The United Nations seemingly halved the estimated number of women and children killed in Gaza, according to UN data published on May 6 and 8.
The UN published the number of fatalities reported by the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health or the Government Media Office in Gaza and Israeli authorities.
MONTREAL — One way Canada plans to shrink the number of temporary residents is to offer them the opportunity to remain permanently, the immigration minister said Friday, but that doesn’t mean everyone who wants to stay will be able to.
Marc Miller met with his provincial and territorial counterparts for the first time since he announced an unprecedented plan to set limits on the number of new temporary residents.
Dutch contestant Joost Klein has been expelled from Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest final after a complaint by a member of the production crew, organisers said, adding to the headaches for host Sweden as it also grapples with anti-Israel protests.
I’m heartbroken. How bout you?
It seems rare when all three levels of government in Canada agree these days, but one such issue — at least in Brampton — is curbing so-called “diploma mill” colleges.
In January, federal Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller announced a two-year cap on new student visas starting this fall. Miller said the decision was, at least in part, aimed at eradicating private post-secondary educational institutions he described as “the diploma equivalent of puppy mills” and “fly-by-night operations and backdoor entries into Canada” with dubious academic standards.
Caliphate protests in Hamburg: What is Muslim Interactive?
It’s estimated that some 1,000 people gathered at Hamburg’s popular street Steindamm late April, following a call to protests by an organization called Muslim Interactive (MI). Some demonstrators chanted “God is great,” and held up signs that read “caliphate is the solution,” and “Germany = a dictatorship of values.”
Public outcry was quick to follow, with many calling for the organization to be banned. A second demonstration is this weekend.
Necla Kelek is a sociologist and head of the Secular Islam Initiative, which is based in Hamburg. She said that she, like many others, had been surprised by the sudden demonstration that MI organized. Her organization joined others in putting together a counter-protest.
Islamists March in Hamburg Germany in Support of an Islamic Caliphate, Chant: Stop German Dictatorship #Germany pic.twitter.com/jFBegtNQaK
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) May 3, 2024
The irony is that if Supt. Stacy Clarke were anyone else employed by Toronto Police, her bosses would want her fired for a promotions cheating scandal she spearheaded to help Black officers vying for promotion.
But firing isn’t even on the table because the first female Black superintendent in Toronto Police history is a “superstar.”
Can’t be fired because that would make blacks angry? Toronto is fucked.
Eco-friendly brake cables are being eaten by foxes, after manufacturers switched from petroleum-based insulation to soy, forcing owners to wrap their cars in tarpaulins.
Recent photos show multiple cars covered in blue plastic for protection after a spate of attacks in Worthing, West Sussex, with locals claiming at least 20 vehicles were targeted by foxes.
Jack Cousens, the AA’s head of roads policy, said the animals may be attracted to the soy-based insulation on brake wires.
Uh … my grandfathers and every single one of my great uncles fought the Nazis and my grandmothers and great aunts served as riveters in the factories helping build the planes that bombed them. https://t.co/pov1PLJcJm
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) May 11, 2024
Netanyahu is correct that WW II was not a crusade to rescue the Jews of Europe. It was a war to defeat Axis tyranny over all peoples.
The Fallen of World War II from Neil Halloran on Vimeo.
Soldiers Resistant to Culture Change in Armed Forces Must Be ‘Educated’ or ‘Move Along’: Defence Chief
Soldiers who resist the military’s culture overhaul and “cannot be educated” should “move along,” says Canada’s top general.
Chief of the Defence Staff General Wayne Eyre made the comments as he testified before the House of Commons defence committee on May 8. Gen. Eyre is set to retire in the coming months.
The top general was involved in pushing for major changes to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) culture related to issues like sexual misconduct and so-called systemic racism.
"That's seven put up here yesterday, and ten taken down."
Ten more of Sadiq Khan's ULEZ cameras have "died suddenly" at the hands of the ULEZ Blade Runners, in Hillingdon, West London—most within 24 hours of being installed.
Within London's 'Ultra Low Emission Zone', drivers… pic.twitter.com/MVGdlPHNgc
— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) May 11, 2024
h/t Mauser
Israel is likely to have breached international humanitarian law with American weapons during its military campaign in Gaza, a US government report has concluded.
However, the long-awaited US State Department report added that Israel’s forces did not act in a way that would prevent Washington sending further military assistance to its ally.
While it was “reasonable to assess” that Israel had used US-supplied weapons in ways that could be deemed illegal, it also said that officials in Washington could not reach “conclusive findings” that they were used in specific breaches.
The City of Toronto is turning to the public for guidance on what to do with its empty office space as vacancies continue to rise.
The percentage of vacant office space in the city rose throughout every quarter last year, closing out 2023 at 17.5 per cent – a three per cent increase from the same period in 2022, and a 13.6 per cent spike from the fourth quarter of 2019.
Covid accelerated Toronto’s decline. I have a feeling the city will come to be regarded as Detroit North.
This won’t help.
Headaches, frustration and anger. Brace for three years of Gardiner Expressway roadwork
Within city hall, the project is known as the “Gardiner Expressway Strategic Rehabilitation Plan.”
For the thousands of people who commute and visit the city each day by car, it’s becoming known by a host of other names, none of them flattering and none of which we can print in a family newspaper.
Suffice to say those curses capture well the headaches, frustration, anger as motorists have seen their daily trips along western stretches of the Gardiner Expressway turn into a plodding crawl.
Climate change activist Greta Thunberg protests outside the Eurovision:
“I’m here to show we think it is outrageous and inexcusable for Eurovision to let Israel participate while committing a genocide.” pic.twitter.com/wievieyqwq
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 10, 2024
The European Commission is enabling a culture of horrific child abuse and is exporting the same destructive culture to Europe.
A 13-year-old Christian girl, Sania Amin, went missing on April 4 after she left home to buy groceries in Anjotar, a village in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Local eyewitnesses reported that three Muslims took her by force and dragged her through the streets. Pakistani police refused to register a “First Information Report” (FIR) for Sania’s abduction.
Eight girls who police alleged murdered homeless man Kenneth Lee are headed to a jury trial.
Ontario Court Justice David Rose committed each of them to trial on Friday after 10 days of hearing evidence and argument at a preliminary hearing. But not all of the girls will stand trial on the second-degree murder charge laid by Toronto police.
Six of the girls, Rose ruled, will face trial on second-degree murder and two were committed to stand trial on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
