While all three big three broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) have covered the widespread cases of social services fraud among Minnesota’s Somali community, the frequency and thoroughness of the coverage has varied widely depending on the network. Before December 29, CBS was the only network to have aired even a single full-length report about the scandal, and as of this study’s publishing, ABC hasn’t touched the story outside of a single offhand mention on December 3.
Toronto Public Health is warning that this holiday season saw a sharp uptick in opioid overdose calls compared to previous years.
The organization said Monday that there have been 122 reports of suspected opioid overdoses between Dec. 20 and Dec. 28, a 35 per cent increase over similar periods in the last two years. However, this surge in calls has not resulted in a corresponding rise in fatalities; officials reported fewer than five opioid-related deaths, a figure consistent with last year.
Actor and hardcore liberal George Clooney has packed up his wife and their 8-year-old twins and headed off to France, where they have become French citizens. Why? To escape Hollywood culture. The irony is that the very same liberal ideology and policies Clooney has long championed helped create the culture he is now fleeing. And yet he appears to have learned absolutely nothing from the experience, clinging to those same beliefs.
It became a rallying cry, a cultural touchstone, a marketing strategy and — our favourite — often described in international media as “a hockey term” or “a Canadian phrase.”
We are, of course, referring to “Elbows Up,” Gordie Howe’s signature move to ward off opponents.
The 2025 #ElbowsUp movement may have started as a response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Canada, but it also came to symbolize the boycott of U.S. products as Trump’s tariffs launched a cross-border trade war.
Pop Star Chappell Roan Walks Back Praise of Icon Brigitte Bardot over ‘Insane‘ Beliefs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — ‘Tis the season for renaming – everything from a cultural hub dedicated to a beloved slain president to new destroyers to 2025 itself. No, President Donald Trump hasn’t labeled the year with his name, but his U.S. Trade Representative, in a new op-ed, just dubbed it the “year of the tariff.”
The suspected gunmen who killed 15 people on Sydney’s Bondi Beach spent almost a month in the Philippines, but were likely to have acted alone in an Islamic State-inspired massacre.
There is no evidence that the father and son, Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, trained with terrorist cells known to be active in the southern Philippines, Krissy Barrett, the Australian federal police commissioner, said on Tuesday.
OTTAWA — With Canada’s explosion of antisemitic hatred prompting many Canadian Jews to consider an exit strategy, one expat is trying to smoothen the transition for those looking to escape south of the border.
Michael Sachs, who moved his family from Canada to the United States earlier this year, helped launch a program designed to assist eligible Canadian Jews consider moving to his new home of Tulsa, Okla.
The Spanish parishioner who made headlines around the world for her botched restoration of a prized Jesus Christ fresco has died aged 94.
Cecilia Giménez, an elderly woman from Borja, northeast Spain, became famous 13 years ago after she attempted to restore the century-old painting titled Ecce Homo that was held in her local church.
Giménez’s restoration went viral and earned the nickname “Monkey Christ”, because of Christ’s head resembling a hairy monkey.
Newcomers seeking permanent residency face uncertainty, frustration over Ontario immigration changes
Following changes to immigration in Ontario, some with hopes of becoming Canadian permanent residents are navigating a system that’s in flux — and they’re concerned they’ll be left behind.
Seeing it first hand, Muhammad Haseeb Ahmad is anxiously awaiting word on whether he can obtain permanent residency.
“It’s like just waiting and waiting — frustration at its pinnacle,” he said.
Great work Ford. Just what we need more Muslims.
MINNEAPOLIS — ICE agents swooped down on Minnesota day cares and other sites suspected in the state’s sprawling, multibillion-dollar fraud scheme as the feds ramped up pressure on Gov. Tim Walz and the local Somali community.
Authorities are investigating whether as much as $9 billion may have been stolen in a mind-boggling social-services scam they say was predominantly orchestrated by Somali immigrants.
BREAKING: DHS and ICE agents are on the ground in Minneapolis conducting investigations into Somali daycare and healthcare fraud
Let’s goooo
SWARM MINNEAPOLIS WITH AGENTS
We need to see mass arrests, indictments, denaturalizations, and deportations! pic.twitter.com/RWTrTmi7Ad
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 29, 2025
Minneapolis City Councilman Kali Mohamed just went full warlord on DHS agents: Harassing them in the street, then unleashing a blood-curdling Somali battle scream at the end thinking he won. This is an elected official. Minneapolis isn’t America; it’s Mogadishu with snowplows. pic.twitter.com/EWDeZ8b6C2
— Kim "Katie" USA (@KimKatieUSA) December 11, 2025
We’re never going to get an apology from the Liberals for their failed single-use plastics ban — but on Dec. 20, we got the next best thing: an admission that it was all a costly mistake.
It’s buried in the government’s proposal to cancel the export ban on plastic straws, cutlery, grocery bags, ring carriers, stir sticks and other food packaging, which took effect earlier this month. A draft amendment to the federal plastics regulations to that effect is open for public comment until Feb. 28, and will likely become law soon afterward.
Asylum seekers should be required to wear electronic tags so their movements can be tracked, a policing chief has proposed.
Katy Bourne, Sussex’s police and crime commissioner (PCC), said the move would act as a deterrent to any potential criminal activity. It could also give migrants “greater freedom” to travel further from holding centres and help them get temporary jobs.
Government plans to house 540 asylum seekers temporarily at Crowborough training camp, an Army barracks in Sussex, has caused concern in the community. The first people to be be transferred there are expected in the new year.
VICTORIA – A British Columbia government report foresees more than 3,400 fatalities and more than 10,000 injuries if an earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0 strikes off Vancouver Island.
The scenario of such a “megathrust” quake also describes costs of $128 billion, the destruction of 18,000 buildings and extensive damage to 10,000.
The analysis is part of the B.C. disaster and climate risk assessment, dated October 2025, and says such a quake is “one of the more likely earthquake scenarios in B.C.”
