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Canada Must Stop the Sale of Armoured Vehicles to ICE Canada has a legal obligation, under both domestic and international law, to block the sale of armoured vehicles to U.S.

Canada has a legal obligation under domestic and international law to deny export permits for military machinery that could be used against civilians. My latest on the need for the PM to cancel the export permits of the Rochel vehicles going to ICE.

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Why is there a Shortage of Menopause Hormone Therapy? Exploring the fragile supply chain allowed by the government

Here is a deep dive inter hormone therapy shortages, which is not an isolated issue, but part of a larger issue of serious medication shortages. vajenda.substack.com/p/why-is-the...

Group Sending Canadian Right-Wing Media Personalities on Free Trips to Israel Quietly Funded by the Israeli Government Israeli foreign ministry granted Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring ‘Canadian influencers and policymakers’ to Israel, documents show

NEW: Group sending Canadian right-wing media personalities on free trips to Israel quietly funded by Israeli government

Documents unearthed by @pressprogress.ca show Israel's foreign ministry granted the Exigent Foundation $175,000 CAD to bring "Canadian influencers and policymakers" to Israel

Few Canadians know that slavery once existed in Canada, or that many of the British Loyalists who came here after the American Revolution were Black. They do not know that segregation was accepted in Canada well into the 1960s….racism is not a matter just of the past. @policyalternatives.ca

No more armoured vehicles for ICE! Sign the petition to demand Canada stop exporting military equipment fuelling human rights abuses.

We stand with Minnesota ✊❤️

Selling armoured vehicles to ICE isn't Canada Strong. @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social STOP the sale of Canadian arms to ICE and #CloseTheLoopholes! act.gp/4jY60a0 @greenpeaceca.bsky.social

Opinion: A trial unfolding in a B.C. courtroom shows journalists are more important than ever How much more easily might authorities control the story if journalists aren’t allowed to do their work?

A trial unfolding in a B.C. courtroom shows journalists are more important than ever. Photojournalist Amber Bracken was documenting the actions of police. We should be thanking her, not prosecuting her, by @marshalederman.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com

I've spent my day tracking down Canadian companies that have direct or indirect contracts supporting ICE operations.

So far, I've found NINE. I've reached out to all of them.

I plan to publish my video on this tomorrow, detailing the companies, contract amounts and purposes.

Opinion | Renee Good’s Death Cannot Be Justified Laura Norton-Cruz writes about the shooting death of Renee Good and how people must recognize that her death affects them.

OPINION: "Renee Good doesn't have to be a perfect person with a perfect history to deserve to still be alive," Laura Norton-Cruz writes.

He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

Calgary ERs face 'extreme overcapacity,' internal hospital memo says | CBC News Hospitals are tightening policies to prevent patient bottlenecks, even if beds aren't available, according to a memo obtained by CBC News.

Please, please get your vaccines.

Good for you. Good for community. Good for healthcare system.

Emergency wards coping with 'extreme overcapacity' in flu season: cbc.ca/news/canada/...

#VaccinesWork

New research finds trans teens have high satisfaction with gender care The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.

Gender affirming care for trans people is safe, effective, and has a lower regret rate (4%) than almost any major medical procedure. It saves lives. These are facts. The right's talking-points are recycled "they are coming for your children!" scare tactics well over fifty years old at this point.

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan Proposed plan would apply to tourists of all countries, including those not required to get a visa to visit the US All tourists to the United States would have to reveal their social media activity from the last five years, under new Trump administration plans. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), would also require any email addresses and telephone numbers visitors have used in the same period, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members, including children. Continue reading...

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan

This is really, really good and worth your time.

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "do I fuckin look relaxed"

Relying heavily on contractors can cut attendance by 27% for museums, theaters and other arts nonprofits – new research Relying on flexible labor arrangements does not provide lasting financial benefits for nonprofits, making them more of a Band-Aid than a cure.

Nonprofits turning to flexible labor to cut costs may be hurting themselves. A study of over 7,800 arts organizations found it doesn't improve long-term financial health and can reduce attendance significantly.
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Joel Quenneville's return to Chicago last night might be the final time that the Brad Aldrich story is at the forefront of the hockey world's minds.

But we should never forget what we're moving on from.

My column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/673...

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga Videos of frontman Ken Casey confronting rightwing provocateurs at the band’s gigs have gone viral, attracting new fans and new safety worries. He wants to lower the temperature – and see other bands speaking out

‘This country’s gonna fall on its face. There’s nobody coming to save us’: Boston punks Dropkick Murphys take on Maga

Watching all these centrist pundits stress the “civility” of Charlie Kirk’s style without addressing the ugliness of his substance is giving me a renewed appreciation of how the civil, polite White Citizens’ Councils conned the same crowd into thinking they were distinct from the cruder Klan.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

Climate change is making heat waves worse. A new study shows how specific companies are fuelling the problem | CBC News A new study has linked the deadliest type of disaster — heat waves — directly to major fossil fuel companies and their products.

Climate change is making heat waves worse. A new study shows how specific companies are fuelling the problem.
Attributing heat waves directly to carbon majors could influence climate litigation
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Air Canada flight attendants to defy back-to-work order, remain on strike: union | CBC News Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage, the Canadian Union of Public Emplo...

“Air Canada flight attendants will defy the back-to-work order and remain on strike after the federal government ordered binding arbitration to end the work stoppage”

As a network organization, we amplify the work and impact of our members. These Days of Observances are being promoted within the network to help raise awareness and initiate conversations!

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been granted release by a federal judge from a Louisiana ICE detention center, more than three months after he was arrested outside his apartment on Columbia University's campus.

Read more: cnn.it/3G9wBkX

Decolonizing history and social studies curricula has a long way to go in Canada Research from a project about thinking historically for Canada’s future finds curricula must do far more to challenge dominant narratives and value Indigenous worldviews.

Decolonizing history and social studies curricula has a long way to go in Canada

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.

While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.

This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Sgt. Blain Young was ticketing cyclists for the Idaho Stop in High Park in 2022. He rolled a stop sign, hit a cyclist. No penalty. Now, he's the 4th highest paid TPS officer & spends his time harassing cyclists at #CriticalMass handing out HTA tickets: www.thebikinglawyer.ca/post/letter-...

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Court Finds “Groomer” to be Defamatory Hate Speech in $380,000 Ruling Each of the four plaintiffs was awarded $75,000 in general damages and $20,000 in aggravated damages, totalling $380,000.

NEW:

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that Brian Webster was “motivated by actual malice toward the plaintiffs who were members of a vulnerable community.”

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Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters Letters: We must guard against the ‘bystander effect’ when we encounter creeping fascism, writes Dr Caroline Vincent. Plus letters from Paul Goldreich, Russell Simpson and Robin Shohet

Say it loud: this is fascism – and we must all resist it | Letters