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Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine (nationalpost.com)

'This is egregious': Sisters shocked when Toronto landlord raises rent to $9,500 a month (toronto.ctvnews.ca)

The landlord had told them he wanted to raise the rent to $3,500 and when they complained he decided to raise it to $9,500....

Why aren’t health warnings on cigarettes expanded to alcohol? (rabble.ca)

Canada ranked as 2nd best country in the world. (www.cicnews.com)

Despite what Canada’s nation hating extreme right would have you believe.

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....

Changing consumer habits could spell the end of bagged milk (ottawa.ctvnews.ca)

“Consumption of milk per capita has gone down every year over the last 30 years,” says Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University. “Actually, it’s gone down by more than 20 per cent since 2015.”...

Police don riot gear as N.L. Liberals make 2nd attempt at budget amid protests (www.cbc.ca)

Jordan Peterson learns that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences (rabble.ca)

How to measure things like a Canadian? (lemmy.zip)

Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.

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

Canada’s birth rate has dropped off a cliff (and it’s likely because nobody can afford housing) (nationalpost.com)

Statistics Canada confirmed last week that 351,679 babies were born in 2022 — the lowest number of live births since 345,044 births were recorded in 2005....

Canada's landlords now asking a record-breaking average of $2,078 per month: rental report (www.ctvnews.ca)

According to a new report from Rentals, In July, the Canadian rental market hit a record high with an average asking rent of $2,078, marking an 8.9 per cent annual increase.

A new COVID-19 variant has emerged. Here's what we know about EG.5 so far (www.ctvnews.ca)

The variant is called EG.5 and is a descendant of Omicron....

Canada wants to make homes affordable without crushing prices (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)

In a country with some of the world’s most expensive real estate, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government wants housing to become more affordable.

Let’s Set a Maximum Wage for the Rich | The Tyee (thetyee.ca)

Shoppers upset over lack of cashiers as self-checkout use soars | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)

CAMPBELL: Residents of B.C.’s capital fed up with big pickups downtown (www.nelsonstar.com)

Non-Paywall Article

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....

'I lost my appetite': Cheeseburger served with waiver at Toronto restaurant (toronto.ctvnews.ca)

A visitor from the U.S. got more than they asked for at a Toronto hotel restaurant when they ordered a cheeseburger on Monday night that was served with a waiver on the side.

Do media aggregators have a duty to provide links to public news sources in emergencies? (www.cbc.ca)

The NWT government and city of Yellowknife are describing in tweets, Instagram messages etc. how to search key evacuation information on CPAC and CBC. The broadcast carriers have a duty to carry emergency information, but Meta and X are blocking links....

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