The Learjet’s Final Descent Was Captured on Dashcam
A Learjet 60 plunged into a Palm Beach County neighborhood moments after an emergency call. Dashcam footage caught the fireball.
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Trump’s First Term Left a $7.8 Trillion Debt Bill
Federal debt climbed 39% during Trump’s first term. Washington can argue over who deserves the blame. Taxpayers still inherit the bill.
Ottawa Borrowed. Canadians Inherited the Bill.
Canada’s federal debt jumped by $327 billion in one pandemic year. The emergency passed. The borrowing stayed, and servicing the debt cost $53.4 billion in 2024–25.
Governments Want You Stocking Food. The Powerful Are Preparing for Much More.
Households are told to keep emergency supplies. Military planners are preparing for months of disruption, while the powerful buy protection and position for what comes next. Who is protected, who benefits, and who pays?
Health Canada Had Questions About SV40 DNA in Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine. Why Didn’t Parliament Demand an Explanation?
An internal draft recommended replacing an unnecessary DNA element. Ottawa later told MPs the review was unnecessary. The missing piece is the decision trail between those two positions.
Wainwright: a fire was burning. Why did training continue?
Four dead. Thirty-nine injured. Range control knew a fire was burning, yet training continued. The families deserve a full account of who made that call, what warnings they had and why the soldiers could not get clear.
Ottawa Sells Immigration Promises. Who Checks the Paperwork?
Restaurant ads pitch residency pathways. An audit finds thousands of compliance flags with little follow-up. Before Ottawa talks about growing immigration again, it needs to show it can enforce the rules already on the books.
Trump’s Second Term: The Debt Grows. So Do the Fortunes.
Part Two: roughly $4.10 trillion more federal debt, a trillion-dollar interest bill, another war invoice and extraordinary private income. Did Trump take on the establishment—or secure a better place inside it?
Coincidence? The World’s Energy Infrastructure Keeps Getting Hit
Refineries are burning, pipelines are being attacked, tankers are being struck and LNG infrastructure has been damaged. Some incidents are war, some sabotage and some officially accidents. With the Strait of Hormuz still badly impaired and winter approaching, how many more disruptions can the system absorb?
An Orange Shirt Is Not a Clean Water System
Ottawa can stage a reconciliation photograph. Can it deliver reliable water and habitable homes? Judge the promises by the services, spending and results that follow.
When the Machines No Longer Need Us
The unsettling question about AI is who holds the power if fewer people are needed to produce the wealth. A thought experiment about machines, ownership and the bargaining power of ordinary workers.
Who Pays for Canada’s Energy Debate? Follow the Paper Trail.
Before accepting a campaign’s message, ask who pays for the microphone. Public grants and charity filings offer a place to start, and a way to ask harder questions.
A Green Label, False Data and a $250 Million Share Sale
CQC admitted findings over manipulated carbon-project data. Its 2024 settlements expose a simple weakness: an environmental promise is only as reliable as the numbers behind it.
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