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Textile banners with tbe text 'Girls say no to the bombs' with images of dives and peace and womens symbols

Banner by UK peace activist Thalia Campbell, a founder of the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp in 1981. She produced over 250 textile banners in activism for disarmament of nuclear weapons #WomensArt #WomensHistoryMonth

#BREAKING | Israel just bombed a UNIFIL position in Al Qouzah, South Lebanon. Casualties among UN peacekeepers.

Alberta, Ottawa agree on deal that would see province front its own major project reviews | CBC News Ottawa and Alberta have reached an agreement that will see the province take control of regulatory approvals for major projects, something they say will deliver those projects more expeditiously.

Carney just keeps on getting worse:
Alberta, Ottawa agree on deal that would see province front its own major project reviews
Both levels of government say agreement-in-principle will speed up construction of projects
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

It's always time for this anti-fascist moment from Casablanca.

Whoa! MTG!??!

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

I cannot stress enough how short and direct the connection is between abandoning values in favour of making deals with authoritarian regimes with awful human rights records, and now facing potential participation in an illegal and immoral war alongside Trump. This is where rationalizations get you.

“The Government of Canada wants feedback on potential future uses of the Pickering Lands now that the government has announced that the lands won't be used as a future airport site.”
#ONpoli #cdnpoli

Love this idea! Solution to mitigate Big Grocery control, grocery inflation, food sustainability👇

A bulldozer and an excavator clear rubble as emergency personnel search for victims at the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted a residential compound in Baalbek, in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. [Nidal Solh/AFP]

Families displaced by Israeli strikes from southern Lebanon seek refuge at a school transformed into a shelter in Sidon. [Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP]

An ambulance is parked near a sweeping blaze following Israeli bombardment on a solar farm and electricity generation facility in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre. [Kawnat Haju/AFP]

A man passes by a destroyed car and shop on a commercial street that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon. [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo]

Israel kills more than 100 Lebanese as it commands Beirut residents to flee https://aje.news/bauwid

who's paying? we're paying

PP charged Canadians $8.8 million in expenses for what could only be campaigning (not allowed why is there no audit??) after flying coast to coast on repeat last year to do private talks in private mansions. That reset his bar/threshold and he clearly wants to do it again

🚨🚨 Operation Metro Surge is NOT over. ICE has received 4 large shipments of brand new vehicles in the past 24 hours. We urge everyone to continue to look out for their neighbors and supporting mutual aid efforts. We will not stop until ICE is OUT.

I understand what these words mean when these words get put together but I don't understand how these words could possibly be together.

The ABC Councillor who previously apologized for his own role in spreading defamatory disinformation now implies nobody cares about the issue.

An insult to voters, and to our city.

We're going to evict them all in October.

www.evictkensim.ca

Billionaires are literally playing 'Monopoly' with the planet.
What makes them think they can do this??

"....with Lonsdale saying he was hoping to “invest in Iran” after a regime change."

Vancouver’s Chinese community says mayor’s apology isn’t good enough Some members of Vancouver’s Chinese community say they’re not satisfied with Mayor Ken Sim’s apology following his false claims that a city councillor distributed drugs on Christmas Day.

Vancouver’s Chinese community says mayor’s apology isn’t good enough

the one who loved horses, the one who was a great goalkeeper, the one who kept a diary every day, the one who held her sister's hand when they walked to school, the one who read Harry Potter in English, the one who collected old coins, the one who drew rainbows for her grandmother ...

Spain’s Foreign Minister Albares, calls out Karoline Leavitt on her lie that Spain had agreed to cooperate with the US in its illegal war:

“She may be the White House spokesperson, but I am Spain’s Foreign Minister, and I can assure you that our position remains unchanged.”

Trump administration launches US military operation in Ecuador Critics have questioned the increasing scope and deadly consequences of US anti-narcotics operations in Latin America.

Critics have questioned the increasing scope and deadly consequences of US anti-narcotics operations in Latin America.

I’ve unmasked a white nationalist fight club in my city: Montreal.

After weeks of work (with help!), I can reveal an Olympian as a member of the Frontenac Active Club — one who, unbeknownst to the owners, brought them to a local gym for training and propaganda photos.

Here’s my investigation:

Last week I tried to remove sections of the Liberal budget bill that retroactively deny compensation owed to Canadian Veterans. But the Liberals and Conservatives teamed up to keep the provisions in place. This shameful decision breaks Canada’s covenant with those who served.

While working-class Canadians are being told to make sacrifices by PM Carney, his Liberal government is repealing the luxury tax on private jets and yachts. The contrast could not be more glaring: austerity for working people, tax breaks for those at the very top.

Liberal MP criticizes Mark Carney’s support for U.S. attack on Iran Victoria MP Will Greaves said Canada "cannot endorse the unilateral and illegal use of military force" while insisting its own sovereignty must be respected.

Courage!

Victoria Liberal MP Will Greaves said Canada “cannot endorse the unilateral and illegal use of military force” while insisting its own sovereignty must be respected

www.thestar.com/politics/fed...

Double trouble: New drug on B.C. streets brings hallucinations, vomiting, ICU after overdose For months, British Columbia’s health officials have been issuing warnings about a new street drug that’s sent overdose calls soaring, but the risk of withdrawal hasn’t been well understood.

You know what fentanyl is but have probably never heard of medetomidine

That’s changing as it’s increasingly saturating BC’s illicit drug supply and adding more strain to our healthcare system

Users can have severe, life-threatening withdrawal in hours
More:
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Painting of a hare to the right looking up at a full moon in a golden sky

Artwork by Jackie Morris, artist, illustrator, author #WomensArt #FullMoon #March

The graves dug for 153 Iranian female school children who were killed by an Israeli-American strike.

Photo: IRNA

Study finds bat population crash increases insecticide use | The Western Producer I’ve written before in this column about the bat disease that has decimated North American populations. As a brief refresher, white nose syndrome is a

From the University of Calgary faculty of VetMed (who we have worked with) a good article in the Western Producer about the importance of bats to agriculture & human health. A discussion of the Frank(2024) paper. 🦇🌎🧪
www.producer.com/livestock/st...

Once again: if you hang out on the brainrot, AI generated, propoganda platform you are more likely to be taken in by brainrot, AI and propoganda

To be clear, this is the US administration laying the groundwork for commission of war crimes. That's what rules of engagement prevent.

Fwiw the concept of "talent" being necessary to become an artist has allowed the idea of genAI as an "accessibility" tool to take root.

"I'm not talented so I need AI"

Nope. You're not *skilled* so you need to *learn* and *practice*.

Bunnicula! Bunnicula!