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When Canada legalized medical assistance in dying (MAID) in 2016, the public debate focused largely on one situation: people facing the end of life and suffering intolerably. For many Canadians, that remains their understanding of the law today. But Canada’s MAID framework has evolved significantly since then. In 2021, Parliament expanded the law through Bill C-7, creating two pathways for assisted death. The first pathway applies to people whose natural death is imminent and expected soon (reasonably foreseeable). The second — known as “Track 2” — allows separate access to MAID for individuals with disabilities who are not dying. This...

@RandPaul Did Dr. Fauci fund gain-of-function research while telling Congress he didn't? Why were records destroyed? And why did he need a presidential pardon? The American people deserve answers, and I am going to make sure they get them during our hearing next month.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday announced is seeking to fine an immigration attorney who allegedly filed false asylum claims -- the first time the agency has filed such a claim. Homeland Security Investigations, the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security, announced five notices of intent to fine attorney Vinod Doddamani, who they say filed 32 immigration cases in which he filed 64 fraudulent documents. Doddamani faces a $250,000 fine for what DHS says is a pattern of filing allegedly false asylum claims. He allegedly filed the "identical or nearly identical in language and substance, containing the same...

A tour of the old town of the Austrian period will provide an opportunity to get acquainted with the architectural ensembles of the 19th - early 20th centuries. Chernivtsi is one of the few cities in Ukraine, which is rightfully considered the pearl of architecture. In the historical part of the capital of Bukovina, there are 602 architectural monuments, 17 of which are of national importance. The architectural gem of Chernivtsi is rightfully considered the ensemble of the former Residence of the Metropolitans of Bukovina and Dalmatia. in terms of architecture and a wide selection of interesting establishments, it is...

The National Park Service is investigating an incident involving a 23-year-old male at Nevada Fall in Yosemite National Park on June 20, 2026. Emergency personnel responded to the incident, which remains under investigation. No additional information is available at this time,” the NPS told The California Post. ... “There were a bunch of friends that were dragged by the current in the top of Nevada’s fall today. The girl was saved but another person with her went with the current to the fall,” a user on Reddit said. The person went on to say a rescue helicopter appeared in the...

In New York City, gonorrhea rates have doubled over the last 10 years and syphilis cases are rising statewide. Mayor Zohran Mamdani boasted that "my predecessors were negligent in dealing with this crisis, but I have secured a cheap supply of chocolate condoms that we are distributing free-of-charge to those who need them." Apprised that the condoms are manufactured by a Malaysian company that has been accused of slavery, the Mayor pointed out "none of these slaves are my constituents. I am not responsible for their welfare. I am responsible for the welfare of New Yorkers and will not apologize...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A Florida woman arrested after calling 911 to complain about a traffic ticket was later found with 28 bags of fentanyl hidden inside her body. The incident began when deputies blocked a roadway to assist utility crews working on power lines, per the Polk County Sheriff's Office. According to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, 48-year-old Gina Redding of Lake Wales bypassed the roadblock, driving around a deputy stationed to redirect traffic. She was stopped at the other end of the closed road by a second deputy and issued a citation. Displeased with the ticket, Redding...

It is fortunate that the 12th Congressional District of New York has among the highest number of mental health professionals per capita in the USA. Their services will be sorely needed as revealed by New Yorker editorial staffer Naaman Zhou on Monday in "The NY-12 Primary Is Awash with Money but Short on Belief."Short on belief? After reading what Zhou has to say about two of the better known congressional candidates, the eternally TDS George Conway and social media goofball Jack Kennedy Schlossberg, it is more than obvious that the race is also short on mental health.First Zhou attended what...

Federal agents pounced on a slew of alleged medical fraudsters accused of massive schemes in Los Angeles – including a $27 million scheme to steal the identities of the dead – as part of a national takedown by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in Washington, D.C. Authorities arrested five people accused of stealing millions in taxpayer dollars and charged five others, including a Van Nuys hospice owner accused of stealing the identities of dead people to fund a flashy car collection with a $530,000 Rolls Royce Phantom. In a Tuesday press conference, Blanche announced more takedowns that charged hundreds defendants...

Tony Seruga@TonySeruga1/6 🧵📡 The Invisible Exhaust You’re Leaving EverywhereThis barely registers in public discourse, but in practical terms, it is one of the most comprehensive surveillance systems ever built — and it wasn’t built by fiat. It accreted. One Bluetooth earbud at a time, one key fob, one “smart” appliance, until the ambient radio landscape around every person became a unique identifier more reliable than a face.Let me walk through the layers here, because the implications are worse than most people grasp. Tony Seruga@TonySeruga·Jun 222/6🔵 The Protocol-Level ProblemYour phone’s privacy controls are genuinely meaningful — randomized MAC addresses, permission dialogs,...

0:00: Welcome to the beach of Gaza. This video was taken last week. The genocide seems incredibly horrific and real. And of 0:099 seconds: course, we have some more heartbreaking footage coming out of the femininefested Gaza. People are literally graduating from the universities during this 0:1717: secondshorrific genocide. And of course, we all host parties during a genocide. That's just something very common. 0:2424 seconds: [music] 0:3434 seconds: So heartbreaking. It's so sad. This was actually directed by a Norwegian director. Have a look. 0:4343 seconds: How you doing? This is Sar TV and welcome to another episode of...

Oops: Twenty-eight years ago, Pixar nearly lost 90% of Toy Story 2's digital files – not because a system crashed, but because someone ran a routine Unix command that engineers had been using for years without a second thought. The command /bin/rm -r -f instructs the system to recursively delete everything under a directory without asking for confirmation. At Pixar in 1998, it was apparently executed in the wrong location. The studio's animation pipeline at the time ran across a network of Unix and Linux machines holding hundreds of thousands of production files. Artists and technical staff had broad access...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday that 455 people have been indicted for alleged health care fraud, believed to cost taxpayers over $6.5 billion. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the defendants spanned 45 states and territories. “These individuals participated in health care fraud schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims submitted to Medicare, Medicaid and other health care programs,” Blanche said during a press conference. The acting attorney general highlighted a corporate executive in Arizona accused of fraud involving over $1 billing “involving unnecessary wound grafts.” He added that the alleged “scheme” cost...

Eight members of a North Texas Antifa cell have been given decades in prison for their roles in an attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in the state in July of 2025. Sentences handed down to the group of eight militants ranged from 30 years to 100 years. Ringleader Benjamin Hanil Song received the highest sentence, with US District Judge Mark T Pittman sentencing him to 100 years, Andy Ngo reported. Song had been convicted of charges that included attempted murder and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, the most serious charges in...

Despite the children speaking multiple languages and being talented piano players, the São Paolo court upholds its position that the couple neglected their kids' education. Audato and Ieda Denardi with their children - ADF International. A Brazilian couple has been sentenced to 50 days in jail for homeschooling their daughters according to their own beliefs and not introducing them to gender ideology. Audato and Ieda Denardi were convicted of “intellectual neglect” after a court concluded that the education they provided at home failed to include programs on “gender and sex education” and “tolerance and diversity.” The girls, aged 15 and...

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The first federal Antifa terror convicts in U.S. history have been sentenced today. The North Texas Antifa cell that carried out the July 4, 2025 shooting ambush on an ICE facility received a combined 450 years in federal prison. READ:ngocomment.com/p/breaking-exc…

Men and women aren’t the same. We’re also not “equal.” There are things men are better at and things women are better at. One of those things is police work. Does that mean there are no good female cops? Of course not. But it does mean there’s a dangerous pattern that’s been forming for a long time, where female officers are being overwhelmed by perps, running from crime scenes, and even killing innocent people in Keystone Cops-style situations. But none of this is the least bit funny It’s actually alarming. And it’s time to ask the million-dollar question: Should we...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun did something almost unheard of last week. In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, He looked directly into the camera and addressed the Israeli public: "Are you fed up with war since 1948?" he asked. "Do you really want to live in peace? Let's sit and talk."In some of his strongest remarks since becoming president, he directly accused Iran of treating Lebanon as a bargaining chip. "It's not your country, it's our country," Aoun said when discussing Tehran's role in Lebanon. President Isaac Herzog welcomed the Lebanese leader's comments and reiterated Israel's stated desire for peace...

Sunny Hostin has long been a prominent voice on issues involving sexual misconduct allegations and the treatment of accusers. In October 2018, while discussing the confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Hostin drew criticism after arguing that "a woman's word is enough," a statement opponents said conflicted with traditional due process principles. The comment in essence says that accusations alone should carry decisive weight when evaluating misconduct claims. (Kristine Marsh, "ABC Legal Analyst Sunny Hostin Argues Against Due Process: 'A Woman's Word is Enough!'", MRC NewsBusters, October 11, 2018. [https://archive.is/kn2OU]) Eight years later, that same Hostin has...

Elon Musk @elonmusk·11m TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~UK immigrant: "You guys started a war that nobody can save you on this (matter?). Nobody. You can join force with America, You can join force with NATO and you can join force with all Germany and nobody gonna save you guys.Trust me. Nobody gonna save you guys. They can put you on the middle of (this?) with (?), RPG, AK47. They surround you, more than 200 billion and 200 billion soldiers and you are in the middle, they cannot save you. Trust me."~~~END TRANSCRIPT