Most Canadians think of the Calgary Stampede as 10 days of rodeo, cowboy hats, pancake breakfasts and country music.
They’re right. But they’re only seeing half the picture.
He’s a muslim what else could you expect?
On the Iran War, NATO Chief Agrees With Trump — The Media Buried the Lede
Why do so many Americans oppose the war against Iran?
The biggest reason is that they do not believe Iran was close to obtaining a nuclear weapon. If Iran was nowhere near a bomb, President Donald Trump’s decision to use military force looks unnecessary, even reckless. But if Iran was close, as Trump claims, the debate changes dramatically.
That is why NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s recent assessment should have been a major news story.
The Carney Liberals Still Lead, but the Political Ground Beneath Them Is Not as Solid as It Looks
A lot happened in Ottawa just before we went into the field with our latest national survey.
The federal government advanced a new pipeline proposal to the West Coast, moved ahead with plans to buy up to 12 new submarines, changed the rules governing Senate appointments, and pursued new defence and economic partnerships abroad.
The media won’t have as easy a time keeping Carney afloat as they did Trudeau, some of us have learned to see through the grift.
Nolte: Netflix Used AI in 300 Programs this Year
You gotta see the humor in this. While the Hollywood unions are over there screaming at Martin Scorsese for his use of AI for storyboarding, over here, Netflix has already utilized AI in some 300 programs this year.
Picture it this way … Someone is vacuuming while their house is on fire.
Prosecutors appear to drop some charges against Toronto cops, others as most serious allegations in corruption case head to trial
Prosecutors appear to have dropped several charges against the main targets of the Project South police corruption probe as the Crown moves to take the most serious allegations to trial.
Earlier this month, the Crown obtained direct indictments against all but one of the seven arrested Toronto officers, and seven other Project South accused, meaning their cases will bypass preliminary inquiries and go directly to trial in Superior Court.
Sunny Hostin Blasted Privilege for Years, Then Got Caught Using Her Own
Sunny Hostin has built a nice little side career out of diagnosing other people’s privilege. So when police caught her 24-year-old son wandering around active Metro-North railroad tracks in New Rochelle last month, you’d think the The View co-host and former federal prosecutor would have let the process play out. Instead, bodycam footage shows her doing exactly the thing she’s spent years telling America is a problem when other people do it.
NEW: The View’s Sunny Hostin seen using her privilege to try to get her son out of trouble for trespassing, tells police she is a “former federal prosecutor.”
“My name is Sunny Hostin… and I’m a former federal prosecutor,” Hostin said while telling police her son went to… pic.twitter.com/HsKYoKNuDH
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 18, 2026
As Canadians avoid the U.S., the face of summer tourism is forever changed
Summertime, and the living isn’t easy for U.S. workers dependent on Canadian tourism. Boycotting travel is a trade irritant unlike any other, and one the American ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, sheepishly raised during an interview with CTV earlier this month in Vancouver.
Canadians are exercising this political defiance in opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war with Canada. Leger polling suggests 67 per cent of those who decided to boycott travel to the U.S. in 2026 have done so because of the political climate and tensions between the two countries. An expensive U.S. dollar also makes it easier to say no.
I don’t agree with the permanence the author predicts.
Canadian visits to the US have been trending higher and I suspect our weakening standard of living keeps as many home as politics.
The biggest winners of the American economy fear they’re sinking fast
SAN FRANCISCO — Throughout a nearly two-decade career, Susan Smith considered herself a winner in the American economic lottery. She moved easily between tech jobs, earning a salary of more than $500,000 in her most recent position, as a mid-tier executive at Meta. A single mom, Smith could afford two nannies and support her disabled son without financial worry.
What some immigrants could lose if Alberta votes yes to Danielle Smith’s questions
If Albertans vote yes to the five immigration questions on this fall’s referendum, many of Alberta’s 260,000 temporary workers and other non-permanent residents could lose their health and education coverage — while all the rest could have to pay access fees on top of the taxes they pay.
When it comes to the most prominent question on Alberta’s Oct. 19 ballot, Premier Danielle Smith has said she is against separating. But she endorses and has vowed to campaign for the other nine questions she’s put to Albertans on immigration and constitutional reform.
She’s pitched them as a third-way option for supporters to express frustration with Ottawa without going as far as endorsing secession.
US blitzes Iranian missile depots, air defenses on 8th consecutive night of strikes
US forces launched their eighth consecutive night of attacks targeting Iranian military infrastructure late Saturday.
The latest round of strikes struck coastal surveillance and air defense facilities, maritime capabilities, and missile and drone storage sites to continue degrading Iranian military capabilities, US Central Command announced on X.
Fighter jets and missiles were launched off aircraft carriers and destroyers as explosions took out targets in mountainous regions of Iran, according to video shared by the combatant command.
On July 16, U.S. forces successfully destroyed the Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port surveillance tower, part of a maritime surveillance network along Iran’s Gulf of Oman coastline used for decades by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to track and target commercial… pic.twitter.com/CgBNvgOFf9
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) July 17, 2026
GOLDSTEIN: Wildfires show need to adapt to severe weather, not control climate
With more than 100 million Canadians and Americans enduring some of the world’s worst air quality readings because of 800 wildfires burning across Canada, including a dangerous cluster of 200 in Ontario, how can public policy best protect us?
Sean Penn …
🚨SEAN PENN THE LIBERAL BONEHEAD IS SELLING HIS $45 MILLION NYC PENTHOUSE AFTER MAMDANI’S WEALTH TAX HITS HIS “2ND HOME” — SUDDENLY HE DOESN’T WANT TO PAY FOR THE POOR ANYMORE!
This is exactly what we love to see.
Sean Penn’s main home is in… pic.twitter.com/3ssCs2k5bd
— John McAfee 🇺🇸 News (@mcafeenew) July 17, 2026
h/t Mauser
Husband of ‘Maple Leaf Menace’ threatened local politicians, mocked Charlie Kirk’s death
The husband of the illegal immigrant from Canada arrested by ICE after allegedly slapping a patriotic teen on a Jersey Shore boardwalk mocked Charlie Kirk’s assassination and threatened local pols, his twisted online posts show.
Matthew Geroni railed against local politicians to his over 142,000 followers in vile rants about gentrification in Ocean Grove, data centers and parking tickets in the June 17 video first reported by Shorenewsnetwork.
Canadian national Kaitlyn Tracey, who overstayed her U.S. visa, was arrested for allegedly slapping a minor wearing pro-Trump clothing on a New Jersey boardwalk. She is now in ICE detention. Her American husband Matthew Geroni is publicly pleading for help with her legal case. pic.twitter.com/e5cWcg5boy
— RPN Entertainment (@rpnenter) July 19, 2026
Tate brothers arrested in US as further UK charges take total to 59
Controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in the US after British authorities issued 38 new charges against the pair.
The UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Andrew was being charged with seven further counts of rape, as well as charges relating to sex trafficking and indecent images of a child.
Tristan’s charges include two counts of rape and three counts of arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
h/t Patti Jo
Violence in Canada, believe it or not
Peaceful protest is a right that was exercised by some (not all!) of the demonstrators at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia on Wednesday afternoon, July 15 — the location where Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston was speaking to the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce about his government’s economic plans.
Complaints ranged from local library closures to Mi’kmaq treaty rights and marijuana sales to environmental concerns around potential fracking and (uranium) mining.
CBC Nova Scotia #NovaScotia Premier Tim Houston was in Wolfville on Wednesday when protesters surrounded his vehicle, smashing the glass. This happened following a speech to the Annapolis Valley Chamber of Commerce. The CBC’s Michael Gorman reports #Good pic.twitter.com/JQG8IN46kD
— DecolonizeMyself (@DecolonizeMyse1) July 15, 2026