CAS workers failed to record important info, missed red flags before boy’s death, Ontario murder trial told

Halton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) workers failed to document important information and didn’t investigate red flags related to the condition of two boys in a Burlington, Ont., couple’s care, a defence lawyer told the women’s murder trial.

Nabeel Sheiban cross-examined retired child protection worker Lisa Potts on Friday, asking about various notes recorded by adoption workers and their correspondence with Becky Hamber, his client, and Brandy Cooney.

In one message read by Sheiban, Hamber said the older boy was “unhealthy” and had an eating disorder.


Question the two Moms? How dare they!

First openly trans US lawmaker directed partner on how to abuse tots — before asking if pair could still go to heaven

The country’s first openly trans lawmaker directed his partner on how to abuse children as young as 3 at a Massachusetts daycare, before asking her if the evil pair would still go to heaven.

Twisted New Hampshire ex-pol Stacie-Marie Laughton, born Barry Laughton, 41, pleaded guilty in the heinous case last week and faces up to 30 years in prison on federal child pornography convictions after exchanging despicable images with his partner, 40-year-old Lindsay Groves.

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Protests as rightwing Charlie Kirk activist group makes final campus tour stop

Turning Point USA, the influential rightwing college group founded by Charlie Kirk, has brought Kirk’s message to a campus with a long history of leftwing activism two months after his death.

An event at the University of California, Berkeley, on Monday evening marked the chaotic last stop of the American Comeback tour, which Kirk had just begun at the time of his death at Utah Valley University. In the aftermath of Kirk’s fatal shooting, the events have come to serve as memorials, with prominent conservative speakers, including JD Vance, highlighting the staggering impact the controversial rightwing influencer’s death has had on American politics.


The Guardian never misses a chance to wallow in excrement.

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Portland woman chases ICE in her Mustang then panics and wails ‘I’m a mom’ when they threaten to arrest her

An anti-ICE activist who chased down federal agents in her electric Mustang was left wailing and hyperventilating when officers threatened her with arrest.

Video shows the moment the unidentified woman suddenly changed her tune and begged for mercy after being stopped for recklessly driving through north Portland on Thursday.

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‘Let’s Show Reality’: Hashtag Goes Viral After Identitarian Activist Arrest

The arrest of influencer Jean-Eudes Gannat, who is being prosecuted for posting a video showing Afghan migrants camped outside a supermarket in his town, continues to cause controversy. The widespread outrage over the attacks against him, even beyond France’s borders, has given rise to a movement on X called “Let’s show reality,” which aims to show, with supporting images, the prevalence of immigration and population change in society.


Tweet Translation (Sorta)

SUMMONED AT THE PROSECUTOR’S REQUEST as early as this afternoon for this innocuous video posted last night on TikTok. Possibly for a custody hearing according to my contact.

Describing reality is forbidden!

Since the truth is disturbing, I ask you to spread it as widely as possible and commend me to your prayers in the face of this umpteenth political-judicial harassment.

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‘National embarrassment’: Canada is no longer a country that has eliminated measles

In the old days we exiled them from the village.

Canada no longer can claim it has eliminated the most infectious virus known to medicine after the Pan American Health Organization announced Monday it has revoked the country’s measles elimination status.

The decision comes after Canada failed to contain spread of the same viral strain of measles for more than one year.


h/t XC and Patti Jo

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‘A literal shoe box’: Why some Toronto renters are avoiding new builds

267 square foot condo Toronto

Delphine Winton just recently moved into an apartment by Casa Loma built in 1936 — and she’s not looking back.

During her hunt for a new space, the 22-year-old student was strictly looking for older buildings, choosing to stay away from the sliding glass doors, lack of “character” and odd floor plans she’s seen in newer condos.

“God forbid you have enough room to put a dining table in,” she told CBC Toronto.

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Ford government refuses to release completed work on Hwy. 401 tunnel idea

The Doug Ford Super Tunnel comes with a Highway, Gondola canal and Monorail!

Ontario is refusing to release already completed work on the viability of Premier Doug Ford’s Highway 401 tunnel vision after signing a $9.1 million agreement for a Canadian company to re-study the plan.

As part of its Fall Economic Statement, the province confirmed it had awarded a contract to WSP Canada Inc. to consider how to build an expressway beneath Ontario’s busiest artery — and whether it is possible at all.

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