A military coup threatened to overthrow the Russian government this weekend. The brutal Wagner private military company claimed they were betrayed by their leaders, and began a march toward Moscow. They were winning support among the local population, they were shooting down Russian helicopters, and they said other units in the Russian military joined with…

The federal government’s public works department will not provide statistics on the number of occasions that federal advertisements break rules on partisan promotions. In a briefing note, the government said the number was not relevant. Advertising is also not regulated by any act of Parliament, although Ad Standards reviews government advertising and whether it is…

The U.S. government has been bypassing fourth amendment protections on surveilling Americans by purchasing the data from private companies. The workaround is raising legal concerns, and allegations that the database could be used for blackmail. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has a program to crawl social media websites for alleged disinformation. Yet this has also come with…

The U.S. government has been bypassing fourth amendment protections on surveilling Americans by purchasing the data from private companies. The workaround is raising legal concerns, and allegations that the database could be used for blackmail. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has a program to crawl social media websites for alleged disinformation. Yet this has also come with…

The U.S. government has been bypassing fourth amendment protections on surveilling Americans by purchasing the data from private companies. The workaround is raising legal concerns, and allegations that the database could be used for blackmail. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has a program to crawl social media websites for alleged disinformation. Yet this has also come with…

A new report by CIBC Capital Markets, released June 12, says governments could be doing more in the battle against inflation by keeping a tighter grip on their wallets. Across the country, Canadians are struggling with rising costs in everything from groceries to rent. But the report said loose spending by governments is boosting growth,…

The government has shelved a flagship animal welfare bill in Parliament—blaming “scope creep”—but has been accused of betrayal by campaigners. On Thursday, environment minister Mark Spencer told the House Commons the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill would not go forward but he insisted many of the issues it was designed to combat would be tackled,…

The Biden administration is being accused of running a large-scale child trafficking operation in relation to the “border crisis.” Findings on this from a grand jury were detailed in a 142-page document from the Supreme Court of Florida. Similar accusations were recently made by Department of Health and Human Services whistleblower Tara Lee Rodas. While…

The Biden administration is being accused of running a large-scale child trafficking operation in relation to the “border crisis.” Findings on this from a grand jury were detailed in a 142-page document from the Supreme Court of Florida. Similar accusations were recently made by Department of Health and Human Services whistleblower Tara Lee Rodas. While…

Almost halfway into 2023, Americans continue to identify the government itself as the biggest problem the United States is facing, the latest results of a Gallup survey suggest. In survey results released Tuesday, the Gallup polling organization found that 18 percent of respondents named “government” as the nation’s most important problem. The “economy in general”…