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Usual "presumed innocent until proven guilty via due process" caveats apply. https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/08/13/bc-rcmp-commander-relieved-of-duties-as-allegations-under-investigation/ https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-top-mountie-relieved-of-his-post-after-years-old-allegations-surface...

Some fans'll still pay attention, though ;) https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/goldenknights/knights-goalie-hart-says-no-means-no-chants-from-hurricanes-fans-are-just-noise-3837773/ https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49052270/carolina-fan-chants-just-noise-says-knights-goalie-carter-hart...

A military Catholic take, via generally-right-of-centre media outlets: https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-bishop-condemns-prayer-ban-for-military-events-in-canada/ "Catholic Military Diocese Says Prayer Ban Violates Charter by Forcing Chaplains to Deliver Non-Religious ‘Spiritual...

Funny how quickly things can happen, even in the summer time :) This from the info-machine: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1007869/ontario-ends-social-assistance-for-people-living-in-canada-illegally

Well, it seems they didn't on the oil tankers ... https://www.jpost.com/international/internationalrussia-ukraine-war/article-905286 https://www.marineinsight.com/ukraine-halts-drone-strikes-on-oil-tankers-using-russias-black-sea-port-after-us-request/ ... but other targets still seem good to...

So, did the "guests" come up, or didn't they? https://chatnewstoday.ca/2026/08/12/global-affairs-tight-lipped-on-fate-of-canadian-men-being-held-in-iraq/ For the record, here's IRQ's summary of the 31 Jul 2026 conversation (also archived here): 🍿

Hard-conservative religious media says it ain't JUST Muslims worrying Christians in the West Bank. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-pleads-for-help-as-israeli-settlers-terrorize-christians/

Deja vu all over again .... https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/12/we-ve-seen-this-somewhere-in-history-before-haven-t-we-inside-russia-s-plan-to-resettle-114-000-of-its-people-in-occupied-ukraine

Only if the piper allows him to dance to that tune. We’ll see what PMMC & Co. let him do. Also, I’m going to go out on a limb & bet a loonie that anyone who’s served as CEO of an Alberta-owned Crown corporation as recently as 2 years ago is all that close to the left/socialist end of the...

This just out ... https://panow.com/2026/08/11/retired-general-rick-hillier-tapped-as-strategic-adviser-for-national-bank-of-canada/ ... with this from the bank's info-machine: https://www.nbc.ca/about-us/news-media/press-release/2026/20260811-nbc-general-rick-hillier-join-national-bank.html In...

Speaking of which ..... https://www.snnewswatch.com/local-news/first-nations-group-wants-court-to-overturn-ring-of-fire-road-approval-12651896 And who is "Friends of the Attawapiskat River" (yellow highlights mine)? https://friendsoftheattawapiskatriver.ca/ I highlighted the bit in yellow...

Wonder who's been traded back? https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-marine-veteran-released-russian-prison-1666-days-detention https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/11/russia-frees-ex-us-marine-robert-gilman...

Def/Secur analyst Wesley Wark's theories, offered with the caveat, "None of the scenarios strike me as an obvious winner. But then all spy cases have their weirdness" .... Wark piece also archived here if link above doesn't work.

More on the funeral he's allegedly set up to get. https://www.theroyalobserver.com/p/andrew-could-still-get-a-royal-funeral-despite-losing-his-titles-report

Like when one's folks call a kid using all their names? :)