The deputy leader of the Ontario New Democrats is launching her bid to enter federal politics by running for the Liberals in the riding held for the last decade by Bill Blair.
Doly Begum represented the provincial riding of Scarborough Southwest for the NDP in Queen’s Park since 2018. She resigned on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming federal byelection.
Don Lemon makes post-arrest appearance on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’: ‘They want to instill fear’
Making his first major post-arrest television interview Monday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” Don Lemon detailed the moments surrounding his incarceration and his experience as a journalist becoming the center of a news story.
“There’s a lot that I cannot say,” Lemon told Kimmel. “But what I will say is that I’m not a protester. I went there to be a journalist. I went there to chronicle and document and record what was happening … I do think that there is a difference between a protester and a journalist.”
For a long time, the food bank in Renfrew County, Ont., was only open during the day. But back in 2021, after staff began hearing from clients who were having trouble making it in, they extended their hours to 7 p.m.
“We’re seeing a huge number of working families, where mom and dad both have just about minimum wage jobs and they just can’t make things work,” said Mike Wright, who has volunteered with his wife at the food bank for more than 15 years, and has run it for the last five.
As always these despicable conmen wrap themselves in the flag … Canada’s immigration reforms put nation-building projects at risk
No matter the question, no matter the issue the answer is always more 3rd World migrants.
Teachers unions are helping organize protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement that sometimes end in violent clashes with federal law enforcement. At some clashes, activists are bringing children into potentially dangerous situations.
Late last month, Oregon’s largest teachers unions began activating their member base to rise up against ICE outside the federal detention facility in Portland, where children brought to the protest zone over the past weekend were tear-gassed alongside agitators.
Antifa rioters trash the Portland Ice facility before getting arrested and de masked pic.twitter.com/lGIhqhCUPY
— DannyRebel33 (@DannyRebel333) February 2, 2026
💥💥💥 The agents at the Portland ICE Facility just proved who's streets those are ~ GOD BLESS ICE 💥💥💥💥💥
Portland ICE Protests 02.01.26 pic.twitter.com/Hg4IuhgoHC
— Miss Mary (@DivintyMary) February 2, 2026
American prosecutors are not saying whether they will seek the death penalty for Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of being a cocaine kingpin, if he is convicted of drug trafficking and murder conspiracy.
That uncertainty could stoke tensions between the U.S. and Canada, which outlawed capital punishment in 1976. Since 1999, the last time a Canadian citizen was executed in the United States, Canadian courts have directed cabinet ministers, diplomats and law-enforcement officials to take steps to try to prevent the execution of Canadians on death row.
A victim of Jeffrey Epstein had a baby fathered by the paedophile snatched away ten minutes after birth, according to the latest tranche of files released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday.
Buried in the three million documents is a diary entry of one of Epstein’s victims, who alleges to have given birth to a baby girl in about 2002 when she would have been 16 or 17 years old.
The victim expresses discomfort at what she says was Epstein’s goal to create a ‘superior gene pool’ by having a baby with her – a concept she likens to Nazi ideology.
Human rights activists say the RCMP should collect reports from members of the public on possible major crimes committed by Canadians on behalf of the Iranian regime.
The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights wants a “structural investigation” which would see the RCMP assemble evidence of Canadian residents taking part in war crimes and atrocities, or being victims of them, to prepare for future prosecutions.
Cat as a MoM pic.twitter.com/QLvq7ELkph
— We don't deserve cats 😺 (@catsareblessing) February 1, 2026
Former US President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton agreed to testify in an investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein late on Monday, possibly averting a planned vote to hold them in contempt of Congress.
“They look forward to setting a precedent that applies to everyone,” Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena said on X.
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee had recommended contempt proceedings saying, “Clintons are not above the law,” after the couple declined to appear in person.
Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia and related disorders at younger ages.
A new analysis of birth cohorts in the Canadian province of Ontario has found a striking rise in the incidence of psychotic disorders among young people, a finding that its authors said could reflect teens’ increasing use of substances like cannabis, stimulants and hallucinogens.
The study, published on Monday in The Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that the rate of new diagnoses of psychotic disorders among people ages 14 to 20 increased by 60 percent between 1997 and 2023, while new diagnoses at older ages plateaued or declined.
Geezuz. 👀@fancypants_s https://t.co/m1Wi5dWPSn
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) February 3, 2026
h/t Auntie Polly
The French offices of Elon Musk’s X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
The prosecutor’s office said the probe began in January 2025 when it started looking into content recommended by the social media platform’s algorithm, before being widened to include its controversial AI chatbot, Grok.
In a statement, it added that both Musk and former X chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April.
Hi @gary_srp can you explain to me why you're spending a billion dollars going after legal firearm owners while someone caught trafficking 46 firearms into Canada gets released on bail? https://t.co/yyR81PfXKH pic.twitter.com/L73M0O01GT
— Toronto Crime Watch (@CrimewatchTO) February 3, 2026
H/T Mauser
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trade deal with China has ruffled feathers, especially in Washington, and left many wondering whether the risk of exploitation and retaliation is worth the reward of increased trade.
National Post decided it would be a good time to share insights from China expert Michael Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat who was wrongfully detained for nearly three years in China in retaliation for the arrest of Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver. Kovrig has long stressed that China uses economic and political coercion in its dealings with partners.
Taking Decisive Action on Retail Crime 🛍️@PeelPolice targeted retail crime at shopping centres across #Peel with significant results:
🔹95 total arrests
🔹77 repeat offenders taken into custody
🔹9 violent offenders arrested
🔹248 charges laid
🔹$82,000+ in stolen property… pic.twitter.com/rbrynAawQA— Peel Regional Police (@PeelPolice) February 3, 2026
h/t Mauser
