The committee voted to just uhh do whatever it wanted because the election was some how "not fair" and put someone on the ballot even though they didn't get a sufficiently large percentage of votes
> The woman attacked and killed by an alligator in a gated community along the South Carolina coast was visiting the homeowner to do her nails and was trying to touch the animal when it grabbed her, authorities said
> After briefly getting away from the alligator Friday, the woman stood in waist deep water in the Kiawah Island pond and said “I guess I wont do this again,” but the alligator grabbed her in its jaws again and took her under, according to a supplemental police report released Tuesday.
Sidewalk Labs, a Google-affiliated company, is abandoning its plan to build a high-tech neighbourhood on Toronto's waterfront, citing what it calls unprecedented economic uncertainty. cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/…
@Stormblessed Depending on the circumstances there might be a conspiracy charge possible? But INAL. But he was charged with selling fraudulent securities in CA, the case is just still on hold due to gestures broadly
I took it as "We're not saying they didn't commit a crime (or what should be a crime), it's just that they didn't commit the crime they were charged with."
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has reached a multibillion-dollar deal with the provinces and territories to top up payments for low-wage essential workers. cbc.ca/news/politics/essential-worker-pay-boost-1.5559332
> Last month, the federal government announced that a plan to boost the salaries of essential workers who make less than $2,500 a month — including those working in long-term care facilities for the elderly, front-line workers in hospitals and people working in the food industry — was in the works after talks with premiers.
> "It will be up to each province and territory to determine who exactly qualifies for this wage increase, but the bottom line is this: if you are risking your health to keep this country moving and you're still making minimum wage – you deserve a raise," Trudeau said.
Less than $2500 a month translates to roughly $17/hr, assuming 35 hour work week.
@TimStone first that shop clerk who got shot because he told a woman to wear a mask and now this
see America, this is why when the rest of the world sees images of people lining up to buy guns during a pandemic, we all faceplam because he know this shit would happen
