Trudeau says he’s sensed a ‘tonal shift’ from India since U.S. reported alleged murder plot

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes India’s relations with Canada may have undergone “a tonal shift” in the days since the unsealing of a U.S. indictment alleging a conspiracy to murder a Sikh activist on American soil. The prime minister made the remarks in an end-of-year interview with the CBC’s Rosemary Barton. Indian Prime Minister Narendra … Read more

Tesla Tech Allowed Abusive Husband To Break A Restraining Order

The Tesla app is pretty much mandatory when you drive the American EV manufacturer’s products. It’s capable of controlling so many vehicle functions, including everything from HVAC to mapping out your next charge. One California man, an abusive husband with a restraining order, used the app for something much more harmful. The Tesla app can … Read more

As U.S., U.K. and EU sanction violent Israeli settlers, Canada hangs back

The Trudeau government still won’t say if it’s considering imposing sanctions on violent Israeli settlers in the wake of travel bans announced by both the U.S. and the United Kingdom in recent days. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said last week that he will recommend EU sanctions as well.  Canada, like its American, British … Read more

Knesset loosens medical confidentiality rules for body IDing – Israel Politics

The Knesset passed a law on Monday that would allow doctors or medical institutions to share medical information on patients in order to help identify bodies or causes of death. According to the new law, medical information is only permitted to be shared with the National Forensic Medicine Center as well as experts who … Read more

CNA Explains: Who pays for the flight and other questions on how foreign convicts are deported from Singapore

SINGAPORE: In November, Chinese national Han Feizi was deported after serving a jail term for altercations and arguments with a security guard, a police officer and hospital employees. Han gained notoriety after TikTok videos of her arguing with the police went viral. Social media users applauded the news of her deportation, but how foreign convicts are expelled … Read more

Vigilante Who Shot Elderly Man After Minor Car Crash Convicted

A vigilante woman has been found guilty of murder after chasing down and shooting an elderly black man who left the scene of a minor car crash. Hannah Payne “acted like a cop” and pursued Kenneth Herring in her vehicle after seeing him hit a truck in May of 2019, according to the Daily Mail. … Read more

Glacier melt opens up new territory for salmon — and mining

A new paper published in Science says that as glacier ice melts, new land and rivers are being revealed in the ice-covered transboundary region shared by northern B.C., Alaska, and the Yukon.  The peer-reviewed paper was a collaboration among researchers from Simon Fraser University, the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs’ Office, the University of Montana Flathead Lake … Read more

Actor Alan Ruck Sued After Rivian R1T Crash Results In Brain Injuries

Actor Alan Ruck, star of “Succession” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” was driving through Hollywood in his Rivian R1T on Halloween night when a somewhat mysterious traffic crash occurred. Ruck’s electric pickup was stopped waiting for a red light when the truck rapidly accelerated forward into the back of a Hyundai Elantra before hitting a … Read more

‘It scared the hell out of me,’ says lead plaintiff in proposed class-action suit over data breach at 23andMe

A proposed class-action lawsuit against 23andMe could include more people in Canada than originally anticipated, experts say, after the genetic testing company said a data breach affected millions more customers than initially believed. A statement from the company on Tuesday said hackers have gained access to roughly 6.9 million profiles on the site — nearly half its … Read more