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More than 14,000 Canadians died on a waiting list for surgeries or diagnostic scans between April 1, 2021, and March 31, 2022, according to a new report.
The report, published on March 2 by the non-profit think tank SecondStreet.org, cited government data from Ontario, Alberta, and Manitoba, that said a total of 14,057 Canadians died during the 2021-2022 time frame.
The Canadian Judicial Council says it is reviewing a complaint about the alleged conduct of Supreme Court of Canada Justice Russell Brown.
In a statement, the council says the complaint against Brown, received Jan. 29, was referred to Christopher Hinkson, chief justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia and chairperson of the council’s judicial conduct committee.
Canada is getting more Stalinesque by the day.
BERLIN — German prosecutors have found “traces” of evidence indicating that Ukrainians may have been involved in the explosions that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, according to German media reports Tuesday.
Investigators identified a boat that was potentially used for transporting a crew of six people, diving equipment and explosives into the Baltic Sea in early September. Charges were then placed on the pipelines, according to a joint investigation by German public broadcasters ARD and SWR as well as the newspaper Die Zeit.
The German reports said that the yacht had been rented from a company based in Poland that is “apparently owned by two Ukrainians.”
From the Guardian – Officials believe pro-Ukraine group may have sabotaged Nord Stream – reports
European and US intelligence officials have obtained tentative intelligence to suggest a pro-Ukrainian saboteur group may have been behind the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, according to reports in the New York Times and German newspaper Die Zeit.
German investigators believe the attack on the pipelines was carried out by a team of six people, using a yacht that had been hired by a company registered in Poland and owned by two Ukrainian citizens, according to Die Zeit.
The information has been shared between European intelligence agencies in an effort to establish more information about those who carried out the undersea bombings in September, an attack that had left western governments perplexed.
Now Germany suspects an unknown “Ukraine Affiliated” group of sabotaging the pipelines. The Politico story seems fanciful, a hired boat was returned “uncleaned” leaving convenient traces of explosives to be discovered.
It will be interesting to how the German and Euro public in general react to this. It can’t be good for the alliance.
Who wants to foot the war bill for an ally who caused you an energy crisis?
This person uses xe/xem pronouns because xe is not entirely human pic.twitter.com/Na3szqnlz4
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 7, 2023
Future cat lady, if not current cat lady, Katherine Wertheim has advice for American women, especially Red State ladies.
It’s a long thread.
A small protest was held outside the offices of Nova Scotia’s education department, after some students were allegedly told to take off their traditional Palestinian scarves at a Halifax school last week.
A couple dozen people gathered at the offices on Brunswick Street on Monday afternoon, to call for an official apology, investigation and better cultural training in schools.
“Asking them to take off the identity symbol for us is really painful. It’s racism,” said Lana Khammash, the president of the Atlantic Canada Palestinian Society.
WASHINGTON — New intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines last year, a step toward determining responsibility for an act of sabotage that has confounded investigators on both sides of the Atlantic for months.
U.S. officials said that they had no evidence President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine or his top lieutenants were involved in the operation, or that the perpetrators were acting at the direction of any Ukrainian government officials.
The brazen attack on the natural gas pipelines, which link Russia to Western Europe, fueled public speculation about who was to blame, from Moscow to Kyiv and London to Washington, and it has remained one of the most consequential unsolved mysteries of Russia’s year-old war in Ukraine.
A shadowy group supportive of Ukraine but unknown to Zelensky! How convenient!
This ought to go over well with Ukraine’s allies, the ones suffering from an energy crisis. Great way to win hearts and minds.
But why is the US making this public? Is it designed to force Ukraine to the peace talks table?
Not buying this. My money is still on the US.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty warned against imposing the lockdown “sex ban” because the public was not “likely to listen” to an order not to see their partners, The Telegraph can disclose.
England’s Chief Medical Officer said the Government should use a “bit of realism” and stop short of an outright ban, instead encouraging couples not living together to avoid contact “if they can”, leaked WhatsApp messages show.
Taxpayers will find out in two months how much extra it will cost to fix the mechanical problems and lead-tainted water on board the navy’s new Arctic and offshore patrol ships.
But Procurement Canada’s top bureaucrat has reassured parliamentarians that costs on the multi-billion vessels are coming down, despite figures showing the price tag actually jumped another $780 million over the past year.
Newly revealed surveillance footage from Jan. 6, 2021, shows two Capitol police officers escorting Jacob Chansley, the be-horned so-called “QAnon Shaman” who has come to symbolize the riot, through the halls of the Capitol and to the very door of the US Senate.
The footage aired on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show Monday night shows the officers closely following Chansley as he wanders the corridors of the Capitol, bare-chested and wearing face paint and a luxuriant fur hat with Viking horns.
🚨BREAKING: Never before seen video of January 6 shows Jacob Chansley, the QAnon Shaman, being led through the Capitol by police the entire time that he was in the building. pic.twitter.com/rikoRMWezF
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 7, 2023
Tucker FLAMES J6th Committee:
"Democrats in Congress, assisted by Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney, lied about what happened that day. They are LIARS!" 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/jZmHhBj7xK
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 7, 2023
h/t XC
Lego has released a new range of ‘diverse’ children’s figurines, in a transparent attempt to lecture children about identity politics. This is not merely a cynical corporate branding exercise. It is the latest foray by our cultural elites into social engineering and moral instruction. It is an attempt to tell the proles and their kids what to think.
Holy Freakshows Batman 😳 pic.twitter.com/OAPDAjn7Un
— The Black Spiderman🕷🕸 (@theblackspiderm) March 5, 2023
As Americans’ awareness of threats from China increases — thanks to a spy balloon in our skies and a growing understanding of TikTok’s influence — the U.S. officials are ringing the alarm about another potential avenue for malign interference in the United States from Beijing: cranes.
CBC staff shocked to discover confidential religion, sexual orientation details in online HR files
OTTAWA — Some CBC employees say they felt “surprised” and “betrayed” after sensitive private information, including their sexual orientation, gender identity and religion, suddenly appeared in their online human resources profiles last week after they had provided it in a “confidential” diversity survey.
RCMP investigating violations of security law in connection to leaks of foreign interference allegations
The RCMP says it has launched an investigation into violations of national security information law in connection to media leaks of Chinese foreign interference allegations.
“The RCMP has initiated an investigation into violations of the Security of Information Act (SOIA) associated with recent media reports,” said a spokesperson for the federal police force in a statement to CTV News on Monday.
“This investigation is not focused on any one security agency. As the RCMP is investigating these incidents, there will be no further comment on this matter at this time,” said the RCMP’s Robin Percival.
One last favour from Lucki before her retirement starts.
