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@MercedesGlobal
Sep 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
#Breaking US Ricin investigation: RCMP statement to @globalnews confirms RCMP received a request for assistance from the FBI in connection with a suspicious letter sent to the White House.
"Initial information from the investigation suggests that the letter originated in Canada"
RCMP statement: The FBI conducted an analysis on the substance found in the envelope. This report indicated the presence of ricin, a toxic substance.
The RCMP is working with the FBI on this investigation. We cannot offer more details at this time.
Adding - use of confirm here - it confirms US media reports the FBI believed the letter came from Canada - but this is the first word we've had from the RCMP.
This also confirms what a national security source told Global News earlier today.

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Jul 31
A twitter thread on the father and son terror arrests in Toronto.

The duo was arrested at a Richmond Hill hotel. Multiple sources tell Global News they had just recorded a video with the ISIS flag and an axe and machete in the room.

Videos are commonly recorded right before an attack
The men were found in room 303 at the Richmond Hill hotel - RCMP ERT officers forced the door.

The men are alleged to have had an axe and machete in the room.

Courd documents say the men planned to use an axe and machete to carry out an ISIS terror attack.
Sources described the planned attack as mass casualty involving stabbing, hacking and slashing. Low tech and hard to predict or prevent- an increasing ISIS trend.

And if you thought ISIS were dead - they're not - experts we spoke to say there is a resurgence in ISIS inspired attacks.
Read 6 tweets
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Feb 29
Update… there is a warrant for him, but the JP who signed it ignored the police request for him to be kept in custody. So when he is picked up, he can walk after he appears.

Several police contacts told me they see this all the time and it’s typical of how the system works.
The warrant is related to him breaching his probation which involved clauses he could not contact me for three years.

So basically you can violate your probation conditions in harassment cases and police can say hey you should hold this person, but it’s catch and release.
I cannot imagine the frustration of police officers who deal with repeat offenders like mine (yes he is a repeat offender with a criminal record) and watching this happens and then having to tell gobsmacked women like me sorry but he won’t be held.
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Dec 22, 2023
My colleague Shogofa Danish is one of the bravest, smartest, kindest people I know. She is an Afghan refugee and an incredible journalist.

She has been trying to save her parents (her family is on a list of Taliban "foreign spies").

We are trying to help
gofundme.com/f/help-me-save…
Shogofa's parents are currently in Pakistan. We have till the end of the year to hit $20,000 to bring them here (Shogofa raised $4000 on her own).

The two spots that miraculously opened up for them (very hard to get one) only became avail in early Dec so we have very little time
I don't usually use this account for go fund me stuff, but this is life and death for her family.

The Pakistani govt is deporting Afghan refugees. If they are sent back to Afghanistan, there is a very high chance they will be killed.
Read 6 tweets
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Oct 10, 2023
Have been asking whether Canada wasn’t asked or declined to sign a statement condemning Hamas issued by the US, UK, Germany, France and Italy.

One source told me we were not asked.

Two others said we weren’t asked bc this is from The Quint, it’s own little mini-alliance.

A fourth source said we were not officially asked but that doesn’t mean there’s not an unofficial approach.
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Unofficial approaches can happen to gauge interest and or whether there is going to be a debate about watering down or beefing up statements; and to determine speed of potential response.
One source raised concerns about Canada not being in The Quint or AUKUS as alliances with key allies play out without Canada.

That said, I would be very surprised if there isn’t a G7 statement too
Read 4 tweets
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Mar 24, 2023
Now media question time:

American media q1: you talked about security and economic partnership with Canada. Xi just went to Russia. Counties are forming opposing alliances, what does it mean for security basically
Biden says he disagrees with premise of question. Says US has expanded alliances, doesn’t think China or Russia are.
What commitment can China make to Russia? Biden asks
Read 4 tweets
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Mar 24, 2023
President Biden begins his address with “Bonjour Canada” which gets a standing ovation.
Biden recalls meeting Trudeau virtually during the toughest days of COVID-19
Biden says no two counties are bound by the many close ties Canada and the US are.
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