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Parents of teen burned at Saskatoon school question how police, school officials handled multiple warnings
The parents of two 15-year-old girls at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon say they went to police and the school multiple times between June and August 2024 with concerns about escalating online threats from the student now accused of setting one of ...
#school #police #safety #violence #Saskatoon #News
cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/g

Ontario aware bike lane removals may not reduce congestion, could make people less safe: internal documents
Ontario’s premier and transportation minister have said for months that removing bike lanes is a necessary measure to reduce traffic in the GTA. But hundreds of pages of internal ministry documents, reports and emails shows the government is a...
#politics #traffic #safety #cycling #Ontario #GTA
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont

Ontario government knows removing bike lanes could increase collisions: internal documents
Ontario’s premier and transportation minister have said for months that removing bike lanes is a necessary measure to reduce traffic in the GTA. But hundreds of pages of internal ministry documents, reports and emails shows the government is aware the move may...
#politics #traffic #safety #cycling #Ontario #GTA
cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont

It's snowed a little but the sun is breaking through. I'm going over to volunteer at Nenthead Mine although it's a lot colder than Sunday.

I'll be working alone so I've emailed Pete the Mines Manager with arrival and leaving times and I've informed my next of kin (Eve) when I should be back. If I'm not, it's rescue time.

It is a mine, there are hazards, even above ground, so it makes sense to follow the rules. #mining #Safety #NPennines

If you're in the US right now and you're feeling like doomscrolling, do this instead:

I'd rather speak up for what's right, then be silent in the face of tyranny, human rights abuses, and fascism. It will cost me. I know that. But doing the right thing isn't about me, it's about all of us. All of us matter, or none of us do.

Please call your reps about the illegal detention of Mahmoud Khalil. He is a US Permanent Resident with a green card. His wife is 8 months pregnant and a US citizen. lnkd.in/e3cNa-78

We have a right to protest, to free speech, and for due process, and so does he.

You can find your reps here: reps.fyi

You don't need to live in in NY to call your reps. I've attached a useful script you can follow below.

CA #AttorneyGeneral updates taxpayers on recent legal challenges he has staff filing against #DJT #WreckingBall operations that are destroying lives of students at schools cut off from previously awarded grant money, as well as tens of thousands impacted as US govt workers are illegally terminated through no fault of their own. Their abrupt, pretextual firings have already caused a 149% increase in state #unemployment benefit claims by federal workers in #California alone.

CA's #DOJ secured two important preliminary #injunctions this week against the #WhiteHouse. One prevents the #Drumpf Admin from freezing near $3 trillion in vital federal #funding intended for public #safety, #healthcare, childcare, and #infrastructure projects before the case is heard.

See a list of recent actions of California Dept of Justice has taken to defend citizens from abuses of power, unwarranted persecution and firings by federal authorities, some are highlighted as news released at their official state website.

oag.ca.gov/media/news

‘The response has been really good’: Female-only spaces gain popularity in Sask.
Saturday marks International Women’s Day and women across the province are working to create female-only spaces to meet new people and have places they feel safe.
#women #space #safety #Sask #Lifestyle #InternationalWomensDay
globalnews.ca/news/11071632/fe

Global News · ‘The response has been really good’: Female-only spaces gain popularity in Sask.By Destiny Meilleur

*Any* international organization - commercial, nonprofit, volunteer, whatever - that plans to host an event in the USA in the foreseeable future is out of its mind. It simply isn't safe to visit, and expecting your customers, suppliers, clients, or colleagues to put themselves at risk just to get together in person would be incredibly irresponsible.

Yes, I'm looking at you, various free-software / open-source community organizations.

I recently saw an announcement of this year's conference for <X>, and it was in the USA. WTH, people, do you not know what's going on?