Olivia Chow may be Toronto’s most impactful housing mayor since amalgamation

Olivia Chow may be Toronto’s most impactful housing mayor since amalgamation

Olivia Chow was not elected as the development industry’s mayor. Yet three years into her term, her administration has assembled the most ambitious municipal housing agenda Toronto has seen since amalgamation.

That is not the same thing as solving the housing crisis, which is real and persistent. It is, however, a record worth taking seriously.

This week offered the clearest evidence yet. Standing in Scarborough, Mayor Chow and Prime Minister Mark Carney announced more than $2.7 billion in federal investment, alongside more than $700 million from the city of Toronto, to advance 18 projects representing more than 5,600 rental homes.


Just what we needed more “announcements”.

Why we were living in a virtual “announcement desert”!

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Anchor Baby Hasan Piker Is a Living Reminder of How Wise Trump Is to Crush Birth Tourism

Anchor Baby Hasan Piker Is a Living Reminder of How Wise Trump Is to Crush Birth Tourism

Oh, yes. The communist, terrorist-loving Muslim man of the moment, Hasan Piker — the man touting America-hating commie candidates and cheering on the Islamic takeover of the U.S. — is an anchor baby. He is a living reminder of why the birthright, anchor-baby, birth-tourism citizenship that the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. v. Barbara, et al. confirms that our Constitution, contrary to Justice Robert H. Jackson’s wish, really is a suicide pact.

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What the NATO intern spy charges say about public service security screening

What the NATO intern spy charges say about public service security screening

After a Canadian national working as a NATO intern in Belgium was arrested on suspicion of espionage, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian officials have been involved from the start.

“Any time you have a situation, you should take stock and take lessons from this,” Carney said in response to questions from reporters on Aug. 5.

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AOC, 2028, and the coming of woke 2

AOC, 2028, and the coming of woke 2

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) may be downplaying her 2028 ambitions, but she has left little doubt that she doesn’t plan to remain in the House indefinitely.

Since Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez has triangulated against fellow Democratic Socialists of America members who remained bedeviled by the excesses of “peak woke,” distanced herself from her own 2020 positions, and advertised her family planning in a way that instantly divided conservatives online.

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Derek Finkle: Involuntary care a better solution to the opioid crisis

Derek Finkle: Involuntary care a better solution to the opioid crisis

A Canadian woman was arrested in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, last month in connection with the theft of a package containing thousands of dollars worth of gold and silver.

The 25-year-old, from Ontario, was charged with forgery, theft by unlawful taking and theft by deception for taking a package containing US$43,549 in gold and silver, according to Bensalem Township Police, before flying to Arizona and eventually making her way to the Canadian border in New York.

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University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to ‘Curb Mental Health Crisis

University of Michigan Drops First-Semester Grades to ‘Curb Mental Health Crisis

The University of Michigan will drop grades for first-semester freshmen next year in an effort to “curb the mental health crisis unfolding among college-aged individuals,” according to the school.

Instead of a letter grade, first-semester transcripts will show “pass or no credit.” The program is designed to help students “acclimate to the demands of college and allow intrinsic motivations to guide personally meaningful academic journeys,” the school said.

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Trump is holding our economy hostage. Here is what Carney cannot give up to the U.S. during trade talks

Trump is holding our economy hostage. Here is what Carney cannot give up to the U.S. during trade talks

First do no harm.

That’s not an easy ask of anyone trying to defend their country’s interests in a negotiation with U.S. President Donald Trump. Not when he’s wielding the world’s biggest economy as a weapon, and seems less interested in strengthening it than in harming others.

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Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say

Trump hid in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say

Donald Trump secretly swapped planes as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, as part of an elaborate ruse in response to a possible Iranian threat, US media report.

The US president boarded Air Force One in view of television cameras before being transported to a military aircraft with the help of a catering truck, the Washington Post said. Journalists and some White House staff on board did not know he had been smuggled out.

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GOLDSTEIN: Corporate welfare is strangling Canadian economy: study

GOLDSTEIN: Corporate welfare is strangling Canadian economy: study

Corporate welfare by Canada’s federal and provincial governments has more than tripled since 2015 and is strangling economic growth, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

It found corporate subsidies totalled $87.7 billion in 2024 alone, with $44.7 billion coming from the federal government and $43 billion from the provincial governments combined.

That more than tripled the 2015 level of $25.1 billion, adjusted for inflation and population growth.


Tripled since 2015 you say? Now what is it about that very special year? Ah well socialism for the rich etc.

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Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show

Fauci privately warned of miscarriage risk linked to COVID vaccine while publicly claiming no issues, newly released texts show

WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine could “theoretically” be linked to miscarriages in expectant mothers, despite having publicly insisted there were “no red flags” for pregnant women.

“I asked around a bit more and another issue came up that you need to be aware of,” wrote Fauci in a Jan. 25, 2021, text exchange with then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.


I bet Mengele thought he was working for the “greater good” too.

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A mysterious cash surge for Alberta’s separatist party is tied to out-of-province donors

A mysterious cash surge for Alberta’s separatist party is tied to out-of-province donors

In the spring of 2025, the separatist Republican Party of Alberta seemed to be making a push.

Months before a revival of separatist sentiment would put provincial politics in a headlock, the fledgling party released a five-point plan for Alberta independence, sent doorknockers into neighbourhoods and announced its new leader would run in a June byelection for a chance at a seat in the legislature.

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Afghan asylum seeker who raped schoolgirl in woods after masquerading as 14-year-old boy on Snapchat is jailed for nearly 10 years

Afghan asylum seeker who raped schoolgirl in woods after masquerading as 14-year-old boy on Snapchat is jailed for nearly 10 years

An asylum seeker who raped a 13-year-old girl in a wood after grooming her on Snapchat has been jailed for nine-and-a-half years.

Abdul Khan, who told police he arrived in the UK in the back of a lorry from Afghanistan in 2015, attacked the teenager a decade later.

A trial last week heard how Khan used the messaging platform Snapchat to groom the teenager by telling her he was a 14-year-old boy – when he was actually 27.

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Government says it told India it has ‘zero tolerance’ for foreign interference and transnational repression

Government says it told India it has ‘zero tolerance’ for foreign interference and transnational repression

OTTAWA — A senior Public Safety official says the federal government has told its Indian counterparts that there is “zero tolerance” for transnational repression and foreign interference by its diplomats.

In a recent letter to advocacy group Sikhs for Justice (SJF), a top Public Safety official assured the group that the government has “made it clear to senior Indian officials that there is zero tolerance for transnational repression or other illegal activities by foreign diplomats in this country.”

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Beach where bathers must speak German sparks far-Right row

Beach where bathers must speak German sparks far-Right row

As a lifeguard with two decades’ experience, Mathias Nobel has seen it all while standing vigil at the Heidebad lakeside beach in Halle, eastern Germany.

Whether it be small children swimming without armbands, or parents enjoying a few too many cocktails at his Hawaiian-style beach bar, he has always known how to react.

But this summer, Mr Nobel made the unconventional decision to ban non-German speakers from the lake on the grounds of safety, saying swimmers must be able to understand his instructions and rules.

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Former Vancouver Mayor Says CCP Likely Interfering in Upcoming BC Municipal Elections

Former Vancouver Mayor Says CCP Likely Interfering in Upcoming BC Municipal Elections

Former Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he believes interference by the Chinese regime is likely taking place ahead of the upcoming municipal elections.

Stewart, who led Vancouver from 2018 to 2022, says little has been done to prevent vulnerabilities that he says China exploited and which contributed to his 2022 re-election loss.

“I don’t think it’s resolved itself, and I’m sure there’s going to be interference in this election too, because nothing’s been done,” Stewart said in an Aug. 6 interview with political podcast host Aaron Pete.

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