Happy Canada Day! (lemmy.ca)
That’s it, just wanted to send it out there, hosers 🍁 🤗
Cops refuse to cooperate with investigations (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Quebec police are refusing to answer questions from the oversight body investigating civilian deaths and serious injuries during police interventions. This is after...
Number of Canadians who give up and leave ERs over wait times has increased fivefold (www.ctvnews.ca)
The number of Canadians who visit emergency departments across the country only to give up and leave before they receive any care has increased more than fivefold, according to new data collected by CTV News.
Trudeau calls Putin a “weakling” for executing Navalny, other opponents (globalnews.ca)
Speaking with reporters at the end of his visit to the capital Kiyv, Justin Trudeau accused Putin of "executing" opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt checks (www.cbc.ca)
I started using grocery self-checkouts during COVID, but I’ve kept using them because there’s rarely a line (and I’m a misanthrope). I’d probably go back to using regular human checkouts if I had to dig through all my crap to prove what I bought....
Forget self-care. To feel better in this world, we need collective action, says Massey lecturer Astra Taylor (www.cbc.ca)
‘You can’t meditate your way or exfoliate your way out of this crisis’
As Canada recruits Filipino nurses, those left behind struggle to care for patients (www.cbc.ca)
The Philippines is dealing with a nursing shortage as countries like Canada recruit within its borders. When the nurses leave, it causes a ripple effect on those left behind in the Philippines.
Corporations hoarding homes thank Canadians for enthusiastically blaming immigration (www.thebeaverton.com)
'Something's changed': Summer 2023 is screaming climate change, scientists say | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
Air Canada blames COVID, refuses to refund; BC couple sue and win (infotel.ca)
Passengers are eligible for $700 compensation each if a flight is delayed more than six hours and the delay is within the airline's control.
Breakingviews - Breakingviews: Canada is calling Meta’s bluff | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
No Paywall Article
Right-Wing Trolls Are Freaking Out After Learning They Can Get Sued For Calling People 'Groomers' On The Internet (pressprogress.ca)
Other right-wing accounts variously reacted by describing the move as Orwellian, lamenting the death of free speech and even contemplating leaving Canada for good....
Racism and the CPC (lemmy.ca)
Stuff like this and the “base” he has created give off pretty harsh trump vibes. Here is a link confirming for those wanting one. Sorry I did not include it originally. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.712106
Anti-LGTBQ “Million March For Children” outnumbered by “Billion March For Not Being Bigots” (www.thebeaverton.com)
Man found with guns and drugs after calling in overdose has sentence overturned due to Good Samaritan Act (www.cbc.ca)
Paul Eric Wilson’s eight-year sentence was overturned by the Appeal Court under the recently enacted Good Samaritan Act.
‘Freedom Convoy’ lawyers attempt to block Ottawa residents from testifying at trial (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Paywall Article
China claims ownership of the Taiwan Strait. Canada just sailed a warship through it (www.cbc.ca)
After months of secretive planning, and preparing the crew to defend their ship if necessary, the Royal Canadian Navy has transited the Taiwan Strait....
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says - CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
Netflix quietly axes its basic plan in Canada (techcrunch.com)
Oil And Gas Companies Shirking Responsibility For $123 Billion In Cleanup Costs: Report (www.readthemaple.com)
BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
As it says in the title, the BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. I think the CBC (and other news networks) should do similar. Particularly with the recent passing of Bill C-18 it seems like a world where the links we share are crossposts to news organization’s own content is the perfect resolution to that whole issue.
Canada's inflation rate slows to 3.4%, lowest level in almost 2 years (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s inflation rate decelerated to 3.4 per cent in the year up to May, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, led by sharply lower gasoline prices. But beneath the headline slowdown in consumer prices, many facets of the cost of living are still increasing at an eye-watering pace. Grocery prices went up at an almost nine per cent...
He was evicted and his home was later listed on Airbnb. Meanwhile, his landlord hosted a charity event to end homelessness (www.thestar.com)
The Landlord and Tenant Board found the landlord’s conduct ‘deplorable,’ saying they clearly took advantage of a vulnerable tenant.
Canada says what happened to Gaza aid convoy is 'a nightmare' (www.ctvnews.ca)
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said the deaths of dozens of Palestinians waiting for an aid convoy in Gaza was "a nightmare."
It's not your imagination: Companies are more willing to raise their prices now — and it's because we let them (www.cbc.ca)
Supply chains, worker wages and the price of energy has been blamed for the current bout of high inflation. But central bankers around the world are starting to clue in to something consumers have been aware of for a while — corporations just aren't afraid to raise their prices anymore.