Despite promises of a “stringently limited, carefully monitored system of exceptions,” medically-assisted death is now the fifth-leading cause of death in Canada, says a newly-released report.
The report, released this week by Canadian think-tank Cardus, paints a bleak portrait of Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAiD) regime, which according to the report has seen a thirteen-fold rise in participants since its 2016 legalization.
h/t Mauser & Patti Jo
If one of your allies starts to fall apart, you should notice it. And learn why.
This past week, Great Britain has been racked with riots and disorder. In Northern Ireland, Protestants and Catholics even came out to riot alongside each other for once.
What has gone on has huge lessons for America. And our politicians here should take note.
It’s been six weeks since a brazen, allegedly bigoted attack took place on the street in a major Canadian city. It should have been national news. Perhaps under different circumstances, it would have been.
A lesbian couple in Halifax Canada was beaten up by a group of men hurling homophobic slurs at them.
I’m still waiting for the nationwide condemnation by the left for this despicable homophobic hate crime.
Sexual orientation is a constitutionally protected right in Canada. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/S0nqXEtcoO
— Goldie Ghamari, MPP | گلسا قمری (@gghamari) July 7, 2024
Two Canadian lesbians were attacked last Saturday in Halifax, by 7-10 Middle-Eastern men — whom they believe to have been Syrian.
— Jimmy Salford (@1Fubar) July 2, 2024
Tommy Robinson faces a huge bill for unpaid tax in a battle with HM Revenue & Customs over his funding.
The campaigner, branded an “armchair thug” by Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, is in dispute over whether money he received can be classified as tax-exempt donations.
If he fails to persuade the taxman, he will be asked to pay a significant amount in back tax.
‘Nothing is really getting better’: This Toronto park went from zero tents to being the city’s largest homeless encampment. What happened?
Kai Downey does not want to be in a tent in Dufferin Grove Park.
She arrived a few days back, hauling her bright blue tent from her former campsite near Toronto’s lakeshore, after unwanted attention from another person left her feeling scared. The west-end park, a 5.3-hectare expanse of green space across from Dufferin Mall near Bloor Street, meant access to a washroom, a water fountain and basic essentials in the bustling area.
On a sweltering August afternoon, Downey, who is in her early 20s, stood beside her setup in a less populated area near the park’s northern edge, as two outreach workers from a local social service agency made their rounds to hand out water bottles and single-use SPF packets. They asked what she needed. The answer was the same as it’s ever been: housing.
A mother-of-three who works as a swimwear designer has been arrested on suspicion of stirring racial hatred by spreading a fake Muslim name for the suspect in the Southport attack.
Bernadette Spofforth, 55, was taken in for questioning by police on Thursday.
Canadian employment doesn’t look like it moved much, but under the surface was a giant shift. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows the number of jobs virtually unchanged in July, growing 1.7% (+345k jobs) over the past year. As a result, the unemployment rate was also flat at 6.4%, adding 0.9 points from last year. Mostly boring until you dive into the details that show the public sector now accounts for most jobs, overseeing 1 in 4 employees in Canada.
A judge has warned that anybody present at a riot will be remanded in custody, even if they were only a “curious observer”.
District Judge Francis Rafferty said that someone’s presence at a riot makes them involved in the riot as he refused two bail applications.
The judge spoke as four men appeared in Belfast magistrates’ court charged in relation to recent disorder in the city.
Canada’s assisted dying regime could provide a cover for medical staff with “serially homicidal personalities,” according to a controversial paper critics say provides no evidence patients could be preyed upon by criminal medical murderers.
“Canada’s MAID (medical assistance in dying) system is criticized as the most permissive or least safeguarded in the world, raising the question of whether it could protect patients who fit the clinical profile of adult victims of HSK (health-care serial killers) from a killer working as a MAID provider,” Christopher Lyon, a Canadian social scientist who teaches at the University of York in the United Kingdom, wrote in a newly published paper.
The migrant stabbed his victim 111 times, before beheading him.
An extremely dangerous Somali migrant, who had previously killed a man by stabbing and beheading him, was inexplicably let out of a psychiatric ward for an escorted visit to the cinema on Thursday, August 8th, during which he escaped, reports media outlet Nius.de.
The RCMP is facing a growing “credibility gap” and must work to “enhance public trust” by being more transparent about its use of investigative technologies, according to an internal audit.
Blacklock’s Reporter says the audit highlights concerns over the Mounties’ lack of openness regarding their use of facial recognition technology and spyware, issues that have previously drawn criticism from a Commons committee.
Two thousand dollars. That’s how much the typical two-car Ontario family spends on gas taxes every year.
Big numbers can sometimes be hard to process. But the feeling of dread Ontarians get as the gas meter ticks up sure isn’t.
A female NYPD officer has been left with a bloodied face after a repeat offender beat her in broad daylight, horrific footage shows.
Ernst Delma, 41, pounced on the unnamed cop on a Bronx sidewalk at around 7.10pm on Thursday, the NYPD told DailyMail.com.
A spokesman for the department said police attempted to arrest Delma on Randall Avenue when he ‘struck an officer in the face’.
This summer was supposed to be a breakout season for the faltering offshore wind business in the U.S. Instead it may be defined by an ill-timed break.
A large project off the coast of Massachusetts, called Vineyard Wind, remains at a standstill following an accident that dropped a massive turbine blade into the ocean last month and washed chunks of debris onto Nantucket beaches.
The blade broke at the height of summer and at a pivotal moment for the U.S. offshore wind industry, which has struggled with rising costs, political opposition and a wave of canceled and renegotiated contracts. Efforts to launch the sector in the U.S. are considered key to President Biden’s climate aspirations but would be especially vulnerable if former President Donald Trump returns to office.
While the world’s attention is focused on the Middle East as the next probable flashpoint, it would be wise to look to the skies over the Bering Sea, near the coast of Alaska.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force is now getting a good look at the continental United States. And they are doing it from bombers flying in formation with their allies, the Russians.
Over the last number of years, China has been confronting Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan with provocative naval and air exercises. Now add the United States to their list of targets. This time, however, they are working in close coordination with the Russians.
