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Paranormal investigator dies on US tour with allegedly haunted doll Annabelle
A paranormal investigator who was helping lead a national tour of the allegedly haunted Annabelle doll has suddenly died over the weekend.
On Tuesday, the New England Society for Psychic Research announced the “sudden” death of 54-year-old Dan Rivera, the organization’s lead paranormal investigator and an army veteran.
Rivera’s death occurred on Sunday during his visit to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he was leading the Devils on the Run Tour. As part of the tour, Rivers and other NESPR members were bringing the supposedly haunted Raggedy Ann doll across multiple states.
CHARLEBOIS: Canada got fatter since the pandemic. Pharma noticed.
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) confirms what many suspected: obesity rates in Canada have surged since the onset of the pandemic. Prior to 2020, the trend was gradual. But since April of that year, the pace has quickened — and now, one in three Canadian adults lives with obesity.
Counterterror officers deemed David Amess killer a ‘great person’
The killer of the Conservative MP Sir David Amess was described as a “great person” by counter-terrorism officials amid a series of failures exposed in an official review of the Prevent programme.
A report has warned that the government’s flagship counterextremism scheme needs to “up its game” after its failure to prevent Amess’s murder and the Southport attack.
Lord Anderson, the independent Prevent commissioner, concluded in his report that the “jury is still out” on whether changes introduced after the two attacks will improve the way the scheme works.
More than 50 candidates registered in Alberta byelection where Pierre Poilievre hopes to win back a seat
Dozens of independent candidates have already registered in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot byelection, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hopes to win back a seat in the House of Commons.
The list stems from a co-ordinated effort by electoral reform advocacy group the “Longest Ballot Committee,” which is aiming to break records during this byelection by registering hundreds of candidates.
While the vast majority of candidates in the riding are running as independents, hopefuls from the United, Libertarian, Christian Heritage and Conservative parties have also put their names forward.
BARBER: Canada’s economic warning from across ‘The Pond’
‘As the UK spirals under debt, high taxes, and net-zero delusions, Canada risks the same fate under Carney’s leadership — unless it changes course on spending, energy, and trade.’
The UK finds itself in serious economic trouble. The cost of its debt is approaching unmanageable levels. It faces high taxes after recent increases, a shrinking economy, declining job growth, and rising unemployment. The UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) reports that debt is predicted to reach 270% of GDP by 2070 (“Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report — July 2025”.) The EU’s Stability and Growth Pact recommends a debt-to-GDP ratio of 60%. The UK’s current ratio is around 100%, with annual interest payments projected at £105.2 billion.
Why Liberals Love to be Hated
A sick dysfunctional mindset.
It may surprise some how eagerly the liberals who claim to believe in gay rights, make abortion their sacrament and worship at the altar of secularism make common cause with the Islamic enemies of all that they supposedly believe in. But it really shouldn’t because they don’t believe it.
From the Hitler-Stalin pact to the white liberal worship of the Black Panthers, it’s long since been clear that what they claim to want is very different from what they really, really want.
UK: Police officers who actively participate in Pride marches are breaking the law
Police joining Pride protests was always a step too far
Police officers who actively participate in Pride marches are breaking the law, according to a landmark judgment in the High Court. In a decision that’s likely to have a profound effect on how chief constables behave in future, Mr Justice Linden today ruled that the sight of uniformed officers marching, displaying the Progress flag and turning up in official vehicles painted in Pride colours breaches their duty of impartiality.
The defendant in the case was Vanessa Jardine, chief constable of Northumbria Police, who joined the Newcastle Pride in the City 2024 march with her officers in July last year. The judge said that Jardine’s decision to participate was “irrational”, pointing out that every police officer swears an oath to behave with “integrity, diligence and impartiality”.
Canada’s income gap reaches record high, Statistics Canada finds
Statistics Canada says the income gap between the country’s highest and lowest income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.
The agency says the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent of the income distribution and the bottom 40 per cent grew to 49 percentage points in the first three months of the year.
Statistics Canada says the measure has increased each year following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is why it was so important to import unskilled labour from incompatible cultures by the millions.
‘Youth-cession’ sees young Canadians struggling most, poll data shows
Notes on the passing scene — Taliban, Canada, and John Kerry admitting Trump was right all along
It’s a weird world out there and here are some semi-random thoughts:
A 45-year-old Afghan man allegedly attempted to marry a 6-year-old girl in Helmand Province.
Amu.tv reported that the youngster had allegedly been sold by her father to a man who already has two wives, but the kind-hearted Taliban stepped in and arrested both men involved. (Yes, “kind-hearted” was sarcastic.) The Taliban brought no charges against the men but are making the prospective groom wait until the girl is 9 before taking her home, according to local media.
Poets, DJs and DEI officers? Britain’s ‘skilled’ visa list is a joke
If we thought the UK’s immigration system couldn’t get any more farcical, then the Labour government has managed to prove us wrong once again.
The Telegraph has revealed that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ‘experts’ can enter the UK on a ‘skilled worker’ visa. These visas allow holders to remain in the UK for up to five years. They are supposed to help British firms plug critical skills shortages in the labour market that would otherwise go unfilled. In practice, however, it seems that just about any job you can imagine can qualify for a visa.
Michael A. Sachs: Why I’m moving my family to the United States
After 30 years as a proud Canadian citizen, a die-hard Canucks fan and someone who has deeply loved this country, I’ve made the hardest decision of my life: I have moved my family of four to the United States.
I want to be clear that this decision wasn’t made lightly and I never imagined leaving our community, our family and our friends. And yet, here we are. The decision comes after years of watching the country I love erode into something unrecognizable.
Teen describes moment she was choked by father in ‘attempted honor killing’ after refusing arranged marriage
A teenage girl sobbed as she told a court how she feared for her life as her own father choked her during an alleged ‘honor killing’.
Fatima Ali, 18, was giving evidence against her parents Ihsan Ali, 44, and mother Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, at their attempted murder trial on Tuesday.
The couple are accused of trying to strangle their daughter outside Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington, on October 18 last year.
A Generation So Lonely, It Fell in Love With Furniture
From soulmates to simulated love with a smoothie maker.
A new game lets you romance your refrigerator.
Not exactly a sentence you’d expect to write in 2025. Then again, maybe it is. Maybe this is exactly where we were always heading. Date Everything arrived this summer like a fever dream made manifest. Players don mysterious “Dateviator” glasses. Suddenly, household objects transform into potential lovers. Your lamp becomes a narcissistic influencer. Your couch develops commitment issues. Your washing machine exudes pure sex appeal. The premise sounds bonkers. It is, but it’s also prophetic.