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RCMP arrest 28 in Thompson dART deployment Thompson, Manitoba - June 4, 2014 - the RCMP “D” Division Action Response Team (DART) was deployed in Thompson and Split Lake, Manitoba, where multiple officers focussed on outstanding warrants.

RCMP make arrest in homicide On May 29, 2014, just before 10:30pm, Pukatawagan RCMP responded to a report of an injured male at a residence in Pukatawagan, MB.

Upon RCMP arrival, a 36-year-old male was being transported to the local nursing station where he succumbed to his injury shortly after. An autopsy was completed on May 31 which determined that the death was the result of a stabbing.

RCMP report that 35-year-old Henrietta Bear has been charged with second degree murder in the death of her common-law husband, Lanny Dumas.

Assisting in this investigation was the Winnipeg and Thompson RCMP Major Crime Units, the Winnipeg RCMP Serious Crime Unit and the Thompson RCMP Forensic Identification Unit.

The Thompson DART initiative consisted of RCMP and Winnipeg Police Service officers from the Warrant Apprehension Unit, RCMP Criminal Intelligence Section, Crime Reduction Enforcement Support Team, Thompson General Investigative Section and Thompson Detachment.

During the blitz, RCMP DART members executed 31 warrants and made 28 arrests. These are 28 individuals who were wanted on outstanding warrants who have now been found and apprehended by police.

A Controlled Drug and Substances Act search warrant was also executed at a residence in Thompson during the DART initiative, resulting in the seizure of 20 grams of cocaine and an undisclosed amount of cash. Charges are pending in the matter.

DART is a crime-reduction strategy that involves leveraging RCMP resources to address specific emerging public safety issues. The

RCMP is committed to preserving the peace and creating a safe environment for our communities.

Ashern and Lundar RCMP respond to shooting

The 20-year veteran was shot and killed while on duty in 2001 in Russell, Manitoba. He was 52.

Teresa Strongquill, whose father Dennis was shot and killed on duty for the Manitoba RCMP in 2001, is urging families of Moncton RCMP shooting victims to be "as strong as you can be and just be there for each other because you're really going to need each other."

On June 3, at approximately 7:15pm, Ashern and Lundar RCMP were dispatched to a report of a shooting on Lake Manitoba First Nation.

Upon arrival at the residence, police discovered one male victim, 27 years of age from Lake Manitoba First Nation, had been taken to hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound.

Investigation showed the suspect had fled on an ATV. RCMP used trucks and ATVs to follow the suspect.

RCMP report that a 41-year-old male of Lake Manitoba First Nation was arrested without incident. He is facing charges of flight from police, impaired operation and possession of marihuana.

Charges in relation to the shooting are still being determined.

Moncton RCMP shootings raise painful memories in Manitoba Teresa Strongquill reacting to shooting deaths of 3 RCMP officers in Moncton.

The shooting of RCMP officers in Moncton, N.B., is bringing up painful memories for the family of Const. Dennis Strongquill.

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"Time does heal, but you hear something like that in Moncton and you relive it all over again — the scary feelings, the hurt feelings, the frustration, the anger. It's all there," Strongquill's daughter, Teresa Strongquill, told reporters.

Her father attempted to pull over three people in a pickup truck on a highway in Dec. 2001.

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page 3 Strongquill and his partner, Const. Brian Auger, pulled over the truck to caution the driver to turn down the highbeams.

As they approached it, one of the people in the truck opened fire. The officers ran back to their vehicle, which the truck chased into the town of Russell.

The truck then rammed the RCMP cruiser in front of the detachment office. Auger escaped into the detachment but Strongquill was trapped and unable to shoot due to a pistol malfunction.

Strongquill was shot four times with a sawedoff shotgun while he was trapped in the wreckage.

The truck, with three people from Alberta inside, sped off. A 14-hour manhunt for the suspects ended in gunfire at a motel near Wolseley, Sask., about 100 kilometres east of Regina.

The RCMP emergency response team shot and killed one suspect. The two others, Robert Sand and Laurie Anne Bell, surrendered to police and were arrested. Bell was eventually convicted of manslaughter, while Sand was convicted of first-degree murder.

Teresa Strongquill said she knows exactly what the families of the Moncton officers are going through right now as they mourn the deaths of three Mounties and hope for the healing of two others wounded and in hospital.

"Grasping what's happened to their loved ones is hard enough let alone they haven't caught the fel-

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low yet. It's very similar to my father's case," she said. "My heart really goes out to them right now."

sault, and is being kept in custody pending a court appearance.

Strongquill said the road ahead will be difficult for the families in Moncton.

"I'm not going to lie, it's going to be very hard.

Your life is kind of put on hold for some time and of course you want to see justice served," she said.

"I would like to tell them to keep their heads held high. Be strong, as strong as you can be and just be there for each other because you're really going to need each other."

Manitoba RCMP allege fake doctor treated patients WINNIPEG – Manitoba RCMP have arrested a man who they allege pretended to be a doctor, made house calls and prescribed drugs.

The Mounties said they received a complaint from a patient who had concerns about the treatment he received.

An investigation revealed the supposed doctor had no medical licence but had treated people — often in their homes — in Winnipeg, Steinbach, Brandon, Selkirk and other areas, police allege.

RCMP in Steinbach arrested Leslie Colmer.

He faces 14 charges of fraud and one of as-

RCMP spokeswoman Tara Seel will not go into details about the allegations, but said the investigation continues and further charges may be possible.

Woman alleges RCMP pulled her from shower, left her naked during house search WINNIPEG - A Manitoba woman is suing six RCMP officers claiming they pulled her from a shower and left her shivering naked in her kitchen during a search of her home.

The woman alleges in a lawsuit filed last

week that the September 2012 incident has left her with post-traumatic stress disorder, fear of being alone and a fear of showering, as well as emotional trauma.

The lawsuit alleges the woman was taken from her main-floor bathroom shower during the mid-morning raid and kept in custody, without any clothing, in the kitchen while police searched her home.

"The plaintiff was kept in the kitchen without access to covers for a period of time," the statement of claim says. "The plaintiff began hyperventilating and experiencing shock-like symptoms."

It claims the woman, who works as a hospital medical technician, was eventually taken to hospital in an ambulance. She is seeking unspecified damages including punitive damages and costs.

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The lawsuit says Mounties raided the house while executing a search warrant as part of an investigation, but does not elaborate.

Daniel Minuk, the woman's lawyer, declined to comment on the lawsuit or its allegations.

Tara Seel, media relations officer with the RCMP, said it would be inappropriate to comment since the matter is now before the courts.

Apology for brochure that says Cree guides can't handle alcohol A northern Manitoba ďŹ shing lodge drew criticism for racist comments in a brochure.

WINNIPEG - The owner of a northern Manitoba fishing lodge apologized for comments in his visitors guide that said aboriginals cannot handle alcohol.

"It was a total mistake and should not have been in there. It's an old trip planning guide that I've used for like 15 years and I had no idea that, that was even in there," Brent Fleck of Laurie River Lodge said via phone from the facility near Lynn Lake.

"I've issued an apology to the chief down in Pukatawagan and to the natives that work for me and ... it's certainly not our opinion and not something that we want to forward in any way shape or form."

The owner of Laurie River Lodge says he is sorry for comments made about aboriginals and alcohol in a planning guide.

The lodge's Facebook page was filled with angry comments over a section of the 37-page brochure for people planning a trip to the lodge. A paragraph on page 10 of the brochure warns guests not to give alcohol to aboriginal guides.

"We take great care when hiring our staff, however the subject of native guides must be touched upon," reads the section.

"We use Cree Indian guides from the town of Pukatawagon in northern Manitoba. They are wonderful people and fun to fish with however, like all native North Americans, they have a basic intolerance for alcohol. Please do not give my guides alcohol under any circumstances."

Arlen Dumas, chief of the Mathias Colomb First Nation, which includes Pukatawagan, wrote a letter demanding an apology from the lodge to its aboriginal employees.

David Harper, grand chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which represents First Nations across northern Manitoba, was also outraged.

"It's totally derogatory, totally treating us like an animal. Basically, you're saying, 'Do not feed the bears,' right? 'Don't give alcohol to these First Nations.'

"Nobody in their right mind would say such comments."

The wording was denounced by people posting on the lodge's Facebook page.

"Disgusting ... it speaks volumes of your own intolerance to basic intelligence," read one comment.

"An incredible display of racism," read another.

Harper said the Manitoba government should look into the matter to see whether it could crack down on the lodge through licensing or some other mechanism.

"In order for licences to be approved, these kind of comments should also be a factor."

Deputy premier Eric Robinson, who is aboriginal and a former tourism minister, said an apology was necessary, but was also giving the lodge owners the benefit of the doubt.

"I think it's an oversight on their part and perhaps they didn't proofread what was written."

Fleck said the offending words were being removed from the visitors guide.

"I've got my web guy working on totally removing that."

Winnipeg man shot in dominican Republic never thought 'to just lay down' WINNIPEG - For someone who was shot several times at pointblank range during a home invasion in the tropics, Les Lehmann is making a remarkable recovery.

Lehman, 64, says even the doctors who treated him after the attack in January at a small apartment complex in the Dominican Republic were surprised.

"The doctors were sort of shaking their heads the next day. They thought there were nine wounds in me and it turned out there were 10," Lehmann told reporters assembled Friday in the backyard of his son and daughter-in-law's home in suburban Winnipeg.

"But they said there were no bullets in me and (the thieves) didn't hit anything vital — didn't hit my head, didn't hit my chest, didn't hit my stomach."

Moments later, Lehmann is seen chasing one with a baseball bat and striking him. The second man emerges with a handgun. There is a brief struggle in which Lehmann tries to swing the bat at the armed man, who shoots several times. Lehmann falls and starts bleeding, the two men run off and help arrives several minutes later.

What is not shown on the video, Lehmann said, is an initial confrontation inside in which he grabbed a machete, was shot at and stomped on several times.

He never thought about surrendering.

"I was probably angry more than anything that two people would come and try to break into my place," he recalled as he spoke publicly for the first time about what happened.

"It never occurred to me to just lay down and let them do to me what they wanted to do."

Lehmann was initially taken to a hospital in the Dominican Republic. His family raised funds to cover the cost of his care, which topped $1,200 a day.

When he returned to Canada, he moved in with relatives. Now walking with a cane, he undergoes three or four hours of physiotherapy a day. He has plates in one arm and a leg. Nerve damage has made it hard for him to make a fist with one hand, but he is expecting to make a full recovery in the coming year or two.

He still has scars from two bullets that grazed his chest.

Lehmann has an easy smile and seems very much relaxed, but said the experience has affected him.

"If I'm watching TV and I see a gun come out, or if I'm watching the news and somebody gets shot, it affects me a little bit.

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Montrealers want answers about cop cruiser photo

Montreal cop caught on camera with woman on lap in cruiser PHoTo: Cop in compromising photo A Montreal police officer has been reprimanded after he was caught with a bare-shouldered woman on his lap in a police cruiser.

Montreal residents are demanding to know why a police officer was seen sitting parked in an alleyway in his patrol car with a woman on his lap.

The officer involved is now facing disciplinary action after a photo of the incident was uploaded to Facebook and circulated on Twitter.

Passerby Leila Saad snapped the pic Sunday night, after she noticed a police officer, parked in an alley near Ste. Catherine Street, ignoring a vehicle driving the wrong way down the lane.

A Montreal police officer is facing disciplinary action after a photo of a woman sitting in his lap while in a parked cruiser surfaced on social media.

She saw that the patrol car’s interior light was on, and then spotted a bare-shouldered woman sitting on the officer’s lap.

Saad says it was obvious to her that the two were having sex.

She says there was also another woman with a police officer in the back seat, which she found strange.

“Why they have police with two girls in the car? It's weird,” she told reporters.

As soon as the vehicle’s occupants noticed they were being watched, they got out of the vehicle, Saad recalled.

After the 19-year-old posted her photo of the scene on Face-

book Monday morning, the image spread like wildfire. But she adds it wasn’t long before she also started getting threats from people who were angry she posted the shot at all.

Saad says she’s nevertheless glad she took the photo and shared it.

“In a sense, I’m proud of this because you can see what police officers are doing. A lot of people think that police officers are good people, but you can see that sometimes, they’re not using their heads,” she said.

Montreal Police spokesman Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere says when officers first saw the grainy photo, they suspected it was fake. But when another witness came forward reporting the same incident, police decided to investigate.

The second witness had noted the identifying number on the patrol car, making it simple to track down the officer involved.

Lafreniere insists the woman involved in the incident was not naked and there was no sexual act taking place. He added it was unclear who the woman or women involved were or how she or they found themselves inside the patrol car.

“What was the link? What happened exactly? We’ve got no victim at this moment. No one has reported this. It’s only the witness that has come forward,” he said.

He added the investigation is still trying to determine where the officer's partner was but that so far, only one officer is facing discipline.

That discipline could include a suspension from duty. The officer is currently been pulled out of duty but has not been formally suspended.

Inuvik, n.W.T. town council bans food trucks Food trucks are no longer allowed on Inuvik, N.W.T., streets after town council voted Wednesday night to ban the mobile restaurants from public roads.

There is only one food truck in Inuvik ?that operates on the town's main road — Ready Reds. Its owner, Josh Tyler, opposed

Tyler says despite the new law, he won't be leaving Inuvik.

"I have been selling hotdogs on the streets of Inuvik since 2010; this little bump in the road isn't going to stop me," he said.

"I have put too much into this location. I love where I am at.

But if they're going to make me move because of a bylaw, then I am going to have to move because of the bylaw."

Tyler says he's looking for a location on private property where he can park his truck.

Baby bears chewing on litter near Highway 93 raises concerns Another wildlife photographer is warning of the dangers facing bears in the national parks because of human behaviour.

Recently CBC reported on a video posted on YouTube that shows a couple feeding a black bear out of their vehicle.

Now photographer Jason Leo Bantle says trash in the ditch by Highway 93 is proving to be an irresistible draw for a grizzly and her cubs.

"These bears being near the roadway, if they are finding little treats — as we may call it — then they can end up frequenting the roadway more, and of course with the high speed of traffic we end up having situations where bears get hit," he said. "I think we know the mortality statistics that we are losing a lot of bears along roadways in Alberta."

Bantle says he has also seen the cubs chewing on and playing with litter.

One cub spent a lot of time with an empty sardine can, which he says can habituate them to human food.

On top of the litter problem, Bantle also says he has seen fam-

page 7 ilies with children getting way too close to the animals in order to take pictures.

"You should not be getting out of a vehicle," said "I saw a couple with five- or six-year-old children basically 40 yards from this bear taking pictures out of their vehicle. You know, that's a very dangerous situation."

He says parks officials have been on scene cleaning up the garbage and trying to manage the human interaction.

But it puzzles him why so few people are getting the message about being safe around wildlife.

Kootenay National Park put out a warning about the mama bear and her two cubs spending a lot of time near Highway 93 earlier in June.

Motorists are urged not to stop and feed the bears, and to slow down in areas where they are spotted.

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continued from page 7 According to U of S biologist Ryan Brook, if the rise of the feral pig population continues unchecked, someday soon there could be more of them than people in the province. There are about 1.1 million people in Saskatchewan.

For more than a decade, rural residents have considered the boars a nuisance. They harass livestock, eat crops, tear up fields and spread disease, Brook says.

Brook's study, co-written with Floris van Beest from Aarhus University in Denmark and published in Wildlife Society Bulletin, included a survey of 296 rural municipalities.

Based on interviews with people in those RMs, it's now believed wild boars exist in 70 of them, the study says.

The furry, tusked animals were introduced to the province as exotic livestock in the 1990s, but it's believed some escaped or migrated from other areas.

They have adapted well to the province's harsh climate and have been breeding at an alarming rate since. Wild boar are believed to have some of the highest reproductive rates of all large mammals, with two litters a year of six or more piglets at a time.

"I think many people in Saskatchewan are not aware of how severe the impacts of feral boar can be," Brook said in a news release.

"In the U.S., the impacts are in the billions of dollars from disease, crop damage, livestock harassment, impacts on natural ecosystems and species at risk, and attacks on humans."

Brook said his study indicates the clock is ticking for the province to get its wild boar problem under control.

Attempts to control them have been sporadic, but what's needed is the kind of focused eradication program that's underway in the Moose Mountain area, where wild boars have become a particularly serious problem, he said.

An aggressive anti-boar program could include such things as night hunting, hunting from aircraft, using trained dogs, ground trapping and tightening up protective measures on farms, he said.

"If nothing is done then we risk having more feral boar than people in the province and at that point the costs of taking action are far greater," Brook said.

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Prison guards not equipped to stop helicopter escape, union head says Lawyer for 1 of 3 Quebec inmates who escaped in helicopter says security measures recently loosened.

The head of Quebec's prison guards union says there was little officers could have done to stop three inmates who escaped from the Orsainville Detention Centre in suburban Quebec City in a helicopter.

Mathieu Lavoie said the province's prison guards aren't equipped for such situations.

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Police called after member of the public spots 'murder' on google street View thought it was a real attack and called the police.

A Google Street View user called the police after 'Then two of Lothian and Borders finest turn up with spotting an apparent murder while they were browsing a report of a man being massacred outside a garage. the popular website.

The site is infamous for capturing couples in fla'They said it was hilarious and away they went.' grante and prostitutes working the streets.

Police officers, entertained But one user thought they by their gag, left Thomson’s had come across a serious Motor Company satisfied they crime when they came across had cracked the case. a man appearing to stand over Mechanic Mr Kerr, who his lifeless victim. posed as the axe-wielding maConcerned by what they niac, added: 'I had seen various had seen, the person called the stunts that people pulled on police to report a murder in Street View in the paper so we Leith, Edinburgh. thought this was our chance.

But the two men in the shot 'It was all Dan’s thinking. were actually a pair of misHe was the mastermind.' chievous mechanics.

He added that luckily one Dan Thomson, 56, and of the police officers knew Gary Kerr, 31, staged the fake them as they often fix their vemurder as a joke when hicles and were just following Google’s camera car passed by up procedure. their garage on Giles Street.

He said: 'The police had a Mr Thomson, the garage joke - they knew it was a boss who posed as a murder prank.' victim, said: 'I recognised the The pair say they are fully Google car coming into the prepared to create a top secret street from the camera tower 'tableau' when the Google on the top. We just thought we Street car next makes its way had to do something. past - although when it made a 'This opportunity wasn’t surprise visit the other day they coming around very often so completely missed it.

Gary grabbed a pick axe handle Mr Thomson said: 'Last and we ran out into the street.

Wednesday or Thursday by 'Giles Street is in a U-shape chance the car went past. We so we had about a minute beweren’t ready.' fore it would pass us. It had to Launched in 2007, Google go around a car park to take Street View provides panoramic various shots so that gave us views of streets and roads after some time. being captured by Google’s car 'We decided really quickly mounted cameras. what to do and I lay down Anyone caught on camera while Gary stood over me with has their faces blurred due to a pick axe handle.'

Partners in crime: dan Thompson, 56, privacy concerns.

He added: 'It was all we and gary Kerr, 31, (right) who were Pranksters from all over could think of in the few seccaught on street View pretending to the world have managed to get onds we had. It was just devilcommit a murder complete with an axe their own staged scenes onto ment. We work on a backstreet handle which they staged when they the database, while others have in Leith - anything to liven up spotted the camera car coming. been caught unsuspectingly by the day.' the Google car.

The pranksters staged the Famous images captured include a man picking his fake murder last summer and almost forgot about it as nose while driving his car and a pair of snorkellers wanseveral months passed before the footage went online. dering down a street.

Mr Thomson first heard from friends and family The website has even caught a marriage proposal on including his son - who had spotted the scene, but was camera. mortified when real police came to the garage to investigate reports of his death.

A police spokeswoman said officers treated all reMr Thomson said: 'It was a guy from one of our ports of suspected crime seriously. local parts supply companies who called us up and said She said: 'Anyone with any concerns, or who would he had seen us on Street View. like to report a crime, should contact police.

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The Independent, UK - by Michael Thomas When every major Mainstream Media outlet is controlled by the CIA, the entire industry is ultimately doomed.

leash; so too are all the invited guests on their respective leashes.

Whereas virtually everyone knows that David Gregory has never practiced anything close to real journalism, very few know about the CIA masters to whom he really reports. For that matter, David Gregory may not even know who his CIA handlers are.

Typically, there are several layers of buffer and management between the front line anchors throughout the US media and their CIA overlords who really run the ‘show’ and determine the programming.

Once the CIA determined that David Gregory was no longer useful to them because his credibility has been consistently lower than “dinosaur doodoo in the Mariana Trench“, “The Company” planted stories throughout the MSM that he has been subjected to psychological testing. This is a classic CIA technique that is used to initiate the removal of an asset which has turned into a liability.

deutsche Telekom to follow Vodafone in revealing surveillance

security and law enforcement agencies.

But Vodafone broke cover on Friday by confirming that in around half a dozen of the markets in which it operates, governments in Europe and outside have installed their own secret listening equipment on its network and those of other operators.

Under this direct access system, wires suck up traffic at key points in the network, allowing unfettered access to the content of phone conversations and text messages, and in some cases delivering live data about the location of customers.

They allow surveillance without the usual warrants, and it means the phone company cannot know how many people are being targeted and what the justification is for any snooping.

Vodafone will formally table its Law Enforcement Disclosure report, which sets out country by country the laws that oblige it to help governments spy on citizens, at the GSMA industry group conference in Shanghai.

Disclosure may pose a dilemma for Orange, formerly France Telecom. Like Deutsche it is still partially state-owned, and French newspaper Le Monde reported this year that the company had deep links with its domestic intelligence agency.

Deutsche Telekom, operating in 14 countries including the US, Spain and Poland, has already published data for Germany.

CIA = Central Intelligence Agency = MSM Information Chokepoint The days when Meet The Press was considered to be an objective political talk panel are long gone. Even back then when families were tuned in to this contrived Sunday morning program, its true agenda was transparent. Both sides (every side) of the panel were chosen because they spouted a narrative that was within the realm of political correctness. Because they could be relied up to stay within certain boundaries, they could be controlled by those actually controlling the debate like the David Gregorys of the world.

Whatever shows up in the public disourse as it plays out in the MSM is always subject to the most intense forms of censorship …behind the scenes. Nothing gets projected on the TV (or motion pictures) unless it has gone through many levels of excruciating scrutiny. That’s the way it’s always been; that’s the way it will always be, especially as long as the CIA is running the show.

The best and easiest way to monitor and massage and manage all information that is presented to the public via a TV signal is to completely control the gatekeepers who anchor, announce, host and present the news, opinion, etc. For example, it is common knowledge that the Meet The Press (MTP) moderator is on a very short

Germany's biggest telecoms company is to follow Vodafone in disclosing for the first time the number of surveillance requests it receives from governments around the world.

Deutsche Telekom, which owns half of Britain's EE mobile network and operates in 14 countries including the US, Spain and Poland, has already published surveillance data for its home nation – one of the countries that have reacted most angrily to the Edward Snowden revelations. In the wake of Vodafone's disclosures, first published in the Guardian (UK) on Friday, it announced that it would extend its disclosures to every other market where it operates and where it is legal.

A spokeswoman for Deutsche Telekom, which has 140 million customers worldwide, said: "Deutsche Telekom has initially focused on Germany when it comes to disclosure of government requests. We are currently checking if and to what extent our national companies can disclose information. We intend to publish something similar to Vodafone."

Bosses of the world's biggest mobile networks, many of which have headquarters in Europe, are gathering for an industry conference in Shanghai, and the debate is expected to centre on whether they should join Deutsche and Vodafone in using transparency to push back against the use of their technology for government surveillance.

Mobile companies, unlike social networks, cannot operate without a government-issued licence, and have previously been reluctant to discuss the extent of their cooperation with national

Deutsche Telekom has 140 million customers, and has confirmed it will follow Vodafone in revealing surveillance data.

A spokesperson for Orange said: "Orange respects the laws and regulations of every country in which it is present. Naturally, this means that the group rigorously adheres to the legal framework with regards to all surveillance requests emanating from state authorities across its footprint."

The newspaper confirmed, using files obtained by Snowden, that Orange had collaborated with the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) to break encryption codes, and that the agency was allowed free and total access to all traffic on its network.

Campaign group Access asked Orange at its annual meeting this year to begin publishing data on warrant numbers, and has called on all operators to do so. The biggest European companies, including Spain's Telefónica, Portugal Telecom and Telecom Italia, operate in many of the same markets for which Vodafone has published its numbers. continued on page 36

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UsA Aliens Are Almost definitely out There, sETI Astronomers Tell Congress Aliens almost definitely exist. At least, that's what two astronomers told Congress last week, as they appealed for continued funding to research life beyond Earth.

This isn't the first time in recent months that Congress has held a hearing on aliens. In December 2013, the Science House Committee held a two-hour hearing about the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life. The Wire said at the time that the hearing was the "best thing Congress had done in months."

nsA Used Facebook to Plant Malware on User PCs Just days after NSA leaker Edward Snowden sat for a rare remote interview broadcast at SXSW, new information linked to his original trove of data indicates that the NSA implemented some of its surveillance activities by masquerading as Facebook servers.

According to ABC News, Dan Werthimer, director of the SETI [search for extraterrestrial intelligence] Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, told the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Wednesday that the possibility of extraterrestrial life is "close to 100 percent.

According to The Intercept, this particular phase of the operation began back in 2010.

Of course, for some long-time Facebook critics, this latest revelation will likely further stoke suspicions around the social network's rumored links to the intelligence community. But when contacted by Mashable, the social network distanced itself from the allegations contained in the report.

"We have no evidence of this alleged activity," Facebook spokesperson Jay Nancarrow told Mashable. "In any case, this method of network level disruption does not work for traffic carried over HTTPS, which Facebook finished integrating by default last year. If government agencies indeed have privileged access to network service providers, any site running only HTTP could conceivably have its traffic misdirected."

Facebook has been under the microscope, along with other major tech firms, over the past year regarding how it communicates with the U.S. government abound user information.

As recently as Feb. 3, Facebook posted an update offering more detail on its transparency report, which outlines the overall volume and types of information contained in national security requests from the U.S. government.

The voluminous report, which describes several other global surveillance projects linked to TURBINE, goes on to claim that the NSA shared some details about the initiative with Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Woman says she played dead during bear attack at military base in Alaska

"In the last 50 years, evidence has steadily mounted that the components and conditions we believe necessary for life are common and perhaps ubiquitous in our galaxy," said Werthimer in his written testimony, adding: "The possibility that life has arisen elsewhere, and evolved intelligence, is plausible and warrants scientific inquiry."

Werthimer's colleague Seth Shostak, a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, also told Congress that he believes our chances of finding extraterrestrial life are high.

“The chances of finding it I think are good and if that happens it will happen in the next 20 years depending on the financing,” Shostak told the committee.

The report, published by The Intercept, the news site cofounded by the former Guardian journalist, Glenn Greenwald, who published the original leaked Snowden documents, claims that the NSA spread malware to users' computers under a program called TURBINE. TURBINE, which was allegedly part of a larger intelligence initiative called "Owning the Net," was reportedly able to infiltrate 85,000 to 100,000 computers around the world. According to the documents cited in the report, the initiative includes a number of targeted operations with codenames and acronyms out of a pulp spy novel. But the one that likely to raise the most eyebrows, called QUANTUMHAND, allegedly used Facebook to gain access to computers around the globe.

In the report, The Intercept details what it claims are the methods the NSA used to execute the exploit.

When a target attempts to log in to the social media site, the NSA transmits malicious data packets that trick the target’s computer into thinking they are being sent from the real Facebook. By concealing its malware within what looks like an ordinary Facebook page, the NSA is able to hack into the targeted computer and covertly siphon out data from its hard drive.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Jessica Gamboa grew up hearing you should play dead during a bear attack, and she put that knowledge to the ultimate test when she ran into a brown bear on the grounds of a military base in Alaska.

The bear knocked Gamboa down, then picked her up and threw her to the ground. The bear went on to pummel Gamboa several times more with her powerful paws.

Throughout the May 18 attack, Gamboa lay in a fetal position and remained silent.

That action likely saved her life.

"I actually can't even believe this actually really happened," the 25-year-old woman said in a videotaped interview released by the Army on Thursday. "It seems still surreal, just for the fact that I'm still alive — seems unreal. " In the interview taped Tuesday at her hospital bed, Gamboa said she surrendered herself to the bear during the attack at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage after she encountered the animal and her two cubs. Gamboa, of Sacramento, California, is married to a soldier assigned at the base to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division.

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Mark Sledge, senior conservation law enforcement officer at the base, said he knows of only one other close encounter with a bear. In 2010, a black bear gnawed a child's leg without breaking the skin when a group of children saw it and played dead. The animal ran off when a girl yelled at it, Sledge said. In this case, playing dead was the wrong thing to do because the bear had not taken an offensive action before the children laid down.

But Gamboa responded just as she should have, said Sledge, who participates in briefings introducing newly arrived J-BER service members to life in Alaska, including dealing with bears and moose. Gamboa's actions showed the bear she was not a threat.

"All that sow was worried about was the protection of her babies," Sledge said.

The day of the attack, Gamboa and her husband, Jacob, were jogging at the sprawling base when they became separated.

Gamboa was about 20 minutes into her run when she saw a cub on the side of the road. She immediately knew the mother bear had to be around. Sure enough, there it was, trotting toward her.

She also saw the second cub.

It all happened so fast she's not sure if she was being bitten or lashed. She remembers the sow knocked her down, picked her up and carried her to the side of the road where the cubs were. The bear flopped her down on a grassy embankment and pummeled her, paused and attacked two more times while Gamboa lay curled in a fetal position. She didn't scream or fight.

And then the bear left.

Gamboa laid there for a couple minutes then crawled out of the embankment and rested some more. There was blood everywhere, her head hurt and her neck was pulsing.

"I felt completely like I was beaten half to death," said Gamboa, who has a 4-year-old son.

She called out for her husband as loudly as she could, but got no response. She prayed for strength to make it back to their truck so she could call 911.

Holding both hands to her bleeding neck, she started walking back on the road, hoping someone would see her. Then she saw a car, which was driven by Gillikin.

The soldier had cleaned out his car of all medical supplies and had nothing to treat her with. He rushed her to the base hospital, and Gamboa was later transferred to the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage.

She was released from the hospital Thursday.

Gillikin, also a brigade member, said the experience changed his life. Until then, he was never a man of faith.

"It kind of made me realize there's something bigger than myself out there," he said.

Woman's Facebook Post Leads to Police Ticket Anything you post on Facebook can (and sometimes will) come back to haunt you. Chicago-area resident Christine Adamski discovered that the hard way when she received a police citation in the mail because of a comment she wrote on the social networking site.

The letter from the Will County Forest Preserve District stated that Adamski had brought her dog to the Whalon Lake Dog Park in Naperville, Ill., without a permit and included an application for the permit, a ticket for $50, and a printout of Adamski’s Facebook post "admitting her guilt." The post read, “I was feeling bad that I haven’t bought a pass and been bringing Ginger there but I’m pretty glad I haven’t. So not going to worry about it until later. I hope all the doggies get better soon.” At the time, there were rumors that a bad case of kennel cough had afflicted the dogs in the park.

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Plants, animals going extinct 1,000 times faster WASHINGTON, DC - Species of plants and animals are becoming extinct at least 1,000 times faster than they did before humans arrived on the scene, and the world is on the brink of a sixth great extinction, a new study says.

The study looks at past and present rates of extinction and finds a lower rate in the past than scientists had thought. Species are now disappearing from Earth about 10 times faster than biologists had believed, said the study's lead author, biologist Stuart Pimm of Duke University.

"We are on the verge of the sixth extinction," Pimm said from research at the Dry Tortugas. "Whether we avoid it or not will depend on our actions."

The work, published by the Journal of Science, was hailed as a landmark study by outside experts.

Pimm's study focused on the rate, not the number, of species disappearing from Earth. It calculated a "death rate" of how many species become extinct each year out of 1 million species.

In 1995, Pimm found that the pre-human rate of extinctions on Earth was about 1. But taking into account new research, Pimm and his colleagues refined that background rate to about 0.1.

Now, that death rate is about 100 to 1,000, Pimm said.

Numerous factors are combining to make species disappear much faster than before, said Pimm and co-author Clinton Jenkins of the Institute of Ecological Research in Brazil. But the No. 1 issue is habitat loss. Species are finding no place to live as more places are built up and altered by humans.

Add to that invasive species crowding out native species, climate change affecting where species can survive and overfishing, Pimm said.

The buffy-tufted-ear marmoset is a good example, Jenkins said. Its habitat has shrunk because of development in Brazil, and a competing marmoset has taken over where it lives. Now it's on continued on page 19

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Former head of spy agency calls Canadians ‘stupid’ for posting information online guess what, Canada:

We are "stupid" people who post way too much personal information online.

This according to the former head of Canada’s response to the National Security Agency, who seems to believe the problem with online privacy is that Canadians expect it in the first place.

It's one of the biggest questions of our generation. How much information do we share online, and how much protection do we expect from prying eyes?

Can we post photos, phobias and phone numbers on social media without having them come back to bite us in the backside?

Or are we begging for online snoops, including those employed by the Canadian government, to snatch up our intel and wantonly put it to use?

According to John Adams, the former head of Communications Security Establishment Canada, we're all dummies when we log on.

“One half is stupid, and the other half is stupid,” Adams said, according to the Globe and Mail. “I can confirm that. We put more online, on Facebook, than any other country in the world.”

The comments came during a Senate meeting on Wednesday discussing a bill to create an oversight committee for all of Canada's security and intelligence agencies.

Canadian intelligence agencies have been under fire for their online tactics recently. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service was accused of snooping on pipeline opponents, and Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) is working on a system that monitors people who use airport Wi-Fi hotspots.

The oversight bill, supported by Adams, would provide more insight and perhaps better understanding about what government agencies are doing. Though he seems to believe the problem is that Canadians post things online in the first place, and not that government agencies gobble that information up like a pack of hungry, hungry hippos.

Adams later called us "not very smart," so at least there's breadth to his analysis.

Interim privacy commissioner Chantal Bernier had a differing view on the subject, calling Canadians "trusting" and appreciative of the democracy dedicated to protecting their privacy.

Adams' point, that Canadians are stupid because we post things online and specifically on Facebook, is somewhat specious.

Yes, Canada was found to be the most active Facebook users in August of 2013, with 19 million users logging on at least once per month and 14 million checking their feeds daily.

But that's probably less about us wantonly flinging our personal information into the hands of anyone who asks, and more about Canada being the most connected country in the world.

The Globe and Mail reported in 2012 that Canadians spend an average of 45.3 hours a month browsing the Internet – that's more than any other country.

The United States was second with 38.6 hours per person, meaning Canadians spent an entire eight-hour work day longer every month just surfing the Internet.

Canadians swim in online waters more than any other country.

Saying we are "stupid" for sharing more information online is like saying Australians are stupid because they are more often attacked by sharks in the Indian Ocean.

Do Canadians share too much information online? Sure, everyone does. And nowadays the trust, faith and anonymity that once existed online are fading, if not gone already.

But does that make us stupid? Only if we post that personal information expecting it to be stolen by our government or used in nefarious ways. At best, Canadians are naive about posting their information online.

Stupid is a government proxy assuming that abusing the trust of Canadian citizens is fair game because they were careless enough to go online in the first place.

That's also more than a little insulting.

Privacy battle heats up over three controversial bills that allow more snooping I think we all remember the fight against the Harper government's Bill C-30, the so-called online surveillance bill.

Bill C-30, introduced by the then public safety minister Vic Toews in February 2012, would have given police, in some instances, access to information about Canadians' online behaviour — with limited judicial oversight — via internet service provider (ISPs) records.

The legislation resulted in widespread backlash from the public and the government retreated. Toews even became the target of a massive online campaign which publicized details of his nasty divorce proceedings.

Well, maybe this is round two?

The Harper government has served notice that Parliament

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continued from page 14 will work extra hours ahead of the summer recess to get through its agenda.

On the docket are three controversial bills — Bills S-4, C-13 and C-31 — which critics say will reduce our privacy by giving police and other authorities more snooping powers.

S-4, Canada's private sector privacy law, aims to update digital privacy laws. But as explained by University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist here, "the bill also includes a provision that could massively expand warrantless disclosure of personal information."

Bill C-13 is supposed to be a cyberbullying law but critics argue will grant legal immunity to telecoms who hand over customers’ private information without a warrant. The opposition parties are asking the government to split the bill so that the cyberbullying elements of the bill can pass without protest.

And C-31, as explained by the Globe and Mail, is a budget implementation bill that "allows the Canada Revenue Agency to hand over a person’s tax information to police, without a warrant or charge having been laid."

NDP MP Charlie Angus portrays the new Tory legislation as a "widespread" attack on privacy rights.

"There is a full-out assault with this suite of legislation that...is pushing us beyond the independent reports of the privacy commissioner," Angus said at a press conference on Parliament Hill.

"Since they had the Vic Toews attack on privacy rights, this government has been nursing its wounds and they're coming back for round two."

On Monday the New Democrats called on the Conservatives to convene a Blue Ribbon Panel of independent experts to investigate warrantless data collection by the Feds.

"This would be an offer to the prime minister to say cool your jets, reassure Canadians that you actually do care about basic constitutional rights to privacy in this country, appoint an independent panel and let's hear what they have to say," Angus said.

"We’re all for catching terrorists, we’re all for going after bullies but we can do it in a balanced way that also respects privacy and doesn’t open the door to abuse."

For their part, the Tories continue to defend the bills, saying that they do strike a balance by protecting Canadians and their privacy.

Meanwhile, the bills — along with revelations about Communications Security Establishment Canada allegedly spying on Canadians and red flags about a million cases of warrantless snooping on the internet and telephone use — have buoyed the resolve of privacy advocacy groups like OpenMedia.ca.

That group, which was very active fighting against Toews' bill, has recently banded with over 50 academics and organizations to write the "Ottawa Statement" which sets out high-level recommendations aimed at putting a stop to blanket government spying on innocent Canadians.

They've also started a "pro-privacy coalition" and a petition.

"I think the momentum against these bills is really starting to build now. What was a long simmering rumble of discontent has really turn into much more of a wave now", said David Christopher, communications manager of OpenMedia.ca.

"I think if I was in government, I'd be looking at this think-

ing it's going to be one hell of a political price to pay with an election just around the corner. Canadians...are really concerned about this."

This certainly is starting to feel a lot like round two.

6 instances where rights could be threatened Government efforts to thwart cyberbullying or data breaches affecting those who shop online come cloaked in good intentions.

So do high-level national security efforts that are almost always billed as protecting the common good.

But in all those efforts, laws or government-sanctioned activities often spark concerns about civil liberties and the right to privacy being threatened.

The federal New Democrats called for a group of independent experts to investigate warrantless data collection by the federal government.

Here's a look at some recent legislation and other developments that have raised privacy concerns.

The federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), updated in April 2011, governs how businesses collect and handle personal information in Canada.

Last month, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association said it has filed an application, with a private citizen named Chris Parsons, in Ontario Superior Court to have parts of PIPEDA struck down and declared unconstitutional.

The legal action came after media reports that branches of the federal government, including the Canada Border Services Agency, routinely accesses telecom customer data without a warrant, as PIPEDA allows.

Bill S-4, which would amend PIPEDA and is supposed to better protect Canadians from fraud and data breaches, has attracted the attention of University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist.

He has warned that it would also allow organizations to disclose personal information of subscribers or customers without a court order.

Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian says the bill proposes to allow more warrantless disclosure of personal information by the private sector.

"Absent sufficient transparency and accountability require

ments, this type of unsupervised disclosure is dangerous to our fundamental right to privacy," she said in a recent statement.

"Of course, we deserve more transparency and accountability from the private sector on their disclosure practices, but we also deserve no less from law enforcement and government on how often and for what purposes they collect our personal information."

Conservative Senator Leo Housakos has said the bill would give Canadians new protections when they surf and shop online.

Internet advocates say the federal legislation could also put Canadians at risk in cases of alleged copyright infringement by opening them up to copyright "trolls," businesses that could acquire names and threaten costly lawsuits over improper downloads.

Cavoukian has also raised concerns about "overreaching surveillance powers" in Bill C-13, the federal government's proposed legislation to fight cybercrime.

Cavoukian says the legislation would entrench warrantless law enforcement practices.

Among other goals, the bill aims to make it a crime to distribute intimate images without the consent of the person in the pictures.

Other provisions in the bill would allow police to force internet service providers to hand over customer information without a warrant.

Some privacy and internet experts were enraged in February after a federal watchdog exonerated Canada's electronic spy agency of using data from an airport internet service to track travellers after they left the terminal.

Cyber expert Ron Deibert said the ruling regarding the actions of Communications Security Establishment Canada made a "mockery of public accountability and oversight.”

The watchdog said CSEC was just collecting metadata in an effort "to understand global communications networks."

Canada's interim privacy commissioner has turned her attention to telecom companies and says they are refusing to tell her

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Chantal Bernier said last month that her office has repeatedly asked telecom companies to disclose statistics and the scope of warrantless disclosure of data, to no avail.

Bernier would like to see statistics published so Canadians know how often their personal information is given to the government without a warrant.

"It would give a form of oversight by empowering citizens to see what the scope of the phenomenon is."

Disclosures of top-secret security documents by Edward Snowden, a former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency, set off a cascade of controversy and unleashed a privacy scandal that made headlines around the world.

Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives made the first legislative response to the Snowden revelations, passing legislation that would end the NSA's bulk gathering of American phone records. The bill will now be considered by the U.S. Senate.

But privacy and civil liberties activists were not impressed.

"This legislation was designed to prohibit bulk collection, but has been made so weak that it fails to adequately protect against mass, untargeted collection of Americans' private information," Nuala O'Connor, president and CEO of the Centre for Democracy and Technology, said in a statement.

Several documents leaked by Snowden had Canadian ties, included the ones that revealed CSEC was using airport Wi-Fi to track passengers. Others stated that Canada allowed the U.S. to do surveillance in the country during the G8 and G20 summits in Ontario in 2010.

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Costco is under fire from dog lovers for continuing to sell pet jerky treats from China, despite being warned by an owner whose veterinarian believes treats purchased there killed her Yorkshire terrier puppy.

“I am so angry, and I can’t believe Rosie is gone because of this,” said Alda Wirsche of Calgary. “The treats are still on the shelf. No one is listening. They’re not listening.”

Rosie was turning one year old and healthy, according to her vet, until Wirsche bought a large bag of Vitalife Duck Tenders at Costco and gave them to the pup every day for three weeks in March.

“The third week she was lethargic. She started throwing up, peeing a lot and just not herself,” said Wirsche, who took her to the Bow Bottom Veterinary Hospital.

“Her kidneys were shot. They were absolutely destroyed,” said veterinarian Julie Schell, who said she tried everything possible to save the tiny, 1.65 kilogram dog, but her condition was too severe.

“She died in my arms — and I will never forget her. I definitely don’t want any of my other patients to suffer like that and to die, when it could be totally prevented.”

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The dog died of renal failure, a common ailment among the 5,600 dogs — including 1,000 that died — whose cases have been reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration since 2007.

In most, eating duck, chicken or sweet potato jerky from China, sold under numerous brand names, was the suspected cause.

Since 2011, 86 cases, including seven deaths, have also been reported to the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association from vets and the Canadian public.

Despite exhaustive testing by the FDA, it is still a mystery what is in the treats or their production that could be causing illnesses. The Centers for Disease Control is now doing a study,

hoping to pinpoint the problem.

“It’s like a smouldering fire out there,” said Warren Skippon, national issues and animal welfare manager for the CVMA. “Because there is a link there and we don’t know what is causing it, to us it would be more prudent for retailers to stop selling these products.”

Schell, the veterinarian, said the dramatic kidney failure Rosie suffered from was the type caused by poisoning. Because the dog was so small, she said, her kidneys became overloaded much quicker than a larger dog’s would.

“Of the dogs that are getting sick and are dying, most of them are very small dogs,” said Schell, who had tested Rosie's kidney function three weeks earlier and found it within normal range.

Schell said she consulted other vets on this case and ruled out explanations for Rosie's death other than eating the jerky treats. They were imported into Canada by Normerica Inc, based in Ontario.

“The proof is in the science. We are now seeing more and more cases like that,” she said.

The pathologist consulted on Rosie’s case said the cause of death can’t be confirmed, but agreed it should be flagged as suspected poisoning from the duck jerky.

Labelling questioned The vet and dog owner also think Vitalife’s packages are misleading, because the smaller bags of Duck Tenders don’t give any indication they are made in China.

The bags have a seal on the front with a maple leaf, stating they are "Quality checked in Canada certified laboratories."

Gleason told reporters the product is tested in China for several contaminants, before being imported. The government of Canada doesn't certify pet food labs in China.

“I did see the seal on the front — it says Canada quality,” said Wirsche. “What does that mean? If that’s Canada quality, then we are in trouble.”

Vitalife sells several other products made in Canada and Thailand, but the company’s website says its Duck Tenders, Sweet Potato and Duck Twists and Sweet Potato Ridge Cuts are products of China.

Vitalife Duck Tenders are among several types of dog jerky treats imported into Canada from China, sold by various companies, under

different brand names.

The concerns from veterinarians and the FDA are about all chicken, duck and sweet potato jerky treats from China, not just those sold under the Vitalife label.

Several other Vitalife products are made in Canada and Thailand and are not among the products of concern.

Media reporters asked Gleason why the bags don’t indicate where they are made, but he didn’t answer. He also didn’t explain why the company sources any products in China, given the concerns.

Gleason said Normerica hired local Chinese staff to oversee quality assurance from the company's China office. In addition, he said, the product testing is done in an independent Chinese lab.

“Myself and all the employees at Vitalife who are pet parents feed Vitalife treats to their pets on a daily basis,” he said.

The Duck Tenders bag reads, “Vitalife all natural dog treats are designed to contain no artificial colours, flavours, preservatives, byproducts or fillers.”

Costco informed Rosie’s owner Wirsche reported the dog’s death and suspected cause to Costco, but said it did nothing.

“They are intentionally still selling it,” said Wirsche. She said that when she saw the treats on display at the Calgary Costco, she looked around for any customers buying it, planning to warn them.

The retailer sent Wirsche an email, saying Costco is sorry Rosie died, but because the treats are tested, it sees no problem.

“There’s no way Costco can test for something when they don’t know why the dogs are dying from these treats. Even the FDA doesn’t know why they are dying,” said Wirsche.

“Costco obviously doesn’t care.”

Go Public found Vitalife and other jerky treats made in China also at Superstore and Wal-Mart.

PetSmart is still selling the products too, but said it will remove all Chinese-made treats in 2015.

Smaller retailers like Tisol in Vancouver have already done that.

“We know that our customers trust us with their pet's health and well-being, and we take that responsibility very seriously,” said Tisol.

not 1st case Costco’s response to Rosie’s death was upsetting news to Vancouver dog owner Lynn Ross.

Her Labradoodle developed pancreatitis after eating a different brand of Chinese-made jerky treats, also bought at Costco.

“He has been on medication ever since,” said Ross.

Costco has since pulled that brand of treats, while Nestlé has settled with affected U.S. dog owners for $6.5 million. Ross can’t understand why Costco would continue to risk problems.

“I nearly killed my dog by giving him these treats. It’s terrible,” said Ross. “You shouldn’t have to wait for the outcome of something to stop selling these treats. It’s crazy to me.”

Another dog owner from Ontario, whose bulldog died from kidney failure after months of eating Vitalife Duck and Sweet Potato Twists, believes all retailers should pull them, now.

“There are no words to describe the horrific shock of being told your dog’s kidneys are failing and then asked by the vet what treats she was given,” said Shelby’s owner Bill Woods of Napanee.

“It shattered my heart into a million pieces knowing I could never take her home again.”

Woods said his local Metro grocery store pulled the Vitalife treats briefly after Shelby died, but they’re back now.

“Unfortunately, it appears that profit trumps our pets’ lives.”

Pet food is not regulated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The CVMA has lobbied the federal government to stop the import of all pet jerky treats from China, with no success.

“Without them being a regulated commodity, they say they can’t do that until there is a proven link, which is frustrating,” said Skippon of the CVMA. The veterinary association believes Costco and other retailers are leaving themselves vulnerable to lawsuits.

“There are risks to animal health, there are risks to public health, and there could be legal risks to selling this product,” said Skippon.

If there's no regulation of pet foods in Canada, there certainly wont be any regulations for pet food in China.

Media reporters asked Costco several times for a response, but didn’t hear back.

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the international vulnerable list.

The oceanic white-tip shark used to be one of the most abundant predators on Earth, but they have been hunted so much they are now rarely seen, said Dalhousie University marine biologist Boris Worm, who wasn't part of the study but praised it. "If we don't do anything, this will go the way of the dinosaurs."

Five times, a vast majority of the world's life has disappeared in what have been called mass extinctions, often associated with giant meteor strikes. About 66 million years ago, one such extinction killed off the dinosaurs and three out of four species on Earth. Around 252 million years

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2012, in Brazil, provided by stuart Pimm, duke University, shows a baby golden lion tamarin. once thought to be extinct, this tamarin is a success story because biologists have helped set aside land for them.

Pimm and Jenkins said there is hope. Both said the use of smartphones and applications such as iNaturalist will help ordinary people and biologists find species in trouble, they said. Once biologists know where endangered species are, they can try to save habitats and use captive breeding and other techniques to save the species, they said.

One success story is the golden lion tamarin.

Decades ago the tiny primates were thought to be extinct because of habitat loss, but they were then found in remote parts of Brazil and bred in captivity, and biologists helped set aside new forests for them to live in, Jenkins said.

Canadians trump Americans in food & booze spending We Canadians spend more on food and booze per capita and are more likely to own a home compared to our neighbours to the south, but Americans get more bang for their greenback, a new report shows.

TD Bank economists have crunched some data showing the spending habits of Canadians versus Americans, as well as how much people in each country earn and save.

"Canada and America are two very different landscapes and the two nations possess a different customer base," says the report written by economists Diana Petramala and Sonya Gulati.

The study is meant to paint a picture for retailers selling goods and services on both sides of the border, but is also good fodder for the ongoing Canada versus the U.S. debate (which, let’s face it, is mostly driven by Canadians).

The results show Canada has a more diverse population, we are more tied to homeownership, and our food and beverage consumption is greater than Americans.

Canadians spend about US$1,200 more per capita on food and beverages compared to people in the U.S. "Interestingly, the additional money is spent equally on groceries and alcohol," says the report.

"Canada’s food and beverage consumption has always been higher than in the U.S., but it was abnormally greater in 2013," the report states.

Canadians spent almost three times more

scribed as the American dream, more Canadians are realizing it, particularly after the last recession, the report says.

Canada’s growing housing market is driven by low interest rates, while many Americans were forced to give up their homes when the U.S. housing market collapsed as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.

Canadian policymakers have tightened mortgage rules to prevent a similar U.S.-style housing crash. Still, Canada’s market continues to chug forward, defying expectations of a significant slowdown.

The TD study underscores some of the key differences between Canadian and American consumers, based on population, income and spending habits.

"What has almost certainly been confirmed … is that despite similar cultures and language, Canadian and U.S. consumers are quite different," the report says. “On balance, Canada has a more diverse population. Americans appear to be more prolific in their spending, but their money goes further. Canadians have a stronger focus on home ownership, which constrains spending on other items, except apparently alcohol.”

other highlights from the Td report: Americans are richer: Average disposable income for a Canadian was US$26,888 versus $35,950 in the U.S.

Canada’s population is growing faster: per capita on beer and wine than Americans last year, the economists point out, while noting that alcohol in Canadian stores is more expensive in the U.S., and we pay higher taxes.

"However, higher taxes surely do not account for the additional $600 US spend per year in fact, adjusted for price differences, Canadians still spent $317 US more on beer and wine than Americans," the report states.

Petramala says their data only captures spending at beer and wine stores - not bars.

She said Americans may have bought more alcohol in bars last year, whereas Canadians went to beer and liquor stores.

“There was a sharp gain in the U.S. in sales at drinking places,” she says. “Whereas sales at drinking places (bars) in Canada have been in decline for three years in a row.”

Americans spend more overall per capita, or about $17,900 per year in retail stores versus $17,000 for Canadians.

"Americans have always spent more than Canadians – however, the difference has narrowed since the 2008-09 recession," the report says.

Americans also tend to shop more at WalMart and other big box stores, where items are cheap and plentiful. Canada is catching up with more discount retailers such as Target moved in and Wal-Mart expanding from coast-to-coast.

“It’s of no surprise that Americans pay less for just about every consumer good around,” notes the report.

Despite home ownership often being de-

The U.S. population is nine times larger than Canada’s, but annual population growth was 1.3 per cent in 2013 versus 0.7 per cent in the U.S.

Canadians are older: The median age in America is 37 versus 40 in Canada. Still, the prime working age of 30-54 years old is the largest segment of the population in both countries.

Canada is more diverse.

About 21 per cent of Canada’s population, or about 7 million people, were born outside of the country, the highest level among the G8 nations. That compares to about 13 per cent in the U.S.

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the prison, but the rules of engagement prevent them from firing on vehicles, and even less so at helicopters," he said.

'You don't know if the pilot is a hostage. It's better to let it go and to catch them afterward than to open fire on a flying aircraft.'

Michel Martin, a retired provincial police officer, told News reporters that shooting at a helicopter would not be advisable even if it was permitted.

"You don't know if the pilot is a hostage. It's better to let it go and to catch them afterward than to open fire on a flying aircraft that's maybe going to fall on your head," he said.

Both Lavoie and Martin said the addition of steel cables across open spaces in prisons where a helicopter could land are needed in Quebec. A similar escape happened at a correctional facility in St-Jérôme in 2013.

Prison routines make escapes easier Martin also said the fact prisons keep inmates on scheduled routines makes planning such escapes easier.

"If always you keep the same pattern, people looking to escape know the right time to try," he said.

A spokesperson for Quebec's public security minister said the department is looking into what changes can be made to prevent similar escapes from happening again.

Lavoie was also critical of the fact that some of the strict security conditions imposed on the three escaped men — Yves Denis, Denis Lefebvre and Serge Pomerleau? — had recently been reduced.

Rodrigue Beauchesne, the lawyer for Denis, told Media reporters that earlier measures in place against his client had been reduced at Beauchesne's request.?

Those measures required that the three men be placed in handcuffs and leg irons whenever they left their cells.

Court case proceeds despite escape Beauchesne also said that the Quebec Superior Court was going ahead with the drug-trafficking case against his fugitive client.

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This is What Happens When a “UFo” is Tracked on Military Radar Unidentified Flying objects (UFos) are grabbing the attention of more people everyday, and for good reason. obviously, if there are unknown objects in the sky, military/defence organizations will see them on radar, along with other organizations that monitor air traffic, like the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This happens on a regular basis, objects of unknown origin are constantly tracked on radar, along with visual confirmation by pilots, performing maneuvers that defy our understanding of physics as well as traveling at unattainable speeds.

both of the pilots involved discussed the event years later.

What happened on this night is an example of what has happened multiple times with regards to military encounters with UFOs. Residents of the city noticed a big bright object in the sky.

The airport traffic controller also noticed, “it was an intensely bright object that was not supposed to be there.” The Iranian Air Force was contacted (at the time they were a close ally of the United States, under the rule of the Shah), and they dispatched two F-4 fighter jets to check out the object. The United States took this encounter very seriously, a report of what happened was sent to multiple national security officials AND U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, CIA Director George Bush, and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, among others.

So, what happens when UFOs are tracked on military/defence agency radar? Well, the first thing that happens is that it is recorded and documented. Documents regarding UFOs and the Both of the F-4 interceptor pilots reported seeing the object tracking of them on radar have been declassified within the past visually, it was few years, there are “We, or at least some of us interpreted their visits as a threat, and dealso tracked on countless examples cided to shoot first and ask questions after.”

– Paul Hellyer, former Canadian their airborne from multiple agendefense Minister. radar.

Both cies, like the NSA. planes experienced critical instrumentation and electronics go offline at a disWhen the FAA tracks them on radar, a protocol is followed. tance of twenty-five miles from the object. Here is an excerpt When a UFO is sighted and tracked on radar, they report it to data from the report: collection centers, one of them “As the F-4 approached being the Bigelow Aerospace Ada range of 25 nautical miles vanced Space Studies. it lost all instrumentation and But evidence suggests that it’s communications.

When the not so simple as just following proF-4 turned away from the tocol. Retired FAA Senior Division object and apparently was no Chief, John Callahan, shared his exlonger a threat to it, the airperience with regards to a specific craft regained all instrumenUFO incident. Representatives tation and communications. from the FBI and CIA showed up Another brightly lighted obto find out more about the incident, ject came out of the original and to obtain all documentation and object.

The second object video footage. Bigelow Aerospace headed straight toward the Director, Mike Gold, recently exF4.“ pressed that he is glad somebody is The report also described taking the reports, because it is a how a smaller object de“serious issue,” but he also said that tached from the bigger obhe could not comment on what they ject, turned inside the arc of the F-4 itself, and then regained the do with them. original object.

“If one thing is glaringly obvious, it is that the UFO pheAnother significant event occurred over NATO’s Aviano Air nomenon is global and has included many military encounBase in Italy. During this event, several U.S. Air Force personnel ters.” – Richard Dolan, Author, Historian, UFO Researcher. saw a UFO hovering outside of the base perimeter. While the object was there, the facility lost electrical power.

If something is violating your airspace, and performing maneuvers that defy our understanding of physics, maneuvers that “Some nations of the world are currently working together no known air craft can perform, you’re going to want to take a in the investigation of the UFO phenomenon. There is an incloser look. As former UK Ministry of Defence personnel Nick ternational exchange of data. Maybe when this group of nations Pope puts it, “UFOs present a number of defence, national secuacquires more precise and definite information, it will be posrity and air safety issues.” sible to release the news to the world” – General Carlos Castro Cavero, Spanish Air Force General.

In the case of UFOs, military jets are scrambled to intercept the objects, and what happens after that might shock you. Again, There is a serious possibility that we are being visited and I’d like to mention that these encounters have constantly occurred have been visited for many years by other civilizations. Who they throughout history, they are well documented. are, where they are from and what they want should be the subject of rigorous scientific investigation and not the subject of One case in particular I’d like to start out with is the incident ‘rubbishing by tabloid newspapers.” – Lord Admiral Hill Norover Tehran, Iran. This incident occurred on the night of Septemton, Former Chief of Defence Staff (UK), 5 Star Admiral of the ber 18th, 1976. A four page U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Royal Navy, and Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. and NSA report describes the encounter in detail. Furthermore,

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Rumors & science Molly schuyler devours two 72-oz steak challenge meals in 15 minutes “I’ll just have a salad” is often the response of many young women who go out to eat at restaurants today. But not for Molly Schuyler of Nebraska, the woman who shattered The Big Steak Ranch’s record for fastest person to devour their famous 72-oz steak dinner deal within 1 hour.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch has a famous steak dinner challenge that requires you to eat the entire dinner deal in order to get the meal for free.

The dinner deal, which aside from the 72-oz steak, includes a shrimp cocktail, baked potato, salad and a roll, was previously consumed the fastest in 8 minutes and 52 seconds by famed competitive eater Joey Chestnut.

Schuyler hoovered the entire meal in 4 minutes and 58 seconds — but wait, there’s more. Believe it or not, she ate not one, but two of these entire steak dinner deals in less than fifteen minutes!

Just to clarify, that’s two 72-oz steaks, two shrimp cocktails, two baked potatoes, two salads and two dinner rolls in less than 15 minutes. Feel like throwing up yet? Schuyler certainly didn’t.

She seemed perfectly at ease plowing through the steak dinners, even commenting to one skeptical onlooker that, “you don’t know me,” as she tossed the last piece of a dinner roll into her mouth, laughing.

You wouldn’t expect a woman of her size to be able to consume that much food, but Schuyler is no stranger to eating contests.

Recently, she obliterated the competition when she won the notorious Wing Bowl chicken wing-eating contest in Philadelphia earlier this year.

In 15 astonishing minutes, Schuyler finishes both 72-oz steak dinner deals, barely breaking a sweat.

“We witnessed history,” the restaurant’s co-owner told the Amarillo Globe-News. “If there’s a zombie apocalypse, I want to stay away from this girl.”

A shocking 45 minutes was still left on the clock for her to be able to finish the first steak dinner, but she seemed to have no problem consuming both in record time, earning both meals for free.

Must make for cheap date nights with her husband!

Beam me up: scientists say human teleportation is 'possible' ... as they transfer atoms three metres in groundbreaking experiment. Team were able to send atoms 3 metres.

Star Trek-style 'beaming up' of people through space could become a reality sometime in the far future, the leader of a landmark teleportation experiment has said.

Nothing in the laws of physics fundamentally forbids the teleportation of large objects, including humans, researchers claim.

They were able to transport an atom three metres with 100% accuracy.

'What we are teleporting is the state of a particle,' Prof Hanson,

from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, said.

'If you believe we are nothing more than a collection of atoms strung together in a particular way, then in principle it should be possible to teleport ourselves from one place to another.

'In practice it's extremely unlikely, but to say it can never work is very dangerous.

'I would not rule it out because there's no fundamental law of physics preventing it.

'If it ever does happen it will be far in the future.'

In contrast, it is physically impossible for anything to travel faster than light.

Prof Hanson's team showed for the first time that it was possible to teleport information encoded into sub-atomic particles between two points three metres apart with 100% reliability.

The demonstration was an important first step towards developing an internet-like network between ultra-fast quantum computers whose processing power dwarfs that of today's supercomputers.

Teleportation exploits the weird way 'entangled' particles acquire a merged identity, with the state of one instantly influencing the other no matter how far apart they are.

Giving one particle an 'up' spin, for instance, might always mean its entangled partner has a 'down' spin - theoretically even if both particles are on different sides of the universe.

Albert Einstein dismissed entanglement, calling it 'spooky action at a distance', but scientists have repeatedly demonstrated that it is a real phenomenon.

Prof Hanson said: 'The main application of quantum teleportation is a quantum version of the internet, extending a global network that we can use to send quantum information.

'We have shown that it's possible to do this, and it works every time that you try.

'It provides the first building block of the future quantum internet.

'One application nearest to a real life application is secure communication.

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The cost of driving 24,901 miles around the world's A fourth man who is facing the same widest point would be just £15.60 ($29). charges as the three escaped inmates will go The Microjolie was built by students at the La Joliverie College, in Nantes, western France, who beat 200 to trial without them. Radio-Canada is reother teams competing at this event. porting that Thierry Béland was part of the escape plan but did not make the helicopter.

A student who worked on the Microjoule project said: The murder charges the men are facing, 'The car has an internal combustion engine and runs on which are scheduled to be prosecuted in ordinary fuel.

January 2015, are connected to the deaths of 'It weighs 35 kg (77lbs) and is made entirely of cardenis Lefebvre, left, serge Pomerleau, centre, and yves denis escaped two men, Johnny Coutu and Benoît Denis. bon fibre. It offers very low rolling resistance and air refrom the orsainville detention Centre in Quebec City with the help of sistance, and a very, very low drag coefficient.

Coutu was killed in Laval in July 2009 a green helicopter. and Denis was killed in Joliette in May 2010.

'For example, when you spin the wheels, they will turn for several minutes without ever stopping.'

If convicted on the murder charges, the three men could face life in prison.

Students of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam also set Denis, Lefebvre and Pomerleau were arrested in 2010 after a drug operation bust in Abitibi known as Project Crayfish that led to dozens a circuit record with a score of 266 miles (428.5 kilomeof arrests. tres) per kilowatt hour with their vehicle H2A. Quebec’s provincial police force says the men are dangerous and have added their names to the province’s 10 most wanted criminals list.

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'What you're doing is using entanglement as your communication channel.

'The information is teleported to the other side, and there's no way anyone can intercept that information. In principle it's 100% secure.'

A more ambitious experiment, involving the teleportation of information between buildings on the university campus 1,300 metres apart, is planned in July.

It is hoped this will answer Einstein's main objection to teleportation, the possibility that a signal passes between entangled particles at the speed of light.

'I believe it will work,' said Prof Hanson.# 'But it's a huge technical challenge - there's a reason why nobody has done it yet.'

Microjoule - the vehicle that can drive 25,000 miles around the world for just $29 French students have built a car that can travel almost 25,000 miles - the distance around the equator - on a single litre of fuel.

The carbon fibre Microjoule, which weighs just 35kg, could cover the 200 mile (320 km) journey between London and Manchester for just 12p (20 cents).

Meanwhile, France emerged triumphant in the Urban Concept category, where vehicles are much closer to what may ultimately be seen on public roads.

A team from the Louis Delage college in Cognac, south west France, won with a car that achieved 468.85 kilometres per litre, or 199.3 miles per gallon.

The car achieves its incredible fuel efficiency through a combination of low rolling resistance and air resistance and a very low drag coefficient - or how it passes through the surrounding air.

For example, when you spin the wheels, they will turn for several minutes without ever stopping.

How solar Will destroy The Power Companies, In 5 Easy steps Barclays recently downgraded the entire U.S. electric utilities sector to "underweight" on the threat posed by widespread adoption of solar-storage. These systems allow homeowners to use rooftop

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Right now, the cost of such systems — about $0.22/kWh is only competitive with retail electricity in Hawaii — the cost of vanilla electricity in California is $0.15/kWh. Barclays says Tesla has singlehandedly brought down the cost of batteries over the past few years, from about $1,000/kWh in 2009 to $300/kWh in early 2014. If the company's gigafactory successfully ramps up, costs could plummet.

2) The defection spiral commences Once the prices for everything get cheap enough, homeowners begin to leave the grid.

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3) Utilities flail around in their state capitols seeking relief We've already seen this in Arizona, where the state's electric utility has spent more than $3 million on a campaign to discourage solar adoption in the state. California utilities also

before the end of 2014. While we need more months of data to confirm our view, this may prove to be an example of how quickly the technological/cost curve can overtake regulatory responses."

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Computer allegedly passes Turing Test for first time by convincing judges it is a 13-year-old boy Eugene Goostman seems like a typical 13-year-old Ukrainian boy — at least, that's what a third of judges at a Turing Test competition this Saturday thought. Goostman says that he likes hamburgers and candy and that his father is a gynecologist, but it's all a lie. This boy is a program created by computer engineers led by Russian Vladimir Veselov and Ukrainian Eugene Demchenko.

That a third of judges were convinced that Goostman was a human is significant — at least 30 percent of judges must be swayed for a computer to pass the famous Turing Test. The test, created by legendary computer scientist Alan Turing in 1950, was designed to answer the question "Can machines think?" and is a well-known staple of artificial intelligence studies.

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Goostman allegedly passed the test at the Turing Test 2014 competition in London on Saturday, and the event's organizers at the University of Reading say it's the first computer to succeed. Professor Kevin Warwick, a visiting professor at the university, noted in a release that "some will claim that the Test has already been passed." He added that "the words Turing Test have been applied to similar competitions around the world," but "this event involved the most simultaneous comparison tests than ever before, was independently verified and, crucially, the conversations were unrestricted."

The program nearly passed the test back in 2012, when 29 percent of judges at another competition decided that it was a human.

Despite the achievement, the results are far from conclusive and they do not mean that the machines are taking over the world — no matter what you read on the internet. The program is scripted with a personality that likely assisted in convincing judges, and it

B1, which is also commonly called thiamine, helps improve brain function, helps your body digest food, turns carbohydrates into energy and can help treat certain types of disease.

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is not the artificial intelligence you know from sci-fi movies. This is no HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. For instance, the Turing Test doesn't hinge on whether the computer's responses are correct or not — it only involves the "humanness" of its answers. The test is carried out over a text chat. Goostman's "age" may have also helped it pass the test. As Veselov notes, "Our main idea was that he can claim that he knows anything, but his age also makes it perfectly reasonable that he doesn't know everything."

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Big Bill Robinson, Slough England *** Well, I heard about the B1 solution too. I spend a lot of time in Indonesia and have tried it for 5 weeks. The recommended dose for this is 100mg a day - I took 250mg. I was bitten less but ... still bitten. On the other hand my grandfather tried it too and 100mg worked for him. He tried it on 3 separate trips and now swares by it. He recommends you start taking them 7 days before you leave. So my conclusion is that is works for some people. So try it out.

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Stewart, Edinburgh UK I don't know about B1, but for medical reasons my father required weekly injections of Vitamin B12 and mosquitos never bit him.

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Mcdonald's foreign worker practices face growing investigation The federal investigation into McDonald’s use of temporary foreign workers has

outcome of the investigation.

"As soon as we became aware of these

Canadians or people in Canada with their PR are also accepted,” the ads read.

widened to several other locations, as more

allegations, officials were directed to begin

local workers speak out about feeling side-

an urgent and immediate investigation.

Actyl site are not ad-

lined and shortchanged.

These cases are being investigated as ur-

vertised on popular

Many of the open jobs currently on the

“I feel it’s definitely discrimination

gently as the previous case in Victoria, in-

Canadian jobs sites

against Canadians,” said Chris Eldridge,

cluding inspectors being dispatched," said

like Kijiji. Linda

from Lethbridge, Alta.

Kenney's office.

West of Actyl said

Eldridge just quit his managerial job for

“I was told foreign workers have bet-

six McDonald’s locations in Alberta, be-

ter flexibility, they're willing to do what-

that is because those McDonald's locations already have

or have the chance of their

definitely favoured in almost every aspect,”

cause he said he could no longer stomach

ever they're asked,” said Eldridge.

government approvals

resumes to be looked at,

said 19-year-old Brayden Chamberlain,

denying local employees much-needed

“Because they were these amazing work-

to hire foreign workers.

before they

who worked at the same McDonald’s for

shifts to accommodate temporary foreign

ers, they were given these better shifts.”

workers.

Brown owns six Alberta fast food out-

Eldridge said

enter the

Brown

three years.

trash,”

He quit last spring, because he said his

said an employee from a

hours had been cut so much it wasn’t worth

“Honestly, some days I wonder, is this

lets in Lethbridge, one in Pincher Creek

houses the

still Canada? Everyone is supposed to have

and one in Taber. He confirmed he has 90

foreign

B.C. location.

working there anymore. He said some of the

equal rights.”

temporary foreign workers on staff.

workers in an apartment

An insider from Edmonton

Filipinos had management roles, which

Eldridge was a manager who did the

He denies telling Eldridge to cut local

building with six to eight employees per

wrote, “Being a former general manager

worker scheduling for McDonald’s fran-

employee hours. However, Eldridge said his

unit, and deducts approximately $400 a

for McDonald’s, I can tell you on the fran-

“They treat you a lot differently. You're

chisee Dan Brown. He's also upset about

instructions came from other managers,who

month from each worker’s pay for rent.

chisee side of the business this is the pre-

the minority of the company and you al-

differences in pay.

Many foreign workers started at $10.80 an hour, he said, while local employees doing the same job made less.

made local workers feel marginalized.

said they were speaking on Brown’s behalf.

“It's a big apartment complex, but

ferred hiring method...There are numerous

most end up feeling exiled, which is why I

He said some local employees didn’t get

everyone calls it 'the compound.' It's so en-

other franchisees in the system that will

ended up quitting,” he said. “If you are not

closed and overpacked in a lot of ways,”

exclude hiring Canadians first."

Filipino, you have no place there.”

enough work to pay their rent.

“I was constantly having that guilt on

said Eldridge.

Federal rules stipulate that foreign

my chest, because I could be the reason

workers coming in to Lethbridge as food

someone might lose the place that they're

the foreign workers’ landlord, but he didn’t

service attendants must make at least the

living in.”

answer.

Reporters asked Brown if he is also

Seventy five percent of McDonald’s outlets in Canada are owned by franchisees.

The owner, Johannesen, did not respond to requests for comment.

A former assistant manager from a Mc-

Media reporters asked McDonald’s

Donald’s in Parksville, B.C., who was there

Canada for comment on this story, but the

"prevailing wage" of $10.41. However, im-

Brown confirmed part-time local

Emily Bryce, who still works at one of

for 24 years, said she was effectively pushed

company said it needed more time to in-

migration lawyers told reporters local em-

staffers make $9.95 per hour – less than the

his outlets, said she believes the foreigners

out the door in favour of workers from the

vestigate.

ployees doing the same job are not supposed

foreign workers — but he said full-timers

are exploited because many are profession-

Philippines.

to be paid less or lose hours as a result.

are paid equally.

als by trade and leave their children behind

“I was instructed to ensure, based on the contracts the foreign workers had

He said full-time hours are now split evenly between local and foreign staff.

for a chance to live in Canada.

“My Canada isn't one where you force

"We have begun the process of under-

“All those of us who have left, you

taking a comprehensive review, working

know, for sure have all felt pushed out,” said

closely with external advisers, of all our

52-year-old Christina Morrow. “It was re-

restaurants – franchised and corporate-

verse discrimination.”

owned – across Canada that employ tempo-

signed, that they would be guaranteed full-

“I provide people with an opportunity

people to choose between their job and their

time hours, no questions asked,” said El-

to live and work in Canada and contribute

family. They should be taking full families

Her former boss, Jamie Johannesen,

dridge, who said that meant he had to

to the Canadian economy,” Brown said.

in and giving them citizenship,” said Bryce.

owns four area franchises. Morrow said

shortchange Canadian employees.

“Temporary foreign workers in my restau-

The whole foreign worker program is

he brought in 20 foreign workers when

"As you will appreciate, it will take a

unjust and it has too many loopholes in it

he bought the Parksville location three

significant amount of time to do this right."

for franchisee owners to exploit them.”

years ago.

rary foreign workers," said McDonald's Canada spokesperson Richard Ellis.

As a result of our inquires, Employment

rants are very grateful for the opportunity.”

Minister Jason Kenney’s office said the “ur-

Eldridge said the foreign workers were

gent investigation” launched last week after

recruited from Belize, the Philippines and

There are complaints from McDonald’s

“He said they were better workers…

News Media story about a Victoria McDon-

Jamaica by Actyl Group, an international re-

workers in other B.C. and Alberta locations,

so I would have to cut local employee

cations and it abides by all the rules of the

ald’s franchise has been expanded.

cruiter used by McDonald’s Canada. It

too, as well as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

hours to give these people 40 hours.”

federal program.

charges employers up to $2,000 per worker

and Newfoundland.

"Minister Kenney has expressed strong concerns about the potential abuse of the

it recruits.

“The whole time I have worked at the

Morrow said her work was criticized

NDP employment critic Jinny Sims is calling for an emergency debate in Parlia-

pay was cut from $18 to $11 an hour.

ment and said the government should now

Actyl’s job website is designed to attract

local McDonald's there has been nothing but

head of human resources at McDonalds'

foreign workers. It lists numerous ads for

favouritism towards the Filipinos,” said a

“It felt like a knife in my heart, she said.

head office," said a spokesperson from the

full-time jobs at McDonald’s. They all sug-

worker in New Brunswick. “Any Canadian

I'd been there 24 years…a lifetime to devote

minister's office.

gest Canadians can apply, but only for part-

that works here feels that if they were to

your flesh and blood to a position like that

time work.

complain it would be viewed racist, but it is

but obviously I wasn't wanted anymore.”

Lethbridge and Parksville B.C. have been

“The selected candidate is expected to

a serious problem.”

barred from applying to bring in any more

work 40 hours per week with the possibility

“I’ve seen countless local people turned

temporary foreign workers, pending the

of overtime. Part-time applications from

down for the chance to even submit resumes,

temporary foreign workers in its 1,400 lo-

for the first time in two decades and her

Temporary Foreign Worker Program to the

The minister's office said franchises in

The company said earlier it has 3,400

She quit a year ago, because she says she couldn’t handle the pay cut.

“I would say the foreign workers were

suspend all temporary foreign worker permits for fast-food outlets.

“I believe this is an emergency,” said Sims. “This is creating unnecessary tension and the minister cannot wash his hands of this…his government is allowing this program to be abused.”

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10 Best-Kept secrets for selling your Home These tricks of the trade will help you get top dollar when selling your home...

Because when people see one high-end appliance they think all the rest are expensive too and it updates the kitchen.

selling secret #10: Pricing it right

selling secret #2: Always be ready to show

Find out what your home is worth, then shave 15 to 20 percent off the price. You'll be stampeded by buyers with multiple bids -- even in the worst markets -- and they'll bid up the price over what it's worth.

It takes real courage and most sellers just don't want to risk it, but it's the single best strategy to sell a home in today's market.

selling secret #9: Half-empty closets Storage is something every buyer is looking for and can never have enough of. Take half the stuff out of your closets then neatly organize what's left in there. Buyers will snoop, so be sure to keep all your closets and cabinets clean and tidy.

selling secret #8: Light it up Maximize the light in your home. After location, good light is the one thing that every buyer cites that they want in a home. Take down the drapes, clean the windows, change the lampshades, increase the wattage of your light bulbs and cut the bushes outside to let in sunshine. Do what you have to do make your house bright and cheery -- it will make it more sellable.

Your house needs to be "show-ready" at all times -- you never know when your buyer is going to walk through the door. You have to be available whenever they want to come see the place and it has to be in tip-top shape. Don't leave dishes in the sink, keep the dishwasher cleaned out, the bathrooms sparkling and make sure there are no dust bunnies in the corners. It's a little inconvenient, but it will get your house sold. or go buy some inexpensive new ones. Replace door handles, cabinet hardware, make sure closet doors are on track, fix leaky faucets and clean the grout.

selling secret #4: Take the home out of your house One of the most important things to do when selling your house is to de-personalize it. The more personal stuff in your house, the less potential buyers can imagine themselves living there. Get rid of a third of your stuff -- put it in storage. This includes family photos, memorabilia collections and personal keepsakes. Consider hiring a home stager to maximize the full potential of your home.

Staging simply means arranging your furniture to best showcase the floor plan and maximize the use of space.

selling secret #7: Play the agent field A secret sale killer is hiring the wrong broker. Make sure you have a broker who is totally informed. They must constantly monitor the multiple listing service, know what properties are going on the market and know the comps in your neighborhood. Find a broker who embraces technology -- a tech-savvy one has many tools to get your house sold.

No matter how good the interior of your home looks, buyers have already judged your home before they walk through the door.

You never have a second chance to make a first impression. It's important to make people feel warm, welcome and safe as they approach the house. Spruce up your home's exterior with inexpensive shrubs and brightly colored flowers. You can typically get a 100-percent return on the money you put into your home's curb appeal. Entryways are also important. You use it as a utility space for your coat and keys. But, when you're selling, make it welcoming by putting in a small bench, a vase of fresh-cut flowers or even some cookies.

selling secret #6: Conceal the critters You might think a cuddly dog would warm the hearts of potential buyers, but you'd be wrong. Not everybody is a dog- or catlover. Buyers don't want to walk in your home and see a bowl full of dog food, smell the kitty litter box or have tufts of pet hair stuck to their clothes. It will give buyers the impression that your house is not clean. If you're planning an open house, send the critters to a friend for the day.

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selling secret #1: The first impression is the only impression

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"Working together, operators can make a clear stand against unfettered surveillance," said Access policy counsel Peter Micek.

"Competition on transparency is something we would welcome.

It's not going to happen overnight, but I think Vodafone has made a great headstart for the sector and it is incumbent on the rest of the field to follow up quickly."

"Europe has a strong charter of fundamental rights, and those rights apply online as they do offline. There is a strong basis for Europe to act in a concernted manner to end practices like direct access."

30 percent of world is now fat, no country immune Waistlines worldwide are starting to bulge; study finds more than 2 billion people now heavy LONDON, UK - Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

Murray said scientists have noticed accompanying spikes in diabetes and that rates of cancers linked to weight, like pancreatic cancer, are also rising.

"Modernization has not been good for health," said Syed Shah, an obesity expert at United Arab Emirates University, who found obesity rates have jumped five times in the last 20 years even in a handful of remote Himalayan villages in Pakistan. His research was presented at a conference in Bulgaria. "Years ago, people had to walk if they wanted to make a phone call," he said. "Now everyone has a cellphone." Shah also said the villagers no longer have to rely on their own farms for food.

"There are roads for (companies) to bring in their processed foods and the people don't have to slaughter their own animals for meat and oil," he said. "No one knew about Coke and Pepsi 20 years ago. Now it's everywhere."

In Britain, the independent health watchdog issued new advice Wednesday recommending that heavy people be sent to free weight-loss classes to drop about 15 percent of their weight. It reasoned that losing even just a few pounds improves health and is more realistic. About two in three adults in the U.K. are overweight, making it the fattest country in Western Europe. Eastern Europe countries are still doing great with just 3 percent obesity for man, and 4 percent for women.

"This is not something where you can just wake up one morning and say, 'I am going to lose 10 pounds,'" said Mike Kelly, the agency's public health director, in a statement. "It takes resolve and it takes encouragement."

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Researchers found more than 2 billion people worldwide are now overweight or obese. The highest rates were in the Middle East and North America, where nearly 60 percent of men and 65 percent of women are heavy. The U.S. has about 13 percent of the world's fat population, a greater percentage than any other country. China and India combined have about 15 percent.

"It's pretty grim," said Christopher Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, who led the study. He and colleagues reviewed more than 1,700 studies covering 188 countries from 1980 to 2013. "When we realized that not a single country has had a significant decline in obesity, that tells you how hard a challenge this is."

Carb-rich processed foods, along with rarely ever fasting, are primary drivers of these statistics, and while many blame Americans' overindulgence of processed junk foods on lack of self control, scientists are now starting to reveal the truly addictive nature of such foods. Nearly everything we consume unless certified organic has pesticides, hormones, steroids, antibiotics, heavy metals, preservatives, artificial sweeteners, food coloring, sulfites, nitrites, nitrates and a vast amount of other toxic additives.

At the heart of the problem is the issue of toxic food—foods that are heavily processed and purposely designed for maximum "craveability." None of this happened by chance. Companies spend untold amounts concocting just the right flavor formulas to keep you coming back for more. To illustrate this point, consider this: Researchers at the Boston Children's Hospital recently demonstrated that highly processed carbohydrates stimulate brain regions involved in reward and cravings, promoting excess hunger.

"These findings suggest that limiting these "high-glycemic index" foods could help obese individuals avoid overeating."

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Why, a number of affluent nations do not have the same obesity problems as the US or Canada. For example, the obesity rate among Swedish and Japanese women is between five and six percent, compared to almost 40 percent for North American women.

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This tells us there's something in the American diet that is different from other nations, in which people do not have the same level of difficulty with their weight.

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dog saves owner's life with the Heimlich Maneuver A Springer Spaniel named Mollypops is enjoying a new squeaky chicken and some treats of her own for saving her dog mom's life in a most unusual way.

Rachel Hayes just ate a piece of hard candy, which lodged in her throat. Choking, coughing and not able to talk, Mollypops came up from behind the woman and hit her in the back so hard that it dislodged the treat, in effect performing the Heimlich maneuver.

According to the U.K's the Mirror, Hayes sat down at her kitchen table and popped a strawberry candy into her mouth. When she knew she was in trouble, she said her dog kept coming up to her, but she kept pushing Mollypops away.

"I was having difficulty breathing but Mollypops' sixth sense kicked in and she knew I was in trouble," Hayes said.

After the rescue, Hayes said she was crying and shaking because she thought she was going to die.

"I just burst out crying and said, 'I love you.' She came over for a cuddle and I cuddled her. I told her she was a hero," Hayes said. "I think she's glad to have me alive, otherwise she would have been left all on her own. But I don't think she knows quite what she has done."

It's very possible Mollypops knew what was happening. There have been studies conducted in which dogs sense a human is in distress and rush up to put paws on the person's shoulder.

In a study conducted at the University of London, 18 dogs were filmed with their owners. In 15 instances, the dogs reacted to their human's crying. One of the dogs, an 8-month-old Labrador retriever, went up to his human when he heard her pretend to cry and put his paw on her shoulder.

The dogs approached in a submissive way suggesting they were offering comfort and empathy, researchers said.

page 37 Crowded airliner As the crowded airliner is about to take off, the peace is shattered by a five-year-old boy who picks that moment to throw a wild temper tantrum.

No matter what his frustrated, embarrassed mother does to try to calm him down, the boy continues to scream furiously and kick the seats around him.

Suddenly, from the rear of the plane, an elderly man in the uniform of an Air Force Wing General is seen slowly walking forward up the aisle.

Stopping the flustered mother with an upraised hand, the whitehaired, courtly, soft-spoken general leans down and, motioning toward his chest, whispers something into the boy's ear.

Instantly the boy calms down, gently takes his mother's hand, and quietly fastens his seat belt.

All the other passengers burst into spontaneous applause. As the general slowly makes his way back to his seat, one of the cabin attendants touches his sleeve. ' Excuse me, General, she asks quietly, ' but could I ask you what magic words you used on that little boy?

The old man smiles serenely and gently confides, ' I showed him my pilot's wings, service stars, and battle ribbons, and explained that they entitle me to throw one passenger out the plane door, on any flight I choose.

speed Camera A policeman had a perfect spot to watch for speeding motorists but wasn't getting many. Then he discovered the problem.

A 10 year old boy was standing up the road with a hand-painted sign that read ' Radar Trap Ahead'. The officer then found a young accomplice down the road with a sign reading ' Tips' and a bucket full of change.

Woman driver and the trees A woman driver is heading down the expressway, when all of a sudden the woman sees a tree to her left, a tree to her right, and a tree directly in front of her, so she swerves and hits a guardrail.

Later, a cop arrives and ask her what happened, to which she replied, I saw a tree to my left, a tree to my right, and a tree directly in front of me!

The cop says, " Ma'am, there ARE trees on both sides of the road, but the one you saw directly in front of you was your pine air freshner.

old Romance An older couple was lying in bed one night. The husband was falling asleep, but the wife felt romantic and wanted to talk.

She said " You used to hold my hand when we were courting.

Wearily, he reached across, held her hand for a sceond, and tried to get back to sleep.

A few moments later she said " Then you used to kiss me. Mildly irritated, he reached across, gave her a peck on the cheek, and settled down to sleep.

Thirty seconds later she said " Then you used to bit my neck.

The husband now very annoyed got out of bed and walked to

the bathroom. " Where are you going? she asked. " To get my teeth! he replied.

A street person approached a passerby. "sir,...

A street person approached a passerby. " Sir, would you give me $ 100 for a cup of coffee? " That's ridiculous! the man said huffily. " Just a yes or no, buddy, the beggar growled. " I don't need a damn lecture about how to run my business.

A good deal This guy was visitng the country one day and saw a for sale sign in front of a farm. The guy goes up to the farm and asks the farmer to show him around the farm.

The farmer starts with the house and shows him all the rooms.

The guy likes the house and tells him that he always wanted a house like this on his farm.

Then the farmer shows him the barn. The city fellow likes the barn and tells him that he's always wanted a barn like this on his farm. Then the farmer shows him the land and the guy is very pleased with it and was just about to write the farmer a check when he noticed some bees flying around a tree.

The farmer told him they were honey bees and that they were very nice. The man still refused and told him he didn't trust bees and he didn't want any on his farm.

The farmer was very eager to sell his farm so he told the man that he'll tie him naked to a tree and cover him with honey and if one of the bees stings him he could have this farm for half of what he was asking. The buyer agrees and lets the farmer ties him up.

About 6 hours later the farmer remembers about the buyer and went to see him. When he got to him he asked him if any bees stung him and he said, " No but doesn't this cow have a mother?

"True" stories of stupid People It seems a man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote, " This iz a stikkup. Put all your muny in this bag. While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he was not the brightest light in the harbour, told him that she could not accept his stick up note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said "OK" and left. The Wells Fargo teller then called the police who arrested the man a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. *** 45 year-old Amy Brasher was arrested in San Antonio, Texas aftera mechanic reported to police that 18 packages of marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of the car which she had-

brought to the mechanic for an oil change. According to police, Brasher later said that she didn't realize that the mechanic would have to raise the hood to change the oil. *** R. C. Gaitlin, 21, walked up to two patrol officers who were showing their squad car computer equipment to children in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how the system worked, the officer's asked him for a piece of identification. Gaitlin gave them his driver's license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they arrested Gaitlin because information on the screen showed Gaitlin was wanted for a two-year-old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri. *** New York: As a female shopper exited a convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police had apprehended the snatcher.

They put him in the car and drove back to the store.

The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, " Yes Officer.. that's her.

That's the lady I stole the purse from. *** My friend called his car insurance company to tell them to change his address from Texas to Vermont. The woman who took the call asked where Vermont was. As he tried to explain, she interrupted and said, " Look, I'm not stupid or anything, but what state is it in?

A veterinarian was feeling ill and went to...

A veterinarian was feeling ill and went to see her doctor. The doctor asked her all the usual questions about symptoms, how long had they been occurring, etc., when she interrupted him : " Hey look, I'm a vet - I don't need to ask my patients these kind of questions : I can tell what's wrong just by looking. She smugly added, " Why can't you?

The doctor nodded, stood back, looked her up and down, quickly wrote out a prescription, handed it to her and said, " There you are.... Of course, if that doesn't work, we'll have to have you put down.

Ethnic pick-up A man sits next to a very attractive woman on an airplane. He asks her what kind of men she is interested in. Her top three choices are American Indian men, Jewish men and Southern men. The woman asks the man what his name is.

He smiles, "Well, my name's Geronimo Bernstein, but my friends call me Bubba."

Photo trap A motorist gets caught in an automated speed trap that photographs his car. He later receives a ticket in the mail for $40 with a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sends the police department a photograph of $40.

A few days later, he gets a letter from the police department with a picture of handcuffs.

Horoscope Aries

(March 21 - April 19) By taking care of emotional matters between yourself and loved ones, you can create the most comfortable circumstances at home. It’s time to concentrate on what is vital for your sense of happiness and security, whilst finding ways to stretch yourself mentally. Don’t be afraid to ask directly for what you want. You may encounter a few obstacles along the way, but that’s not to say you’ll fall at the last hurdle.

You’re second to none when you put your mind to it, so tie up loose ends, and soon you’ll be able to please yourself.

Leo

(July 23 - August 22)

You need to recognise how pleasant your life can become with a little more effort. Put the more cultured, intellectual side of your nature on display and take delight in beautiful places. You seem more at one with nature than you have been in years. Also, your ego and confidence is growing stronger by the minute, but you may get to the stage of being a bit too pushy for your own good.

Sticking with convention isn’t really your thing so your outrageous side will come to the fore. Others find you more fascinating than disruptive.

sagittarius

(nov. 22 - dec. 21) July it’s one of those months when you’re buzzing with creativity and so ideas flow out of you, and this makes you excitable. You’re finally making good progress on the business front, so don’t be afraid to discuss new plans with colleagues, as they’ll be well received. There are gains to be made by clearing the decks for action in different ways, but focus on the long term rather than the present. Confidence boosting exercised seem to come along all the time now. Trust you instincts. Find time for loved ones.

Taurus

(April 20 - May 20) You’re heading into a restless few days in July where you’ll be keen to try out some new proposals.

Make the most of new options or opportunities that come your way. You can afford to go out on a limb and take the odd chance, but just don’t make a habit of it.

Bolster your ambitions. Are you a working Taurus? If so there’s room for advancement, or at least achieving it in the not too distant future. Looking at matters that don’t interest you will be hard. You will be receiving a "go for it" message loud and clear from everyone.

Virgo

(August 23 - sep. 22)

July gemini

(May 21 - June 21) There are gains to be made from contacting people who either live at a distance, or you haven’t seen for a while. In a personal sense it would be good to bury the hatchet as this gives you a chance to show the diplomatic side of Gemini. Heal as many rifts as you can. Don’t be afraid to gamble a little in July, especially if you’re sure the risk of failure is small. You can also afford to push yourself hard now, and this encourages a very positive frame of mind, which is really all is takes to ensure success. You’ll think on your feet.

Libra

(sep. 23 - oct. 23)

It could be tempting to take on more tasks than you’re able to complete, but each and every one holds a different appeal, and you don’t want to pass them by. Consider the financial aspects in all of them, and it should be easy to make your choices based on that. Minor irritations at work are all the more annoying as there’s nothing you can do about it without causing world war three. Keep to your usual routines and ignore anyone or anything on the periphery that could knock you off kilter. Stay calm and focused. Take great pride in your ideas.

Current trends favour information gathering, and its quite possible for you to get ahead by simply being in the right place at the right time. Love looks more settled and you can ensure this continues as long as you take your partners feelings into account. Get ready to make the most of a positive boost professionally, even if it takes you a while to recognise it. Putting in some extra effort can make all the difference, so don’t be worried about ruffling any feathers if that’s what it takes to get ahead. Confidence grows with new project.

Capricorn

Aquarius

(dec. 22 - Jan. 19) You can't guarantee everyone will agree with what you’re saying, even if you believe it’s common sense.

Try a different approach, especially if you’re dealing with loved ones. Maybe it’s your superior attitude that’s irritating them. Tone it down. It’ll help. Your old critical attitude is pushing its way to the surface again, so nip it in the bid before it does any harm. You’ve been doing so well with everyone of late, and it would be a shame to spoil it now. Take a deep breath, centre yourself and off you go.

You can do it.

(Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) It’s a good month for getting ahead financially and practically. There’s not as much time or opportunity as you’d wish however, to further your objectives when it comes to love, maybe because the object of your desire is otherwise engaged? You have the enviable asset of keeping going when others have fallen by the wayside, but only if you want something badly. You can succeed if you make fresh start with a positive frame of mind. Use your ingenuity to find goods at a fraction of the price.

Looking good.

Cancer

(June 22 - July 22) Examine the impact you’re making on others, especially when it comes to family members. Be prepared to address minor concerns relating to younger individuals. Partnerships deserve extra attention too. You need to work out where you’re going wrong.

Unexpected changes that are taking place round about you have the potential to cause some tension. You find it hard adapting to changes, as you hate to lose control. Being in charge of your life is so important to you, but have faith. It’ll all work out fine.

scorpio

(oct. 24 - nov. 21) Slowly but surely you’re clearing away the recent fog that descended on your personal matters. Now that you’re fairly sure of what you want from life, and have a good idea about how you’re going to get it, you feel more contented than you have in a long time.

You want things done exactly to your way, and won’t take kindly to having others arrange your life. If you feel cornered its then you’ll become dangerous.

Its natural to feel concerned abut stories you hear, but its possible to end up being too careful, and that could be a mistake.

Pisces

(Feb. 19 - March 20) There are more responsibilities to face around now, and you may worry from time to time about it. If truth be known you’re actually one of the most responsible signs and are much more capable than you’d believe. You just need to stretch more mentally to realise it. Pick up on new and unusual ideas from all sorts of directions, and exercise your natural ingenuity. Not only are you capable of being inventive, you’ve also got what it takes to take some of more flamboyant schemes from fantasy to reality.

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