Costs for hosting FIFA World Cup games soar in Toronto and Vancouver While the U.S. has arrangements that have kept budgets relatively in check, Canadian cities have seen their estimated costs go up by hundreds of millions

"Vancouver’s estimated costs... have swelled from roughly $240-million in 2022 to $624-million shared between all three levels of government."

Remarkable contrast with Vancouver's recent austerity budget. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

WestJet Center?

Trump, five days apart. A pathological liar.

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

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A headline reads: "Violent Crime in Washington, D.C., Is Lowest in Years. President Trump has cited false and misleading claims about violent crime in Washington. Homicide and carjackings fell in 2024, and D.C. police say the city is on track to record even fewer violent crimes this year." A chart shows that there were 1,584 violent crimes in 2025 so far. Note: Includes homicides, assaults with a weapon, sexual abuse and robberies. Source: Metropolitan Police Department

President Trump made false and misleading claims about crime in Washington, D.C., during a news conference on Monday as he announced that the administration would take federal control of the police. Here’s a fact-check. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/u...

Trump today: "I'm surprised he [Jerome Powell] was appointed. I'm surprised frankly that Biden put him in."

Trump in November 2017: "It is my pleasure and my honour to announce my nomination of Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve."

Ça va être bien mais c’est interminable comme travaux!

Terrible 🤦🏻‍♂️

Here’s some perspective about fentanyl crossing the borders both north and south.

Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.

President Trump granted a pardon to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the Silk Road drug marketplace.

Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.