With trafficking for forced criminality & cyber-scam centres increasingly impacting #SouthAsia 🌏 it’s important that responses are coordinated cross-regionally and that lessons learned Southeast Asia are shared to other Bali Process Members

More than 80 Teslas had their tires punctured and bodies scratched at a lot in Hamilton, Ontario, the police said on Thursday.

Air Force intercepts aircraft flying in a restricted zone near Mar-a-Lago

Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired as Elon Musk’s government-cutting project targets the Veterans Affairs Department. “Lots of people don’t understand how important these roles are,” a hospital administrator said.

“We need more treatment, more facilities because people get addictions, they lose their jobs and they lose their homes. “We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.”

Canada is Trump's number one enemy. There is dark method in his madness. American Autarky is the economic philosophy of MAGA. They stole it from Nazi economics. It is about building a tariff wall and relying on politics of plunder. Please read my latest. charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-gan...

In Trump's America meanness and cruelty is the point. A nation this divided cannot stand. They are eating each other raw. Stay strong Canada. #elbowsup apnews.com/article/trum...

What a different world we could have.

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RECLAIMING RAINBOW PARK “Homelessness in Rainbow Park became an addiction issue and that’s where we’ve got to find solutions. "We need to have compassion for them and learn from what happened in Rainbow Park.” Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/22/r...

Wise man…

In rural Ontario where health-care is hurting, voters decry PC candidates missing debates www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁

Six of nine candidates made their case Tuesday for why they should be elected the next Sarnia-Lambton MPP. Noticeably absent was incumbent PC Bob Bailey. Election coverage from @petroliaindie.bsky.social and @cdobsonnewsnviews.bsky.social: petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/18/s... #ONpoli

Just wonderful writing on the 60 Minutes piece on President aMusk dismantling of USAID "The world's richest man cut off aid for the world's poorest people." Well done.

Sheryl Crow sells her Tesla and donates proceeds to NPR

A new North Dakota bill would require stores to pull any book with any "material harmful to minors" from the shelves. For those in the cheap seats, that effectively means ANY mention of sex, sexuality or gender. A bookseller could be arrested for displaying 1984. www.inforum.com/opinion/colu...

Heard it. Decided to post it. Enjoy youtu.be/9DZvJQ0PTEg?...

Poilievre interview with Carney on pipelines where Carney "schools" Poilievre who very obviously does not understand. Carney - "Mr Poilievre, I'm trying to explain a little bit about how the economy works." #cdnpoli #peipoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPY_...

Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided

Cyndi Lauper review – a freedom fighter’s swan song

Public libraries are amazing! Did you know you can borrow a book from any library in the country and return it to any other library? Did you know they have subscriptions to huge amounts of national and international media that you can access?

The Independent nominated for nine provincial awards Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/14/t...

Lambton-Kent public board revamps travel regulations in wake of educators' Hawaii conference Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/13/p...

The end of the St. Clair River 'blob' Forty years after Dow spilled perchloroethylene, the final part of the clean up is underway Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/14/t...

#NEW: from @cdobsonnewsnviews.bsky.social - Sarnia-Lambton incumbent MPP Bob Bailey is not attending a single all-candidates meeting this campaign. petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/11/b...

The National Homebuilders Association of America 🇺🇸 is begging Trump not to implement tariffs on Canada:

Sarnia non-profit LTC manager alarmed by cost of dementia housing project in Petrolia Read this via petroliaindie.bsky.social petrolialambtonindependent.ca/2025/02/03/s...

NEW: Here’s what the main Ontario parties say they’ll do to fix the family doctor shortage, and how their promises compare. #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk’s DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help people escape forced labor camps run by criminal scammers.

Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺 Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾

Elon Musk’s leadership style, described at times as reckless or intense, is central to his polarizing influence in the tech world. Now, he’s bringing that attitude to Washington as President Trump tasks him with leading efforts to reduce the federal workforce.

Donald Trump has us all proudly waving the Canadian flag. So now what are we going to do? Nothing like an aggressive bully forcing an existential crisis to make you re-evaluate how lucky you have been, and how much you value what you have. #Opinion

Can Trump keep his promise to end the war in Ukraine? It’s possible – but it won’t be easy | Christopher Chivvis

Local news outlets should clearly label opinion pieces. From @trustingnews.bsky.social: “In our dream world, opinion content all begins with the word ‘opinion,’ a colon and then the headline, just to make it absolutely clear. It’s the only clear word to use.” Read more: lnkd.in/gxkcrwbC

A great resource for identifying credible journalism, and the red flags that signal a source should be avoided: (@newslitproject.bsky.social)