NATO ready to defend every inch of Arctic from Putin

Nato will defend Norway’s Arctic territory against a Russian invasion “from the first centimetre” after learning from Ukraine, the commander of the Norwegian army has said.

For decades, Nato’s plan for defending the High North from Russia was a fighting withdrawal from the northern Finnmark region by British Royal Marines and Norwegian troops, buying time until US reinforcements arrived to help retake lost territory.

Yet President Putin’s war has demonstrated how difficult it is for a large force to move forward under drone-saturated skies, and President Trump’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric against Nato has thrown American support into doubt.

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WARMINGTON: Anti-Israel protesters were banned from a neighbourhood and came anyway

The banning of protests in a Jewish neighbourhood in North York proved to be easier said than done.

Toronto Police found out about that.

I’m not a lawyer nor do I play one on this blog but given Canada’s left leaning judiciary I doubt these restrictions would survive a court challenge.

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Strait of Hormuz to be run by multinational coalition under White House plan

A multinational consortium will take over the management of the Strait of Hormuz under plans put forward by the Trump administration.

Diplomatic sources told The Telegraph that Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, presented the idea last week at a meeting of G7 foreign ministers.

Mr Rubio stressed there would be “no fees, and free circulation” through the key shipping route, according to one interpretation of his intervention.

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Refugee tribunal ruled on more than 45,000 cases since 2019 without an in-person hearing

The independent tribunal that decides refugee claims has since 2019 ruled on more than 45,000 asylum cases based on paperwork alone without an in-person hearing, raising concerns from the Conservatives and experts that this could dilute scrutiny and compromise national security.

Figures provided to MPs on the Commons immigration committee by the Immigration and Refugee Board show that in that period, Iranian asylum claimants have had the most claims decided without an in-person hearing, with 10,730 claims decided based on paper reviews of their files.


An immediate halt to all refugee clams followed by mass deportation works for me.

 

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A policewoman targeted by a barrage of misogynistic insults

“Filthy whore,” “dirty female dog,” “you’re my slave”: a Montreal police officer was subjected to extremely violent language while intervening with a motorist last summer. However, she had no legal means to silence the aggressive man.

h/t Patti Jo and NeoCon

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Charlie Kirk bullet analysis finds no conclusive link to rifle found near scene

PROVO, Utah (AP) — Lawyers for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk have asked to delay a preliminary hearing scheduled in May, saying they need time to review an enormous amount of material and a bullet analysis that could contribute to his defense.

Tyler Robinson’s defense team said in recent court filings that an analysis from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a federal law enforcement agency, could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during an autopsy to the rifle found near the scene. The FBI is running additional tests, according to court documents.

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Chinese Cars Can’t Cross From Canada to US, Trump’s Envoy Says

The US won’t allow Chinese electric cars from Canada to enter its market, President Donald Trump’s ambassador in Ottawa said, after a January deal in which Prime Minister Mark Carney lowered tariffs on those vehicles.

“Those cars can come in from China, come into Canada, but they’re not going to cross the border into the US,” Pete Hoekstra said in an interview with Canada’s Rebel News. “That ain’t gonna happen.”

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Zelensky says allies asked him to scale back attacks on Russian energy

Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine’s allies have urged him to scale back attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure amid the ongoing global fuel crisis – but that they would only end if Russia stopped targeting Ukraine’s first.

The Ukrainian president told journalists in a WhatsApp voice message that, by launching attacks on Russia’s energy system, Ukraine was only responding in kind.

It is unclear which countries he may have been referring to. China and India remain heavily dependent on Russian oil, and the EU on Russian gas.

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Carney will need to get ahead of the looming economic crisis to stay in power

By now, it’s clear that no matter what kind of resolution U.S. President Donald Trump attempts to impose on his latest misadventure in Iran, this conflict and its global repercussions will be far from over.

More likely, it will resemble George W. Bush’s infamous “mission accomplished” moment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in 2003: a premature declaration of victory that gave way to years of prolonged conflict, with consequences that are still unfolding today.

Whatever branding Trump chooses, it won’t stick.

But the economic consequences will.

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Spain closes airspace to US military over Iran war, widening rift with US

Spain has ramped up its opposition to the US-Israel war on Iran by closing its airspace to US aircraft involved in attacks, underlining its position as Europe’s leading critic of the conflict.

The move, first reported by El País newspaper and confirmed by the defence minister on Monday, comes after Madrid said the US could not use jointly operated military bases in the country for operations related to the war.

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‘She didn’t know what she was doing’: Ontario senior with dementia charged by OPP after assault

The family of a 93-year-old Ontario woman with severe dementia who was arrested and charged after an altercation with her elderly husband is asking for police to use more discretion when it comes to dementia cases.

Evelyn Patton shouldn’t have been charged with assault in December despite the Ontario Provincial Police’s mandatory charging rules in cases of intimate partner violence because she was in a delirium and didn’t have the mental state to commit a crime, said her daughter Shelley Hodgkinson.

WTF?

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