BBC News: Etsy accused of 'destroying' sellers by withholding money BBC News - Etsy accused of 'destroying' sellers by withholding money
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66201042
No transparency from Etsy regarding the reason for this. You'd think they are having cash flow problems.
BBC News: Charlie Mackesy: 'I was hiding in the toilet before I won my Oscar' BBC News - Charlie Mackesy: 'I was hiding in the toilet before I won my Oscar'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-66256153
Heartwarming
Artist paints Van Gogh replicas so small they fit inside a watch | CBC Radio https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/microscopic-art-david-a-lindon-1.6912935
Amazing!
Former judge calls on Ottawa to sidestep Manitoba and launch search of landfill for women's remains | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mmiwg-national-inquiry-commissioners-manitoba-landfill-1.6912611
Manitoba cites safety not cost as the reason for not searching. If the search could be conducted safely, I'd think the searchers would have to be wearing a full Hazmat suit with an external air source. Would the people who take on this work even be insurable?
Supreme Court rules businesses can refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/supreme-court-lgbtq-wedding-website
So businesses can now demand customers disclose their sexual orientation?
BBC News: Dead rodents litter PM's official home, but do Canadians care? BBC News - Dead rodents litter PM's official home, but do Canadians care?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65208045
$36M to fix a building not fit for purpose makes no sense.
'People get skeeved,' says man who's been living barefoot for 20 years https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/man-barefoot-20-years-1.6766026
In northern Ukraine, Canadian-donated armoured vehicles are a key line of defence | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-canada-armoured-vehicle-1.6718428
Two-legged fox is nature conquering all, says wildlife expert - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-64172621
BBC News: Canada truckers: Ottawa deputy police chief Steve Bell disclosed on Tuesday that police had found about 100 trucks with children in them.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60267841
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Rocky the Christmas tree stowaway owl returns to the wild. #nature https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/christmas-tree-owl-1.5817084
Whale saves train! A metro train in the city of Spijkenisse, in the Netherlands, rests precariously on an art installation of a whale after crashing through a barrier at the end of the tracks. The sculpture stopped the train from plummeting 10m (32ft) into water below, and the driver walked away uninjured. https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-54840566
BBC News: Back from the dead: Race to save Romania's 65 million-year-old fish #nature
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54823866
Ear 'tickling' therapy could 'help thwart ageing' - BBC News #ageing https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49157343
ALERT: In response to the COVID-19 situation, York Region has declared a State of Emergency. #covid19
https://www.york.ca/wps/portal/yorkhome/health/yr/infectiousdiseasesandprevention/covid19/covid19/
World Health Organisation head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there has not been an urgent enough escalation in testing, isolation and contact tracing, which should be the "backbone" of the global response. #covid19
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-51916707/who-head-our-key-message-is-test-test-test
South Korea has been able to test 270,000 people with the results available in 24 hours. Yet in Ontario CBC reports it's taking from 5 to 7 days for a Covid test result.
A 111-year-old former teacher and engineer from Hampshire England is set to be confirmed as the world's oldest man.
He said the secret to his longevity was "to avoid dying". #ageing
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-51656545
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