‘I was extremely devastated’: Transgender woman told she is not allowed to use women-only gym in Parksville
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Federal committee will probe government contracts with McKinsey
OTTAWA – A federal committee overseeing government operations is launching a parliamentary inquiry into contracts awarded to consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
The firm recently came into the spotlight after news reports highlighted the rapid growth of the company’s work with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government.
The government says it has awarded 23 contracts to McKinsey since 2015 that are together worth $101.4 million.
Family of woman who died after altercation with Toronto hospital guards launches $16-million lawsuit
The sister of a 43-year-old woman who died 16 days after an altercation with security at a downtown Toronto hospital has filed a $16 million lawsuit against University Health Network and the guards allegedly involved in her death, claiming that they used “excessive” and “unreasonable” force.
Stephanie Warriner, a mother of five originally from Scarborough, died on May 27, 2020 at Toronto Western Hospital after reportedly going into medical distress and suffering a cardiac arrest following a physical interaction with hospital security.
GTA Convicted Via Rail terrorist argues psych report could overturn verdict
One of the men convicted in a high-profile terrorism case involving a plot to derail a Via Rail train wants access to a psychiatric report about his co-accused, arguing that its findings could result in him having his convictions overturned.
It’s an argument that has “merit,” according to Ontario’s top court, which is now weighing whether to turn over the report.
Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were tried together and convicted by a jury in 2015 of a number of terrorism-related offences, though only Esseghaier was found guilty of conspiring to derail the Via Rail passenger train from New York to Toronto. Jurors deadlocked on that charge in relation to Jaser.
This is the sort of bullshit one comes to expect of our justice system.
Always in the news…
Harrowing footage shows moment accused bike path terrorist is shot by NYPD cop
French Islamic State fighter and wife on trial in Paris for terrorism
Dutch police arrest alleged IS security chief for war crimes
For Nigerian priest burned to death, it wasn’t his first brush with terror
Canada’s Islamists Impede the Counterjihad while Seeking Taxpayer Monies
An Islamist organization in Canada has obstructed the enforcement of anti-terror finance laws imposed after 9/11 and has convinced government officials to direct public funds to support Islamist-directed projects in the country. In particular, the organization has made liberal use of the “Islamophobia” charge to hinder investigations into Muslim nonprofit organizations accused of funding terror operations in the Middle East.
Ottawa sending 200 Canadian-made armoured vehicles as defence minister visits Ukraine
OTTAWA – Canada is sending another 200 armoured vehicles to help with the defence of Ukraine, Defence Minister Anita Anand announced during a surprise visit to the embattled country on Wednesday.
The vehicles are being purchased from Roshel, a company based in Mississauga, Ont., at a cost of $90 million, and represent the latest contribution from Canada in response to Russia’s invasion last February.
Did they clash with the CAF’s new uniforms?
Ukraine’s interior ministry leadership killed in helicopter crash
The three main figures in Ukraine’s interior ministry have been killed in a helicopter crash beside a nursery in an eastern suburb of the capital Kyiv.
Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, 42, died alongside his first deputy minister and state secretary.
Fourteen people died when the helicopter came down in Brovary around 08:30 local time (06:30 GMT), including one child, authorities said.
There is no indication the crash was anything other than an accident.
Canada facing deeper recession as interest rates take hold: Deloitte
Canada will enter a deeper recession than previously expected this year as the Bank of Canada’s rapid interest rate hikes take hold and the U.S. economy enters a slowdown, according to a new report from Deloitte Canada.
Deloitte Canada’s latest Economic Outlook, released on Tuesday, says that the impact of rising interest rates and a slowing U.S. economy will drag down economic growth in Canada for three consecutive quarters, resulting in a 0.9 per cent contraction in GDP growth in 2023.
Why Michigan is trying to shut down Canada’s Enbridge Line 5 pipeline
An ageing pipeline crossing part of the Great Lakes has led to a standoff between the US state of Michigan and Canada. The outcome of the battle over Line 5, which delivers energy to the US Midwest and central Canada, will be viewed by many as a bellwether of how North America will balance its energy future with its environmental commitments.
The most contentious part of the Line 5 pipeline – which runs from Superior, Wisconsin, by way of Michigan to Sarnia, Canada – sits on the bed of the Straits of Mackinac. The narrow waterway connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron – two of the world’s largest lakes.
In 2018, an anchor from a shipping freighter passing through the Straits struck and damaged the pipe, bringing to the fore longstanding concerns from environmental campaigners and others over possible spills.
Ontario union OPSEU sues former executives, claims they ‘unlawfully transferred’ millions of dollars, gave union cars to family members
OPSEU, one of the province’s largest unions, is suing three former leaders — including long-time president Warren “Smokey” Thomas — for millions of dollars, alleging they withdrew $670,000 in cash from a strike fund without explanation, received “significant compensation” atop their salaries and had union-purchased vehicles transferred to themselves and their families.
Bank Of Canada Happy To Report Public Lives In Fear
Recession fears, high rates to slow spending for businesses, consumers: BoC survey
Businesses and consumers alike are trimming their spending plans ahead of a possible recession, according to new surveys from the Bank of Canada.
The central bank’s fourth-quarter surveys of business and consumer sentiments, published Monday, showed an overall dour outlook for 2023, with the majority of both polled cohorts indicating they expect a recession in the next 12 months.
Disturbing Video Shows Last Moments of Patient’s Life After Mask Dispute at Toronto Hospital
A disturbing video of an altercation between two hospital security guards and Stephanie Warriner—a patient who lost consciousness and never woke up after the interaction over her mask being pulled down under her chin—has been published by various media outlets.
On Jan. 12, CTV News Toronto released new video footage showing 43-year Warriner being confronted by guards Amanda Rojas-Silva, 42, and Shane Hutley, 35, at Toronto General Hospital on May 11, 2020. The two guards were later charged with manslaughter and “criminal negligence by unlawful confinement/restraint causing death.”
TORONTO- Stephanie Warriner, 43, went to Hospital with chronic beathing issues but because she had her mask under her nose she “ended up in an altercation with 4 security guards that led to her death”
A judge ruled no rules were broken. Just her life🤷♀️
— Bernie's Tweets (@BernieSpofforth) January 16, 2023
More … Outrageous but unsurprising: Canadian judge tosses case against guards who killed a woman for not wearing a mask
Iran spying: Canadian firm’s axed 2019 deal raises questions about working with regime
A small Canadian telecom service firm is taking issue with a tech watchdog’s report that it discussed working with an alleged front company to help Iranian officials spy on civilians.
Citizen Lab, the Toronto-based digital and human rights organization, alleged in a Monday report that Port Coquitlam, B.C.-based PortaOne was involved in 2019 discussions to help set up a new mobile phone service in the Islamic Republic, which is now facing a massive wave of upheaval.
F-35 was and is the only choice for Canada
The F-35 …. finally.
This is not an I told you so but a positive recognition of the long overdue government announcement this week to purchase the Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter for the RCAF and for Canada.
Canada’s health-care system ‘on the ropes,’ warns N.S. premier amid ER deaths
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is warning that Canada’s health-care system is “on the ropes.”
“There’s no community in this country where the headline story is not about something in the health-care system. Our Medicare system across the country is on the ropes,” he told Global News’ David Akin in an interview aired on The West Block.
Pierre Poilievre is unpopular in Canada’s second-largest province — and so are his policies
MONTREAL—It’s hard to get a second chance to make a good first impression. Pierre Poilievre will be trying to do just that as he embarks on an early-year visit to Quebec next week.
The latest Conservative leader has his work cut out for him. In Canada’s second largest province, Poilievre is not only much less popular than his main rivals, but he is also off to a poorer start than his three predecessors.
In voting intentions, the Conservative party lags far behind both the leading Liberals and the Bloc Québécois. At 19 per cent, the party’s Quebec tally is its lowest provincial score.