CANADA
#1 — CNews | ‘Flashrobberies’ by youths troubling
OTTAWA – The “flashrob” at a convenience store this month was the first of its kind in Ottawa — but not the most recent.
Ottawa Police are investigating a second that happened July 23 at the Independent Grocer.
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#2 — LFP | Canadians aboard crashed jet in Guyana
Twelve Canadians were aboard the Caribbean Airlines jet that crashed and broke in two early Saturday in Georgetown, Guyana.
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#3 — NP | Rights violated in B.C. ecstasy case, judge says
A British Columbia judge has dismissed charges against five men arrested after a 14-month Ecstasy investigation because the RCMP had “run roughshod” over their rights.
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Meyers decision in full (“must read” to understand the situation)
#4 — OC | Canadian Forces to order new uniforms, decides old design a poor fit
The Canadian Forces plans to order thousands of new uniforms after determining the current design is based on a “gentleman’s” combat uniform and doesn’t fit well with equipment.
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#5 — Star | Doug Ford comments spark ‘Atwood for Mayor’ movement
A tiny note on a coffee house tip jar has a big message for Doug Ford.
It’s the same message that’s written on sidewalk chalkboards on Queen St. W. and social networks dedicated to the cause.
“Margaret Atwood for mayor of Toronto.”
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WORLD
#6 — BBC | China: Unrest in Kashgar, Xinjiang, leaves 15 dead
Weekend unrest in Kashgar, in China’s western Xinjiang region, has left at least 15 people dead, state media say.
The violence began on Saturday when two men killed a truck driver, then drove his lorry into pedestrians and attacked them with knives, killing six. One of the attackers also died.
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#7 — Fox | Blinded Iranian Acid Victim Pardons Attacker
TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian woman who was blinded by a suitor who threw acid on her face has pardoned her attacker at the last minute, sparing him from being blinded by acid as retribution.
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#8 — Irish Times | Pressure on Spain as IMF seeks action on weak finances
THE SPANISH government came under fresh pressure as the International Monetary Fund called for “additional action” to anchor its feeble public finances and Moody’s put the country’s debt on review for a possible downgrade.
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#9 — Spiegel | East Africa’s ‘Cataclysmic Downward Spiral of Suffering’
The UN has started airlifting food to famine-plagued Somalia, a measure that could save thousands of starving children in the divided country. German commentators, however, argue that it is time to address the causes of such a famine and push for at-risk regions to create self-sufficient agricultural industries.
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#10 — Telegraph | Daley: Ministers know how to get us out of this mess – cut taxes
The Government putting political considerations ahead of sound economic sense.
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Telegraph | Norman Lamont: Plan B can never bring real growth
Re: #3 — This situation has caught my attention because of a family problem, now ongoing, that I can say nothing about because of a media press ban issued by the court but I will say there are strong similarities.
However, I note in the comment area of the NP article people arriving at derogatory conclusions without bothering to try and understand why the judge arrived at his decision. That happens a lot in our media and it is wrong. For whatever reason our “reporters” do not bother to go to the source which in most cases are easly available (I found this one in two minutes). They hear something and they pounce because of pre-concieved notions and worse — they permit a captive audience to beat the hell out of our judiciary through “comments” — people who have no clue what they are ranting on about.
Talk about “lynch mobs”!!
Read the full decision and then “rethink” everything you want to say. You won’t be disappointed as you come to the same conclusion I have.
The judge was correct and that is why we pay them the “big bucks”.
Have I mentioned that the Crown will not be appealing this decision? Perhaps not but it’s true and THAT decision is also correct.
Pay attention, folks and go to the “source”. Best evidence is first evidence — the remainder is inuendo and not worth reading as people with hidden agendas “spin” truth.
Personally, I don’t pay a lot of attention to the “dipshits” out there and there are a lot of them.
“Nuff said”.