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Ooopsie .... https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/02/13/freeland-violated-law-by-answering-questions-about-byelection-elections-canada/ No fine, just a "promise not to do this again" -- from the Commissioner's info-machine...

Ooopsie ... https://www.theroyalobserver.com/p/cbs-news-made-a-huge-blunder-about-king-charles-and-soon-deleted-the-original-post

Gallup polling firing alright, polling - STOPS ... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/gallup-stop-tracking-presidential-approval-ratings https://www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/12/editorial-ditching-presidential-approval-polls-gaffe-by-gallup/

Country loans private company money =/= separatists asking country x for a line of credit and help building a military to break away from country y. Wordsmith it however you like, they're not the same. Is the difference between the "American Revolution thing" and "breaking up a country, behind...

For further context, here's RCMP BC's info-machine latest via FB (from which the earlier screen grabs I shared were extracted):

RCMP statement out today on FB mentions a rifle that was modified, not a pistol:

Barring evidence of Canada seeking help from the CCP on building a new CF, or asking China for a line of credit to keep the lights on, no. Given you’re comfortable downplaying self-identifying separatists (going to the point of telling the US “no thanks” to 51st status) to break away from...

Ref in an RCMP FB statement to the second weapon in question having been modified:

Wish, granted :) https://www.baytoday.ca/ontario-news/ford-cancels-plan-to-remove-crown-royal-from-lcbo-shelves-after-23m-deal-11878106

More on that from the NBC story sourced by the Daily Beast: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/canadian-separatists-alberta-meetings-trump-officials-rcna258230 Archived version here. So you'd be OK with any "no legal standing/can't negotiate anything/rabble rouser" folks...

I honestly asked because not owning a firearm myself, I didn't know the gritty details of the rules/process - thanks for the rest of the story.

No shortage of stuff out there being discussed, for sure.

Would the current rules allow that kind of discretion, even if the license holder isn't the one with mental health history? Or is it a "catch & release"/"not enough of a clear problem to keep holding onto the stuff" thing as mentioned by @YZT580 ?

“Vichy Alberta” is such a harsh term …

With the opposing camp saying “Lookit all the guns,” right? :( Like I said, just enough to weaponize the issue of choice (no pun intended).

Good catch on both of these. And for anyone who can't get thru to the NY Times piece, here's someplace else to check: https://archive.is/x9LcN Here's a few more bits of the public record on the shooter's life via The Canadian Press & CTV News...

Off you go, then! https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-religious-liberty-commission-boots-member-after-contentious-antisemitism-hearing https://angelusnews.com/news/nation/religious-liberty-commission-antisemitism/...

Congrats, Father Murphy! https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41792237.html https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0212/1558025-paul-murphy-galway/ https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-defence/press-releases/minister-mcentee-presents-distinguished-service-medals/ Some of the backstory...

Thanks for sharing that. Take care of yourself, because this is going to be ALL over for quite some time to come - and much of it pretty shitty in a number of ways :(

Didn't even think of that - yeah, it was already complicated enough before. It WILL be interesting to see whether Carney & Co. prefers to manage this here under Canadian law/rules, or in IRQ via a ... less than pristine system outside Canada's control 🍿