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Conservative MP tells reporters on hot mic, Liberals ‘trying to poach me’ | Globalnews.ca Five MPs have switched political teams to the Liberals in the past five months, including four Conservatives — and there is speculation that more could follow.

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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy The Grammy-winning Puerto Rican megastar delivered a powerful, detail-packed performance that paid tribute to his history and teased more greatness for his future When the NFL announced in September that Bad Bunny would perform at the Super Bowl half-time show, the immediate expectation was that Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio would Make a Statement. There was, of course, backlash from the people who think a performance in Spanish is un-American (all while Puerto Rico remains a US territory). But there was also criticism from those who argued that, post-Kaepernick, there is no performance on an NFL stage that could meaningfully challenge the power whose invitation into its center of capital and nationalism these artists accepted. And as we’ve reached peak Bad Bunny this week, Puerto Ricans have pointed out that many fans’ investment in the island ends with the artist. Continue reading...

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl half-time show review – a thrilling ode to Boricua joy

BAD BUNNY SAID YALL KNOW I’M CANADA DOWN

These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.

EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents

We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities

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the toronto raptors are going to the nba finals

NBA star Tyrese Halliburton speaks out

Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion Armed Forces envision insurgency tactics like those used by Afghan mujahedeen, sources say. But officials and experts stress a U.S. operation is unlikely, and the scenarios are conceptual

“Gen. Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff, has already announced her intention to create a 400,000-plus-strong reserve force of volunteers. The officials said they could be armed or asked to provide disruptions if the U.S. becomes an occupying power.”
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Canada’s Military Has Modeled Hypothetical US Invasion, Reports Say Canada’s military has modeled how it would respond to a hypothetical American invasion after President Donald Trump publicly talked about the country as a potential 51st state, according to a report in the Globe and Mail.

Canada’s military has modeled how it would respond to a hypothetical American invasion after President Donald Trump publicly talked about the country as a potential 51st state, according to a report in the Globe and Mail.

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

After years of criticising Davos, Nigel Farage heads to Davos Reform UK leader has decried ‘globalist’ event but this year hopes to meet Donald Trump for Greenland talks For years he has derided the annual gathering at Davos as a smug and conspiratorial meeting of enemies of the nation state. But this week, Nigel Farage will himself be rubbing shoulders with the “globalists” he has so reviled. Farage’s itinerary at the Swiss ski resort remains unclear, although his Reform UK deputy, Richard Tice, said on Sunday he hoped Farage would get a chance to speak to Donald Trump, who is also attending the event run by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Continue reading...

After years of criticising Davos, Nigel Farage heads to Davos

ELLA MCCAY: THE BONE TEMPLE

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Extremely funny to call the pope “holier-than-thou”

This Pope slaps

"The 38-year-old condo manager said he used to volunteer at the Toronto Railway Museum"

Rail nerd FTW

Chat the times is on to us.

Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown Move is part of a long-awaited Labour strategy including outlawing hen cages and ending puppy farming Boiling lobsters alive will be banned under proposals to improve animal welfare in England. Government ministers say that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method” for crustaceans and alternative guidance will be published. Continue reading...

Boiling lobsters alive to be banned in UK animal cruelty crackdown

We currently find ourselves in the timeline where Donald Trump hates Marjorie Taylor Greene's guts, but can't stop gushing over Zohran Mamdani.

Will heritage stop housing development in the Annex? If a new heritage district is created, it should acknowledge the tradeoffs and explicitly define how the area will change

In Jane Jacobs’s old neighborhood, more heritage rules will mean more exclusion and gentrification.

We know how the story ends. It shouldn’t be allowed to happen again.

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Okay! Blue Jays! Let’s play ball!

In response to HuffPost’s query about who suggested Budapest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded, “Your mom did,” and White House communications director Steven Cheung replied: “Your mom.”

So the president of the United States plans to meet with Putin in Hungary, and when a reporter asked where that plan came from, this was the reply of the United States government www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Belt Looks Weird On Child

Belt Looks Weird On Child

‘She died because of the flood’: Filipinos rise up as outrage over corruption scandal grows Allegations related to flood control projects have sparked widespread anger and protests in the Philippines

‘She died because of the flood’: Filipinos rise up as outrage over corruption scandal grows

Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.

"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."

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NEW INVESTIGATION:

Investors have spent years falling in love with the 'debt service coverage ratio' loan.

The loans have allowed access to vast sums with few conditions, and now make up 40% of mortgage dollars in Baltimore.

Now they're going bad.

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Earthquake in Philippines Kills at Least 20, Officials Say The 6.9-magnitude earthquake shook the province of Cebu, home to 3.2 million people, just before 10 p.m. local time.

Breaking News: A 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the Philippines, collapsing buildings and killing at least 20 people, an official said.

What an absolute perfect day in Toronto

One Battle After Another, and the release of the thriller series The Savant is delayed YouTube video by Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud

This was a really great conversation on One Battle After Another, digging into its radical and sexual politics, with @elamin.bsky.social, El Jones and @jacksonweaver.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/live/5_r2lj2...