In the five years after Ontario began opening so-called “safe” injection sites, deaths from opioid overdoses more than doubled. Crime in the areas around these sites is up considerably, be it violent crimes like assault and murder or simple theft.
Robert F Kennedy Jr’s brother ‘heartbroken’ over Trump endorsement
Max Kennedy, the brother of Robert F Kennedy Jr, has implored the public to ignore his sibling’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential election and endorse Donald Trump’s campaign to return to the White House.
In an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, Max Kennedy said “Trump was exactly the kind of arrogant, entitled bully” that his father, former US senator and attorney general Robert F Kennedy, stood against before he was assassinated in 1968 as he pursued the Democratic presidential nomination.
Max Kennedy predicted his father would have admired the Democratic nominee for November’s election, Vice-President Kamala Harris, because she was a former prosecutor as well.
Opinion: Young anglophones would be better off leaving Quebec
As a long-retired school administrator, over the years I observed that most parents shared one objective: to make sure their children had the best chance for a meaningful life. Perhaps that meant focusing on certain math courses that were prerequisites for other programs. Often it meant ensuring a level of French proficiency that would, they expected, afford their child a level playing field. Parents would camp out in wintery conditions to enrol their youngsters in a highly regarded French immersion school.
Time Magazine Pays the Price for Lost Credibility
Last week in this space the focus was on Time magazine’s glorification of now Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.
The point was that the then-current cover of Time – an illustration of Harris that, as noted, presented her as “a cross somewhere between Miss America and a religious icon” – was in reality an illustration of just how the “mainstream media” was thoroughly in the tank for Democrats and the Left in general, and, this election year, Harris in particular.
Embattled Trudeau dodges suggestion he follow Biden’s example and bow out
Facing months of devastating poll numbers, Canada’s embattled prime minister tossed cold water on those hoping for a Joe Biden-esque departure.
Trump Campaign Opposes Harris‘s Attempt to Change September 10 Debate Rules
The Trump campaign on Monday opposed the Harris campaign’s sudden attempt to change the September 10 debate rules on ABC News from muted to unmuted microphones.
Harris wants an unmuted mic to save her from word salads, one person familiar with Harris’s negotiations told Politico Playbook. More is here on Harris’s word salads.
ANALYSIS: Ontario’s Shuttering of Drug Sites Near Schools Part of a National Trend
The Ontario government’s recent ban on supervised drug consumption sites near schools and child care centres is the latest part of a countrywide step back from the national harm reduction approach to drug addiction.
The ideology of harm reduction, which advocates for a so-called safer supply of opioids and the decriminalization of hard drugs, held a dominant position in Canadian addiction policy as recently as last year.
‘No whites’ graffiti in Birmingham investigated by police
Racist graffiti in Birmingham reading “No whites” and “No whites allowed” is being investigated by police, The Telegraph can reveal.
The graffiti appeared in three locations across the inner-city Alum Rock neighbourhood last week.
CCTV footage obtained by The Telegraph shows the moment a hooded figure approaches the first location, a wall outside a primary school, at around 1.20am on Thursday.
This is also Birmingham …
This is Birmingham, UK. A father protecting his family got stabbed in the neck by three “youths” who recorded the whole thing and mocked him as he bled out on the street. pic.twitter.com/j7sjTh5Fyo
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 25, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
It’s past time for all of us to heed Jack Layton and head to the Velvet Touch
Pierre Poilievre’s overheated insults. Canadians of all stripes being nasty to each other online. It’s past time for all of us to heed Jack Layton
Thirteen years ago this week, former NDP leader Jack Layton took his final breath on earth. Before leaving, he drafted a letter to Canadians with words we should revisit as we enter the end stage of this federal Parliament.
For those who don’t remember, Layton closed his letter with an appeal: “My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic.”
Why would-be Trump assassin Thomas Crooks remains an infuriating enigma weeks after shooting
Five weeks since the first attempted assassination of a current or former president in over 40 years, the public still has precious few answers about 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Since his identity became known, the FBI and members of Congress have been trying to piece together a motive, scrutinizing every aspect of his life both online and off.
Even in his hometown of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, a quiet suburb of Pittsburgh, neighbors say the Crooks family was always an enigma — and continues to be.
You could ask the Deep State but I think they’re busy with Kamala.
Liberals to stay course for iceberg rendezvous
Government not planning major reset amid persistent headwinds for Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s inner circle is not planning a major reset in the face of persistent headwinds for the incumbent government and will instead focus on the issues they’ve already prioritized, with housing and cost of living topping the list, according to two government officials.
However, one of the officials did not rule out changes in the future, saying if they do happen it will be in the wake of the caucus retreat in B.C. next month.
Scholz vows to speed up deportations after Solingen stabbings
Irregular migration into Germany “must go down” after a Syrian man who came to Germany as an asylum seeker was charged with killing three people in an attack in the western town of Solingen last week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said.
“This was terrorism, terrorism against us all,” Mr Scholz said during a visit to Solingen on Monday.
Mr Scholz also said his government would have to do “everything we can to ensure that those who cannot and should not stay here in Germany are repatriated and deported” and that deportations would be sped up if necessary.
Muslim lawyers complain those participating in anti-Israel protests are blacklisted at work
The Canadian Muslim Lawyers Association in a brief submitted to the Commons Justice Committee Canadians complained anti-Israel street protestors have been facing workplace shaming.
Pro-Hamas demonstrators face blacklisting and workplace reprisal, the association said. The brief follows complaints by a cabinet advisor that employers won’t hire activists,” according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
US accuses software firm of driving rent hikes
The US has sued a leading software company that collects and sells rental data, accusing it of subverting competition between landlords and feeding the country’s housing crisis.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has claimed RealPage‘s software algorithm meant rival landlords were sharing what would otherwise be private information, allegedly allowing them to illegally co-ordinate and raise rents.
“Everybody knows the rent is too damn high and we allege this is one of the reasons why,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a press conference announcing the lawsuit.