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Greens pick astrophysicist Amita Kuttner as interim leader, 1st leader who is trans
The Greens have chosen a nonbinary astrophysicist as the interim leader of their party. Amita Kuttner, an expert in black holes, was appointed Wednesday by the Greens' Federal Council to lead the party until a new leader is elected next year.At least 31 dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel
At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date.
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At least 31 migrants bound for Britain died Wednesday when their boat sank in the English Channel, in what France's interior minister called the biggest tragedy involving migrants on the dangerous crossing to date. The World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, FastEnvironmental | 189 hits | 6:16 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The shift to electric vehicles is exciting, but it will leave us with thousands of tonnes of spent batteries. Black Friday is causing toxic traffic jams at US ports and warehouses
Communities near ports and warehouses pay for Americans’ holiday shopping with their air quality and health. Online shopping and broken supply chains during the pandemic have made pollution even worse. B.C. becomes first province to introduce five days of permanent paid sick leave | Globalnews.caProvincial Politics | 198 hits | 5:45 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape
Roads washed out as storm hits NewfoundlandEnvironmental | 284 hits | 2:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by Scape
White father and son are both found GUILTY of murder of Ahmaud Arbery | Daily Mail Online
The jury in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery has reached a verdict.
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The jury in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery has reached a verdict. Could take 'days or weeks' to fix flood-damaged parts of Cape Breton
The province's Emergency Management Office declared a state of emergency for Victoria County in Cape Breton after heavy rain washed out roads. Heavy storms headed for southwest B.C., threatening recovery from floods and landslides
Officials are urging British Columbians to prepare for heavy rainfall hitting southwestern B.C., this week, which could worsen an already precarious situation for that part of the province. Storm washes away areas of Trans-Canada Highway in southwestern Newfoundland
Police and the Department of Transportation are reporting multiple washed out roads in the Codroy Valley area, including the Trans-Canada Highway near Doyles, after a rainstorm pummelled Newfoundland's southwest coast overnight.Moscow says U.S. rehearsed nuclear strike against Russia this month | Reuters
Russia's defence minister on Tuesday accused U.S. bombers of rehearsing a nuclear strike on Russia from two different directions earlier this month and complained that the planes had come within 20 km (12.4 miles) of the Russian border.
Russia's defence minister on Tuesday accused U.S. bombers of rehearsing a nuclear strike on Russia from two different directions earlier this month and complained that the planes had come within 20 km (12.4 miles) of the Russian border. Panic-buying — not highway washouts — causing empty shelves and shortages in B.C. | The ProvinceLaw & Order | 188 hits | 4:46 PM on Tuesday | posted by Scape
Australia declares La Niña phenomenon has begun
The climate pattern can lead to significant weather changes in different parts of the world. Whatever else happens, this Parliament looks set to be (mostly) about climate change
As the 44th Parliament since Confederation gets down to business this week, parts of British Columbia are still under water. The province has only just begun to recover from what could prove to be the most expensive disaster in Canadian history. Whatever Dodge will phase out gas-powered Charger and Challenger in 2024 to make way for EVs
Dodge will stop making gas-powered Charger and Challenger vehicles in 2024 as it shifts resources to electric vehicles. The company’s first electric muscle concept will be revealed in 2022, followed by a plug-in hybrid vehicle. Premier slams Ontario developer that raised condo prices by $100K after cancelling sales deals
Premier Doug Ford on Monday criticized an Ontario condo developer that cancelled years-old sales deals with dozens of buyers unless they agree to pay more to hold on to the under-construction housing units in Barrie, Ont. P.E.I. vows to fight federal decision to halt potato exports to U.S. over potato wart fungus
Premier Dennis King said the P.E.I. government will be considering "all options" at its disposal, including legal ones, to fight the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's suspension of fresh potato exports from the province to the U.S. due to the discovery of Conservative Party’s national council to discuss Batters’ early leadership review petition at Dec. 10-12 meeting, if not before, says party president Batherson
Senator Denise Batters says she has the support of a number of other caucus members and senior Conservatives but has not revealed any names, and Parliamentarians supporting the petition were not expecting her expulsion so quickly, according to Conservativ Liberals to study plan to move military prosecutors and defence lawyers to civilian justice system
The Liberal government is setting up an internal working group to study “the full or partial civilianization” of military prosecutors and defence counsels in uniform, CBC News has learned. CRTC hearings begin on Rogers-Shaw deal that would make Big Three telcos even bigger
The drama of a power play within the Rogers family may be winding down, but the theatrics of getting the family-run company's massive takeover of Shaw over the goal line have only just begun. 5 dead, 40 injured after SUV speeds through Wisconsin Christmas parade, police sayMisc World | 174 hits | 6:12 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb
A joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant as an SUV sped through barricades and into a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing at least five people and injuring more than 40 Facebook tells LA police to stop spying on users with fake accounts
Meta said using third party firms to collect data on Facebook users for surveillance was prohibited.
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Meta said using third party firms to collect data on Facebook users for surveillance was prohibited. Red Cross forced to pay Afghan doctors, nurses with bags of cash in wake of U.S. withdrawalMisc World | 184 hits | 5:21 AM on Saturday | posted by DrCaleb
Afghanistan is facing a looming humanitarian crisis as aid organizations struggle with ways to pay doctors, nurses and others on the ground because there is currently no way to transfer salaries to bank accounts there, the head of the International Commit Montreal principal tells students not to walk alone at night following fatal shooting of Thomas Trudel | CTV NewsLaw & Order | 196 hits | 10:43 PM on Friday | posted by Scape
Days after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in Montreal’s Saint-Michel neighbourhood, the victim’s principal is telling her students to avoid the nearby park and to not walk alone at night. Kyle Rittenhouse is found NOT GUILTY on all counts | Daily Mail OnlineMisc World | 232 hits | 10:47 AM on Friday | posted by Zipperfish
Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty on all counts. The jury reached a verdict in the Kenosha shooter trial on Friday after four days of deliberation. Ford Doubles Its Global EV Projection To 600,000 Within 2 Years
Ford is seriously accelerating its electrification plans due to the tremendous demand for already introduced or announced models. Modi's reversal: India farm laws to be repealedMisc World | 187 hits | 7:17 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
In a major reversal, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Friday that he would repeal the controversial agriculture laws that sparked yearlong protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant challenge to his administration. Yukoners go to emergency room for basic care, after territory's last walk-in clinic closes
Yukoners without a family doctor are being forced to go to the emergency room for basic medical care, since the last walk-in clinic in the territory closed in August. Safety board and CP Rail blocked criminal probe into deadly mountain crash, lawsuit allegesLaw & Order | 205 hits | 7:24 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
The families of two Calgary railroaders killed in a runaway train crash near Field, B.C., in 2019 are accusing Canada’s top safety watchdog of conspiring with CP Rail to block a criminal investigation into the deadly derailment. Preview: 2023 Fisker Ocean EV starts at $37,499, goes up to 350 miles, offers solar roof
The Fisker Ocean electric SUV will offer up to 350 miles of range, a solar roof, and the technology to be used as home backup power. Decendants of dissolved Edmonton-area First Nations continue to struggle to regain treaty rightsLaw & Order | 229 hits | 6:04 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
For descendants of two Edmonton-area First Nations, seeking justice for historical wrongs has been a hard-fought battle beset by legal challenges and divided leadership. WE Charity misled donors about building schools in Kenya, records showLaw & Order | 198 hits | 5:51 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Marc and Craig Kielburger’s WE Charity routinely misled school-aged children and wealthy philanthropists across North America for years as it solicited millions for schoolhouses in Kenya and other projects in its Adopt-A-Village program, an investigatio Parts of Sask. still without power, poor visibility on highways around Regina as province pummeled by blizzard
Power outages are still affecting large parts of rural Saskatchewan in wake of the overnight storm and the highways in and out of Regina were in rough shape Wednesday morning. Larin strikes twice as Canada ascends to top of World Cup qualifying group with win over Mexico
A record-tying night from Cyle Larin not only propelled Canada to a 2-1 win over Mexico on Tuesday at Commonwealth Stadium, but put the Canadians at the top of their CONCACAF World Cup group. Senator Denise Batters kicked out of Conservative caucus over challenge to O’Toole’s leadership
Tory senator launched a petition calling on party members to support a review of O’Toole’s leadership within the next six months Lucid Air named MotorTrend Car of the Year
The Lucid Air, the first model from California-based electric car start-up company Lucid Motors, has been named MotorTrend's 2022 Car of the Year.More than 500 people stung by scorpions flushed out by storms in Egypt
Storms forced scorpions from their hiding places into many houses across the province of Aswan
Storms forced scorpions from their hiding places into many houses across the province of Aswan Nato chief warns Russia against ‘further provocation’ amid Ukraine tensionsMisc World | 232 hits | 6:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb
Jens Stoltenberg says large Russian military buildup has been seen near Ukraine border Anomalies found for mail-in and rejected ballots in Montreal | Montreal Gazette
Ensemble Montréal announces it has filed applications in court for recounts in two borough mayoral races: C.D.N.–N.D.G. and R.D.P–P.A.T. Russian weapons test resulted in debris now threatening space station, U.S. says
Orbiting space junk identified as debris from a Russian arms test threatened the seven astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Monday, forcing them to seek shelter in their docked capsules and disrupting their work. Entire city of Merritt being evacuated due to floodingEnvironmental | 223 hits | 10:52 AM on Monday | posted by Scape
U.K. counterterrorism police arrest 3 after deadly Liverpool car blast
Counterterrorism officers arrested three people after a vehicle explosion outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool left one person dead and another injured on Sunday, police said.
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Counterterrorism officers arrested three people after a vehicle explosion outside the Women's Hospital in Liverpool left one person dead and another injured on Sunday, police said. Up to 10 people believed trapped in mudslide that swept across B.C. highway
Officials believe up to 10 people have been trapped in their cars after a mudslide on a major highway in southern B.C. on Sunday. Canada has no choice but to bar Huawei from 5G mobile networks, security experts say | National PostBack to Canada News
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