[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Central figures promoting the China interference scandal are funded by the US. One of the most quoted individuals decrying Chinese interference in Canada, Mehmet Tohti, has worked for various US-sponsored Uyghur groups, notably the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project (URAP), which was funded by the US’ National Endowment Fund for Democracy for their “advocacy” in Canada. Tohti’s URAP also played an important role in pushing Parliament to adopt a resolution calling China’s treatment of Uygurs a genocide, which pushed the Trudeau government towards more conflictual relations with Beijing.

This doesn't sound like a bad thing to me? The article seems to indicate this is proof that US funding got the Canadian government to do something bad, but it sounds like quite the opposite, unless I'm misunderstanding...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Nah i just did the crossword a couple of hours ago. I'm always a bit behind because I don't do them every day 😊

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Anyone notice the error in the Stan Newman/WaPo/Newsday puzzle?

Clue: Alan of M.A.S.H

Answer:

Tap for spoilerALAN

Presumably the clue should have been "Alda of MASH"?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Oh you're from Canada? Maybe you know my friend John!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Haha! You sound pretty damn Canadian so I don't know what I add to the mix.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Happy Canada Day, bud!

[-] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Don't forget the Bannock!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

OP didn't ask for a CAD specifically but just mentioned looking at the list of CADs, so I thought it might be worth throwing in the mix.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah everyone uses WhatsApp when I travel to other countries.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Where did you get the name?

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Lawsuit claims B.C. Parks is violating federal law by adding $6 fee at end of online checkout

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A Harbour Air seaplane, with 6 people on board, collided with a pleasure boat on Saturday

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The idea that your name could unconsciously determine your job or hobby is backed by some psychologists

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Highway 97 expected to close, according to B.C. Wildfire Service.

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Original Title: Winnipeg business owner says overflowing bin that led to overcharge staged by garbage company

A Winnipeg business owner is fuming after being overcharged by a private garbage operation for something he says he didn’t do. Brad Wallin, president of Wallin Industries, a local metal fabrication business, told 680 CJOB’s 'The Start' that a recent bill for garbage pickup from Waste Management of Canada Corporation was a whopping six times higher than usual.

The company issued Wallin Industries an additional overage charge for what the company said was an overflowing bin, but Wallin alleged it was deliberately staged by the Waste Management employee — and Wallin said he has video evidence. Global News has obtained the security footage, which Wallin said shows the Waste Management driver altering the appearance of the bin for photo “proof” that it was overfilled.

“It shows the driver pulling up, he gets out of the truck, he unlocks the bin, he reaches into the dumpster, starts pulling out a little bit of cardboard, hangs it over the edges,” Wallin said.

Wallin said he contacted the company to complain, but was given the runaround until finally hearing from an executive at Waste Management’s Toronto headquarters. “In my eyes, it’s just not acceptable," Wallin said.

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I feel like I haven't seen anyone talking about this press release here and I'm curious about what people think.

  • "$15 billion top-up to the Apartment Construction Loan Program to build a minimum of 30,000 new apartments." Edit to add: "With this top-up, the program’s financing is on track to build over 131,000 new apartments within the next decade."
  • "new reforms to the Apartment Construction Loan Program to increase access to the program and make it easier for builders to build"
  • "Launching Canada Builds – partnering with provinces and territories to build more rental housing across the country"
  • "Yesterday, we announced a new $6 billion Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund and a $400 million top-up to the Housing Accelerator Fund to ensure communities have the infrastructure they need to grow and build more homes"

Is this more lip service or are these genuinely working in the right direction to increase housing?

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You can scrub through and find different views, some showing the eclipse itself, some showing the crowds and reactions.

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Bullet holes could be seen on a black SUV sitting at the centre of the police scene.

(Robson and Richards. Article doesn't indicate that anyone was hurt, it seems like a bullet did go into the Tim Horton's in that area.)

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I'm enjoying exploring Lemmy with Voyager. I really like the design and its very stable.

The one issue I'm running into with it is not knowing where links will take me. At times, clicking on YouTube links is just a waste of time for me, for example. Or if it's a New York Times, etc. link, I know to just go to the comments and look for the archive link instead.

Would it be possible to get the domain of the links in Compact view to be shown? Personally, I'd be willing to sacrifice space (increase the size of the compact tiles) for this, but i don't think that will be necessary. My personal preference would be to have it in the same colour as the poster's server.

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Stock dips as analyst says report ‘may be a sell-the-news event’

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Naomi Arbabi's suspension 'necessary to protect the public,' Law Society of B.C. says.

Arbabi identified herself in the claim as "i, a woman" and said the case would be tried in the "naomi arbabi court."

As part of her lawsuit, Arbabi said her claim was "based on law of the land, and not a complaint based on legal codes acts or statutes" and asked for compensation equal to $1,000 a day for every day the glass divider has been in place.

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I walked past him regularly and enjoyed the artistic touch he brought to my days, so kudos to whoever made him. (Picture is mine, the sculpture is not.)

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