Russia and Ukraine exchanged devastating missile and drone strikes on each other’s capitals last week. Ukraine dazzled the world with its onslaught of jet-powered drones over Moscow, which destroyed the city’s main oil refinery, but Russia also demonstrated that despite Western sanctions and consistent drone strikes on key industrial facilities, it’s managing to produce a growing arsenal of ballistic and cruise missiles with improved precision, targeting, and guidance systems — which could be shared with Iran.
Author: Blazingcatfur
CHARELBOIS: Why food is more expensive in Canada: Exhibit 4271
Canadians often wonder why food costs so much. Many economists are quick to blame U.S. President Donald Trump, climate change, global supply chains, exchange rates, or other external forces. These are convenient explanations and, in some cases, legitimate ones. But while these factors matter, many of the reasons behind Canada’s persistent food affordability problem are far less visible. Some are buried deep within regulatory and administrative processes that rarely attract public attention.
China Taking Scarborough Shoal to Control Entire South China Sea
China on May 20 towed a “floating structure” to Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. The Chinese termed it a temporary facility and claimed it was carrying out activities “including scientific research.”
The South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences said it was using the platform for environmental monitoring and sampling and that it was supporting “ecological civilization development.”
Canadian Army battalion commander, chief warrant officer removed amid investigation
The officer commanding one of the Canadian Army’s leading regular force battalions and the unit’s top non-commissioned officer have been removed from their position.
Lt.-Col. Jason Hudson and Chief Warrant Officer Kim Doerr, of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, were apparently forced to step aside over the weekend, several military sources said Tuesday.
The Department of National Defence, in a written statement, confirmed to CBC News that action had taken place, but refused to explain why.
Oh no soldiers got drunk and mayhem ensued – off colour jokes I bet.
Bill Gates IDs Russian women Jeffrey Epstein ‘attempted to blackmail’ him over
WASHINGTON — Microsoft founder Bill Gates revealed in a congressional interview the identities of the two Russian women with whom he had affairs — and the notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein later tried to “blackmail” him over, according to a transcript released Tuesday.
Gates was grilled before the House Oversight Committee on June 10 about Epstein’s “attempt to blackmail” him over the infidelities — which the billionaire’s wife, Melinda French Gates, also learned about at the time — and which he confessed to employees at his philanthropic foundation earlier this year.
Judge acquits Ont. man found with loaded gun, drugs citing ‘serious’ Charter rights breaches by police during 2022 traffic stop
A Barrie judge acquitted Michael Evaristo of gun and drug charges Tuesday afternoon citing “serious” breaches of his Charter rights during an April 2022 downtown traffic stop.
A jubilant Evaristo, 45, walked out of the Barrie courthouse a free man, with his arms raised, after being found not guilty on all charges due to what Justice Nancy Dawson described as an “unlawful arrest and detention” and subsequent illegal search of his pickup truck while he was suspected of drunk driving.
Uhm OK. h/t Mauser
Rosie O’Donnell: ‘Trump Is One of the Most Mediocre Men Ever In Public Office‘
Actress and wannabe expat Rosie O’Donnell proclaimed in a recent interview that President Donald Trump is “one of the most mediocre men ever in public office.”
“People are inexplicably afraid of him and his ‘power,’ but he is one of the most mediocre men ever in public office,” O’Donnell told author Marianne Williamson during an interview last week.
VUONG: TDSB tolerates assault, but has zero tolerance for self-defence
As a father, here is the sentence that keeps me up at night: If your seven-year-old is beaten at school and dares to defend themselves, the full weight of the system falls on them — while the child beating them is met, every time, with patience and endless second chances.
Years ago the TDSB disbanded a Zero-Tolerance for violence policy.
It was very successful, so successful the usual suspects labeled it racist.
Antifa leaders panic after DOJ pursues conspiracy charges against Minnesota operatives
The federal indictment of 15 alleged antifa cell members in Minnesota on conspiracy charges last week is sending antifa’s leaders into a panic, scrambling over the case’s legal implications for the underground movement.
In response to last week’s raids on the residences of the defendants, allied antifa accounts across social media started circulating an alert warning others, “One of our comrades was arrested and all of their electronics were confiscated. Please alert all of your groups. Stay safe.”
Montreal cop killer more like Unabomber than incel killers, professor says
Cops, headshrinkers and the public are trying to untangle what motivated the gunman whose bloodlust left a police officer and an innocent bystander dead.
Monday’s brazen daytime shooting in Montreal has shocked the country.
💥 Former OPP Commissioner Chris Lewis nails it:
The deliberate misinterpretations of Seth Hatfield’s manifesto come from two sources: activists with clear political and social agendas, or people who simply cannot read plain English and have no business polluting public… pic.twitter.com/KkuCWNRwFh
— Wiretap Media (@WiretapMediaCa) June 23, 2026
Switzerland 2 Canada 1 – Final
A win or a draw against the Swiss today will clinch top place in the group for the Canadians and a Round of 32 match in Vancouver.
Canada will still advance into the Round of 32 losing homefield advantage.
Islamic call to prayer faces ban under Left-wing Danish government – Immigration minister says parts of country “feel like Islamabad”
Denmark’s immigration minister has announced plans to ban the Islamic call to prayer, claiming parts of the country felt like “a suburb of Islamabad”.
Morten Bødskov, a member of the centre-Left Social Democrats party, said the new government would resume an investigation into the legality of imposing a ban.
“The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops,” the minister told Danish news outlet Ritzau. “It has no place in Denmark, and you shouldn’t be in any doubt whether you’ve ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark.”
Regina mosque faces threats after launching weekly amplified call to prayer
A downtown Regina mosque says it has received threats after beginning a weekly amplified Muslim call to prayer from its rooftop speaker.
Regina City Jamia Masjid began testing the broadcast of the adhan, or the Muslim call to prayer, over the noon hour on Friday. The call lasts about three minutes.
“We are not here to bother anybody,” M Anisur Rahaman, director of the mosque, said. “We are here to meet and greet and share the knowledge.”
Socialists’ Victories Signal the End of New York City’s Old Democratic Party
The Democratic primaries in New York City just delivered a stark verdict: the traditional Democratic Party, rooted in pragmatic governance, neighborhood loyalty, and a shared commitment to American institutions, is over. The victories of Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates instead mark the ascendance of the far left.
Ottawa student flagged as security threat over research helpful to Iran’s weapons program
Mohammadreza Pakatchian said he chose to study aerospace engineering at Carleton University because it was a “great opportunity” to further his skills and knowledge.
In its acceptance letter to the Iranian, Carleton University offered him a scholarship, while an MP’s office spoke with immigration officials about his student visa.
But Canada’s national security agencies aren’t so keen on the 41-year-old doctoral student.
