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Provincewide school walkout planned to protest UCP’s stance on GSAs CBC.ca A group of Calgary students has planned a provincewide school walkout to protest the incoming United Conservative Party government’s stance on gay-straight … Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreLarry Mitchell Hopkins, arrested on Saturday, was also arrested in Oregon in 2006 for impersonating a police officer while unlawfully carrying a firearm as a convicted felon A member of an armed civilian group that has detained migrants near the US-Mexico border who was arrested on Saturday reportedly faced similar charges in Oregon 13 years ago. In Sunland Park, Texas on Saturday, FBI agents and local police arrested Larry Mitchell Hopkins, 69, on suspicion of being a felon in possession of firearms. In Klamath county, Oregon in 2006, Hopkins was…
Read MoreShareTweetPinterest Actor Anthony Hopkins was a self-acclaimed atheist for the greater part of his life. However, a single question about God posed at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting shifted his perception drastically. Hopkins described his spiritual turning point during an appearance at the 11th annual LEAP conference. During a pivotal AA meeting in 1975, a woman asked the actor a simple question that led to deep introspection for Hopkins. “Why don’t you just trust in God?” she asked. The fellow AA member’s advice led Hopkins to say “why not” and take…
Read MoreWelp, winter is here. The army of the dead descends on Westeros, the houses of the North have united against them. Bran continues to sink deeper into that whole creeper vibe. With only five episodes left in the final season, it’s worth a quick refresher on how and when to watch Game of Thrones live, no matter what coast you’re on. Game of Thrones airs Sunday nights on HBO, at 9pm in each respective time zone. Simple enough! But that also means New Yorkers get to watch it three hours…
Read MoreCourtesy Of Samsung How Big Is The Samsung Galaxy Fold? It Depends On How You’re Using It By Lizzy Rosenberg 8 hours ago In case you haven’t heard, Samsung has launched yet another model of its Galaxy phones, which is officially called the Galaxy Fold. And even though many of the company’s phones are somewhat comparable to other smartphones size-wise, its latest and greatest model is especially unique because its screen actually folds in half. So you might be wondering: How big is the Samsung Galaxy Fold? Basically, it can…
Read MoreSpring powwow marks its 41 st year CBC.ca Spring is here across the countryaand that entails powwow season. The First Nations University of Canada event is billed as one of the biggest culture … Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreErin Cinney Updated April 21, 2019 By Pixabay I’m slowly learning that the only person I am responsible for is myself. A notion that is easy to understand in theory, but takes experience to understand it in practice. I am not responsible for how other people feel about me, my decisions, or who I am as a person. I’m slowly learning that being highly empathetic does not mean I’m required to heal anyone else. That will always be an inside job. I’m slowly learning that time is not a contract,…
Read MoreTo be a black woman in America is to constantly be forced to choose between two identities. Black women since slavery have always been the backbone of the black community. They endured daily the unthinkable at the hands of their slave-owners: rape, abuse, and back-breaking work, and in spite of all of that, they did their best daily to protect their black sons from being beaten, sold, or worse, lynched. Black women have always been expected to protect black men, even when they hurt us, abuse us, mistreat or rape…
Read MoreAs Coachella’s second weekend wrapped up, Kanye West celebrated Easter with a live streamed Sunday Service. Kanye’s Sunday Services were made public in January. They aren’t quite traditional church services with sermons and declarations of faith, but videos of the secretive weekly events show that the services do focus on performing music with religious undertones. The events are invite-only and guests have to sign a nondisclosure agreement before attending. Since guests are forbidden from speaking to press about it, outsiders have only seen snippets of the services through Instagram posts…
Read MoreThe story of how blood testing company Theranos rose to prominence, then collapsed following accusations of fraud, is getting told and retold in many forms: There’s reporter John Carreyrou’s book “Bad Blood,” plus an upcoming feature film adaptation starring Jennifer Lawrence, plus a podcast from Nightline called “The Dropout” — and “The Inventor,” a new HBO documentary directed by Alex Gibney. Our colleague Josh Constine already reviewed the film after seeing it at Sundance, but we had thoughts of our own, which we hashed out with guest host Anna Escher on…
Read MoreOlga and Victor Lisabet, left were killed by Henry de la Hoz, right, in a drunken-driving crash back in 2003. De la Hoz was captured in Costa Rica over 15 years later. (Miami Dade Jail) TOURISTS, EASTER WORSHIPPERS LAMENT CLOSURE OF NOTRE DAME It was a relief to the family who had been waiting nearly two decades for justice. The Lisabets’ son had planned to break the news of his first child the day of the crash, and the couple would never get to hear they were grandparents. “I didn’t lose…
Read More3 in critical following incident at pool in west Winnipeg CBC.ca Winnipeg police say three people were taken to hospital in critical condition Sunday following an incident at a pool in Winnipeg’s Courts of St. James. Read more: www.cbc.ca
Read MoreOlivia Jade is in hiding!!! The YouTube star and disgraced daughter of Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli has completely fallen off the radar after According to a source close to the situation who spoke to Us Weekly about the former USC student’s whereabouts lately, the YouTuber has apparently opted to lay VERY low in a Malibu hideout with her boyfriend, Jackson Guthy. The source revealed (below): “Olivia has been staying with her boyfriend in Malibu. She’s not talking to her parents right now. Olivia hasn’t been out with friends. She is completely in hiding right now.…
Read More(CNN)A Broward County sheriff’s deputy is on “restricted administrative assignment” after a video surfaced that appears to show him slamming a teenage boy’s head into the ground and then punching the teen in the head. The video, which has since gone viral on social media, has sparked outrage over the deputy’s conduct. Broward County Sheriff Gregory Tony released a video statement Friday saying there would be a “thorough investigation” into the incident. “We will look at this as a fact-finding measure to ensure that we hold folks accountable,” said Tony,…
Read MoreSee the post (below): Wise words, Mrs. S. / (c) Lynne Spears/Instagram “Keep going no matter how bad things are right now, no matter how stuck you feel, no matter how many days you’ve spent crying, no matter how many days you’ve spent wishing things were different, no matter how hopeless and depressed you feel—I promise you won’t feel this way forever. Keep going.” The comments section of the post was flooded with messages from fans sending the Spears brood love and support. The past few months have been a…
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