On top of their disgusting loyalty oath, the Sundance Film Festival, along with other left-wing festivals, have gone full McCarthyism by blacklisting controversial titles.
Ontario has much at stake in Japan’s losing EV race
Japan is at risk of losing the race in all-electric vehicles (EVs). And that poses a danger for southern Ontario, with its three Japanese auto plants.
Among the 35 models in Bloomberg’s latest ranking of the best performing EVs only three are Japanese vehicles.
Toyota Motor Corp., the world’s biggest automaker, concentrates on hybrid vehicles, which it pioneered with the first gas-electric Prius a quarter of a century ago. As do most Japanese automakers.
Bear in mind that Toyota among others are not sold on EV’s as the future. No one should be, that is no one who hopes to own a personal vehicle. EV’s are a pipe dream.
Toyota’s CEO Still Not Sold on EVs
Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda is still pushing his company’s interest in hybrids and hydrogen. And he says many in the industry agree with him.
The Trudeau government has been running around throwing money at virtually anything that has an Electric-La-La-Land sticker on it.
We’re late to the EV game but that may be a blessing assuming saner heads prevail and recognize that EV’s are nothing but a con job.
I have a sinking feeling that the only carbon reduction Canada will see thanks to Justin’s nonsense will be all that cash leaving the country.
Alec Baldwin’s ‘recklessness’ on set led to criminal charge, prosecutors say
Alec Baldwin’s “recklessness”, and the failure of his production team to follow basic gun safety procedures on the set of the movie Rust, led to the decision to file a criminal charge against the US actor in the death of a cinematographer, prosecutors said.
Mary Carmack-Altwies, the Santa Fe district attorney, said Baldwin, and the movie’s armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, violated “all of the standards that we all have to follow if we have a gun in our hands” in the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins with a prop weapon during a rehearsal in New Mexico in 2021.
Times must be bad when even SPAM is under lock and key
Businesses innovating anti-theft measures as shoplifting, organized crime surge
Retail thefts have ballooned in the last few years, creating a multi-billion problem for retailers and forcing companies to take drastic action to protect from lost profits.
Numerous pharmacies, grocery stores and other retailers have shortened store hours or been forced to close permanently as locked-up merchandise becomes commonplace to protect against shoplifters and smash-and-grab thieves.
Olaf Scholz won’t release the Leopards – here’s why
After breaking away from decades of cosy relationships with Moscow, Germany is reluctant to unilaterally escalate for the war in Ukraine
There is one question everyone wants answering on the war in Ukraine: will Germany ‘release the Leopards’?
The answer, at this stage, appears to be a resounding no.
Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, is the politician tasked with making or breaking the dreams of Ukrainians on the front lines.
Only he can approve the export of Leopard II held by Germany and its allies to Kyiv.
It seems a strange allegiance… Majority Of Western Companies Doing Business As Usual In Russia Are German, Study Finds
Divided, arguing and adrift: What’s left of the ‘Freedom Convoy’ one year later?
Everywhere Justin Long goes, Ottawa’s so-called “Freedom Convoy” goes with him.
It was an event, Long says, that restored his national pride to such a degree that he tattooed a reminder of the protest on the back of his left hand.
“Don’t tread on me” — the slogan of the American Revolution-era flag favoured by anti-government groups — is inked just above his wrist. In the centre is a Canada goose wearing a yellow vest, a nod to the Yellow Vesters, the progenitor protest movement to the “Freedom Convoy,” and holding a jerry can in its beak. And on his knuckles is a four-letter word: “Honk.”
Over 17,000 weapons surrendered in first year of Australian firearms amnesty
Retrieved weapons include a Vietnam war-era flamethrower, sawn-off shotguns, rifles, gel blasters and revolvers
More than 17,000 weapons, including a Vietnam war-era flamethrower, were surrendered in the first year of Australia’s national permanent firearms amnesty.
States and territories struck an agreement with the Commonwealth in 2019 to establish an enduring amnesty allowing gun owners to hand in unregistered, illegal, or unwanted firearms without punishment or investigation.
The amnesty began in mid-2021, after Covid-related delays, aiming to claw back some of the roughly 260,000 illicit firearms thought to be in circulation in Australia.
Leeds hospital terror alert triggered by man with ‘gun and explosives’
A counter terrorism investigation has been launched after a man carrying a gun and a suspect package was arrested inside the grounds of St James hospital in Leeds.
The 27-year-old man was arrested at around 5am on suspicion of firearms and explosives offences. It is understood the suspect was arrested close to the hospital’s maternity unit.
Part of the hospital had to be evacuated and bomb disposal teams from the British Army were drafted in.
Vatican’s news outlet highlights Pope’s longstanding relationship with Klaus Schwab
As the annual World Economic Forum takes place in Davos, Switzerland – gathering the global elite, wealthy and a host of anti-life and anti-freedom advocates – the Vatican’s news outlet is promoting the event as “presenting solutions” to world “crises.”
In an interview published January 19 on Vatican News, the local Catholic priest in Davos spoke about the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. It is taking place in its customary January spot, after having been held online in 2021 and then in May last year.
How Alberta Premier Danielle Smith outmaneuvered Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley on the ‘just transition’ controversy
If you’ve ever wondered whether politics does indeed make for unlikely bedfellows, just take a peek under the covers in Alberta.
In the run-up to the provincial election this spring, Premier Danielle Smith is receiving a boost from two of the unlikeliest of sources: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley.
That’s not to say Trudeau and Notley are deliberately trying to help Smith, but it is exactly what’s happening.
Sorry but my heart just isn’t in it: Increase in ‘Kraken’ COVID-19 subvariant renews calls for booster shots
Public health officials are warning COVID-19 infections may increase in severity as the latest subvariant – known as XBB.1.5, or “Kraken” – spreads in Canada.
At a news conference in Ottawa on Friday, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said the country’s health-care sector is still recovering, and while levels of influenza and RSV have returned to the seasonal norms, COVID-19 cases still fluctuate across Canada.
Portland has released an online dashboard that documents more than 30,000 homeless campsites
The City of Portland, Oregon, has released an online dashboard that documents more than 30,000 homeless campsites reported in the past year as officials vow to clean them up.
The Homelessness and Urban Camping Incident Response Program (HUCIRP) launched the dashboard on Wednesday to give the public more clarity on how they are handling the dire homeless situation in the City of Roses.
The interactive map shows the thousands of camps in the Oregon city, their risk level, and before and after photos after crews have cleaned up.
Hussen’s office gave $93k in PR work to senior staffer’s sister’s foodie firm
Housing Minister Ahmed Hussen’s office admitted Thursday night that his senior staffer is the sister of the director of a foodie communications firm that received $93,050 in constituency funds.
Hussen’s office confirmed that his director of policy, Tia Tariq, is sisters with Hiba Tariq, the director of Munch More Media, the company that has been receiving lucrative contracts to help the York South—Weston MP reach out to constituents.
I have never seen a government that has the unmitigated hatred and contempt of it citizens as Trudeau’s Liberals.
CIA director holds secret meeting with Zelensky on Russia’s next steps
CIA Director William J. Burns traveled in secret to Ukraine’s capital at the end of last week to brief President Volodymyr Zelensky on his expectations for what Russia is planning militarily in the coming weeks and months, said a U.S. official and other people familiar with the visit.
Burns’s travel comes at a critical juncture in the 11-month war. Russian forces are mounting a massive assault near the eastern city of Bakhmut that is causing many casualties on both sides and forcing Ukraine to weigh its resources there as it prepares a major counteroffensive elsewhere in the country.