Sun-soaked vacations show why Albertans need recall legislation Albertans have every right to hate the hypocrisy coming from United Conservatives who locked the province down and decided to vacation abroad. The government just plunged Alberta into its second lockdown. Families spent the holidays apart. Businesses shut down and some may never again open their doors. Many workers are taking pay cuts to help keep businesses afloat and many are losing their jobs. Although UCP politicians are urging Albertans to “stay home save lives,” we now find out that political staffers, MLAs and at least one minister have been travelling abroad. https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/guest-column-sun-soaked-vacations-show-why-albertans-need-recall-legislation Why Justin Trudeau Is A Perfect Choice For A Betrayal Of Canadian Society Within its 153-year history, Canada has always been thought of as a democratic society. Democratic theory advances the concept that the will of the public is an essential component for the decision-making of a ruling government. Unfortunately, when applying this to over five years of the leadership style of Justin Trudeau, a sad state-of-affairs is revealed. In a similar capacity to his father before him, three term Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, our current PM eschews public opinion in favour his personal belief system. In terms of specifics, Pierre Trudeau had a certain “complex” regarding the founding of Canada. His issue was “colonialism”— the usurping of First Nations land by European colonialists. https://capforcanada.com/why-justin-trudeau-was-the-perfect-choice-for-a-betrayal-of-canadian-society/ A ‘broken’ system: Canadians can’t afford lawyers but don’t qualify for legal aid Legal experts say the justice system is failing Canada’s working poor, many of whom are unable to afford lawyers and end up pleading guilty or representing themselves in court. https://globalnews.ca/news/6263618/a-broken-system-canadians-cant-afford-lawyers-but-dont-qualify-for-legal-aid/ All Talk, No Action! Canada’s civil legal (is calling it a “justice” system a lie?) system is broken (corrupt more like it) Canada is consistently touted as one of the best countries in which to live, but it ranks an unimpressive 112 out of 190 countries according to the World Bank’s enforcing contracts indicator. For good reason: Our civil-justice system is on the fritz. Litigating a civil claim (e.g. contract claim, property rights claim, etc.) can take many years and cost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars. https://www.ernstversusencana.ca/all-talk-no-action-canadas-civil-legal-is-calling-it-a-justice-system-a-lie-system-is-broken-corrupt-more-like-it/ The “Pronouns” you can’t say in Cong ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWpk9Jb4Jog

SA’s alcohol ban explained: Why booze is barred during lockdown When Bheki Cele announced South Africans would not be able to buy alcohol during the lockdown, our nation gasped - but there are methods behind the madness. The Southern African Alcohol Policy Alliance in South Africa (SAAPA SA) have helped us understand the regulations a little better. Police Minister Bheki Cele – enforcing his reputation as a tough, no-nonsense cop – has staunchly pursued this alcohol ban. As the alliance explain, the government do have their reasons: https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/why-alcohol-sale-banned-south-africa-during-lockdown/ Sweet Farms Sweet Farm is the first non-profit sanctuary in the world to address the global impacts of factory farming across animals, the plants and the planet. Our food web is incredibly complicated and it’s impossible to move forward without first acknowledging how these pieces are connected. By linking veganic agriculture, farm-animal rescue, education, and the technology that is revolutionizing food and agriculture production — Sweet Farm is redefining what it means to be a sanctuary. https://www.sweetfarm.org/ 84-year-old alligator rumored to belong to Adolf Hitler dies in Moscow Zoo Saturn, an alligator of international intrigue, has died at the Moscow Zoo on Friday at the age of 84. That in itself made Saturn unusual. In the wild, the normal life span for an alligator is 30 to 50 years. But longevity was the least unusual aspect of Saturn's biography. Saturn was born in the wild somewhere in Mississippi in 1936 and was shipped to the Berlin Zoo from which he disappeared on November 23, 1943, in the aftermath of an Allied air bombing campaign on Berlin. One bomb directly struck the zoo's aquarium and, according to reports at the time, all of the alligators and crocodiles in captivity there were killed. https://abcnews.go.com/International/84-year-alligator-rumored-belong-adolf-hitler-dies/story?id=70866520 Devastating banana disease may have reached Latin America, could drive up global prices In a long-feared development, an extremely damaging banana disease has apparently reached Latin America. Late last week, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) in Bogotá confirmed that four plantations in northern Colombia have been quarantined because of suspected infection with Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4), a fungus that kills plants by clogging their vascular system. Already widespread in Asia, the disease can wipe out entire plantations. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/devastating-banana-disease-may-have-reached-latin-america-could-drive-global-prices Four candidates will be on ballot in Conservative leadership race as final deadline passes Two of them, O'Toole and Sloan, ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKOdHt2OIdg

Evacuations in South Kelowna after condo complex burns down A six-storey condo complex under construction in South Kelowna caught on fire Saturday, prompting evacuations in the area. The blaze began at approximately 11:30 a.m., according to Central Okanagan Emergency Operations. The building, at the corner of Truswell and Capozzi roads, was uninhabited. The majority of the complex has collapsed, but not before the fire spread to adjacent structures, including The Waters Edge and the Walnut Grove Motel. Both have been evacuated, along with Charles M. Suites and nine single family waterfront homes in the area. In total, 176 units on Truswell Road and Capozzi Road have been affected by the evacuation order. Power and gas have been turned off in the area. http://www.canada.com/news/local+news/evacuations+south+kelowna+after+condo+complex+burns+down/13631399/story.html Condo blaze in photos Firefighters continue to battle the devastating Water's Edge fire in Kelowna's Mission district. Dramatic photos by Castanet staff and from neighbours, as well as boaters on Okanagan Lake, show the progression of the major structure fire. https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-201344-1-.htm ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0s_xehv8cE

New York's Highest Court Weighs Question Of Whether Elephant Is A Person Some advocates say Happy the elephant should be legally considered a person, and freed from the Bronx Zoo, where she has spent the last 45 years. She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But can she also be considered a person? https://www.huffpost.com/entry/happy-bronx-zoo-elephant-personhood_n_6288f771e4b0cda85db14e45 Biden unleashes dog-role-playing fetishist on key nuclear post The Biden administration's new top dog at a key nuclear energy agency is an MIT-trained engineer whose sexual fetishes include tying up his partner while he eats dinner and watches Star Trek. Sam Brinton was appointed to serve as deputy assistant secretary of spent fuel and waste disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy at DOE last month after serving a stint at the gay and transgender suicide prevention organization the Trevor Project. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/biden-administration-installs-dog-role-playing-fetish-advocate-to-nuclear-post LA lifeguard's pay tops $500,000, investigation discovers It pays to be a lifeguard in Los Angeles County. So much, in fact, that a government watchdog is sounding the alarm to taxpayers in the California county and beyond. An investigation by OpenTheBooks.com discovered that LA's highest-paid ocean lifeguard, a captain named Daniel Douglas, raked in a total of $510,283 in total compensation last year, nearly half of which – $246,060 – was from overtime pay. Douglas' base salary is $150,054, and he brought in another $28,661 in "other pay" and $85,508 in benefits to surpass the half-million-dollar mark. https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/los-angeles-lifeguard-pay-tops-500000 Trudeau says Tory ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric only tough on Black, Indigenous Canadians Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday that policies the Conservatives claimed were “tough on crime” were “really just tough on Black Canadians and Indigenous Canadians.” He made the comment during a heated exchange in question period that saw Conservatives accuse the Liberals of planning to “make it allowable for criminals to get house arrest” by repealing policies that broadened the use of mandatory minimum sentences. https://globalnews.ca/news/8845795/justin-trudeau-conservative-tough-on-crime-comment/ Trudeau push to reduce prison time for criminals convicted of serious gun crimes The Trudeau government are aiming to reduce the severity of sentences for a number of crimes, including gun offences which the Liberals campaigned on tackling during the 2021 election. https://thepostmillennial.com/trudeau-to-reduce-prison-time-for-criminals-convicted-guns The first Americans? First humans to arrive in North America may have lived 30,000 years ago New evidence collected by Iowa State University researchers suggests humans made their way to North America 30,000 years ago. That would be about 200 centuries earlier than any current scientific and historical records can prove. https://www.studyfinds.org/humans-north-america-30000-years/ 14 Reasons Amerindians Are Not the First Natives of the Americas THERE WERE multiple peoples and cultures who lived in North America before the primitive Amerinds encountered by European settlers. Some were relatively advanced, and were evidently destroyed and replaced by later-arriving Amerinds. Some of them were evidently (Proto-) European, and Whites may have arrived in America before the Asiatic Amerinds. https://nationalvanguard.org/2016/07/14-reasons-amerindians-are-not-the-first-natives-of-the-americas/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igfju3kmGJw