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WTF? ‘We can just be together’: Queer couple from U.S. finds refuge after moving to Nova Scotia

It’s never easy to uproot your life, but after a year of watching U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration crack down on 2SLGBTQ+ rights, especially for transgender Americans, Grace Mahoney and her partner, Kayden Burns, decided it was time to leave the United States.

“I’m queer, my spouse is also queer and non-binary, and it started becoming a very unsafe place for us, as it is for a lot of queer humans existing in the U.S.,” she said in an interview from her new home in Dartmouth, N.S., earlier this month.

The CBC never tires of these Drama Queens.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2026July 17, 2026•0•Canada, USA, WTF?

Blame Canada: Trump threatens increased tariffs for wildfire smoke that has ‘unnecessarily invaded’ U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump is adding his voice to the chorus of Republican politicians who are blaming Canada for wildfire smoke drifting across the border.

Hundreds of active wildfires, most in northwestern Ontario, have triggered air quality warnings for states close to the Great Lakes, stretching from Minnesota to Maryland.

Trump threatened to top up the import tariffs he’s already levied on Canadian goods in response to the smoke that has drifted south of the border.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2026July 17, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Ohio Senator calls for sanctions on Canada over wildfire smoke

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is taking action to impose U.S. sanctions on Canada in light of the wildfire smoke that has enveloped the Midwest and East Coast this week.

“I’ll be introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity,” Moreno posted on X.

I’ll be introducing a bill next week to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity. https://t.co/wFCVwrPdGr

— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) July 16, 2026

Earplugs may come in Handy…

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by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2026July 17, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Dharla, a CBSA detector dog, sniffs out almost 38 kg of undeclared meat at Toronto Pearson

Detector dog Dharla recently intercepted 37.8 kilograms of undeclared food and animal products at Toronto Pearson International Airport, says Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

The goods, which a CBSA spokesperson said include undeclared chicken, guinea fowl, goat, cowhide, and powdered milk, came from a traveller who arrived at the airport on June 19 from Nigeria.

#DetectorDog Dharla intercepted over 37 kg of undeclared food and animal products from a traveller arriving at #YYZ from Nigeria. The items were seized and the traveller was fined $1,300. Learn more : https://t.co/QNMCDoRbz5 pic.twitter.com/iliQckXxOi

— Canada Border Services Agency (@CanBorder) July 16, 2026

Good Doggie

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2026July 17, 2026•0•Canada

MACLEOD: The ‘Forever Canada’ case is running out of arguments

The “Forever Canada” argument is not entirely without merit. It has legal, trade, and pension concerns, as well as warnings about uncertainty. Some of those warnings deserve to be taken seriously. Alberta’s independence will not be simple. No honest independence supporter should pretend otherwise.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2026July 16, 2026•0•Canada

Canada to keep Gordie Howe Bridge toll revenue until project debt is cleared, Mark Carney says

OTTAWA — Canada won’t share toll revenues from the Gordie Howe International Bridge with the United States until the project’s debts are repaid, with Prime Minister Mark Carney stating on Thursday that the $6.4-billion crossing may run operating losses in its early years.

“It’s not splitting the tolls at the bridge. It is an agreement for 15 years to split net revenues,” Carney said at a news conference in London, Ont. “Any sharing of the toll revenue won’t happen until all of the debt is repaid.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2026July 16, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Chris Milburn: Woke doublethink controls Canada

Are we really past “peak woke,” as some think? Perhaps it’s true elsewhere. But recent events suggest the underlying ideology remains deeply entrenched in Canada.

On June 8, the Standing Committee on Science and Research met to examine explicit affirmative action hiring practices for women. However, when Conservative MP Vincent Neil Ho asked a witness — Dr. Mona Nemer, a molecular biologist and Canada’s chief science advisor — to define “woman,” chaos erupted.

🧬🤐 Watch the Liberals scramble to silence Canada’s Chief Science Advisor while she tries to answer what the definition of a woman is.

They say they follow the science… until the science answers the question. pic.twitter.com/plr87Ce81u

— Vincent Neil Ho (@vincentneilho) June 8, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2026July 16, 2026•0•"Peak Woke", Canada

Canada to buy nearly $2-billion in armoured vehicles from U.S. defence contractor

The federal government has picked the local subsidiary of a U.S. defence contractor as Ottawa’s first “strategic partner” to build capabilities for the country’s growing military, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday.

As part of this, Canada will pay General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada nearly $2-billion over four years to build 190 more armoured combat support vehicles, expanding the Canadian Army’s fleet of armoured vehicles to 550 from 360, Mr. Carney said at the company’s plant in London, Ont.

Many unhappy elbows at the dinner table tonight.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2026July 16, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Most Canadians Don’t Know We Can’t Launch a Rocket or Satellite From Our Own Soil.

There are some things Canadians simply assume about their country.

We assume we can patrol our own Arctic. We assume we can defend our borders. And, as it turns out, most of us assume that a country with its own space agency, a world-class aerospace sector, and an astronaut who flew around the Moon can launch a satellite from Canadian soil.

But in reality we can’t.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2026July 16, 2026•0•Canada

On this bridge, it’s clear that Mark Carney is no Gordie Howe

If the first rule of ransoms is that you don’t pay them, what to make of Mark Carney’s payoff to Donald Trump to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge?

Make no mistake: Canada paid what amounts to a bribe. The Liberal government can dress it up as a “series of co-operative measures” regarding the governance of the new border crossing, but Trump came into our shop, threatened to smash it up, and didn’t leave until he got his money. Instead of telling Don Trump where to go, Carney paid the vigorish.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2026July 16, 2026•0•Canada, USA

Christopher Coates: Canada should double down on NORAD, not walk away

The recent Walrus article “Why Canada Needs to Walk Away from NORAD” points to the Netflix thriller “A House of Dynamite” and suggests that among the very “realistic” aspects of the film is the absence of Canadians from the command centres involved in the response to a nuclear attack on the U.S. or North America. Like the film, that suggestion is a fiction.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2026July 15, 2026•0•Canada, Norad, USA

Moaning husband details hellish misery woke Canadian wife is suffering in ICE custody as she faces deportation for slapping teens wearing MAGA clothing

The husband of a Canadian woman who is set to be deported for allegedly slapping a teenage girl wearing MAGA-branded clothing says she is enduring hellish conditions inside a squalid immigration facility.

Kaitlyn Tracey, 33, is locked up at New Jersey’s notoriously grim immigration facility Delaney Hall, after being detained over an alleged assault on a teen during Fourth of July celebrations on the Jersey Shore.

Police said Tracey confronted a group of teenagers who were wearing ‘patriotic colored’ clothes, which were reportedly emblazoned with ‘Trump’ and ‘ICE’, before she allegedly slapped one of the teens.

Meet Canadian leftist, Kaitlyn Tracey, and her husband. The woman who slapped the USA teenager for wearing Trump/Ice clothing and is now up on assault charges. pic.twitter.com/ezAk1C9c2C

— Josh Ryan 🍁 (@joshryanjames) July 15, 2026

Homeland Security weighs in. @fancypants_s https://t.co/YpaRVQyyyo

— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) July 15, 2026

h/t Patti Jo and Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2026July 16, 2026•0•Canada, USA, WTF?

Marty York: Canadians wary of Liberal plan to expedite Gazan visas

According to a recent poll, just under half of Canadians are opposed to the federal government’s recent decision to expedite Gazan student visa processing.

And I must say, I don’t blame them.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Canadians Like Depraved Slave Labour Camp Called China More Than US Says Pew Research Survey

Canadians’ opinions of the United States have deteriorated while their perceptions of China have improved compared to a few years ago, a new report suggests.

According to a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday, 44 per cent of Canadians surveyed between February and May hold a favourable view of China, while 33 per cent feel the same about the U.S. Last year, Canadians were “equally” favourable toward both countries. But in 2023, most Canadians had a “positive view” of the U.S. at 57 per cent, compared to 14 per cent that viewed China positively.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2026July 15, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA, WTF?

The death of the shopping mall, and the rot at the heart of our society

For more than two decades, a structural force has been reshaping North American retail: the systematic erosion of the mid-tier. Brands and formats that once thrived serving middle-income consumers found themselves caught in a fatal no man’s land – too expensive for the price-sensitive shopper trading down to Walmart, Temu or Shein; too ordinary for the affluent consumer seeking premium experiences or luxury brands.

by Blazingcatfur•July 15, 2026July 14, 2026•0•Canada