Author: Blazingcatfur
Critics call Loblaw price freeze a PR move as grocers face accusations of profiteering
Loblaw announced Monday that it would be freezing prices for 1,500 products sold under its No Name private label. But experts say the move is largely a PR tactic as Canadians and politicians accuse grocery giants of profiteering.
Retail expert Doug Stephens said he doubts the move was done out of altruism and notes that the profit margins on private label brands already tend to be “quite a bit higher” than national brands.
… The Loblaw No Name price freeze will be in effect until Jan. 31. Barry Millman, CEO of the Denbar Food Group in Cobourg, Ont., notes that the price freeze coincides with the “blackout period” between October and January, when suppliers like his company are prohibited from increasing the prices they charge to grocery stores.
A new low in cynicism! You can learn a lot from a billionaire who literally stole bread from the mouths of Babes.
Tam commands Canadians get their bivalent booster shots
Canada’s chief public health officer said Tuesday that Canadians should get their dose of a recently authorized bivalent vaccine to stave off a fall resurgence of COVID-19 — a development that could prompt the return of some pandemic-related restrictions.
At an appearance before MPs on the Commons health committee, Tam said the decision to restore COVID measures — such as mandatory masking and school closures — will fall largely to the provinces and territories.
Los Angeles will never be multicultural heaven
As the Nury Martinez tape shows, many aren’t seeking a post-racial mecca
A secret hour-long recording of an October 2021 meeting of Los Angeles city politicos surfaced last week, as California’s midterm election ballots arrived in the mail. Taking the city and nation by storm, the leaked audio exposed the cutthroat racial politics and deceit of elected officials who pretend to be tribunes of diversity.
Elnaz Rekabi: Iranian climber ‘says hijab fell off accidentally’ at competition
A female Iranian climber who competed with her hair uncovered did so because her hijab fell off “inadvertently”, a post on her Instagram account says.
Elnaz Rekabi, 33, was praised by those protesting against Iran’s dress code after video showed her violating it at the Asian Championships in South Korea.
BBC Persian reported on Monday that friends had been unable to contact her.
Arabs: Biden Emboldening Iran, Harming US Interests
The Saudis and other Arabs who were once considered America’s major allies in the Middle East have resumed their criticism of the Biden administration, accusing it of harming US interests and alienating Washington’s friends.
The criticism came after US President Joe Biden threatened that “there will be consequences” for US relations with Saudi Arabia after OPEC+ announced that it would cut its oil production target. It also came after White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said a policy review of US-Saudi relations would be conducted in response to the OOEC+ announcement.
The Saudis did not take the statements emanating from Washington lightly.
This seems Obama 2.0 stuff. The State Dept. wants a strong Iran to act as a counter to Israel to make their withdrawal from the ME easier.
‘Tragic and horrific’: Burnaby RCMP officer fatally stabbed at homeless camp
An RCMP officer has been fatally stabbed in Burnaby.
B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth said he was informed this afternoon that a female Burnaby RCMP officer was killed while on duty, calling it “absolutely tragic and horrific.”
Siemens Canada tells MPs it never lobbied Ottawa for sanctions waiver on Russian turbine
A top official with Siemens Canada defended the energy company’s handling of sanctions involving repair work on turbines belonging to the Russian Nord Stream 1 pipeline before a parliamentary committee on Monday.
Arne Wohlschlegel, Siemens Canada’s managing director, testified that the moment Canada imposed sanctions on Gazprom, the Russian natural gas provider, it immediately halted work on the multi-million-dollar turbine compressor, stored the unit at its Montreal facility and informed the RCMP.
Justin sucking and blowing at the same time.
Gavin Newsom’s wife emailed Harvey Weinstein asking for help dealing with California Gov’s cheating scandal two years AFTER movie magnate ‘raped and sexually assaulted her’, court hears
Gavin Newsom’s wife Jennifer wrote to Harvey Weinstein asking for his help in dealing with a sex scandal involving her husband, two years after she says the movie mogul raped her.
The email will be presented to the jury at Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial as apparent proof that their encounter was consensual. It was first raised last night in a filing from Weinstein’s legal team.
Jennifer Siebel Newsom says Weinstein raped her in 2005 after ‘luring’ her to a hotel room. At the time, she was an actress and had not yet started dating Newsom. In 2007, a year after she met Newsom and started dating him, he became embroiled in an embarrassing sex scandal.
Why can’t we just Nuke California?
Experts: More transvestites needed
Heritage Foundation ranks US military as ‘weak’ for first time
The U.S. military has grown increasingly weaker over the years and is considered at risk of not being able to respond to threats to the country’s national interests, according to new rankings of the military’s strength.
The Heritage Foundation’s 2023 Index of U.S. Military Strength found that the military is “weak” and “at growing risk of not being able to meet the demands of defending America’s vital national interests” — marking the first time in the index’s nine-year history that the country has been rated so low.
John Robson: Ignore the Distractions, Emergencies Act Inquiry Is Only About Whether Use of the Act Was Called For
There’s such a din in Ottawa you’d think the truckers were back. And in a sense they are, because hearings are finally under way into the federal government’s invocation of the Emergencies Act, and the ratio of noise to sense threatens to be worse than in the original go-round. Which is a pity because what is really called for, here and in public discussion generally, is truth and clarity, not screeching.
Nothing to see here… Just Ottawa Mayor @JimWatsonOttawa admitting he met with @gofundme and pressured them to freeze the convoy fundraiser, which they did. And for which he “lauded” them. The criminals are running the prison… #DictatorWatson pic.twitter.com/If0V8BEqWZ
— Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) October 18, 2022
Algerians Arrested for Brutal Rape and Murder of 12-Year-Old Girl in Paris
Two Algerian migrants have been indicted for the rape, torture and murder of a 12-year-old girl named Lola who was discovered dead on Friday in the courtyard of the building where she lived.
The body of 12-year-old Lola Daviet was found at around 11:20 pm on Friday after her parents had reported her missing to the police in the afternoon when Lola had not returned from school to her home in the 19th arrondissement (district) of Paris.
Oh! Oh! BOLO!
6 of 25. Behold and be strengthened!
$250K reward offered for arrest of man convicted in 2012 Little Italy killing
Electric Car Subsidies Are A Bad Investment
Climate activists and politicians constantly tell us electric cars are cleaner, cheaper, and better. California and many countries, including the U.K., Germany, and Japan, will even prohibit the sale of new gas and diesel cars within a decade or two. But if electric cars are really so good, why do we need to ban the alternatives? And why do we need to subsidize electric cars to the tune of $30 billion per year?
The reality is far more muddled than the boosters of electric cars would have you believe.
The Climate Cultists know electric cars are a dead end. But they’ll exploit them to line their pockets until you realize far too late that they don’t want you permitted to drive anything at all.
PM’s office knew of Laith Marouf hate tweets a month before contract was cancelled
The Prime Minister’s Office knew about an anti-racism consultant’s derogatory tweets about “Jewish white supremacists” a month before the government cancelled a $133,000 contract in which he played a key role.
The consultant, Laith Marouf, is an expert for the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC), a non-profit that was awarded the contract earlier this year. Mr. Marouf’s tweets also derided francophones and Black and Indigenous public figures.