Author: Blazingcatfur

High grocery and rental costs plaguing Canadians, new survey finds

High grocery and rental costs are squeezing lower-income Canadians even as inflation trends downward, a new survey suggests.

A slight majority (51 per cent) of respondents in an Angus Reid Institute survey said it is a challenge to keep up with their household food needs. This proportion hasn’t changed much since it rose to this level in late 2021, the non-profit, non-partisan public opinion research foundation said in a news release published Monday.

The number of surveyed Canadians who are struggling with costs climbed to two-thirds (65 per cent) among those whose annual household incomes are less than $50,000.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

DND didn’t apologize to sexually assaulted employee because Ottawa Citizen would write about it

Management of the Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services declined to apologize to an employee who was sexually assaulted in Latvia because they didn’t want the mea culpa reported on by the Ottawa Citizen, newly released documents reveal.

Kristen Adams, a civilian who worked for the welfare services group, was sexually assaulted by a NATO soldier during her shift at the canteen operated by Canada for troops in Latvia, according to military police records.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", WTF?

No, You’re Not Imagining a Migrant Crime Spree

Four years of open borders and sanctuary policies have brought criminal drug networks, human trafficking, and an epidemic of sexual assault.

The arrest of an illegal immigrant for the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley a few weeks before President Joe Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address ignited a political firestorm. “Laken’s death is the direct result of policies on the federal level and an unwillingness by this White House to secure the southern border,” Georgia’s Republican governor Brian Kemp charged, after reports emerged that the border patrol had grabbed Venezuelan Jose Ibarra back in 2022, but that he was quickly paroled and released into the United States. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, reacting to the controversy, warned of an illegal-alien crime wave; at the State of the Union itself, Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene interrupted Biden, calling out for the president to “say her name”—a reference to Riley. When Biden did mention her name, he acknowledged that she died at the hands of an illegal migrant; further controversy ensued when he later apologized for using the term “illegal,” and not the politically correct “undocumented.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Complete halt’: Auto parts workers struggle as the EV transition loses momentum

Electric vehicles were supposed to revitalize the auto industry but for these workers — unemployed as their factories close and new jobs fail to materialize — it hasn’t panned out that way

Some of Jody Schneider’s doubts about the electric vehicle transition started when she lost her job because of the EV transition. Until last year, she and 150 others built front and rear suspensions for muscle cars produced at an auto assembly plant in Brampton, Ont.

But they all lost their jobs when the plant closed near the end of 2023 for an 18-month retooling so it can produce battery electric, plug-in hybrids or internal combustion engine vehicles.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Biden’s Hollow Warnings to China Are Leading to War

“These are not dual-use capabilities,” U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell told reporters in Brussels on September 10, describing China’s aid to Russia for use against Ukraine. “These are component pieces of a very substantial effort on the part of China to help sustain, build, and diversify various elements of the Russian war machine.”

The Beijing-Moscow cooperation, Campbell argued, is “not a tactical alliance.” It is, instead, “a fundamental alignment.” The Chinese-Russian hook-up was “orchestrated at the highest levels” in the two capitals, he said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Biden Family Sleaze", "China - Communist Slave State", USA

E-bikes catch fire at underground parking garage in Toronto; 1 person injured

One person was rushed to hospital in serious condition early Monday morning following a fire at an underground parking garage, Toronto paramedics say.

Crews were called to a parking garage in the area of Eglinton Avenue West, east of Spadina Road, for a three-alarm fire at around 12:30 a.m.

They found approximately 20 e-bikes had caught fire and smoke from the blaze had begun to enter the building.

20 e-bikes?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

Five new lawsuits filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Five new civil lawsuits have been filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs in a federal court in New York.

Two men and three women accuse the hip-hop mogul of sexually assaulting them at various parties in LA, New York and Las Vegas.

The youngest plaintiff was 13 at the time of the alleged incident.

Mr Combs remains in custody at a Brooklyn jail. He is separately facing federal charges of sex trafficking and racketeering, which he denies. The BBC has approached his legal team for comment on the new cases.

I hope he takes down many of our fave Hollywood TDS sufferers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Howard Levitt: How Canadians can beat back pro-Hamas hatred

Instead of solemnity over the anniversary of October 7, an event replete with rapes, beheadings and the torture of innocent civilians, the alliance between Islamists and large sections of the Canadian left expressed themselves with jubilation, triumphant announcements, the burning of the Canadian flag and calls for the destruction of Canada, the United States and Israel.

I don’t have the faith the author does in our courts and law enforcement.

The Hamas supporters are not interested in winning hearts and minds they seek to win by intimidation.

It will get much worse if our imbecile politicians continue to import Islamist settlers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Nolte: McDonald’s Has No Record of Kamala Harris Working There

McDonald’s released a statement Sunday admitting it has no record of Kamala Harris ever working there, as she has repeatedly claimed.

This deepening scandal, which social media has dubbed Stolen McValor, finally got the spotlight it deserved Sunday when former President Trump spent some time making French fries and working the drive-thru at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s.

She meant she was a working girl on the stroll near a McDonalds.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inElection 2024

CHARLEBOIS: Thought beef prices were high? Wait until 2025

Sorry beef lovers. Beef prices are likely to remain high until mid- to late 2025, possibly even longer.

Droughts in North America have forced many cattle producers to reduce their herds, resulting in tighter supplies. Higher food costs, elevated interest rates — crucial for the capital-intensive cattle industry — and downsizing herds have collectively pushed prices to record levels. As many producers exit the industry, the reduction in supply exacerbates the situation. For cattle producers, these high prices are welcome, but for consumers, the story is quite different.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?