Geoff Russ: The anti-Doug Ford left takes cues from the U.S. alt-right

In the aftermath of Ontario’s provincial election, unfounded accusations of voter fraud and other alleged plots have emerged across the internet. Within hours of the polls closing, Ontario Liberal and NDP supporters took a page from the alt-right’s playbook, and began spreading conspiracy theories to delegitimize the democratically re-elected Progressive Conservative government.

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US Catholic Churches Suffer Rash Of Thefts And Vandalism, But Cause Remains A Mystery

NEW YORK — It was on the afternoon of May 28 that Frank Tumino, a Catholic priest, walked into the sanctuary only to make a shocking discovery.

The 2-foot tabernacle at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn was stolen in a burglary that left a trail of rubble and consecrated Communion scattered across the altar. Marble fixtures surrounding the tabernacle were destroyed and the head of an angel statue decapitated.

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Majority of Canadians comfortable or somewhat comfortable with Liberal-NDP power-sharing deal: poll

Nearly 60 per cent of Canadians were comfortable or somewhat comfortable with a deal that could see the federal NDP prop up the minority Liberal government until 2025, a new survey says.

The NDP agreed to the arrangement in exchange for parliamentary co-operation and progress on key New Democratic priorities, such as dental care, pharmacare, housing, climate change and Indigenous reconciliation.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the deal in March, saying it will allow the government to “function with predictability and stability,” implement budgets and “get things done for Canadians.”

No words. Go incognito.

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Why the global soil shortage threatens food, medicine and the climate

Soil can be considered black gold, and we’re running out it.

The United Nations declared soil finite and predicted catastrophic loss within 60 years.

“There are places that have already lost all of their topsoil,” Jo Handelsman, author of “A World Without Soil,” and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, told CNBC.

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Scientists accidentally create super-vicious HAMSTERS in a lab

Scientists inadvertently bred a horde of unusually aggressive hamsters after a gene editing experiment to ‘reduce aggression’ went wrong.

Researchers at Georgia State University produced new rodents without hormone vasopressin in an effort to raise ‘social communication’ between the rodents.

Yet the chemical change turned the Syrian hamsters wild, prompting fights inside cages.

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For Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau, centrist policies are more powerful than political labels

It’s a good thing Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau have learned to get along so well together over the past couple of years.

Both leaders have won the gift of extra time in office this year. Ford is now in office at Queen’s Park until at least 2026 after his stunning majority victory this week, while Trudeau plans to stick around to 2025, thanks to his governing pact with the federal New Democrats.

The two men have already had a convivial chat about where they’ve been and where they’re going in this unexpected friendship. They were on the phone, in fact, not long after the Conservative victory was declared on Thursday night.

“Both of us sat back and reviewed everything that we got done together,” Ford told reporters on Friday. “And there’s so much that unites us.”

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US has over 750 complaints that Teslas brake for no reason

DETROIT (AP) — More than 750 Tesla owners have complained to U.S. safety regulators that cars operating on the automaker’s partially automated driving systems have suddenly stopped on roadways for no apparent reason.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed the number in a detailed information request letter to Tesla that was posted Friday on the agency’s website.

The 14-page letter dated May 4 asks the automaker for all consumer and field reports it has received about false braking, as well as reports of crashes, injuries, deaths and property damage claims. It also asks whether the company’s “Full Self Driving” and automatic emergency braking systems were active at the time of any incident.

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