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If not for all the smog across Canada

Jul 20, 2021
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This has undoubtedly been one of the most painful periods of my life. My integrity has been questioned. I've been stripped of many of the tools I need to be an effective Leader. This was not infighting, rather a one-sided campaign to end my leadership.
8:20 PM ∙ Jul 19, 2021
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Green leader Annamie Paul says challenging her leadership should wait until after the fall election, now that the party cancelled a non-confidence vote ignited by internal divide over Israel. Paul said she considered “packing it in many times,” but she’s sticking with a run in Toronto Centre, a prime riding from where she can criticize Justin Trudeau.


Summer of burning churches

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Coptic Orthodox church destroyed by fire in Surrey, RCMP treating it as suspicious
nationalpost.comCoptic Orthodox church destroyed by fire in Surrey, RCMP treating it as suspiciousThe RCMP say the church was the target of an attempted arson last week as surveillance video showed a female suspect lighting items on fire at the door
8:47 PM ∙ Jul 19, 2021
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Suspicion over the fire that destroyed the St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Surrey is attached to the fact that it was the target of an arson attempt a few days earlier. The latest in a wave of churches set ablaze came after Harsha Walia, the head of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, resigned in the wake of controversy for tweeting “Burn it all down.”


Canada will open its borders to fully vaccinated American tourists on August 9. The announcement was accompanied by slating September 7 as a conditional date for international visitors. But the ban on flights from India was extended a month, to August 21, due to concerns over the delta variant, which is also dominating cases in the U.S.


Losing the pollution Olympics

Air quality alerts have become a significant trend across Canada, due to the smoke from wildfires in B.C. and Saskatchewan, as well as haze and smog travelling from northern Ontario. The result was a day in which Toronto experienced air despair beyond Beijing while only statistically better than Jakarta, but others recently had it worse:

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Toronto’s air quality peaked at second worst in the world for major cities on Monday afternoon, as hundreds of wildfires spread smoke across Canada.
trib.alInspiring! Canada’s Air Quality Is Some of the Worst in the WorldWildfires in western Canada, the United States, and northern Ontario are causing smokey conditions in Canada’s major cities.
3:02 PM ∙ Jul 20, 2021
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“If Twitter doesn’t want people to know about this film, what will it censor next?” Paid posts for the trailer to The New Corporation were rejected as prohibited political content, so the filmmakers are fighting back with a lawsuit. They’re also seeking a court order to force the Canadian government to protect freedom of expression by regulating Twitter.


Finally, road trip ends in Ottawa

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New Video!! Coming Home - Tom Green Returning To Canada - Vanlife
youtu.beComing Home - Tom Green Returning To Canada - VanlifeSo excited to update all of you about some big news. I have wanted to tell you about this for a while now but I had to get things set up first. I am so exc...
1:35 AM ∙ Jul 19, 2021
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