Photo credit: Victoria News A farm operation in the Cowichan Valley has stepped in to help bring a refugee family from Afghanistan to the region. Sooke News Mirror reports that Cammy Lockwood, the Green party candidate for the Cowichan Valley in the provincial election in October, has hired Mohammed Aziz, the patriarch of an Afghan family…
It’s going to be Christmas in a few weeks. And, of course, the preparations for the not-for-only-Christian festival are building up. It will reach a crescendo at twenty-something in December! However, a thought just occurred to me: Are we thinking of the other man? I don’t mean our relatives. Many people are facing one problem…
Photo credit: the conversation The only difference between an average Nigerian politician and a chameleon is straightforward. While the former is a human being the latter is a reptile. However, the Nigerian politician has a disease, the disease is called Borderline Personality Disorder. When BDP infects someone, they display The Chameleon Effect. When a person…
Photo credit: Times of Israel That the International Criminal Court has issued warrants of arrest on two Israeli leaders and one Hamas leader is no longer news. However, is the ruling worth the paper on which it was written? I ask this question with all seriousness. Lawyers usually use relevant judgements as precedents to support their…
Photo credit: the standard Canada’s Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) uncovered over 10,000 fraudulent student acceptance letters this year. BS50 reports that the revelation follows intensified scrutiny of international student applications, with 500,000 documents reviewed in 2024, under stricter verification measures. Media reports say about 80% of the fake letters were linked to students from…
