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Investigative journalist, senior writer at The Fifth Estate at CBC. https://www.cbc.ca/news/fifthestate Formerly Hamilton Spectator, Toronto Star investigations, and the St. Catharines Standard PGP Key: http://bit.ly/3w2s5LY
Breaking news: The Defense Department’s top watchdog assessed in a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions in the “Signalgate” affair “created a risk to operational security,” contradicting claims made by Hegseth and his aides.
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Read this story by my sometimes partner in crime Alessio Donnini:
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what was he doing there?
12.11.2025 15:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
MMA gym owners, coaches ID’d a...
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Our expose on the unsolved killing spree in Dawson Creek has been updated with the identity of the latest victim, the 15th homicide in four years in the small town.
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David Barrick, of fame from the late 2010s Niagara Region scandals, has a new job.
CAO of the Township of South Stormont.
@grantrants.bsky.social extensively covered Barrick's behaviour, and recently reported that Barrick had left the employ of Thames Centre
www.southstormont.ca/news/posts/t...
Read out latest investigation into the killing spree in Dawson Creek.
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NEW: The fifth estate takes you inside one of Canada's most dangerous towns, where more than a dozen people have been murdered in two years, with little sign there will be an end to the killing.
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Coming up next on CBC's the fifth estate:
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Second Sons, led by MacKenzie recently showed up at CBC offices in Ottawa to decry he he calls the network's "anti white" agenda. He has also made some pro nazi posts lately.
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He also has a history of accosting reporters in public, like this incident in which he attacked a long photographer from The Standard: x.com/GrantRants/s...
27.10.2025 12:31 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Primo, whose real name is Robert Primerano, was a fixture in Niagara at anti-mask, anti-vaccine, protests, including leading a protest at night outside of of the home of the then medical officer of health, and later at the home of the head of the local hospital system.
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And in case you missed it, here is the recent CBC visual investigations deep dive into the Seconds Sons event in August in Niagara on the Lake:
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However, our investigation revealed Primo has attended martial arts training with Second Sons. Moreover, the two men interact on social media. Primo has a Second Sons sticker on his motorcycle, and he regularly posts and promotes Seconds Sons materials.
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In the Standard story, MacKenzie - who posted a video of him doing a Hitler salute and has posted positive commentary about Hitler on his telegram page, says Primo is not a member of Second Sons.
27.10.2025 12:26 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
In July, our CBC investigation into fascist fight clubs known as active clubs, identified Primo's affiliation with Second Sons and its leader, Jeremy MacKenzie:
www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Some great reporting by my colleague at the St. Catharines Standard, Bill Sawchuk, who looks at how the horrible sexual assault of a minor was seized upon by a Hitler-quoting, white nationalist in Welland, Ontario with ties to Second Sons named Rob Primo.
www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara...
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
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Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Maine, apologized for having a tattoo that resembles a Nazi symbol and said he would have it removed. He also sought to distance himself from his Reddit posts on sexual assault in the military and white Americans living in rural areas.
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You can read our indepth investigation into active clubs, including Seconds Sons that we published in the summer here: www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
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My colleagues in CBC's visual investigations unit show their homework about how they were able to identify where Second Sons, a white nationalist active club, staged events during the August long weekend:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWha...
Well, there goes the neighborhood.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
