A group of sitting Calgary city councillors are launching a new municipal political party ahead of the next general election, seeking to “restore confidence” in city hall. Under the banner Communities First, the party launched on Tuesday with Couns. Sonya Sharp, Terry Wong, Dan McLean and Andre Chabot, as well as former Ward 8 Alderman … Read more
The Taliban terrorist organization governing Afghanistan was among the global actors celebrating the demise of the Iran-backed regime of Bashar Assad in Syria, congratulating the Sunni jihadist outfit Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) following Assad’s flight from the country on Sunday. HTS, an al-Qaeda offshoot militia with similar repressive politics to the Taliban, had been fighting … Read more
A flood at Canada Place has left Edmonton’s main passport office closed since last week, and now some Albertans in need of urgent passport services are considering a drive to the Service Canada office in Calgary. The Canada Place location was initially set to be closed until Monday, however Service Canada on Tuesday told Global … Read more
BBC Barry and Betty’s service is not under threat, but Mencap fears it will have to close others A leading charity that supports people with learning disabilities says it may be forced to stop running at least 60 of its services as a result of increasing National Insurance costs. Mencap is one of a growing … Read more
Senator-elect Bernie Moreno, a Republican of Ohio, has emerged–even before he takes the oath of office– as one of former President Donald Trump’s biggest defenders in the incoming U.S. Senate majority. Trump, now the president-elect again after he won a landslide victory against Democrat candidate outgoing Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, has faced … Read more
Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA), the top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, admitted to the panel that she violated her sworn oath and leaked details of the investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz to the press, The Hill reported Monday. Leaks about the Gaetz investigation and the threat of its full release played a significant … Read more
Lorelei Dalrymple was sick for four years, with no answers. She said extreme fatigue and numbness made her look like a multiple sclerosis patient. But her bloodwork was normal. Yet the symptoms kept building. “I couldn’t even work full-time, took a medical leave to see if that would help. And it just didn’t. It was … Read more
PA Media Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood – pictured here last month – has spoken to the BBC The justice secretary has said even under the government’s plans to open 14,000 more prison places, they could still run out of space over the next few years. Shabana Mahmood told the BBC that “building alone is not … Read more
The ordered closure of TikTok’s Canadian operations over national security concerns will make it more difficult to force the company to cooperate with privacy investigations, Canada’s privacy commissioner said Tuesday. Philippe Dufresne testified to MPs on the House of Commons ethics committee who are scrutinizing the federal government’s order last month that TikTok Canada wind … Read more
If Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, gets through, “they all get through,” Breitbart News’s Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle predicted during an appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast Triggered, describing Hegseth as the “tip of the spear.” Don Jr. asked Boyle to walk listeners through the latest on the confirmation process. … Read more