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Paramedics rolled Jeremiah Dixon into the emergency department on a gurney after he'd made multiple attempts to take his own life. Less than a day later, he was discharged and sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter.

“I was scared and shocked,” the 19-year-old said in an interview at his family home in Dartmouth, N.S. “I was still like dizzy and stuff, and they just sent me off with some snacks and a ride to the shelter.

Jeremiah, who has fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and borderline personality disorder, says he’s experienced suicidal thoughts since he was about eight years old.

For as long as he can remember, he’s struggled to regulate his impulses and behaviour — a common symptom of both conditions.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered the owner of Burnaby's Metropolis at Metrotown mall and a security contractor to pay more than $1.8 million in damages after they admitted to security guards injuring an 18-year-old during a detainment in November 2019.

Ivanhoe Cambridge — now operating as La Caisse — and Paladin Security were found to be liable for the plaintiff's injuries and the post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that they dealt with due to the takedown and detainment.

The plaintiff suffered a concussion due to the detainment, and the court found they had severe headaches and sleep disturbances in the years afterward.

The judge ruled that Metrotown's owners and Paladin were jointly responsible for $800,481 in damages, while Paladin alone should pay $1 million in punitive damages.

The president of Paladin Security, Chad Kalyk, said the company was reviewing the decision and considering a possible appeal.

"We are both surprised and disappointed by the ruling of Justice Marzari," he said in a statement.

I heard that they require plaintext data to work. What are the other factors to this?

Initiated by: Doris Currie from London, Ontario

Whereas:

London, Ontario is facing a critical public health crisis due to the toxic drug supply

Life-saving health and harm reduction services at Regional HIV/AIDS Connection (RHAC) face a total funding withdrawal on June 13, 2026

The federal government has established the Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF) specifically to provide municipalities with rapid responses to emergent, critical needs related to the substance use and overdose crisis.

History:

Open for signature: April 22, 2026

Closed for signature: June 21, 2026

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We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada , call upon the House of Commons to: 1. Direct Health Canada to immediately coordinate with the City of London and local service providers to facilitate an emergency application to the Emergency Treatment Fund (ETF); 2. Provide the necessary federal bridge funding to sustain these life-saving services beyond the June 13 deadline; and 3. Ensure that federal "rapid response" funding is prioritized for communities like London facing imminent service closures. History Open for signature April 22, 2026, at 2:24 p.m. (EDT) Closed for signature June 21, 2026, at 2:24 p.m. (EDT) Member of Parliament Peter, Fragiskatos London Centre (Liberal)

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Initiated by: Frances Perkins from Kawartha Lakes, Ontario

Whereas:

Canadians are living longer and many seniors wish or need to continue working

Under the current system, employment income earned by seniors is combined with Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Old Age Security (OAS) benefits, often resulting in higher overal taxation

This structure may discourage workforce participation among older Canadians despite their experience and willingness to contribute

Seniors have contributed to CPP throughout their working lives

Single seniors may receive less overall benefit from CPP contributions than those eligible for survivor benefits

Deferring CPP or OAS may not be a viable option for all Canadians due to financial needs and uncertainty of life expectancy.

History:

Open for signature: April 22, 2026

Closed for signature: August 20, 2026

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Jesus would have https://lifeline4gaza.com/ bookmarked, unlike you

edit: I love how Europeans still struggle to believe that these are what America sees as pancakes. For context, these buttermilk pancakes were so big that I only ordered two and could only eat half of the second one. If you went to our "International House of Pancakes(IHOP)" and ordered pancakes, this is what you'd get. America really is on another level.

Trump "I did that" gas pump sticker not included

Fantastic Pit, ~324 meters deep

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellison's_Cave

Doug Ford’s Government Isn’t Working For You.

Every Premier makes choices. Who gets the government's attention. Who gets the contract. Who gets the call returned.

Doug Ford's choices have a pattern: insiders, lobbyists, friends and donors. And every time he chooses them, he's choosing not to choose you.

That's the cost of his corruption. It's your hospital understaffed while billions flow to insiders. It's the cost of ground beef going up while well-connected developers turn protected land into an $8.3 billion windfall. A government so busy covering its tracks it never gets around to you.

It doesn't have to be this way. We can have a government that delivers better, faster public health care. That actually does something about the cost of groceries. That helps workers weather the storm and protects good jobs.

Death to them all

I hear this claim a fair bit, admittedly often in communist spaces.

It is said that any group of people bigger than 50-200 people "requires" hierarchy.

I'm not sure about that.

What do anarchists make of this?

cross-posted from: https://ani.social/post/29041402