Last September, as Oregon faced an ever-increasing rate of fatal drug overdoses, a new study concluded the state’s first-in-the-U.S. decriminalization policy was not to blame.
The study found that based on similar overdose rates in other states before and after the first year of decriminalization, overdose deaths in Oregon would have risen at essentially the same rate with or without the policy.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has broken his silence after shocking video of him beating up his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura surfaced this week.
The 54-year-old rapper took to Instagram on Sunday morning to apologize, saying: ‘I hit rock bottom, but I make no excuses.’
Looking into the camera, Diddy said: ‘So difficult to reflect on the darkest times in your life, sometimes you got to do that. I was f***ed up.
It seems a little early for the kitchen sink.
But Justin Trudeau and his Liberals saw an opportunity, however slim, to attack Conservatives on abortion – and they grasped at it.
Abortion is one of the holy trinity of explosive issues that the Liberals lob at the Tories in every election campaign, along with guns and privatization of health care. But usually they wait until late in the writ period before they reach for those weapons.
On CTV Question Period yesterday, Bob Fife: “You know the Liberals are really, really in trouble when they bring out all of their attack stuff that they usually use during an election campaign… If they can’t make it work now, what happens during an election campaign?” #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/VbIRlKIQaH
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) May 20, 2024
From 2009 until 2021, Israel succeeded at preventing the International Criminal Court from opening a full war crimes probe against it, holding it at bay with a preliminary review of jurisdictional issues.
From June 2021 until October 2023, Israel also held ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan at bay, who barely talked about Israel and the Palestinians for his first two-and-a-half years, and absent the current war, many believe that Khan would have given Jerusalem a pass both on the 2014 Gaza conflict, and maybe even on the settlement enterprise.
Everything changed in less than a month.
Canada, once admired for its robust economic health and high living standards, now faces a worrying decline. The nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita growth trails its peers in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), while Canadian workers clock more hours for less output.
Business investment is shrivelling while government expenditure is ballooning, creating an unhealthy fiscal cocktail. The health-care system in Canada is also lagging behind its European counterparts.
The legal system has grown expensive and slow; the justice system is also experiencing a chronic under-staffing crisis. Young Canadians, feeling dissatisfied, have reported low happiness scores compared to their international counterparts (in 58th place, just before Ecuador).
This palpable downturn begs two urgent questions: what underlies this fall in living standards? And what can be done to stop, and perhaps even reverse, this unsettling trend?
The prosecution’s ‘star witness’ Michael Cohen is back on the stand for a third day, as the court waits with bated breath to find out whether former President Donald Trump could testify himself.
He finally admitted under oath that he stole $60,000 from the Trump Organization by ‘grossing up’ payments for tax. Donald Trump was seen shaking his head as his former ‘fixer’ made the revelation, confirming he’s a common thief.
Cohen also dramatically revealed that he dealt with an apparent photo ‘extortion’ blackmail attempt involving the ex-president’s daughter, Tiffany.
For years, the people of St. Theresa Point First Nation have complained about their decrepit and overcrowded housing, but felt ignored by the federal government.
Now, they hope outside experts will help them be heard.
As part of their ongoing lawsuit against the federal government, the First Nation in northern Manitoba and another in northern Ontario, Sandy Lake First Nation, recently brought in construction and safety consultants. The firm’s veteran assessors were taken aback by what they saw.
The far-right is clearly antisemitic and Islamophobic.
The Heritage committee was suppose to study the rise of the far-right, but Conservatives refused to bring the study to a vote.
If Conservatives really cared about antisemitism or Islamophobia they'd vote for the study. pic.twitter.com/rDQLO1omux
— Niki Ashton (@nikiashton) May 18, 2024
Two prison guards were killed in a spectacular attack on a prison van Tuesday by a commando tasked with freeing Mohamed Amra, a figure linked to drug trafficking and gang-related crime, during his transfer. The tragedy is a shocking illustration of the explosion of the drug trade revealed in a senate report, the release of which coincided with the attack.
The move it makes to keep its paws from getting wet. 😂
— Figen (@TheFigen_) May 19, 2024
Canadian jobs are being lost to temporary foreign workers because of a decision years ago by the federal government to drop the need for companies to consult unions before they can bring in people from abroad to fill vacancies, Ottawa is being warned.
Union leaders in the construction industry, a significantly unionized sector, say the change has meant that Canadians are being bypassed in favour of temporary foreign workers (TFWs). They also say it could lead to wage deflation.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can bring a new appeal against extradition to the US, the High Court has ruled.
He was granted permission to appeal against the order that he be sent to the US to stand trial for leaking military secrets, which prosecutors say endangered lives.
The decision means Mr Assange will be able to challenge US assurances over how his prospective trial would be conducted and whether his right to free speech would be infringed.
McGill University is condemning a protest outside the home of one of its senior administrators Sunday morning by supporters of the pro-Palestinian encampment on the school’s downtown campus.
Protest organizers said in a post on social media that the university administration had ignored students who are calling for the school to divest from investments in companies linked to Israel.
The city of Oakland recently removed traffic lights from one busy intersection and replaced them with stop signs after the electrical boxes that controlled the traffic lights were repeatedly tampered with and copper from them was stolen.
Local residents and those who own businesses in the area say the issue with the traffic lights stems from the nearby homeless encampment, which has grown over the years.
