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Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What to do when QAnon comes to town: a conversation with Peterborough Mayor Diane Therrien

When QAnon conspiracy theorists led by the ‘Queen of Canada’ tried to arrest Peterborough, ON police on August 13 things did not end well for them!

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Quick Hits

Quick Hits 139 – What is next for QAnon? Should we be worried?

Will QAnon now turn violent… or disappear?

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Phil in the media

America’s QAnon problem is infecting Canada. What should we do about it?

QAnon, an unfortunate cultural import from the United States, has gained new prevalence north of the border. How bad is it, and what can be done to stop it?

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Perspectives

Changing the language we use to describe terrorism does not make countering it any easier

Recent initiatives in Western countries like Canada to eschew terms like Islamist terrorism are nothing more than useless and counterproductive bureaucratic exercises.

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Quick Hits Video

Repeat after me: Satan-worshiping pedophile cannibals are not ruling the world!

Quick Hits 178 – How serious are conspiracy theories? Borealis looks at the infamous ‘Q’ of QAnon to delve into this issue.

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Perspectives

October 15, 1920: Anarchists target League of Nations talks in Italy

On October 15, 1920 two bombs were thrown at a hotel in Milan hosting the UK delegation to the Milan International Conference: no one was hurt

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Perspectives Top 10 Video

Top 10 dumbest terrorists of all time

Terrorists like to portray themselves as masterminds of violence. Some are pretty dumb.

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Perspectives

Is all not well with the ‘5 eyes’ intelligence alliance?

Are the recent concerns about the state of the ‘5 eyes’ intelligence alliance justified? Take a breath folks, nothing to see here.

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Perspectives

Are we REALLY seeing the end of global Islamist terrorism?

Reports that global Islamist terrorism is on the wane are inaccurate and dangerous: we have to keep our eye on this international security threat

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Perspectives

So who gets to decide what is and what is not a terrorist group?

The decision to name some groups as terrorist is often a very biased one: it is important to see why certain groups are labeled as such