The deputy solicitor general for Ontario told the Emergencies Act inquiry on Thursday that the Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa last winter did not pose a significant public safety risk.
“I was getting consistent messaging from Commissioner Carrique and from Deputy Minister Stewart that there were not any overriding public safety concerns,” said Mario Di Tomasso.
The bejeweled custom-made luxury watches that Cambodia’s prime minister of 37 years Hun Sen is handing out to to Joe Biden and other world leaders at the ASEAN summit meeting
For gifts over 1000 bucks all Justin has to do is reimburse the giver for the value and he gets to keep them. I bet he’s real diligent about that.
Dr. Jordan Peterson has hit back at Meghan Markle after she took a swipe at him in her podcast.
Last month, the Duchess of Sussex took a swipe at the controversial psychologist on her Spotify series Archetypes over his use of the word “crazy”.
The former Suits actress featured an audio clip of the self-help author saying: “I don’t think that men can control crazy women.”
The Iranian regime is now providing weapons and troops to Russia with full impunity. What are the ruling mullahs of Iran getting in return?
WARMINGTON: School board told giant prosthetic-breasted Oakville trans teacher can dress how she likes
An elite Washington, D.C., think tank has employed individuals who’ve worked for front groups controlled by Chinese spy agencies, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has employed over a dozen individuals who’ve worked in a range of capacities at China-based nonprofits set up or co-opted by Chinese intelligence agencies, including the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and the intel arm of the People’s Liberation Army.
Another day, another terrifying development for struggling Americans on President Joe Biden’s watch.
In addition to historically low levels of diesel fuel supply and depleted home heating oil reserves in the Northeast that will likely result in a literal winter of death for some, millions of American families will soon be forced to gather around the kitchen table for a depressing and scary conversation regarding how they’ll afford natural gas this winter in Biden’s America.
In extraordinary scenes, crowds of jubilant residents greeted Ukraine’s armed forces as they reached the centre of Kherson, as Russia’s retreat from the key strategic city appeared to have descended into chaos.
A crowd of residents, some tearful, raised Ukrainian flags around the central Svoboda Square, and gathered to greet the first troops to reach the city centre, embracing the arriving Ukrainian soldiers.
…and another was destroyed.pic.twitter.com/yYFBa2Bp6I
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 10, 2022
“Do you feel your life is in danger?” Wallace asked.
“Absolutely, I felt that my life has been in danger since the moment that I won my primary election in 2018. And it became especially intensified when I was first brought into Congress in 2019,” Ocasio-Cortez responded.
She is certifiable.
The Twitter executive who censored news reports about Hunter Biden’s laptop and referred to Trump officials as “actual Nazis” has quit the social media company.
Yoel Roth resigned as head of Twitter’s Trust and Safety division on Thursday, joining several other executives who quit in protest over the Twitter subscription service implemented by owner Elon Musk.
The Just Stop Oil spokesman urged to stop screaming on live TV last night is a keen traveller racking up thousands of air miles when away from the stunning Welsh farm she grew up on, MailOnline can reveal today.
Indigo Rumbelow, 28, appears to have travelled to Nepal twice since 2015 – posting a picture of herself jetting there by plane at around 30,000ft.
The activist, who once glued herself to the M25 for Insulate Britain and was Extinction Rebellion’s arts coordinator from North East London, has also apparently enjoyed breaks in Sweden, Lithuania, Croatia and other beauty spots abroad.
Figures provided by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to The Epoch Times show that the military has registered 324 adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccination, with 23 deemed serious. The total number of hospitalizations in the forces due to COVID-19 itself is 16.
According to CAF, a total of 192,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered to military members, with 324 cases of reported “adverse events following immunization” (AEFI).
The ongoing war in Ukraine is “not in the interest” of Europe, a French General has claimed, saying that the continent has aligned itself too much with American interests on the issue.
General Pierre de Villiers, who formerly served as the Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, argued on Wednesday that European nations should be pushing for a de-escalation of the war in Ukraine, saying that the continued conflict is not in the interests of Europe.
The quiet part is being said out loud more and more. God forbid it is proven that the US had a hand in destroying the NordStream pipelines.
From his home in New Zealand, the YouTuber Danny de Hek assails what he calls a dangerous and deceptive scheme, one rant at a time.
Last year, Danny de Hek was a social media guru badly in need of a social media guru. A buoyant New Zealander with geeky glasses, he dispensed advice about how to vastly expand your online audience, to a group of just 350 subscribers.
He earned a living by drop shipping electronics as he searched for ways to make serious money. Then, in February, the husband of a friend sent the 52-year-old Mr. de Hek an email crowing about a company that somehow guaranteed outsize and clockwork returns. Investors in what was then known as HyperFund — it has since been rebranded twice — could triple their money in 600 days.
FTX: Crypto giant collapses into bankruptcy
Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for bankruptcy in the US, seeking court protection as it looks for a way to return money to users.
Former boss Sam Bankman-Fried has also stepped down as chief executive, the company said.
It is a massive turn of fortunes for the 30-year-old, who had headed the world’s second largest crypto exchange.
SBF, the crypto billionaire whose entire scheme just crumbled, was a huge donor to Biden and the Dem Party. I guess if you want to blissfully believe this had nothing to do with the lack of scrutiny on his business, feel free. The irony is he might still get punished. Here's why: https://t.co/EvWcTbUTVG
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 11, 2022
As demand soars for electric vehicles and clean energy storage, Australia is rising to meet much of the world’s demand for lithium. While this helps reduce the need for fossil fuels, it raises another question – how can we source lithium sustainably?
Brine vs. Hard Rock Lithium Mining
… The refining process carries environmental risks as its energy and chemically intensive, however Allison Britt, director of minerals advice with the government agency Geoscience Australia, says the process of extracting lithium in Australia is not much different to other forms of metals mining. When an economically viable resource is identified, the surface is cleared, the earth is scraped away, the rock blasted and the rubble hauled off for processing into concentrate.
“Each hard rock deposit is its own unique beast,” Britt says. “At a higher-grade deposit, you dig up less rock compared to lithium produced.”
In South America the process is more like playing with a big, fiddly chemistry set. As the lithium lies at the bottom of a salt lake, it is usually mixed with a range of other minerals. Getting it out requires pumping brine out from beneath the bottom of a salt lake into a pit and then waiting for the water to evaporate in the sunlight until lithium concentrations reach 6,000 parts per million. It is a thirsty process – requiring roughly 1.9m litres (418,000 gallons) of water to produce one tonne (2,204lbs) of lithium produced, all of it lost to evaporation – that always carries the risk of leaks and spills.
Interesting article. Despite the apparent abundance of lithium deposits it does not change my mind that the promise of “Electric Cars” for everyone is nothing more than a “Bait & Switch.” The “Switch” is you having no personal vehicle ever again. And Freeland better hope “Friend-shoring” is more than just a talking point.
