Personal Safety
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has the power to put a regulation requiring serial rapist and killer Paul Bernardo to be in a maximum-security prison.
“He has the ability to declare that the Paul Bernardos of the world must stay in maximum security,” said Poilievre in a Tuesday video.
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Read MoreThe occupation of Allen Gardens in downtown Toronto is living proof that the city does not have homeless problem.
It has a drug problem.
While there were more than enough shelter beds (according to the city’s own bed count from the first week of June) to accommodate those squatting in the downtown park, it seems a group of drug addicts and Indigenous have opted to take over Allen Gardens this summer.
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Read MoreVirginia plane crash investigators ask when pilot became unresponsive and why aircraft flew its path
The pilot of a business jet that flew over Washington and crashed in a remote part of Virginia appeared to be slumped over and unresponsive, three U.S. officials said Monday, recounting observations by fighter pilots who intercepted the wayward flight.
The revelations came as federal investigators trudged through rugged terrain to reach the site where the plane slammed into a mountain Sunday, killing four people. The officials who said that the fighter pilots saw the civilian pilot slumped over had been briefed on the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss details of the military operation.
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Read MoreJobseekers polled by the Department of National Defence rate a new recruitment campaign as too technical and “a bit desperate.” Researchers said the air force, navy and army face a “highly competitive job market.”
“The Canadian Armed Forces competes with other Canadian employers for top quality applicants,” said a department report. “A highly competitive job market has posed significant challenges for Canadian Armed Forces recruitment initiatives.”
“Promoting the Armed Forces as a first class professional employer is complex given that the decision to enroll in the military requires extended personal evaluation, both emotional and rational,” said the report Awareness 2023 Recruitment Advertising Campaign. The military aimed to be “an employer of choice” for Canadians under 34, it said.
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Read Morecommunities, according to a poll conducted by Research Co.
“More than half of British Columbians who voted for the BC Liberals in 2020 (55%) agree with safe supply programs,” said Research Co President Mario Canseco in a press release.
“The level of support is higher among those who cast ballots for the BC NDP (68%) or the BC Green Party (73%) in the last provincial election.”
The poll said 61% of British Columbians describe the situation as a major problem — down three points since a similar poll was conducted in 2018.
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Read MoreLighting a fire in Nova Scotia (NS) could cost you big time if you’re caught.
Investigations into the three fires have determined each of them to be an act of arson
To help avoid any new wildfires, Nova Scotia increased the fine for breaking the province-wide burn ban to $25,000.
“We need all Nova Scotians to take the wildfire situation as seriously as we are. We are still finding cases of illegal burning, and it has to stop,” said Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables.
“We’re taking every measure to prevent new fires from starting. All Nova Scotians need to do their part — follow the burn ban, stay out of the woods and help keep your families and communities safe.”
The fine, which is set in the Summary Offence Ticket Regulations, had been $237.50. Penalties are levied through summary offence tickets issued by police, conservation or other law enforcement officers. The burn ban is in place until June 25 or until conditions allow it to be lifted.
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Read MoreOklahoma mom sues school district after daughter ‘severely’ beaten by ‘transgender’ male in bathroom
An Oklahoma mother is suing her local school district after a 17-year-old male “transgender” student allegedly “severely bea[t]” her 15-year-old daughter in the girls’ bathroom. The lawsuit accuses Edmond School District of failing to enforce a law signed by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on May 25 that requires Oklahoma public school students to “use restrooms that match the sex listed on their birth certificates.”
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Read MoreOhio Attorney General Dave Yost wrote that ‘allowing men to share bathrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms with women increases the ease with which biological males – most especially men who identify as men – can victimize women and girls.’
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Read MoreLong-time media magnate Conrad Black, Lord Black of Crossharbour endorsed Anthony Furey in Toronto’s mayoral byelection, stressing that Furey is the only candidate who can beat the left-wing frontrunner Olivia Chow.
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Read MoreA migrant farm worker, jailed while he awaited trial on sexual assault charges, had already endangered his stay in Canada by not returning home on time.
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Dwayne Omar Henry, 34, of Manchester, Jamaica, was considered “over-stayed” which gave him a one-year ban from the country, and his criminal charges jeopardized him from ever returning.
He was charged with touching two teenage girls at a Delhi swimming pond.
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