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How Ryan Wedding, a Canadian Olympic Snowboarder, Turned into a Drug Lord

26 décembre 2025 à 11:01
Ryan Wedding rose to fame as a Canadian Olympic athlete, but the authorities say he became one of the world’s biggest drug lords, who ordered an informant executed.

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Ryan Wedding, the police said, ordered the murder of an associate who became an informant. The man was shot and killed while dining in Medellín, Colombia.

Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged cocaine kingpin in US custody

Ryan Wedding turned himself in at US consulate in Mexico City and is due to appear in court in California on Monday

Ryan Wedding, the Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, has been arrested after turning himself in at the US embassy in Mexico, law enforcement officials announced on Friday.

Wedding, 44, had been sought by the FBI and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for his role in overseeing what the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, called the “one of the most prolific and violent drug-trafficking organizations” in the world.

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© Photograph: FBI

© Photograph: FBI

Trump withdraws invitation for Canada to join his global ‘board of peace’

23 janvier 2026 à 03:28

While leaders of many liberal democracies declined to sign on, Mark Carney had, before Davos, accepted in principle

Donald Trump withdrew on Thursday an invitation for Canada to join his “board of peace” initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts.

“Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post directed at the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney.

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© Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

© Photograph: Markus Schreiber/AP

Mark Carney says Canada must ‘be a beacon to a world that’s at sea’

22 janvier 2026 à 22:53

In post-Davos speech, Canadian PM jabs at Trump, saying the arc of history ‘can still bend towards progress and justice’

Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, said his country must be a “beacon to a world that’s at sea” and that national unity was critical as his government faces a dramatic reshaping of the world political order – and mounting domestic challenges

The national address, given at a historic military fortress in Quebec City, was far narrower in scope than the prime minister’s remarks earlier in the week at the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland. Dubbed the ‘Carney Doctrine’, the Davos speech lamented the disintegration of rules-based order amid a rise of “great powers” that used economic “coercion” as a weapon.

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© Photograph: Mathieu Belanger/Reuters

© Photograph: Mathieu Belanger/Reuters

Toronto man posed as pilot to rack up hundreds of free flights, prosecutors say

22 janvier 2026 à 19:22

Dallas Pokornik accused of using fake ID to fool airlines in case likened to Hollywood thriller Catch Me If You Can

A Toronto man posed as a pilot for years in order to fool airlines into giving him hundreds of free flights, prosecutors have alleged, in a case that has prompted comparisons to the Hollywood thriller Catch Me If You Can.

Authorities in Hawaii announced this week that Dallas Pokornik, 33, had been charged with wire fraud after he allegedly fooled three major US carriers into giving him free tickets over a span of four years.

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© Photograph: Arlyn McAdorey/Toronto Star/Getty Images

© Photograph: Arlyn McAdorey/Toronto Star/Getty Images

© Photograph: Arlyn McAdorey/Toronto Star/Getty Images

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