PORTLAND, Ore. – On a sidewalk littered with tarps, bicycles and discarded food containers, one tent sat farther away from the rest. It was clean, with the rain fly removed, showcasing the vacant interior.
“This is an empty tent erected by activists to encourage people to live in tents,” Kevin Dahlgren said.
It’s a business worth billions but the problem is never solved.
Amid a week of raging controversy over allegations of political interference by the Chinese government in Canadian affairs, information has emerged that raises new questions about the relationship between two Quebec non-profit organizations and the Chinese state.
The RCMP announced Thursday they are investigating two more alleged Chinese “police stations” — operations located in Canada that some have claimed are being used to harass and intimidate those of Chinese descent.
Fox News host Mark Levin accused Democrats of “tolerating” anti-Semitism, criticizing Democratic leaders for remaining silent over Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s recent Saviours’ Day event late last month.
From February 24th through the 26th, the Nation of Islam held its annual conference in Chicago, the first large-scale gathering the group has held since the COVID pandemic.
During the conference, Farrakhan repeatedly castigated Jews, condemning “Jewish power” and attacking the “synagogue of Satan.”
Farrakhan is tolerated because he’s Obama Adjacent and some disapora Jews like to fantasize about the imaginary special bond forged in the civil rights era.
Memorial University president Vianne Timmons is taking a voluntary, six-week paid leave of absence and is apologizing as the university gathers Indigenous leaders to discuss the issue of her statements of Mi’kmaw heritage.
“While I have shared that I am not Mi’kmaw and I do not claim an Indigenous identity, questions about my intentions in identifying my Indigenous ancestry and whether I have benefited from sharing my understanding of my family’s history have sparked important conversations on and beyond our campus,” Timmons wrote in a statement released Monday morning.
This was an interesting approach a sort of advance plausible denial.
Amazing – it’s a whole industry out there. I had no idea it was so large.
Police are to be barred from recording non-crime hate incidents just because someone is offended, under plans announced on Monday by Suella Braverman.
The Home Secretary has endorsed new guidance that requires officers to prioritise freedom of expression over offensive, controversial or derogatory language that upsets people.
Officers will be restricted to recording only incidents that are motivated by intentional hostility and pose a real risk of escalating into significant harm.
The purpose of the military is to protect Canada. This is a key detail that seems to be lost on Defence Minister Anita Anand, who has led the Canadian Armed Forces into a “culture change” that looks more like a Marxist cultural revolution focused on identity rather than class.
This point was made obvious with the publication of the Department of National Defence’s “Anti-racism toolkit.” The toolkit contains propaganda intended to be used to instruct Canadian servicemembers about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
For years, Canada has wanted the United States to change a key border agreement in order to shut down irregular border crossings, notably Quebec’s Roxham Road, but the U.S. didn’t want to make a deal.
Now, there is something President Joe Biden wants: help in dealing with the United States’ own southern border and with migration across the hemisphere.
European women wear hijabs on diplomatic visits to Iran, while Iranian women are killed for removing them.
Europeans have been living inside a gigantic episode of South Park for years and now they have found themselves, in the words of Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill, also “doing the dirty work of the ayatollahs. The woke West has more in common with Iran’s rulers than with its rebels.”
Mainstream feminists, perhaps too busy rewriting Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to make Oompa Loompas “neutral,” have a knack for double standards. Or in the words of Mila, the French girl threatened with death for having “offended” Islam, in a letter to Afghan women, “your wire-mesh eyes can only see Western cowardice?”.
Regional bank stocks staged their deepest retreat in three years on Monday, reflecting deepening investor concern about the health of the industry following three bank failures in the past week.
The KBW Nasdaq index of commercial banks dropped more than 10%, with large lenders such as Comerica Inc. and Zions Bancorp declining more than 20%. The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF dropped more than 15%, putting it on pace for its largest decline since 2008.
Banking is safe, Biden tells US as shares in smaller lenders fall
Shares in regional American lenders tumbled despite an extraordinary bid by regulators to ease pressure on the banking system and prevent contagion following the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.
President Biden sought to reassure consumers and investors after his administration unveiled an emergency package of measures. “Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,” he said at the White House, adding that companies and their employees can “breathe easier”.
"Can you assure Americans that there won't be a ripple effect? Do you expect other banks to fail?"
BIDEN: *shuts door* pic.twitter.com/CNuUhPbJAi
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 13, 2023
OTTAWA — Evidence of China’s alleged influence in the 2021 federal election might be found as much in what didn’t happen as what did — namely, the significant number of previous Conservative voters who did not show up to cast a ballot in ridings in British Columbia and Ontario.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced probes into allegations of foreign interference last week after several media reports suggested Beijing had directed an interference campaign in a few ridings in the Toronto and Vancouver areas.
The Catholic Church is open to reviewing its thousand-year-old practice of celibacy, Pope Francis has suggested.
He said the ban was only ‘temporary’ and there was also ‘no contradiction’ for a priest to marry.
Celibacy was made a requirement by the Catholic Church in the 11th-century for financial reasons, as clergy without children were more likely to leave their wealth to the church.
Two women sit at a table near the front door of a small, nondescript bar in western Ukraine.
Speak the password, and they will escort you to a closet, inside which is a staircase that leads down to a stone cellar.
As they descend, they’re greeted with bass music from the chic restaurant below. It’s decorated with modern art installations that represent Ukrainian independence and the Russian occupation. On the menu is elevated traditional Ukrainian cuisine. All the ingredients and beverages are sourced from within the country.
A pair of climate activists in Scotland will face trial after allegedly vandalizing a display case holding national hero William Wallace’s broadsword.
“The police say the accused believe they were raising awareness of climate change and that their actions were necessary for the cause,” prosecutor Eilidh Smith said.
Alexander Cloudley, 29 and Katrielle Chan, 21, both from Glasgow, pleaded not guilty to vandalism in Stirling Sheriff Court last week. They allegedly damaged and spray-painted the case holding Wallace of “Braveheart” fame’s sword.
Trade Minister Mary Ng did not consider resigning, repaying money after ethics breach
Canada’s minister for international trade says she never considered resigning after the federal ethics commissioner found she broke rules by awarding a contract to a friend.
“I failed to recuse myself from any dealings that ultimately led to the awarding of that contract, and for that I regret and it was a mistake and I apologize for that,” Mary Ng told host of CTV’s Question Period Vassy Kapelos on Sunday.
“Canadians expect me to continue to keep working hard, I’ve committed to continue to do that.”
No Mary I expect you to resign.
A massive group of around 1,000 migrants were caught on camera attempting to rush the U.S. southern border from Mexico on Sunday afternoon.
Video captured by a Fox News reporter saw hordes of migrants rushing a border checkpoint from Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, Texas.
Footage sees the group, which consists of mostly of young men but also includes women and young children, running along a border road as they attempted to overwhelm those at official check points as they made their way through the port of entry in El Paso in an effort to get into the United States.
Mass mob of over a thousand foreign nationals rush CBP officers in El Paso trying to cross Southern border into America.
This is invasion. pic.twitter.com/orqVuRcFBd
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 12, 2023
