A former professor at Simon Fraser University has lost a B.C. labour relations case where he alleged his views on diversity, equity and inclusion cost him a tenure-track position.
Josh Gordon launched a complaint in October 2022 against the Faculty Association of Simon Fraser University in which he said the teachers’ union acted in bad faith by failing to represent him robustly in his complaint against the university for denying him tenure.
An Afghan migrant has been accused of telling men how to kill their estranged wives on TikTok.
Parwiz Hanifyar, who crossed the Channel in a small boat on Saturday, instructed his followers to drink alcohol and use a household object to murder a woman.
The Afghan, believed to be in his early 20s, is now residing in a taxpayer-funded hotel near Heathrow airport in west London.
EXCL: A small boat migrant who gloated about crossing the Channel to 70,000 followers on TikTok had previously told men how to murder their wives if they left them for another man. Parwiz Hanifyar arrived in Britain on Saturday and was put in a four-star hotel.
But in a tirade… pic.twitter.com/aAOEFYCPbZ
— Thomas Godfrey (@thomasgodfreyuk) August 14, 2025
The largest and oldest shipyard in Canada says it didn’t stand a chance in bidding against a Chinese company to build four new vessels for B.C. Ferries.
It’s the latest criticism levelled at the ferry operator following its decision to purchase the vessels from Chinese-state owned CMI Weihai Shipyards. That criticism and China’s punishing new tariffs on Canadian agriculture products have renewed calls for the contract to be cancelled.
This stinks.
The Federal Court has granted a last-minute stay of removal for Jagjit Singh, an Indian citizen who was scheduled to be deported from Canada, ruling that his pending spousal sponsorship application and the health needs of his Canadian wife warrant delaying his departure.
Singh arrived in Canada in 2021 on a temporary resident visa and initially filed a refugee claim. In January 2025, he married L.B., a Canadian citizen, and withdrew his refugee claim shortly after she submitted an inland spousal sponsorship application on his behalf. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) confirmed in May that L.B. met the eligibility criteria to sponsor Singh, but no decision on his permanent residence application has yet been made.
The Smithsonian Institution is one of America’s greatest assets.
When Americans visit the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C., they are able to witness their country’s vast array of art, culture, history, and research acumen all in one place, and for free, because of the museums and zoo the institution operates there.
Like the national parks, the Smithsonian is part of America’s cultural inheritance.
“A Small European Nation Has a Big Explosions Problem,” a New York Times story recently reported. The story clarified that the small nation was the Netherlands, it never did clarify who was behind the over 700 bombings so far this year. Saying it out loud would have been impolite.
European nations, small and great, have all sorts of mysterious unexplained problems that they never used to before. The Netherlands has a rash of bombings. In the UK, acid attacks are up 75%. Much like the bombings in the Netherlands, none of the news stories clarify why a phenomenon associated with a whole other part of the world had migrated to the UK.
Mark Carney has been Canada’s Prime Minister for slightly over 100 days. Yet, he still hasn’t done the one thing his predecessors did in short order: open a constituency office.
MPs of different parties often don’t have constituency offices for short periods of time. The reasons are usually straightforward and completely understandable, including moving locations and hiring new staff members. The matter is typically resolved quickly.
Dishonoured nations turn violent
Humiliation on the battlefield is one of the most reliable catalysts for an ultranationalist backlash. From the Freikorps in Germany to Russian “violence merchants” — the embittered veterans of the Afghan War and the brutal conflicts of the Nineties — rage, criminality, and organised violence have a habit of spilling back into society when wars end in dishonour. Disappointed, traumatised troops return home with the conviction that only force can redeem the nation, spreading chaos and revanchist politics as they go. And, if Vladimir Putin manages to draw Donald Trump into agreeing to a one-sided peace deal that will reward his war of aggression and leave thousands of Ukrainians stranded under a brutal Russian occupation, history could yet repeat itself in Kyiv.
SINCE 2021, the Index on Censorship has ranked Britain as ‘partially open’ (the third tier). Britain ranks 20th for press freedom (worse than Trinidad and Tobago).
Just released: The US State Department concludes that in 2024, Britain’s human rights ‘worsened’ and the British government is partial in protecting rights and freedoms: ‘Significant human rights issues included credible reports of serious restrictions on freedom of expression, including enforcement of or threat of criminal or civil laws in order to limit expression; and crimes, violence, or threats of violence motivated by antisemitism. The government sometimes took credible steps to identify and punish officials who committed human rights abuses, but prosecution and punishment for such abuses was inconsistent.’
Welcome. We didn’t get anymore rain, and the forecast for more has diminished, as well as the temperature. A 4 degree drop from the prior forecast for today. You can feel the absence of humidity.
The beans continue to provide enough for a daily meal, but not enough to can, and I’m lovin’ the saute with carrots & garlic simmered in soya sauce after harvesting them straight from the backyard.
Attention Readers: Enable Java Script In Your Browser And Pause or Whitelist this site in Your Ad Block Program Or You May Be Caught in The 429 Too Many Requests Error Vortex
Hello Everyone,
My most excellent web host was called in to provide an answer for those running into the dread 429 Too Many Requests Error Message you’ve been receiving.
BCF has been under a prolonged DDOS attack lasting several months. The 429 error likely arises from this however my host also suggests that you turn your Ad Blocker off and enable Java script in your browser or you may not be able to land onsite.
The pic below shows the level of Allowed versus Blocked requests. Somebody out there doesn’t like us.
From my web host:
Those 2 reader IPs we tested, that’s some funky behaviour there, and they are being caught with a javascript challenge, I assume they have javascript disabled on their browser or have some adblocker installed. So check to confirm, and let readers know that adblockers and disabling javascript will get them blocked while you are under this considerable ddos, vigilance needs to be high.
But those requests really are funky, are you sure they are legit users, 30 requests to the homepage in a second looks like ddos, I don’t know of a legit reason that would be happening.
I don’t see a dramatic drop in visitors, DDoS has been at the current load for a while now.
Thank you for your support and patience.
A Charlottetown café owner says when she agreed to participate in a fundraising campaign run by the Confederation Centre of the Arts, she didn’t expect to be asked to distribute “problematic” imagery.
A Labour-run council has sparked a major backlash by tearing down St George’s and Union Jack flags from streets because they ‘could put lives at risk’ – despite Palestinian flags flying high across the city for several months.
Former Conservative leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith accused Birmingham City Council of piling ‘bias and absurdity on top of their utter incompetence’, pointing out they have managed to find workers to take down flags after months of bin strikes.
Scores of British flags have sprung up on lampposts and buildings across parts of Northfield, Birmingham, in what organisers have described as a ‘patriotic outpouring’.
There is a new reality emerging in the parking lots of one of America’s biggest home improvement stores, highlighted by incidents big and small across Los Angeles.
Construction workers are still hauling lumber and nails, and DIY homeowners pushing carts of paint and soil. But all of a sudden, federal immigration agents may appear.
On Thursday, they moved on a Home Depot parking lot in Monrovia, sending laborers running, including a man who jumped a wall and onto the 210 Freeway, where he was fatally struck. A day prior, fear of a possible raid at a Ladera Ranch location sparked warnings across social media.
A new poll suggests Pierre Poilievre’s abortion stance is wildly out of step with voters in the upcoming Battle River–Crowfoot by-election.
The survey, conducted July 23 by National Public Research Canada for Campaign Life Coalition, found nearly 80% of constituents hold views sharply different from Poilievre’s position of unrestricted abortion access through all nine months of pregnancy.
