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Canadian. Old. Old as God. If I believed in any deity. I do not. Lefty. Very.
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Introducing animals can be a challenging and unpredictable process because just like people they all have their own distinct personalities and likes and dislikes. Wallace just got here a few weeks ago but fortunately has already incorporated so peacefully with our other highlands Babs and Savannah!

Videos show armed agents in tactical gear, a crowd of locals and what appear to be smoke devices deployed.

If the Canadian conservative party want to win future elections, they must fire PP himself. He has decent support within the party, but non-conservatives detest him and will never vote for him. Many people voted against the conservatives because of him. People I know. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Pet Corner, brought to you by The Shady Rest Pub in Qualicum Beach! Meet Zero and Bunny, a pair of adorable male guinea pigs looking for their forever home. nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/05/20/g...

This representative image reveals the alarming amount of space debris surrounding Earth. It is estimated that more than 128 million fragments are orbiting, including about 36,000 objects larger than 10 centimeters. Many of these remnants come from over six decades of space activity, starting with👇

In an attempt to protect Netanyahu, Trump's sanctions have far broader implications for the ICC and its investigations of other countries' possible crimes. apnews.com/article/icc-...

Like that great idea to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause? No thanks. Your so-called great ideas put you back in the opposition. #cdnpoli

Last year the Lib Dems tried to stop all UK arms exports that would end up in Israel or to Hamas with an early day motion in Parliament Today, Starmer is arguing that there is no case to answer and arms exports should continue edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...

This year's budget has been approved by the City of Nanaimo, featuring a 7.8 per cent property tax hike. nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/05/13/n...

#Kelowna - City of Kelowna hosts free build-your-own air purifier workshops www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna...

#SurreyBC - Surrey council voting on mayor's health motion tonight www.surreynowleader.com/local-news/s...

The voting section of the U.S. Department of Justice has only three attorneys left on staff, according to an estimate provided by a group working to support the department’s remaining staff.👀 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Civil war has restarted in Libya with fighting between government and paramilitary forces spreading across the capital, Tripoli. Earlier Abdel Ghani al-Kikli, leader of the Stability Support Authority, was assassinated at the 444th Combat Brigade’s base during a meeting.

"UK exports more important than stopping genocide, Labour Government lawyers to argue" Read that carefully. Then again. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is a great project. Support your local shelter if you're able to. I donate hats and baby/kids blankets whenever I can. 🧶

Met Office issues yellow thunderstorm warning for parts of England and Wales

Asked if he would vote to suspend habeas corpus, Sen. Barasso said the president will “follow the law.” Asked a third time if he'd suspend habeas corpus, explicitly asking for a yes or no answer; he replied that he didn’t believe the suggestion would make it to Congress thehill.com/homenews/sun...

Help. My baby son looks like a sex pest.

With a foreign government apparently set to gift a U.S. President a ~luxury plane~ it's maybe time to look back at how SCOTUS has been all in on the MAGA (Make America a Grift Again) project 🧵 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

😳Today’s Tennessean front page: www.tennessean.com/story/news/e... As @GovBillLee and the @TNGOP refuse to act.

SCOOP: House Democrat Ritchie Torres is seeking an investigation into reports that Trump plans to accept a jet worth roughly $400 million from Qatar to serve as Air Force One, @andrewsolender.bsky.social reports.

Upset by tariffs and President Trump's insistence on making them the 51st state, Canadians are boycotting the U.S. Without them, the Rubber Duck Museum can't stay afloat. So, it's moving to Canada.

AHOY THERE! KITSAP COUNTY OPERATES FASTEST & 2ND LARGEST FERRYS FLEET IN WASHINGTON IT IS THE SLOWEST BOAT WE SALUTE - CARLISLE II, THE LONGEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING FERRY IN THE PNW. BUILT IN 1917 SHE HAS PLIED THE BREMERTON - PORT ORCHARD RUN SINCE 1936. NICE VIDEO: youtu.be/d1-7zSSinuM...

10 May 1939 | A French Jewish girl, Monique Cofman, was born in Mont-Saint-Aignan. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 8 November 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 773 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.

Koalas face death, attacks and starvation as blue gums chopped down in Victoria

Me: The cat barfed on the bed again Wife: So you’re going to clean it up? Me: It was more of an observational comment

10 May 1910 | Leon (Leba) Rajbenbach, a Polish Jew, was born in Warsaw to Pinkhus and Braindel. He emigrated to France where he worked as a merchant. During the war he lived in Paris. In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

Russia does not disclose its war losses. Since 2022, Mediazona, BBC News Russian and a team of volunteers have tracked confirmed deaths using open sources. Our latest update brings the verified toll to over 107,600, including more than 5,000 officers: en.zona.media/article/2025...

Just spoke with my CDC sources: They said a domestic cat in Idaho infected with H5N1 has developed mutations that could enable the virus to infect mammals, including humans. These mutations echo past jumps.

Oops.

West Virginia coal miners lose black lung screenings after Trump slashes worker safety agency NIOSH

Almost six years to the day since their last performance in Nanaimo, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds are coming back this summer. nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/05/08/a...

MFP reporters would like to talk to federal workers in Mississippi who have lost jobs as a result of DOGE. If you or someone you know has lost a job or know of a program that has been cut and would be willing to speak to our reporters, please email us at [email protected]

on a day of dark AI stories this may be the darkest one

NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion. In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.

Combined flu and COVID-19 vaccine is looking good (for adults 50+)! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

This is a searing editorial in the Financial Times. The West’s Shameful Silence on Gaza. If this had been written by students, and not the Editorial Board of the FT, they would be getting snatched off the streets by ICE.

World Central Kitchen says it no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. wck.org/news/gaza-up...