CBS- ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Guess Which One?
Peter Stockland- On matters of life and death, media cater to those campaigning for the latter at the expense of the former and the integrity of their craft
Reporting on key case pitting MAiD lobbyists vs freedom of religion, major news organizations leave one side of the story aside.
Lethbridge Man
Nothing to worry about he got out on bail yesterday.
Global- 3 teenage girls rescued from sex trafficking situation in Lethbridge, charges laid
Skye Atoa, 50, of Lethbridge, is charged with trafficking of a person under 18, sexual assault of a child under 16, sexual interference, obtaining sexual services of a child for consideration, indecent exposure to a child under 16, sexual counsel of a child and three counts of unlawful confinement. Based on the investigation and evidence to date, Lethbridge police believe there may be additional, unidentified victims.
“Detained by Desire”
You Can’t Park There
CTV- Via Rail train with passengers on board derails in Bas-Saint-Laurent after collision
According to Noovo Info, four people were sleeping in the two trucks when they were violently struck at 1:30 a.m.
The War on IQ
Telegraph- How Whitehall created a skills crisis by discriminating against nerds
Civil service lacks abilities in empirical thinking that are needed to make tough decisions
The Master Negotiator
Dan Knight- From “Biggest Threat” to Beijing Handshakes
Great Success!
Armstrong Economics- $1 Trillion Flees California’s Billionaire Tax
The billionaire tax would require California residents worth over $1 billion to pay a one-time 5% fee on all assets, including unrealized gains.
The Canadian Dream
National Post- Report finds 7,000 Canadian restaurants closed last year amid rising costs, softening demand and declining alcohol sales
“Business closures do not occur when conditions deteriorate; they occur when resilience is depleted. Owners exhaust personal capital, restructure debt and postpone difficult decisions in the hope that conditions improve. For many restaurants, that hope carried them through 2023 and 2024. By 2026, the arithmetic becomes unavoidable,” the report says.
Help Wanted
Western Standard- Refugee backlog nearing four years as board seeks private contractors
According to Brassard, the backlog has ballooned fivefold since 2022, climbing from 54,000 to roughly 290,000 refugee claims.
Great Success!
Hardest Working Prime Minister Ever
Let My Monkeys Go!
Star- Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them
People have reported capturing the monkeys, even posting fake pictures online to bolster the claim. But as of Monday, the monkeys remained at large, Springer said.
When I Die…
…I’m going to donate my body to a good cause.
New York Post- People are getting BBLs and breast implants from donated cadavers: ‘It’s off-the-shelf-fat’
“This is great for somebody who doesn’t want to use their own fat or doesn’t have enough of their own fat in order to do a Brazilian butt lift or a buttock augmentation,”
Francisco- Whenever Jenifer Aniston needs a Brazilian Butt Lift I’ll be ready to go.
Freezing In The Dark
Spiked- Berlin’s blackout was a grim taste of our Net Zero future
Berlin’s horrendous four-day blackout, which plunged over 45,000 households in the city’s south-west into darkness, is finally over. Beginning last Saturday and lasting for four nights, the blackouts left homes, shops and care facilities without light, heating and communications access – just as a particularly nasty cold spell sent temperatures plummeting to minus-10 degrees Celsius. The far-left ‘Volcano Group’ (Vulkangruppe) has claimed responsibility for the blackout, which it reportedly achieved by setting fire to electricity cables connected to Berlin’s largest gas power plant.
Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries
Sun- Canadians fear for their safety, majority targeted in fraud scams: Poll
New data from Angus Reid found that three-in-five (62%) Canadians believe that over the last five years, crime has been rising in the communities where they live
Postcard from Kashechewan
CTV- ‘Woefully inadequate’ response to Kashechewan crisis, officials say
The crisis began after the water treatment system failed, sending sewage into homes and contaminating the water. It also flooded the only health-care facility, requiring a temporary move to the community school. Residents are still without potable water, but bottled water has been brought into the community.
Probably just a one off event…
CBC Search…
Great Success!
Sun- Ottawa bureaucracy up 80% in last decade, says Canadian Taxpayers Federation
The report says the cost of the federal bureaucracy increased 80% in 10 years, the government added 99,000 bureaucrats in the last decade, and the government rubberstamped $1.5 billion in bonuses since 2015.
Shredding
AI and Public Healthcare
What can possibly go wrong?
Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson- The Government’s Obsession with Artificial Intelligence and Tech
Streeting has framed the NHS as under enormous pressure from chronic waiting lists, staff shortages and outdated systems, saying the service is “broken” and needs reform alongside investment. Introducing AI and digital technology is a key part of his efforts to transform the NHS into a more digital, modern, and efficient system.