FBI stopped working with RCMP after CBC 9/11 memo, report says; Doug Ford takes back ‘endorsement’ of Toronto mayor; and more
FBI halted cooperation with RCMP after CBC 9/11 terrorism memo, New York Times reports
The source of Patel’s ire, according to The Times, was a memo CBC circulated to reporters and editors across its news platforms ahead of the 9/11 anniversary instructing them not to refer to the attacks that claimed 3,000 lives and changed the modern world as “terrorist attacks.”
Scott Stinson: Doug Ford says he's not endorsing Olivia Chow for mayor, and if it sounds like he did, he's taking it back
On Wednesday, when asked for his thoughts on the Toronto mayoral race, the Ontario premier responded, “We’re going to continue supporting the mayor. She’s doing an incredible job. So, read between the lines.” Stinson writes that “by Friday morning, Ford had found a predictable source for the confusion: the media, which had incorrectly interpreted his words as meaning what they are generally accepted to mean.”
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John Ivison: Repairing Trudeau’s salmon-industry sabotage is next on Carney’s agenda
The subject of farmed salmon will be high on the agenda when Norway’s prime minister meets with Mark Carney in Ottawa next week, Ivison says. The problem is an “extremely dubious” ban on open net salmon farms enacted by former PM Justin Trudeau, which “was a death sentence for an industry that employs thousands of people” and that Norwegian companies have made significant investments in. “The existing plan is a staggering level of economic self-sabotage, and it should be reversed,” Ivison states.
Michael Higgins: Mark Carney's EU adventure isn't about Canadians
“Any new romance is an exciting and thrilling time, especially if you’ve just broken up with a long-term partner. But if Canada and the EU are going to get into bed together is it asking too much to simply and clearly tell Canadians what’s the plan and define the relationship?” Higgins asks.
Ontario trucker sent to prison in U.S. for hauling cocaine allegedly for Ryan Wedding's cartel
The transport truck owner-operator based in Brampton, Ont., was handed a nine-year sentence after admitting to a Los Angeles judge that he helped knit a drug transportation network in Canada to an immense cocaine cartel in Mexico and the U.S. that was allegedly run by former Canadian Olympian Ryan Wedding.
CBC is one sick puppy.
National Post is not fit for reading. Trash.
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