Harry and Meghan’s Nigeria tour is nothing but PR fodder

Prince Harry’s visit to London this week, to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Invictus games, was largely overshadowed by the news that his father was ‘too busy’ to see his errant younger son. This may have been despite or perhaps because of the King’s more active public profile thanks to his positive response to his cancer treatment.

Why would they visit a country where Christians are routinely slaughtered?

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Judge grants B.C. woman order for over $100K in child support

The last time E.S. spoke with G.W., she was told never to contact him again.

E.S. was pregnant with a child she claimed was G.W.’s, the fruit of a fling between the British Columbian woman and the man from the U.K. According to court documents, which only refer to the pair by their initials, he was initially supportive — but that soon changed.

“I understand that this is difficult for you but please don’t do this. It will ruin my life. Ruin my relationship with the woman I love,” G.W. wrote via Facebook Messenger.

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Decrease number of temporary residents by making them permanent, fucking idiot of a federal immigration minister suggests

MONTREAL — One way Canada plans to shrink the number of temporary residents is to offer them the opportunity to remain permanently, the immigration minister said Friday, but that doesn’t mean everyone who wants to stay will be able to.

Marc Miller met with his provincial and territorial counterparts for the first time since he announced an unprecedented plan to set limits on the number of new temporary residents.

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MANDEL: No firing for ‘superstar’ senior officer who cheated because the black community would be angry

The irony is that if Supt. Stacy Clarke were anyone else employed by Toronto Police, her bosses would want her fired for a promotions cheating scandal she spearheaded to help Black officers vying for promotion.

But firing isn’t even on the table because the first female Black superintendent in Toronto Police history is a “superstar.”

Can’t be fired because that would make blacks angry? Toronto is fucked.

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Eco-friendly brake cables eaten by foxes after switch to soy insulation

Eco-friendly brake cables are being eaten by foxes, after manufacturers switched from petroleum-based insulation to soy, forcing owners to wrap their cars in tarpaulins.

Recent photos show multiple cars covered in blue plastic for protection after a spate of attacks in Worthing, West Sussex, with locals claiming at least 20 vehicles were targeted by foxes.

Jack Cousens, the AA’s head of roads policy, said the animals may be attracted to the soy-based insulation on brake wires.

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Leopard Tank Variant Canada Donated To Ukraine Has No Spare Parts Production

Canada will send along this cool model to keep the Tankers busy.

Canada presses Germany to boost parts production as Ukraine struggles to field its Leopard tanks

Germany’s defence minister acknowledged Friday that countries like Canada — and to a lesser extent Ukraine — are in a tough spot when it comes to maintaining older variants of the Leopard 2 main battle tank and keeping them in the field.

Boris Pistorious, who visited Ottawa and met with his counterpart Defence Minister Bill Blair, was asked about the world-wide shortage of spare parts affecting the A4 model of the Leopard, the type overwhelmingly used by the Canadian Army.

It’s also the model which Canada, Poland, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and Portugal all donated to Ukraine.

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Chinese zoo defends dyeing dogs black and white to look like panda cubs

A Chinese zoo has been accused of charging customers money to see “pandas” that are actually just dogs painted black and white.

Taizhou Zoo, in the eastern Chinese coastal province of Jiangsu, unveiled a new exhibition featuring “panda dogs” at the start of May. Visitors were charged 20 yuan (£2.22) to see the new attraction.

But those who travelled to the zoo claimed the animals were actually chow chows, a dog breed known for its thick double coat of fur from northern China, and said the dogs had been dyed black and white to resemble pandas.

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Elderly Just Stop Oil protesters target Magna Carta

Elderly Enviro Cranks – one a retired reverend

Just Stop Oil have targeted the Magna Carta in their latest environmental stunt.

Two protestors, aged 85 and 82, smashed the glass enclosure surrounding the historical artifact this morning at the British Library.

Bonus Greta update …

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