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AS TOLD TO BC PIRES My name is Candyce Kelshall and I am a child of the military. I come from Chaguaramas, overlooking down-the-islands, Scotland Bay and Gasparee. Because my father was (in charge of Chag). We’re a small but highly disciplined family. Except for me, when it comes to my weight. The discipline comes

Former Conservative MPs worry that other authoritarian regimes are taking lessons from Canadas lack of reaction.

Four of the 13 people arrested by RCMP in Coutts, Alta., on Monday are accused of conspiring to murder RCMP officers. Among the weapons and gear police say they seized is a piece of body armour marked with a patch belonging to a far-right militia called Diagolon. Candyce Kelshall tracks extremist groups with Buckingham University’s Center for Security and Intelligence Studies and the Justice Institute of British Columbia and she says Diagolon's presence in the convoy protests is worrying.

The Fredericton Police Force says it is preparing for a protest expected to take place in downtown Fredericton on the weekend.

If police look impotent, it emboldens protesters, according to Candyce Kelshall, president of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies

Proud Boys and other far-right groups raise millions via Christian funding site Jason Wilson © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters A data breach from Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo has revealed that millions of dollars have been raised on the site for far-right causes and groups, many of whom are banned from raising funds on other platforms. It also identifies previously anonymous high-dollar donors to far-right actors, some of whom enjoy positio...