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Canadian Chris 'Billboard Chris' Elston appeared before an Australian court Friday local time to confront what he calls the “greatest child abuse scandal in the history of modern medicine ..read more
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One of Canada’s largest oil industry groups is calling on the Alberta government to provide tax relief for low productivity wells to prevent them from turning into orphans ..read more
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Australian Senator Jacqui Lambie went on a rant on national television this week about how Twitter (“X”) boss Elon Musk deserves to be put in jail for his refusal to comply with censoring his platform ..read more
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An RCMP officer stationed in St. Paul has been charged with child sexual exploitation offences following an ALERT Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) investigation ..read more
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It hasn’t quite thrown in the towel on its controversial drug decriminalization program, but the BC government is throwing up its hands at what it says are barriers to restricting where and how narcotics can be openly used in public — including hospitals and public health facilities ..read more
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The Alberta government said elementary school teachers and students will benefit from an updated kindergarten to Grade 6 social studies curriculum and resources in classrooms in fall 2024 ..read more
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It’s a cautionary net-zero tale for the so-called ‘energy transition ..read more
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Quebec’s Îles-de-la-Madeleine, an archipelago in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, has implemented a system where people must scan a QR code or show ID in order to leave its borders ..read more
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Startling events took place recently in the small city of Quesnel, British Columbia, when the city council voted to condemn a book that none of its council members had read, and asked for the mayor’s resignation because his wife had given a few copies of the book to friends. You would think a city council has better things to do than to tell citizens what not to read ..read more