Canadian Troops Heading To UK To Train Ukrainian Forces
Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the plan on Thursday, saying up to 225 Canadian Armed Forces members will eventually be based in Britain for an initial period of four months.
There they will work alongside counterparts from Britain, the Netherlands and New Zealand in training Ukrainian soldiers on the basics of soldiering.
Is Canada Losing Itself? Author Lydia Perović On Her Adopted Country’s Political And Cultural Decline
There’s a tendency in our popular discourse to either romanticize the immigrant experience or focus on negative cases of alienation, discrimination, and struggle. I interpret Lost in Canada as something of a midpoint on that spectrum where you’ve been successful in your adopted country but feel increasingly disappointed with its cultural and political direction. Do you agree with my characterization of the existing literature and your own book? If so, why do you think these extreme narratives about the immigrant experience are the ones that tend to get published?
How Long Will Canadian Politicians Avoid Acknowledging That More Private Healthcare Is Inevitable?
Time and time again, we’ve talked about how reality can be evaded temporarily, but not avoided forever.
Sooner or later, it bites.
And that moment has come for Canada’s socialist healthcare system.
“The silence of the mainstream media is how you know the story is legit. If they could debunk it, they would. It’s important to share stories like this”. https://t.co/H9Ru0v8m3C
— Rupa Subramanya (@rupasubramanya) August 4, 2022
More Americans Are Going Hungry, and It Costs More to Feed Them
The increase in food insecurity is not about a sudden wave of joblessness as it was when the economy ground to a halt in 2020 in the first wave of the pandemic. It is about inflation — higher prices for housing, gas and especially food. According to the last report on consumer prices, the cost of food increased 10.4 percent from a year earlier, the largest 12-month increase since 1981.
Food banks are trying to meet these needs while coping with decreasing donations and, in some cases, increased awareness among people who need help that food banks are an option.
Rand Paul: Anthony Fauci’s Testimony on Gain-of-Function Research Was ‘an Out-and-Out Lie’
Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) accused White House coronavirus adviser Anthony Fauci of misleading the public about the U.S. government’s funding of gain-of-function research.
“When Dr. Fauci said that this research was reviewed and found to be safe by experts, that was also a lie,” said Paul in an interview on Thursday.
Europe’s Gas Crisis: After Germany, Now Spain Limits Heating, Turns Off Lights
The sweeping measures imposed by Germany and Spain are part of a European Union-wide plan to limit gas usage — for which the continent heavily depends on Russia. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine drags on, Europeans fear that the Kremlin could completely cut off their gas supply, perhaps the continent’s worst energy crisis ahead of the winter.
