The American Justin Trudeau… https://t.co/wevaEMuyQc
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 4, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
Canadian woman charged with illegally crossing into U.S., kicking border agent’s face
A Canadian woman has been charged in the United States with crossing into Washington state and kicking a border agent in the face.
The accused is facing one count each of assault on a federal officer and improper entry after the incident Tuesday.
In U.S. district court documents, the FBI alleges the woman was denied entry at the Peace Arch border crossing, south of Surrey, B.C., because she had a marijuana vape pen.
Owner of the Swiss ski bar where 40 people died spent time in prison for ‘fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment’ and was ‘a known pimp’
The owner of the Swiss ski bar at the centre of a New Year’s Day inferno that claimed 40 lives and left 119 injured spent time in prison for ‘fraud, kidnapping and false imprisonment’ and was a known pimp, it emerged today.
French national Jacques Moretti, who is in his 60s, faces charges for the inferno at Le Constellation, in Crans–Montana, Switzerland, on New Year’s Day.
His venue became a death trap, after sparklers placed inside champagne bottles ignited the basement ceiling.
Canada’s oil sector shouldn’t panic, stay competitive after Maduro’s seizure: expert
EDMONTON – A political scientist says U.S. President Donald Trump’s interest in transforming Venezuela’s oil-rich sector is a reminder for Canada’s oil and gas industry to not panic and stay competitive.
Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources and environment with the think-tank Macdonald-Laurier Institute, says Canada has always competed with other oil-rich countries, and Trump’s recent claims his country will “run” oil-rich Venezuela is a medium-term risk to Canada.
WAGNER: Losing the culture war will result in tyranny
The Roman Empire was pluralistic and multicultural. It allowed all sorts of religious practices and beliefs, but it could not tolerate Christianity. Christians were considered to be seditious because of their refusal to offer sacrifices to Roman gods.
Eventually, however, the empire became Christianized to a degree, and over time, political and religious liberty would become widespread.
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How migrants dominate the great social housing divide
FOR young professionals and working families, living in London is an increasingly distant dream. London property is among the most expensive in the world; rent alone can be £3,500 a month or more.
Given this, a social housing tenancy – owned by a local authority or housing association – can save a London renter thousands of pounds a year. Over a lifetime, the benefit is comparable to a lottery win.
Somali Corruption and the Mainstream Media
It is the season for New Year’s Resolutions, always an exciting time. Diets begin and exercise regimens commence; people commit to look for new jobs, new relationships, new hobbies… addicts try to give up their demons, from candy to alcohol, from television to video games. Everything begins anew.
And if you look closely, you can even see it in the news coverage.
Iran Is Burning: Canada Must Decide
The streets of Iran are once again filled with anger, grief, and bloodshed. What began as economic protests over a collapsing currency and runaway inflation has turned violent, with demonstrators killed and the regime signalling that repression, not reform, will be its response. This is not a sudden crisis. It is the predictable consequence of a system that long ago exhausted every source of legitimacy except fear.
Regime forces straight up unloading live rounds from a DShK heavy machine gun on protesters in Ilam/Malekshahi, western #Iran.
Later reports say this shooting left about 20 dead.Mr PM @Netanyahu, us Iranians are asking you: h!t the IRGC bases and riot police units hard in the… pic.twitter.com/NuMwHkbwn1
— ✺Yaar – يار قدیمی️ (@YaarGhadimi) January 4, 2026
Iran protests intensify as Revolutionary Guard officer set on fire by Molotov cocktail on Day 5
Rial collapse sparks biggest uprising since 2022 Mahsa Amini movement
Protesters chant "Death to Khamenei" across Tehran while Basij deploys live fire
Regime is ️urning pic.twitter.com/NyNxAcWjH2
— Boi Agent One (@boiagentone) January 1, 2026
Carney won’t do anything to upset Amira.
Why MAGA supports the capture of Nicolás Maduro
Donald Trump’s operation to take out — excuse me, exfiltrate and arrest — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro late last night has produced few objections from MAGA World. Speaking at a press conference today, the US President credited American military power by “air, land and sea”, and said that the US is “going to run” Venezuela until “such a time that we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition” of power. A few Trump-aligned pundits such as Glenn Greenwald are agitated but, on the whole, the reaction has been nothing like the eruption of MAGA dissent that greeted the build-up to and aftermath of Trump’s decision to join Israel’s 12-Day War against Iran last summer.
The climate climbdown is finally upon us
2025 marked the 10-year anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change, when 195 nations pledged to cut carbon emissions to slow the rise in global temperatures. Yet 10 years on, the political consensus on climate change has all but collapsed. Last year, the seemingly cast-iron conviction that climate change poses an existential threat to humanity – and that we urgently need to eradicate fossil fuels and carbon-intensive industries – came under challenge like never before.
Adam Pankratz: Venezuelan oil could put Canada out of business
With his removal of Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela, Donald Trump has opened another front in his economic assault on Canada by indirectly targeting our oil industry. Canada must respond decisively with diversification to the world market via the rapid construction of at least another pipeline to the coast, and ideally more.
Trump sets sights on Greenland
Donald Trump has signalled Greenland is in his sights with Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan dictator, captured and preparing to face an American courtroom.
“We do need Greenland, absolutely,” he told The Atlantic magazine, adding that the Danish territory was “surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships”.
He said officials in his administration would decide what happened with Greenland, which Mr Trump has claimed the US must annex for its security.
President Trump has declared that America needs Greenland for “national security.”
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— AF Post (@AFpost) January 4, 2026
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— Katie Miller (@KatieMiller) January 3, 2026
AUBUT: The divergent paths of liberty and loyalty, comparing America and Canada
The year 1629 marks the quiet divide that determined the fates of two nations. In the south, the English colonies that became the United States were founded by literate settlers who sought not comfort but freedom. They brought with them the conviction that faith and conscience were their own, that government was to be distrusted and restrained, and that their destiny depended on their own labour and judgment
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Venezuela’s fate is a warning for Canada
U.S. military action to seize Nicolás Maduro marks the formal debut of an imperial America
No one need shed a single tear for Nicolás Maduro, a ruthless dictator who extinguished Venezuela’s democracy and set its economy into a death spiral.
His sins are many: stolen elections, numerous alleged crimes against humanity, and more than a decade of exploitation of what once was and should still be a prosperous country. And of course, the Trump administration alleges that Mr. Maduro is a narco-terrorist in league with drug cartels.
Wonder if he’ll kick out the migrants?