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Ottawa, B.C. provide $77M to bring high-speed internet to nearly 7,000 households

ARMSTRONG, B.C. — The federal and B.C. governments are providing more than $77 million in combined funding to bring high-speed internet to more than 6,900 homes in the province.

A statement from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada says the funding is part of an agreement struck in 2022 that committed up to $830 million to bridge the high-speed gap in rural, remote and Indigenous communities.

The department says the latest funding will support 15 projects through the Universal Broadband Fund.

Starlink anyone? h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Jewish father attacked by mob at Italian service station

A Jewish father and his six-year-old son were targeted by a mob on Sunday chanting “Free Palestine” and “murderers” at a service station near Milan, with the man eventually pushed to the floor and repeatedly kicked, in the latest of a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents across Europe.

According to the victim – a 52-year-old French Jew who lives in France and gave his name only as Elie– the incident began when a cashier shouted “Free Palestine”, upon noticing that he and his son were wearing kippahs.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", WTF?

Jamie Lee Curtis, a ‘Gender Affirming‘ Surgery Proponent Accuses Cosmetic Surgery Industry of ‘Genocide‘ Against Women

Jamie Lee Curtis and wierdo son

Jamie Lee Curtis, a “gender affirming” surgery proponent, is accusing the cosmetic surgery industry of committing “genocide” against women, hitting back against the trend that has turned so many into the garden variety influencer-esque woman loaded with lip filler. “Generations of women have been disfigured,” the actress said.

“I’ve been very vocal about the genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex, who’ve disfigured themselves,” Curtis told the Guardian in a recent interview for which she wore a pair of fake, obnoxiously large lips on the cover in order to drive her point home.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Tranny, WTF?

Stephen Harper says he advised Mark Carney’s government to move away from the U.S.

Speaking before a room full of policymakers from midwestern Canada and the United States, former prime minister Stephen Harper said the ongoing trade war with the U.S. is a “wake-up call” for Canada to diversify its trade and export markets.

“I was — I think it’s fair to say — probably the most pro-American prime minister in Canadian history,” Harper said of his tenure from 2006 to 2015.

If the current government asked him a year ago for advice on U.S. President Donald Trump being re-elected and wanting to renegotiate trade, he says he would have thought it was a real opportunity for Canada to deepen its economic and security partnership with the United States.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA, WTF?

Police officers ‘also abused’ Rotherham victims

Five women who were exploited by grooming gangs in Rotherham as children say they were also abused by police officers in the town at the time.

One says she was raped from the age of 12 by a serving South Yorkshire Police (SYP) officer in a marked police car. He would threaten to hand her back to the gang if she did not comply, she says.

“In a world where you were being abused so much, being raped once [by a police officer] was a lot easier than multiple rapes [by the gang] and I think he knew that,” she tells the BBC.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Almost 600 foreign nationals with criminal records due to be deported are missing, CBSA says

Canadian border agents are trying to track down almost 600 foreigners with criminal records who are due to be deported but have gone missing – 431 of whom have been found guilty of serious crimes such as sexual assault.

Figures from the Canada Border Services Agency show that 1,635 foreign nationals guilty of committing crimes in Canada are currently facing deportation, but 599 of them have failed to attend deportation proceedings and have been placed on the agency’s “wanted” list.

Of those 599, 315 have been evading deportation for more than three years. Another 46, according to CBSA figures obtained by The Globe and Mail, have been evading the authorities for more than two years.

Why weren’t they in Jail until deported? Polar Bear Alcatraz anyone?

h/t Auntie Pollie

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Did we really have to make this D-list MAGA singer famous in Canada?

The continuing controversy involving Sean Feucht, the American Christian rocker and MAGA darling who has been denied permits for his concerts all across Eastern Canada, has become just dreadfully irritating.

It is irritating to watch Mr. Feucht’s critics conflate his opinions – on abortion (he’s against it), on homosexuality (he believes it is a perversion of God’s will), on the “trans agenda” (“demonic,” according to Mr. Feucht) – with the promotion of hatred, as defined by the Criminal Code. Hate speech is not protected speech, but not all offensive speech is hate speech. We as a society went over this, ad nauseum, during the peak of the cancel-culture furor around 2017 or so. Apparently we’ve forgotten what we learned during that time.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", WTF?

More than 600,000 graduates are claiming benefits

More than 600,000 graduates are claiming benefits, according to newly released official figures.

In response to a parliamentary question from the Conservative MP Neil O’Brien, the UK Statistics Authority revealed that between March to May this year 639,000 people with a level six qualification — equivalent to a degree with honours — or above were claiming universal credit, making up 12 per cent of those being paid the benefit.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

WARMINGTON: Driver allegedly almost runs over cops and public but released without bail hearing

It’s not everyday that an accused who was arrested by five Toronto Police officers with their guns drawn gets to walk away from custody as long as he shows up for court in late September.

… Yet, the guy charged after this wild mayhem didn’t even have to spend a night in jail. Or even go to a police station to be booked. It was treated as if he was getting a speeding ticket.

…That person was Mrunmay Ukey, 27, of Toronto, who “was arrested and charged with fail to stop for police” and “dangerous operation” of a motor vehicle and is “scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of justice, 10 Armoury St., on Friday, September 19, 2025, at 11 a.m., in room 203.” None of the allegations against him have been tested in court.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity Crime", WTF?

For Pierre Poilievre, defending Freedom Convoy convicts is a political survival strategy

Anyone expecting a gentler, more moderate Pierre Poilievre to emerge following his electoral defeat can put to rest any speculation that the Conservative leader is planning a great reset.

Despite internal grumblings that Poilievre’s combative tone and coziness with far-right types has been bringing their party down, his Conservatives are back and picking fights with Crown prosecutors trying “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Conservative Party, The F$CKING Toronto Star, WTF?

Barry Appleton: Canada submits to China’s algorithmic colonialism

On Nov. 6, 2024, Canada ordered TikTok’s local offices expelled but left its influence engine untouched. The result? Fewer Canadian jobs, no new oversight, and continued foreign control over our digital public square. It makes about as much sense as banning foreign diplomats while allowing their propaganda broadcasts to continue uninterrupted.

Canada’s shutdown order, issued after a national security review, eliminates TikTok’s 350 Canadian employees and halts cultural sponsorships worth millions. Yet the algorithm that shapes what Canadians see, share, and believe remains entirely in Chinese hands. We have managed to achieve the worst of both worlds: less accountability with zero additional protection.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, WTF?