‘Fire has always been political’: Why some are pushing back against restrictions in Atlantic Canada

Stay out of the woods. No hiking. No fishing. No camping. Don’t ride your ATV. These were the messages this past summer in Atlantic Canada, as provinces dealt with high temperatures and dry conditions.

But those restrictions caused friction in the region — and across Canada — which Eric Kennedy says shouldn’t be a surprise.

I’m a little surprised the CBC didn’t go all Covid enforcer on this.

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Philadelphia schools partner with CAIR for guidance on ‘American Jews’ and teaching 9/11

CAIR – TRUSTED ADVISOR ON JEWS

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced Monday that its Philadelphia chapter will partner with local schools, providing guidelines on teaching about 9/11 and holding workshops such as “American Jews and Political Power.”

In an Instagram post, the Muslim advocacy group said it was working with Philadelphia schools this year to ensure that students feel “seen, safe and supported” by “building more inclusive schools” through an educator’s guide, training sessions and workshops.

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Finland removes swastikas from air force flags to avoid awkwardness

Finland is to remove the swastika from the flags of its air force because its use has caused “awkward situations with foreign visitors”.

The Nordic nation adopted the swastika as its air force symbol in 1918, years before Germany’s Nazi party chose it as its emblem.

Air force command removed the swastika from use in 2020, but it lingers on the flags of some units.

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Jamie Sarkonak: We don’t need graphic child rape on Alberta’s school library shelves

Jean M. Auel’s Neolithic-age novel Clan of the Cave Bear has a brutal scene in which the protagonist, at age 10, is brutally beaten and raped by a Neanderthal (later, she gives birth to their child). This, I’m sure, is why it’s likely to be pulled from Edmonton Public School libraries in the fall.

It’s one of 200 titles that made the school board’s draft list of books slated for removal, which was recently leaked to CBC, due to the province’s sexual content guideline. That guideline states that no works containing graphic, explicit sex should be on school library shelves — and that access to works containing non-graphic depictions of sex should be limited to Grade 10 and up.

The classics were very violent.

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Cologne immigration pact opens door for AfD

In Cologne, a bizarre conspiracy of silence has settled. Only it’s not happening behind closed doors. All of the political parties involved in upcoming local elections, except the anti-immigration AfD, have openly agreed to avoid negative commentary on immigration during their campaigns.

Everyone, from the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to the far-Left Die Linke, has signed a “Fairness Agreement”, pledging not to talk about migrants in connection with “negative social developments such as unemployment or threats to domestic security”. This is likely to backfire spectacularly.

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LPC Rump releases feeble call to action on antisemitism that majority of Liberal MP’s can’t be bothered to endorse

Carney speaks at a Muslim Brotherhood function

Housefather, 31 other Liberal MPs release call to action on rising antisemitism in Canada

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather and 31 of his caucus colleagues have issued a statement condemning a “deplorable rise of antisemitism in Canada” and calling on Canadians to stand up against hatred toward Jewish communities.

Housefather wants protection from the Muslims his government let in to Canada, protection from the anti-Zionists that are the majority of the LPC?

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Two in three Brits would NOT fight for King or country, study reveals

Two in three adults would not fight for King or country if it came under attack, a new study has revealed.

The research found 64 per cent of respondents were unwilling to defend Britain in the event of war – while a further six per cent expressed uncertainty.

In every age bracket of the poll, conducted by the Daily Express, the majority of respondents were ‘not very willing’ or ‘not willing at all’ to serve.

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A look at the race to replace Canada’s rapidly aging fleet of submarines

OTTAWA – The contest to supply Canada with its next fleet of submarines heated up this week, as Ottawa narrowed down the competition to just two suppliers: a Korean company and a German one.

Here’s a look at where the massive procurement project currently stands.

1. Why does Canada need to buy new submarines?

Canada is racing to replace its deteriorating fleet of Victoria-class submarines. The fleet, bought second-hand from the U.K. in 1998, is rapidly aging and are expensive to repair and replace parts.

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FLETCHER: Cars cancel canola in Carney’s Canada

It looks as if Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will be off to experience China’s famous smog on his own, without a federal representative who has authority to make international trade deals.

Moe has set a date of Sept. 6 for his mission to Beijing support Western Canada’s canola industry against the latest and largest Chinese tariff – a preliminary 75.8% levy on canola seed. That joins earlier tariffs on processed meal and oil, imposed in response to Canada’s 100% tariff wall against Chinese electric vehicles.

(Incognito)

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Why white, working-class children fail: The race divide in English schools

Chinese and Indian students are excelling, and now black Africans, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are doing better than poor, white pupils

At the start of the 1990s, London was an educational basket case. Rock-bottom standards were typified by east London’s Hackney Downs School, dubbed “the worst in the country”, where local parents, desperate to avoid appalling underachievement, sent their children to schools miles away.

Secondaries in the borough, along with others in Islington, Tower Hamlets, Lambeth and Southwark, recorded some of the worst GCSE results in England.

But something remarkable has happened in the capital. A system that had seemed stuck in habitual failure has been transformed into an outstanding success story. Recent A-level results confirm that, not only is London at the top of the regional league table, it is leaving the rest of England floundering in its wake.

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