UFO in the Great White North?

UFO in the Great White North?

This is much more interesting than the standard illuminated dot filmed at great distance on a cell phone UFO.

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Immigration officers told not to judge credibility of asylum seekers, even if they doubt their stories

Immigration officers told not to judge credibility of asylum seekers, even if they doubt their stories

Immigration experts say the front-line officials charged with initially questioning refugee claimants do not have enough latitude to probe the details of claimants’ stories, even if there is reason to doubt them.

The issue of how and when claimants are questioned came to public attention late last month. That’s when figures provided to MPs on the Commons immigration committee revealed that the Immigration and Refugee Board, which adjudicates asylum claims, has since 2019 processed more than 45,000 refugee cases based on paperwork alone, without in-person hearings, as it deals with a backlog of claims.

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What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran

What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran

Iran and the US have agreed to a conditional two-week ceasefire, during which shipping traffic will be allowed through the Strait of Hormuz.

This comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched co-ordinated attacks on Iran, and hours after US President Donald Trump threatened “a whole civilisation will die tonight” if Iran did not reopen the Strait.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who has been mediating negotiations, said early on Wednesday that the ceasefire was effective immediately.

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Tasha Kheiriddin: Bill C-12 will not solve Canada’s immigration problems

Tasha Kheiriddin: Bill C-12 will not solve Canada’s immigration problems

Last month, Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act received royal assent. The law gives the Minister of Immigration, Lena Diab, the power to pause applications “in the public interest.” It also retroactively bars persons with expired one-year permits (such as student visas, or temporary work permits) from subsequently filing refugee claims, as they can now do when other avenues to permanent residency are closed. It also eliminates the loophole whereby persons who enter the country illegally and remain undetected for 14 days can also file a refugee claim, under the Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement.


It’s a Band-Aid and an awfully small one.

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The secret, never-before-used CIA tool that helped find airman downed in Iran: ‘If your heart is beating, we will find you’

The secret, never-before-used CIA tool that helped find airman downed in Iran: ‘If your heart is beating, we will find you’

WASHINGTON — The CIA used a futuristic new tool called “Ghost Murmur” to find and rescue the second American airman who was shot down in southern Iran, The Post has learned.

The secret technology uses long-range quantum magnetometry to find the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeat and pairs the data with artificial intelligence software to isolate the signature from background noise, two sources close to the breakthrough said.

h/t Mauser

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Canada’s Wonderland reopens with new chaperone policy

Canada’s Wonderland reopens with new chaperone policy

… This season, Canada’s Wonderland is also implementing a chaperone policy beginning May 1, which seems to be a deterrent for having any issues with young teens at the park.

As of 4 p.m. daily, all guests ages 15 years old or younger must be accompanied by a chaperone who is at least 21 years old in order to be admitted or to remain in the park.

h/t NeoCon of HallsOfMacadamia

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Conservatives call for ethics probe of Frankie Champers as questions raised over high-speed rail

Conservatives call for ethics probe of Frankie Champers as questions raised over high-speed rail

The Conservative Party is calling on the House of Commons ethics watchdog to launch an investigation into whether Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne breached ethics rules regarding his partner’s involvement in a federal government-funded high speed rail project.

In a letter to Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein, Conservative ethics critic Michael Barrett made the case for an investigation, pointing out that the company heading the project, Alto, is to receive millions of dollars in funding from the budget that Champagne introduced last fall and has defended in both the House of Commons and committee.

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DR Congo Signs Deportation Deal with U.S.

DR Congo Signs Deportation Deal with U.S.

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced it will temporarily accept foreigners deported from the United States under an agreement with Washington. The deal also aligns with U.S. interests in accessing Congolese mineral resources.

According to government sources, the number of deportees to be received remains unclear, and Kinshasa has not disclosed the specific terms offered by the Trump administration in exchange for its participation.

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Federal government polled Canadians on housing slogans as shortage worsened

Federal government polled Canadians on housing slogans as shortage worsened

CALGARY — Cabinet turned to marketing experts and focus groups to test slogans and logos as Canada’s housing shortage worsened, according to internal records that raise fresh questions about priorities in addressing affordability.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Privy Council Office commissioned nationwide focus groups to gauge which branding concepts would best convince Canadians the government had a plan to fix the crisis.


I bet “Blame it on Trump” was touted as a favourite to win.

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WTF?

WTF?

“The famous chase scene at the beginning of the movie “District 13″ was performed by David Belle. Belle was the creator of parkour, inspired by the teachings of his father, a member of the elite Paris fire brigade team.”

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First Nation asks court to block Alberta referendum on seceding from Canada

First Nation asks court to block Alberta referendum on seceding from Canada

A First Nation in Alberta has said that a separatist push for the province to secede from Canada is “consummately irresponsible and dishonourable” and should be shut down, arguing in court that a proposed referendum would violate their treaty rights.

A minority of residents of the oil-rich province have long argued that the province’s woes are due to the structure of payments to the federal government and a perceived inability to get their vast fossil fuel reserves to market.

In recent months, separatists have seized on the sentiment and collected nearly 180,000 signatures to request a referendum. But the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, near Edmonton, has asked a court to halt the campaign.

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Europe On The Verge Of Surrender To Islam

Europe On The Verge Of Surrender To Islam

Explaining the decline of the Roman Empire in The Story of Civilization, Will Durant wrote: “A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself within.” The same could become true of the European Union (EU) in the 21st century. Postmodern illusions of a benign and righteous multiculturalism are allowing Islamist ideology—which has no reservations about its supremacist ambitions—to spread its roots with unprecedented virulence.

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Political attacks on Canadian judges must stop

Political attacks on Canadian judges must stop

Increasingly, politicians across the country are taking aim at judges. This is a dangerous trend that has crept across the border from Trump’s America. It should concern all Canadians because it threatens to erode respect for the rule of law in this country.

I’ve been following such events for three decades and I cannot remember a time when attacks on judges were so frequent and faced such little blowback.


Canada’s courts have come to resemble an insane asylum run by the inmates.

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