There is a one-in-four chance that the UK could be involved in a major conflict within the next ten years unless defence spending is significantly increased, a “super-forecasting engine” has estimated.
Cassi AI, billed by its founder as “just off the best forecast that humanity can make under uncertainty”, has increased the odds of war from a one-in-five chance, which it was before the Iran conflict began on February 28.
A member of the Canadian military is suing both the federal government and an American-based gun manufacturer after being wounded by an unexpected, accidental discharge of his new handgun.
The C-22 pistol — the Canadian variant of the P320 — is at the centre of multiple injury claims and lawsuits in the United States.
Master Warrant Officer Jamie Deslaurier, a long-serving military police officer and weapons instructor, was wounded in the foot while being trained on the handgun, which went off while in his holster.
The Strait of Hormuz is “declared completely open” for the “remaining period of ceasefire,” says Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
In a statement on X, he says: “In line with the ceasefire in Lebanon, the passage for all commercial vessels through [the] Strait of Hormuz is declared completely open for the remaining period of ceasefire, on the coordinated route as already announced by Ports and Maritime Organisation of the Islamic Rep. of Iran.
BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Minister announces that the Strait of Hormuz has officially re-opened following the U.S. naval blockade in the region. pic.twitter.com/xGvlQB3aWr
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 17, 2026
Canada’s public broadcaster CBC features trans man claiming he is a ‘lesbian.’
“I’m female now and I truly am attracted to women. I realized I must be a lesbian…at the end of the day- facts are facts!” pic.twitter.com/a3JrnjW3WF
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 16, 2026
Call it Air Ford One.
The Ontario government has purchased a used $28.9 million private jet for the use of Premier Doug Ford, the Star has learned.
A senior official, speaking confidentially in order to discuss the matter, confirmed that the province this week took possession of a 2016 Bombardier Challenger 650 executive jet.
Make Ford take public transit so he can see first hand the shithole Ontario has become.
Pope Leo said the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” in his latest anti-war remarks.
Speaking in Bamenda, northwest Cameroon, on the latest leg of an 11-day African tour, the American pontiff criticised leaders who spend “billions on war” and called for a “decisive change of course”.
Lebanon took the hugely symbolic step of expelling Iran’s ambassador to Beirut on March 24.
In a move that would have been unthinkable for much of the past 40 years, Mohammad Reza Sheibani was declared persona non grata and given four days to leave the country.
It was one of several measures by the government of Joseph Aoun, the president, to crack down on Iranian influence in the country after Hezbollah fired missiles at Israel, prompting retaliatory air strikes and a ground incursion.
But they told us that Trump was the fascist! https://t.co/rPgp2ox1FG
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) April 17, 2026
CALGARY — Premier Danielle Smith has applauded US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to issue several pipeline permits to facilitate cross-border transport of crude oil and petroleum products between the US and Canada, as well as a permit to construct a new pipeline.
Yesterday, the White House approved the advancement of multiple pipeline projects carrying Alberta oil to the United States.
Expanding pipeline capacity to the U.S. is something I’ve been advocating from this U.S. Administration since their last election. It has paid off!
This… pic.twitter.com/3qtbAm6VQ2
— Danielle Smith (@ABDanielleSmith) April 16, 2026
A large proportion of women in the Netherlands report feeling unsafe in public spaces, with concerns particularly high among younger age groups, according to new research.
The study, from the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, commissioned by the national police and based on a survey of 3,568 Dutch adults, found that one in four women overall feels regularly unsafe in public. Among women under 35, this rises to more than one in three, while more than four in five women aged 18 to 34 report feeling unsafe on the streets.
Meanwhile in France …
🇫🇷🔴 “I no longer feel at home in France.”
This Frenchwoman speaks for millions who are too afraid to say anything but feel the same.
“I accept that I can’t go out alone in the evenings. I no longer feel at home in France, but I continue to pay my corporation tax, income tax,… pic.twitter.com/xs2T3v7Gih
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) April 16, 2026
I generally pay less attention to Elon Musk’s pronouncements than to my cat coughing up a hairball. At least I know the hairball is genuine and not regurgitated in a bid for attention. But Musk’s recent remarks, amplified by his culture-war fanboys, unintentionally provided an opportunity to focus on something important and overlooked.
“Canada is cooked,” Musk commented on a video posted on X, the platform where he likes to spew his racist and sexist nonsense. Was this comment in reference to some genuinely damaging event that had harmed Canadians? No, Musk was referring to NDP MP Leah Gazan’s description of people harmed by anti-Indigenous violence at a press conference in Ottawa. Gazan referred to “the ongoing genocide of MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+” while drawing attention to shortfalls in government funding to Indigenous women’s groups.
What a stupid twit.
Federal housing officials approved nearly $1.2 million in taxpayer funding for a program that handed out cameras to homeless individuals as part of an arts-based exhibition, despite internal records showing the initiative struggled to meet its goals and lacked clear data on its target population.
Blacklock’s Reporter says Access to Information documents show the funding, totalling $1,199,921, was allocated through a Veteran Homelessness Program overseen by Housing Minister Gregor Robertson’s department.
I bet that bought a lot of crack.
The same civilization that produced the scientific method, actuarial science, and data-driven medicine now treats the act of noticing statistical trends as a moral failing — provided those trends involve race. Welcome to the cognitive dissonance Olympics, where your lying eyes are always the problem, and the scoreboard is considered hate speech.
As the Liberals enjoy some of the most explosive polling leads in Canadian history, a leading pollster is suggesting that it’s mostly a product of mathematical error.
This week, Abacus Data CEO David Coletto suggested that many of his peers are chronically undercounting Conservative voters, presenting a “distorted version” of the electorate to the public.
