When a federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey last week, the story that dominated headlines was the infamous Instagram post — specifically, the image of seashells arranged to spell out “86 47,” which prosecutors say a reasonable person familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of intent to harm President Donald Trump.
The Ford government is introducing legislation cracking down on drug use on public transit while also targeting illegal drug production.
Under the new law, special transit constables employed by Metrolinx, the TTC and OC Transpo in Ottawa would have the same powers as police officers to make arrests if anyone uses illegal substances in transit areas.
Car runs into crowd in German city of Leipzig, with fatalities reported
Two people have been killed and two severely injured when a car ran into a crowd in the centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig, local broadcaster MDR has reported, citing police.
Leipzig police confirmed to Reuters that there were injuries from a driving car but could not give more details.
This tweet shows the perp being arrested, they seem to be limiting access to video of the perp.
Bei der Amokfahrt in #Leipzig soll es sich mutmaßlich um den Leipziger Boxtrainer Jeffrey Kloß handeln. pic.twitter.com/VNNrK7yEyJ
— Danielle Lash (@drlash) May 4, 2026
NEW: 🇩🇪 Authorities confirm a total of 20 people were injured in today's car-ramming in downtown Leipzig, including two people confirmed dead.
"A suspect was arrested by police. We do not have any further details about him." pic.twitter.com/Y9SyFpOWMb
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) May 4, 2026
There were the star-spangled boos, the shelves emptied of California pinot noir and Kentucky bourbon. There were the cancelled trips and the conferences relocated closer to home. There were counter-tariffs and government promises to find new markets. And there were decisions at the grocery store about which ketchup to buy and which dog food to leave on the shelf.
For more than a year now, Canadians − at least, some of them − have fulminated against their closest international neighbour, eschewing U.S. goods and avoiding American vacation destinations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s vow to shrink America’s military deployment in Germany has put a new spotlight on the U.S. role in Europe.
There are usually 80,000 to 100,000 troops on the continent, with more than 36,000 in Germany. The Pentagon announced Friday that it would remove 5,000 troops from Germany, and Trump said the next day that he would go “a lot further” than that.
The U.S. military presence is a legacy of World War II, when Americans helped stabilize and rebuild Europe, and the Cold War, when the troops served as a bulwark against Soviet expansion. More recently, the deployment has played a key role supporting operations in the Arctic, Africa and the Middle East including the current conflict with Iran.
Canada’s auto sector is raising alarm bells over Ottawa’s decision to open the door to Chinese electric vehicles, warning the move could undercut domestic manufacturing and cost jobs.
Blacklock’s Reporter says executives from General Motors Canada told MPs that new federal concessions allowing thousands of low-tariff Chinese electric vehicles into the country risk weakening Canada’s industrial base and “hollowing out” its skilled workforce.
We were likely to lost auto manufacturing anyway, this will accelerate it.
They certainly didn’t waste any time …
Chinese EVs were spotted in Toronto, here’s what you need to know ahead of their Canadian release
h/t Mauser (Incognito)
A truck driver has suffered minor injuries after a United Airlines plane clipped his vehicle and a streetlight as it approached Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Sunday.
The Boeing 767, operating a flight from Venice, Italy, managed to land safely, with no reported injuries among the 231 passengers and crew on board.
JUST IN: Baltimore bakery truck struck by a United Airlines plane coming in for a landing at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey.
According to local reports, the plane was a United Airlines Boeing 767-400.
Senior vice president of Transportation & Logistics at… pic.twitter.com/Ckm5jH6FOq
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 3, 2026
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Mark Carney should tell Canadians what leverage the country has over the United States in coming trade negotiations.
In an interview with The Canadian Press on Friday, Carney rejected the characterization of energy and critical minerals as “leverage” in negotiations to renew the Canada-United States-Mexico trade agreement.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military on Monday denied claims that Iran struck a Navy vessel as U.S. forces now offer to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, where hundreds have been stuck since the Iran war began. Tehran over the past two months has attacked some vessels and blocked others that don’t receive its authorization.
The U.S. military’s Central Command also said two American-flagged merchant ships have “successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz” and that that Navy guided-missile destroyers in the Persian Gulf are helping to restore commercial shipping traffic.
U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers are currently operating in the Arabian Gulf after transiting the Strait of Hormuz in support of Project Freedom. American forces are actively assisting efforts to restore transit for commercial shipping. As a first step, 2 U.S.-flagged merchant… pic.twitter.com/SVDxDhK72I
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) May 4, 2026
Federal records show Ottawa continues to lose millions administering migrant worker permits, with taxpayers covering the shortfall as program fees fail to keep pace with rising costs.
Figures tabled in Parliament reveal the Department of Employment spent $177.7 million last year processing 137,118 permits under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, while collecting just $146.5 million in fees — leaving a $31.2 million gap.
Everything is a scam in Canada now.
It sounds like the plot for an episode of The X-Files: at least 10 scientists – and counting – who all supposedly had access to sensitive US government research are dead or missing under mysterious circumstances.
Four worked for Nasa; three of them were even on the same team. Two had worked together at the same national laboratory in New Mexico. Another – a former senior air force research engineer who left his home on Feb 27 and hasn’t been seen since – had been involved in UFO research after his retirement.
Donald Trump has hatched many threats to Canada’s prosperity over the years, both short-term and long. One of the greatest long-term threats, however, is largely of our own device: the threat that when Trump finally leaves, Canada will slump back into its favourite proverbial easy chair at the cottage (as if anyone can afford to buy a cottage nowadays) and relax.
“Cancel the military spending. Probably no need for that LNG pipeline. Normal service has resumed.”
The pimp sat on a plastic chair in a small room off a dark courtyard as the music from the town’s spring festival blared from outside. He was sweating. This was the first time he had told anyone what had happened here and he was nervous.
He started haltingly. Telling the story of Tenancingo, the small town that is a nerve centre of Mexico’s sex trafficking industry, is dangerous. The padrotes, or pimps, who who have been known to run the town for decades, making millions from selling women and girls across Mexico and the United States, could target anyone who speaks out.
PM Carney announces $270M in military aid for Ukraine
Canada is sending more military aid to Ukraine as it continues to defend itself against Russia.
Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement at the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, Armenia, on Monday.
Carney says Canada will contribute about $270 million toward critical military capabilities, drawn from NATO’s prioritized list of needs for Ukraine.
The funding adds to more than $25 billion Canada has already committed to supporting Ukraine since Russia launched its full‑scale invasion in 2022.
Hey Grok! How many fighting aged men & women have fled the Ukraine or are otherwise dodging the military draft since the start of hostilities with Russia? What is the current size of the Ukraine armed forces compared to those who have avoided the draft?
“Approximately 540,000 conscription-age (military-age) Ukrainian men have fled the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022, while roughly 2 million more (mostly men) are currently evading or wanted for draft-related violations inside Ukraine.”
Read the whole thing. Ukraine is the new Forever War scam.
We fund a war in Ukraine that many of its own citizens refuse to fight. A war where draft evaders (2.5 Million) outnumber official armed forces numbers (900,000).
Zelensky will have a shelf life similar to Afghanistan’s Ashraf Ghani the minute the money stops until then the grift will buy him time.
Is there a collective security benefit to wearing Putin’s army down? Probably, but that means Ukraine is defending Euro states with their own dubious commitment to self defense.
Do Ukrainians appreciate being cannon fodder for that purpose? Probably not.
1 in 10 Canadian citizens live in poverty. Carney has no business swanning about Europe doling out cash to burnish his bona fides as Captain Euroguy.
Carney knows a good grift when he sees one.
Canadian PM Mark Carney:
It’s my strong personal view that the international order will be rebuilt — but it will be rebuilt out of Europe. pic.twitter.com/Dpe0oRIaIb
— Clash Report (@clashreport) May 4, 2026
Millions of Syrians are returning home—but of the more than 900,000 living in Germany, very few have shown an interest in leaving, official figures show.
According to figures from the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR, reported by Welt, over 1.6 million Syrian refugees have returned since Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled in December 2024, most of them from neighboring countries: 634,000 from Turkey; 621,000 from Lebanon; and 284,000 from Jordan.
In the report, Germany is included in a category called “other countries”—with just over 6,000 returnees in total.
Not many from Canada either.
