- Donald Trump is trying to distance himself from some of the more rabid anti-abortion folks, apparently realizing that the issue is not something that will help him in November. He has to do a careful balancing act here, though; we'll have to see how it goes.
- The European Court of Human Rights (which is a body of the Council of Europe, not the EU, hence it having jurisdiction in this case) has ruled that Switzerland's inadequate efforts to reduce carbon emissions constitute a violation of the rights of the plaintiffs. Realistically, courts rather than elected officials will probably have to do a lot of the heavy lifting, climate wise.
- The Sierra Club is undergoing huge internal upheavals including layoffs and labour disputes as well as massive turnover among the organization's leaders.
- Residents of a trailer park in the RM of St Clements, Manitoba are up in arms about the proposed construction of a pharmaceutical plant near their homes. Now pharmaceutical manufacturing is about as low-impact as large scale manufacturing can get in terms of noise, smell, etc, but the residents are convinced that it will "push them out of their neighbourhood". The plan includes the addition of a wastewater system, and perhaps the park residents are concerned that they'll be forced to hook up to the system once it exists, which would mean a significant short term expense for the trailer park (and hence its residents). Or maybe they just think the plant will be making those vaccines with the microchips that Bill Gates wants to inject into everyone. Who can say?
- Pierre Poilievre may be trying to replace Justin Trudeau (and will very likely succeed) but he's targeting the NDP as well, trying to present himself as a supporter of working-class people. It's nonsense, of course, but it's nonsense that a disturbing number of working-class people actually believe. What did L7 say again?
- A school trustee in Hamilton says she has been banned from in camera meetings over her refusal to delete a social media post in which she states that she is "under investigation" for other social media posts related to the Israel/Palestine situation.
- A Canadian laboratory that sold DNA test kits that were supposed to determine the paternity of a child apparently continued to sell the kits after they had been demonstrated to be inaccurate, making a mess of some people's lives as a result.
- A food bank in Cambridge, Ontario was the target of an arson attack on Monday night. The building seems not to have been seriously damaged but the condenser units for the food bank's walk-in freezer were destroyed; repairs have been estimated at $5,000 but the amount of food lost as a result could be twice that. No suspects or motive have been found so far, though that has not deterred some from speculating about it.
- The Ontario Provincial Police have warned the public that no, a dog in the passenger seat does not count as an extra person and thus does not make you eligible to use car pool lanes.
- Some may remember the old Flintstones cartoon "Daddies Anonymous" in which Fred and Barney leave their kids out in the parking lot while they play poker in a private club. Well, something similar appears to have happened in real life - two women from York Region have been charged with leaving their kids in the car as they gambled in a Pickering casino.
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