RCMP search headquarters of Quebec bus maker Lion Electric in fraud investigation

RCMP search headquarters of Quebec bus maker Lion Electric in fraud investigation

Dozens of RCMP police officers are searching the headquarters of Canadian electric bus company Lion Electric as part of what the national police force is calling an investment fraud investigation.

As many as 75 police officers are taking part in the operation, which is targeting the company’s base of operations in Saint-Jérôme, Que., some 60 kilometres northwest of Montreal, RCMP spokesman Enrique Gasse said in an email on Wednesday.

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Let them eat cake! Emmanuel Macron’s family macaron shop was guarded by police ring of steel during riots… while other shops were left to burn

Let them eat cake! Emmanuel Macron’s family macaron shop was guarded by police ring of steel during riots… while other shops were left to burn

A ring of steel was placed around French president Emmanuel Macron’s family macaron shop to protect it from rioters and looters as other businesses burned, it emerged today.

Astonishing video shot on the worst day of the current anti-government insurrection shows the confectionery outlet in his home town of Amiens, northern France, surrounded by at least two platoons of CRS police.

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New fake polling scandal riles Democrats ahead of midterm elections

New fake polling scandal riles Democrats ahead of midterm elections

Another fake polling scandal has hit less than two weeks before the midterm elections, ripping open old wounds about the Michigan Democratic Senate primary and renewing skepticism about pollsters as they increasingly forecast a blue wave on Nov. 3.

An outfit called Wedgewood Polls released a statement on social media Tuesday acknowledging most of its results were not legitimate, but rather some kind of experiment designed to show serious problems with how polls are conducted and then reported on by the media.

h/t XC

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‘Blockade’ and chaos: 75 students suspended at high school in Saint-Jérôme

‘Blockade’ and chaos: 75 students suspended at high school in Saint-Jérôme

At least 75 students who took part in a “blockade” last week at École polyvalente de Saint-Jérôme, about an hour away from Montreal, have been suspended until next Friday by the school’s administration.

Noovo Info confirmed the information with the Centre de services scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord.


Make them miss the entire year.

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LILLEY: Carney hands tax office security to U.S. firm tied to Trump’s deportation machine

LILLEY: Carney hands tax office security to U.S. firm tied to Trump’s deportation machine

An American security company with ties to Trump’s deportation machine is about to start guarding Canada’s tax office — and it beat out a Canadian veterans’ institution by just $80,000. Allied Universal, a firm making tens of millions off ICE and other U.S. agencies, will soon take over security at the Canada Revenue Agency.

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