I’m Being Investigated by the British Columbia College of Nurses Because I Believe Biological Sex Is Real

In November 2020, the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) informed me that I was under investigation for my “off-duty conduct.” My disciplinary hearing is scheduled to take place from May 30th through June 3rd, and my career as a nurse hangs in the balance. I have been working throughout, apart from a stress leave and various sick days that I have taken to protect my mental health.

The BCCNM is a regulatory body whose stated purpose is to protect the public from harm, and to ensure that nurses and midwives meet defined standards of care and professional responsibilities. It issues a license to practice; and without it, you can’t work as a nurse in British Columbia. I’d never thought too much about the BCCNM before this investigation was announced. I did my job, and believe I did it well. I paid my license fees each year—that was it.

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Japanese billionaire says ‘big potential’ for robot companions to make people happy

A Japanese billionaire who purchased a robotics startup that makes petlike companions predicts the machines may be the key in filling the void in human hearts.

Yusaku Maezawa, a 46-year-old who started Japan’s largest online fashion, announced last month that his investment fund bought Groove X, the creator of LOVOT companions, according to CNN Business, which said the terms of the deal are not publicly known.

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Full embargo on oil could stop war – ex-Putin aide

A “real embargo” on Russian energy by Western countries could stop war in Ukraine, President Putin’s former chief economic adviser has suggested.

Dr Andrei Illarionov said Russia “did not take seriously” other countries’ threats to reduce their energy usage.

Despite trying to reduce its reliance on Russian sources, Europe is continuing to buy oil and gas.

Last year, soaring prices meant oil and gas revenues accounted for 36% of Russia’s government spending.

Much of that income comes from the European Union, which imports about 40% of its gas and 27% of its oil from Russia.

This is turning into a phony war.

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GOLDSTEIN: Replacing fossil fuels with green energy trades one dictator for another

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other global leaders, especially in Europe, are touting wind and solar power to end Europe’s dependency on Russia for 45% of its natural gas and 25% of its oil.

They claim it’s the solution to global energy security threatened by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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‘I did that!’: Man arrested after placing Biden decals on gas pump, as fuel anger grows

A fed-up Pennsylvania man got into an ugly gas station confrontation with local cops after he was allegedly caught slapping anti-Joe Biden stickers on the pumps in protest of rising fuel prices.

“This guy stuck stickers on a gas pump, got yelled at by a clerk for doing so and went crazy afterwards,” wrote Aaron Philips, who recorded the March 31 incident and shared it on Facebook.

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Russian troops took highly radioactive ‘souvenirs’ looted from Chernobyl, Ukraine says

Russian soldiers took highly radioactive “souvenirs” from laboratories in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine said Saturday.

Invading Russian forces entered two laboratories in Chernobyl, which they looted and destroyed in an act of “nuclear terrorism,” the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management said on Facebook.

Russian troops entered a repository of ionizing radiation sources in the Ecocentre laboratory and “stole and damaged 133 sources with a total activity of about seven million becquerels,” the agency said.

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French election: Macron faces far-right challenge as France votes

French voters are casting their ballots in the opening round of a presidential race that could become a cliffhanger.

Emmanuel Macron has a fight on his hands from far-right challenger Marine Le Pen, who has been galvanised by a slick election campaign.

Forty-nine million people are eligible to decide which two of 12 candidates should take part in the run-off vote.

But after four hours of voting, only a quarter of voters had turned out – the lowest for 20 years.

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The More Vaccines You Take, the Weaker Your Immune System Becomes

There is no longer any doubt, based on the science, that getting “vaccinated” for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) is a great way to destroy your immune system.

It is now clearer than ever that the more jabs a person takes, the greater his or her risk of suffering immune failure. And over time, each additional injection weakens the immune system that much more, increasing the odds that chronic illness or death becomes the result.

On his Substack, Steve Kirsch revealed data from the New Zealand Ministry of Health showing that the triple vaccinated are much more vulnerable to becoming infected with or dying from covid than the unvaccinated.

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Matt Gurney: Liberals spending $8 billion for defence won’t fix dysfunctional military systems

After years of chronic neglect and underfunding, and in the more immediate aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was obvious that more money was going to be spent on defence. Senior Liberals, from the PM on down, had been hinting as much for weeks. First there was the F-35 announcement, and now Thursday’s news: a further $8 billion on defence immediately. More might come.

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Why the Classroom Activists Never Give Up

It is often said that when something controversial is being pounded into the public via media headlines, there is something else that is going on behind the scenes that the public is being distracted from. This is certainly the case with America’s education system. While the public has been hammered with a full-frontal assault by activists pushing Critical Race Theory and gender ideology in the schools overtly, there has also been a covert assault from the flank called Social-Emotional Learning or SEL.

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This Economics Professor Who’s Behind B.C.’s New Economic Plan Wants To Remake Capitalism

British economist Mariana Mazzucato wants to remake capitalism by shaping economic growth around objectives such as tackling social inequality and sustainability. Her ideas attracted the interest of British Columbia’s Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation Minister, Ravi Kahlon, who sought out the economics professor at University College London, and she spent a year helping draft a new economic plan for the province. In a telephone interview with The Globe and Mail’s Justine Hunter, Prof. Mazzucato explains the concepts behind the new “Stronger BC” economic blueprint, which is designed to build back from the pandemic and the climate catastrophes of 2021.

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Ontario Government Won’t Comment On Progress Of Digital ID Program

The Ontario government is remaining tight-lipped about the progress and rollout of the proposed provincial digital ID program.

The program was intended to launch in 2021, but was delayed due to the development of the province’s proof-of-vaccination app. In November, the government said they would roll the program out in 2022.

But since then, the government has removed reference to the 2022 timeline from the digital ID website.

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