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Nugnewbie said:

Also Hutterites are plentiful in western Canada. A buddy of mine, well, best friend for years used to tell me the Hutterites were from the dregs of German society. He was British, and his father was military and had been posted to Germany for a time when my friend was young, before their family emigrated to Canada.

When I was young, my mother worked in a local drugstore. I remember her telling me about the Hutterite women, who used to come in to the store and shoplift often. They wear large dresses so it was easy to conceal items and walk out. I suppose with technology, that might not be as easy as it once was.

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In January, my phone which seldom rings, showed a caller from Lethbridge. My oldest nephew and a cousin live somewhere in Alberta, so I curiously answered the call.

It was a self professed Hutterrite wanting to know if Amish lived in the area and if I'd be able to provide any contact details. He went on about how he was allowed to drive a vehicle (not horse & buggy) but always needed approval from the bishop and a pair of elders as a prerequisite for all destinations. He was interested in knowing if the Amish too were as controlling as Hutterrites. It was confirmed that Amish live in the area and I'd get the phone number of the local communal school house known to have voicemail.

A few days later he called back and received the information requested.

There was an effort made to not engage his plight. Religion causes trauma for many and therapy is expensive - couldn't help but ponder he owed me for a partial session.

The interaction was unique.

ope just gunna squeeze in here and remind people of the rules

Well, we did have one generation of Ukrainians settle and farm the land; many are getting old with kids who went to the city to work. Perhaps it is time for another? There seem to be some available, or anybody who can and wants to farm for that matter. I suppose corporations could buy the hand and have robots work it in 20 years and you'll pay or starve!

Canada’s public broadcaster quits Twitter, joining US outlets
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will quit posting content on Elon Musk-owned Twitter, joining other U.S.-based media outlets.

“Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on @Twitter,” CBC wrote in a tweet on Monday.

Twitter hit CBC, along with other media outlets receiving some public funding, with a “government-funded” label on its account, which amassed more than 32,000 followers.

According to Twitter policy, government-funded media is defined as outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlet’s funding and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content.

“Twitter’s own policy defines government-funded media as cases where the government “may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content,” which is clearly not the case with CBC/Radio-Canada,” CBC said in a Twitter thread in response to the social media platform’s recent labeling of their account.

“CBC/Radio-Canada is publicly funded through a parliamentary appropriation that is voted upon by all Members of Parliament. Its editorial independence is protected in law in the Broadcasting Act, as we said in our statement from last week,” CBC added.

CBC followed other media outlets, such as PBS and NPR, who have called it quits on using Twitter after Musk slapped “government-funded” and “state-affiliated media” labels on their accounts.

NPR was the first to announce its decision last week, saying it would let its Twitter accounts go dormant and no longer post on the social media platform in response to Twitter adding a “state-affiliated media” label to a number of media outlets that receive some public funding.

Twitter then dropped the “state-affiliated” label and changed it to say “government funded,” after receiving widespread pushback from the decision. In a statement, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said that NPR is an independent news organization, saying “If anyone were to follow their coverage, it is clear that they are indeed an independent news organization.”

printer said:

Canada’s public broadcaster quits Twitter, joining US outlets
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will quit posting content on Elon Musk-owned Twitter, joining other U.S.-based media outlets.

“Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on @Twitter,” CBC wrote in a tweet on Monday.

Twitter hit CBC, along with other media outlets receiving some public funding, with a “government-funded” label on its account, which amassed more than 32,000 followers.

According to Twitter policy, government-funded media is defined as outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlet’s funding and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content.

“Twitter’s own policy defines government-funded media as cases where the government “may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content,” which is clearly not the case with CBC/Radio-Canada,” CBC said in a Twitter thread in response to the social media platform’s recent labeling of their account.

“CBC/Radio-Canada is publicly funded through a parliamentary appropriation that is voted upon by all Members of Parliament. Its editorial independence is protected in law in the Broadcasting Act, as we said in our statement from last week,” CBC added.

CBC followed other media outlets, such as PBS and NPR, who have called it quits on using Twitter after Musk slapped “government-funded” and “state-affiliated media” labels on their accounts.

NPR was the first to announce its decision last week, saying it would let its Twitter accounts go dormant and no longer post on the social media platform in response to Twitter adding a “state-affiliated media” label to a number of media outlets that receive some public funding.

Twitter then dropped the “state-affiliated” label and changed it to say “government funded,” after receiving widespread pushback from the decision. In a statement, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said that NPR is an independent news organization, saying “If anyone were to follow their coverage, it is clear that they are indeed an independent news organization.”

Canada’s public broadcaster quits Twitter, joining US outlets

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will quit posting content on Elon Musk-owned Twitter, joining other U.S.-based media outlets. “Our journalism is impartial and independent.…

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People go where the news is and Twitter was kinda serving as a sort of Reuters or AP, a news agency and journalists used it like that to catch up. I think it might be a good idea for someone like AP to run a twitter version and when they give you a blue checkmark it means you are a professional journalist. They could make a good profit from it, there is a need and people will follow the news, celebs and athletes. News organizations, journalists and opinion makers would jump ship immediately and cross post to twitter while promoting the new site.

There is a need for this and there are many complaints, so there is an opportunity too and Twitter does not appear hard to clone, even Trump did it.

I wonder what Elon is labeling foxnews? Does he rate truth or just the source of funding with a bias against government funding. All media should be private and unregulated so people like Elon can buy it for pocket change. Does he think private funding is somehow pure? Foxnews is privately funded and is engaged in a nationally destructive illegal propaganda operation for power and profit in cahoots with the GOP for decades, perhaps he should label them fascist funded media? How about all that rightwing media that pumps out hate and culture wars, they have a fascist agenda?

Elon is slowly fucking himself to death, the master of the universe doesn't realize that one unnecessary enemy is too many and Elon has been making far more enemies than friends. Friends come and go, enemies accumulate, Elon has been sowing his garden with rocks and when he falls it will be upon stony ground.

Nugnewbie said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-weighing-involuntary-treatment-law-for-people-with-addiction-1.6816153

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The freedom people in charge. And forced religion also, hey why not?

Nugnewbie said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-weighing-involuntary-treatment-law-for-people-with-addiction-1.6816153

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It is not a bad concept, after legal process and a judge, but not used to any great extent. They won't fund mental healthcare, so why should they fund this. As for religion, that cannot be a part of any taxpayer funded program, are they gonna convert natives, Muslins, Jews, Atheists and Sikhs, or preach to them in the program? Offer prayer as therapy, as opposed to secular meditation which would actually do some good and is backed up by science. I can see having a chapel there for Christians and others to use and even a preacher to preach to them, in the chapel, and only if they want to. They don't even have enough facilities for the voluntary ones FFS and Alberta was never noted for its dedication to government heathcare.

Few addicts get reformed unless they are good and ready, no forced reprogramming will stick once they leave. There are enough people that want to get into minimal spaces that are available.

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Few addicts get reformed unless they are good and ready, no forced reprogramming will stick once they leave. There are enough people that want to get into minimal spaces that are available.

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That's my thinking, they are not serving those who want to change their lives, this would be a form of jail and like a jail drug treatment program and they don't work. AA and NA works, as a post-treatment support system and could use some help and places to meet. Many people can overcome dependency issues on their own, like quitting smoking, others need some help or a few days straight. Opioids need maintenance programs and tapering off if desired. If someone is an addict for decades and doesn't want or can't change, then let him buy his drugs from the government as a registered user at a fraction of the street price. Younger addicts can be encouraged to seek treatment or reminded more frequently and given assistance to be free. We have created a world where fewer and fewer people are able to cope and stress levels are high for many, a better environment helps a lot, at least it does for rats in an opioid experiment.

DIY-HP-LED said:

That's my thinking, they are not serving those who want to change their lives, this would be a form of jail and like a jail drug treatment program and they don't work. AA and NA works, as a post-treatment support system and could use some help and places to meet. Many people can overcome dependency issues on their own, like quitting smoking, others need some help or a few days straight. Opioids need maintenance programs and tapering off if desired. If someone is an addict for decades and doesn't want or can't change, then let him buy his drugs from the government as a registered user at a fraction of the street price. Younger addicts can be encouraged to seek treatment or reminded more frequently and given assistance to be free. We have created a world where fewer and fewer people are able to cope and stress levels are high for many, a better environment helps a lot, at least it does for rats in an opioid experiment.

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Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

buckaclark said:

Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

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Yeah, but you're a happier rat.

DIY-HP-LED said:

Yeah, but you're a happier rat.

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Come on home......

buckaclark said:

Come on home......

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I'm home in Cape Breton and it's about time for bed.

buckaclark said:

Even if you win the rat race, you're still a rat.

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so give up? bend over and take the inevitable?
defeatist...

Nugnewbie said:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-weighing-involuntary-treatment-law-for-people-with-addiction-1.6816153

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These UCP a-holes shut down safe injection sites and then crowed about opening treatment centres that are abstinence and religion based and still not enough to help.

Just hoping that enough people are fed up with their BS to vote them out on May 29. With the huge rise in oil prices since the NDP were in with noting in the cupboards they've been tossing it around buying votes. I get an extra $100/mth as a low income senior and the wife gets the same as an AISH recipient. Both supplements end in June, right after the election.

Ms. Smith, our non-voted-for premier is only showing her happy face atm and not doing a good job of that. The other face will show if she actually wins and it will be fugly.

printer said:

Canada’s public broadcaster quits Twitter, joining US outlets
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will quit posting content on Elon Musk-owned Twitter, joining other U.S.-based media outlets.

“Our journalism is impartial and independent. To suggest otherwise is untrue. That is why we are pausing our activities on @Twitter,” CBC wrote in a tweet on Monday.

Twitter hit CBC, along with other media outlets receiving some public funding, with a “government-funded” label on its account, which amassed more than 32,000 followers.

According to Twitter policy, government-funded media is defined as outlets where the government provides some or all of the outlet’s funding and may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content.

“Twitter’s own policy defines government-funded media as cases where the government “may have varying degrees of government involvement over editorial content,” which is clearly not the case with CBC/Radio-Canada,” CBC said in a Twitter thread in response to the social media platform’s recent labeling of their account.

“CBC/Radio-Canada is publicly funded through a parliamentary appropriation that is voted upon by all Members of Parliament. Its editorial independence is protected in law in the Broadcasting Act, as we said in our statement from last week,” CBC added.

CBC followed other media outlets, such as PBS and NPR, who have called it quits on using Twitter after Musk slapped “government-funded” and “state-affiliated media” labels on their accounts.

NPR was the first to announce its decision last week, saying it would let its Twitter accounts go dormant and no longer post on the social media platform in response to Twitter adding a “state-affiliated media” label to a number of media outlets that receive some public funding.

Twitter then dropped the “state-affiliated” label and changed it to say “government funded,” after receiving widespread pushback from the decision. In a statement, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said that NPR is an independent news organization, saying “If anyone were to follow their coverage, it is clear that they are indeed an independent news organization.”

Canada’s public broadcaster quits Twitter, joining US outlets

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) announced it will quit posting content on Elon Musk-owned Twitter, joining other U.S.-based media outlets. “Our journalism is impartial and independent.…

thehill.com

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Life is so confusing for a Musk.

Musk removes ‘government-funded’ labels after scrutiny leads some outlets to exit Twitter
Twitter has removed the “government-funded” labels from outlets like National Public Radio and PBS after the outlets and others protested that their accounts were flagged and many decided to leave the platform.

The decision marks a 180-degree turn for CEO Elon Musk, who originally plastered NPR with a “state-affiliated media” label previously only reserved for state propaganda news outlets like Russia’s RT and Sputnik, as well as China’s Xinhua.

That garnered enough protest for Musk to back down and switch the labels for NPR, PBS, and the British and Canadian national broadcasters to “government-funded,” more accurately describing the outlets’ relationship with their governments but still implying bias or control that is not present.

NPR announced it would no longer use Twitter earlier this month, saying that the platform does not provide enough value to the publication. A number of outlets, including PBS and CBC, followed in protest.

“NPR and our member stations are supported by millions of listeners who depend on us for the independent, fact-based journalism we provide,” NPR CEO John Lansing said. “NPR stands for freedom of speech and holding the powerful accountable. It is unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way. A vigorous, vibrant free press is essential to the health of our democracy.”

Now, Musk has turned around and eliminated funding labels from all accounts, including the state propaganda outlets.
Journalist Robert Mackey criticized the move in a Tweet thread.

“Potemkin news channels now free to inject disinformation,” he said.

None of NPR, PBS, or CBC has resumed tweeting since the labels have been removed, representing a growing discontent from media organizations toward Musk.
CBC told the Toronto Sun it would review its Twitter policies after the new change.

The controversy comes as Twitter has now removed all verified checkmarks except from accounts that pay for Twitter’s subscription feature. The move has caused chaos on the site, which is once again rife with impersonations of celebrities, politicians, businesses, and government organizations.

$16M in Gold, Bank Notes Stolen From Toronto Airport
A major heist at Canada's largest airport on Monday night resulted in the theft of $16.3 million ($22 million Canadian) in gold and bank notes, according to police.

The Toronto Sun reported Thursday the gold and bank notes from TD Bank were transported in a "high-value" container on an Air Canada plane to Toronto Pearson International Airport as part of an intrabank transaction.

"An aircraft arrived here at the airport in the early evening and as per normal procedure, the aircraft was unloaded, and cargo was transported from the aircraft to holding cargo facility," Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn said during a news conference Thursday night, according to The Sun.


Initially, the amount of gold stolen was said to be 3,600 pounds, which would have a value of more than $100 million. But The Sun reported a source said the fact police said the amount stolen was just over $16 million means only a portion of the shipment was taken.

No arrests have been made and no information on suspects has been released.

According to its website, Toronto Pearson is Canada's largest airport in terms of total passenger traffic and North America's second-largest in terms of international traffic. The Sun reported Pearson has three main cargo facilities with a combined 1.2 million square feet of space and more than 240 truck loading doors.

The airport handles 45% of all of Canada's air cargo traffic with more than 1.1 million tons of cargo coming and going from 175 countries.

The heist in Toronto came a little more than a month after police at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, in Santiago, Chile, foiled an attempted heist of $32.5 million in cash March 9 on board a LTAM airlines plane that arrived from Miami. A security officer and a suspect were killed in a shootout.