Canada’s first fully Indigenous-owned department store closes amid funding challenges

Canada’s first fully Indigenous-owned department store closes amid funding challenges

Two years after it launched, Canada’s first fully Indigenous-owned department store has closed its doors, leaving the owner $800,000 in debt, thanks in part to the denial of a City of Toronto grant.

The problem began when Chelsee-Marie Pettit, the founder of Aaniin, applied for a city grant to showcase the work of Indigenous artists at her Eaton Centre pop-up.

Pettit says she thought the city initially approved her application, prompting her to extend the lease on her store. But then an anonymous Indigenous jury, which has the final say in the grant’s approval, denied her funding, creating an added layer of financial burdens.


A murky story.

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Detector dog at Pearson airport sniffs out more than 40kg of undeclared meat

On March 27, Moby, the detector dog, intercepted more than 40 kilograms of undeclared beef and chicken that was found in the luggage of a traveller arriving from Nigeria, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) said in a post on X.

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Deportation hearing for Indian extortion suspect halted when officials can’t find him

Deportation hearing for Indian extortion suspect halted when officials can’t find him

The deportation of a Bishnoi extortion gang member was put off on Thursday after federal officials could not find the suspect.

Just minutes into Abjeet Kingra’s deportation hearing, the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) said it had lost track of the Indian citizen.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), which is attempting to deport Kingra, also said it no longer knew his whereabouts.

h/t Walt Whiteman’s World

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German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic

German transgender far-right extremist arrested in Czech Republic

A convicted German transgender right-wing extremist, who has been on the run for months, has been arrested in the Czech Republic.

Liebich was arrested on the basis of a European arrest warrant in Krásná in the east of the country, some 100km (62 miles) east of the capital, Prague.

In August 2025, Marla-Svenja Liebich, formerly known as Sven, failed to appear at the prison in the German town of Chemnitz, where she was to serve an 18-month jail term.

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Killer’s Indigenous heritage cited in lesser sentence for shooting of wife

Killer’s Indigenous heritage cited in lesser sentence for shooting of wife

An Indigenous B.C. man who shot his sleeping wife in the head after a 17-hour drinking binge has been sentenced to under seven years for her death.

The sentence is far below the Crown prosecutor’s request for 16 years and is partially the result of the judge finding the defendant’s Indigenous heritage a significant mitigating factor.

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The Horror!

The Horror!

Trans darts star breaks down in tears and claims she has been ‘retired’ as transgender players are BANNED from women’s events in major rule change

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Jamie Sarkonak: No one knows who this mental patient is. They were put on cross-gender drugs anyway

Jamie Sarkonak: No one knows who this mental patient is. They were put on cross-gender drugs anyway

Housed in the Women’s General Forensic Unit of Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is a male inpatient, detained there for committing violent acts. This individual identifies as transgender and is receiving hormone treatments, but their identity is a mystery.

It seems that it’s not just prisons that are struggling with preserving female spaces — it’s also the psych wards.

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Michael Moore torches US as ‘bad guys,’ hails Iran as ‘greatest civilization’ in deranged rant

Michael Moore torches US as ‘bad guys,’ hails Iran as ‘greatest civilization’ in deranged rant

Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore torched the US as the “bad guys” in the war with Iran – while hailing the Middle Eastern nation as one of the world’s “greatest civilizations” in a deranged online tirade.

The documentarian unleashed the frenzied rant on Tuesday, calling President Trump a “terrorist” for threatening a “holocaust” after the commander in chief warned Iran that its “whole civilization” would be wiped out if the nation failed to cut a ceasefire deal to open the Strait of Hormuz and end the six-week conflict.


I had forgot all about this clown.

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