When it comes to Canada’s often tense debate around gun laws, most Canadians likely will not have heard of an RCMP database called the Firearms Reference Table, or FRT.
But to people like Melody Philistin, unexpected updates to this database have a personal impact.
“Yeah. It really sucks,” she said.
Philistin is a competitive shooter who recently represented Canada at an international event in the Czech Republic.
CBS’s decision to end its long-running ‘Late Show’ franchise touched off a firestorm—and is a grim sign for a challenged television format
“The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” was profitable as recently as a few years ago.
Now, it loses about $40 million a year, according to a person familiar with its budget. On Thursday, CBS pulled the plug on the show and an entire franchise launched in 1993, making it the biggest casualty yet among late-night talk shows contending with cord-cutting, changing tastes among younger viewers and declining ad revenue.
The budget for the show, filmed in New York City’s Ed Sullivan Theater, includes a live band, a staff the host said numbered 200 people, and an annual salary of $20 million for Colbert, according to a person familiar with the show’s operations.
The Colbert show, like all late-night programming these days, was hemorrhaging money. But please, don't let that interfere with your conspiracy theory. https://t.co/R18rd2FV67
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) July 19, 2025
Since his election as Canada’s 24th prime minister, Mark Carney has enjoyed sustained strong approval ratings from Canadians, according to public opinion research. Among the reasons for this has been his willingness to reverse course on Trudeau-era policies that he either disagreed with, the public had demonstrated a clear dislike for, or policies that have been objectively proven to be failing.
This is a refreshing change, and it has earned the prime minister the admiration of many Canadians who hope to be governed by leaders who are prepared to shelve partisan entrenchment and take the risk of triggering the internal disloyalty of colleagues who have overcommitted to bad ideas by being willing to change course.
He also has a YouTube channelhttps://t.co/XjMsaYbeWn
— Curious George (@01CuriousGeorge) July 19, 2025
@fancypants_s https://t.co/3Z15ftf7Hw
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) July 19, 2025
I bet the little monster just wanted to experience the thrill of murder.
h/t Auntie Polly
The Obama administration’s top officials committed a “treasonous conspiracy” by manufacturing and politicizing intelligence to create the false narrative that led to the years-long Trump-Russia collusion probe, according to newly-declassified documents released by Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard.
"BLOCKBUSTER SCANDAL FROM DOCUMENTS RELEASED BY @DNIGabbard TODAY."
"The Obama Administration allegedly manufactured and politicized intelligence to create the narrative that Russia was attempting to influence the 2016 presidential election." pic.twitter.com/0YeJpS9Cc3
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 18, 2025
Americans will finally learn the truth about how in 2016, intelligence was politicized and weaponized by the most powerful people in the Obama Administration to lay the groundwork for what was essentially a years-long coup against President @realDonaldTrump, subverting the… pic.twitter.com/UQKKZ5c4Op
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) July 18, 2025
More … Gabbard claims Obama’s goal with Russia narrative was to ‘subvert’ the will of the American people
WOW! h/t XC
It’s difficult to argue that climate change isn’t the most pressing threat to our agri-food sector. Farmers, processors, distributors, retailers, and transporters have all been forced to adapt in real time to extreme weather events, shifting growing seasons, and volatile conditions. From droughts to floods to wildfires, climate change has tested the resilience of every link in the food supply chain.
Arrests were made as pro-Palestinian protesters chanted “f— your Jewish state” in central London on Saturday.
Pro-Israel counter-protesters chanted “there is no genocide” at thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
Marchers gathered across the country calling for the ban on Palestine Action to be reversed, amid police warnings that those showing support for the proscribed group faced arrest.
Military asked to consider dismissing members after 1st offence of unwanted sexual touching
Defence Minister David McGuinty wants the military to review a trend in civilian court toward judges supporting workplaces firing Canadians for any unwanted sexual touching on the job — even if it happened once.
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is launching new advisory panels this fall to discipline military members for sexually inappropriate behaviour.
At least 28 people have been injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Seven people have been critically injured and six are a serious condition, the LA Fire Department (LAFD) said.
It said the incident occurred at 02:00 local time (09:00 GMT) near a nightclub on North Vermont Avenue, close to the intersection with Santa Monica Boulevard – which is famous for its nightlife.
#BREAKING A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people. pic.twitter.com/pY6C8L851O
— LiveNOW from FOX (@livenowfox) July 19, 2025
Alert: Car PLOWS through crowd in LA, 4-5 people in critical condition among 20 injured! Reports there was a shooting before the collision! Terrorism or Insurrection?? pic.twitter.com/bkQ58l39Ff
— US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) July 19, 2025
The Thorncliff Park neighborhood in Toronto, ON, Canada has the most densely populated Muslim community in North America. Entire condo units have been converted into small mosques!
TT/asimafsar_ pic.twitter.com/EbLRe6lso0
— sammy 2.0 (@Sammy_canada2) July 18, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has long recognized what the Liberals have only started to acknowledge: immigration levels in Canada are too high and unsustainable. He has a plan to get things back under control, and it’s a sensible political strategy to take.
Poilievre suggested a new immigration policy for the Conservatives in June. “We want severe limits on population growth to reverse the damage the Liberals did to our system,” he said at a press conference last month. “The population has been growing out of control, our border has been left wide open. This has caused the free flow of drugs, illegal migration, human trafficking and much worse.”
Political persecution. @fancypants_s https://t.co/zMZnomQeBA
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) July 19, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
Over the last five days, Rima says she has witnessed “barbaric” scenes.
The 45-year-old Druze woman has lived in the southern Syrian city of Suweida her whole life, and never thought her once-peaceful hometown would become the scene of a bloodbath.
“There were bodies everywhere outside our building,” she told the BBC in a phone interview, using a pseudonym out of fear for her safety.
Syrian Government Forces committed a shocking act in which they forced Druze civilians in Suweida to jump off of a balcony while opening fire on them.
The mosh heinous crime against the Druze.. yet..
Source: SyrDoc pic.twitter.com/y8EZCbI7Hy
— ScharoMaroof (@ScharoMaroof) July 18, 2025
AAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! @fancypants_s https://t.co/3fLwGylIBD
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) July 19, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly
Canadian families pay hundreds of dollars a year more for dairy, poultry and eggs due to the country’s antiquated supply management system.
This system restricts the production of dairy, poultry and eggs in Canada and imposes severe quotas and tariffs on potential imports from abroad.
