A few years ago, I was in New York with my 21-year-old daughter. We visited museums, ate at great restaurants, did some shopping. During our trip, she found a pair of sandals made of embroidered Chinese fabric and fell in love with them.
But that summer, I noticed she never wore them. When I asked why, she said: “I just feel like there’s a chance I’ll offend someone.”
A controversial American YouTuber was sentenced to six months in a South Korean labor prison after he obscenely disrespected a monument honoring wartime sex slaves.
Johnny Somali, whose real name is Ramsey Khalid Ismael, was found guilty of multiple charges, including obstruction of business and distributing fabricated sexually explicit content, by the Seoul Western District Court on Wednesday.
In October 2024, Somali, 25, caused outrage when he uploaded a video of himself kissing and performing a lap dance on the Statue of Peace. The Seoul monument pays homage to the women sexually abused and trafficked during wartime.
h/t Patti Jo
The Canadian economy is losing businesses faster than it can create new ones, and it is time for federal and provincial governments to act to reverse this trend, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.
A new report by the organization, calls it an “entrepreneurial drought,” which it defines as a year or more in which “business entry rates are strictly lower than business exit rates.”
It says the drought has been ongoing since 2024, making it the worst period for entrepreneurs outside of the pandemic.
A new German online search engine is helping people to discover if their ancestors were members of the Nazi Party.
Christian Rainer, from Austria, told the BBC he found the name of his grandfather “within a few seconds”.
“I found out that he became a member of the Nazi Party around 21st of April 1938, just a few days after the Anschluss,” when Adolf Hitler annexed Austria to Germany, he said.
This World Cup soccer ball is hitting Canadian fans right in their pocketbook.
Canadian taxpayers have already paid $380 million out of their pockets for these World Cup soccer games, and now there’s a proposal to charge kids $10 to join the excitement from under the Gardiner Expressway.
Huh ? pic.twitter.com/5WO5aDlEuF
— Joe Warmington (@joe_warmington) April 15, 2026
A beautiful game ruined by grifters.
An Ontario judge has launched a remarkable attack on the Canadian judiciary, arguing that the justice system is “at an inflexion point” and must decide whether to prioritize the needs of vulnerable Canadians or criminals who have abused them.
Justice Antonio Skarica’s broadside on his fellow judges came as he sentenced a Nigerian university student who extorted a Canadian woman and left her in “constant fear” by sharing her intimate image. He sentenced Boss Omeire to 28 months in prison in Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice.
Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are cutting Donald Trump out of plans to patrol the Strait of Hormuz once the war against Iran is over.
The two leaders are piecing together a coalition of mostly European countries in a similar alliance to the French and British-led “coalition of the willing” nations working on Ukraine.
The idea is to send mine-sweeping and other vessels to clear the shipping lane and give companies the confidence to use the strait once the fighting is finished.
But the plan risks angering the mercurial Mr Trump, who has repeatedly castigated his Nato allies for failing to join his war and threatened to reconsider membership of the alliance.
European leaders have insisted this is not their war and ignored US calls to send warships to the strait.
A slave labour apologist, chloroquine promoter and blue Albertan all walk into a bar …
Only it’s not a joke, and they didn’t walk into a bar. Michael Ma, Marilyn Gladu and Matt Jereroux are three former Conservative MPs who have walked into the Liberal caucus, where they found a Red Tory, Chris d’Entremont, already tickling the party ivories.
Welcome to Mark Carney’s Casablanca, where the Ottawa equivalent of Rick’s Cafe is now filling up with cast offs from the Conservatives and NDP. And I am shocked — shocked — to find that politics is going on here.
#UPDATE: Trial Begins For MiWay Bus Driver Charged For Dangerous Driving Causing Death On June 8, 2023 In📍Mississauga,ON.
Bus Operator Baljeet Dhaliwal Pleaded Not Guilty In 2023 For Dangerous Driving Causing Death Of Sharron Williams.🕊️ https://t.co/Hd1998r2f7 pic.twitter.com/sAuywsqHWU
— 401_da_sarpanch (@401_da_sarpanch) April 15, 2026
Man attempts to stop people from stealing in LCBO, but is stopped by employees. pic.twitter.com/ouwr5SvXZe
— RTN (@RTNToronto) April 15, 2026
CALGARY — A former BC indigenous chief has said that she “wishes” Dr. Frances Widdowson would be beaten and raped so she would understand “what our people went through” with regards to the legacy of indigenous residential schools.
During a Tuesday livestream hosted by the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Faculty of Medicine, Charlene Belleau of the Esk’etemc First Nation in BC recounted a heated confrontation she had with Widdowson at Thompson Rivers University in November 2025.
BC chief who wants Frances Widdowson beaten and raped says her “uncle” committed suicide at residential school.
She has called him her uncle, great uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
She is not related to the person at all. pic.twitter.com/hutv5eBx7F
— Jim McMurtry (@JimMcMurtry01) April 15, 2026
After seven long years, key documents surrounding the Ukraine impeachment saga have finally been released by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, following Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s declassification. They include previously unreleased interview transcripts with the Inspector General as well as related materials. They tell a story many of us suspected at the time, but which now appears even more disturbing and more elaborate than originally understood.
The newly released documents show a coordinated effort to frame President Trump over a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky. A manufactured narrative was elevated and then used by Congress in an attempt to overturn the outcome of an election and, effectively, shape the next one by pursuing impeachment over a routine diplomatic exchange.
Avi Lewis demands Mark Carney ban stores from using personal info to set prices
OTTAWA—Taking aim at major corporations in his Parliament Hill debut, new NDP Leader Avi Lewis demanded Monday that Prime Minister Mark Carney ban what he called an “unfair” and “downright creepy” practice of “surveillance pricing,” where retailers use data to tailor prices to individual consumers.
With emerging digital tools already under scrutiny from lawmakers and regulators across the U.S., businesses have reportedly been able to hike prices and maximize profits by using artificial intelligence and algorithms to personalize prices based on things like a customer’s search history and demographic information.
There’s a disarming chill to seeing one portrait of the late Noelia Castillo that made the rounds once the 25-year-old gang assault victim and suicide attempter became the youngest Spaniard to be euthanized, legally, three weeks ago. Smiling coyly at the camera, her bulging eyes windows into a gentle soul, she appears to dwell in a timeless realm beyond pain and pleasure; her pallor shines a mystical glow, at once ghostly and angelic. Right-to-die advocates touting her ‘victory’ following a two-year lawsuit may be eased by her serene stare. Yet precisely in lieu of the ache and frailty that earned her passage to the afterlife, Noelia here exudes grit and vitality and resolve to overcome and sublimate. Her glare even seems to harbor clues of the life-and-death mystery, a lesson or epiphany she couldn’t have uttered in her earthly torment.
Judge saves Kitchener man who battered ex-gal pal from deportation
The Waterloo Region is breathing a sigh of relief and giving thanks.
Justice Dominique Kennedy has granted a conditional discharge to a 31-year-old Kitchener man who battered his ex-girlfriend so he wouldn’t be deported to his native India.
