Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been wagered on Ontario municipal races via prediction markets

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been wagered on Ontario municipal races via prediction markets

Betting on the outcome of elections isn’t allowed in Canada — but that’s not stopping prediction market websites like Polymarket and Kalshi from taking hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of wagers on who will win Ontario’s municipal races this October.

On Polymarket, for example, close to $400,000 has been spent so far on bets about who will be the next Toronto mayor, while about $43,000 has been spent on Kalshi.

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WARMINGTON: Canada cuts OSAP for private college students while earmarking millions for students abroad

WARMINGTON: Canada cuts OSAP for private college students while earmarking millions for students abroad

If any of those private college students who have had their OSAP cut off are looking for a way to get funding, perhaps emigrate to beautiful Guyana, which is still getting its Canadian taxpayer assistance. In fact, on the Global Affairs website, it highlights “$39.2 million in further funding for four new international assistance projects aimed at advancing climate action, biodiversity conservation, food security, economic resilience, sustainable and inclusive governance, health, and gender equality.”

But there is more.

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WTF?

WTF?

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Russell Brand is a ruthless ‘sexual predator’ who raped victims while pursuing a ‘goal’ of bedding 5,000 women, court hears

Russell Brand is a ruthless ‘sexual predator’ who raped victims while pursuing a ‘goal’ of bedding 5,000 women, court hears

Russell Brand is a ruthless ‘sexual predator’ with a ‘voracious’ appetite who raped victims while pursuing a ‘goal’ of bedding 5,000 women, a court heard today.

The comedian and actor was described as a ‘calculated and manipulative’ rapist who spent a decade assaulting women, treating them as a ‘means to an end’ to satisfy his ‘insatiable desire’.

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A White Couple Moved Into a Black Neighborhood in Austin and It Turned Into a South Park Episode.

A White Couple Moved Into a Black Neighborhood in Austin and It Turned Into a South Park Episode.

As someone noted on social media, this story is a South Park episode. It’s also fitting that the woman at the center of this controversy supports James Talarico. According to numerous clips, the woman left notes on cars near her $1.5 million home, telling drivers not to park there. The home is reportedly near a Historically Black College and University. The woman, who was white, got confronted, got huffy, dropped the school’s reported 25 percent graduation rate, and now they’re besieged. This white couple bought their home in a black neighborhood in Austin, Texas.

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