Ontario wrote off $1.4B of PPE, province burning expired equipment: auditor

The Canadian publisher of the Franklin the Turtle children’s book series condemned U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s use of the normally friendly anthropomorphic animal’s image in a “violent” meme posted to social media. On Sunday, Hegseth shared the doctored image of Franklin — decked out in U.S. military gear — leaning out of a helicopter and firing a rocket launcher at one of three smaller boats below, each loaded with cargo and armed individuals. The fake book is titled Franklin Targets Narco Terrorists, likely a reference to U.S. strikes on suspected drug-smuggling...