Multiple vehicles burned at Scarborough MP’s home in suspected arson

Multiple vehicles burned at Scarborough MP’s home in suspected arson

Toronto police are investigating a case of suspected arson after multiple vehicles were damaged in the driveway of a Scarborough MP’s home early Thursday morning.

The incident happened shortly before 1:30 a.m. near Bellamy Road North and Lawrence Avenue East, at the residence of Scarborough Centre Liberal MP Salma Zahid.

Toronto Fire Services and Toronto police arrived at the scene, and firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze.


Toronto police say they are investigating the incident as a possible arson. However, police say there is currently no information about suspects.

No suspects but Carney and Chow both make statements.

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Would U.S. tariffs actually change after Trump, or is this the new normal?

Would U.S. tariffs actually change after Trump, or is this the new normal?

As new U.S. tariffs sink into the Canadian economy, the idea of a prolonged trade war is something Canadians will need to get used to — even after President Donald Trump leaves office, experts say.

“I don’t see this changing any time soon. I don’t think this goes away magically when Trump exits the White House, and so for Canada, it’s wishful thinking to think we can hold our breaths and white-knuckle it for the next 24 or 26 months,” says political science associate professor Aaron Ettinger of Carleton University.

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Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato

Russia says UK ‘playing with fire’ amid reports CIA chief has warned Kremlin not to attack Nato

Russia has said it could retaliate against the UK for its support of Kyiv by striking military targets inside and outside Ukraine, amid reports that the director of the CIA warned the Kremlin against attacking Nato during a secretive visit this week.

Andy Burnham, Britain’s prime minister, said on Monday the UK would allow Kyiv access to classified technology to start ⁠its own production of Storm Shadow ​long-range ​cruise missiles. France has also agreed to supply missile technology. Maria ⁠Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said on Thursday Britain and France were “playing ⁠with ​fire”.

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Why Some in Canada Want Out of the F-35 Deal With the U.S.

Why Some in Canada Want Out of the F-35 Deal With the U.S.

The premier of British Columbia has an additional suggestion for Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, in dealing with U.S. tariffs: stop plans to buy as many as 88 American-made F-35 fighter jets.
Not long after Canada said that it would retaliate against President Trump’s sweeping 50 percent tariff on hundreds of Canadian exports with tariffs of its own, Premier David Eby questioned why Canada would pursue supplying its military with the warplanes.

“When your friend kicks you in the back, one of the first rules is you don’t then go and buy $12 billion of fighter jets from that person,” Mr. Eby said on Tuesday, citing roughly the cost of the first 16 airplanes. “It makes absolutely no sense,” he added.

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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, a change he said would take effect immediately.

A White House aide said the order directs the Department of the Interior and Secretary Doug Burgum to make the change.

One of the five Great Lakes of North America, Lake Ontario borders both the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York.

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As Europe eyes Russia in sabotage attacks, some in Germany urge tougher stance

As Europe eyes Russia in sabotage attacks, some in Germany urge tougher stance

After a drone packed with explosives was found near a Ukrainian cargo plane parked at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany this month, security camera footage appeared to show the drone had struck the plane’s wing. That the drone failed to detonate seemed only to be luck.

Since then, details have emerged that German lawmakers say indicate a serious attack was planned at the airport, a major cargo hub that is also used by European and NATO military aircraft.

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East Gwillimbury’s UNDRIP Betrayal

East Gwillimbury’s UNDRIP Betrayal

East Gwillimbury’s UNDRIP Betrayal

East Gwillimbury Canada adopted UNDRIP through a secretive process that consulted Indian bands and deliberately excluded ordinary Canadians: residents, homeowners, businesses and taxpayers. (Full story)

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A Vision Of Alto: Years Late, Billions Over Budget: California’s High-Speed Rail Hasn’t Laid a Track

A Vision Of Alto: Years Late, Billions Over Budget: California’s High-Speed Rail Hasn’t Laid a Track

SHAFTER, Calif.—Some 18 years after California voted to launch a bullet train that would travel between San Francisco and Los Angeles in under three hours, the project now costs billions more than planned, is years behind schedule and has yet to lay its first track.

The 2008 ballot measure passed narrowly, 52.7% to 47.3%, kick-starting America’s largest active infrastructure project. A legislative bill said it should be completed by 2020, and the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s initial business plan estimated a cost of $33 billion. After years of legal battles, cost overruns, leadership changes and political fights, the price tag is up to $126 billion, with a high estimate of $231 billion, and it isn’t expected to be fully operational until 2040.


Canada’s next budget bomb is the Alto high-speed rail project

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The New Opium War: Fentanyl, China and the Case for Criminal Accountability

The New Opium War: Fentanyl, China and the Case for Criminal Accountability

OTTAWA — More than a century and a half ago, China learned a brutal lesson about the strategic power of narcotics.

During the nineteenth-century Opium Wars, British commercial interests, backed ultimately by military power, exploited China’s enormous market for opium. Addiction weakened communities, drained wealth and contributed to political instability. The wars and the unequal treaties that followed became embedded in Chinese historical memory as part of what Beijing still calls its “century of humiliation.”

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Caen France: Deadly Car Ramming Not A Terrorist Attack Just An Act Of Diversity

Caen France: Deadly Car Ramming Not A Terrorist Attack Just An Act Of Diversity

Google translate from Fdesouche : Caen: Ibrahim I., a Chechen man, drove his car into a bus shelter, killing two people and injuring several others before fleeing the scene. A fight between two groups is believed to be the cause. The victims are reportedly from Egypt, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.

From DW – France: Car rams crowd at bus stop in Caen

At least two people died and nine others were injured, six of them in life-threatening condition, after a car drove into a crowd in the northwestern French city of Caen on Wednesday.

“At this point we are not assuming a terrorist motive, but the investigation has only just begun,” deputy prosecutor Philippe Leonardo told journalists in the early hours of Thursday.

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Former Iranian official living in Toronto was ‘critical’ to terror finance, CBSA alleges

Former Iranian official living in Toronto was ‘critical’ to terror finance, CBSA alleges

A former Iranian official now living in Toronto had a “critical” role in helping the Islamic Republic generate revenue needed to fund Middle East terror groups, according to government documents obtained by Global News.

A Canada Border Services Agency report released on Tuesday alleges that as a deputy director in Iran’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade, Abbas Omidi, assisted with the regime’s state sponsorship of terrorism.


If America is attacked and WW III breaks out I bet the US nukes Ottawa in the first retaliatory strike.

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