Dozens of RCMP police officers are searching the headquarters of Canadian electric bus company Lion Electric as part of what the national police force is calling an investment fraud investigation.
As many as 75 police officers are taking part in the operation, which is targeting the company’s base of operations in Saint-Jérôme, Que., some 60 kilometres northwest of Montreal, RCMP spokesman Enrique Gasse said in an email on Wednesday.
The shortest flight path from Russia to the United States would take an enemy bomber over the North Pole and across Canadian airspace. During the Cold War, that simple fact was the impetus for the creation of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, which forged an integrated radar network across the two countries, effectively treating North American airspace as a single defensive zone.
Link fixed! h/t BT
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford both disputed the suggestion of Canadian interference in the U.S. midterms, after the U.S. embassy in Canada released a list of quotes from Canadian politicians which it claims indicate “plans to influence American politics.”
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is quoted five times in the list the embassy released Wednesday.
The U.S. Embassy in Ottawa has just issued a fact sheet accusing Canadian politicians of trying to influence American politics. It ends with a rather pointed warning: “Americans decide America’s elections.” https://t.co/q5Y72MJMiP
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) October 21, 2026
I think the USA is just yanking Joly’s chain.
Alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced an $8.7-billion support package for steel, critical mineral and auto sectors on Wednesday.
The partnership with the Ontario government earmarks $2.5 billion over two years for the province’s auto industry to build the “connected and electric vehicles of the future.”
Ottawa is providing $1.5 billion of the auto funding with Ontario providing the remaining $1 billion.
“Vote like Canada depends on it,” Prime Minister Mark Carney declared to cheering crowds in Calgary last week on a stage emblazoned with bright red and white “Forever Canadian” banners.
It’s a message that appears to have struck a chord with the electorate, as preliminary results show more than two-thirds of Alberta voters said they want to remain a part of Canada.
But the future of the federation does still rest on its richest province.
At least 75 students who took part in a “blockade” last week at École polyvalente de Saint-Jérôme, about an hour away from Montreal, have been suspended until next Friday by the school’s administration.
Noovo Info confirmed the information with the Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord.
Make them miss the entire year.
Canadians have a reputation for paying their mortgages on time, but more homeowners are falling behind, a potential warning sign for the country’s housing market.
Canada has the second-lowest mortgage arrears rate in the G7, but the share of homeowners who fell seriously behind on payments has doubled from its 2022 low, according to Benchmark Canada.
That’s the steepest rise in the G7.
WILLIAMSPORT — Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 28, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced today to 50 years in prison for offenses related to a 2020 attack on correctional officers at U.S. Penitentiary Allenwood, announced U.S Attorney Brian Miller. This sentence will run consecutive to the 40-year sentence he is currently serving for his role in plotting a mass-casualty terrorist attack in New York City on behalf of ISIS.
“Bahnasawy, who is already serving a 40-year sentence in federal prison for plotting mass casualty attacks in New York City on behalf of ISIS, savagely attacked corrections officers once again on behalf of ISIS,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John A. Eisenberg. “Today’s sentence will further ensure that Bahnasawy remains in prison, where he can do much less harm, for a very long time.”
An American security company with ties to Trump’s deportation machine is about to start guarding Canada’s tax office — and it beat out a Canadian veterans’ institution by just $80,000. Allied Universal, a firm making tens of millions off ICE and other U.S. agencies, will soon take over security at the Canada Revenue Agency.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark “Elbows Up” Carney recently claimed that the United States is trying to break Canada apart to gain control of the country, while urging voters in oil-rich Alberta to reject the path toward independence in today’s (Oct. 19) referendum.
Speaking at a so-called “pro-Canada” rally in Calgary, Carney stated that the referendum is occurring at “the worst time possible” because the “the world has become more dangerous and divided.”
The networks have called it. Alberta votes to stay.
CTV Live– The high-stakes referendum vote is underway across Alberta. Follow live as it happens here.
CBC Live – Alberta referendum
(PS. Comment count is lost when resetting time on a sticky – the comments are still there)
A new report alleges that the Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating Canadian institutions through various non-profit organizations and universities, a trend that it frames as part of a broader transnational ideological strategy.
In a sprawling 200-page study, the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) argues that, through an organized campaign of pro-Palestinian activism and anti-Islamophobia rhetoric, the Brotherhood and other groups are helping to foment antisemitism in Canada. The organizations, the report alleges, are often funded through highly sophisticated financial channels that run through Qatar, and have embedded themselves in some of Canada’s biggest universities.
A Canadian friend of mine, who is currently teaching in China, recently sent me an interesting video. It recorded a dark-skinned man who spoke perfect English, telling how he and his family, in 1996, immigrated to Canada. They “went through the process,” legally, to become Canadian citizens, working hard, earning what they got, and honoring the country. That kind of immigrant most countries don’t mind having.
But, he said, “it was a whole lot different back then.”
In 2026, resentment with Canada is reaching a fever pitch in Alberta. Today, voters will head to the polls for a “separation referendum.” The question is simple: Should Alberta remain a part of Canada, or should it leave?
While the results are non-binding and the Ottawa establishment will likely attempt to ignore them, the decision could be historic. If Alberta votes to leave, it could join the United States and would be one of its crowning assets — initially as a territory, with a clear pathway to statehood. If it votes to leave, Washington should welcome it.
Officials were aware of a fire at CFB Wainwright for several hours before it rapidly spread toward a training area where soldiers were taking part in exercises, killing four Canadian Armed Forces members and wounding dozens of others.
Maj-Gen. L.W. Rutland told reporters during a briefing on Sunday afternoon that the fire broke out as soldiers were taking part in a training exercise ahead of deployment to Latvia.
Friend @Martyupnorth says that the government’s Earthquakes Canada website recorded a 3.7m event in Wainwright as our warriors were dying.
Prime Minister @MarkJCarney and other officials only talk of a fast moving fire – not an explosion.
At this point I’m not sure what the truth is, but the fact is this – I no longer trust or believe the highest institutions and offices in the land.
I require independent verification and credible corroboration for anything that comes from public officials whether appointed or elected.
This is where we are now in Canada.
— DonaldBest.CA * DO NOT COMPLY (@DonaldBestCA) October 19, 2026
