Filipino environmental activists wear mock
container vans filled with garbage to symbolize the 50 containers of
waste that were shipped from Canada to the Philippines two years ago,
outside the Canadian embassy south of Manila, Philippines on May 7,
2015.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Aaron Favila
OTTAWA — The president of the Philippines says if Canada
doesn’t take back tonnes of trash within the next week he will “declare
war” and ship the containers back himself.
Filipino media outlets report that Rodrigo Duterte
made threats Tuesday about dozens of shipping containers filled with
Canadian household and electronic garbage that has been rotting in a
port near Manila for nearly six years.
"Two metres of water didn't stop a couple of Saskatchewan men from swimming through a field to save some stranded wildlife.
Colin Graham lives near the village of Welwyn, about 250 kilometres east
of Regina, which was hit hard with rain on the weekend. Some areas got
100 to 200 millimetres.
"All of our crops here are under a lake pretty much," Graham said.
Since this spring, Graham has been watching a family of foxes on his
property.
"[They] have been sitting out on this rock pile near our house for all
spring," he said. "My sister wondered what happened to the foxes, so we
drove out there and there was just one rock sticking out of the top of
the water."
On top of that rock, Graham noticed one young fox stranded on what he
estimated was about eight feet of water..."http://www.whitewolfpack.com/2014/08/two-guys-swam-through-flood-waters-to.html
Just second after beginning, a world
record breaking solo tightrope walk almost ended in tragedy as the
stuntman slipped off the rope, nearly falling to his death. As he hung
more than 950ft in the air above the Chief North Gully in Canada,
highwire artist Spencer Seabrooke lost his footing on the lifeline
beneath his feet. The 26-year-old was luckily able to compose himself
and climb back onto the rope...http://realitypod.com/2015/08/21/highwire-artist-nearly-falls-to-his-death-while-wire-walking-951ft-above-ground/
For as long as I can remember, birds have fascinated me. From my
pre-teen years, rafting on a country slough, to recent bird expeditions
to Columbia and Australia, I have sought out their pleasure.
A fire Tuesday night destroyed St. James Anglican Church in the
village of Roseneath. The cause of the fire is deemed suspicious - the
third such fire in the area in the last month. Mark Giunta reports.
A
fire destroyed a historic church in the Roseneath area on Tuesday
night, the third major suspicious fire in the community in the past
three weeks.
The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal has been
called to Church Road to investigate an overnight blaze which destroyed
the St. James Anglican Church — an active building which was erected in
1863 about 1.5 kilometres north of the village of Roseneath. The area is
about 50 kilometres south of Peterborough...https://globalnews.ca/news/5150518/suspicious-fire-roseneath-destroys-historic-church/
This photo taken on April 15, 2019 at the University of Tel Aviv shows a 3D print of a heart with human tissue. (Jack Guez/AFP)
At a Tel Aviv fruit and vegetable store on Monday night, shoppers
suddenly stopped what they were doing to stare at a television screen
overhead. The television news anchor was announcing a medical
breakthrough: a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University had 3D-printed a heart using a patient’s own cells and biological material.
Friends, today our great province has sent a message to Canada and the world:
Alberta is open for business!
This democratic decision is a message to all of those Albertans who are struggling.
To
the unemployed, to those who have given up, to the small business
owners barely hanging on, to the young people who got their degrees and
diplomas but can’t put them to work, to those who have lost their homes
and their hope after years of economic decline and stagnation. To them,
tonight, we send this message:
John Prine performs on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Oct. 29, 2018.
On April 13, 2018, exactly one year before his emotionally rich and
rollicking performance Saturday at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, John Prine
released The Tree of Forgiveness, his most acclaimed and successful album in several years.
A Kuwait Professor Terror Speech Against United States: Four pounds of anthrax - in a suitcase this big - carried by a fighter through tunnels from Mexico into the U.S. are guaranteed to kill 330,000 Americans within a single hour.pic.twitter.com/yaFzBxJwKI
— Israel & USA forever (@IsraelUSAforevr) April 15, 2019
...Ben Franklin didn’t think much of the eagle. (Bald, by the way, is from
piebald—two-colored, the white head and tail against the dark body.) He
wrote, in a well-known letter to his daughter:
For my own part, I wish the Bald Eagle
had not been chosen as the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird
of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may
have seen him perched on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy
to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when
that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his
Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues
him and takes it from him.
With all this injustice he is never in
good case, but like those among men who live by sharping & robbing,
he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward:
The little King Bird not bigger than a Sparrow attacks him boldly and
drives him out of the district...https://lithub.com/the-bald-eagle-national-symbol-rockstar-dubious-moral-character/
This photo shows a radar facility on Kotelny Island. (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov)
Missile launchers ply icy roads and air defence systems point
menacingly into the sky at this Arctic military outpost, a key vantage
point for Russia to project its power over the resource-rich polar
region.
The base, dubbed Severny Klever (Northern Clover) for its
trefoil shape, is painted in the white, blue and red colours of the
Russian national flag. It has been designed so soldiers can reach all of
its sprawling facilities without venturing outdoors — a useful
precaution in an area where temperatures often plunge to minus 50
Celsius during the winter, and even in the short Arctic summer are often
freezing at night....https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russia-arctic-military-tool-1.5085101
Bill Whatcott's supporters pray over him just before he turned himself in for a "hate crime." June 2018.
We told you this was coming. We warned you it would happen. We were
not crying wolf. We were telling you the truth. And now it is here, as a
headline announces:
“Canadian tribunal fines Bill Whatcott $55,000 for expressing Christian
views on ‘transgenderism.’” In other words, Whatcott called a
biological male (who identifies as a female) a “biological male.” That
was his crime.
What a miscarriage of justice. What an assault of freedom of speech and expression.
John Carpay, president of the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedom, defended Whatcott, noting
in protest that, “The Supreme Court of Canada has long held that
freedom of expression is the lifeblood of democracy.” But not when it
crosses the lines of transgender activism. Freedom halts there.
Carpay added, “Society is full of people with diverse views and the
Tribunal’s decision undermines the foundational principles of the free
society and jeopardizes the health of Canada’s democracy.”...https://stream.org/fined-55000-for-calling-a-male-a-male/
Canada is cracking down on its distracted driving problem with
the rollout of stricter laws that impose harsher penalties and heftier
fines on guilty offenders. Such measures are more than necessary now, as
distracted driving has claimed more lives than impaired driving in
provinces like British Columbia and Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Nova
Scotia, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador.
But distracted driving is more than just using your cell phonewhile behind the wheel — according to the official RCMP website, distracted driving is anything that can lead to a driver’s impaired judgement while on the road, including:
Talking on a cellphone
Texting
Reading (books, maps, newspapers)
Smoking
Personal grooming
Adjusting the radio/CD or playing extremely loud music
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is
apologizing for what critics called his “smug” response to protesters
who hoped to draw his attention to mercury contamination in the First
Nation communities of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong during a Liberal
fundraiser in Toronto on Wednesday night.
According to a video posted to Twitter that showed Trudeau delivering a speech during the Laurier Club event
at the luxury Omni King Edward Hotel, Trudeau responded to protesters
by saying repeatedly, “Thank you for your donation.”...http://freegrassy.net/2019/03/27/trudeau-apologizes-after-telling-first-nations-mercury-poisoning-protester-thank-you-for-your-donation/
"Two metres of water didn't stop a couple of Saskatchewan men from swimming through a field to save some stranded wildlife.
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Lennie Gallant
jim chambers
This photo shows a radar facility on Kotelny Island. (AP Photo/Vladimir Isachenkov)
Bill Whatcott's supporters pray over him just before he turned himself in for a "hate crime." June 2018.
By Bill Sanderson Saudi Arabia's King Salman (right) and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef walk to greet President Obama in Riy...
