No one can accuse Prime Minister Mark Carney of lacking ambition.
But high on the agenda for a three-country trip that will take him over the next week to the eastern reaches of the globe is what may be his most audacious gambit: trying to forge the world’s largest trading bloc as an antidote to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Cuba has accused 10 people aboard a US-registered speedboat it intercepted off its coast on Wednesday of planning “an infiltration with terrorist aims”.
Border guards shot dead four people and injured the other six on the boat, the Cuban interior ministry said, alleging that those on the Florida-registered vessel had fired first.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was investigating the “highly unusual” incident.
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said trade with China is no substitute for trade with the United States and Canada should build on its leverage to secure a tariff-free trade deal with our neighbour to the south.
“Canada’s prosperity and security are inseparable from a stable relationship with the United States,” said Poilievre, during a speech at the Economic Club of Canada in Toronto on Thursday.
Nigel Farage has claimed a report of high levels of illegal family voting in the Gorton and Denton by-election “raises serious questions about the integrity of the democratic process in predominantly Muslim areas”.
An election observer group on Thursday night raised concerns over what it called “concerningly high levels of family voting” in the constituency.
Democracy Volunteers said they attended 22 of the 45 polling stations in the constituency, spending 30 to 45 minutes in each, and witnessed family voting in 15 of the 22 polling stations observed.
It’s not quite Keystone XL, but Canada could be looking at an expanded pipeline capacity of 550,000 barrels per day into the United States.
The plan, still seeking approval stateside, would use existing infrastructure in Canada from the Keystone XL project and include a new 1,038-km pipeline through Montana and Wyoming.
Part 2: MTO officers put the Singh trucking duo out of service and hand them a bunch of fines.
Why do we let non English speaking immigrants drive commercial vehicles? Do we even test for the large amounts of opium the co driver, Prabjot, consumes? https://t.co/Amw63BCdPY pic.twitter.com/Wo1WVnYgl0
— AwareBears (@bears_aware) February 26, 2026
But wait there’s more …
Russian warships are becoming increasingly hostile amid concerns that the Kremlin is seeing how far it can push the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause
Germany is preparing for Russia to escalate its aggression against Nato on the Baltic Sea, the head of its navy has said.
Russian warships have become increasingly hostile, while combat jets have flown recklessly low over Nato vessels and German shipyards and naval bases have been sabotaged, Vice-Admiral Jan Christian Kaack told The Times.
There is significant concern in Europe that the Kremlin might seize on uncertainty around the US commitment to Nato to see how far it can push the alliance’s Article 5 mutual defence clause before it elicits a military response.
That first one is cracking me up pic.twitter.com/2VJWzuolP6
— Washingtons ghost (@washghost1) February 25, 2026
Donald Trump could declare a national emergency over apparent Chinese election interference, it has been claimed.
The move would allow the US president to exert presidential powers over elections, imposing voter ID requirements and banning mail-in ballots, according to The Washington Post.
Peter Ticktin, a lawyer behind a draft executive order apparently seen by Mr Trump, said the president was “aware that there are foreign interests that are interfering in our election processes”.
IntegrityTO will support and endorse candidates who advocate for an end to harm reduction policies that perpetuate addiction, and who will promise to work with other orders of government to institute involuntary psychiatric and criminal holds for those defiling the public realm.… pic.twitter.com/MFYtLri8nn
— IntegrityTO (@integrity_to) February 25, 2026
The federal immigration department is acknowledging mounting “integrity pressures” and potential fraud within Canada’s refugee system, even as Liberal MPs downplay concerns about bogus claims.
Blacklock’s Reporter says in a formal Response To A Request For Information tabled with the Senate social affairs committee, the department of Immigration Minister Lena Diab conceded there is no single metric to precisely measure fraud in the asylum process.
Before their indoctrination at school, gender differences are pretty clear.pic.twitter.com/MRezmMILKs
— Russian Garbage Human (@RusGarbageHuman) February 25, 2026
Nearly half of the so-called “unaccompanied minors” tested in the Canary Islands were ultimately found to be adults, according to a draft European Parliament report that shows how badly stretched the migration system really is.
The document, prepared after MEPs visited Tenerife and Gran Canaria in September 2025, confirms what local officials have warned for years: child protection centres are overwhelmed, deportations rarely happen, and cases linked to migrant boat arrivals almost never lead to charges.
This is bloody brilliant. Motorcycle chariot racing – which gained popularity back in the 1920s and 1930s. pic.twitter.com/VJPyCPDXGv
— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) February 25, 2026
