Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips said his decision was based on how well Lich’s surety has supervised her, that she has followed her bail conditions, along with “having had a taste of jail,” which lowered risk of reoffence.
The judge said he does not accept that Lich breached her release conditions by agreeing to receive an award, and added Lich can be trusted to respect the conditions of her release.
The shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, was another in a long line of senseless tragedies involving guns and schools. That it involves little children is almost beyond our capacity to bear.
What is the government’s responsibility in dealing with this horrific incident?
More… New Disturbing Details Emerge About Shooter Who Attacked Texas Elementary School
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may have marked the start of “a third world war,” and Russian President Vladimir Putin must be defeated “as soon as possible” if the world wants to preserve civilization.
That was the stark message that Hungarian-born billionaire and philanthropist George Soros delivered on Tuesday to attendees at the 2022 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
“Even when the fighting stops, as it eventually must, the situation will never revert” to where it was before, warned the 91-year-old Soros.
Sorry Georgie, not buyin it.
Ukraine war: Put values over profits, Nato chief tells countries
The war in Ukraine has highlighted how countries need to put values before profits, Nato’s chief has warned.
Jens Stoltenberg said it had shown “how economic relations with authoritarian regimes can create vulnerabilities”.
His speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos singled out trade with Russia and China in particular.
Mr Stoltenberg pointed to issues such as Russia’s dominance over Europe’s gas supply, as well as bids from Chinese companies to run 5G networks.
Like that’ll happen, hell they’re attempting to condition us to accept that oil and gas sales with our enemy should be considered “neutral” commerce.
Hollywood celebrities wasted little time capitalizing on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, urging voters and lawmakers to support more gun control while also blaming the shooting on Republicans and other supporters of Second Amendment rights.
Celebrities including Alyssa Milano, Rob Reiner, Elizabeth Banks, Bette Midler, Piper Perabo, and Stephen King all took advantage of the incident as a way to push familiar Democratic refrains.
In 1993, the United States finally arrested Omar Abdel-Rahman, popularly known as the Blind Sheikh, the religious leader of the Egyptian Jihadist group Gamaat Islamiya, after three years during which his followers bombed the World Trade Center and plotted to bomb the Statue of Liberty and a range of targets all across New York City.
The Biden administration has now announced that it’s taking Gamaat Islamiya off the terror list.
This isn’t a great week to be a transgender advocate. It’s also not a particularly good week to be a lousy establishment politician. I’m not saying it’s a great week for everybody else, but at least in one small sliver of the universe there is some hope for us normals.
In Indiana and Louisiana, for example, the state legislatures are acting to protect girls’ and women’s sports from the trans invasion, even despite opposition from the awful governors of the two states.
There is still hope.pic.twitter.com/ORFRl7ozUC
— Laurence Fox ✝️ 🚛 (@LozzaFox) May 24, 2022
An email encouraging members of the Canadian Armed Forces to consider contacting Habitat for Humanity if they can’t find affordable housing is casting a spotlight on a growing challenge facing military personnel and their families.
The email was sent by a senior officer at 19 Wing Comox to other members at the Royal Canadian Air Force base on northern Vancouver Island, which is home to the military’s search-and-rescue school as well as several squadrons of aircraft.
“Further to our discussion this morning, one potential housing option for our folks is Habitat for Humanity,” said the email dated May 5. “Should this be of interest to any of your personnel, please have them review the information located here.”
Develop new skills! Like standing in a welfare line! This will really help recruiting.
A new poll shows a shocking amount of Democrats believe in the idea behind the “great replacement theory” despite attempts from the left to brand it as a fringe right-wing conspiracy theory in the wake of the deadly Buffalo shooting.
A YouGov/Yahoo poll found that 61% of former President Donald Trump supporters believe in the tenet of the “great replacement” theory that “a group of people in this country are trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants and people of color who share their political views,” according to the poll.
But it wasn’t just right-leaning individuals. The poll also found that 21% of registered Democrats agreed with the statement while 37% of independents also agreed with the statement.
I was wrong. In my Sunday column about the legal attempts to return Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich to jail, I said it was the federal government that was trying to have her bail revoked.
Former MPP Conservative Party leadership candidate Roman Baber recently appear on the CBC with Rosemary Barton, host of “Rosemary Barton Live,” where he proved how little the Canadian legacy media is willing and able to speak about the negative effects of lockdowns and other restrictions placed on Canadians over the last two years.
On the offset, it should be said that Baber did a great job of discussing the issue of the failures of restrive COVID-19 policies in a way that would be appealing to those who may have thought lockdowns were effective, but the most interesting part of the interview is Barton’s reaction to the discussion.
Kremlin vows to service its debt in roubles – an option that’s already been rejected
It is “a matter of time” until Russia defaults on its foreign debts after Joe Biden cut the Kremlin off from paying its bondholders.
Moscow is on the cusp of its first foreign debt default in a century after the US allowed an exemption permitting Russia to meet its obligations to international creditors to lapse.
The cut-off, which means US banks and individuals are banned from receiving bond payments from Russia, comes before Moscow is due to make a tranche of payments worth around $100m this Friday.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to cancel plans to attend a fundraising dinner on Tuesday evening after two speakers at the event said protesters hurled racial slurs at the mostly South Asian attendees entering a convention centre in Surrey, B.C.
Trudeau did not enter the building and spoke to a crowd for about three minutes by Zoom instead of making a speech in person.
He said no one should be intimidated or stopped from exercising their democratic freedoms “because that’s what this country is all about.”
Funny thing is there seems to be no video record of the alleged slurs that I can find, that sort of thing would be fire on Twitter. Please prove me wrong.
Headline: Trudeau cancels appearance at Surrey fundraiser after protesters hurl racial slurs…
First sentence: two speakers at the event said protesters hurled racial slurs at the mostly South Asian attendees entering a convention centre in Surrey, B.C.
What did you read?
— Jœ NëÙÚTön (@wampaloos) May 25, 2022
Protest at Trudeau's scheduled fundraiser in Surrey, BC on May 24. pic.twitter.com/bL4duzIa3u
— Don Wilson, LLB 🇨🇦 (@DNSWilson) May 25, 2022
Smells like LPC propaganda served up by a bought-off press.
California could soon hold social media companies responsible for harming children who have become addicted to their products, permitting parents to sue platforms like Instagram and TikTok for up to $25,000 per violation under a bill that passed the state Assembly on Monday.
The bill defines “addiction” as kids under 18 who are both harmed – either physically, mentally, emotionally, developmentally or materially – and who want to stop or reduce how much time they spend on social media but they can’t because they are preoccupied or obsessed with it.
Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal Liberal government to scrap taxes on gasoline temporarily as Canadians grapple with eye-popping fuel prices ahead of the busy summer driving season.
With the price of almost everything spiking due to a 30-year high in inflation, the cost of living has become the top political issue in Canada.
OTTAWA — An Ottawa judge is expected to decide today whether “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich should return to jail.
Moiz Karimjee, a Crown prosecutor, says Lich violated one of her bail conditions by agreeing to accept an award for her leadership during the Ottawa protest, and should be sent back behind bars to wait for her trial.
