Canada

Animal advocates are celebrating after parts of a controversial Ontario agriculture law that made it illegal to get a job on a farm under false pretences to expose conditions inside were deemed unconstitutional....

David Vigneault tells MPs Chinese hacking and espionage has been a serious threat since Xi Jinping became president

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/04/29/If-Animals-Are-Conscious-What-About-Us/#

Just days before the 2006 election Stephen Harper made an extraordinary statement. Seeking to assure Canadians a potential Conservative majority government would be restrained from accruing “absolute power,” Harper submitted that his party would face “limits” because of “checks,” naming specifically courts, civil...

Members voted 96.5 percent in favor of a strike authorization during stalled talks with Canadian indie film and TV producers on a new labor deal.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/carbon-monoxide-poisoning-co-op-grocery-teen-worker-1.7178855

An RCMP officer who, until recently, faced two criminal charges for alleged violence while on the job in Prince George will return to work after receiving an absolute discharge, meaning there will be no sentence or any criminal record, in a Vancouver courtroom yesterday morning....

Just got reminded of this classic!

FYI, Metro "reported a first-quarter profit of $228.5 million".

As progress on some measures in the Liberal-NDP confidence-and-supply agreement continue to play out publicly, the two parties have quietly been in talks to table electoral reform legislation before the next federal vote.

Alberta - $3,151...

Along with the massive recent manufacturing investments in electric vehicle (EV) technology and talks of a greener, decarbonized future, there are some not-so-green problems....

Here is an article that talks about ZAP and whether or not they make for an effective safety symbol....

I posted this yesterday:...