Canada-Alberta energy-deal memorandum of understanding (MOU) rollbacks truth-in-advertising rules: “It’s easier to bury the truth than carbon emissions it seems.” www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

After Maduro: why little will change for Venezuela for the time being: www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...

Gustavo Petro, President of the Republic of Colombia: www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/05/s...

“...when my neighbors see scholars being kidnapped by masked agents for their writing, their minds turn to 1933 for a reason...The overlaps across time and place are strange and vicious, but recognizing them allows us to find the ground on which to stand.” www.972mag.com/fascism-amer...

Former Canadian ambassador: "[this] sends a signal to all of us that every president, and every prime minister, is potentially a target of US military action...this is a country that is acting...like an imperial power entitled to take whatever action it wants." www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

"For an ageing president growing more petulant, irascible, and incoherent with every day in office...a tightening embrace of military power is an ominous development." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Months of planning at Pentagon and CIA, more than 150 military aircraft involved. Can there be any doubt what comes next? Cuba in the crosshairs. And Colombia. And Nicaragua. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

"We are now dealing with a regime that will kill people in the water, seize ships on the high seas, invade other countries, and kidnap their leaders...This is the age of gangsters. And Canada must be ready to rise to the threat." charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

Ukraine’s General Staff estimated total Russian casualties for the war at more than 1.2 million, almost 11,500 tanks and 24,000 armoured fighting vehicles, more than 37,000 artillery systems, 781 aircraft and well in excess of 4,000 missiles. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

"...the Taliban have consolidated control over leadership and introduced a certain level of order, yet stability remains extremely fragile. The regime relies on force, strict ideological adherence and oppression, not democratic governance or broader acceptance." asiatimes.com/2025/12/man-...

I will never regret being part of the movement to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, or writing the foreword to his extraordinary book, You Have Not Yet Been Defeated. Read his honest and heartfelt response to those playing politics with his hard-won freedom. #FreeAlaa Always. freealaa.net/alaa-response

Nigeria denies strikes were designed to protect Christians: the action ‘is not targeting any religion nor is it simply in the name of one religion or the other.' The strikes appeared to target places where most victims were Muslims rather than Christians. www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

"I have never been more in awe of the people who are delivering timely and essential reporting around the world...at the same time...press freedom is slowly and quietly eroding while institutional silence and apathy do nothing to protect it." www.cjr.org/the_media_to...

2025 is on track to a 50-year low for homicides in Toronto, mirroring a trend seen across North America, despite widespread public perception that crime is rising...three quarters believe crime in Toronto is getting worse but the stats say otherwise: www.thestar.com/news/gta/tor...

Drop Site News reports on Israel's construction for permanent presence inside Gaza.

Consolidating control of over 50% of Gaza through the construction of military infrastructure and the destruction of existing buildings, Israel is laying the groundwork for a permanent presence in the majority of the Gaza Strip. www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-israe...

From interfering in immigration processing to associating with a known drug trafficker, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) employees were embroiled in hundreds of misconduct cases last year, according to a new report. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Jonathan Cook: "Let me tell you what 'globalise the intifada' actually means: jonathancook.substack.com/p/open-lette...

It will be a hard Christmas for many Cubans to celebrate this year in the face of shortages of power, food and medicines. Here's a way to write to Canadian political leaders to ask for additional aid. Please take action now!

"Women Migrant Workers: A Needs Assessment on the North Shore of Nova Scotia" examines the experiences and priorities of women migrant workers employed in the province’s farms and seafood processing plants through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

Nova Scotia: Women migrant workers subjected to labour abuses in NS agriculture and seafood processing industries: www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars. The prosecutors describe mounting threats, harassment, and fear of lasting damage to the U.S. justice system. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

“How is it that members of parliament are a public safety concern?” she said in an interview with Al Jazeera. “How is it that civil society organisations who are doing humanitarian work… [are] a security concern?” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

Israel is attempting to create a new status quo in the West Bank, altering the north’s geography, repurposing Palestinian land to serve colonization and settler infrastructure. Military activities in these areas can only be understood with this in mind. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/the-...

CBC's Raffy Boudjikanian reports from Jerusalem on what's happening with a group of Canadians, including six MPs, who were denied entry into the occupied West Bank. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Across the world countries with hot climates are building data centers to meet the growing demand for GAI while also storing data within their own borders. Rest of World documents how many data centers globally are located in regions too hot for optimal operations." restofworld.org/2025/data-ce...

Two things about this EO are true: 1) it is a despicable, sloppy, and unacceptable act that reflects Trumps well documented affinity for his tech buddies 2) it does nothing by itself — CNN and the NYTimes get it BIG wrong here, giving Trump the headline he wants to scare states and create apathy

ICE records indicate 434 Canadian detention stays between Sept 2023 and mid-October 2025...The vast majority — 366 people — had no aggravated felony record. www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...

Israel denies Canadian delegation including 5 Liberal Government MPs, 1 NDP entry into West Bank www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

"The Salvadoran dictatorship sent a message to its critics with the capture of Ruth López on May 18 of this year...Anyone who speaks out, the message announced, will go to jail. Dec 1 marked 197 days since police officers took Ruth from her home." beta.elfaro.net/en/spotlight...

Ripping off the system: “In terms of the money involved, the geographic reach, and the explicit ties to Presidential actions,” Cassidy writes, “there has never been anything like the second term of Trump, Inc.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

RE the secret list of 'domestic terrorist organizations' created by NSPM-7. Are Americans the US government deems to be members of domestic terrorist organizations subject to extrajudicial killings like those of 'designated terrorist organizations'? theintercept.com/2025/12/12/t...

"Settler violence against Palestinians...is an official government system with an organized structure operating as intended...through dual structures—military occupation and civilian settlements—each reinforcing the other." www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-org...

We must put people and communities at the heart of Canada's all ‘nation-building’ initiatives: www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/1...

Global and Canadian efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shift away from fossil fuels have created a central policy question: How can workers, sectors and regions adapt and develop the skills needed for a low-carbon future? fsc-ccf.ca/research/pla...

More than 400 Harvard affiliates signed a petition to reinstate the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights in a withering rebuke of the University’s decision to dismiss her earlier this week. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard has forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint within the University and a focus of attacks from the Trump administration. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Yalla, Yalla, Abya Yala : a call for people of the Americas to redouble action in solidarity with Palestinians: www.tni.org/en/article/y...

Corporate dodge (DOGE?) : Is the federal government's 'Build Canada Exchange' a Trojan Horse? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/n...

Trump renewed his threats against Colombian leader, Gustavo Petro...The remarks came shortly after Trump addressed a US military operation to seize an oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea... www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

U.S seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to multiple US media reports. The move comes amid a massive US military build-up in the region, including an aircraft carrier, fighter jets and tens of thousands of troops. www.latintimes.com/us-seizes-sa...

U.S. federal immigration agents detained and brutalized at least 22 American citizens between June and November 2025, directly contradicting Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem’s claim that “no American citizens have been arrested or detained.” migrantinsider.com/p/senate-rep...

Canada must prioritize the safety of members of the Committee for the Defense of Water and the Santurbán Páramo in Santander, Colombia, and implement the Voices at Risk guidelines

THE NEXT WARS WERE ALWAYS HERE Michelle Ellner, CodePink: The legal theories invented after 9/11 – elastic self-defense, limitless definitions of terrorism, enemy combatants, global strike authority – became the backbone of a permanent war machine.