Why Canada’s Attempt to Save Journalism May End Up Crushing It Instead

On June 22, the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act. The new law, according to a government news release, “will require the largest digital platforms”—in effect, calling out Facebook, Instagram, and Google without naming them—“to bargain fairly with Canadian news businesses for the use of their news content.” The intent here is to even out the skewed market imbalance between Canadian journalism and Big Tech platforms, many of which have offered distribution pathways and occasional payment agreements to digital news sites while also sapping them of revenue from native advertising—a sector dominated by those very corporations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, The Media

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand secures ‘full-funding’ for govt office on researching UAP (UFO) sightings

Recently, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., announced she and other lawmakers had secured “full-funding” for a new U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) office specifically created to research Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) sightings.

The announcement follows years of Gillibrand and other lawmakers like Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., trying to allocate full-funding for the government office designed to study sightings of what are more commonly known as UFOs.

h/t Dana Garcia

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"UFO's"

‘Rust’ prosecutors say film’s armorer handed off bag of cocaine after shooting

Prosecutors in the “Rust” case allege that the film’s armorer handed a bag of cocaine to another person on the evening after Halyna Hutchins was killed.

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was charged last week with evidence tampering for allegedly handing off the drugs in October 2021. Prosecutors allege that by doing so, she interfered with the investigation into Hutchins’ death.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

She couldn’t find a rental in N.L. So she spent 2 years living in a 20-foot RV

For two years, Kathryn Hewlett’s entire life has been packed into a 20-foot-long vehicle. She has a small bed, a bathroom, a stove and a dining table cramped within feet of each other.

She’s constantly roaming, looking for the next place to park. While she’s grateful to have a roof over her head, she wants a stable place she can call home.

“It’s come to this point where I can’t continue psychologically, I can’t continue doing this as I’ve been doing for two years” said Hewlett, who is originally from Pennsylvania and currently lives in an RV full-time in Newfoundland and Labrador

Housing starts are falling, immigration is rising. Cui bono?

H/T Sweetpea

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

After my banking travails, I fear Britain is lost

When moving around London this week, it’s been impossible not to notice a symbol adorning the premises of many of our corporations, including the banks: the multicoloured Pride flag. We are living through the politicisation of our corporate sector. Woe betide you if you do not conform with its worldview.

This was brought home to me when I was recently told by my bank that it is closing all my accounts without explanation. It is impossible to function without a bank account. It should alarm everybody that a bank has the power to punish those it considers to have erred or strayed.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", "Surveillance Society"

Service member in suit against Canadian military describes devastating impact of COVID jab mandates

A plaintiff in the massive lawsuit against the Canadian military over its imposition of COVID jab mandates condemned the requirements in comments to LifeSiteNews this week, arguing the rules that have forced out many otherwise battle-ready soldiers is an example of “friendly fire through policy.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "China eats weird animals disease", Canada

Proud Boys to pay church $1 million for destroyed ‘Black Lives Matter’ sign

The Proud Boys organization must pay more than $1 million to a historic Black church in D.C. after a judge determined members of the group damaged a Black Lives Matter sign displayed on the building’s front lawn in 2020.

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church sued the Proud Boys International LLC in 2021 after alleging members of the group vandalized the church’s sign during a march in December 2020 and subsequently left threatening messages on the church’s voice mail.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

Laith Marouf’s Federal Grant Application Raised ‘No Flags’ Because His Wife Submitted Paperwork: Briefing Note

Justin and fellow racist Laith Marouf

An application for over $133,000 in federal funding by Laith Marouf, who openly posted antisemitic remarks online, raised “no flags” within the Department of Canadian Heritage because his wife submitted the paperwork for the grant, according to an internal briefing note.

“The project was assessed which included an assessment of the public profile of the organization, the organization’s track record, the external environment and the financials,” said the Heritage Canada briefing note obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAnti-Semitism and the Left, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Kevin Spacey is a ‘sexual bully,’ UK court told

Kevin Spacey is “a man who does not respect personal boundaries” and gets a thrill from preying on other men, prosecutors told jurors at the start of the actor’s sexual assault trial in London on Friday.

The 63-year-old faces 12 charges, including sexual assault, indecent assault, and causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent. The latter charge carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

The Oscar-winning actor has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#MeToo

Randall Denley: Don’t expect the feds or province to come to Toronto’s rescue this time

Higher taxes and fewer services likely as mayor-elect Olivia Chow tries to dig city of out financial hole

Toronto mayor-elect Olivia Chow has promised a “modest” tax increase. Unfortunately for Torontonians, even something an NDPer would call modest won’t be enough to get the city out of the financial hole it’s in.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

France protests: more than 1,300 arrested as riots surge in Marseille and Lyon

More than 1,300 people were arrested in a fourth night of violence in France after the police shooting of a 17-year-old boy.

Forty-five thousand police officers, including special forces, were deployed to respond to rioting across the country on Friday night, with the situation in two big cities – Marseille and Lyon – highlighted as particularly chaotic, with buildings and vehicles torched and stores looted.

The ministry of the interior reported that 1,311 people were arrested overnight, while 79 police officers and gendarmes were injured and 2,500 fires were recorded.

Very vibrant.

White supremacists again …

More video at Fdesouche – 4th night of post Nahel riots (night of Friday June 30 to Saturday July 1)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", France, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West