Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to cap the country’s population at 10 million.
The “No to 10 million Switzerland” initiative was put forward by the right-wing, anti-immigration Swiss People’s Party (SVP).
The proposal has received enough signatures to be put to a vote, the government said on Wednesday, and it will go to the ballot box on June 14.
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— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 12, 2026
OTTAWA – Culture Minister Marc Miller has accused a Conservative MP of misleading a Parliamentary committee over a comment made by the head of an independent producers’ group.
During a Heritage committee hearing today, MP Rachael Thomas mentioned the head of the Canadian Media Producers Association stating at a recent conference that the industry and the prime minister have each other’s backs.
The organization represents independent TV and film producers, and the key issue at the conference was funding for Canadian content in the Online Streaming Act.
Lying to Canadians is what the WEF infiltrated government does! pic.twitter.com/p2F3w9orng
— Cheryl Ann (@clb591) February 12, 2026
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has spoken of a defining moment and a “new era” as he travels to Europe for a major speech to the Munich Security Conference.
Rubio will lead the US delegation at the first major global event since President Donald Trump threatened Danish sovereignty with a pledge to annex Greenland.
French President Emmanuel Macron has insisted Europe must prepare for independence from the US, while Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has stressed that transatlantic bonds are as close and important as ever.
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— il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) February 13, 2026
Biological father of Tumbler Ridge shooter offers ‘heartfelt condolences’
The biological father of the 18-year-old who killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge before turning a gun on herself Tuesday issued a statement Thursday night, offering his sympathy to the families of the dead and saying he was estranged from the shooter.
In his statement, Justin VanRootselaar refers to his child as Jesse Strang and uses he/him pronouns to describe her. According to police, Jesse Van Rootselaar was assigned male at birth and began transitioning to female about six years ago.
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In 2023 @aiapalucci predicted Canada right now pic.twitter.com/7PGgV5GLLt
— Bridget Phetasy (@BridgetPhetasy) February 12, 2026
Children are being paid to take part in an NHS puberty blocker trial, The Telegraph can reveal.
Some 226 children who believe they are transgender will be given puberty blockers as part of an investigation commissioned by Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, into their effects on the young.
The drugs, which stop the body’s natural development, were indefinitely banned by the Health Secretary after the Commission on Human Medicines said they posed “an unacceptable safety risk” to children.
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Cats being weirdos, episode 200843739854144711 pic.twitter.com/QQv47tOewN
— GnosisWolf (@GnosisWolf) August 2, 2025
President Trump’s main military strategist has called for a Nato “based on partnership rather than dependency”, in which European countries, Britain and Canada will be expected to accelerate their commitments to increase defence budgets.
Before a meeting of alliance defence ministers in Brussels on Thursday, Elbridge Colby, 46, argued for a reformed “Nato 3.0” that was closer to its original Cold-War era iteration, rather than a group mainly underwritten by US military power.
“In 2025, we saw a genuine commitment to have Europe lead the conventional defence of Nato,” he said. “Now it’s time to march out together, to be pragmatic, we have a really strong basis for working together in partnership, for a Nato based on partnership rather than dependency. Really, a return to what Nato originally was intended for.”
A federal program to provide health care to refugees and asylum claimants that a decade ago cost just $60 million a year is expected to cost taxpayers close to $1 billion this year. And according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the program will cost more than $1.5 billion annually by the end of the decade.
If a criminal refugee claim is rejected as false, and the person ignores an order to leave Canada, we still pay their supplemental health coverage: vision, dental, pharma, physio etc.
These are benefits that law-abiding, tax-paying Canadians do not get!
In November, we exposed… pic.twitter.com/pgJjEbnJnO
— Matt Strauss (@strauss_matt) February 13, 2026
It’s not the Winter Olympics without watching this clip (sound on) at least a hundred times
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— Sierra (@Sierra_rak) February 11, 2026
A Labour mayor helped hide her son’s phone after he raped a 15-year-old girl by blocking police officers from entering their home and giving him instructions in Urdu.
Naheed Ejaz, 61, refused to let officers in for over a minute and a half, giving 41-year-old Diwan Khan time to conceal the device, which is believed to have had a video of him sexually assaulting the teenager on it.
The former town mayor for Bracknell in Berkshire was convicted of perverting the course of justice, saying she let her ‘mother’s love’ cloud her judgement.
“Act natural, I’m sure nobody saw a thing” pic.twitter.com/tBxUlVb5EL
— The Internet Remains Undefeated (@WebUndefeated) February 11, 2026
CityNews is facing criticism after viewers noticed what appear to be beauty filters on images of Tumbler Ridge transgender school shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar.
TPM's @libbyemmons breaks down the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge:
"All across Canadian press, with very few exceptions, the media has called this person a female, called him a woman. That got picked up all across the world … They're just lying." pic.twitter.com/C3zUULnc36
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) February 12, 2026
