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From an Olympic Snowboarder to an Accused Drug Kingpin and Killer

The target was a drug trafficker turned F.B.I. informant who didn’t stand a chance. As he had lunch with friends at a restaurant in Medellín, Colombia, a hit man in a dark hoodie sneaked up behind him and shot him five times in the head.

The man who had ordered the hit quickly received a photograph of the body, the authorities said. He reshared it widely — boasting that he had killed “the rat.”

The man behind the killing was Ryan Wedding, a Canadian who rose to fame as an Olympic snowboarder two decades ago, only to become what the authorities describe as one of the world’s biggest drug lords. “El Jefe,” as he was known, ran a drug-trafficking empire out of Mexico and was now one of the most wanted fugitives in the world.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Mexican drug cartels, Mexico, USA

Canadians travelling to U.S. will be photographed upon entry and exit starting Boxing Day

All individuals traveling to the United States will now be photographed before entering or leaving the country starting Friday, according to a new regulation from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

In some cases, U.S. customs officials will also be able to capture travelers’ fingerprints.

These requirements take effect on Dec. 26 and apply to all non-U.S. citizens, including Canadian travelers and diplomats.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Elon Musk slams Canadian health care after Edmonton father dies in ER

Elon Musk is lashing out at Canada’s health-care system after an Edmonton father died in an hospital emergency room following an eight-hour wait to see a doctor.

“When the government does medical care, it is about as good as the DMV,” Musk wrote on X as he reshared a video that showed the man’s wife recapping her husband’s death.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Healthcare Crisis", "Healthcare", Canada

Government satisfaction drops sharply as Canadians struggle with cost-of-living pressures

Canadians’ satisfaction with their governments has fallen sharply in 2025, according to new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute, as residents grapple with rising costs and ongoing economic uncertainty.

The Government Performance Index, which measures satisfaction across 16 key issues, shows scores have dropped by roughly one-quarter since March.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Will 2025 be remembered as the year Canadians re-embraced nationalism?

Nationalism has many different forms, from benign feelings of pride to aggressive chauvinism. Some speak idealistically of civic nationalism, quizzically of economic nationalism, or suspiciously of ethnic nationalism. And in Canada, there is Quebec nationalism and the search for greater autonomy by a myriad of Indigenous nations. All of these made their mark in the past year, and will continue to shape events in 2026.

A cheesy political slogan that Liberal Party media used to engineer the zombie half life of the worst government in Canadian history is what passes for nationalism in today’s balkanized Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Group of ̷u̷n̷d̷o̷c̷u̷m̷e̷n̷t̷e̷d̷ ̷m̷i̷g̷r̷a̷n̷t̷s̷ illegal alien benefit shopping invaders arrested in Quebec’s Montérégie

A group of 19 undocumented migrants of Haitian origin was arrested Thursday night near Havelock in Quebec’s Montérégie region.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that the group, with ages ranging from one to 60, was apprehended after they allegedly illegally crossed from the United States into Canada.

The breach was reported to the RCMP by the United States Border Patrol (USBP) shortly before 6 p.m.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Canada

Muslims in Indonesia Show Christians What They Think of Them

Carney loves Muslim values

Indonesia has a reputation for being a “moderate” Muslim nation, but the wind in the Islamic world as a whole is blowing in the opposite direction, as a group of Christians has just discovered.

Morning Star News, which tracks the persecution of Christians worldwide, reported Tuesday that “as police looked on, Muslims in West Java Province, Indonesia on Dec. 14 formed a human wall to block Christians from attending a Christmas service, according to local media.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Indonesia, Islam, Islam and violence, Islam's Persecution Of Christians, Islamization of the West

AI Effect on Voting Intentions Three Times Greater in Canada Than in US: Study

Conversations between humans and AI chatbots can significantly influence voters’ decisions, with the impact in Canada potentially three times greater than in the United States, according to a study published in the journal Nature on Dec. 4.

The study, conducted by researchers from MIT and other universities in Canada, Poland, and the United States, analyzed how conversations with AI chatbots could persuade people to change their voting intentions more effectively than traditional political advertisements.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

One year into Trump 2.0: Here’s how much America has radically changed on his watch

U.S. President Donald Trump has been a disruptive force since he burst onto the political scene a decade ago — but the pace of change in the first year of his second presidency is unlike just about anything seen before in the nearly 250-year history of the American republic.

Since his inauguration in January, Trump has upended the global trade order with a sweeping new tariffs scheme, radically curtailed immigration while deploying enforcement agents to round up migrants en masse and issued pink slips to federal public servants at a scale unmatched in the modern era.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Carney reflects on jump into politics at an ‘important time,’ key subjects in year-end interview

With the final days of 2025 rapidly falling to the wayside, Canadians are likely taking stock of the last 12 months.

The past year has seen some rapid changes on the political scene — most notably in the prime minister’s chair.

At this time in 2024, Justin Trudeau was still mulling whether to stay on or step aside.

His ultimate decision to resign paved the way for Mark Carney to take the helm of the Liberal Party and country, later securing his role as prime minister in April’s election.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

US Official Cites NGO’s ‘Hate Speech’ Label for Residential School ‘Denialism’ When Announcing Free-Speech Sanctions

The U.S. Department of State has announced sanctions against a number of individuals including the British head of the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) Clare Melford, whose organization issued a report this summer listing “digital denialism” of Canadian residential schools as one example of “hate speech” that harms democracy.

Undersecretary of State Sarah Rogers linked to a Sept. 25 GDI report on hate speech in Canada in an X post to announce Melford’s travel ban, saying that GDI has interfered with speech on American platforms, including by labeling opinions that “question” the nature of Canadian residential schools as hate speech.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Freedom of speech, USA

Dozens of federal lawyers disciplined for misconduct in first-ever report

A newly released report reveals that 37 employees at the Department of Justice faced discipline last year for misconduct, including falsified credentials, harassment, and a fraudulent insurance claim.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the First Annual Report on Addressing Misconduct and Wrongdoing at the department, released Wednesday, details 27 formal cases resulting in measures ranging from written reprimands to firings.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada