Authorities arrested 56 people and seized 3,500 birds, as well as firearms and drug paraphernalia, during a multi-week cockfighting investigation in San Bernardino County, officials said.
The operation, dubbed “Crowing Rooster,” ran from June 14 to Aug. 1 and entailed 26 search warrants served at locations throughout the county, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department.
Sic them on their captors.
Mississauga obtains court injunction to crack down nuisance gatherings at Ridgeway Plaza
The City of Mississauga has obtained a temporary court injunction in an attempt to crack down on a problem spot at a west-end plaza.
The injunction, which was granted on August 13, orders the condominium corporations that own Ridgeway Plaza to do what it can to prohibit nuisance gatherings at the plaza, which has been the scene of fights, street racing, loud music, and illegal fireworks, which have attracted crowds of more than 3,000 people.
The condo corporations and business owners are required under the order to install parking gate arms/barriers, employ sufficient security and paid duty officers to control and regulate pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and control or prohibit any pedestrian or vehicular traffic in the parking lot that may lead to nuisance gatherings.
First Lady Melania Trump has threatened to sue Hunter Biden for more than $1bn after he claimed she was introduced to her husband by sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Lawyers acting on behalf of the first lady, who married US President Donald Trump in 2005, described the claim as “false, disparaging, defamatory and inflammatory”.
Biden, son of former US President Joe Biden, made the comments during an interview earlier this month, in which he strongly criticised the president’s former ties to Epstein.
Update: Hunter Biden delivers profane 2-word response to Melania’s whopping $1B defamation threat over Epstein remarks
Hope she Bankrupts the whole Biden clan. h/t Mauser
Arsenal fans don't want to see pro-Palestinian Islamists. The wind is changing, for the better. pic.twitter.com/lcGiDv2YC3
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) August 14, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has seen a whirlwind of activity in his first few months in the role, from dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump to announcing huge spending increases for the military, as well as implementing tax cuts and passing legislation to expedite the construction of major projects, while fielding criticism from Opposition and some provinces for maintaining some of the energy-related legislation.
Here’s a look at some of the most important happenings since Carney’s April 28 election victory.
Interesting comments on CUSMA. Makes sense if Carney’s goal is to strip mine Canada for his WEF buddies, a theory looking more substantial every day.
EXCLUSIVE : U.S. Ambassador to Canada (@USAmbCanada) reveals the REALITY behind the U.S.-Canada trade conflict.
Full interview — link in the comments. pic.twitter.com/1gGm6P8ul9
— Jasmin Laine (@JasminLaine_) August 12, 2025
Major European nations come off terribly in the U.S. Department of State’s latest reports on human rights practices, which point to “serious restrictions” on free speech, inconsistent policing and antisemitic violence.
Naturally then, the leftist establishment press, such as Britain’s BBC, has effectively dismissed the annual document as “downscaled.” That’s much easier, after all, than admitting to our failures.
Geezuz! @fancypants_s https://t.co/AoWWpyFtCb
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) August 14, 2025
Ontario funds free building code course, opposition urges more action on skills gaps
TORONTO — An Ontario college has opened applications to newcomers for a free program intended to address what it describes as a “critical” shortage of building code officials in the province.
The provincial government is funding the training in a move that opposition politicians say is sorely needed, but that they say is just one step towards closing multiple training gaps in the province.
Ford is a pandering prick. h/t Auntie Polly
Federal officials spent at least $170,000 bringing Canadian ISIS women home from Syria, according to internal government documents that show expenses for ice cream, candy and wine.
The money was for costs incurred when eight women who had traveled to the Middle East to join the Islamic State returned to Canada with their children in 2022 and 2023.
OMG! The Islamophobia! You will wonder why the cops didn’t tase her just for fun.
h/t INGENUI
Young male pedestrians get into a vulgar shouting match with older female protesters.
The pro-Israel demonstration was directed at the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario annual meeting, happening inside the Sheraton Centre.
Aug 12, 2025#Toronto #ProtestMania pic.twitter.com/2Vy2ibbLrs
— Caryma Sa'd – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) August 13, 2025
Donald Trump is preparing to offer Vladimir Putin access to rare earth minerals to incentivise him to end the war in Ukraine.
The US president will arrive at the much-anticipated meeting with his Russian counterpart on Friday armed with a number of money-making opportunities for Putin.
They will include opening up Alaska’s natural resources to Moscow and lifting some of the American sanctions on Russia’s aviation industry, The Telegraph can reveal.
DEI Hire or Drunk? https://t.co/uu03rB8vis
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) August 14, 2025
OC Transpo bus collides with overhead sign at Bayshore Mall
A Montreal lawyer has filed a hate crime complaint after he and his wife, both Jewish, were confronted by a demonstrator at a Palestinian rally calling out “Heil, heil, heil” at them during their visit to Halifax.
Dan Goldstein, 51, had travelled from Montreal with his wife, Liat Lev-Ary, to visit Nova Scotia, and on Aug. 6, after touring the Halifax Public Gardens, they went for lunch. They followed their phone’s map to get to a restaurant, Goldstein said.
Iran has arrested tens of thousands of people after the “humiliated” regime in Tehran ordered security forces to hunt down spies who helped Israel kill the country’s top military leaders.
An appeal to Iranians to turn over “suspicious” people to the police led to thousands of arrests, state media reported, as the country’s top judge said he would deal “decisively and legally” with spies. He spoke a week after Iran executed another alleged spy for Israel.
The crackdown has particularly targeted ethnic and religious minorities in Iran and has drawn condemnation from the UN. Iran has expelled thousands of Afghans, and those arrested have included journalists and human rights advocates, according to the UN.
Statistics Canada’s labour numbers from July indicate that the country’s youth unemployment rate is continuing to climb, reaching numbers not seen since the 2008 recession.
While the country’s unemployment rate remained at 6.9 percent for that month, the rate among those aged 15 to 24 rose from 14.2 percent to 14.6 percent. This is the highest rate since 2010, barring the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada saw employment fall by 41,000 jobs, but the decline was mainly concentrated among the youth, who saw 34,000 jobs lost. Meanwhile, employment among “core-aged” working Canadians between 25 and 54 changed very little.
