GREEN: This is lunacy! Canadian energy plan builds in power-price advantage to US

On Monday at an energy conference in Houston, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the Trump administration will end the Biden administration’s “irrational, quasi-religious policies on climate change that imposed endless sacrifices on our citizens.”

He added that, “Natural gas is responsible for 43 per cent of U.S. electricity production,” and beyond the obvious scale and cost problems, there’s “simply no physical way that wind, solar and batteries could replace the myriad uses of natural gas.”

In other words, as a federal election looms, once again the United States is diverging from Canada when it comes to energy policy.

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Shakespeare’s birthplace to be decolonised after ‘white supremacy’ fears

William Shakespeare’s birthplace is being “decolonised” following concerns about the playwright being used to promote “white supremacy”.

Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust owns buildings linked to the Bard in his home town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The trust also owns archival material including parish records of the playwright’s birth and baptism.

It is now “decolonising” its vast collection to “create a more inclusive museum experience”.


Public flogging wasn’t so bad now that I think about it.

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Saying ‘midwife’ could upset transgender people, medics warned

The NHS has been told it should stop using the word “midwife” because it is not inclusive of transgender people.

Academics claim in a new research paper that the term, which has been used since medieval times, is out of date and should be replaced with “lead perinatal practitioner”.

Dr John Peddleton, a senior lecturer in midwifery from the University of Northampton, and Dr Sally Pezaro, an academic midwife from Coventry University, claim the term “upholds the patriarchy” and its use “subordinates all who give birth”.

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Now’s the time for an Anti-Trump Canadian civil defence corps.

Now’s the time for a Canadian civil defence corps. I’d sign up — would you

U.S. President Donald Trump’s desire to annex Canada makes me think of my old Scout motto: “Be Prepared.”

Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric threaten our economy and sovereignty. Our federal and provincial governments are fighting back with counter tariffs and policies encouraging increased interprovincial cooperation. Ordinary citizens are fighting back, too. Many, like me, are buying Canadian products at the grocery store and posting pro-Canadian messages on social media. Some are cancelling U.S. vacations or even selling second homes south of the border.

I can see our many many 3rd World illegal aliens just dying to sign up. They just won’t stop with the fear mongering.

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Death toll from North Macedonia nightclub fire rises to 59

At least 59 people have been killed and more than 155 injured in a nightclub fire in North Macedonia, officials say.

The blaze broke out around 02:30 (01:30 GMT) at the Pulse club in Kocani, a town around 100 km (60 miles) east of the capital, Skopje, where 1,500 people were attending a concert by DNK, a popular hip-hop duo in the country.

Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski called it a “difficult and very sad day” for the country which had lost many “young lives.”


Indoor fireworks.

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Islamic State-supporting illegal immigrant avoided detention over mental health

An Islamic State-supporting illegal migrant was allowed to leave a detention centre after judges found that being confined was bad for his mental health.

The Iranian man, named only as “D8” in court documents, entered Britain illegally on a small boat in March 2021 and claimed asylum.

A 32-year-old Sunni Muslim, he had previously been granted five years’ leave to remain as a refugee in March 2017 after crossing the English Channel in the back of a lorry.

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Mississauga mayor celebrates Ramadan with Hamas vigil organizer

Carolyn Parrish

Mississauga Mayor Carolyn Parrish has come under fire for posing for a photograph with a controversial local anti-Israel activist who attempted to organize a vigil for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar last year.

Parrish attended a “multi-religious Iftar celebration” at Anatolia Islamic Centre in Mississauga on Wednesday evening, according to a statement on her X account. Iftar is the meal Muslims eat after fasting during Ramadan.

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The View Touts Rosie O’Donnell Leaving U.S. Because Trump Is President

Former co-host of ABC’s The View, Rosie O’Donnell got her desperately needed dose of public attention recently after she announced that she left the United States and moved to Ireland because Donald Trump was president. The bonkers move from the insane 9/11 truther was lauded during Friday’s episode by co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro as rational.

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