The City of Toronto racked up roughly $3.6 million in costs related to 2024’s concert series by Taylor Swift, including nearly $2 million by police, more than $1 million by the TTC and six-figure totals by a handful of departments at City Hall.
Author: Blazingcatfur
WTF?
CCTV footage of the African gang machete attack in Carlton, Melbourne, last night.
Two men are in hospital, seven are on the run.
Follow: @NoticerNews pic.twitter.com/6hnLfmB3qs
— The Noticer (@NoticerNews) January 1, 2026
Mark Carney in 2026: Progressive pivot or Progressive Conservative?
Consensus analysis of the 2025 election results includes this thesis: centre-left ‘progressive’ voters abandoned the NDP and voted for the Liberals under Prime Minister Carney and gave him his victory.
Why? Two broad reasons: 1) to unite against Donald Trump and 2) to unite against the possibility that Pierre Poilievre could be prime minister.
Of course, there is more to it than that, but there’s no question that the worst showing for the NDP in history was accretive to the Liberals and that ‘progressive’ voters gave Mark Carney his victory against Pierre Poilievre despite Pierre’s strong showing – the best vote percentage for a Conservative campaign since 1988.
WTF?
There’s just something so lovely and peaceful about liberal women. They are never nasty, never vulgar, and are always encouraging us to be kind. 🕊️
Allow her inspiring words to guide you today. pic.twitter.com/MleUjGAj4b
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) January 2, 2026
Trump Got Interviewed Just After the Maduro Raid and It Was Eye-Opening
President Donald Trump joined Fox & Friends Saturday morning to discuss the U.S. operation to capture Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro.
President Trump praised U.S. forces who participated in the execution and planning of the operation, saying that “no other country on Earth could pull it off”
… After Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum condemned the U.S. operation, President Trump issued a stern rebuttal.
.@POTUS: “She’s a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico. She’s not running Mexico — the cartels are running Mexico.” https://t.co/YQOjteYLHi pic.twitter.com/ciCN3m33Vd
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) January 3, 2026
Obama and Clinton did not seek congressional authorization to wage an 8-month long war in Libya.
“We came, we saw, he died,” they chortled as they violated the War Powers Resolution.
— Bluesky Libs (@BlueskyLibs) January 3, 2026
“The Warmth of Collectivism” Comes to City Hall: Zohran Mamdani takes office with big dreams—and dubious plans.
“Today begins a new era,” declared Zohran Mamdani upon his swearing in yesterday as New York City’s 112th mayor. “Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed. But never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.”
Inaugural ceremonies aren’t usually a forum for deep deliberation and rational discourse. But a new leader’s words are rarely disconnected from his underlying philosophy. Mamdani’s inaugural comments therefore give us an idea of what to expect: claiming to represent “all” New Yorkers, the new mayor will work quickly to push through decisions unpopular at best, and harmful at worst.
Ontario school board embeds Islamophobia lessons while neglecting antisemitism
Freedom of information documents reveal a stark double standard inside the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, where Islamophobia is woven deeply into the curriculum across math, art, literacy and social studies, at the expense of antisemitism education.
Despite Jews facing the overwhelming majority of hate crimes in the region, the subject of antisemitism barely earns a handful of standalone handouts.
h/t Patti Jo
Iran’s Exponentiating Missile Threat: Will the U.S. and Europe Just Sit and Watch?
Since the end of Iran’s 12-day war with Israel, there has been mounting evidence that its regime has been ramping up missile production. Tehran’s perspective is straightforward: if its nuclear program has become more vulnerable, then its missile arsenal must increase as a compensatory tool of power.
It is no secret that the Iranian regime has been accelerating and expanding its ballistic missile program at an alarming pace, and has invested heavily in improving the range, accuracy, survivability, and payload capacity of its missiles. These missiles – now part of reportedly the largest missile arsenal in the Middle East – can reach not only regional targets but also the U.S. and Europe, a senior Iranian lawmaker has openly boasted.
A few Haitians deported they say …
Some Haitian migrants arrested in Quebec on Christmas Day deported to U.S.
Some of the 19 migrants of Haitian origin arrested in Quebec on Christmas Day have been deported to the United States.
Canada Border Services Agency says the migrants’ asylum claims were processed and those who were deemed inadmissible were sent back south of the border.
In an emailed statement, the agency didn’t say how many would-be refugees were deported.
Lights out, then US forces with blowtorches came for Maduro
The Venezuelan dictator was in a supposed safe house when the Delta Force commandos burst in just after 2am and snatched him and his wife, before his security team had time to secure the property’s final defence of two heavy steel doors. Even if they had, the Americans were armed with blowtorches.
Within minutes Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores were being flown by helicopter across a moonlit Caribbean Sea to the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious assault ship. They are expected to be sent to a New
York federal detention centre before facing trial on drug trafficking charges.
The swiftness of the capture has led to speculation that Maduro may have been betrayed by someone in his inner circle. His personal security was understood to have been overseen by Cuba.
Trump says US oil companies will spend billions in Venezuela to revive their infrastructure.
For Canada, this means we can kiss capital investments in our industry goodbye. That is unless China comes looking for out oil, but a pivot to China is dangerous. pic.twitter.com/aqLtKaD1ya— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) January 3, 2026
CHARLEBOIS: Fewer kids, more pets – and a food system that isn’t ready
Pet food inflation isn’t a lifestyle story, at least, not anymore.
For years, pet ownership in Canada has been framed as a lifestyle choice. A dog is a companion. A cat is a comfort. In public discourse, pets are often treated as discretionary luxuries – nice to have, but optional.
Now We Know Why Democrats Are Defending Somali Fraud
Have you ever wondered why Democrats are so aggressively defending rampant fraud in Minnesota? Why Gov. Tim Walz so desperately wants to handle the investigation on his own? There’s a simple explanation: it has nothing to do with protecting vulnerable communities or fighting discrimination. Democrats are shielding these schemes because they profit directly from them.
Names and photos of the “Security Guards” please
Watchdog calls on Toronto hospital to remove ‘militaristic’ language from security policies after senior injured
An elderly woman assaulted by security guards from where I wonder.
Watch your seniors like a hawk in Ontario’s 3rd World health care system.
Yes, Mamdani Is a Commie. Will the ‘News’ Outlets That Insisted He Wasn’t Apologize Now?
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Thursday put to rest any lingering doubt about whether or not he is a communist, when he said, to the disgust of people worldwide who have lived under the boot of socialist tyranny, “We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Hardest hit, however, although they will never, ever admit it, much less issue a retraction or an apology, are the many leftist establishment media news outlets that insisted during Mamdani’s mayoral campaign that he was not really a communist at all.
‘Somewhere to put worker bees’: Why Canada’s micro-condos are losing their appeal
Maggie Hildebrand’s first apartment in Toronto had a kitchen, a dining table, a workspace and a bed – all in the same 300-sq-ft room.
It was a decent home at first, close enough to her job downtown and with all the bare necessities for daily living.
But it didn’t take long for the 28-year-old to feel boxed-in. “It was so isolating in that tiny space,” she told the BBC. “It definitely feels like it’s just somewhere to put worker bees during the night.”