Political journalist, author of The Riotous Passions of Robbie Burns and Trudeau: The Education of a Prime Minister.
Ottawa, Canada
Joined October 2009
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Almost unnoticed, Albertans have rejected the options of re-opening the Constitution to abolish the Senate etc.
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UK crime was four times higher when Oasis first played Knebworth than at last year’s reunion gigs.
The collapse of crime and safer streets is one of the biggest stories of our time.
But one almost never told - or believed.
My take on today’s figures: comment.press/lawless
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They broke Eisenhower’s globe because they didn’t want to wait for a team of specialist historians to move it.
I cannot think of a more apt metaphor for Pete Hegseth’s DoD.
I wrote about the attack on Parliament Hill here.
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We should also remember the bravery of RCMP officers Curtis Barrett, Richard Rozon, Danny Daigle and Martin Fraser, who walked into gunfire down the Hall of Honour and helped take down the gunman who killed Cpl. Cirillo.
On this day in 2014, Corporal Nathan Cirillo was killed at the National War Memorial. The shooter ran to the Parliament Buildings where he was killed.
Sgt-at-Arms Kevin Vickers, his security team and the RCMP earned the Star of Courage and Medal of Bravery.
📸 Guillaume Haché
ALT Corporal Nathan Cirillo standing at attention outdoors, viewed from a three-quarter angle. He has short dark hair, a trimmed beard, and a serious expression, wearing a dark military uniform jacket with epaulets, a white collared shirt and dark tie, sleeve stripes, a triangular shoulder patch, name tag, small pins, and a crown-shaped insignia on his chest. A dark Glengarry-style cap with a small pom-pom top and checkered band sits atop his head. His belt is light-colored with a polished buckle, and the blurred background includes architectural structures and faint figures.
The Irish have decided that campaigning against grandparents giving their grandchildren a hug is not good electoral politics.
Immigration is perhaps the only road to redemption for Danielle Smith and Pierre Poilievre.
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Glasgow's Kelvingrove Museum has removed Egyptian mummies from display because there was no 'informed consent from the deceased individual'👇
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#Exclusive #Scotland #Glasgow #Museums #EgyptianMummies #Woke @MailOnlineScot
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WTF, Steve? Look up the definition of “humanitarian.” What an embarrassing and outrageous thing to say. You should go back to Ukraine and ask the families of the children Putin has kidnapped and murdered whether they agree your friend Putin is a “humanitarian.”
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Smith takes her stand - bans separatist candidates, UCP officials, ministers. Column.
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Some Government of Canada websites have been temporarily taken offline as a precaution to protect government systems and Canadians' information, following guidance from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
This is in response to a vulnerability identified in PHP, software used by websites around the world. This is a global issue, and other governments and organizations are also taking protective measures.
If your organization uses PHP, apply the latest security updates as soon as possible and follow @cybercentre_ca for updates.
We take this situation extremely seriously. Thank you to the cyber security teams working to protect the services Canadians rely on. Affected websites will be restored once patches are applied.
Laughable.
The awakened separatist dragon will not go easily back to sleep.
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Dumfries and Galloway - one of the top 25 places to visit in the world in 2027, according to National Geographic.
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TMU hired a retired judge to investigate antisemitism on campus. The judge found the school has a double standard for Jews, and failed to enforce its own code of conduct. So the same administration that commissioned the investigation hid its conclusion. nationalpost.com/opinion/joh…
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Russia killed a one year old girl in her stroller today. Her mother died in the hospital a few hours later.
Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Trump's remarks were made the same day Russia conducted a drone strike killing six civilians including children in a Kharkiv region park, plus missile and energy infrastructure attacks leaving hundreds of thousands without power.
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The students at TMU will move on. But the F4P - Faculty for Palestine - will continue to send out a new generation of kids to get arrested, and then complain they were brutalized. The rot is deep.
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