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Israel will use novel “sponge bombs” as it fights through the network of Hamas tunnels under Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has been testing the chemical bombs, which contain no explosives but are used to seal off gaps or tunnel entrances from which fighters may emerge.
The IDF has not commented on the use of the so-called “sponge bombs”, which create a sudden explosion of foam that rapidly expands and then hardens.
BBC plaque to mark earliest black Briton removed because she ‘was from Cyprus’
A BBC plaque celebrating the “first black Briton” has been removed because scientific evidence shows she was not African in origin.
The sign honouring the 1,800-year-old remains of “Beachy Head Lady”, a female said to be of African origin, was erected in an East Sussex village as part of the 2016 Black and British series fronted by Prof David Olusoga, the historian.
The House of Commons Public Accounts committee has voted unanimously to ask federal administrators to testify about an $8-million solar-powered barn constructed at Rideau Hall.
New Brunswick Conservative MP Jake Stewart put forward a motion on Oct. 24 to devote a future meeting to examining the “seemingly imprudent spending.”
The bishop in charge of overseeing Catholic military chaplains says some are feeling betrayed after a new directive was issued which bans prayer during official functions.
“I have heard from Catholic chaplains and other members of the Military Ordinariate who are experiencing frustration, a sense of betrayal, and even vocational crisis,” wrote Scott McCaig, bishop of the Military Ordinariate of Canada, in an Oct. 21 statement.
Bp. McCaig added there exists “significant concern” the new policy could undermine morale and spiritual resiliency for “scores” of Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members and their family.
Embassy in Lebanon prepared to help every Canadian there evacuate if necessary, ambassador says
Canada’s ambassador to Lebanon says the embassy and its staff are ready to assist the approximately 17,000 registered Canadians in the country should they need to evacuate, amid escalating tensions between Israel and Hezbollah.
Stefanie McCollum told CTV’s Power Play host Vassy Kapelos in an exclusive television interview airing Tuesday that “planning is underway” for possible assisted departures, and that she “feel(s) prepared” if the federal government announces it’ll go ahead with that measure.
Canada is picking up the political radicalization bug from the U.S., new report warns
A U.S.-based research group that specializes in gauging geopolitical risk says Canada is showing signs of the same political contagion and polarization that has afflicted American politics.
The warning is contained in Eurasia Group’s annual “Top Risk” report for the new year, released Tuesday.
While Canada does not make the consultancy’s “Top 10” in terms of geopolitical or instability risks, the group produced three standalone sub-reports on countries affected by worldwide political turbulence: Canada, Japan and Brazil.
This is pure propaganda. Junior is losing on every issue mentioned.
Late on the evening of Friday, Oct. 6, before turning in for the night, Jacqui Rivers Vital checked her phone, more out of habit than anything else, and saw that there were rocket alerts in areas along Israel’s tense border with the Gaza Strip.
Born and raised in Ottawa, Vital has lived in Israel for decades and happened to be in Canada visiting her sister and other family members when the carnage erupted. She was planning to fly back on Oct. 8. Instead, from the moment she checked her phone, her life became a surreal hell.
Recent college grad has breakdown over working a job. We’re doomed. pic.twitter.com/Pp680PDQdv
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 25, 2023
Grown man acts out his diaper fet!sh in public. These are the people who want to go into the girl’s bathroom with your daughters. pic.twitter.com/0V0AIi2jFG
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 25, 2023
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau announced in August that they had legally separated, neither offered any explanation as to why their 18-year marriage had come to an end.
Not a good day for Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company run by General Motors. Today California regulators announced they were shutting down the company’s ability to operate the driverless cars as taxis in San Francisco.
This flyer is being sent out to students at a Scarborough High school to promote a board-wide walkout which is being sanctioned by the education director, Colleen Russell-Rawlins: pic.twitter.com/iPfvbeiWzQ
— Sue-Ann Levy (@SueAnnLevy) October 25, 2023
Shamima Begum a victim of trafficking when she left Britain for Syria, court told
Shamima Begum’s lawyers argued before the court of appeal on Tuesday that it was unlawful to deprive her of British citizenship because she was a victim of trafficking when she left the UK for Islamic State territory in Syria at 15.
Samantha Knights KC, her barrister, told the start of a three-day hearing that the Home Office and a lower court had failed to properly consider whether she was groomed – and called for the decision to be overturned.
The Federal Court has approved a $23 billion settlement agreement — the largest in Canadian history — for First Nations children and families who experienced racial discrimination through Ottawa’s chronic underfunding of the on-reserve foster care system and other family services.
The settlement agreement follows a 2019 Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) ruling that ordered Ottawa to pay the maximum human rights penalty for discrimination: $40,000 for each affected First Nations child and family member.
Like millions of people around the world, I woke up to the devastating news from southern Israel over Thanksgiving weekend. Hundreds of innocent civilians had been murdered by Hamas terrorists, carried out in the name of the complete and total destruction of the State of Israel. My mind went immediately to my friends in the area. I could only hope, powerlessly, that they were safe.
