HellsBelle
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Prediction Markets Are Coming to Canada. Are We Ready to Bet on War? | The WalrusEnglish
2·2 months agoOn par with private equity.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•When my sons with autism are sent home from school, they've learned the problem is them — not the systemEnglish
94·2 months agoIt is up to the provincial government to properly fund the education of ALL children whether or not there are learning challenges or difficulties.
If the provincial government doesn’t want to do its job properly they should step down from office.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Edmonton history buffs consider impact of looming dissolution of historical boardEnglish
3·2 months agoThose who forget history are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Toronto man's HIV no longer detectable after bone marrow transplantEnglish
4·2 months agoFrom the article …
If he remains in remission for about two and a half years, the 36-year-old will join 10 people in the world currently considered cured of HIV.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Toronto man's HIV no longer detectable after bone marrow transplantEnglish
4·2 months agoThis is how it works (from the article) …
The search began to find the best bone marrow match. The ideal donor would also have a CCR5 gene mutation resistant to HIV.
CCR5 is a protein on the surface of an immune cell that acts as the door that HIV enters to infect the body, but about one per cent of the population, primarily of northern European descent, are deficient of this gene.
That means there is no door for the virus to enter, “and so the virus can’t get into the cells,” said Dr. Mario Ostrowski, a clinician-scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital who co-led the case with Walmsley. The new donor cells could also attack and eliminate the reservoir of virus-infected cells.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•After autistic child's wandering from school, experts say Ontario's special education needs more supportEnglish
3·2 months agoI have a friend who adopted an FASD child in Ontario. The family tried using the regular school system but the hoops they had to jump through, and the lack of funding for 1-on-1 care, became too much to deal with.
They finally decided to place the child in a religious private school where he had the freedom (and monitoring) that he needed, ie: when he became frustrated he was able to go outside and race around the church.
Maybe Drug Fraud could better fund 1-on-1 care in schools with that $29M he was going to spend on a private fucking jet.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Question for Canadians - do you say "zi" or "zed"?English
81·2 months agoZed.
Dunno who decided zee was a thing, but they were wrong.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Federal court judge grants last-minute delay for driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash | Globalnews.caEnglish
162·2 months agoHe paid his dues according to our laws.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•Experts report a surge in interest among American academics looking to move to CanadaEnglish
1·2 months agoYeah. I’m old now but have moved about a hundred times in my life. I hate it.
The one good thing about moving so often is I don’t have a ton of stuff to pack.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Experts report a surge in interest among American academics looking to move to CanadaEnglish
61·2 months agoHonestly I don’t think a lot of them would go back right away. It’s like that old saying, “Once bit, twice shy.”
If anything I think they’d be holding back moving so they could verify any positive changes in how the USA would operate would be permanent, and not just lip-service.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Kevin O'Leary pins water licence for $70-billion data centre project on a small Alberta municipalityEnglish
34·2 months agoHey Kev. Who was really driving the boat?
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Our old ambassador to the US is now the President of Palantir CanadaEnglish
10·2 months agoOfc he is. 😡
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Toronto police seize 'SMS blasters,' a cybercrime weapon never before seen in CanadaEnglish
3·2 months agoDamn. That sucks.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Toronto police seize 'SMS blasters,' a cybercrime weapon never before seen in CanadaEnglish
10·2 months agoMy bank (RBC) does, but luckily they also give me other options to choose from.
HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPto
Canada@lemmy.ca•Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of viewsEnglish
25·2 months agoThey should be reported on and arrested by Netherlands law enforcement.
Either that or hire a hacker to shut their ignorant asses down.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Toronto's condo market 'hits bottom' with some developers looking at selling units below costEnglish
5·2 months agoGlad to help. ;)
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Prime minister should be required to divest assets, says committeeEnglish
111·2 months agoIt’s insuffient because …
" … the prime minister, as a reporting public office holder, is fully divested from their controlled assets through sale, since placement in a blind trust does not constitute true divestment."
The committe is also advising revisions that will affect other officials and cabinet ministers …
The committee also wants the law amended to require public disclosure of “high-level holdings categories placed in a blind trust by reporting public office holders (sector/asset class, and whether the holdings are Canadian-market concentrated),” a recommendation that could shed new light on the financial interests of a number of top officials and cabinet ministers.
It’s all in the very short article link.
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Canada@lemmy.ca•Toronto's condo market 'hits bottom' with some developers looking at selling units below costEnglish
16·2 months agoMaybe it’s under the microscope?

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Canada@lemmy.ca•‘A well-known secret’: inside Toronto’s violent tow truck warsEnglish
9·2 months agoToronto has a long history with the turf wars and cops have been involved since the beginning.
Police were also involved in the matter, and not in a crime-solving sort of way. Suspected involvement stretches back to 2007 when four officers were disciplined for mishandling road collisions, having been accused of requiring vehicles to be towed and handing off the tows to agencies not on the department’s list of approved vendors (note that this was before the first available method was used.)
The following source is a great place to read about how and why it began.




Jfc. :/