Conrad Black: In search of a distinct Canadian identity

Canadians, and especially all English-speaking Canadians, have lived all their lives intermittently explaining to themselves why Canada should be an independent country and not part of the United States. Apart from the many abrasions of his public personality, the greatest grievance in Canada against U.S. President Donald Trump is that he explicitly stated the same question. Like most Americans, Trump thinks all foreigners wish to be American, and like most foreigners familiar with Canada, he fails to find any significant difference between English-speaking Canadians and Americans from northern states of the U.S. This question arose when former prime minister Justin Trudeau told him that Canada’s economy would “collapse” if subjected to sizable American tariff increases. To Trump, it was perfectly logical, and more a flattering than an insulting question, given that Canada had not paid its way in national self-defence for decades, to ask why it did not take the logical step to eliminate any question of tariffs or any worry about national defence and simply join the United States.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Andrew leaked secrets and met Chinese model at secret dinner as Epstein boasted ‘I’ve got the UK sewn up’: Damning dossier means there MUST be a probe

Police chiefs and ministers last night faced a clamour of demands for a full investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s role as UK trade envoy after a raft of damning revelations by The Mail on Sunday.

A dossier of evidence compiled by this newspaper lays bare the extraordinary extent to which Andrew exploited his taxpayer-funded position at the behest of Jeffrey Epstein in a bid to boost the paedophile’s business interests.

Included in the vast Epstein Files are emails exposing how Andrew allowed the convicted sex offender to organise meetings for him during an official trade mission to China.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Canada Has a Secessionist Movement on Its Hands. Its Supporters Thank Trump.

VAUXHALL, Alberta—In much of Canada, President Trump’s provocations like making the country a 51st state are deeply unpopular. In this conservative, oil-rich province, Trump presents an opportunity.

Alberta is poised to hold a referendum on seceding from Canada later this year, and supporters of independence credit Trump’s disruptive energy for adding fuel to their movement. Alberta secessionists view Trump as a powerful ally in their quest to rattle Canada’s liberal politics and supercharge oil production—and no obstacle to their independence, even if statehood is unlikely.

Albertan independence is a remote but chilling prospect for Canada. The western province is a resources powerhouse that holds most of Canada’s crude oil. Only Saudi Arabia and Venezuela have bigger reserves of crude.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta

She was earning £65,000 before AI came along. What happened next is a warning to us all

Leonie Tucker has poured two decades of her life into the film industry. As a graphic designer, she finesses the details on movie sets: the posters in the background of scenes, the packaging, everything that is copyrighted – from the branding of a tomato can to phone displays.

“I worked my way up to become successful, to become a lead graphic designer for things like Apple TV. I worked very, very hard for it. And then the work just disappeared,” Tucker says.

Until recently, the 36-year-old graphic designer was making more than £65,000 a year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"AI - Artificial Intelligence"

Teen Suspect in Canada Shooting Had Turbulent Life Marred by ‘Nomadic’ Early Years

Days after a deadly mass shooting devastated a rural town in British Columbia, Canada, police are still searching for clues as to why the suspect, 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, would have turned violent, and how she could have carried out her attack.

In Tumbler Ridge, a mining town of roughly 2,700 people, a picture of the teen’s unsettled life was emerging from police and court records and a family statement. Van Rootselaar went mostly by Jesse Strang, the maiden name of her mother, Jennifer Strang. Van Rootselaar was the name of her biological father, a man she barely knew after a difficult split between her parents. Even though her father lived in the same town, they never had much contact.

Van Rootselaar dropped out of school around four years ago, authorities said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Shooting", Big Tranny

No fuel, no tourists, no cash – this was the week the Cuban crisis got real

Among the verdant gardens of Havana’s diplomatic quarter, Siboney, ambassadors from countries traditionally allied to the United States are expressing increasing frustration with Washington’s attempt to unseat Cuba’s government, while simultaneously drawing up plans to draw down their missions.

Cuba is in crisis. Already reeling from a four-year economic slump, worsened by hyper-inflation and the migration of nearly 20% of the population, the 67-year-old communist government is at its weakest. After Washington’s successful military operation against Cuba’s ally Venezuela at the beginning of January, the US administration is actively seeking regime change.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCuba, USA

Behind Canada’s Sealed COVID-19 Reports

Pandemic governance and the cost to Canadian freedom.

On Feb. 2, 2026, Blacklock’s Reporter confirmed that Canada’s Liberal government has now “sealed internal reports on vaccine and drug injuries for 15 years” and revealed that the hastily buried documents shockingly “run to several million pages.”

Unfortunately, the Liberal government’s recent effort to further conceal the unspeakable damage wrought by the COVID vaccines in Canada is merely the latest sordid example of the fascist left-wing politics and open human rights violations that have plagued Canadian society since the onset of the COVID pandemic.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

To have any chance of becoming prime minister, Poilievre needs to say Trump’s name

Silence is a decision.

And this is, effectively, where Pierre Poilievre now finds himself on the issue of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Among some Conservative party faithful, there has been a quiet hope, wishful thinking actually, that this issue would cease to be the dominant one. That crime and affordability would re-emerge as ballot-box drivers. That the Trump circus would recede to the periphery.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canadian Politics", Conservative Party

Social media fuels gender dysphoria among children, says expert

Baroness Cass

Social media has misled children about the realities of transitioning, the expert who led a review into NHS child gender services has said.

Baroness Cass, whose work led to sweeping changes including a ban on puberty blockers, criticised the “unrealistic images and expectations” spread online.

She said social media had contributed to the rise in the number of cases of gender dysphoria. Children were not given enough information about “what transition would really mean and how hard it would be”, including intensive medical treatments and “sometimes quite brutal surgeries”, Cass said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny

Data suggests most Canadians believe U.S. would support Alberta separation

As discussion around Alberta separation continues, a new survey suggests many Canadians believe the United States would back the province if it chose to leave Confederation.

A Nanos Research survey commissioned by CTV News found four in five Canadians believe the U.S. would support Alberta separating from Canada. Respondents in the Prairie provinces reported the highest levels of that belief at 58.2 per cent, whereas less than 30 per cent of Quebec residents believe that it is likely that the U.S. would support Alberta separating.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Alberta, Canada, USA

Pro-Hamas Islamist Countries, Such as Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan, Have No Place on Trump’s Board of Peace

As commendable as it may be that US President Donald J. Trump is apparently hoping that he can turn “swords into ploughshares,” the inclusion of avowedly pro-Islamist, pro-terrorist countries such as Turkey, Qatar and Pakistan in his so-called “Board of Peace” has all the potential thoroughly to undermine the American leader’s peace initiative in Gaza.

With Trump’s 20-point peace plan for ending the Gaza conflict entering a new stage, the American president is insisting that the Hamas terrorist organisation surrender all its weapons within the next two months.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran

Head of military’s space division warns Russia is considering putting nuclear weapons in orbit

We have a Space Division?

The head of Canada’s military space division says the country “should absolutely be” concerned about Russia’s potential capabilities amid global fears the Kremlin is considering putting nuclear weapons in place to target satellites.

“That would be cataclysmic,” said Brig.-Gen. Christopher Horner, Commander of 3 Canadian Space Division during an interview with CBC’s The House.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Can the US Grid Handle the Next Winter Storm Fern – or Major Solar Flares?

Blizzard of 66

US mostly dodged disaster this time. But what if Net Zero mandates aren’t adjusted or ended?

Winter Storm Fern (January 23-27) dumped heavy snow and ice on more than 240 million Americans across 40 states and 2,300 miles, beginning in Arizona and wrapping up in Maine.

Scores died, including 20 in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani refused to close homeless camps or compel “unhoused residents” to move indoors, instead letting them rely on the “warmth of collectivism.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mother Nature Hates You"