1 August - START Page - MSM Canada

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Singh hopes to build momentum on tour of Indigenous communities a day ago  –  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has been meeting with Indigenous people who have been affected by boil water advisories, forest fires and other threats — stepping away from 24/7 national media coverage just as a federal election call is expected within weeks.

Grassy Narrows funding pact for mercury-poisoning care home spurs joy and bitter memories

Catholic Church approved legal fees from fund meant for residential school survivors: documents

Acting defence chief's notes reveal weeks of intense discussions of how to handle Fortin allegation

Rugby Canada fires coach who made 'unacceptable' posts toward women's 7s team at Tokyo Olympics

First Nations and Ottawa agree to $8-billion settlement on drinking water advisories

Canada was an outlier on mixing COVID-19 vaccines, but more countries now following suit

Take pictures in your backyard this weekend to help save nature

Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk says he will be 'OK' after heart attack

Bronze medal win in 4x100m medley relay makes Penny Oleksiak most decorated Canadian Olympian

Why the delta variant is spreading COVID-19 so quickly — 

Artist's Queer Newfoundland Hockey League spins a new yarn to address homophobia in sports 4 hours ago  –  Lucas Morneau's artistic series creates imaginary hockey teams through crocheting and rug hooking, with one jersey recently acquired by The Rooms, Newfoundland and Labrador's largest public cultural space.

Prince Harry promises a 'wholly truthful' memoir — but how personal will he get?

Blood flow restriction training finds fans at the Olympics, but it comes with risks

Business travel isn't expected to return to pre-pandemic levels anytime soon

New heads of Toronto CSIS office say they want to hire a more diverse group of spies

NHL to investigate claim Sharks' Evander Kane bet on own games

Air quality from wildfire smoke hits dangerous levels in cities across B.C., as smoke heads west

Florida, COVID-19 epicentre in the U.S., breaks record with more than 21,000 new cases

Pop star Kris Wu detained by Beijing police on suspicion of sexual assault

Emancipation Day exposes Canada's educational blind spot

Barenaked Ladies ready to return to stage after a Detour 

31 July - My Yahoo ! - 2 of 2

 

Zelo Street

• Piers Morgan Mental Health Reverse Ferret

  The effects of elite competition, the training needed to participate at the top level, and indeed the

• Apsana Begum - Say Sorry, Press People

  The Parliamentary constituency of Poplar and Limehouse is where great wealth exists alongside areas of

• Farage The Lifeboat Snowflake

  Those who thought that there would never be anything pleasurable in watching the output of Gammon

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Politics : NPR

• St. Louis County Health Official Faces Abuse At Council Meeting On Mask

  NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Dr. Faisal Khan, acting director for the St. Louis County health

• The Challenge Of Public Health Messaging Amid An Ever-Changing Virus

  NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with public health professor Robert Blendon about mistrust in government

• Week In Politics: New Notes Further Show Trump's Attempt To Stop

  More troubles for former president Donald Trump, with the release of handwritten notes detailing the

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• Natural beauty: How to master the barely there make-up trend

  Make-up artists explain how to get the catwalk look at home.

• Irish woman part of crew that breaks Great Pacific Race world record

  Orlagh Dempsey from Mayo broke the world record along with her two crew mates after travelling 2,400

• Has the pandemic changed our friendships? Advice for socialising post

  Experts offer their advice for navigating friendships post-lockdown

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Olympics: When to watch Team Ireland's athletes in action on Super

  Rhys McClenaghan and Kurt Walker are vying for medals on Sunday.

• Irish vaccine rollout overtakes UK as 72.4% of adult population fully

  On Saturday, centres around the country opened for wall-in vaccinations.

• Post boxes in Skibbereen go gold to celebrate local Olympic heroes

  Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy claimed the gold in the Men's Lightweight Doubles Sculls at the

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memeorandum

• Former RNC chairman to Jim Jordan on Jan. 6: 'You know, b****, what

  Jeremy Beaman / Washington Examiner : Former RNC chairman to Jim Jordan on Jan. 6: ‘You know, b**

• Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases (Mike Schneider

  Mike Schneider / Associated Press : Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases  

• Sarah Palin teases 2022 Senate run in Alaska (Jon Levine/New York Post)

  Jon Levine / New York Post : Sarah Palin teases 2022 Senate run in Alaska   —  Former

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The Hayride

• Chip Roy Schools Runaway Texas Democrats in D.C., Exposes ‘Voting Rights

  U.S. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) warmly greeted his Lone Star State colleagues on Capitol Hill Thursday, but

• Greg Abbott vs. Merrick Garland Is Worth Watching

  I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that what’s going on in Texas over the

• The Age Of Consensus Politics Is Over; Act Accordingly

  That’s a message which needs to be heard loudly and clearly by lots of Republican politicians

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• Education Property Tax Cuts Worsen Income Inequality in Manitoba

  The Education Property Tax Reduction Act will increase income inequality in Manitoba and will not help

• National child care plan would add up to tens of thousands in savings for

  With federal plans to create a national child care plan that would see fees drop to $10-a-day by 2026

• Letter to the European Commission and EU Member States regarding the TRIPS

  On June 29, 2021, the CCPA joined over 200 civil society organisations from around the world in signing the

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Times of India

• Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was executed by Taliban: Report

• Covid-19: Reopen schools, say academics, doctors, lawyers and parents

• Mizoram bunkers, Assam build-up raise tensions on disputed border

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• ‘Sorry Ma’: Boy spends Rs 40,000 on online game, kills self

• Holding minor’s hand not sexual harassment: Pocso court

• Danish’s body was mutilated in Taliban custody: Officials

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | Springboks show world champion pedigree to bury British Lions

  It wasn't always pretty, but a pair of stunning second half tries from Makazole Mapimpi and Lukhanyo Am

• News24.com | #UnrestSA: ANC threatens disciplinary action against ANCYL

  The ANC says inflammatory statements by its Youth League Task Team spokesperson, Sizophila Mkhize, outside

• News24.com | Eskom making strides in improving municipal collections

  Eskom's collection strategies have slowed the growth of debt owed by municipalities, says Public

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | ANALYSIS | Dewald van Niekerk, Elmien du Plessis: KZN state of

  Can the Disaster Management Act be used when funding is needed to deal with a crisis? Dewald van Niekerk

• News24.com | Gareth Newham | Looting aftermath: Urgent reform needed for

  The recent unrest showed how important the SAPS’ performance is to the government’s ability to keep the

• News24.com | Dirk Kotze | 100 years on: The successes and challenges of the

  Friday marked the 100th anniversary of the South African Communist Party. Dirk Kotze analyses the changes

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Rwanda lifts Covid lockdown on capital

  Rwanda's government has ordered the lifting of a lockdown on the capital Kigali and eight other

• News24.com | Tunisian president says he will not become a dictator after MP

  Tunisia's president has promised he would not turn into a dictator and rejected accusations he had

• News24.com | Covid-19: Kenya extends curfew as cases surge

  Kenya said Friday it is extending a nighttime curfew and banning public gatherings to slow the spread of

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• US Senate pauses in bid to put together infrastructure bill

  Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said work would resume on Sunday.

• Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu arrested in Beijing amid ‘rape’ claim

  Wu denies any wrongdoing.

• Tunisian president’s crackdown leads to arrest and detentions

  Four members of the Ennahdha movement were arrested before being freed.

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WebMD Health

• Study Finds COVID-19 May Lower Intelligence

  Researchers said those who had been placed on a ventilator while ill showed the most substantial effects

• Biden Reverses Trump Policy Limiting U.S. Nursing Home Fines

  The Biden administration has reversed a Trump policy that limited the size of fines that U.S. nursing homes

• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

  Opioid overdose-related visits to U.S. emergency departments rose by nearly one-third during the COVID-19

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WhoWhatWhy

• Shark Sightings Off NY’s Coast Are Linked to Climate Change, Scientists Say

  PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are

• Criminalizing Mental Illness

  Why America’s punitive and often violent response to those with mental illness makes our communities less

• Joking Towards Bethlehem: What If Climate Change Were Actually Funny?

  Finding the humor in a constant crisis.

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Science Blog

• The Forests are Dying

  Perched below the tree line twisted tones emerge, groves of crooked wood that buckle at the knee. Lodgepole

• Thinking impaired in 60% of COVID-19 survivors

  In a sample of over 400 older adults in Argentina who had recovered from COVID-19, more than 60% displayed

• Some Assembly Required: How a Cellular Machine Builds Itself

  As you read this text, the millions of cells that make up your body are hard at work. Within every cell is

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Raw Story - Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

• Florida sets record for most new COVID cases during the pandemic — as GOP

  The state of Florida on Saturday reported the most new daily cases of coronavirus during the entire history

• GOP chooses to ‘coddle domestic terrorists’ because Trump ‘turned

  Republicans were harshly criticized for their newfound hatred of law enforcement in a new column by Maureen

• GOP senator pans Trump's efforts to whitewash his  insurrection: '

  Republican efforts to whitewash the January 6th insurrection will be unsuccessful, one GOP senator argued

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• MGI Australia Demo Lab Opens To Support APAC Customers

  BRISBANE, Australia, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (MGI), a world-leading life science

• Mixed Bag For The Weekend

  This weekend should remain mainly settled for much of New Zealand, while a front brings rain to the lower

• Company-X’s Jes Elliott Wins Reseller News Women In ICT Rising Star Award

  Company-X software quality assurance tester Jes Elliott won the Reseller News Women in ICT Rising Star

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The Science of Doom

• Models and Rainfall – VII – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI RCP4.5

  In VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared vs history we looked at how each model thought

• Models and Rainfall – VI – Australia CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared we compared four models among themselves for two future

• Models and Rainfall – V – CanESM2, CSIRO, Miroc and MRI compared

  In the last article we looked at a comparison between Miroc (Japanese climate mode) and MPI (German climate

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Seeing the Forest

• Fascists Eat Donuts

  In 2003 I asked if anyone knew a certain song… I did get an answer but never posted it. So here it is

• Infrastructure “Deal”

  So there’s a “bipartisan deal” on infrastructure that cuts out much of the original

• We Are In Pre-WWII Germany

  I was thinking about the emotional desire for normal times we see in so many of our elites. It’s

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The Slog

• Conflating virus fear & politicising media: the Rothschild connection

  Alex de Rothschild - a powerful supporter of technocracy, Reset, and the Secret State.

• ANALYSIS: Why ‘A Groin-Sperm’ is an anagram for our times

  Piers Morgan seems to be turning into Monsieur Groslard.

• FAST-MOVING FASCISM: Macron foxes France as Starmer baffles Britain

  People aren't hungry enough for the counter-attack just yet.

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Universe Today

• Lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Fuel Tanks Pass a Critical Test

  Material science is still the unsung hero of space exploration.  Rockets are flashier, and control

• InSight has Mapped out the Interior of Mars, Revealing the Sizes of its

  In a series of newly-published papers, NASA scientists have shown how InSight's seismic data allowed

• Bad News. Those Underground Lakes on Mars? They’re Probably Just Frozen

  If you were planning an ice-fishing trip to the Martian south pole and its sub-surface lakes observed by

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Whistleblower Network News

• It’s Time to Make National Whistleblower Day Permanent

  Permanent. It’s a tough word. For folks that have commitment issues, forever is scary. But for

• Sen. Grassley Passes “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day” Resolution

  On Tuesday, July 27, the U.S. Senate designated July 30, 2021 as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day

• Rep. John Garamendi Calls for Peace Corps Whistleblower Protections

  On July 29, Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) advocated for the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act, which

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