Anyone who understands the Middle East knows this: the fall of the Iranian regime would be more consequential than the fall of the Berlin Wall, not because the Islamic Republic is a global power, but because it has been a central tool for China and Russia and a major engine of… https://t.co/CDUkAwSRzL
— ثنا ابراهیمی | Sana Ebrahimi (@__Injaneb96) January 8, 2026
Odd man rush?
BBC- UK viewers warm up for steamy ice hockey hit Heated Rivalry
Based on Rachel Reid’s books, the series centres on the illicit relationship between two ice hockey players – one Canadian and the other Russian – who are rivals on the ice but lovers off it.
The show has grabbed attention for its sex scenes, but has won praise for its heartfelt depiction of LGBT relationships, and sparked discussions about representation on TV and in sport.
It was made by Canadian streaming service Crave and was swiftly picked up by HBO Max in the US, where it was released in late November.
CTV- ‘Heated Rivalry’ highlights LGBTQ2S+ representation in hockey with scenes filmed in Guelph, Ont.
Francisco- Gay sex and hockey. This shows got something for everyone. Fun for the whole family.
Telegraph- Migrants can ‘cheat’ Labour’s online English language tests
Documents seen by The Telegraph show that the Government plans to scrap the current system, where foreign applicants sit tests in overseas centres overseen by trained exam invigilators and replace it with a fully remote “digital-by-default” approach.
BBC- Two rapists among Met officers not properly vetted
David Carrick, one of the UK’s worst sex offenders, and Cliff Mitchell were among the police officers who were not properly checked. Mitchell was allowed to join the force in 2020 after a vetting panel, partly aimed at improving diversity, overturned a decision to reject him despite a previous rape allegation.
Brendan O’Neill- The farce of the Maccabi ban
ONLY THE REAL HARD FUKIN TRUTH !! pic.twitter.com/srciH1Y5xX
— Scott LoBaido (@ScottLoBaido) January 8, 2026
A long but interesting read. Grab yourself a mid-strength beverage.
National Post- Older, 70% white, plunging fertility and lost faith: Who Canada is now
A deep dive into the population data paints a surprising picture of Canadian society and households
Dan Knight- New StatsCan Survey Shows Canadians Losing Faith in Parliament and Media
…just 28.3% of Canadians say they have high confidence (ratings of 4 or 5 out of 5) in Federal Parliament. That’s not a typo. Fewer than three in ten Canadians trust the institution that claims to represent them. Even worse, 40% report low confidence—the highest level of distrust recorded for any major institution measured.
Only 36.2% of Canadians say they have high confidence in the media, while nearly 30% express outright low confidence. Among men, distrust is even sharper, reflecting a growing perception that legacy outlets function less as watchdogs and more as enforcement arms for a narrow ideological consensus. Canadians see the bias. They see the omissions. And they are no longer buying what’s being sold.
The sheer magnitude of this taxpayer largess boggles the mind. And yet many reserves are without potable water. My guess is that most of the money is going to lawyers and “consultants”. It’s long past the point where this needs to stop, but a population browbeaten by the residential school mythology seems tragically incapable of raising any objections.
When the Liberals first took power in 2015, their own estimates showed that total federal government spending on what they deemed “Indigenous priorities” was about $11 billion. Within 10 years, this had nearly tripled. By 2024, internal Department of Finance estimates were showing that planned “investments in Indigenous Priorities” were set to hit $32 billion.
Put another way, it would take Manitoba’s entire annual economic activity just to cover the increase in federal Indigenous spending since 2014.
@DataRepublican: To understand why Maduro’s Venezuela was useful to the foreign-policy order, we need a concept rarely spoken outside foreign-policy circles yet central to how states operate: legibility.
The Food Professor- Canada Is Poised to Lose 4,000 Restaurants in 2026. Does Anyone Care?
So Mamdani is instituting free daycare for New Yorkers? It’s policies that make me wonder why any Republican would want Canada as a 51st state. Taxpayer financed child, medical and now dental care are commonplace functions of the state here since we are presently governed by a host of Mamdani clones. Political integration would add nearly insurmountable pressure to fully socialize these sectors of the American economy.
New York City parents may soon have access to free child care for their 2-year-olds, under a plan unveiled Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani — a major boon for city’s mayor on one of his signature campaign promises just days into his new job.
Ottawa Citizen- How productive is the public service? We’ll never know
A worker in the nonprofit sector visits a Bangladeshi family in Toronto. The mother complains they lost their childcare benefits & can't get PR due to the visa changes.
They can't go back because they spent all their money to come to Canada… Hmm, yes they can (and should) pic.twitter.com/7RPFexAwlH
— sammy 2.0 (@Sammy_canada2) January 7, 2026
National Post- Federal government confirms 25 guns collected in ‘buyback’ pilot,
Public Safety Canada, the department overseeing the program, had, up until Wednesday, only signed two agreements with local jurisdictions whose police agreed to collect firearms to be turned over by gun owners under the controversial program. Those services were in Winnipeg and Cape Breton, the latter of which helped the federal government pilot a test-run of the program, set to be rolled out nationally sometime this month.
But that's not good enough.
Zelenskyy hired her on Dec. 22.
She disclosed that to Carney on Dec. 24. The two of them decided to keep it a secret because…
They gave $2.5 billion to Ukraine on Dec. 27.
What was her involvement in that Dec. 27 decision? https://t.co/R4f0wYEi2P
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) January 8, 2026