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Canadian military “extremism” probe questioned soldiers over “Make Canada Great Again” hats

A questionnaire sent to soldiers by the Canadian Armed Forces asks if they have purchased “extremism merchandise” — offering “Make Canada Great Again” hats up as an example.


The questionnaire, which was leaked to True North, was designed to assist the military in its efforts to “detect and combat hateful conduct and radicalization” among the ranks.Soldiers who participate in this study are being asked, for example, if in the last two to five years they have purchased “extremism merchandise” s...

"Parks Canada knew": Former Jasper official speaks out about federal mismanagement in aftermath of wildfire

A former senior planner of Jasper National Park is blaming “unresponsive” and “politicized” Parks Canada leadership for last week’s devastating Jasper wildfire.


Peter Scholz, who was hired by Parks Canada in 2008, says the federal agency’s fire prevention staff were so confident in their abilities to control and battle wildfires that they intentionally allowed dead wood to collect inside of Jasper National Park.


According to Scholz, the Parks Canada wildfire chief at the time told him in a...

Opening ceremonies video not deleted, but is blocked in some regions due to rights issues, IOC says

The International Olympic Committee says a highlight video of the Paris Olympics’ controversial opening ceremony was not removed from YouTube, but rather is blocked in some regions due to how broadcast rights were organized.Canadians grew suspicious when the highlight video previously uploaded by the International Olympic Committee displayed the following text over a black screen: “This video is not available.” Many social media users speculated the video, which garnered widespread backlash due...

DND says Iraq evacuation rumours about new defence chief are “false,” “disinformation”

The Department of National Defence says rumours that Canada’s new chief of defence staff tried to get out of Iraq ahead of the troops she was commanding on a 2020 NATO mission are “entirely false, baseless and unfounded.”


“We are aware of ongoing disinformation stories currently spreading on social media targeting General Jennie Carignan and her deployment to Iraq,” a department spokesperson told True North. “To set the record straight, these claims are entirely false, baseless and unfounded,...

Victims of Emergencies Act bank account freezes file statement of claim against Trudeau, banks

A group of Canadians targeted by the unconstitutional invocation of the Emergencies Act have filed a statement of claim in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the federal government, police, and banks. 


Loberg Ector LLP, a Calgary law firm representing 19 individuals and one corporation, has filed a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking millions of dollars in damages against a range of actors, including Justin Trudeau and several members of his cabinet, Canadia...

Former human rights tribunal chair blasts “sinister” online harms bill

A former chair of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is sounding the alarm over Justin Trudeau’s new “sinister” and “shocking” Online Harms bill which could see Canadians thrown in prison for life for “hate-motivated” crimes and given steep fines for so-called hate speech.“What we are likely to see right away is a chilling effect,” lawyer David Thomas said on True North’s The Faulkner Show. Bill C-63, or the Online Harms Act, will have “a big impact on free political discourse in this country an...

MPs shut down Conservative motion to condemn attempted church arson in Regina

A Conservative MP is blaming the “Liberal-NDP coalition” for blocking his motion to condemn an attempted arson at the Blessed Sacrament Parish church in Regina, Sask.Before Wascana, Sask. MP Corey Tochor could finish reading his proposed motion, which required unanimous consent, to condemn the attack, MPs from the Liberal and NDP benches yelled “No!”


Tochor said it was a “shameful” display.


“Yesterday I asked for unanimous consent to condemn the attempted arson at the Regina church. But th...

FAULKNER: To win against Hamas, Israel must show the world what happened on October 7

I was invited by the Israeli consulate in Toronto to join a small group of journalists for an exclusive screening of footage from the October 7 terrorist attack carried out by Hamas.


The 45-minute film, which compiled footage from the body cameras of Hamas terrorists, footage from first responders, and security footage from the homes of slain Israeli victims was the worst thing I have ever seen.


Journalists were not permitted to bring any recording devices or phones into the screening out...

Social media “another front” in war with Hamas: IDF official

In a closed door screening of footage from the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel, a senior Israel Defense Forces official told reporters at Israel’s consulate in Toronto that social media is another front in the country’s ongoing war against Hamas.


The senior IDF official, who spoke on the condition that he remain anonymous, told the room of approximately 20 invited journalists that Israel’s objective in showing the grizzly footage was to give everyone in the room “a better understanding o...

Religious leader or terror group leader? Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar?

Three months after his killing outside of a Surrey, B.C., gurdwara, Hardeep Singh Nijjar has become the face of the simmering diplomatic fight between Canada and India.


On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rose in the House of Commons stating that Canadian security agencies have been “actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing of a Canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.”


Following Trudeau’s accusation t...

Michael Chong urges Canada-U.S. cooperation to fight Chinese interference

Conservative MP Michael Chong testified before U.S. lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday on the subject of Chinese foreign interference efforts in Canada and the intimidation campaign waged against his family in Hong Kong after speaking out against the regime.Since his appointment as the Conservative foreign affairs critic in 2020, Chong has been one of the most outspoken members of parliament against China’s interference in Canada and of China’s human rights abuses of its own citizens.In November...

China using ‘information warfare’ to influence Taiwan’s presidential election

TAIPEI––From illegal election gambling operations to stealing opposition talking points, senior Taiwanese officials and cyber security experts have sounded the alarm on China’s information campaigns being conducted in the lead up to the 2024 Taiwanese presidential election.


Taiwan’s deputy minister of mainland affairs, the administrative agency responsible for coordinating affairs with China, Jyh-Horng Jan, alleged on Tuesday that one of China’s “classic tactics” when it comes to election int...