Africans continues TODAY!
So… https://t.co/YzVa42Z9yv pic.twitter.com/xRj844LlSN
— Rafe Heydel-Mankoo (@RafHM) March 25, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
For every day the war in the Middle East drags on, the crisis in energy markets deepens. The price of everything from gas and oil to jet fuel and plastics is rising sharply.
That crisis is set to get dramatically worse over the next week or two.
Energy shipments stopped in their tracks on February 28 when the war began and Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz. But plenty of ships made it out to sea in those final days before the conflict began. The last of them should arrive in Japanese and Korean ports sometime over the next 8-10 days.
After that, there’s nothing coming.
