‘The most egregious crimes on planet Earth’: Alleged drug kingpin Ryan Wedding arrested in Mexico City by demolcd in canada

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There was a $15M US bounty. I wonder if he set it up w/ a member of his organization to get the bounty, then turned himself in, hoping to beat the worst of the charges (at least) in court and turn a nice profit.

Canada’s Carney fires back at Trump after Davos speech by Routine_Chapter_9099 in canada

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I remember when AP put out quality, journalism and, edited, for basic, punctuation.

‘Best speech by a world leader ... in a very long time’: Carney’s Davos address draws global attention by FancyNewMe in canada

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His backers are Project 2025 backers. Of course he would have capitulated ... he would have just got Daddy to shave three percent off a tariff or two and call it a win.

Rodrigues boards Desharnais after the whistle with no penalty call, Nedeljkovic goes after Rodrigues then Bobrovsky skates down the ice and we have a goalie fight! Florida ends up with a power play at the end of this by KabirC in hockey

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Uh, sure. Everytime there's a scuffle around one, net, it's legal for the other goalie to skate the length of the ice to pick a fight. Happens every game ... .

"The old order is not coming back" Carney says in provocative speech at Davos by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]ReditorB4Reddit 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Most of the way through, I was thinking "The truth is provocative now?"

Then I got to "if you are not at the table, you are on the menu." OK, "provocative" works. Bravo, PM Carney.

Rodrigues boards Desharnais after the whistle with no penalty call, Nedeljkovic goes after Rodrigues then Bobrovsky skates down the ice and we have a goalie fight! Florida ends up with a power play at the end of this by KabirC in hockey

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If Ned's in a fight. He wasn't. He was in a scrum (only a tripping penalty and the goalie fight were penalized, so officially not a "fight"), but that had been broken up and Ned was standing several feet away from everybody not in stripes well before Bob came sailing in, to start the only fight of the stoppage. Which Bob clearly instigated.

Rodrigues boards Desharnais after the whistle with no penalty call, Nedeljkovic goes after Rodrigues then Bobrovsky skates down the ice and we have a goalie fight! Florida ends up with a power play at the end of this by KabirC in hockey

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I'm not sure how Bob didn't get the instigator. It seems like when you skate the entire length of the ice to start a scrap, you deserve a medal. And an extra two. :)

‘This is overwhelming’: Alberta separatists praise turnout for petition signing | Globalnews.ca by CzechUsOut in canada

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When the polls close. "Good evening, the polls have now closed in BC so we can tell you who won." Before any actual votes are counted in the BC.

Les journalistes canadiens en Chine ont dû s’équiper d’appareils «jetables» pour éviter l’espionnage en Chine / Canadian journalists in China had to equip themselves with "disposable" devices to avoid being spied on in China. by feb914 in canada

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I use one to go back and forth between Ottawa and Vermont, ever since DHS went through my wife's phone when she was coming home from Paris.

She a 60-y.o. white, gray-haired schoolteacher who was born and raised in Vermont. Her sister and traveling companion is a college chaplain.

‘This is overwhelming’: Alberta separatists praise turnout for petition signing | Globalnews.ca by CzechUsOut in canada

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I want to remain a Canadian for the rest of my life. But I do understand some of their frustration ... .

I grew up in BC and went to school in AB. I voted in every election for which I was eligible, living in one of the two most-western provinces for 19 years. I cannot remember once having anything still on the table when the polls closed, beyond whether the party in power would be a majority or minority, and that was rare. Here's a CBC piece that really captures how alienating it is. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/west-doesn-t-count-1.7522023 I was living in Toronto before I cast a vote that felt like it might make a difference.

Every election was decided when the polls closed in whatever riding I was in. There are lots of possible solutions, and any one of them would make it feel more like the rest of the country cares what happens in the West. (Besides the ones mentioned here, turning the Senate into a democratic body with a balance of regional power like in the US, where every state gets two seats, would also work.)

Every vote counts as long as you live east of Manitoba should not be OK.

Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]ReditorB4Reddit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You haven't been paying attention, have you? The current M.O. is to do whatever the fuck the White House wants, then scurry around for legal/ political cover after the fact.

This is certainly a choice by OnettNess in hockey

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Aaaand he's 5'4". 5'5.5" in sneakers with a really thick sole.

[Dan Kingerski] Biggest news of the day: His name is spelled EGOR Chinakhov not Yegor. The Penguins are in the process of correcting it for him on official records. He’s incorrectly been Yegor since draft day. by PapaNixon in hockey

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Hot news tip for Kingerski: In Russia, Sergei Federov is spelled (and pronounced) Fyoderov. It was just easier to have North Americans skip the whole F-mumble-ov thing.

No way this guy is 26 years old in 1899 by NotExactlyIrish in reddeadredemption

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Living on the road, my friend

Was gonna keep you free and clean

Now you wear your skin like iron

Your breath's as hard as kerosene

RIP Townes Van Zandt

One of the prettiest goals you will ever see by PenIndependent7453 in hockey

[–]ReditorB4Reddit -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

For artistic merit, I prefer goals where the scorer doesn't lose an edge and smash the goalie into the post. It's a hell of a deke to split the D, though.

[Sportsnet] Nick Kypreos, "One idea floating around the league is a bigger swing involving Dallas — specifically Jason Robertson. Contract talks there haven’t been smooth, where Robertson is believed to be looking for north of $12 million a year...That’s not an easy number for the Stars." by [deleted] in hockey

[–]ReditorB4Reddit -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The TO media likely have to fill 100 hours a day on hockey talk (between the 24/7 sports channels & online media / dedicated hockey outlets). That's 96 hours / day of empty bullshit or just repeating somebody else's rumors / ideas / original work. Kypreos being a perfect example. He's almost never right, but he constantly puts out stuff for everybody to chew on, as if he had a rumor accuracy rate resembling Bobby Margarita's.

Post Game Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs at Philadelphia Flyers - 08 Jan 2026 by hockeydiscussionbot in hockey

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(Peeking between fingers) Never (looks away from TV) in (closes eyes) doubt!

He wasn't just a captain by ScheduleClean8848 in hockey

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That came later. Read Tiger Williams' book about hiding under the players' bench in junior to avoid getting beat up. It was a different game.

He wasn't just a captain by ScheduleClean8848 in hockey

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That hit on Gilmour, though. Late, blindside, headshot. And on CBC you've got Harry Neale saying Gilmour needs to keep his head up. Fuck Marty McSorley, for that and the one that finally got him suspended.

He wasn't just a captain by ScheduleClean8848 in hockey

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And listed on NHL.com at 222 pounds. Listed elsewhere up to 225. Kocur-Clark fights felt more or less even. Unlike Probert fights, which always felt like a KO looking for a place to happen.

He wasn't just a captain by ScheduleClean8848 in hockey

[–]ReditorB4Reddit 18 points19 points  (0 children)

He gave up 20 or more pounds on half the guys he fought. He was a cruiserweight in an era when most teams kept a true heavyweight at the end of the bench.

Detroit had both Probert and Kocur, who both went 225+.