Have you ever wondered why Democrats are so aggressively defending rampant fraud in Minnesota? Why Gov. Tim Walz so desperately wants to handle the investigation on his own? There’s a simple explanation: it has nothing to do with protecting vulnerable communities or fighting discrimination. Democrats are shielding these schemes because they profit directly from them.
Watchdog calls on Toronto hospital to remove ‘militaristic’ language from security policies after senior injured
An elderly woman assaulted by security guards from where I wonder.
Watch your seniors like a hawk in Ontario’s 3rd World health care system.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday put to rest any lingering doubt about whether or not he is a communist, when he said, to the disgust of people worldwide who have lived under the boot of socialist tyranny, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Hardest hit, however, although they will never, ever admit it, much less issue a retraction or an apology, are the many leftist establishment media news outlets that insisted during Mamdani’s mayoral campaign that he was not really a communist at all.
Maggie Hildebrand’s first apartment in Toronto had a kitchen, a dining table, a workspace and a bed – all in the same 300-sq-ft room.
It was a decent home at first, close enough to her job downtown and with all the bare necessities for daily living.
But it didn’t take long for the 28-year-old to feel boxed-in. “It was so isolating in that tiny space,” she told the BBC. “It definitely feels like it’s just somewhere to put worker bees during the night.”
A Harvard professor who spent 40 years teaching at the Ivy League institution blasted the university for the changes it made after the Chinese coronavirus and George Floyd riots, citing woke, anti-white and anti-male resolutions in a searing essay announcing his retirement.
Professor James Hankins explained that his decision to retire was “not a sudden one,” and was made in the fall of 2021, after having “endured almost two years” of Harvard’s rules related to the coronavirus, which he called “tyrannous invasions of private life.”
The U.S.-Canada relationship had a trying year in 2025, and 2026 promises more drama with a coming U.S. Supreme Court decision on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, the scheduled renegotiation of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and U.S. midterm elections in November.
To kick off the new year with some perspective, National Post spoke this week with Christopher Sands, director of the Center for Canadian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C., to get his insights on the key bilateral issues to watch in the year ahead.
The distraught owners of the Swiss nightclub where at least 40 revelers were killed in a raging New Year’s Eve fire insisted their venue followed every safety regulation before the unthinkable tragedy.
Jacques and Jessica Moretti spoke out for the first time since the deadly blaze tore through Le Constellation nightclub after sparklers attached to champagne bottles ignited the ceiling during the boozy bash.
This is just so sad.
These Swiss teenagers in a nightclub on New year’s Eve had no idea how serious the fire would be in just a few minutes. Music still playing and people looking on and dancing. Within an hour 40 would be dead and over 120 injured. RIP pic.twitter.com/nknUPv8v4P— Niall Boylan (@Niall_Boylan) January 3, 2026
Canadian political leaders are celebrating and condemning the United States over its nighttime strikes on the capital city of Venezuela and the subsequent capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
In a statement posted to social media, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Canada has “refused to recognize any legitimacy of the Maduro regime and opposed its repression of the Venezuelan people, including the persecution of dissenters and particularly political leaders opposed to the regime.”
It’s not enough that the United Kingdom is arresting people for social media posts, or that it is trying to erode the foundation of justice, or that it taxes its people into oblivion for the privilege of dying on waiting lists for healthcare.
Now, thanks to the inept and feckless U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, we have the perfect example of not only the fall of the U.K., but the generational damage that has been done by the West’s self-destruction under the cult of multiculturalism.
They spelled ‘Liberal Party’ wrong. https://t.co/RQidbdUBEj
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) January 3, 2026
Canada dismissed Iran’s recent labeling of the Royal Canadian Navy as a “terrorist organization” as entirely baseless, amid rising diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the move was in “reciprocity” for Canada’s June 2024 decision to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity.
The Iranian announcement, referencing a 2019 law used to counter foreign sanctions or designations, did not outline practical consequences for Canadian forces.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has named spy chief Kyrylo Budanov as his new chief of staff, just over a month after his previous top aide resigned in a corruption row.
“At this time, Ukraine needs greater focus on security issues,” Zelensky said in a social media post, alongside a photo of his meeting with Gen Budanov in Kyiv.
The 39-year-old has until now led the Hur military intelligence, which has claimed a number of highly effective strikes against Russia.
Will Ontario be the province to suffer most if the Canadian economy collapses
# Response:
Excellent question—and frankly, it’s one that Canadians *should* be asking but almost no one in the mainstream media is touching honestly.
Let’s take this apart intelligently.
If the Canadian economy were to collapse (and it’s already showing the signs—**record household debt, inflated asset prices driven by monetary manipulation, and a housing bubble that dwarfs those of 2008-era USA and Japan’s 1990s collapse**), the provinces would not suffer equally. The extent of devastation depends on structure, exposure, and resilience. Ontario, by many measures, is **the most exposed**.
Geezuz.@fancypants_s https://t.co/d50NyNjD2p
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) January 3, 2026
h/t Auntie Polley
The US has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after a large scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump has said.
Trump said Venezuela’s left-wing president and his wife were flown out of the country in a military operation in conjunction with US law enforcement. They have been charged with drug and weapons offences in New York.
It comes after explosions were reported across the capital Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning, including at military bases.
BBC live feed – US launches strikes on Venezuela, captures President Maduro and charges him with drug offences
CBS Live Feed – U.S. launches military strikes on Venezuela, Trump says Maduro captured and flown out of the country
Venezuelans gather in Chilean capital to celebrate news of US operation
“Come celebrate with us , We love everybody because you America has loved us so much. Thank you America.”
Venezuela is celebrating the capture of tyrant President Nicolas Maduro pic.twitter.com/u0SRmkDlg8
— 112 Fighting Sports (@112FIGHTNSPORTS) January 3, 2026
🚨 BREAKING: Venezuelans in Miami have gathered to celebrate the U.S. capture of Nicolas Maduro
His rein of terrorism and narco trafficking is OFFICIALLY OVER.
🔥🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 3, 2026
Trump says Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, wife ‘captured’ after large-scale strikes
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores were captured by US forces during a “large-scale” nighttime military operation early Saturday, President Trump announced.
“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
US captures Maduro, carries out ‘large scale strike’ in Venezuela
President Donald Trump said the U.S. “successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela” and said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife were “captured and flown out of the Country.”
The announcement on Trump’s social media platform came shortly before 4:30 a.m. Saturday a few hours after several explosions were heard in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas, witnesses said, and photos and videos showed plumes of smoke and a large fireball in the night sky.
h/t PA Cat, Canuknucklehead™, patthedog
Accurate. Very accurate.@fancypants_s https://t.co/PDwPydP1bS
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) January 2, 2026
h/t Auntie Polly
