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A third of Canadians borrow from friends or run up credit card debt to buy food, pay the rent or cover other monthly expenses, says in-house federal research. Figures show nearly 4 in 10 people surveyed now carry credit card balances typically charged at 19 percent: ‘There are difficult economic conditions.’
The Canada Revenue Agency yesterday would not comment on warnings it will enforce a $17.4 billion increase in capital gains taxes though the measure never passed Parliament. An Agency manager publicly stated auditors will “continue to administer the proposed legislation” as if it was law: “This makes no sense at all.”
And to think that they spent all of that money:
Four percent of cross-border travelers are using the federal ArriveCan app, new data show. Voluntary use of the costly application plummeted once cabinet stopped mandating its use in 2022: “How many?”
If you legalise it, they will come:
Almost half of young adults are marijuana users, says a Department of Health report. The rate is 40.5 percent for high schoolers: “Cannabis use among young adults has increased.”
It's not a justice system but a legal one:
A serial rapist Halifax police warned the public about in December 2022 is getting out of prison on statutory release, but the Parole Board of Canada insists he must stay at a halfway house or psychiatric facility.
Samuel Clements Green is serving more than nine and a half years for committing five separate sexual assaults targeting women as they walked alone at night in an Indigenous community between August and December of 2014, as well as a string of break and enters. The 29-year-old is getting out of prison under the law that requires federal offenders who have served two-thirds of a fixed-length sentence be released to serve the remainder of their sentence in the community, under supervision.
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On Sunday morning, a suspect approached a woman while they were both riding the F train to the end of the line at Stillwell Avenue in Brooklyn, according to New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
“The suspect used what we believe to be a lighter to ignite the victim’s clothing, which became fully engulfed in a matter of seconds,” said Tisch.
She said it was “one of the most depraved crimes a person could possibly commit against another human being.”
Officers on patrol smelled smoke and went to investigate. They saw the victim, who was completely on fire, said Tisch. They put out the flames with an extinguisher, but it was “too late” for the woman.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
While this was happening, the suspect was seated on a bench on the platform outside the subway car.
Tisch said body cameras on officers provided a detailed look at the suspect. A photo of the suspect was distributed widely. Three high school-aged New Yorkers called police after they recognized the man.
Police later identified the suspect as 33-year-old Sebastian Zapeta (also known as Zapeta-Calil).
He was arrested and charged with murder and arson on Sunday.
Speaking at a news conference on Sunday, police said Zapeta arrived from Guatemala in 2018.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesperson Jeff Carter told CNN that Zapeta was issued an expedited removal order by U.S. Border Patrol on June 1, 2018 in Sonoita, Arizona. On June 7 of that year, he was sent back to Guatemala, Carter said.
Although it is not known when and where, he returned to the U.S. illegally some time after, according to officials, CNN reported.
We don't have to trade with China:
A Vancouver-based activist is accusing Hong Kong authorities of meddling in Canada’s internal affairs after police in the Chinese territory issued a warrant for his arrest.
Victor Ho and fellow Canadian Joe Tay are among six overseas activists targeted by Hong Kong police who announced rewards of HK$1 million, equivalent to about C$180,000, for information leading to their arrests.
Israel promised to “behead” the leaders of Houthi rebels as the terror organisation launched its latest ballistic missile at the country on Monday.
Rocket sirens went off in parts of the Negev desert and central Israel at 1.45am, forcing millions of Israelis to take cover in bomb shelters. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the missile was intercepted by the air-defence system “prior to crossing into Israeli territory”.
This marks the third time the Houthis launched ballistic missiles at Israel in the past week. Hezam al-Asad, a senior Houthi official, issued a statement shortly after saying the missile attacks on Israel will continue until the war in Gaza stops.
“Netanyahu will learn that his dreams of a new Middle East are nothing but a punishment for him and his imported entity,” Mr Asad tweeted.
You just gave Netanyahu the impetus to fireball you, moron.
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