Rod Francis
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Pointe-Claire. Montreal. Quebec. Canada. Conservative. Bills. Hockey. Traditional Media.
Montreal
Joined January 2012
Montrealer reads about how tens of thousands of PEI potatoes are gonna be destroyed due to a US transport ban. He spends 15k to buy them, bring them to MTL and gives em to the Welcome Hall Mission who prepares 1200 meals per day for our homeless.
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NEW: Dozens of Cuban men designated for deportation from the United States have been stranded at the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay since before Christmas in one of the most puzzling episodes in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration. https://t.co/1M16lQ76me
nytimes.com
The tale illustrates how inefficient the ICE operation has been in the year since President Trump ordered the base to prepare for up to 30,000 “criminal aliens.”
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❗️In 🇺🇦Ukraine, four different chassis are used for the Bohdana artillery system to increase the production rate of self-propelled howitzers (SPHs).
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BREAKING: America
BREAKING in @PunchbowlNews W.H. AND SENATE DEM discussing stopgap for DHS and passage of 5 other spending bills. Would avert a shutdown and cause a mess in the House Admin wants a deal. What you need to know: https://t.co/lCCessApI4
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❗️Russian sources report an accident involving the 🇮🇷Iranian dry cargo ship "Caspian Shiva" in the Caspian Sea. The vessel sustained a breach of unknown origin, ran aground and is actively taking on water in the engine room and cargo holds. At the time of the incident, it was en
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🚨🚨New: Saudi minister of defense and Israeli military intelligence chief visit Washington separately for talks on possible U.S. strikes on Iran. My story on @axios
https://t.co/LadHKGKwxU
axios.com
The Israelis discussed targeting. The Saudis are more focused on diplomacy.
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GM Oshawa to lay off up to 1,200 workers on Friday. Union leader says he hopes premiers encourage feds to 'relentlessly pursue' CUSMA renewal https://t.co/hDXHqYelwy Find out more at https://t.co/1zbPY5GAhV
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Ubisoft has finally acknowledged the never-ending deluge of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake leaks, after yet another slip-up. https://t.co/TzMm1bN1px
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SUSAN COLLINS says ICE has ended “enhanced activities” in Maine.
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Allies wanna reduce reliance on USA defense, energy, banking, but Holland is warning about overreliance on Google, Microsoft, Amazon for IT. Last year in The Hague, the Intl Criminal Court lost access to email because Trump yelled at Microsoft. Not joking. https://t.co/LXjICil5eV
nltimes.nl
The Netherlands relies heavily on a small number of foreign IT suppliers, a dependence that affects not only government operations but also healthcare and payment systems. The Dutch Data Protection...
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An online identity tool that underpins the digital lives of Dutch people and has partly fallen into American hands is prompting the country to reconsider its reliance on U.S. technology. https://t.co/lkYo7an3uq
politico.eu
Dutch society is built on US digital services. That’s now seen as a glaring security issue.
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MORE: The Iranian regime’s ongoing securitization measures, which include a costly and prolonged internet shutdown, are accelerating Iran’s economic collapse. The country’s economic collapse was the initial trigger for these demonstrations in late December 2025. The crackdown’s
NEW | The Iranian regime’s ongoing crackdown is exacerbating the economic collapse that spurred the Winter 2026 protests. The crackdown will therefore fail to address the underlying causes of the protests and could create more grievances that drive future protests. (1/6)
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.@AP: @KatStepanenko, a Russia researcher at the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War, said the Kremlin has gotten more “creative” in the last two years with attracting enlistees, including foreigners. But recruitment efforts are becoming “extremely expensive” for
apnews.com
Russian authorities use various strategies to recruit new troops to replenish its supply of soldiers for its nearly 4-year-old full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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NEW: The People’s Republic of China continues to provide critical support to Russia’s weapons production, including Oreshnik missiles and Shahed long-range drones. Ukrainian forces continued their strike campaign against Russian military assets near the front line and in the
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Norway gives a huge military contract to South Korea instead of the US. Trump's petulant and dangerous antics are killing his country's export markets.
❗️🇳🇴Norway has chosen the 🇰🇷South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS instead of the 🇺🇸American HIMARS Norway plans to acquire 16 launchers and an unspecified number of rockets. The total value of the contract will amount to approximately $2 billion.
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❗️🇸🇪Sweden has held preliminary consultations with 🇫🇷France and the 🇬🇧United Kingdom regarding possible cooperation in the field of nuclear deterrence.
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"What grade would you give Trump for his first year?" 🔴 F: 66% 🟠 D: 8% 🟡 C: 8% 🟢 B: 9% 🔵 A: 6% Angus Reid / Jan 27, 2026
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Not to mention the danger of pulling thousands of agents away from minor things like terrorist threats, gun smuggling, money laundering and corruption. Hmmmm
Federal troop deployments to US cities cost taxpayers $496M and counting https://t.co/r8v9otHK2Q
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A train collision that killed 45 people in southern Spain this month is piling even more political pressure on the struggling, Socialist-led government of Pedro Sánchez. https://t.co/tpgOfJS7af
politico.eu
The prime minister is already reeling from corruption and sexual harassment scandals in the Socialist party.
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