For anyone wondering if the ailing Pope Francis will emulate his predecessor Pope Benedict and resign, it is not much use listening to what Francis himself has to say on the subject.
In a memoir, Life: My Story Through History, published last year, Francis wrote, “I think that the Petrine ministry is ‘ad vitam’ [‘for life’] and therefore I see no conditions for a resignation”, only to add in the next sentence, “things would change if a serious physical impediment were to arise”.
The federal government is increasing the number of refugees it plans to resettle as a result of Sudan’s civil war, with changes that could see 7,000 more people reach Canada through various programs.
But Ottawa says it remains impossible for Quebecers to sponsor relatives from Sudan to resettle in that province.
Instead, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Quebecers can now apply to resettle their relatives as long as they go to another province.
Volodymyr Zelensky is “despised” by the Ukrainian people and is “feeding off the dead bodies” of his countrymen, Elon Musk has claimed.
Parroting criticisms voiced by Donald Trump, Mr Musk wrote on X that Mr Zelensky’s approval ratings had slumped and accused the Ukrainian leader of rigging online opinion polls and the media to boost his popularity, without citing evidence.
“If Zelensky was actually loved by the people of Ukraine, he would hold an election,” the tech billionaire said. “He knows he would lose in a landslide, despite having seized control of ALL Ukrainian media, so he cancelled the election.
Canadians want the federal government to implement even deeper cuts to immigration, beyond the 20 percent reduction implemented this year, in-house research from the immigration department suggests.
“Over half of surveyed Canadians, 54 percent, say they feel there are too many immigrants coming into Canada,” said a department report, which was drawn from a poll of 2,500 Canadians.
‘Let us speak what the Trudeau Liberals consider unspeakable. There is no role for a public broadcaster in Canada.’
If the role of a public broadcaster is to be what Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge wants it to be, let’s not have one.
The CBC already presents its own version of Canadian values and reality. But, if the ‘vision’ she articulated this morning ever comes to pass, with its amplified funding and a mandate to fight ‘dis/mis-information,’ it becomes a semi-official news agency in fact as well as appearance.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a shot at the US on Thursday night after his country’s hockey team defeated the Americans in the highly anticipated 4 Nations championship game.
“You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game,” the outgoing prime minister declared in a terse statement posted to X after Team Canada beat their North American neighbors 3-2 in overtime.
Despite Trudeau’s public assertion in keeping Canada a sovereign state, he seems to be less confident behind closed doors.
“Malcolm in the Middle” fans were probably cautiously optimistic about chillaxing with the planned four-episode reboot of the show before rumors of a “nonbinary” character surfaced. Now there is trepidation at the prospect of an unwelcome woke theme ruining their Malcolm memories.
The Trump administration is stepping up its push for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to hand mineral rights worth hundreds of billions of dollars to the U.S., after Zelensky’s initial rejection of the demand fueled President Trump’s escalating broadsides against Ukraine’s leader.
The White House called Zelensky’s refusal to sign a deal it proposed and his criticism of Trump unacceptable, a day after Zelensky said Trump is living in a “disinformation” bubble and Trump countered by calling Zelensky a dictator.
“They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that deal,” Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz said Thursday of Ukraine’s leadership on Fox News.
With Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s globalist policies, unchecked immigration, and high taxes threatening Canada’s sovereignty, the question arises: Is it time for Canada to bjoin the United States? For generations, Canadians have believed in the idea of a unified, indivisible Canada — that no matter what happens, the country will always remain intact. The idea of breaking apart or joining another nation has been dismissed as unthinkable, even laughable.
But history proves otherwise. Nations change. Borders shift. Political realities evolve. The belief that Canada will always remain as it is, is not based on facts — it is based on assumption.
John Ratcliffe, Trump’s appointee as CIA director, says that he wants officers who are “willing to go to places no one else can go and do things that no one else can do”. This, one might have thought, is a straightforward enough description of any intelligence operative worth his keep, just as country analysts in Langley must be really fluent in foreign languages to do their jobs effectively. Certainly, Ratcliffe seems keen to employ only the best at the CIA, and has offered eight months of pay and benefits to those who prefer to leave.
Members of the PLO and other Islamic terrorist groups joined Hamas in a celebration of the kidnapping and killing of Israeli civilians, including the Bibas children.
The coffins of the 1-year-old and 5-year-old boys, and their mother were returned to the sound of upbeat music, jeers and cheers from the gathered Muslim population of Gaza as the coffins were paraded…
UPDATE:
IDF release (this is insane)
IDF: Following the completion of the identification process by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in collaboration with the Israel Police, IDF representatives informed the Bibas family that their loved ones, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, have been…
— The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome (@TheMossadIL) February 20, 2025
H/T Patti Jo
Satellite imagery shows the extent of the massive amount of work that has been done in the past year to restore more than 20 million square feet of runways and other World War II-era infrastructure at historic North Field on the U.S. island of Tinian in the Western Pacific. The airfield was originally established as a launchpad for B-29 bomber raids on Imperial Japan, including the ones that saw atomic bombs dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The facility has been refurbished to again offer a critical power projection node with its original grid-like layout presenting targeting challenges for a modern opponent, all of which could be especially valuable in a future high-end fight in the region against China.
h/t Hotair
We compiled a list of the most vicious attacks that have occurred in 2024 and 2025, as well as a list of thwarted terror attacks that could have caused havoc had they not been prevented.
Over the past years, not a week has gone by without a jihadist terror attack in some European city being reported in the news. Most of the perpetrators turn out to be failed asylum seekers, highlighting the fact that Western European governments have failed to protect their own citizens by mismanaging the migration crisis that started a decade ago—failing to stop illegal migrants from entering, and failing to deport those who have no right to stay.
While the terrorist acts of late may not resemble the more coordinated attacks of previous years, characterized by shootings and suicide bombings like the ones Parisians had to endure in 2015, the lone wolf-style attacks are just as daunting and terrifying, prompting European voters everywhere to turn to anti-establishment, right-wing parties that vow to get a grip on the situation.
‘Trump, annexation, and the collapse of Canada’s national identity.’
During the recent US-Canada Economic Summit, Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, frantically remarked that “…Trump’s threat to annex Canada is a real thing,” and suggested that President Trump desires to annex Canada specifically “…because he wants to access [Canada’s] critical minerals.”
Unfortunately, despite Prime Minister Trudeau’s claims, President Trump’s campaign to transform Canada into America’s 51st state has not become “a real thing” because of President Trump’s conquistadorial agenda or desire to acquire Canada’s mineral resources.
