The Alberta government has introduced a bill to elevate its sheriff service into a new stand-alone police force.
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Provincial government makes new ‘final offer’ to cover Surrey policing transition
Despite making an offer of $150 million and “no more” to help cover the costs of transitioning away from the RCMP to a municipal police force, the provincial government has now made a new “final offer” to the City of Surrey.
SpaceX is cleared to attempt its third Starship test flight
SpaceX Starship on a Super Heavy rocket booster | Image: SpaceX Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted SpaceX a license (pdf), the third test flight of its Starship Super Heavy vehicle could take place as soon as Thursday morning. SpaceX says that a 110-minute launch window will open at 7AM CT / 8AM ET / 5AM PT tomorrow, March 14th. If you’re planning on watching to see what happens, we recommend getting up early before the launch just in case it’s either canceled or, as we’ve seen on previous attempts, occurs at the very beginning of the launch window.In a post on X (…
Rapper Killer Mike to perform in Vancouver for jazz fest
One of hip hop’s biggest names will take the stage in June during this year’s Vancouver International Jazz Festival.
For Muslim women who are isolated, Ramadan can be lonely. An Ottawa group is working to fix that with ‘Sisterhood Iftar’
“Ramadan is the month of giving, it is a month where we come together and support each other support … ,” said Yasmine Youssef, the executive director of Nisa Foundation
One big threat to your business clients’ supply chains
More, and longer-lasting global conflicts are wreaking havoc on your business clients’ supply chains, a new Marsh report finds. It’s required businesses to find better ways to mitigate or transfer specific risks before they develop into something of concern,…The post One big threat to your business clients’ supply chains appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.
Ex-broker suspended for misusing client’s credit card
A former B.C. broker has been suspended for three years after making unauthorized purchases on a client’s credit card, the Insurance Council of B.C. has ruled. The province’s broker regulator ordered the suspension in February 2024, after finding that Maninder…The post Ex-broker suspended for misusing client’s credit card appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.
Canada pledges help for Palestinian sex-crime victims, angering Israeli envoy
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has announced funding for Palestinian women who have survived sexual violence, drawing an immediate rebuke from a senior Israeli official.
Tesla’s Cybertruck is a dystopian, masturbatory fantasy
It’s been four years since Tesla first announced the Cybertruck, a hideously ugly electric pickup truck that didn’t seem to actually improve on EVs or pickups in any meaningful way. Instead, the 6,600-pound mass of “stainless super steel” seems to be more the culmination of one man's bizarre fantasy, and that man just so happened to own an entire company he could leverage to birth that fantasy, with all its sharp angles and unnecessary lighting bars, into reality.Today, Tesla finally delivered the first, long-delayed production Cybertrucks to 10 buyers in a livestream on CEO Elon…
An oil exec, a climate crisis, and reparations: what’s going down at the United Nations summit in Dubai
COP28 logo on the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 30, 2023. | Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Will there be a future for fossil fuels? How much money do the most polluting countries owe the rest of the world? That’s all on the table at the United Nations Climate Change Conference underway in Dubai. Continue reading…