Saturday, 18 April 2020

Time will tell if numbers on Manitoba's side: Roussin

Time will tell if numbers on Manitoba's side: Roussin: As Canada hit some dismal coronavirus pandemic milestones — surpassing 30,000 cases and 1,300 deaths — Manitoba reached a positive turning point.
For the first time, the province registered more people recovered from COVID-19 than active cases.

Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Greta's not great

Speaking to Husain as part of the show, Mr Thunberg said his daughter had struggled with depression for "three or four years" before she began her school strike.

"She stopped talking... she stopped going to school," he said.

He added that it was the "ultimate nightmare for a parent" when Greta began refusing to eat.

To help her get better, Mr Thunberg spent more time with Greta and her younger sister, Beata, at their home in Sweden. Greta's mother, opera singer and former Eurovision Song Contest participant Malena Ernman, cancelled contracts so the whole family could be together.

The family also sought help from doctors, Mr Thunberg said. Greta was diagnosed with Asperger's - a form of autism - aged 12, something she has said allows her to "see things from outside the box".

Greta Thunberg and her father Svante ThunbergImage copyrightKENA BETANCUR/GETTY IMAGES
Image captionSvante Thunberg and his daughter sailed to a climate summit in New York on zero-carbon yacht

Over the next few years they began discussing and researching climate change, with Greta becoming increasingly passionate about tackling the issue.

As "very active" human rights advocates, Greta accused her parents of being "huge hypocrites", Mr Thunberg said.

"Greta said: 'Whose human rights are you standing up for?', since we were not taking this climate issue seriously," he explained.

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Unhealthy unsound underdeveloped. Sad little girl 16 going on 8.

Friday, 13 September 2019

RCMP get their own man

RCMP intelligence director accused of violating secrets act https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-security-charge-1.5280643