America’s representatives at the French Ambassador’s residence this week. pic.twitter.com/4QpjSiuMBw
— R.J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) July 15, 2022
‘Narco of narcos’: drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero arrested in Mexico
Rafael Caro Quintero, a drug lord known as “the narco of narcos” who was behind the killing of a US drug enforcement agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of prison, according to the country’s navy.
Caro Quintero was arrested after a search dog named Max found him hiding in brush in the town of San Simon in Sinaloa state during a joint operation by the navy and the attorney general’s office, a navy statement said. The site was in the mountains near Sinaloa’s border with the northern border state of Chihuahua.
Ukraine Fears Western Capitulation on Russia as Cracks Emerge – Trudeau Turbine Surrender Called “Morally Bankrupt”
“… Last weekend brought the Canadian-German decision—supported by the U.S. in a statement issued on Monday—to waive sanctions and release a turbine needed for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline. The two-year waiver was described by President Volodymyr Zelensky as “weakness” and “absolutely unacceptable.”
A source close to Zelensky’s government, who spoke with Newsweek on the condition of anonymity, described the rationale for the Canadian decision as “bizarre and non-sensible,” and the decision itself as “morally bankrupt.””
Veteran nurse shares why some are leaving patient care
Behind the story of emergency room closures across the country are the workers impacted, like “Sue,” a 25-year veteran nurse in Ontario who openly weeps about her decision to leave front-line medical care.
The 52-year-old, who has been independently verified to have been a nurse by CTVNews.ca but asked to protect her identity, said she loved her job caring for patients, having worked as an operating room nurse, in surgical care wards, and in rehab and palliative care.
But since February, she has been off work on stress leave and is seeing a psychologist after suffering burnout.
Is there anything that isn’t falling apart in Canada?
Saudi Arabia: The significance of Biden’s fist bump with crown prince
It was a striking photograph. The US president and the man he’d called a pariah, bumping fists in the gilded splendour of Jeddah’s royal palace.
Saudi Arabia was always going to be the controversial stop on Joe Biden’s first trip to the Middle East as US president.
Just four weeks earlier, Mr Biden had said he wouldn’t meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his visit here.
Fear, loathing and ‘anti-politics’: Inside the new reality for Canadian politicians
The man kept following her and screaming that he wanted to go home.
Judy Sgro, a Liberal member of Parliament, was herself just trying to get home from the West Block on Parliament Hill when she noticed a man in his forties following her. It was during the “Freedom Convoy” protests this winter, when anti-government and anti-vaccine-mandate protesters occupied the downtown streets for three weeks.
The incident quickly went from bizarre to frightening for Sgro, who has served in office for more than 30 years and says she has never been confronted in the way she was that night.
Ocasio-Cortez demands Pelosi, Schumer strip SCOTUS of jurisdiction on abortion
New York Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Mondaire Jones are leading a group of House Democrats in urging Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to strip the Supreme Court of its jurisdiction over abortion issues.
‘They’re F***ed’: Joe Rogan Says ‘Canada Is Communist’ Now, Being Led By A ‘F***ing Dictator’
During “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast Thursday on Spotify, the host was speaking with guest comedian/author Tom Segura about the COVID lockdowns and regulations in Canada as he admitted that before the pandemic he actually liked Trudeau. Rogan said he thought the prime minister was previously a “cool guy.”
“Canada is communist,” the podcast host told his guest. “They’re f***ed. They gotta get rid of that guy [Trudeau].”
Trudeau event at brewery cancelled as apparent convoy protesters set up outside
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s day of whistle stops in the Ottawa area ended early Friday as anti-Liberal protesters gathered outside a brewery before he arrived.
Following uneventful stops in Gatineau Park in Quebec and two Ottawa suburbs earlier in the day, Trudeau was on his way to the Brasserie Etienne Brule Brewery in Embrun, Ont., about 30 minutes east of Ottawa. The event was called off before he arrived.
Propaganda Trudeau Style
“What do you do with someone with an allergy? What do you do with someone who’s immunocompromised, or someone who for religious reasons…or deep convictions, decided that no, they’re not going to get a vaccine? We’re not a country that makes vaccination mandatory.”~ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Brandon Gonez Show, May 9, 2021
Stunning official Canadian data show vaccines now RAISE the risk of death from Covid
Vaccinated people are now more likely to be hospitalized or die from Covid, even after adjusting for fact they’re older than the unvaccinated, according to official government estimates from the Canadian province of Manitoba.
More than 260,000 Troops Not Fully Vaccinated, Many Face Discharge Under Biden Administration Mandate
According to the Department of Defense website, at least 268,858 service members as of July 13 are still not in compliance with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s August 2021 mandate for every member of the military to be fully vaccinated with two doses of a vaccine. That figure does not count the thousands who have not taken any doses.
‘Simply no way for me to cut back anymore’: Canadians reveal how BoC’s interest rate hike affects them
Since the Bank of Canada announced the biggest interest rate hike in decades aimed at tempering rising inflation, Canadians have been assessing the impact on their purchase decisions and financial futures.
This week, CTVNews.ca asked Canadians what impact the unexpectedly large rate hike will have on their lives.
While some are left axing plans for home improvements and decreasing grocery budgets, others, who are hoping to enter the housing market, see the hike as a “positive” opportunity amid falling housing prices.
Four Big Questions For Election Fraud Deniers
Why do Democrats continue to insist that election fraud does not exist — and that such “baseless claims” have been “debunked” — when prominent Democrats insisted (in 2017 and 2018 and 2019 and 2020) that election fraud does exist and it’s a very big problem?