Press TV

The US military has become the biggest polluter domestically and internationally, a new report says, warning that hundreds of American military bases across the world are “gravely contaminated.”

The US Defense Department alone produces more hazardous waste than the five largest US chemical companies combined, creating a toxic trail over the world comprised of depleted uranium, oil, jet fuel, pesticides, defoliants like Agent Orange and lead, MintPress News reported Monday.   Continue reading “US military ‘world’s biggest polluter’: Report”

Arutz Sheva

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has challenged prime minister Netanyahu to draw the borders of Israel. The association claims that it is not politically motivated by the left or right but believes that every country should draw its borders in order to maintain certainty and in order to establish where Israel is sovereign.  Continue reading “ACRI challenges Netanyahu to draw map of Israel”

CBC News – by  Kristen Everson

The Canadian Forces and Veterans Affairs are setting up a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder in military members and veterans.

A briefing note to the veterans affairs minister from October reveals a senior psychiatrist with the Canadian Forces “has drafted a preliminary protocol to conduct a clinical trial” that would look at how effective and safe marijuana is in treating PTSD. But as of October the biggest obstacle was finding a way to fund the study and research team needed to implement it.   Continue reading “Military, Veterans Affairs to test effects of medical marijuana on PTSD in clinical trial”

Russia Insider

Bolivia is one of the few countries left on Earth that has the cojones to tell it like it is.

We witnessed some much needed truth-telling last month when Bolivia’s ambassador to the UN deconstructed Nikki Haley’s word goo at the Security Council: “Now the United States believe that they are investigators, they are attorneys, judges and they are the executioners … The unilateral actions are imperialistic actions. The USA is not interested in international law; they ignore it when it is inconvenient to them”.   Continue reading “Bolivia Drops Truth Bomb: Independent Monetary Policy Is Key to National Sovereignty”

Bearing Arms – by Bob Owens

The West Point graduate and Iraq War Army veteran President Donald Trump has nominated to be the new Army Secretary has a very good understanding of the Second Amendment, which is predictably driving anti-liberty liberals insane.

Tennessee state Sen. Mark Green (R), President Donald Trump’s nominee for Army secretary, strongly believes that citizens should be armed ― and not just with any ol’ guns. They should be able to possess whatever weapons the military has, because an armed citizenry is the “ultimate checks and balances” against the federal government.
Continue reading “Army Secretary Nominee: Citizens Should Have Same Arms As Military”

CBC News – by Bryan Labby

If Canada’s new impaired driving laws are passed police could show up on your doorstep — up to two hours after you arrive home — to demand a breath or saliva sample.

It’s one of the things that most concerns Calgary defence lawyer Dale Fedorchuk. who says the proposed law “begs” for a constitutional challenge.    Continue reading “Changes to Canada’s drunk driving laws will give police sweeping powers, warn legal experts”

Market Watch – by Peter Nicholas

The Trump administration is taking retaliatory action against Canada over a trade dispute, moving to impose a 20% tariff on softwood lumber that is typically used to build single-family homes.

In an interview Monday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the tariff will be applied retroactively and imposed on Canadian exports to the U.S. of about $5 billion a year. He said the dispute centers on Canadian provinces that have been allegedly allowing loggers to cut down trees at reduced rates and sell them at low prices.   Continue reading “U.S. to slap 20% tariff on Canadian softwood lumber imports”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Worth County, GA — Children feel violated, parents are furious, and a lawsuit is getting filed after the Worth County Sheriff’s office conducted an illegal search of 900 students — in the name of the war on drugs. The rights-violating intrusive and aggressive patdowns and drug dog searches yielded absolutely nothing.

On April 14, when the students of Worth County High School returned from spring break, they arrived at school to find a police state had taken over. The sheriff and his deputies — with no probable cause — detained and illegally searched every single child in the school, all 900 of them.   Continue reading “Cops Detain Entire School, Illegally Search/Grope 900 Kids — Find NOTHING, Parents Furious”

CBC News

York Regional Police are releasing more details on Friday on a child sex trafficking investigation that resulted in the arrest of more than 100 men accused of “purchasing prostituted children.”

Police said in a release Thursday they had completed a multi-year operation.   Continue reading “York police say 104 men arrested as part of child sex trafficking probe”

Huffington Post – by Christina Wilke

Late Monday night, when many Americans were in bed, President Donald Trump quietly announced his intention to nominate former Washington state senator Don Benton (R) to be director of the Selective Service System, which operates the nation’s military draft.

This was when the problems first came to light.

Continue reading “Trump Taps Salesman To Run Military Draft”

CBC News

Canada’s food regulator has found traces of the controversial herbicide glyphosate in nearly 30 per cent of about 3,200 food products it tested, and residue levels above the acceptable limits in 1.3 per cent of the samples.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s report on testing of glyphosate is titled “Safeguarding with Science: Glyphosate Testing in 2015-2016, and was published on its website this week. Glyphosate.is used to kill weeds, but can also be used to dry grains and legumes before they’re harvested.   Continue reading “Nearly a third of food samples in CFIA testing contain glyphosate residues”

National Post – by Adrian Humphreys

A Christian couple says two foster children were removed from their home and their eligibility as foster parents cancelled by the Hamilton Children’s Aid Society because they refused to say the Easter Bunny was real.

Derek and Frances Baars, who lived in rural Hamilton at the time but have since moved to Calgary, filed a lawsuit against the CAS on Tuesday, alleging a child support worker insisted the couple proactively tell two girls in their care, aged three and four, the Easter Bunny was genuine, despite the couple’s belief that lying is wrong.   Continue reading “Christian couple says child welfare removed foster children because they refused to say Easter Bunny is real”

Global News – The Canadian Press

OTTAWA – Some of the highlights from the suite of bills introduced Thursday by the federal Liberal government to legalize recreational marijuana:

– Sales to be restricted to people age 18 and older, although provinces would have the jurisdiction to increase their own minimum age.

– Adults 18 and older would be allowed to publicly possess up to 30 grams of dried cannabis, or its equivalent in non-dried form.   Continue reading “Pot legalization in Canada: Here’s what you need to know about proposed law”

Yonhap News Agency

SEOUL, April 9 (Yonhap) — North Korea on Sunday resumed its radio broadcast of mysterious random numbers, which is believed to be coded orders to its spies outside of the country.

“From now on, we announce tasks of mechanical engineering review for the Unit 21 expedition members of the remote education university,” North Korea’s state-run Pyongyang Radio said at 12:15 a.m.   Continue reading “N. Korea resumes radio broadcast of encrypted numbers”

CBC News – by Dave Seglins, Matthew Braga, Catherine Cullen

The RCMP for the first time is publicly confirming it uses cellphone surveillance devices in investigations across Canada — but at the same time says the potential of unauthorized snooping in Ottawa, as reported by CBC News, poses a threat to national security.

“Absolutely,” RCMP Chief Supt. Jeff Adam, who is in charge of technical investigations services, said in an unprecedented technical briefing Wednesday with reporters from CBC News, the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail.   Continue reading “RCMP reveals use of secretive cellphone surveillance technology for the first time”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON — Days before President Trump hosts his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, a top U.S. official warned Tuesday that “the clock has run out” on decades of diplomatic efforts to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, and military action may ultimately be necessary.

“The clock has now run out, and all options are on the table for us,” the official told reporters at a briefing held on condition that he not be identified by name.   Continue reading “Ahead of Trump-Xi summit, U.S. warns clock has ‘run out’ on N. Korea”

RT

Black smoke poured out over a warehouse in Opa-locka, Florida, where a dozen exploding tractor-trailers led to a massive two-alarm fire. It took nearly an hour for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to gain control of the blaze.

Several tractor-trailers were burning at American Fruit & Produce, which was evacuated, according to WPLG. The local station counted at least 12 tractor-trailers at South Gold Crop. in flames.   Continue reading “Exploding tractor-trailers spread huge warehouse fire near Miami”