Wilful Blindness

Antifa Canada’s Bolsheviks Gradually Then Suddenly It's Probably Nothing nannystate 10 Comments

What about the shock of France going bankrupt while being pillaged by mobs of Antifa fellow travelers? Why wouldn’t that at least register on Macklem’s radar screen? Or would that get in the way of cheerleading for Canada’s new “relationship” with Europe?

The head of the Bank of Canada spoke to reporters on Saturday in a press conference from the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund meetings in Bangkok.

He said the prevailing message from his peers at the summit is that the global economy has been performing better than expected in the face of ongoing wars in Iran and Ukraine, sweeping trade disruptions and higher borrowing costs from rising bond yields.

Safe and Effective®

Safe and Effective Science 9 Comments

Retraction of the Research Article “SARS-CoV-2 S2–targeted vaccination elicits broadly neutralizing antibodies”

After an investigation, the Francis Crick Institute has concluded that fabricated data are present in Fig. 2, B and C, and that falsified images are present in fig. S6. The investigation concluded that the first author, Kevin W. Ng, was responsible for this, and he has admitted responsibility. Further, the existence of data fabrication casts doubt on some other experiments presented in the paper, for which primary data and samples are unavailable, precluding post hoc verification.

Monday On Turtle Island

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Carnival Carney’s Canada:    Low carbon transportation (Warning: Carney’s Global News).    Two prominent journalists??    Parliament bomb plot.    Blackie’s ex-wife.

The Democratic Party’s America:    Trump’s new world re-order.    VDH – What might have saved Gaza.    Dearborn Michigan.    Gangs in Minnesota.

Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC:    Behind the Iranian curtain.    Intifada comes to France.

And at the Bee.

Wainwright, The Day After

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Plus: An interview with @CrashMetaX, whose posts from Wainwright hospital were the most reliable throughout the night.

Meanwhile, MSM doing MSM things.

Finally, a news conference, but very little new information.

Major General Wade Rutland, higher headquarters for units training at CFB Wainwright, confirmed that four Canadian Armed Forces members died and many others were injured in a rapidly spreading grass fire during a training exercise by 3 PPCLI on October 17

More here: 39 other people are currently in hospital in connection with the incident, including 19 in critical condition.

Boris Johnson’s Britain

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Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and “THE USE OF FIREARMS MUST BE A LAST RESORT.”

On July 3, 2022, the Special Air Service (SAS) was sent into one of the most dangerous places on earth. Its soldiers were on a mission whose existence was and officially remains top secret.

The goal was to defeat Isis.

That night in the desert of Syria, they were tasked with capturing the leader of a terrorist cell. They swept through enemy terrain towards their target.

In the dark, five soldiers came under fire. They made a decision. Believing their lives to be in danger, they pursued the two enemies in view and shot them dead.

The SAS inspected the site. Local intelligence confirmed their target was among the bodies. They returned to their convoy and disappeared into the night.

An initial review cleared the men, finding they had acted in self defence. But all was not as it seemed. What happened next would plunge the SAS into crisis.

First, allegations of civilian casualties started to appear online. Then the director of Britain’s special forces referred the soldiers to police. Within days, the men who pulled the trigger would be arrested, several while on duty on secret bases in Syria and Iraq. Others had their homes raided. All were placed under investigation for double murder, meaning they faced life in prison.

Yet 48 hours after being questioned, they were sent back to the battlefield, parachuting out of helicopters to conduct raids behind enemy lines in the same lawless area of Syria.

Three years of limbo followed. Soldiers faced the psychological pressure of heading into battle while the spectre of life in prison hovered over them.

Last year, the men were cleared, but with the caveat that the case could be reopened at any time.

The fallout has sparked existential questions about the future of the unit, for decades the perceived crown jewel in Britain’s military capability. Today the SAS is losing more experienced soldiers than ever before. Just as Britain faces an era of global conflict, the systems supposed to protect its special forces — and maintain their accountability — have been cast in doubt.

For the past four years, secrecy has shielded those at the top of the chain of command from scrutiny. Insight, the Sunday Times investigations team, has gathered witness testimony, leaked documents and open-source intelligence, meaning the full story can be told for the first time.

CFB Wainwright [developing]

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Update #4: Flights continue

The casualties from the CFB Wainwright incident must be catastrophic and numerous.

A CanWest Air Beech King Air B250 air ambulance currently inbound to Wainwright from Slave Lake.

Slave Lake is about 450km or 280 miles from Wainwright.

And more.

@JeffSempleGN – More than a dozen CAF personnel literally parachuting into Wainwright, arriving at the local health centre to respond to the explosion and fire at the nearby Canadian Forces Base.

Update #3: Alberta Energy Regulator has denied a gas well/energy infrastructure was involved.

Update #2, also unconfirmed.

Facebook account from Wainwright is citing injured at 500. That seems high, I hope it's wrong.

Update. Unconfirmed, but the source is on the scene, a long term care patient.

Original post continues below.

I know we have readers in the Wainwright area, any information you might have is welcome in the comments, but if it's hearsay, please indicate that.

A major fire at CFB Wainwright has prompted responses from both the Alberta and federal governments, with leaders describing Saturday’s incident as serious and affecting military personnel at the base.

Premier Danielle Smith said Alberta’s government is learning more about what she called a “significant and tragic fire” at the Canadian Forces, located about 200 kilometres southeast of Edmonton.

“We are learning of a significant and tragic fire at CFB Wainwright today that is affecting many of our brave military personnel,” Smith said in a post on social media.

Smith said Alberta officials are in close contact with the federal government and Prime Minister Mark Carney as the situation continues to develop

Report of multiple aircraft appear to be inbound to CFB Wainwright in response to "the incident" (apparent explosion/fire).

The western prairies are under wind warnings, it's a bad night for a fire.

Unconfirmed: 50+ INJURED

@CrashMetaX

I seen so many burn victims...

They're still bringing people in

I've seen the military truck being used to unload the victims.

8:14 PM · Oct 17, 2026

Apparently there is a military exercise and something went wrong

There is a massive explosion

50 or more are injured..

Being dropped off in pickup trucks

and being dropped off in military trucks

3 more ambulances just went past my bedroom

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