Imported conflict in Brampton highlights the value of mass immigration from incompatible cultures

Imported conflict in Brampton highlights the value of mass immigration from incompatible cultures

Protest outside Brampton Hindu temple targets alleged Indian state interference

A Hindu temple in south Brampton was the latest site of protest over the treatment of Sikhs in India and abroad.

On Chinguacousy Road near Queen Street West, dozens of protesters gathered under a sea of yellow flags emblazoned with “Khalistan” — the name given to the desired state, one separate from India, pushed for by Sikhs globally.

Across the street, worshippers peered out from the Triveni Mandir as others came and went for prayers, the protestors amplified shouts muffled by music playing over temple loudspeakers.

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Young People In Carney’s Canada Have Greater Life-Satisfaction Than Counterparts in Afghanistan, Lebanon or Venezuela … Barely

Young People In Carney’s Canada Have Greater Life-Satisfaction Than Counterparts in Afghanistan, Lebanon or Venezuela … Barely

Young Canadians are increasingly miserable. Government priorities show why

Government budgets shape how we live – and how we feel. If you want to see the consequences of government policy choices, look at how Canadians now rate their life satisfaction.

For nearly two decades, the World Happiness Report has asked people around the globe to evaluate their happiness on a scale from zero to ten. The latest evidence for Canada is frightening.

Research by three Canadian academics shows that the average life satisfaction of younger Canadians – those under 30 – has fallen from 7.6 in the late 2000s to 6.4 in recent years. This steep decline, they report, “places Canada just above Venezuela, Lebanon and Afghanistan on the list of countries experiencing the greatest fall.”

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Guardian explains violent mass looting spree in Clapham as just young people wanting to come together in meet ups

Guardian explains violent mass looting spree in Clapham as just young people wanting to come together in meet ups

It started with a flyer sent around on Snapchat. Teenagers were invited to gather at a south London basketball court to celebrate the start of the Easter holidays. They were told to bring their own weed and laughing gas because it was going to be a late one.

What followed in the hours after was chaos. Hundreds of young people came to the “link-up” last Saturday, and then gathered on Clapham High Street.

Shops in the area were overwhelmed, including a Marks & Spencer where videos appear to show teenagers fighting in the aisles. Some shopkeepers reportedly locked their doors, and fireworks were let off on Clapham Common.


Kids just wanting to met up … and loot

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Federal EV rebate rules leave Dodge Charger as only Canadian model eligible without price cap

Federal EV rebate rules leave Dodge Charger as only Canadian model eligible without price cap

A federal electric vehicle rebate program is drawing scrutiny after records show the Dodge Charger will soon be the only Canadian-made vehicle eligible for incentives without a price cap.

Blacklock’s Reporter says documents tabled in the House of Commons by the Department of Transport indicate that, by year’s end, the Charger — built in Windsor, Ont. — will stand alone in qualifying for rebates on vehicles priced above $50,000.

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Britain’s top private schools in Middle East teaching pupils to beat their wives

Britain’s top private schools in Middle East teaching pupils to beat their wives

Harrow School has many centuries-old traditions that make it a jewel in the crown of British education: straw hats, black tailcoats and its own form of archaic slang, where “beaks” means teachers and “the ducker” is the swimming pool.

Soon it will need to grapple with some new customs. Sir Winston Churchill’s alma mater is opening two schools in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this summer, where Muslim pupils recite the Koran and learn about beating their wives.

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WTF?

WTF?

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Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts is gone

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts is gone

If you attended school any time after the Nixon administration, then you likely beheld at some point the CIA World Factbook, a map and reference manual of Planet Earth and its inhabitants upon which nearly everyone could agree.

Maybe you read parts of it from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM for that social studies project due tomorrow. Or scanned its list of countries for Latvia, because that is the country you are representing next week in Model U.N. Even better, you wandered the earth in your imagination as you held the physical Factbook in your own hands, unfolding its maps and understanding, perhaps for the first time, that the thumbs-up gesture your friends flash each other is considered an obscene insult in parts of the Middle East, Europe and Argentina.

A pity, as a blogger I have relied on it on many occasions.

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2 arrested for assault at rally for a Khomeinist Iran outside U.S. Consulate

2 arrested for assault at rally for a Khomeinist Iran outside U.S. Consulate

Two people have been arrested at a rally for Iran downtown on Saturday.

Officers arrested two males for assault and assault with a weapon around 2:30 p.m., according to a post from Toronto police on social media.

The “Rally for Justice” was organized by Hands Off Iran and the Muslim Community of the GTA to “build a strong, united presence against imperialist aggression and war.”

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War disrupts Irving Oil’s longtime Saudi crude supply

War disrupts Irving Oil’s longtime Saudi crude supply

Canada’s largest oil refinery is looking for new supply options as the U.S. war on Iran threatens one of its most reliable, and long-standing, sources of crude oil.

Irving Oil recently got permission from federal regulators to use a foreign-owned ship to bring crude oil from Newfoundland’s offshore fields to Saint John, in southern New Brunswick.

Saudi Arabia has been the most reliable source of crude for Irving’s Saint John refinery since it opened in 1960, but Irving told regulators last month that this is no longer certain.

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