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My former boss gave this to me last year. Pinned on wall between shoe boxes and 30+OPI's. Love it!
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The largest race-based riots in Canadian history were waged at Christie Pits, with Jews and Italians fighting against a violent Nazi mob. A full-circle moment 93 years later: Italian Canadians are standing up for what’s right. Sono fiero 🇨🇦🇮🇹 I am proud. 🔗: italiansstandagainstantisemi…
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August 17, 2026 Dear friends and family, Preparations are well underway for the 49th Annual Canadian Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Service, which will take place on Parliament Hill on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at 1100hrs. This has been an especially difficult year for our police and peace officer community. We have lost five police officers and three peace officers in the line of duty, including three police officers killed in violent incidents over roughly two weeks. Each loss has been felt across our community and, as we prepare for September, the officers and the people who knew and loved them are very much in our thoughts. Their deaths are a sobering reminder of the risks that accompany service and the importance of ensuring that service is always remembered. On Memorial Weekend, we will come together to stand beside those families, honour the officers whose names will be added to the Memorial this year, and remember the more than 900 police and peace officers commemorated there. More than anything, it is our opportunity to assure their families that their loved ones’ service and sacrifice remain part of our collective memory, and that they will not be left to carry that remembrance alone. A Parade Briefing for agency and service commanders will take place at the Ottawa Police Association at 1230hrs on Saturday, September 26. Valid identification will be required for entry into the building. The service format, posture, and footprint will remain the same as last year. The service will be conducted on the lawn of Parliament Hill facing East Block. Once again, we will be sharing the lawn with preparations for another important national event, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which takes place on September 30. The Reading of the Names will begin at 0900hrs on Sunday at the Pavilion at the rear of Parliament Hill. All parade participants are asked to report to the usual mustering location around the Supreme Court and along Wellington Street between Kent and Lyon Streets. Limited parking is available behind the Confederation Building, with additional street parking on adjacent roadways. There will be hard road closures, so please allow enough time to arrive, find parking, locate your column, and muster with your service or agency. Mustering will take place between 0830hrs and 1000hrs. Parade Marshals will be on hand to assist with mustering and provide direction. Pipe bands will meet and form up on the north extension of Kent Street next to the Justice Building before stepping onto Wellington Street ahead of their assigned columns. Motorcycles will form up on Wellington Street between Bank and Kent Streets. The parade will step off at 1020hrs sharp. The 49th Annual Canadian Police and Peace Officers’ National Memorial Service will commence at 1100hrs and last approximately one hour. At the conclusion of the service, we will conduct the traditional March Past the Headdress in column of route. Columns are directed to continue marching west until they are clear of the Hill, giving every column the opportunity to conduct the March Past and properly pay their respects. The Minister’s Reception immediately following the service is an invitation-only event restricted to the families of fallen officers. Our weekend events will include the Next-of-Kin Welcoming Reception for the families of fallen officers on Saturday evening. This will be followed by a Candlelight Vigil at the Memorial Tablets, where families will have some private time to reflect before Sunday’s service. We also look forward to welcoming participants in the Run to Remember and Ride to Remember as they arrive on Parliament Hill at 1500hrs on Saturday, September 26. The Memorial Ribbon is a folded blue ribbon on black backing featuring the Memorial logo in the centre. We encourage the wearing of the ribbon, in accordance with each service’s policies, beginning Monday, September 21, through the end of the day on Sunday, September 27. Ribbons for your service can be acquired by visiting: memorialribbon.org. Please check the official CPPOM blog for further updates as they become available: cppom.ca/2026/03/13/cppom202… I hope you will make plans now to join us in Ottawa as we honour our fallen and stand together with their families. ---------------------------------------------------- Le 17 août 2026 Chers amis et familles, Les préparatifs vont de bon train pour le 49e Service commémoratif national annuel des policiers et des agents de la paix du Canada, qui aura lieu sur la Colline du Parlement le dimanche 27 septembre 2026 à 11 h. Cette année a été particulièrement difficile pour notre communauté policière et celle des agents de la paix. Nous avons perdu cinq policiers et trois agents de la paix dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions, dont trois policiers tués lors d’incidents violents sur une période d’environ deux semaines. Chaque perte a profondément marqué notre communauté et, alors que nous nous préparons pour le mois de septembre, ces agents ainsi que les personnes qui les ont connus et aimés occupent une place importante dans nos pensées. Leur décès nous rappelle avec gravité les risques inhérents au service public et l’importance de veiller à ce que leur engagement ne soit jamais oublié. Au cours de la fin de semaine commémorative, nous nous rassemblerons pour soutenir ces familles, honorer les agents dont les noms seront ajoutés au Monument commémoratif cette année et nous souvenir des plus de 900 policiers et agents de la paix qui y sont déjà commémorés. Plus que tout, il s’agit d’une occasion de rappeler à leurs familles que le service et le sacrifice de leurs proches demeurent vivants dans notre mémoire collective et qu’elles ne porteront pas seules le poids de ce souvenir. Une séance d’information sur le défilé à l’intention des commandants des corps de police et des organismes participants aura lieu à l’Association des policiers d’Ottawa à 12 h 30 le samedi 26 septembre. Une pièce d’identité valide sera exigée pour entrer dans l’édifice. Le format de la cérémonie, son protocole et son emplacement demeureront les mêmes que l’an dernier. La cérémonie se déroulera sur la pelouse de la Colline du Parlement, face à l’édifice de l’Est. Cette année encore, nous partagerons cet espace avec les préparatifs d’un autre événement national important, la Journée nationale de la vérité et de la réconciliation, qui a lieu le 30 septembre. La lecture des noms débutera à 9 h, le dimanche, au pavillon situé à l’arrière de la Colline du Parlement. Tous les participants au défilé sont priés de se présenter au lieu de rassemblement habituel, soit aux alentours de la Cour suprême du Canada et le long de la rue Wellington, entre les rues Kent et Lyon. Un nombre limité de places de stationnement sera disponible derrière l’édifice de la Confédération, et d’autres espaces seront accessibles dans les rues avoisinantes. Des fermetures complètes de routes seront en vigueur; veuillez donc prévoir suffisamment de temps pour arriver, trouver un stationnement, localiser votre colonne et rejoindre votre service ou organisme. Le rassemblement aura lieu entre 8 h 30 et 10 h. Des responsables du défilé seront sur place pour aider les participants et fournir les directives nécessaires. Les corps de cornemuses se réuniront et se formeront sur le prolongement nord de la rue Kent, à côté de l’édifice de la Justice, avant de prendre place sur la rue Wellington devant leurs colonnes respectives. Les motocyclettes se rassembleront sur la rue Wellington entre les rues Bank et Kent. Le défilé débutera précisément à 10 h 20. Le 49e service commémoratif national annuel des policiers et des agents de la paix du Canada commencera à 11 h et durera environ une heure. À la fin de la cérémonie, nous procéderons à la traditionnelle marche devant la coiffure cérémonielle selon l’ordre du parcours. Les colonnes sont priées de poursuivre leur marche vers l’ouest jusqu’à ce qu’elles aient complètement quitté la Colline, afin que chaque colonne puisse participer à cette tradition et rendre un hommage approprié. La réception ministérielle qui suivra immédiatement la cérémonie est un événement sur invitation seulement, réservé aux familles des agents décédés dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions. Les activités de la fin de semaine comprendront également une réception de bienvenue pour les proches parents des agents décédés, le samedi soir. Elle sera suivie d’une veillée aux chandelles devant les plaques commémoratives, offrant aux familles un moment de recueillement privé avant la cérémonie du dimanche. Nous sommes également heureux d’accueillir les participants de la Run to Remember et de la Ride to Remember, qui arriveront sur la Colline du Parlement à 15 h le samedi 26 septembre. Le Ruban commémoratif consiste en un ruban bleu plié monté sur un fond noir, portant au centre le logo du Monument commémoratif. Nous encourageons son port, conformément aux politiques de chaque service, à compter du lundi 21 septembre et jusqu’à la fin de la journée du dimanche 27 septembre. Les rubans destinés à votre service peuvent être obtenus en consultant le site : memorialribbon.org Veuillez consulter le blog officiel du CPPOM pour prendre connaissance des mises à jour dès qu'elles seront disponibles : cppom.ca/2026/03/13/cppom202… J’espère que vous prendrez dès maintenant les dispositions nécessaires pour vous joindre à nous à Ottawa afin d’honorer nos disparus et de témoigner ensemble notre soutien à leurs familles. Steve Boucher, M.O.M Canadian Police and Peace Officers Memorial Service Coordinator coordinator@thememorial.ca Canadian Police and Peace Officers Memorial Inc./La Commémoration des policiers et agents de la paix canadiens inc. 141, rue Catherine Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K2P 1C3 #HeroesInLife
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📸 Nailed it. This extraordinary photo was captured by photographer Alex Trowski in Glencoe, Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦌🌙
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This wasn't allowed in public incase it offended anyone. So please don't retweet it. Thanks 🙏dutchbarn.com
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Our Canadian Geese. Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦💯
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We send our sincerest condolences to Constable Pinizzotto's family, who now have to carry on without their brave and loving father. Rest in peace.
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Ottawa police are having a forum to discuss hate in the community. Check out who's invited. Can you think of any representative that might be missing? ottawapolice.ca/en/news/toge…
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Dear American friends: We are friends and neighbours. We are business partners and in many cases we are family. Your administration and our Liberal government are putting all that at risk for their own political purposes. They are trying to turn us against you, and you against us. Let’s not allow that to happen. Politicians come and go. Our geography, our history and our relationships, our closeness - I believe - will prove far more resilient.
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The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.
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Multi-millionaire living in the US comes to Canada to receive award, praise socialism and trash the US. Said multi-millionaire then immediately leaves awards show to return to the US where she can pay lower taxes and marinate in her own hypocrisy.
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SNL. It has to be SNL, right?
Canadian NDP socialist conference non-binary speaker gets ‘misgendered’ by non-binary woman wearing a keffiyeh. “I’ll again thank delegates not to call me madame chair…I’m a non-binary person my pronouns are they/them and their- chair is sufficient.”
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From Crossing Floors To Crossing Lines: Dear Michael Ma, There are missteps in politics. Then there are moments so pristine in their execution that one almost wants to thank you for the demonstration. Your appearance at the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade was one of those moments. Not because it advanced anything. But because it clarified everything. You were questioning Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa and a long-established expert on China, global supply chains, international trade, and the forced labour risks tied to Uyghur slavery. If ever there was a witness purpose-built to speak on that exact subject, she was it. Credentials aligned. Expertise aligned. Topic aligned. A rare moment where the system actually put the right person in the right chair. And then you arrived. Faced with Margaret McCuaig-Johnston’s level of expertise, you chose not to engage her evidence, but to sidestep it. “Anti China,” you suggested, as though documenting labour camps were a personality flaw rather than a matter of record. A neat little label, deployed with the confidence of someone hoping it would do the heavy lifting. It didn’t. Then came the tempo. The rapid-fire questioning. The insistence on short answers. The carefully managed interruptions that ensure just enough of a response is heard to pivot away from it. It had all the hallmarks of a strategy, in the same way a cardboard cutout has all the hallmarks of a person. You were not examining. You were staging. And layered over it all was that faint, unmistakable throwback tone. The kind that treats a highly qualified woman not as an authority to be reckoned with, but as something to be contained, redirected, and talked over until the room forgets why she was invited in the first place. A little early-1900s patriarchy, lightly polished and rolled into committee procedure. Very modern. Very progressive. Very on brand for a man who crossed the floor only to immediately begin crossing lines. There was, however, a second performance worth appreciating. In most committee rooms, when a Conservative so much as nudges a witness toward brevity, Liberals react as though parliamentary norms have been dragged into a ditch. Objections fly. Hands wave. Faces tighten. And the chair intervenes with great theatrical concern to ensure the witness is allowed to answer. A well-practised ritual. Which made the sudden outbreak of tranquility under Ben Carr feel almost experimental. No intervention. No reminders. No concern. Just a serene confidence that everything unfolding was, somehow, entirely appropriate. One assumes the rulebook was merely resting. Because this is the part that lingers. You crossed the floor from Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party to Mark Carney’s Liberal Party. A move presented, as these things always are, as thoughtful. Strategic. Necessary. You would be more effective, we were told, aligned with power. It is a compelling narrative. It does, however, rely on the assumption that effectiveness is transferable. What we saw instead suggests something else made the trip. Not improved. Not recalibrated. Just relocated. The Conservatives, for their part, have been handed a rather elegant escape. Not through foresight, but through timing. A problem that walks out the door is still a problem, just no longer yours to explain. That explanation now belongs to the Liberals. And here the irony becomes almost too generous. This is a party that never tires of informing Canadians that it will take no lessons from Conservatives. Yet when it came to you, the apparent vetting model seems to have been: well, he was over there, so surely somebody checked. A touching faith in invisible homework. Sadly, the Conservatives clearly did not do enough homework either. They just happened to unload the assignment before it exploded in someone else’s locker. The Liberals, however, cannot even claim surprise. They took a floor crosser from a rival party, apparently made sweeping assumptions, and then acted shocked when the package turned out to contain exactly what the label should have warned them about. Which brings us, inevitably, to Mark Carney. Because leadership is not tested by the decisions that go smoothly. It is tested by the ones that arrive with consequences attached. And you have arrived fully assembled. He now faces a choice. He can sideline you. Quietly reduce your profile. Remove the conditions under which this kind of performance becomes a recurring feature. In doing so, he also quietly dismantles the entire excuse for your floor crossing, that proximity to power would somehow make you more useful to your riding. Or he can do what his own track record suggests he may well do. Stand firm. Close ranks. Pretend the whole thing is overblown. Preserve appearances. Protect the ego that made the bad decision in the first place. Because to admit error would mean admitting that courting you over was not a show of strength, but a lapse in judgment dressed up as strategy. And that, politically, is where the trap closes. If Carney turfs you to the back benches, he blows a hole in your own justification for crossing. Suddenly the man who claimed he had to switch parties to get closer to power is left nowhere near it. But if Carney keeps you up front and keeps defending you, then he is not merely tolerating the behaviour. He is feeding it. He is teaching you that protection follows performance, no matter how boorish, how transparently partisan, or how steeped in old-school misogyny it may be. And people who feel protected rarely become more restrained. They become more confident. More willing. More asshole-ish. More certain that the room will adjust around them. So here we are. You crossed the floor in search of influence. And in short order, crossed a line by trying to discredit Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a woman whose expertise on China and Uyghur forced labour far exceeded anything you brought to that exchange. If ever there was a witness who could speak to Uyghur slavery, she was it. And Michael Ma’s answer to that was not substance. It was swagger, interruption, and the kind of stale patriarchal toxicity that should have been left somewhere around the invention of the typewriter. As for Mr. Carney, he may soon discover that in the pursuit of numbers, he acquired something far less cooperative. Not an asset. Not a coup. A stinking, rotting albatross now hanging around the Liberal Party’s neck like a garland of decaying principles. And if he chooses to keep feeding it rather than cut it loose, he can keep it. Sincerely, Melanie in Saskatchewan, A citizen who was paying attention 👇🏻 buymeacoffee.com/melanieinsa… 👇🏻 open.substack.com/pub/melani…
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Ottawa Food Bank "Fill the Plates" Spring Food Drive Saturday, March 28, 10am to 3pm Metro McCarthy, 3310 McCarthy Road (River Ward) This spring, the Ottawa Food Bank's most needed items are cereal, oats, and canned tomatoes. Every contribution makes a difference.
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Alysa Liu’s father was persecuted by the CCP for the Tiananmen Square protests and fled to America His daughter became a world-class figure skater and refused to skate for the CCP when they tried to recruit her She just won the gold medal for Team USA 🇺🇸
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Grandfather and grandson dress up as Geppetto and Pinocchio for Carnival in Italy.🤩🎭🎊
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Why have you embarrassed the French people worldwide with a bearded male dancer dressed as a woman? Hey Macron, this is how it’s done:
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BREAKING: Federal Court of Appeal affirms that the federal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act was ultra vires (i.e. illegal) and that some of the Emergencies Act orders unjustifiably violated the Charter of Rights. A great day for the rule of law and for Canadians!
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🚨The Court of Appeal has dismissed the appeal of Justice Mosley’s decision, confirming once again that invoking the Emergencies Act was unconstitutional. That is a really big deal and the Court of Appeal was unequivocal: “We have already found that Cabinet, on the evidence that was before it and on a proper interpretation of the Act, did not have reasonable grounds to believe that a threat to national security existed.” On the evidence, as many of us said from the beginning, the legal threshold was never met. The federal government knew, or ought to have known, that this appeal was bound to fail. Yet it proceeded anyway, consuming years of time and significant public resources, while hoping the public would simply move on. And it bears repeating: if anything truly went sideways in Ottawa, the primary failures were local. The City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Police Service grossly mismanaged the protest from the outset, creating conditions that escalated rather, and in doing so played directly into the federal government’s political narrative. For years, peaceful protesters were disparaged and slandered, portrayed as dangerous and treasonous. Many were beaten, arrested, and jailed. And we should also be honest about this: what does this say about those who accepted the government’s narrative without question, who repeated claims that have now been judicially rejected, and who looked the other way while fellow citizens were vilified and punished? Now the responsibility shifts to us. This confirms, once again, a profound democratic failure: extraordinary powers deployed unlawfully, Charter rights infringed, and citizens met with force instead of dialogue. Accountability does not end with this judgment. It begins with it. If governments can misuse emergency powers, disparage their own citizens instead of engaging with them, and then attempt to run out the clock through prolonged litigation, democratic accountability survives only if the public actively enforces it. Let’s not fall for this trap again. Let’s stop before fear, propaganda, and politics are weaponized to turn Canadians against their neighbours, friends, and families—while those in power evade scrutiny and consequence. We deserve better. But we must demand better.
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Veronica Reale is a single mother and immigrant from Italy who has been running her own small business for 14 year. Leftists want to shut it down because Pierre Poilievre ate there. Make sure to give her your support!
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