When Canada does not expel Chinese spies operating within the country, it signals to China and the United States that Canada is “open territory” for Chinese infiltration, says Charles Burton, a China scholar and senior fellow of the Sinopsis think tank.
“We’re not expelling people that I believe CSIS knows are espionage agents,” Burton told MPs as he testified before the House of Commons procedure and house affairs committee on Nov. 27.
The United States is poised to recognise Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied Ukrainian territories to secure a deal to end the war.
The Telegraph understands that Donald Trump has sent his peace envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner to make the direct offer to Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The plan to recognise territory, which breaks US diplomatic convention, is likely to go ahead despite concerns among Ukraine’s European allies.
Quebec says it will intensify its crackdown on public displays of religion in a sweeping new law that critics say pushes Canadian provinces into private spaces and disproportionately affects Muslims.
Bill 9, introduced by the governing Coalition Avenir Québec on Thursday, bans prayer in public institutions, including in colleges and universities. It also bans communal prayer on public roads and in parks, with the threat of fines of C$1,125 for groups in contravention of the prohibition. Short public events with prior approval are exempt.
Ottawa’s national dental program is chewing through far more cash than expected, with federal officials admitting the scheme is now on track to cost 50% more than budgeted as millions of Canadians rush to book long-delayed appointments.
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Taleb al-Abdulmohsen ranted at witnesses on Thursday, causing great consternation amongst victims at his historic trial after days of confusing and outrageous outbursts.
Yesterday, victims and witnesses began speaking about their ordeal at the bloody Christmas market in Magdeburg. Al-Abdulmohsen, the Saudi national who worked as a doctor in Germany for years, is accused of driving his vehicle in a zig-zag pattern through the market to kill as many people as possible.
It has been less than a week since Afghan national Ahmad Mulakhil admitted raping a 12 year-old girl in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The crime was first propelled into the news cycle over the summer amidst allegations that officials in the police and local council were deliberately concealing the nationality of the alleged offenders (his co-defendant, Mohammad Kabir, also an Afghan national, has pleaded not guilty to attempting to take a child, aiding and abetting rape of a child under 13 and intentional strangulation of the girl). The grim case is a high-profile example of the link between migration and sex crimes – and the way many of our institutions try to downplay this obvious reality.
VANCOUVER — In an extraordinary civil forfeiture action, the B.C. government is seeking to permanently seize a late-model Mercedes from a prominent Vancouver real estate agent, alleging the luxury sedan was used as an instrument in a predatory sex crime — including luring and assaulting a vulnerable 15-year-old girl living in a provincial care home — according to court filings.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson recently declared that imprisoning violent criminals is racist and immoral.
Appearing at a news conference alongside Illinois Governor J.B. “Big Pants” Pritzker, Johnson opined that society needs to find ways of dealing with violent criminals that don’t involve incarcerating them.
The latest brutal act of Afghan refugee terrorism claimed the lives of two brave members of the National Guard in D.C.. Since their arrival in the United States, Afghan ‘refugees’ have been involved in violent attacks, in assorted crimes, and in sexual assaults on women and girls.
The attack by Rahmanullah Lakanwal took place a mere week after another Afghan, Abdullah Haji Zada, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the Election Day plot.
A controversial exhibit, Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present, is coming to the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in June, and at least one Globe and Mail columnists thinks concerned Jews are overreacting — except they aren’t.
In a recent op-ed, Globe columnist Marsha Lederman openly mocked the concerns of several Jewish organizations, which argued that the exhibit “will lack balanced scholarly research and will ignore key issues of the historical and current geopolitical reality,” or become “tool, or dupe, of only one side of the story,” thereby erasing “Jewish voices.”
A hero National Guardsman was seen gunning down suspected DC terror shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal seconds after the Afghan opened fire on two soldiers.
The unidentified soldier let off five rounds immediately after Lakanwal, 29, is said to have ambushed Andrew Wolfe, 24, and Sarah Backstrom, 20, who has since died.
Footage captured by a bystander in a vehicle showed Lakanwal carrying a snub nose revolver, he was seen on the ground seconds later.
SLOW MO: DC shooting … how a national guardsmen hit the Afghani attacker! pic.twitter.com/ioOo2qh71h
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) November 28, 2025
CALI, Colombia—They see themselves as the cowboys of the drug trade, highly experienced crews that ferry narcotics on small boats across the open seas, running on a mix of bravado, skill and dreams of a massive payday.
Now, designated as terrorists by the Trump administration, they face not only the perils of a capricious sea but the new danger of getting blown out of the water by the U.S. military. The trade’s unofficial motto—“deliver or die”—has never rung so true.
Three men who have manned these drug boats, known as “go fasts,” spoke to The Wall Street Journal, describing a once little-known but essential part of the narcotics trade that is now in President Trump’s sights.
USA SEEMS KEEN ON ATTACKING VENEZUELA: ANOTHER VENEZUELAN BOAT WHICH USA CLAIMS TO BE CARRYING OUT NARCO-TERRORISM DESTROYED IN EASTERN PACIFIC⚡️
Till now 20 boats have been destroyed & 76 people killed in American strikes.#Venezuela #Caracas #Cuba #Colombia #Trump pic.twitter.com/pCqkr1295w
— Barbarik (@Sunny_000S) November 17, 2025
History of a sort was made in Calgary today — and not the kind anyone saw coming. Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney stood side by side and signed a memorandum of understanding that tears up the federal clean-electricity regulations for Alberta, kills the oil-and-gas emissions cap once and for all, and commits both governments to a new west-coast export corridor, co-owned with indigenous partners, dedicated to shipping what used to be called “ethical oil.”
Or, as Mr. Carney now calls it — “decarbonized oil.”
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OTTAWA–The drama of a budget vote had every political animal in the country on the edge of their seat.
And in the end, it was a cliffhanger. But in reality, the outcome should not have been a surprise to anyone.
Having just come off an election this past spring, there was zero appetite to go back to the polls for most political parties.
The only leader who could have benefited from an election is Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. A ‘no’ vote would have meant that his mandated January 2026 party review would be cancelled.
You have to be careful with a country. Even a nation as vast in size and huge in population as the United States cannot be endlessly experimented upon. You cannot just leave borders open, or allow in large numbers of people with totally different value systems from your own.
That is the mistake many European countries have committed in recent years. They have opened their homes up to people from almost every part of the world where there is civil strife, war or just a lower standard of living.
