Canada

Note – Sarcasticat’s internet is Kaput. I am filling in. Breakfast is pretty basic fare.

As #ReinstatementDay trends, Twitter rushes to inform its users that Trump cannot be reinstated

The ‘reality czars’ at Reuters and USA Today were quick on the scene to pour cold water on the notion that Friday would see the return of former president Donald Trump to the White House. QAnon was blamed – or was it trolls?

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Here’s how the federal leaders will pitch voters as an election campaign kicks off

OTTAWA – The lines of attack have been traced for months, but now federal parties’ battle plans are poised to go into effect with an election campaign set to kick off Sunday.

The Liberals hope to tout their record of steering the country through a global pandemic that threatened Canadians’ health and economic stability, and can be expected to keep casting doubt on Conservatives’ commitment to green efforts and LGBTQ rights.

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Vance told woman behind sexual misconduct allegation to be ‘clear on our story’ in calls

Former chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance contacted one of the women at the heart of allegations against him multiple times before Global News reported them on Feb. 2, and advised her of the need to be “clear on our story, and that you stick to it.”

He also contacted her multiple times after publication.

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Police: Toddler fatally shot Fla. woman during work video call

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. — A toddler found an unsecured, loaded handgun inside an apartment and fatally shot a woman while she was on a work-related video call, police in central Florida said.

According to news outlets, the woman was the mother of the toddler who shot her in the head Wednesday.

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Rift with US grows as UK minister voices fears over Afghanistan exit

Joe Biden’s decision to rapidly withdraw from Afghanistan is threatening to turn into one of the biggest Anglo-American foreign policy rifts in decades, with potentially dangerous political consequences if the UK government’s warnings about a return of terrorism and mass movement of refugees to Europe eventually prove correct.

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Canada’s biggest public pensions heavily investing in fossil fuels, new report suggests

Canada’s biggest public pensions continue to invest heavily in fossil fuels despite rising concerns about climate change, according to a new report.

The Canada Pension Plan’s (CPP Investments) total fossil fuel investments across its entire portfolio have increased from $9.9 billion in 2016 to $11.6 billion in 2020, according to the report by Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, a left-leaning research group.

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Moment ‘British spy’ was snared in his German home: Photo shows embassy worker accused of selling secrets to the Kremlin being led away in handcuffs

Pictures reveal the dramatic moment a suspected British spy was led away in handcuffs by police outside his home near Berlin after being accused of selling secrets to Russia.

David Smith, 57, who worked as a guard at the British embassy in the German capital, was arrested at his flat in Potsdam after a long running investigation by security services in Germany and the UK.

And more details about his past emerged – including his Ukrainian wife and a past job in the RAF.