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Justine
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A small-l liberal speech-language pathologist. As the username implies, two of my favorite things are eating chocolate and playing guitar.
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Canadian Armed Forces member dies in Latvia.
Gunner Sebastian Halmagean died near Riga on Thursday, DND says.
#cdnpoli
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Canadian Armed Forces member dies in Latvia | CBC News
A Canadian Armed Forces member has died while on deployment in Latvia, the Department of National Defence said Friday.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:28 AM
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leftcoasttreefrog.bsky.social
Newly unsealed court documents are shedding light on what police allege was an anti-government militia plot to violently seize land in the Quebec City region, involving four men with ties to the Canadian Armed Forces.
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Unsealed court records allege Quebec militia plot to seize cottages by force | Globalnews.ca
The records outline the alleged scope of the plan and reveal the existence of a police informant embedded in the group.
globalnews.ca
January 30, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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The Trump administration has carried out dozens of lethal strikes off the coast of Venezuela killing over 126 people, including Chad Joseph and Rishi Samaroo.

We’re suing this administration to get justice for the families of the people our government murdered.
Trinidadian Families File Wrongful Death Lawsuit Over Boat Strike by U.S. Military
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January 31, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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Dual anti-ICE protests in Vancouver partly become a celebration
Two B.C. businesses were the focus of the protests due to their ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but one of them was not held.
globalnews.ca
January 31, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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“Trump senses that over the last two weeks something profound has shifted in America, something he never expected and which threatens everything he wants to do.”
Trump Vs The People
If he loses this one, he loses everything
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January 30, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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An FBI report in the files alleges that Trump was “compromised by Israel.”
FBI report making the allegation
January 30, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Trump could authorise a US attack on Iran as early as Sunday.
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Military Tells Key Middle East Ally to Prepare for Attack on Iran
In addition to military targets, Trump is considering strikes on senior Iranian leaders with the aim of spurring the overthrow of the Iranian government.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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globalnews.ca
The U.S. DOJ released some 3.5 million pages of documents related to Epstein which include correspondence from his personal email address with the Canadian government.

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Jeffrey Epstein denied permission to visit Canada in 2018, documents show | Globalnews.ca
The Canadian government informed Epstein he was inadmissible because he was convicted of a crime considered an indictable offence in Canada.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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The records suggest that the island meeting with Lutnick and Epstein did occur. A day after it was supposed to happen, an Epstein assistant forwarded Lutnick a message from Epstein.

“Nice seeing you,” it said.

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January 30, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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I reached Lutnick on his cell phone today. He said he could not comment because he had not seen the documents, claimed that he had “spent zero time with” Epstein, and then hung up.

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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein’s Island
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January 30, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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But the new Epstein files show a series of subsequent interactions. That included this email from Lutnick about bringing his family and others to visit Epstein at his private island, Little St. James.

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January 30, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012.

Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.

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www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein’s Island
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January 30, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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State troopers in Minnesota have arrested and charged a Border Patrol agent with drunk driving after he was found passed out in a car and “covered in vomit.”
Border Patrol Goon Found Passed Out and ‘Covered in Vomit’
The federal employee was discovered by Minnesota state troopers “slumped over in the driver’s seat.”
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January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal authorities in connection with a protest at a Minnesota church service earlier this month, according to his lawyer and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
January 30, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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BIG news from @bloomberg.com, which confirms that ICE has gone ahead and *purchased* multiple commercial warehouses with the aim of converting them into mass detention camps.

This is likely to be the big detention story of 2026 — literal warehousing of people.
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ICE Begins Buying ‘Mega’ Warehouse Detention Centers Across US
Plans for such centers and jails in nearly two dozen communities have sparked protests over suitability, proximity to homes and schools.
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough.
January 30, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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“20 people unconscious each night” in Trail, B.C., as veterinary sedative medetomidine gains foothold in illicit opioid supply. Significantly stronger than xylazine, can cause cardiac/respiratory depression and deep prolonged sedation.
vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/01/29/b...
'Disturbing' scenes, record overdoses, as powerful sedative hits B.C. drug supply
Last weekend, frontline health workers in Trail, B.C., reported "disturbing" scenes to Dr. Karin Goodison, medical health officer with Interior Health.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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'I felt like my life was at risk': B.C. school trustee surrounded by police with guns, handcuffed in case of mistaken identity

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'I felt like my life was at risk': B.C. school trustee surrounded by police with guns, handcuffed in case of mistaken identity Prince George, B.C., school trustee says she's shaken and scared after being surrounded by police with their guns drawn and then put in handcuffs, in what RCMP say was a case of mistaken identity. Canada - British Columbia | 3 Hours Ago Prince George School District trustee Erica McLean is reeling after she was surrounded by police officers with their weapons drawn, in what turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. (Andrew Kurjata/CBC News) A school trustee in Prince George, B.C., says she's shaken and scared after being surrounded by police with their guns drawn and then put in handcuffs, in what RCMP say was a case of mistaken identity. Erica McLean is vice-chair of the local school board, originally from the Gitxsan Nation in Hazelton, as well as an author and athlete who works with youth in the community in north-central B.C. She says she was in the parking lot of a local Starbucks Tuesday morning, parked in her vehicle, when an unmarked police car slowly bumped into the front of her SUV, followed by a second one boxing her in from the back. RCMP say they were following training In a statement, RCMP did not dispute McLean's version of events. They said they had received a report of a stolen vehicle the day prior, taken by suspects they believed to "be associated with a local crime syndicate." On Tuesday, the statement says, a local police unit believed they spotted the stolen vehicle in a parking lot and "our police officers followed their training for what they determined to be a high-risk vehicle stop, which includes using police vehicles to prevent movement of the suspect vehicle and engaging the occupants, in this instance a lone driver, with their firearms drawn.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:36 AM
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David Eby on Alberta separatists seeking assistance from the U.S.: "To go to a foreign country and to ask for assistance in breaking up Canada, there's an old-fashioned word for that. And that word is treason."
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Canada separatists accused of ‘treason’ after secret talks with US state department www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... The US can no longer be trusted. Nor can the people wishing to break up our country with the assistance of the US. #treason #Cdnpoli
Canada separatists accused of ‘treason’ after secret talks with US state department
Alberta activists’ covert meetings with US officials revealed, outlining group’s increasingly emboldened efforts
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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"I couldn't understand, there were a lot of instructions ... I remember thinking if I made the wrong move, there are so many weapons pointed at me, I could die. I really felt like my life was at risk."

School trustee arrested in case of mistaken identity

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Mistaken identity leads to police drawing weapons and handcuffing school trustee in her own vehicle | CBC News
Prince George, B.C., school trustee says she's shaken and scared after being surrounded by police with their guns drawn and then put in handcuffs, in what RCMP say was a case of mistaken identity.
www.cbc.ca
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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John Manley on Canada moving on from CUSMA: "I think we did perfectly well before we had the Canada-US free trade agreement. It came into effect in 1989. We were a very successful country at that point ... We'd like to have it. We don't need it. We can move on without it."
January 29, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Victoria Police is asking people to keep an eye out for a missing 16-year-old from Courtenay who has been "spotted multiple times in Victoria."
Missing Courtenay teen seen in Victoria ‘multiple times’: VicPD
Victoria Police is asking people to keep an eye out for a missing 16-year-old from Courtenay who has been "spotted multiple times in Victoria."
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January 30, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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🇺🇸 🇨🇦 #TRUMP TARGETS #BOMBARDIER IN NEW #TRADE THREAT 🇨🇦 🇺🇸

The #TradeWar just hit the stratosphere.

Trump threatens to ground Canadian jets and slap on 50 per cent tariffs unless #Gulfstream gets the green light.

Malone & Reynolds report #CdnPoli #Aerospace #GeoPolitics
January 30, 2026 at 1:21 AM