Asylum seeker Hadi Alodid accused of Belfast knife attack appears in court as police admit they still don’t know where he is from

Asylum seeker Hadi Alodid accused of Belfast knife attack appears in court as police admit they still don’t know where he is from

The Belfast knife attack suspect appeared in court today – as police scramble to work out his country of origin.

Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old asylum seeker, has been charged with the attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie, 44, who lost an eye and suffered injuries to his face, head and back in the attack last month.

Graphic video footage filmed by witnesses and shared on social media showed a man armed with a knife pinning another man to the ground before repeatedly striking him to the face and neck.

Share

Canada Tells US There’s ‘No Basis’ for Forced Labour Tariffs

Canada Tells US There’s ‘No Basis’ for Forced Labour Tariffs

Ottawa told Washington its safeguards against imports made with forced labour are robust enough as the threat of additional U.S. tariffs looms.

The Canadian government filed an official response with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on July 6, the deadline for doing so.

“Canada respectfully submits that there is no basis for the imposition of additional Section 301 duties on Canadian goods,” says the document. It argues Canada has an existing prohibition against forced labour goods and has introduced new legislative measures to reinforce the regime.

Share

The rise of eco-fascism

The rise of eco-fascism

Alfie Coleman was 16 when Britain went into Covid lockdown and, like many teenagers, he spent more time online than he should have. Doomscrolling in his bedroom, he found much to trouble his young mind – including apocalyptic warnings about climate change.

But while other worried youngsters might have been tempted to join Extinction Rebellion (XR), Coleman favoured an even more extreme form of direct action.


Right-Wing Eco-nutters? New to me.

Share

Why we should laugh off Doug Ford and Danielle Smith’s costly pipeline scheme

Why we should laugh off Doug Ford and Danielle Smith’s costly pipeline scheme

Just how nonsensical does a pitch for a new oil pipeline have to be, in the current political climate, to be rejected out of hand?

Courtesy of Doug Ford and Danielle Smith, we’re about to find out.

This week’s proposal by the two premiers to build a 3,300-kilometre route to Ontario from Alberta is, at the outset, not being taken very seriously even by many of the people who were pushing for the new west-coast pipeline tentatively announced a few days earlier.

Share

Democrat Graham Platner suspends campaign for key US Senate race after assault allegation

Democrat Graham Platner suspends campaign for key US Senate race after assault allegation

Democrat Graham Platner has suspended his campaign for US Senate in Maine, following a series of scandals that included a woman accusing him of sexual assault.

In the days since the accusation was made, Democrats have called on him to drop out of the race considered pivotal to their chances of gaining control of the US Senate.

In a video posted online, Platner said his decision was not an admission of guilt but due to Democrats’ threats to cut off campaign support. He called the assault allegation “false”.

Graham Platner’s Wife Probed for Medicaid Fraud, Leaked DHHS Doc Shows

State of Maine welfare fraud investigators have been quietly investigating the wife of disgraced progressive icon and alleged rapist Graham Platner for defrauding the Medicaid program, according to records obtained by The Robinson Report.

h/t Handy n Handsome

Share

Margareta Dovgal: Canada’s tumbling dollar is a symptom of Liberal mismanagement

Margareta Dovgal: Canada’s tumbling dollar is a symptom of Liberal mismanagement

As a university student in Vancouver a decade ago, I’d regularly hit up the Warehouse, an ultra-budget pub because they offered an enticing $5 burger or plate of pasta. I went back recently, and when I saw that the same items today run around $12, I felt something between shock and bereavement.

The average wages of Canadians certainly didn’t double. Canadians are earning about $1,300 a week, up roughly a third since 2016. That bump has been swallowed up, as everything has become more expensive — groceries alone have risen just as much. The asking rent on a Vancouver one-bedroom has, just like the burger, more than doubled. I do love to reminisce about the $800/month rent I landed for a two-bedroom back in 2013, split with a roommate. And then, I look at the $3,000 I pay today, and I can only grimace.

Share

Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defence spending, Carney says at summit

Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defence spending, Carney says at summit

NATO countries are bolstering their militaries after U.S. President Donald Trump “won the argument” on defence spending, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.

Trump has long said allies don’t spend enough on defence and that the U.S. has carried more than its fair share of NATO’s defence spending burden.

Carney told reporters in Turkey on the last day of the summit that Trump is looking to shift that burden – something former U.S. president Barack Obama had sought as well.

h/t Hermes

Share

Riot Instigators Reveal Communism Inside Anti-American ‘Socialist’ Agitation

Riot Instigators Reveal Communism Inside Anti-American ‘Socialist’ Agitation

Aweek before the 250th anniversary of America declaring independence, more than 1,000 people assembled at the nation’s capital to make a declaration of their own: their vision to dismantle America’s founding institutions. “All of US Next250 National Mobilization” protested the Trump administration, debuted new “founding documents,” and re-envisioned America as seen by Marxist revolutionaries.

“It’s not just a day, it’s a movement, and it’s been three years in the making,” Saru Jayarman, a co-organizer of Next250, told The Federalist. “This is the time to set the tone for what the next 250 years will be.”

Share

Priced at Zero: What Beijing Pays for Operating in Canada

Priced at Zero: What Beijing Pays for Operating in Canada

OTTAWA — In late June Taiwan authorities arrested three tech executives over the alleged diversion of roughly $22 million in Nvidia AI servers bound for China. Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te put forward new national security laws and created a new website where citizens can safely report PRC spies to authorities. Recently a Taiwan court sentenced a former spy named Lu Chi-hsien to more than 12 years in prison for leaking top-secret information to China.

Share