Trans sex offender who groomed and raped young girl nine times is jailed for 20 years

Trans sex offender who groomed and raped young girl nine times is jailed for 20 years

A transgender rapist who identifies as a woman and groomed and abused a vulnerable young girl has been jailed for more than 20 years.

James Groves, 51, who goes by the name of April but was tried as a man, was convicted at Bristol Crown Court of 18 child sex offences and one count of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

The ‘manipulative’ child sex offender raped the girl nine times over a number of years while she was a child.


Will probably find work at the CBC.

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Jamie Sarkonak: N.B. judge invents the Aboriginal right to be represented by an elder in court

Jamie Sarkonak: N.B. judge invents the Aboriginal right to be represented by an elder in court

One of Canada’s most notorious ex-lawyers practicing fake law is named Glenn Bogue, but courts often dignify him by using his ludicrous stage name, “Spirit Warrior.” He’s an Indigenous sovereigntist who self-identifies as an “unconquered Métis man”; essentially, the LandBack version of a freeman on the land.

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China is trying to corner the global economy

China is trying to corner the global economy

The way US prosecutors tell it, Huawei is a bunch of racketeers whose crimes range from stealing technology to evading sanctions against Iran. The company allegedly ran what it called a “competition management group,” whose purpose was to award monthly bonuses to employees who stole the most valuable information from competitors. Staff were invited to submit entries via a special encrypted email box.

“The entire business operated through a pattern of theft, lies and cover-ups,” according to Taylor Stout, a federal prosecutor in the Justice Department, as he laid out the government’s criminal case to jurors. The trial of China’s global technology champion, whose revenue hit $127 billion last year, got underway in a Brooklyn court this month and is expected to last well into the new year, with Huawei potentially facing enormous fines.

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Is It OK to Hate Canada Now?

Is It OK to Hate Canada Now?

On September 16, 2026, the Ontario Superior Court Justice Ann Molloy convicted a Christian activist named Bill Whatcott of “willful promotion of hatred.”

What did Bill do that was so hateful? With five fellow Christians, he dressed up as a gay zombie, complete with a green skin suit and tutu, then he passed out gospel tracts disguised as condom packages to the 2016 Toronto Pride parade attendees: a silly practical joke to share the Good News. For 10 years, the Canadian government has pursued and persecuted Whatcott, believing that his little evangelical escapade was a greater affront to Canadian society than, say, homeless vagrants defecating on major city streets, the destructive spread of fentanyl, or the rise of other serious crimes. In 2024, the Toronto Police Chief advised residents to leave their car keys on their front porches to avoid harm or death in the face of the city’s epidemic of car theft.

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Trump says Russia ‘lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry’ after Ukraine drone attacks, calls for end to ‘ridiculous’ war

Trump says Russia ‘lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry’ after Ukraine drone attacks, calls for end to ‘ridiculous’ war

WASHINGTON — President Trump publicly called Monday for an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine after a series of attacks by Kyiv on Moscow’s energy holdings triggered another spike in diesel fuel prices.

“Russia has unfortunately lost control of its Diesel Oil Industry due to its War with Ukraine,” the president posted on Truth Social.

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Mark Carney is making an eloquent case for an alliance sidelining the US

Mark Carney is making an eloquent case for an alliance sidelining the US

The speeches keep coming, each building on the previous one, as the Canadian prime minister builds a case for a new world order that has strikingly little to do with the United States of America, the country that has led the west since the second world war.

On 20 January, in Davos, Mark Carney proposed that the world’s middle powers do more to support each other, in light of a “rupture” in the global order. That was clearly a reference to the destabilizing policies of Donald Trump, who had been inaugurated exactly one year earlier, and had spent most of that year insulting the US’s allies.


Oh yea?

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US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN

US strikes on alleged drug boats could be crimes against humanity, says UN

A UN report has concluded that recent US airstrikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs breached international law and could constitute crimes against humanity.

The report by Special Rapporteur Ben Saul said since September last year there had been at least 68 US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, outside US territorial waters, which killed more than 220 people.

Saul said that even if targets could be identified as members of designated terrorist groups, they had not staged an armed attack on the US which would trigger a right to self-defence under international law.

Who cares what the UN says?

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Big crime, little time: Why many arrested Ontario car thieves go right back to stealing cars

Big crime, little time: Why many arrested Ontario car thieves go right back to stealing cars

In the old days, when a horse was stolen, they’d round up the thief and hang him. That’s a half-serious, half-joking refrain among victims the Star has spoken to.

Today, much to the consternation of vehicle owners, car thieves are almost never caught, and if they are, the public belief is that they get a slap on the wrist. A Star review of 20 criminal cases that made it to an Ontario courtroom over the past five years shows that is partly true. Since the car theft “crisis” began in 2020, sentences have ranged from no jail time to under two years in most cases, and two to four years in a few cases, particularly for home invasion and carjacking thefts where the person is a repeat offender.

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Does the Press Understand the First Amendment?

Does the Press Understand the First Amendment?

The corporate “news” media is caterwauling because President Trump has banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House. He first announced the ban on Friday, and it became effective Saturday morning when “journalists” from all three outlets were denied access to the executive mansion. Predictably, they all insist that Trump is violating their First Amendment rights. This is where the confusion comes in. The First Amendment reads as follows: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press …” This doesn’t mean they have reserved seats in the White House briefing room.

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Canada’s Intel Agency Again Flags China as ‘Most Active’ Foreign Meddler

Canada’s Intel Agency Again Flags China as ‘Most Active’ Foreign Meddler

Canada’s spy agency says China is the “most active state” conducting foreign interference in Canada, and warns that Beijing is likely to continue targeting Canadian democratic institutions.

In its Sept. 3 report on foreign interference (FI), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said Chinese officials and proxies are responsible for planning, organizing, and carrying out interference activities in Canada.

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