President Donald Trump said Friday night that the United States military could decide to relocate the troops that are currently stationed in Germany and move them to Poland.
The president touted his friendship with the country’s leader, President Karol Nawrocki, who assumed office last year. The Pentagon previously indicated that the U.S. would move 5,000 troops from Germany in the next six to 12 months.
I’m told this country is Germany …
EDMONTON, CALGARY, MOSSLEIGH, LETHBRIDGE—I had known Mitch Sylvestre — the architect of the Alberta independence movement — for less than five minutes when he first implied King Charles might have him killed.
It was late February. We were in a loud coffee shop near the Alberta Legislature. He kept mouthing the words.
“The King! The King!”
But he wouldn’t say them out loud.
Thousands of young Germans are refusing to comply with a compulsory survey that could see them called up for military service, forcing the government to threaten fines and even jail time to enforce participation.
Since January, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government has sent more than 200,000 mandatory notices to 18-year-old men under a new system designed to rebuild the Bundeswehr. Recipients must provide details on their health, fitness, and willingness to serve—information that will be used to decide who is selected.
Pierre Poilievre’s speech to the conservative Canada Strong and Free Network conference in Ottawa on Thursday was a perfectly acceptable Opposition leader’s address.
Modestly delivered and modestly received, it had much to be modest about.
The problem was, it sounded like a reheated version of one of his speeches from last year’s election, a campaign in which he was rejected by voters who were apt to see him as too chippy and too negative.
Apollo astronauts landing on the moon saw unidentified flying objects (UFO) floating nearby on two seperate missions, newly released files reveal.
A photograph from the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, the last time humans set foot on the lunar surface, shows three mysterious dots in a triangular formation floating in the sky.
Another photograph taken from the surface of the moon during the Apollo 12 mission, in 1969, appeared to show a vertical blue hazy phenomenon passing by.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney faced near-daily threats over his first 100 days in office, according to newly released government documents that show how a wave of threats against top political leaders carried over from the Justin Trudeau era.
Obtained under the federal Access to Information system, the documents list hundreds of “direct” and “indirect” threats recorded against the prime minister and members of the federal cabinet from 2022 to June 2025. Descriptions of each threat are blacked-out, leaving only the date and the “affected” figure for each one.
Trump survives multiple assassination attempts and the Star yawns.
Dr Anthony Fauci’s former top aide who allegedly worked to shield sensitive documents about COVID-19 from public view arrived in court on Friday to face federal charges.
Dr David Morens, 78, of Chester, Maryland, was indicted by the Department of Justice at the end of April for allegedly concealing falsified information to suppress alternative theories of COVID-19’s origins.
He served as a senior advisor to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) from 2006 through 2022. Fauci was the agency’s director from 1984 to 2022.
OTTAWA – Standing in his office Friday morning, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told Prime Minister Mark Carney that Canadians in her province, and industry stakeholders, are “getting a bit impatient” when it comes to plans to get major projects moving.
Speaking about the memorandum of understanding (MOU) – the energy co-operation pact outlining conditions for a new oil pipeline connecting Alberta to the Pacific Coast to proceed – Smith said the two parties have “had some really constructive conversations.”
But now, she has told Carney that “if we’re going to move forward with that MOU, I hope it happens in the next number of days.”
But there is hope allegedly …
Ottawa suggests letting cabinet green-light pipelines before technical assessments happen
The federal government is proposing reversing the order of pipeline approvals, allowing cabinet to green-light a new project prior to the completion of technical assessments and approvals.
The proposed changes come less than two months before Alberta is expected to submit a proposal for a new pipeline to the west coast.
The idea of switching the order of the approval process by giving it first to cabinet and then to the civil service for a technical review is included in a sweeping set of proposals released by Ottawa on Friday.
These results are more than a warning for Keir Starmer and Labour — they signal a deeper collapse in the old order and a shift to Reform and the Greens
The first possible mistake will be to compare the result with expectations. Because some forecasts saw Labour losing 70 per cent of its seats, there might be reports which position losing, say, half their seats as a relief. Yet if a discrepancy does emerge between forecasts and outcome that is a piece of information only about forecasters. The information about Labour remains an utter disaster wherever in the range it lies.
Similarly the test for the Conservatives cannot be that they have failed to be utterly obliterated. It’s terrible for the main opposition party to be losing seats on this scale.
More …
‘Delusional’ Starmer urged to go by Labour MPs, ministers and unions as local elections ‘disaster’ sees Reform smash through Red Wall strongholds
The family of an Abbotsford couple found murdered in their beds four years ago said they felt relief and gratitude after the three men accused of planning and carrying out the violent killings were found guilty of first-degree murder.
A Nigerian immigrant to Canada films herself accessing the food bank, even filming the whole process from inside.
Even though they are supposed to show proof of funds before entering the country, many take advantage of anything deemed "free".
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— Curious George (@01CuriousGeorge) May 7, 2026
Welcome back to Canada, President @BarackObama.
Thank you for joining us in Toronto for important conversations on how we can build a better and more just future — and empower more people to build with us. pic.twitter.com/S2lrJLL5Td
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) May 9, 2026
Ottawa has found another way to make Canada’s immigration system bigger while claiming it is making it smaller.
Immigration Minister Lena Diab announced on Monday that Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will accelerate the processing of permanent residence for up to 33,000 foreign workers already in Canada in 2026 and 2027.
Consider these recent news stories from Europe and North America:
(1) Germany’s government is considering a new law that would allow its spy agency to investigate and block citizens from buying homes if the would-be owners hold political views that conflict with the government’s official policies. In effect, political dissent would disqualify a person from owning a home.
(2) London Mayor Sadiq Khan is pushing for a government-run “disinformation unit” to investigate and silence online criticism of the mayor’s policies.
NEW YORK — A six-story glass-clad building in Manhattan’s Chinatown — wedged between a hotel, a spicy Fuzhou noodle shop and a business billed as a high-end private spa — became this week the unlikely center of one of the most revealing federal trials yet of how Beijing’s security apparatus has allegedly embedded itself inside American society.
