Serial killer Robert Pickton has died in hospital after prison attack: Correctional Service Canada (www.cp24.com)
Health Canada must reconsider man's bid to use magic mushrooms for cluster headaches, Federal Court rules (www.cbc.ca)
A 51-year-old Calgary man who suffers debilitating cluster headaches has won a Federal Court battle forcing Health Canada to reconsider his bid for legal access to psilocybin to treat his extreme pain....
Quebec billionaire Robert Miller arrested, charged with sex offences against 10 victims (www.cbc.ca)
Reclusive Quebec billionaire Robert G. Miller, who allegedly paid several young girls in exchange for sexual favours, was arrested Thursday afternoon and faces 21 charges, including sexual assault, obtaining sexual services for consideration and several counts of sexual exploitation of minors....
What the 'inadvertent error' in the PBO's carbon tax analysis means, in as plain English as possible (www.cbc.ca)
Could a lottery/lotteries be used to fund a newspaper in Canada?
Reading up on One Big Union. The Wikipedia article mentions that at the end of its days it was generating income via a lottery in its bulletin. This gave me an idea....
Ford suggests immigrants to blame for shooting at Toronto Jewish school, despite few details from police | CBC News (web.archive.org)
With absolutely no evidence and no information from any of the suspects.
A tale of two convoy trials (www.cbc.ca)
The three of them once stood side-by-side as road captains of a historic protest....
Meet Bubbles, a rare pink grasshopper now living in a London family's home (www.cbc.ca)
Natalie Sansone and her family are “not usually bug people” but the family has welcomed a rare pink grasshopper into their northeast London, Ont., home after finding it hopping across their driveway....
An oligopoly is driving up grocery prices. What can we do? (www.nationalobserver.com)
In 2023, a shocking one out of every five people in Canada were food insecure — defined as having a lack of access to food, or concern over lack of food access. Severe food insecurity — when people miss meals and sometimes go days without food — rose by 50 per cent....
Poilievre Wants to Axe the Tax. Could Foreign Tariffs Change His Tune? (thetyee.ca)
If an election were held tomorrow, all signs point to a resounding Conservative victory. The latest projections from 338Canada show the Conservatives with a commanding lead and a projected 220 seats in the Commons, well past the 170 required to form a majority government....
The Supreme Court of Canada will not review a Québec ruling that bars Canadians from suing the U.S. Government over it's involvement in Project MKUltra (www.cbc.ca)
“Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in Montreal MK-ULTRA brainwashing case”. The Canadian Press. 2024-05-30T16:39Z. CBC News (cbc.ca/…/mk-ultra-supreme-court-of-canada-class-a…)....
‘It was like the wild west’: meet the First Nations guardians protecting Canada’s pristine shores (www.theguardian.com)
It’s Delaney Mack’s first time pulling crab traps and she is unsure what to do. Mack, the newest member of the Nuxalk Guardian Watchmen, has had months of training for the multifaceted job, which might on any given day include rescuing a kayaker, taking ocean samples or monitoring a logging operation. But winching crabs up...
Canada Post wants no part of Trudeau Liberals' gun grab: CEO (nationalpost.com)
Canadians, what is your favorite NFB production?/Canadiens, quoi est votre production favorite de ONF? (lemmus.org)
Terry Glavin: Canada slowly acknowledging there never was a 'mass grave' (nationalpost.com)
I feel like we skipped over the ‘truth’ bit in Truth and Reconcilliation here.
Some Who Guard Alberta’s Legislature Have Done Crimes (thetyee.ca)
The Speaker of Alberta’s legislature is refusing to explain how a former Edmonton Police Service officer with a history of violent domestic assault and several other officers with serious disciplinary records came to be hired as part-time security officers at the legislature....
Trudeau must more publicly support ICC decisions amid Israel-Hamas war: ex-ministers (www.ctvnews.ca)
Loblaws boycott: Costco and Walmart are Canadians’ top low-cost grocery store alternatives (cultmtl.com)
A new study by Léger has assessed Canadians’ perceptions on the Loblaws boycott, which is currently underway over claims of greedflation.
Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling (betterdwelling.com)
Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The outlandish scenario was apparently a...
Unions seek intervenor status to protect the Charter of Rights and Freedoms at the University of Toronto protests (usw.ca)
This is similar to the previous post based on the Toronto Star article, but this press release adds that the unions are trying to directly legally intervene on the matter as well....
Trudeau says housing needs to retain its value (www.theglobeandmail.com)
In case anyone still wants to somehow debate whether the Liberals will deliver affordable housing....
Why are grocery bills so high? A new study looks at the science behind food price reporting (theconversation.com)
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For the good of the country, rich Canadians need to pay higher taxes on passive income (policyoptions.irpp.org)
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‘We will be your human shields’: Why unions are showing up in force to support the U of T pro-Palestinian protest encampment (www.thestar.com)
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