Vivian Bercovici: The Toronto Jews caught in a real life nightmare on Elm Street

Within moments of entering a nondescript building on Elm Street in downtown Toronto, Jonathan Karten understood that he was in a very dangerous place.

On the afternoon of Nov. 5, Karten arrived at the address with a friend, Shoshanah OFlaherty. They were met on the street by a young representative from Students Supporting Israel (SSI), a campus group at nearby Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). SSI had booked a room at the university for the meeting, but the administration cancelled at the last minute, leaving them scrambling to find an alternate space.

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Carney Says World Can Move on Without US, Stresses New Ties

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the world can make progress on a range of issues without the US, and that consensus reached at a Group of 20 leaders’ meeting in Johannesburg this weekend carries weight despite a boycott by President Donald Trump’s administration.

South Africa, the G-20 host this year, defied the US by releasing a declaration from the meeting. Trump ordered the stayaway after repeating a debunked claim that White Afrikaner farmers in South Africa are being subjected to a genocide, and Washington said only a chairman’s summary could be released from the gathering in the absence of the US.


That sounds desperate, stupid and self-destructive.

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Rubio hails ‘tremendous progress’ at Ukraine peace talks

A “tremendous amount of progress” has been achieved in talks to finalise a US-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.

But “there’s still some work to be done”, Rubio said after meeting Ukrainian and European negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were “signals that President [Donald] Trump’s team is hearing us”.

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Conservative MP warns against mandatory digital ID for Canadians

Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis is urging cabinet to ensure any digital identification program remains strictly voluntary, warning that mandatory systems could turn taxpayer-funded services into tools of surveillance.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the Department of Employment is moving forward with legislative changes that would allow Canadians to use digital ID when applying for Employment Insurance and Old Age Security benefits.

(Incognito)

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The Global Warming Panic Is Subsiding

Poll after poll shows the issue falling in status as a political priority, in America and abroad

The world’s treatment of global warming as a top-tier political priority may be subsiding, if recent polls are any indication.

A recent Swedish survey highlights how “environment/climate concerns” declined from a top issue for 51 percent of young women and 34 percent of young men in 2019 to just 15 and 13 percent, respectively, in 2025. Swedish kids’ interest in climate also cratered — once considered a top issue, it’s now only in the bottom half of the 23 concerns listed, well behind health, education, and safety. That’s a massive change for the famously progressive country — the same nation which spawned climate activist Greta Thunberg, who herself has since moved onto other issues.

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Plug-in polluter? Why Canada may need to rethink ‘transition’ EV

Pitched as a great compromise for the environmentally conscious yet road-tripping driver, plug-in hybrids — or PHEVs — have a few problems.

For one, people aren’t plugging them in.

Study after study show these vehicles — which boast an electric motor for emission-free rides and a gas engine for longer range — are actually being used more in gas mode. This means they’re polluting a lot more than a customer might think.


The CBC continues to push the LPC’s EV lie.

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What progressives won’t say about abortion

The sanitised narrative ignores ethical truths

This may seem a strange question, but what exactly is wrong with terminating the lives of female foetuses, simply because they are female? The official progressive line is that where an abortion is wanted, it should be facilitated wherever possible; that personal reasons for doing it should not be challenged by the state. Yet when a Scottish Government-commissioned report was released last week, arguing that a blind eye should be turned to sex-selective terminations, there was general consternation.

Or here is another puzzle. Why does the British Pregnancy Advisory Service — the UK’s main abortion provider, and uncompromising in its mission to facilitate women’s reproductive choices, whatever they are — explain on its website that their clients may take “pregnancy remains” away afterwards for a “private service, burial or cremation”? Why might anyone want to do such a thing?

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The Oxfordshire ‘super-tip’ is a symbol of Britain’s decay

Few places are more picturesquely English than the village of Kidlington in Oxfordshire. It’s close to Blenheim Palace and the River Cherwell, and it contains an 800-year-old church and more Georgian cottages than you could shake a stick at. More recently, Kidlington has added to its store of quintessential English landmarks: an insuperable mound of rubbish.

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Are Fighter Jets Canada’s ‘Bargaining Chip’ in Trade Talks?

There’s something that the U.S. ambassador to Canada thinks could help with thawing frozen trade negotiations over President Trump’s tariffs.

And that is for Canada to continue with a deal to purchase American-made F-35 fighter jets from the company Lockheed Martin. The government began an audit of that deal after Mr. Trump imposed tariffs on Canada.

The review will assess if the new fleet remains compatible with Canada’s military needs and the protection of its sovereignty “in light of evolving geopolitics,” according to the defense department.

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