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Environment Canada Gave Over $500M to NGOs and Academia Since 2022
Environment and Climate Change Canada has given out over $500 million in grants and contributions to non-profits, academia, and international non-governmental organizations since 2022, according to information tabled in Parliament.
The department provided a total of $424.7 million to not-for-profit organizations or charities, $22 million to academia, and $76.5 million to international organizations since 2022, for a total of about $523 million.
Man who raped gipsy girl, 12, acquitted because relationship ‘common’
A man who raped a 12-year-old girl was acquitted by a court that deemed their relations formed “part of the cultural reality of the gipsy community”.
Under Spanish law, minors under the age of 16 cannot consent to sex. But the court ruled that the man, who was 20 years old at the time, should benefit from a legal exception.
The ruling in Ciudad Real in central Spain, holds that the relationship was “always consensual within the framework of a romantic relationship”, adding that the two were “close in age and maturity”.
Opioid deaths in Toronto up sharply over pre-pandemic numbers
The opioid crisis claimed more than 520 lives in Toronto last year, a grim figure that public health officials blamed on an unregulated drug supply increasingly contaminated with toxic substances.
In a press release Wednesday, Toronto Public Health said preliminary statistics show the city recorded 523 opioid toxicity deaths in 2023, a steep increase from figures before the pandemic.
What those junkies need is free drugs and hands off by law enforcement.
It’s some of the most closely held proprietary information in the corporate world: “The most consequential system on the internet,” according to the tech website It’s time for the Liberal Party to force Justin Trudeau’s hand
“One important thing I learned in politics,” said Herb Dhaliwal, the British Columbia Liberal who served in the cabinets of Jean Chrétien, “is that once people have made up their minds, they’re not about to change.”
He was talking about Justin Trudeau’s situation. For a year now, Mr. Trudeau and his Liberals have been light years behind the Conservatives. They currently trail in various polls by 15 to 20 points. No other Liberal prime minister has ever had this kind of sustained and appalling deficit. If ever Canada’s “natural governing party” was in the throes of a death spiral, it’s now.
Harvey Weinstein May Face Fresh Charges as More Rape Accusers Come Forward
NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan prosecutors told a judge Wednesday they are evaluating more claims of sexual misconduct made against Harvey Weinstein and could potentially seek a new indictment against him before his scheduled retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.
Emigration to the U.S. hits a 10-year high as tens of thousands of Canadians head south
“‘With Trudeau, I have to get out of here,’ that’s what people tell me. They say to me, ‘Marco, who do I have to talk to to get out of here?'”
Tens of thousands of Canadians are emigrating to the United States and the number of people packing up and moving south has hit a level not seen in 10 years or more, according to data compiled by CBC News.
There’s nothing new about Canadians moving south of the 49th parallel for love, work or warmer weather, but the latest figures from the American Community Survey (ACS) suggest it’s now happening at a much higher rate than the historical average.
IDF uncover weapons stored in UNRWA school
IDF troops operating in southern Gaza uncovered a store of weapons stored in a UNRWA school complex, which also included a mosque and a medical clinic, the IDF announced on Thursday.
Where 3 #IDFHeroes were killed in action. They entered an #UNRWA complex with a school, mosque, & medical clinic in response to antitank fire. While searching the clinic, an explosive device planted by terrorists detonated killing three brave #soldiers. #IDF… pic.twitter.com/05LqeZVqYy
— Ora Levitt 🇮🇱 חיילת צה"ל 🇮🇱 עם ישראל חי (@IDFsoldiergirl) May 30, 2024
Terry Glavin: Canada slowly acknowledging there never was a ‘mass grave’
Long before Stephen Harper’s Conservative government launched the multi-billion-dollar Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement that established the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2007, it was already commonplace to refer to the legacy of those schools as a “dark chapter in Canadian history.”
WTF?
Lib-appointee @SenatorWanda seeks apology for 'Canada's role in the slave trade.' No Parliament legalized slavery. @StatCan_Eng data show most Black Canadians arrived after 1971. https://t.co/RlMZHkFPfA #cdnpoli @MarciIen pic.twitter.com/fzZT1gtEP2
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) May 30, 2024
Mexico: Second mayoral candidate killed days before election
A mayoral candidate was fatally shot in southern Mexico on Wednesday during a campaign rally, Guerrp state governor said, just days before Mexicans go to vote in a general election.
The attack is the latest in a string of attacks on candidates ahead of the weekend vote.
Injunction hearing set for mid-June as U of T seeks to clear protest encampment
The University of Toronto’s attempt to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus will be heard by the Superior Court of Justice on June 19 and 20.
The university had asked the courts for a hearing prior to planned graduation ceremonies that are schedule to run between June 3 and 21, but Justice Markus Koehnen said the mid-June dates were the earliest the hearing could be to allow the respondents to answer their application.
Pressure on Biden to let US weapons strike Russia
Pressure is growing on US President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to use West-supplied weapons to strike Russian territory.
A number of US allies this week signalled they were open to this possibility, after months of concern about escalation.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin has warned of “serious consequences”, especially for what he called “small countries” in Europe.