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The Russia-Ukraine war: Where it stands and where it might be going
In most Western countries, including Canada, the celebration known as flag day is greeted with a kind of benevolent, restrained enthusiasm.
Rarely is it ever a visceral event, the way it has become in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy brought that sentiment into sharp focus on Saturday, a day before Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Kyiv as a special guest for Independence Day celebrations and pledged Canada’s ongoing support of Ukraine.
What the Ghislaine Maxwell transcript says about Prince Andrew
In an office at a federal courthouse in downtown Tallahassee, the capital city of Florida, Ghislaine Maxwell tasted something resembling freedom last month.
Outside of prison for the first time since being convicted of child sex trafficking crimes, she sat before Todd Blanche, President Trump’s deputy attorney-general, for two interviews on July 24 and 25. The first lasted six hours, the second half as long.
PINKSY: When economists dance, Canada pays the price
Mark Carney — once hailed as the agile economist whose skill as a professional would dance Canada to prosperity — has delivered a performance that looks less like a choreographed waltz and more like the chicken dance. And not even the part where the wings flap in rhythm, but the clumsy bit that’s half shoulder shrug, half existential dread.
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Irish elites are putting the needs of outsiders before their own constituents
A nation’s true character is sometimes found in the hospital wards treating unwell children. If they are not a priority, then what is?
That question now hangs over Ireland’s foreign minister, Simon Harris, whose resignation has been demanded by some parliamentary colleagues, thousands of petitioners, and the parents of a dead child.
In 2017, as health minister, Harris pledged that no child would wait longer than four months for spinal surgery. It quickly became clear this was an overpromise, giving false hope to families of sufferers.
Amy Hamm: Father of ‘evidence-based medicine’ turns his back on science
Bullied by activists, Gordon Guyatt is now arguing against using his own findings to guide policy
Canadian physician Gordon Guyatt coined the term “evidence-based medicine.” According to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame, into which he was inducted in 2016, he is one of our country’s “most cited researchers” and “is considered a world authority in the fields of health-related quality of life research, study design, systematic reviews and guideline development.”
BARCLAY: Liberal mass migration policies have eroded public safety in Canada and Alberta
Recently, Alberta’s Minister of Jobs, Economy, Trade, and Immigration, Joseph Schow, declared that Mark Carney’s Liberal government “has lost control over immigration” and warned that the Liberal government’s inability to effectively regulate the influx of international mass migration within Canada has imposed a severe strain upon “housing, healthcare, employment, and other public services” throughout Alberta.
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Shut the System heralds new phase of eco-radicalism in UK
Climate activists from the underground movement Shut the System (STS) have launched “a period of sustained sabotage” against banks and insurance firms. Security experts believe that STS has the means and experience to carry out this threat, thereby posing the greatest challenge yet to the Labour government’s ability to maintain law and order — not least because of its close links to radical, pro-Palestinian activists.
‘Tortured and Gang-Raped’: The Persecution of Christians, July 2025
Muslim extremists now forbid Christians from farming, and punish defiance with shootings, kidnappings, and threats against families. Thousands remain displaced, living in overcrowded shelters with no food or medical care….. Despite military presence, extremist Muslim militias continue to terrorize rural Christian communities with near total impunity. — persecution.org, July 1, 2025 — Nigeria.
Cory Morgan: Self-Defence Isn’t Vigilantism—It’s an Integral Right of Canadians
When it comes to the right to defend oneself and one’s property in Canada, the nation doesn’t need to change the laws. It must change its attitude. Sections 34 and 35 of the Criminal Code make it clear that citizens may use force to defend themselves and their property. While many Canadians have been criminally charged for defending themselves with force, convictions are rare. The process is the punishment, however, as a person’s life can be put on hold while they navigate the legal system to exonerate themselves.
Why Won’t Liberals Save Big Bird?
After Congress defunded ‘public’ radio and television, liberal nonprofits are scrambling to fund them. But they’re not scrambling very hard. The Knight Foundation, with assets of $2.6 billion and which hands out over $100 million annually, is ponying up a mere $10 million.
Paula Kerger, the president of PBS, alone earns $1.1 million. 5 other PBS execs make over half a million dollars. The Senior Vice President of DEI earns nearly $400,000. That $10 million would hardly even begin to cover the insanely inflated salaries of ‘public’ media executives.
Oasis: the joyous roar of a forgotten people
At Wembley the other week, I and 90,000 others indulged that most lethal of emotions. An emotion so supposedly deadly that entire books have been devoted to examining and dismantling it. Some call it humanity’s ‘dull ache’. Others call it ‘toxic’. Some outright call it ‘dangerous’. And yet there we were, tens of thousands of us, a sea of bucket hats and beers, our throats sore from roaring, our arms flung round perfect strangers, all in the gleeful grip of that most taboo of feelings: nostalgia.
All eyes turn to the Arctic as Canada ramps up defence spending
OTTAWA — If war ever comes to Canada, it could appear as an enemy missile soaring over the vast Arctic.
One nightmare scenario goes like this. Russia, emboldened from its assault on Ukraine and intent on recovering more of its lost Soviet sphere, invades the Baltics. Allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) hold true to their vows of collective defence, and some 2,000 Canadian soldiers — stationed today as a deterrence force in Latvia — find themselves on the front line of a new great power conflict.
I do not think Canada is taken seriously as the steward of its own Arctic.