Author: Blazingcatfur

What E.M. told the jury over 9 days of testimony in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial

The woman at the centre of the sexual assault trial for five former players with Canada’s world junior hockey team finished a marathon nine days of testimony this week in London, Ont. — before a sudden turn in the proceedings.

The accused men are Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and Michael McLeod, who’ve all pleaded not guilty. E.M., whose identity is protected under a standard publication ban, gave her account of the alleged assaults and answered hundreds of questions from the men’s lawyers. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Iran Is Using North Korea’s Playbook — And the US Is Falling for It Again

As the United States continues negotiations with Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons, if it does not already have them, it has become clear that the Islamic Republic’s regime is not pursuing these talks in good faith.

Far from viewing negotiations as a means toward a peaceful resolution, the Iranian regime appears to see them as a tool that has proven successful before, not only for itself but also for its authoritarian ally, North Korea.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, USA

CHARLEBOIS: Elbows up, food prices up — until feds quietly backed down

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that Canada’s food industry is now facing fewer counter-tariffs when importing products from the United States, except for orange juice, coffee and alcohol. For many, this came as a surprise. According to the federal government’s own records, on April 16 — in the middle of the election campaign — Mark Carney, not yet elected, opted to eliminate most of the retaliatory tariffs imposed by his predecessor, Justin Trudeau.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

James Comey’s Insane ‘86 47’ Threat

Former FBI Director James Comey posted a photo of a “cool shell formation” from his beach walk today. In the photo, shells were laid out to read “86 47” on the sand.

Eighty-six, a well-known term by Americans to mean “to get rid of,” indicates intent to the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBatshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Trump Derangement Syndrome

CBC has escaped defunding, for now. So what happens next?

OTTAWA – At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect of being defunded by a Conservative government.

But after the political winds shifted in favour of Mark Carney’s Liberals, the public broadcaster was granted a reprieve — giving the minority Liberal government what could be a short runway to implement its proposed changes.

“I do think that the Carney victory has secured the future of the CBC for now, at least as long as they’re in power,” said Jessica Johnson, a senior fellow at McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy.

What happens next? The Liberal party will continue to fund the CBC’s propaganda.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC

‘Effectively Bankrupt’ Canada Post should end daily door-to-door delivery, allow part-time work on weekends, report recommends

As Canada Post and the union representing its workers inch closer to another potential strike, a report by the commission charged with examining the Crown corporation’s finances has called for the end of door-to-door mail delivery to homes — one of the main reasons for the previous work stoppage in November.

But the report, authored by industrial inquiry commissioner William Kaplan, also says that daily delivery to businesses should be maintained.

The service cut would help the corporation’s overall bleak financial picture, the report notes, a situation it highlights in great detail.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

‘Teachers are having scissors thrown at them – we’ve had enough’

Can’t they just get Lulu to sing a song?

When Sophie Walker graduated and became a teacher 10 years ago, she felt excited for the future.

But this week the science teacher walked out on strike with 50 colleagues at her Ipswich school in protest at pupil behaviour.

Teachers at Westbourne Academy are having chairs and scissors thrown at them, and many are struggling with their mental health, Ms Walker says.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Experts point to anomalies in ‘unprecedented’ case of missing N.S. children

Two weeks after two young siblings vanished without a trace in rural Nova Scotia, experts are pointing to anomalies in what they say is an unprecedented case that deviates from a typical missing children investigation.

Lilly Sullivan, 6, and brother Jack Sullivan, 4, have been missing since May 2. That’s when police received a 911 call reporting that they had wandered away from their home in Lansdowne Station, a sparsely populated area about 140 kilometres northeast of Halifax.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

My week at the Diddy trial, where laughter gave way to disturbed silence

At 6.30am on Monday a pavement in lower Manhattan is thick with young people, dressed as if for a party. The lady in front of me is in a black frock and matching hat. It might be a line for a nightclub, or the queue for Shakespeare in the Park.

But it’s another show altogether that has gripped New York and indeed most of the country. It is the trial of Sean Combs, the rapper, music and television mogul known variously as Diddy, P Diddy and Puff Daddy.

At about 8am the great snaking line of podcasters, YouTubers and assorted gawkers, mixed in with newspaper and TV reporters, is fed into a glass lobby of the courthouse, where it winds back and forth like the queue at airport security.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood, WTF?

Feral teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in fatal swarming sentenced to probation

TORONTO — A teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto has been sentenced to 15 months of probation, with the judge taking into account time she has already spent in custody and the “unlawful” strip searches she underwent.

The girl entered a surprise plea in February as she and another teen were being tried for second-degree murder in the death of 59-year-old Kenneth Lee.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Iranians accused of spying in UK were asylum seekers

Three Iranian former asylum seekers have appeared in court accused of spying for Tehran.

The three men, who had been granted leave to remain after arriving in Britain in lorries and small boats, were charged with engaging in conduct likely to assist a foreign intelligence service between Aug 14 last year and Feb 16, this year, following an investigation by counter-terror police.

Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, all living in London, appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court flanked by eight prison officers after being arrested earlier this month on suspicion of committing offences contrary to the National Security Act 2023.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

But we get a big piece of the Fentanyl trade in return so there’s that …

China emerging as top customer for Canadian oil shipped via Trans Mountain Pipeline

China has emerged as the top customer for Canadian oil shipped on the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline, ship tracking data shows, as a U.S. trade war has shifted crude flows in the year since the pipeline started operating.

China’s new interest in Canadian oil comes as U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war has strained relations between longtime allies Washington and Ottawa. It also reflects the impact of U.S. sanctions on crude from countries like Russia and Venezuela.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, USA

The Enemy Within: Muslim Migrants Who Keep Their Evil Ideology

Many Muslim illegal migrants who move to Western nations are happy to take welfare and benefit from our greater material prosperity yet retain their barbaric Islamic ideology. This is the enemy within.

Not all, of course, but too many Muslim immigrants to Western countries (especially the males) aim to turn those countries into Islamic sharia hellholes too. They import their misogyny, violence, hatred, and sexual perversion from their Muslim nations straight to their new homes. Take two recent stories, one from America and one from the UK.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

‘It’s Outrageous That You Banned American Products From Your Shelves’

OTTAWA — Pete Hoekstra thumbs through an imaginary document, and pauses for effect: “This is a serious proposal — pile one.” Then he raises a second document. “I can’t believe this,” he guffaws. “This is a joke.” Straight to the discard pile.

That, says President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada, is how it will go — one way or another — when newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney submits a proposal on a revamped economic and security agreement with the United States.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA