With a possible referendum looming, Carney and Smith find common ground on carbon pricing

With a possible referendum looming, Carney and Smith find common ground on carbon pricing

On Friday morning in Calgary, Mark Carney and Danielle Smith shook hands, then signed and posed with official copies of an “implementation agreement for the Canada-Alberta memorandum of understanding,” an eight-page document bound up in profound questions of climate change, resource development, economic sovereignty and national unity.

“Today is a good day for Alberta,” the Alberta premier said. “And it’s a good day for Canada.”

“Today,” the prime minister said, was about “building trust in a Canada that works” — a country “rooted in co-operative federalism, where we build together, pragmatically and ambitiously, to achieve our shared ambitions.”

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U.S. links Toronto consulate shooting to alleged Iranian-backed commander

U.S. links Toronto consulate shooting to alleged Iranian-backed commander

An Iraqi national charged in the United States with terrorism offences has been linked by prosecutors to the March shooting outside the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto back in March.

U.S. prosecutors allege Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi and others were behind the Toronto attack, as well as a second attack targeting a synagogue in Canada, while also coordinating nearly 20 attacks across Europe tied to an Iranian-backed militant network.


Another instance of the US informing Canadians of Muslim terror activity in our country.

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Trump should exact a heavy price for saving Castro’s Cuba

Trump should exact a heavy price for saving Castro’s Cuba

Residents in Havana, Cuba, who had been sitting in darkness for the better part of a day, poured into the streets on Wednesday night. They blocked roads with burning rubbish, erected barricades, and shouted at the government to turn the lights back on. By Thursday, the blackouts had encompassed the island in the latest round of nationwide shutdowns. Some areas are reporting power losses lasting 24 hours a day, with the capital enduring outages stretching beyond 22 hours.

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Why Mark Carney and Europe are doubling down on each other

Why Mark Carney and Europe are doubling down on each other

No sooner were the words out of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mouth than one French news magazine dubbed them “a breath of fresh air from Canada.”

“It is my strong personal view,” the Canadian leader said, “that as the international order (is) rebuilt … it will be rebuilt out of Europe.”

Carney was speaking in Armenia earlier this month at a meeting of the European Political Community. A leader who has dubbed his country “the most European of non-European nations” flubbed his lines slightly but got his point across, enchanting his all-European audience.


Carney smells profit from a decaying corrupt continent. There’s a reason his kind likes “Free Trade” and hates tariffs.

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The Falkland Islands are richer than Britain, but anxiety’s in the air

The Falkland Islands are richer than Britain, but anxiety’s in the air

Tony Scales was playing cards below deck with three friends — a game of Sergeant Major — when the announcement came over the loudspeaker: “Take cover!” He barely had time to react before the explosion ripped through the ship.

“It was like being inside a big flame,” he said, standing on a wind-blasted hillside looking over the bay where the RFA Sir Galahad was hit by Argentine jets on June 8, 1982. A total of 48 people were killed, including 32 Welsh Guardsmen, in one of the deadliest single incidents for British forces in the Falklands conflict.

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WTF?

WTF?

h/t Auntie Polly

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Muslims claim low number of anti-cult hate crimes is Islamophobic

Muslims claim low number of anti-cult hate crimes is Islamophobic

Jews targets of 82% of religion-motivated hate crimes in Toronto in 2025: police data

Some 82% of religion-motivated hate crimes in Toronto in 2025 targeted Jews, compared to 14 per cent that were anti-Muslim, according to annual hate crime statistics that the Toronto Police Service released on Thursday.

The department said that there was a 50 per cent decrease in reported hate crimes in 2025 (231) compared to 2024 (443) but that reported hate crimes are up 40 per cent so far in 2026 compared to this period last year. In 2023, there were 372 reported hate crimes, the department said.

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Marty York: Canadian Jews are fleeing antisemitism at record rates — and the numbers prove it

Marty York: Canadian Jews are fleeing antisemitism at record rates — and the numbers prove it

A former colleague of mine recently sold his home in Montreal and made “aliyah” by moving to Israel with his wife. Aliyah, a Hebrew word, literally means “rise” or “ascent,” but Jewish people define it as immigrating to Israel.

My former colleague isn’t alone. More and more Jews are leaving Canada for Israel. According to the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, Canadian aliyah rose a record 51 per cent in 2025 from 2023. They are leaving this country at record rates and many are relocating to the United States, as well.

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Forty-three arrests after enormous £4.5m police operation keeps rival protests apart

Forty-three arrests after enormous £4.5m police operation keeps rival protests apart

The Metropolitan Police has said 43 arrests were made on Saturday during an enormous £4.5m police operation to keep demonstrators at two rival London protests apart.

More than 4,000 police officers were deployed to the capital to manage a so-called “sterile zone” between a rally organised by far-right figure Tommy Robinson, and a pro-Palestinian demonstration.

Tourists trying to navigate major central London landmarks were left bemused by the operation.

(more…)

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HANNAFORD: Carney and press freedom

HANNAFORD: Carney and press freedom

Prime Minister Mark Carney stood before the cameras on May 3, 2026 – World Press Freedom Day – and had this to say: “Journalism empowers us with truth and protects our democracy.”

Also, “We must protect what it means to be Canadian.”

And, “In a sea of foreign media and disinformation, we need Canadian voices more than ever.”

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Man drives car into pedestrians in Italy, injuring eight

Man drives car into pedestrians in Italy, injuring eight

A man has driven his car into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four seriously, officials say.

They include a woman who reportedly had both her legs crushed.

After the car came to a halt against a shop window, the driver emerged holding a knife and injured a passer-by who gave chase, before the suspect was overpowered.

The suspect, 31, has been identified by officials as an Italian national of Moroccan origin. Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the incident as “extremely serious”.

Perp’s capture

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Are Canadians choosing not to have children or resigning themselves to it?

Are Canadians choosing not to have children or resigning themselves to it?

Canada’s birth rate is now among the lowest in the world, reflecting not only economic strain but a deeper shift in how young people think about family, work and the future. More Canadians are choosing not to have children or to have fewer than they once expected.

This conversation asks whether the decision to have fewer children is a necessary adaptation to an uncertain world or a choice with long-term consequences.

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NAACP chapter president warns white people not to try and fill position left by black mayor of Charlotte after she resigned in wake of tram murder that shocked world: ‘It’s not about YOU!’

NAACP chapter president warns white people not to try and fill position left by black mayor of Charlotte after she resigned in wake of tram murder that shocked world: ‘It’s not about YOU!’

The North Carolina NAACP backed a chapter president who declared it would be ‘seriously disturbing’ for a white person to take the spot of the outgoing black mayor.

Last week, Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles revealed she would step down from her position only halfway through her term, announcing June 30 as her final day in office and stating it ‘has been the honor of my life.’

Her announcement, however, sparked questions about why she was suddenly resigning, with many pointing to backlash over her handling of the stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a tram in the city.

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