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    Default What's hot in real world news? - Thread 8.0

    Here's a link to What's hot in real world news? - Thread 7.0, followed by a fresh news item:

    https://www.chesscanada.info/forum/s...9077#post39077

    Why the price of gas keeps going up in most provinces ['We're into new territory,' says industry expert]:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/gas...sing-1.6331578
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    Rex Murphy: Should Justin Trudeau be deciding what views are 'acceptable'? [The prime minister's scornful dismissal of the truckers convoy makes me wonder: have those who rule us forgotten the basis of their rule?]:

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex...are-acceptable

    torontosun.com/news/national/PM Trudeau says his isolation due to one of his children testing positive for covid-19 [strangely reminiscent of Biden blaming a grandchild on catching a cold]:

    https://torontosun.com/news/national...e-for-covid-19

    On the other hand...
    FIRST READING: Trudeau's very odd COVID isolation [There's already another election brewing (and it might be Freeland v. Poilievre)]:

    https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...ovid-isolation

    torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Intolerant Trudeau divides Canadians while O'Toole shows understanding [unfortunately, Trudeau has sycophants for voters, while O'Toole tries to please everyone]:

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...-understanding

    WARMINGTON: Support for Freedom Convoy heats up despite Trudeau's chill [Some smaller convoys passed through the GTA Thursday but the huge group of truckers heading to Ottawa from the West Coast is slowly making its way across Northern Ontario]:

    https://torontosun.com/news/local-ne...ruckers-heated
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    Ukraine: Boris Johnson to call Vladimir Putin and visit region:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60179127

    Why Germany isn't sending weapons to Ukraine:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60155002

    Putin now has ‘capability’ to seize parts of Ukraine, U.S. says:

    https://globalnews.ca/news/8577636/r...kraine-latest/
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    Long [chronic] Covid: Hidden lung damage spotted on scans:

    https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60154398
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    thepostmillennial.com/Spirit Airlines forces man to remove 'Let's go Brandon' mask:

    https://thepostmillennial.com/spirit...o-brandon-mask
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    dw.com/en/Leading Turkish women targeted by crazed Erdogan's government and Islamists:

    https://www.dw.com/en/leading-turkis...ent/a-60546751
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    Water on Mars may have flowed for a billion years longer than thought [New evidence finds substantial water on the surface as late as 2 billion years ago]:

    https://www.space.com/mars-water-flo...y-than-thought
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    An Arctic hare traveled at least 388 kilometers in a record-breaking journey [The trek is the longest ever recorded among hares and their relatives]:

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/...record-biology
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    Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday [Alberta premier says he'll eliminate vaccine passport 'as soon as it's safe to do so']:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/corona...8-22-1.6330876
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    voanews.com/a/As Iran nears uranium-breakout-capacity, US mulls bomb-making-scenarios:

    https://www.voanews.com/a/as-iran-ne...-/6413958.html
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