CSIS did not observe any violent extremist plots targeting the Muslim community last year, while multiple plots against Jewish people were foiled.

CSIS did not observe any violent extremist plots targeting the Muslim community last year, while multiple plots against Jewish people were foiled.

The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) says various evolving forms of violent extremism are becoming increasingly difficult to address and even understand, with secret and anonymous online radicalization challenging investigators’ ability to keep pace.

The agency’s annual report released Friday said violent extremism “continues to pose a significant threat to Canada’s national security and remains a critical operational priority for CSIS,” noting such extremism is “motivated by an increasingly diverse range of beliefs and convictions.”

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The People vs. Anthony Fauci

The People vs. Anthony Fauci

Time is running out to prosecute Dr. Anthony Fauci. After May 11, Fauci — the man touted as “America’s doctor” during the pandemic and who led the US response — will be clear of the five-year statute of limitations. Past that date, he can’t be indicted over allegations that he lied to Congress about the origins of Covid or the US government’s role in funding research that may have led to the pandemic.

Six years after a contagion that killed millions and wrecked the global economy, one of the great unanswered questions of Covid is, how did it begin? Today, an overwhelming majority of Americans reject what in 2020 was more or less the official (but outlandish) story: namely, that the novel coronavirus sprang from a wet market in Wuhan, China, and somehow jumped from bats — or pangolins? — to humans.

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Canada hands out citizenship like candy

Canada hands out citizenship like candy

You have to be kidding. That is the only reaction many Canadians will have when they fully understand what Ottawa has done to our citizenship laws. This is not a technical adjustment buried in legislation. It is a fundamental shift in what it means to be Canadian, and it risks turning something that once carried weight into something that is handed out with little regard for connection, commitment, or contribution.

Bill C-3, passed into law last December, removes the long-standing limit on how citizenship is passed down to children born abroad. For years, Canada restricted citizenship by descent to one generation after a family left the country. That rule was not arbitrary. It was grounded in common sense. It ensured that citizenship remained tied to people with a real, ongoing relationship to Canada. Now, that guardrail is gone, and citizenship can be passed down across multiple generations, even when families have not lived here for decades.

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‘She’s spiralling badly’: How Meghan and Harry have burned ALL their bridges

‘She’s spiralling badly’: How Meghan and Harry have burned ALL their bridges

The first Monday in May is the most dazzling night in the fashion calendar, when the most wealthy, famous and influential people gather for the Met Gala in New York.

The event on Monday will be chaired by Vogue boss Anna Wintour – who has been in charge of it for more than 30 years – alongside tennis player Venus Williams, actress Nicole Kidman and singer Beyonce.

Billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his wife Lauren Sanchez Bezos are the sponsors.

Not attending? The Duke and Duchess of Sussex – yet again.

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Carney fiddles while Canada burns

Carney fiddles while Canada burns

Is this it?

Is this all a galaxy brain in control of a government within sight of 50 per cent in the polls can offer in the midst of a crisis? A bit of a nip here, a bit of a tuck there, but all-in-all keeping Canada on the same rotten economic trajectory?

Welcome to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “spring economic update”: continuity of Justin Trudeau, a bit of a fiddling while Canada burns.

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The generational income divide is getting worse again

The generational income divide is getting worse again

There was a time when young people in this country outearned retirement-aged Canadians. That time was long ago, and after a brief respite during the pandemic, the generational gap is widening once again.

On Wednesday Statistics Canada released its income survey of Canadians for 2024, revealing that the median aftertax income for Canadian households was $75,500 that year, more or less flat compared to 2023 after adjusting for inflation.

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‘We love our Americans’: the German town rocked by Trump’s plan to withdraw US troops

‘We love our Americans’: the German town rocked by Trump’s plan to withdraw US troops

Despite Donald Trump’s frequent bluster, Nadine Firmont said the US president’s move to pull American troops out of Germany had hit her town like a bombshell.

“I have to tell you I was honestly shocked,” said Firmont, 45, who works at a high school in Landstuhl, south-west Germany, the heart of the largest American military community outside the US.

Even with previous drawdowns and discussions of US redeployments, Trump’s angry outburst carried a blunt menace that startled Firmont and her neighbours.

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Thousands of ‘lost Karens’ have applied for dual citizenship – is Canada ready?

Thousands of ‘lost Karens’ have applied for dual citizenship – is Canada ready?

As the youngest of five children, Joe Boucher learned a lot from his older brothers and sister – how to ride a bike, how to navigate the miles of forest behind their house and how to skate and play hockey. But one thing he didn’t really pick up from them is how to speak French.

Although both of Boucher’s parents were of French-Canadian descent and spoke French with each other, it was once illegal to teach French in school in the US state of Maine, where the Bouchers lived. And so his siblings, amongst themselves, defaulted to English.

“Shame was heaped upon French speakers as being second-class citizens,” he recalls.

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What Took Us So Long to Learn About World War Eleven?

What Took Us So Long to Learn About World War Eleven?

One of the jokes in high rotation in the late M. Stanton Evans’s repertoire involved a teleprompter miscue, a la Ron Burgundy in Anchorman, in which the newsreader discussed events concerning World War Eleven. Other listeners of the joke, I assume, also regarded it as of dubious origin, told to illustrate not a literal but a figurative truth, i.e., human evolution took a U-turn on intelligence several decades back.

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Doug Ford says he hasn’t lost his way, despite recent backlash

Doug Ford says he hasn’t lost his way, despite recent backlash

Premier Doug Ford said Thursday he does not feel he’s lost touch with the average person, despite a backlash over a scrapped plan to buy a jet and new polling numbers showing his popularity declining.

“I’m in touch with the people on a daily basis,” Ford told CTV News Toronto in an exclusive interview.

He said no other politician “in the entire world” hands out his phone number to people as much as he does.

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The War’s Severe Damage to Iran’s Economy Comes Into View

The War’s Severe Damage to Iran’s Economy Comes Into View

The economic toll of more than two months of war is visible in Iran, as a U.S. naval blockade and the effective halt of the Islamic Republic’s maritime trade triggers mounting pressure across the economy. The sharp depreciation of the Iranian rial is the clearest sign so far of a broader economic breakdown now unfolding.

On April 29, 2026, the U.S. dollar surged 12 percent against Iran’s national money in a single day to nearly 1.8 million rials, marking one of the steepest daily declines in the currency’s history. The rial had already lost 4 percent of its value between April 20—one week after the U.S. blockade began—and April 28, but the subsequent collapse suggests the currency crisis may be entering a more accelerated phase.

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‘Denial of care’: Doctors worry about benefit seeking freeloaders as payment requirements take effect

‘Denial of care’: Doctors worry about benefit seeking freeloaders as payment requirements take effect

‘Denial of care’: Doctors worry about refugees as payment requirements take effect

Refugees now have to pay out of pocket for part of their drug prescriptions, mental health counselling, dental services, vision care and health equipment — including wheelchairs — as changes to a federal program take effect.

For decades, Canada’s Interim Federal Health Program has provided complete health coverage to refugees and refugee claimants until they are eligible for provincial health plans and benefits.

But starting Friday, they must pay $4 for every prescription and 30 per cent of the cost of supplemental health products and services.


Remigration is the answer.

Be nice if our medicos cared as much for citizens.

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To the Trump Administration: Beware the So-Called Moderates

To the Trump Administration: Beware the So-Called Moderates

No one since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 has read the Iranian regime better than US President Donald J. Trump. Despite the criticism from commentators, the opposition party, social media voices, and members of the foreign policy establishment, no political leader has understood Tehran’s methods more clearly, or acted against them with greater decisiveness. Many negotiated with Iran’s regime. Many hoped it would change. Trump recognized a central truth that others have either ignored or refused to confront: the Iranian regime survives by deception, delay, and the constant purchase of time.

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This Researcher Thinks Canada Is an Easy Target for the CCP

This Researcher Thinks Canada Is an Easy Target for the CCP

As a NATO member and U.S. ally, Canada is a natural target for Beijing’s overseas influence operations, according to Peter Mattis, China expert and president of the U.S.-based think tank The Jamestown Foundation.

However, Canada is particularly vulnerable, Matti says, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views it as an easy target for several reasons.

One factor is a lack of strong controls against CCP interference in Canada, Mattis said in an interview with Jan Jekielek, senior editor and host of The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders.”

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