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Belgium has started distributing iodine pills free for all citizens, claiming the measure was not prompted by any “specific risk.”
Pharmacies have begun receiving some of the 4.5 million boxes of iodine pills, which have been available for citizens for free since Tuesday, it was revealed during the presentation of a new plan in case on nuclear emergency. Continue reading “Nuclear alert? Belgium distributes millions of iodine pills, yet claims ‘no risk’”
Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (Introduced 02/26/2018)
To regulate the importation, manufacture, possession, sale or transfer of assault weapons, and for other purposes. Continue reading “H.R.5087 – Assault Weapons Ban of 2018”
YouTube’s new moderators, brought in to spot fake, misleading and extreme videos, stumbled in one of their first major tests, mistakenly removing some clips and channels in the midst of a nationwide debate on gun control.
The Google division said in December it would assign more than 10,000 people to moderate content after a year of scandals over fake and inappropriate content on the world’s largest video site. Continue reading “YouTube’s New Moderators Mistakenly Pull Right-Wing Channels”
A Georgia teacher who barricaded himself in his classroom and fired a handgun is in police custody.
Jesse Randall Davidson, 53, locked his students in the hallway and fired a shot when the principal opened the door, according to US media reports.
No students were hurt by the alleged gunfire but one sprained her ankle. Continue reading “Georgia teacher fires gun in empty classroom”
Washington Examiner – by Melissa Quinn
House Democrats have introduced a bill banning semi-automatic firearms in the wake of the Feb. 14 shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla.
Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., announced Monday he is introducing the Assault Weapons Ban of 2018. More than 150 Democrats have signed on in support of the legislation, Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., said. Continue reading “House Democrats introduce bill prohibiting sale of semi-automatic weapons”
This is what happens in my neck of the woods if you try and protect yourself and your property. I hope I get called in for jury duty.
Global News – by Heide Pearson
An Okotoks man has been charged after reportedly firing shots at a couple of people he spotted rummaging through his vehicles this past weekend.
According to Okotoks RCMP, the homeowner caught two men breaking into vehicles on his property early Saturday morning and fired shots at them. Continue reading “Okotoks homeowner charged with shooting at suspects seen rummaging through vehicles”
A survivor of last week’s school shooting in Florida has denied claims he is an actor with an anti-gun agenda.
Speaking on CNN, student David Hogg said he was a witness.
Conspiracy theorists online have accused the survivors of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High of being paid actors who travel between the sites of mass shootings. Continue reading “Florida shooting: Student David Hogg denies ‘actor’ claim”
Vox – by Alexia Fernández Campbell
President Donald Trump’s businesses don’t seem too concerned about “America First.”
A Vox analysis of hiring records for seasonal workers at three Trump properties in New York and Florida revealed that only one out of 144 jobs went to a US worker from 2016 to the end of 2017. Foreign guest workers with H-2B visas got the rest. Continue reading “3 Trump properties posted 144 openings for seasonal jobs. Only one went to a US worker.”
The US president’s daughter-in-law, Vanessa Trump, was taken to hospital as a precaution after opening an envelope containing white powder, police say.
The letter was addressed to Donald Trump Jr, Mr Trump’s eldest son, at his apartment in Manhattan.
She and two other people at the scene were decontaminated by firefighters and taken to hospital for evaluation. Continue reading “Trump Jr wife in hospital after opening white powder envelope”
Mankind ended last night.
I know, I know, you probably didn’t realize.
But it happened.
A world leader publicly pronounced it dead.
Yes, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau killed off ‘mankind’ because he finds the word offensive. Continue reading “Piers Morgan: How dare you kill off mankind, Mr Trudeau, you spineless virtue-signalling excuse for a feminist”
Three current and former Calgary police officers engaged in a two-year “campaign of harassment” against a Calgary mother with the goal of getting her to give up her parental rights during a bitter custody battle, according to the prosecution at the start of a four-week corruption trial.
Tony Braile, Bryan Morton and Bradford McNish were paid thousands of dollars by a private investigation firm to illegally use Calgary Police Service resources, said Leah Boyd, who is prosecuting the case alongside Julie Snowdon. Continue reading “Cops stalked Calgary mother with GPS device and bugged her home, court hears on first day of corruption trial”
Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating a shooting at the courthouse in Maniwaki, Que., in which an 18-year-old man was seriously injured when he was shot by a special constable.
The Bureau des Enquêtes Indépendantes (BEI), which investigates incidents involving law enforcement officers, said there was an altercation between the man and a special constable around 1 p.m. ET. Continue reading “18-year-old seriously injured in shooting at courthouse in Maniwaki, Que.”
FORBES, N.D.—A Forbes man was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 30, for allegedly assaulting a 9-year-old child in Dickey County in December.
Robert Sturgis Miner, 49, was arrested by the Dickey County Sheriff’s Office north of Forbes Tuesday, with support from the James River Special Operations Team, the Red River Valley SWAT, North Dakota Highway Patrol and North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation.
Continue reading “ND man charged with assault for kicking child, putting hand in hot gravy”
Questions about edible pot were begging for answers on Monday after CBC Toronto learned that two Toronto officers were suspended after allegedly ingesting marijuana edibles, hallucinating and calling for help while on duty.
The two officers, who both work at 13 Division, were on duty not far from the station at Eglinton Avenue West and Allen Road when they allegedly ingested pot edibles late Sunday. Continue reading “Can pot cause hallucinations? Report of officers who allegedly ate edibles fuels debate”
Watching China lay claim to territory in the South and East China Seas and on the Indian border resembles a fat man at the buffet table declaring that everything from the roast beef over to the chocolate éclairs is his. Now China is setting its sights on the Arctic – declaring itself a “near Arctic state.”
A Western observer who has spent several decades in the People’s Republic of China but wishes to remain unnamed by Asia Times, believes China’s claim with regard to the Arctic is the chance for the world to say: “NO, you are not a near Arctic state. Rather, you are a state proclaiming its interest in the Arctic. Your rationale is militarily and economically motivated, not geographical.” Continue reading “China as a ‘near Arctic state’ – chutzpah overcoming geography”
Former US President Barack Obama has said that he is “basically a liberal Jew.”
Mr Obama made the remark while speaking at a New York synagogue last week on his criticisms of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
He also said: “To be a true friend of Israel it is important to be honest about it, and the politics of this country sometimes do not allow for it. Continue reading “Former US President Obama says he is ‘basically a liberal Jew.’”
Amanda Edwards grew up in Yukon, so she’s enjoyed plenty of wild game meat in her life — mostly things such as mountain sheep, or moose.
This week, though, she sampled a rodent — and was pleasantly surprised. Turns out that under all those quills, a porcupine is a tasty treat.
“I thought it … almost like pork. Very juicy,” she said. Continue reading “Bear ravioli, slow-braised lynx on the menu at Yukon game meat banquet”
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he will review controversial plans to outlaw any suggestion of Polish complicity in the Nazi Holocaust.
Israel has fiercely objected to the draft law, which would also make it illegal to describe Nazi death camps in Poland as Polish. Continue reading “Poland president to review Holocaust bill after Israel outcry”