OTTAWA — A Conservative MP who demanded that Canada investigate whether a man accused of threatening to kill a Falun Gong protester outside China’s Toronto consulate was acting for Beijing has received a response from Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand that leaves the central question unanswered: whether the suspect is a Chinese diplomat or otherwise connected to the Chinese government.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that California has made significant progress in reducing its homeless population, with “preliminary data from across the state showing unsheltered homelessness has declined for the second consecutive year — down nearly 13% since 2024.” That’s good news that’s bolstered by anecdotal evidence. I’ve seen fewer encampments as I drive around the state’s larger cities, although signs of the problem are still evident.
Not in Canada of course.
Not that long ago, seismic change was in the air. And it began with kisses.
A symbolic one to the Bad Orange Man from Syrupean Prime Minister Mark Carney, telling the United States to kiss off.
The results of Israel’s October 27, 2026 election delivered an important message about the political participation of the country’s Arab citizens. According to the preliminary count, in an unprecedented achievement for Arab-majority parties, two Arab-led parties, the Joint List and Ra’am, secured a combined 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset. This result represents a significant increase from the 10 seats held by the two Arab parties in the outgoing parliament.
On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump removed 50 per cent tariffs on 22 Canadian goods. But he added tariffs to 100 more, including municipal waste — meaning garbage from households and businesses.
The move has been backed by Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who has spent decades raising his concerns about Canadian garbage imports. Speaking on stage with Trump at a rally in Port Huron on Sunday, Rogers accused Canada of sending “truck after truck after truck loaded with their trash into our state.”
Dump it on Toronto streets, no one is going to notice.
Oct. 29 (UPI) — More than 41,000 Department of Homeland Security employees had their personnel records hacked and the information posted online.
Wednesday’s leak contained the work addresses, phone numbers and job descriptions of staff working at the agency, mostly agents at Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the largest and third largest DHS agencies.
A father and two of his adult daughters were shot during a violent home invasion in Toronto’s Bridle Path neighbourhood early Thursday morning, Toronto police say.
Police said three masked suspects armed with handguns and a hammer broke into the home, located on Hyde Park Circle, near Bayview and Lawrence avenues, at around 3:45 a.m.
Kitchen-table issues will motivate a lot of voters next week on Election Day, but they shouldn’t be your primary concern. No doubt, the high costs of gas, food, and so much else are problems looking for someone to blame. As the sitting U.S. president, Donald Trump will likely get his share of that blame, justified or not.
Patrick Stewart, the sophisticated actor who brought a Shakespearean touch to Star Trek and X-Men as he made an otherworldly transformation from British stage veteran to sci-fi icon, has died. He was 86.
h/t Mauser
Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said she is prepared to sit down with Stelco representatives on the basis that the laid off workers are “recalled immediately.”
In a letter dated Oct. 29 obtained by Global News and addressed to Stelco’s president, Paul Simon, Joly said she expects a “concrete and credible plan for re-engagement with these workers.”
Trump Supporter with Knife Stuck in His Back Outside Ohio Rally After Fight Was NOT Stabbed, According to Police
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The London Police Service’s hate crime unit is investigating an incident involving a man who told a woman wearing a hijab that Muslims do not belong in Canada.
A video of the interaction is circulating on social media. In the video, the man tells the woman that a hijab is incompatible with Christian values.
“You’re right, I am racist,” the man said. “And I’m gonna own it.”
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It is deeply disappointing and disturbing to see this kind of Islamophobic harassment and hate play out on the streets of London, Ontario.
Just five years ago, a white supremacist drove his truck into a Muslim family in London, killing four members. He was radicalized by ideas of Muslims not belonging in Canada.
Such narratives are extremely dangerous, but they continue to animate an increasing number of Islamophobic incidents across both Ontario and Canada. They are threatening to become the new normal.
Canada must not stay silent in the face of this growing threat.
We call on all elected leaders to condemn this horrible incident, and to commit to sitting down with our communities to formulate a new way forward.
It is time to build out a new National Strategy on Combatting Islamophobia. It is time to stand together.
— NCCM (@nccm) October 28, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed’s father sits on the board of a notorious Islamic charity that was once busted for funneling cash to Saddam Hussein and has been raided by the FBI and the U.S. military. The board also features two current members who belonged to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to documents from federal prosecutors.
El-Sayed’s father, Michigan academic and imam Dr. Mohammed El-Sayed, serves as a board member of the group Life for Relief and Development, which proudly displays his affiliation on its website.
Listening to three former top commanders in the Canadian military at a parliamentary national defence committee hearing can be a scary business.
Stuart Beare, a retired lieutenant general who was in charge of all deployed Canadian Forces, spoke of real threats to Canada and the world being at the highest since the Cold War and pointed the finger at Vladimir Putin, his aiders and abettors and China, in front of the committee discussing military modernization on Monday.
MINNEAPOLIS — The federal investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar is focused in part on whether she entered into a sham marriage in 2009 to help a man suspected of being her brother obtain a green card, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security investigated the marriage in summer 2016, during the Obama administration, and found some evidence that it was fraudulent, current and former officials said.
