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SPIRITUAL:
Verse-for-TODAY: [SATURDAY]
New International Version
Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.
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Verse-for-TODAY: [SUNDAY]
New International Version
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people,
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More Jubilee Chapters
Recently I wrote of the Book of Psalms as a “Book of Jubilees,” and showed how the 50th, 100th and 150th Psalm had clear Jubilee and Kingdom language. I have previously noted that the 50th chapter of Genesis was a foreshadow of the Children of Israel beginning their journey to the Promised Land, a Jubilee event.
There are many more Jubilee chapters in God’s Holy Word.
First and Second Samuel were once one book. When viewed as such, Second Samuel 19 is the 50th chapter. This chapter tells of the return of King David to Jerusalem, a foreshadow of a Jubilee and Kingdom event.
If the 50th chapter represents the completion of a Jubilee cycle, then the preceding chapters may be considered representative of years within the cycle. If Second Samuel 19 represents a Jubilee in which the king returns to Jerusalem, then Second Samuel 16 offers a remarkable picture. It is in this chapter that Absalom the usurper, and a type of Satan in this story, comes to Jerusalem to take his unearned place on the throne of the king.
This is a foreshadow of the anti-Christ taking his unearned place in the Temple or Tabernacle in Jerusalem. The anti-Christ will take this action three and one-half years (Revelation 13:5) before the Return of Jesus as King of kings and Lord of lords. You might consider Second Samuel 16 to be three and one-half chapters before the return of the king in chapter 19. What a fascinating picture!
Likewise, First and Second Chronicles were also one book. The 50th chapter, Second Chronicles 21, and verse 7, tells of the Lord’s Kingdom Promise to David. “Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever.” (II Chronicles 21:7)
In the New Testament, the Jubilee pattern continues. If the history of the Church is considered as one book, beginning with The Acts of the Apostles, the 50th chapter is First Corinthians 6. It is in this chapter that the Apostle Paul asks us, “Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world?” (I Corinthians 6:2) This is certainly a Kingdom event.
Or consider this pattern! The New Testament appears to have three groups of nine books each. These groups appear to be addressed to Jewish subjects (Matthew through Galatians), then Gentile subjects (Ephesians through Philemon), and again Jewish subjects (Hebrews through the Revelation). The last group of Jewish subjects begins with the Letter to Hebrews, a definite clue.
Considering this last group of nine epistles as one book, the 50th chapter falls in the Revelation chapter 16. It is in this chapter that the Seven Vials of God’s wrath are poured out on the earth. Also in this chapter, the Lord “gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.” This battle is described in the Revelation 19 and is the last event before the Kingdom of the Lord.
You could spend the entirety of your life studying the Bible and never discover all of the insights, foreshadows, patterns and “coincidences” found the Lord’s Holy Scripture. May His name always be praised, loudly!
CANADIAN:
The Excess in technology a concern:
From a former Bell Canada Employee... his thoughts on the Changes that he has observed in his Life-Time... pardon the Pun... But... does this “Ring-A-Bell”?
Enjoy the READ:
The Excesses of Technology
Chronicle – November 1, 2026
Conrad Bourgault
What do we mean by technological excess?
My intention in writing this chronicle is not to be apocalyptic. Let us leave that to the quatrains of Nostradamus and his predictions about technological excesses and the ways technology can go astray.
I was born in what I would describe as the era of change: television (first black and white, then colour); the rotary-dial telephone; written communication sent by post, followed by postal codes; delayed recording; the digital revolution; the personal computer; the first digital cameras; the first mobile phones; the Internet; email; long-distance communications at no cost; and now artificial intelligence, among other things.
There are digital natives—and then there are people like us, the digital immigrants. As I see it, I would prefer to call us digital adapters.
It was the age of analog technology, when practically everything could be repaired. We enjoyed building electronic devices from kits, even making toys, replacing or repairing parts on our vehicles.
We knew how to give a car a tune-up, build furniture, and repair just about anything.
In those days, some devoted enthusiasts would tell me that nothing could match the sound of analog, tube-based music compared with digital music.
Progress toward modernity and miniaturization continued steadily. I experienced this period of modernization, beginning with the arrival of the transistor in the 1950s, followed by electronic chips, virtual memory, the first portable personal computers, time-shifted television recording, the full range of cassette-based video and audio equipment, the Internet, the widespread digital conversion of equipment, the first mobile phone, and today, artificial intelligence.
I remember my children owning Walkmans, then iPods (about 25 years ago), with a thousand songs in their pockets. Then everything changed with the smartphone. One device could do so many things. A child had barely learned to walk before being able to tap a screen.
A side note: I once saw a Best Buy customer carrying a 55-inch television under his arm. That would have been unthinkable just a few years earlier.
When I worked as an electronics technician, we repaired equipment and replaced individual parts.
Later, we began replacing entire modules, and sometimes whole units, whose useful life is now shorter than it used to be.
Another aside: during my career in the telephone industry, while assigned to the Technology Development Department, I witnessed the introduction of fibre optics and digital technology. In earlier days, the long-distance network relied on microwave relay towers, spaced about 40 kilometres apart.
Today, the proliferation of cellular phone towers is, in my opinion, a visual disaster, much like the structures used for wind power. During my trip to Ontario last August, I saw a large group of 152 installations spread across farmland. (The birds certainly aren't laughing!)
The arrival of fibre-optic technology—with lasers and everything that goes with it—changed things completely. Network capacity and operating costs were transformed, thanks in no small part to the modulation and multiplexing of light waves.
Please forgive me for this further foray into AI. For better or worse, I am becoming almost addicted to it—and a victim of it at the same time.
So, let us keep things simple and make the most of the effort-saving possibilities.
Let us read these reflections with wisdom and understanding.
I continued my analysis by researching statistics related to the key topics in this document. It takes a fair amount of effort to bring all this information together, put it in order, and arrange it chronologically. In any case, please don't hold it against me for raising these issues.
A brief AI-generated definition of technological excess You may know that there are 5.7 billion smartphones in use around the world, meaning that approximately 70% of the world's population owns one.
As technology evolves, smartphones have become almost disposable: 5.3 billion are discarded, recycled, or simply forgotten every year around the world.
Today's printers are another example. Replacement ink cartridges can cost 50% or more of the price of the printer itself. Manufacturers sell printers at or near their production cost, then make their profits on the cartridges—if not through planned obsolescence.
Five examples of technological excess
1. The omnipresence of screens — In 2025, 23% of adult Montrealers spent more than four hours
a day in front of a screen. The figure varies by age group.
2. Artificial intelligence without clearly defined limits — For example, excessive trust in generative
AI tools could undermine people's independence and judgment.
3. Robotics in the relentless pursuit of productivity and performance — Robotics offers substantial gains in productivity and quality. One way to measure its use is the number of robots per 10,000 employees: Canada, 241; United States, 307; Germany, 449; South Korea, 1,220. In Canada's automotive industry, the figure is 1,570. Negative consequences include the transformation of 32% of jobs and the disappearance of 14% of them.
4. Excessive consumption — More waste and harmful effects on the environment.
5. The loss of human contact — This issue is now at the heart of sociological and philosophical debates. Among the concerns are:
(1) an uninterrupted flow of information that overloads our
mental capacity;
(2) the expectation of instant responses, even when reflection requires time; and
(3) the quantification of the self, reducing our achievements and abilities to numerical data.
A further concern is that human relationships increasingly take place through screens, social networks, and other digital platforms. Despite being more connected than ever, people are experiencing greater loneliness. Intimacy is eroding, and genuine relationships are becoming more fragile under the weight of technology.
According to futurists, we are entering a new industrial era. They point to ten technologies that are expected to change the world.
In short: “This new technological era will be marked by greater interconnectedness and so-called ‘intelligent’ automation. Rapid, unexpected, and unprecedented paradigm shifts will follow in the technological, industrial, and social spheres, along with a merging of the physical, digital, and biological worlds.”
It would take too long to explore this subject here, but I may devote another chronicle to it.
In conclusion
And my wise mother, with a touch of regret, would say—or sing: “In the good old days, that's how things were done.” It is a nostalgic look back at a time when human beings were masters of their circumstances and their surroundings.
Conrad Bourgault
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Russ LaRose for forwarding
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TODAY'S HEADLINES
Alberta, News • 2026-10-31
The UCP has reportedly removed Alberta independence advocate Jeffrey Rath from the party after weeks of calls from the nationalist to remove Premier Danielle Smith as party leader.
News, Alberta, BC • 2026-10-31
A Simon Fraser University professor has delivered a profane response to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith after the province introduced legislation aimed at ending diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring practices in the public sector.
News, Alberta • 2026-10-31
Alberta property owners are expected to save nearly $99 million next year as Premier Danielle Smith's government moves to cut and freeze provincial education property tax rates for three years.
News, Canadian • 2026-10-31
Canadian families could face another $1,000 in annual grocery costs next year if diesel prices remain high, a leading food economist has warned MPs.
News, Alberta, Edmonton • 2026-10-31
Edmonton homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a two-year-old girl who was found dead at a home in the city's northwest earlier this month.
News, Canadian, BC, Business • 2026-10-31
Ottawa has designated a $5.9 billion expansion at the Port of Vancouver as a project of national interest, a move the federal government says could bring the new container terminal into operation four years earlier than previously planned.
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The family attacked in a violent early-morning home invasion in the Bridle Path has been identified as real estate CEO David Morton, his wife Doriana Zohil-Morton, and their adult daughters Maggie and Cristina Zohil-Morton.
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Albertans will never have to turn their clocks forward or back again as the province officially moves to permanent daylight time on Sunday.
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The Ontario government has completed the removal of protected bike lanes on a 1.2-kilometre stretch of Bloor Street West in Etobicoke, restoring motor vehicle lanes in both directions between Clissold Road and Royal York Road.
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There's cold, and then there's regretting every decision that led to your experiencing this weather: cold.
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Half of Canadians have avoided seeking medical attention because of long wait times, while an overwhelming majority believe the country's healthcare system needs major changes, according to a new national poll.
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The federal government's dental care program has ballooned to $18 billion in projected costs over five years, with Auditor General Karen Hogan raising concerns about inadequate oversight and the possibility of ineligible Canadians collecting taxpayer-funded benefits.
TRUMP:
Haley Stevens appears with Republican Mike Rogers after fallout with Abdul El-Sayed
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Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens appeared alongside Michigan GOP Senate nominee Mike Rogers at a Detroit church Sunday morning, as her feud with Abdul El-Sayed roils the final days of the state’s high-stakes Senate race.
A Rogers campaign spokesperson circulated a picture of the pair standing side by side in a pew. Neither Stevens nor the Republican’s team immediately confirmed whether the Democrat was making a formal cross-party endorsement.
Stevens, who narrowly lost a bitter and contentious Democratic primary to El-Sayed, would have been running against Rogers. Now, she’s on the campaign trail with him just two days before the election — as Democrats rally behind El-Sayed elsewhere in Detroit.
Stevens, in a video clip shared by a local reporter, also appeared to praise Rogers for supporting the Black community.
She previously praised Rogers’ outreach to Black voters in an interview with POLITICO, saying the Republican is “working the Black community harder and more successfully than we have ever seen a Republican do or at least that I can remember — ever.”
Meanwhile, El-Sayed and another former primary rival, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, are at another church service with Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.).
The rift between Stevens and El-Sayed — primarily over the Democratic Senate nominee’s rhetoric and views over Israel — has stoked tensions within the party in the final stretch of the race, which could decide control of the upper chamber.
Stevens has asked El-Sayed to apologize for a recent ad from his allies that criticizes Israel. El-Sayed’s campaign, in turn, has asked Stevens to stay away from his events, POLITICO first reported.
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GLOBAL:
French economy ‘headed straight for a wall’ – finance minister
Shrinking output and accelerating inflation have added to Paris’ mounting financial troubles, official figures show
Published 31 Oct, 2026 02:15 | Updated 31 Oct, 2026 03:20
Paris, France, October 17, 2026. © Getty Images / Carl Court / Staff France is “headed straight for a wall” unless it reins in its budget deficit, Finance Minister Roland Lescure has warned, as the country’s economy contracts and inflation accelerates.
Gross domestic product fell by 0.1% in the third quarter, following stagnation in the previous three months and a 0.2% decline at the start of the year, the national statistics agency reported on Friday. Annual inflation climbed to 3.4% in October from 3.1% in September, its highest level since January 2024.
Lescure also described the economy as being “at a standstill,” underscoring the mounting financial challenges facing President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
The downturn extended across key sectors. Exports dropped 1.7%, largely due to weaker overseas aerospace sales, while investment fell 0.6%. Manufacturing output declined 1.4%, with automobile production shrinking for the fourth consecutive quarter.
France is also struggling with public debt equivalent to roughly 119% of GDP and a substantial budget deficit. Government borrowing costs climbed following Friday’s figures, with yields on ten-year bonds approaching 5%, raising concerns about the cost of servicing the country’s debt.
The deteriorating outlook has increased pressure on Macron, whose government is pursuing spending cuts while boosting military expenditure and weapons deliveries to Kiev. France increased its 2026 military budget by €6.7 billion ($7.5 billion) despite its mounting debt.
The government’s austerity policies have also fueled nationwide unrest that began in September with protests over staff shortages and deteriorating conditions at a high school near Paris. The demonstrations quickly spread, with thousands of students demanding more education funding and accusing the authorities of prioritizing weapons over schools.
The unrest escalated into violence, with rioters looting shops, setting vehicles ablaze and damaging the historic city hall in Limoges. Thousands were arrested and hundreds injured.
The protests have drawn comparisons with the 2018 Yellow Vest movement, which challenged Macron’s economic policies. Activists, students and trade unions have called for fresh demonstrations on Saturday, prompting authorities to mobilize 70,000 security personnel nationwide. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez warned of a “very high risk” of disorder.
Macron has blamed the purchasing-power crisis on the US-Israeli war against Iran, the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, and surging fuel prices. He has also accused social media platforms of “damaging democracy” by circulating footage of protests and riots.
With the 2027 presidential election approaching, the economic downturn and continuing unrest have further weakened Macron’s position, complicating efforts to secure parliamentary approval for a deficit-cutting budget.
US oil companies tripled profits during Iran war
– N.Y.T.
American producers and refiners are getting richer, but President Donald Trump may pay the price
Published 30 Oct, 2026 23:15 | Updated 31 Oct, 2026 00:20
A man fuels a vehicle at a gas station in Alexandria, Virginia, October 2, 2026 © Getty Images ; Mehmet Eser
The US’ largest oil companies almost tripled their profits during the US-Israeli war on Iran, the New York Times has reported, at a time when soaring energy costs threaten to wipe out US President Donald Trump’s Republican Party in the upcoming midterm elections.
The American oil giants – including Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and Valero – earned $130 billion in profits between April and September, according to six months worth of financial results covering more than 50 companies, combined by the New York Times. In the same period last year, these companies made less than $47 billion.
This windfall is an almost direct mirror of the extra $147 billion Americans spent on gasoline and diesel since American and Israeli warplanes began striking Iran on February 28.
With the Strait of Hormuz closed to shipping for almost all of the last six months, and Yemen’s Houthis attacking Saudi extraction sites and shipping in the Red Sea, American producers have reaped the benefit of high oil prices, with Chevron and Exxon Mobil recording higher profits than at any point since the Ukraine conflict escalated in 2022.
Exxon’s third-quarter profit more than doubled this year, while Chevron’s almost tripled.
American refiners have taken advantage of the widespread destruction of refining sites in the Gulf region, and the threat of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries, leveraging their safe location inside the US. Valero and Phillips 66 both posted all-time record third-quarter profits this year.
Europe’s oil giants have posted similar results, with Shell, TotalEnergies, and Repsol all more than doubling their earnings last quarter over the same timeframe in 2025, as Europeans grapple with record energy bills. Some European finance ministers have demanded that the EU impose windfall taxes on these companies in response.
At $4.29 per gallon as of Monday, US gasoline prices are now higher than they were at any point during former President Joe Biden’s four years in office, with the exception of the first three months after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict. Trump has described the elevated prices as a “small price to pay for” preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, but voters aren’t convinced.
This week, 72% of respondents told a Gallup poll that gasoline prices are “extremely” important in how they plan to vote in next week’s midterm elections. Most polling organizations show the Republican Party on track to lose one or both houses of Congress next week, with the GOP trailing the Democrats by between eight and nine points nationwide.
Trump has tried to alleviate some of this damage by lifting sanctions on Russian diesel, and at least three diesel tankers have left Russian ports en route to the US. Trump has also pressed Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky to cease attacks on Russian refineries, but Zelensky has apparently ignored these requests.
Patrick Bestall’s INPUT:
#1.
Carney must still work for the banks
The banks are getting twice as much interest money out of Canada
He cited a Parliamentary Budget Officer report showing that interest charges are the fastest-growing cost in the federal budget. “The fastest growing cost is just the credit card bill,” he said. Five years ago, in 2021, interest on the debt was $25 billion — today it sits at an astounding $59 billion.
Mark Carney tables his budget on Nov. 5, and Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazzano says Canadians shouldn't expect it to balance.
Franco joined Ezra Levant on The Ezra Levant Show and said he is “getting very worried about the state of our finances and the debt crunch that we're in.”
He cited a Parliamentary Budget Officer report showing that interest charges are the fastest-growing cost in the federal budget. “The fastest growing cost is just the credit card bill,” he said. Five years ago, in 2021, interest on the debt was $25 billion — today it sits at an astounding $59 billion.
Ezra asked how a man who chaired Brookfield Asset Management could turn into “such a sloppy red ink guy” in government. Franco pointed to Carney's other résumé line: central banks. Carney previously ran the Bank of England and Bank of Canada — and “what do central banks do? They print money,” he said.
Franco argued that the cost of living is out of control “because the cost of government is out of control,” and that the “single thing that pushes prices upward over time is the printing press.” He said the Bank of Canada printed hundreds of billions of dollars during the pandemic, largely to finance Ottawa's deficits.
“You can print new money out of thin air with a click of a keypad,” he said. “You know what you can't print up with a click of a keypad? All the stuff money buys. Gasoline, farmland, groceries.”
He called inflation “such an undemocratic tax” and said voters can punish politicians who raise income or sales taxes, but “nobody elects a central bank governor.”
Ezra asked whether there is any hope in the budget. Franco expects some tax relief, such as a deduction he called “pretty good,” but not nearly enough. He predicted borrowing “around the 60, maybe even $70 billion range.”
Carney will say he is finding savings, Franco added, yet he is spending billions more than even his predecessor, Justin Trudeau.
“Carney is borrowing more money than what Trudeau planned to borrow over the exact same years,” he said. “The banker is supposed to be better with the numbers than the drama teacher, but the banker plans to borrow billions of dollars more.”
.PB
#2.
Putin helps Melania
I realize reports from RT portray a different Russia than reports from Reuters. I remind you that Reuters is owned now by private hands in the globalist city-state of London England. But RT is so independent, freedom loving news interviewers Larry King and Rick Sanchez left CNN to work for RT where they didn't have bosses watching over their shoulders telling them what to say.
.PB
#3.
Russian military clears mines for Melania Trump’s aid mission (VIDEO)
Ukrainian forces nearly caused a humanitarian disaster in Alyoshki, President Vladimir Putin has said
The Russian military is intensifying efforts to clear mines and unexploded ordnance from roads leading to a Ukrainian town where a local ceasefire was announced this week to allow a humanitarian mission mediated by US First Lady Melania Trump.
The proposed aid deliveries are intended to alleviate the dire conditions facing residents trapped in Alyoshki due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday shows a Russian mine-clearing robot and its operators securing access to the town in the Russian region of Kherson, which Ukraine still claims. Most of the munitions being disposed of are foreign-made, one of the explosives specialists said.
The ministry explained that many of the explosive devices discovered in the area originated in Western countries and were being detonated on-site to accelerate the clearance operation.
Source: Russian Ministry of Defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the humanitarian effort during the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, saying: “We are working on this, just as we are working to resolve the Ukraine conflict.” He accused Ukrainian forces of bringing Alyoshki to the brink of a “humanitarian disaster” by blockading the town, a situation the US first lady is seeking to alleviate.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also credited Melania Trump for helping negotiate the ceasefire, saying the breakthrough built on earlier humanitarian cooperation. The first lady has been closely involved in efforts to reunite Russian and Ukrainian children separated from their families during the conflict, the official added.
The Alyoshki operation is supported by the Belarusian government, which is providing logistical assistance to the foreign officials involved. On Thursday morning, local media filmed Russian and Ukrainian delegations departing together from the Belarusian city of Gomel.
Source: Belta
Russian human rights ombudsman Yana Lantratova thanked her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmitry Lubinets, and Melania Trump for helping advance the humanitarian mission.
“Our main goal is to deliver aid to those who are staying in the town. We will also give a chance to anyone who wants to leave Alyoshki,” she wrote on social media. “The important part now is to reach people and provide for their needs.”
.PB
#4.
Survey of healthcare in Canada is... yipes!
One in 10 Canadians knows someone who has been offered MAID for a treatable condition, and nearly one in five knows someone who has died while on a wait list for medical treatment.
That’s according to a new Leger survey commissioned by the think tank Second Street.
A randomly selected survey group of 1,500 Canadians was asked if they or someone they knew had been offered a medically assisted death for a condition they felt was treatable.
Slightly more than one in 10 (11 per cent) replied “yes.”
The same group was also asked if they knew “someone who has died due to a long healthcare waitlist.” To this, 18 per cent said “yes.”
Another 37 per cent also attested to personally knowing someone “whose condition permanently worsened due to a long waitlist for treatment.”
The new numbers add to a growing archive of poll data showing that Canadians no longer trust their health system to treat them should they suffer a medical setback.
In 2023, the Angus Reid Institute found that just 30 per cent of Canadians were satisfied with their health care; a massive plunge from the 45 per cent who had been saying the same in 2015.
Just two months ago, an Abacus Data survey commissioned by the Canadian Health Coalition found that 63 per cent of Canadians believed their health system was in a “state of crisis,” while 55 per cent reported noticing the system getting worse over just the last five years.
Years-long wait times for surgeries and diagnostic procedures are often one of the most conspicuous signs of chronic Canadian health-care shortages.
The OECD publishes regular tallies of health-care wait times throughout the developed world, and Canada consistently ranks near the bottom.
In a 2025 report, Canada ranked as the worst in the OECD for both the average wait time to see a doctor and the average wait time to see a specialist.
The Fraser Institute has similarly been tracking Canadian wait times since 1993, and has recorded a more than 200 per cent increase in the amount of time between when a Canadian is referred for a procedure, and when it actually happens.
In 1993, the average Canadian waited 9.3 weeks for treatment after receiving a referral from a family doctor. As of 2025, that wait time is now up to 28.6 weeks, more than six months.
In recent years, Second Street has been using Freedom of Information requests in an attempt to determine just how many Canadians are dying while awaiting medical treatment.
In its most recent survey, published in December, the organization found 23,746 deaths across a 12-month period beginning in April 2024. Since the organization started tracking waitlist deaths in 2018, it has identified 100,876.
“The figures gathered often represent stories of patients suffering in their final years – chronic pain while waiting for hip surgery, cloudy vision while waiting for cataract treatment and even deaths due to long wait times,” read an accompanying Second Street analysis.
All the while, Canada is continuing to post the world’s highest annual rate of MAID deaths. The most recent figures released by Health Canada show 16,499 MAID deaths in 2024, representing one in every 20 deaths in the country (5.1 per cent).
And as has been revealed in several high-profile MAID controversies, some of these deaths have occurred as a direct result of a patient's inability to find proper medical treatment.
In 2022, it emerged that a B.C. woman featured in a pro-MAID commercial released by the clothing retailer Simons had sought out assisted suicide only after years of failing to secure treatment for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
In 2024, 30-year-old Quebec woman Stéphanie Lavoie went public with her decision to choose MAID after multiple failed attempts to obtain proper treatment for Lyme disease.
The Canadian MAID regime is unique in that it explicitly allows patients to choose death even when viable treatment options exist.
In most of the world’s other countries with some form of euthanasia or doctor-assisted suicide, the procedure is only available for patients with a terminal illness.
But ever since 2021, Canada has allowed MAID for anyone experiencing a “grievous and irremediable” illness, even if that illness isn’t terminal.
And the Government of Canada officially defines a “grievous and irremediable” illness as an “unbearable” illness or disability that “cannot be relieved under conditions that you consider acceptable.”
In addition, the Government of Canada’s official MAID guidelines also encourage doctors and nurses to tell patients when they become eligible for death.
Health-care practitioners are told it is their “duty” not to “assume all persons potentially eligible for MAID are aware that MAID is legal and available in Canada.”
As a result, when 11 per cent of Second Street poll respondents say that an acquaintance has been “offered MAiD for a condition they felt was treatable,” they’re describing a scenario that is both legal and encouraged within Canadian hospitals.
The poll was conducted between Oct. 16-18. For comparison purposes, a probability sample of this size (1,510) yields a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 per cent, 19 times out of 20.
.PB
#5.
17 countries tell citizens to prepare (4 min)
Why are 17 countries and the European Union telling citizens to prepare for emergencies? From the United Kingdom and Japan to Germany, France, Sweden, Norway and Taiwan, governments have issued guidance urging households to stockpile essential supplies for at least 72 hours, with some recommending preparations for an entire week or longer. But what is behind these emergency preparedness warnings?
Is the world preparing for war, a major geopolitical crisis or something even bigger? In this report, we examine the growing push for household emergency kits, the reasons governments want citizens to prepare for disruptions, and the risks that could leave millions without electricity, water, communications or access to essential supplies. From cyberattacks and infrastructure failures to extreme weather, the Russia-Ukraine war, geopolitical tensions and lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, several threats have pushed civil preparedness higher on government agendas.
.pb comment: I personally don't think the sky is going to fall until 2029 when the giant super-charged asteroid Apophis nicks our satellites on it's way by - and the exchange of electricity between earth and Apophis triggers earthquakes and volcanoes disrupting our ability to get food (unless you're in one of those secret underground cities).
I believe God will miraculously help many, and motivate many to share their supplies as an act of love. But still, we have to remember the parables of Jesus such as the foolish man who didn't invest wisely and lost everything - just like the bridesmaids who ran out of oil. The parable of the prodigal son shows that you can come to your senses at the last minute and return to your Heavenly Father, but still be without the inheritance you wasted.
So prep with some common sense and "heavenly insurance" made out of love, not fear.
PS - You don't have to prep alone. Join a Mutual Aid Community.
https://www.lamac.ca/ Ask about this at the free Trading Post event tomorrow Oct. 31 in London at 615 Baseline Rd. E. (poster attached)
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.PB
#6.
Freaky Sound Waves
[doing things to water (and us)]
20 min, but the best part is in the first half.
"In the beginning was the Word" (sound)
New evidence shows sound frequency manipulation being used in ways that were once thought impossible. We examine the data.
This investigation explores rare footage of historical construction methods and unique artifacts that suggest a sophisticated understanding of acoustics. By analyzing the visual evidence and technical anomalies captured in these recordings, we look at how ancient builders may have utilized specific vibration patterns to move or shape matter.
We assess the connection between modern acoustic science and these unexplained historical phenomena. Understanding how sound frequency impacts physical objects provides a new lens to view ancient engineering and lost technology that still challenges our current scientific models.
I would love to hear your theories on how these ancient civilizations mastered these techniques, so share your thoughts in the comments below.
Watch my previous investigation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-DnHc8xszo
Warning Signs Are Appearing Worldwide...
.PB
#7.
Leeds/Grenville reduce homelessness by 49%
Compare London's success in reducing homelessness to this city so small they don't even have a walk-in clinic
At the far end of Brockville, Ont., there are rows upon rows of tiny homes, tucked away on a city-owned plot of grassy land overlooking the St. Lawrence River.
The United Counties has a 10-year plan to reduce homelessness, including a goal to create 150 supportive housing units by 2035. This supportive housing complex has helped UCLG reach one-third of that goal.
The local John Howard Society is trying to build more relationships with local landlords and are exploring a wide range of additional housing options, including room rentals and family networks, but affordable options are still quite limited in a small community like Brockville, Holmes said.
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#8.
Crypto Hack
“The estimated total impact sits at around $6.3B. We have worked with blockchain partners to freeze affected assets, with ~$3 billion frozen on-chain so far,” the exchange said in a statement.
World’s largest crypto exchange hit by cyberattack
Binance says $2.54 billion in assets have been frozen as a precaution
Published 29 Oct, 2026 22:30 | Updated 30 Oct, 2026 05:14
The Binance logo on a smartphone screen, September 17, 2026. © Thomas Fuller / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has estimated the impact of a cyberattack at $6.3 billion, saying hackers may have exploited an employee’s compromised laptop to make unauthorized withdrawals.
In an update on Friday, the company said its preliminary investigation suggested that an attacker gained access to a service container through a compromised laptop belonging to a DevOps engineer, allowing unauthorized withdrawal transactions to be submitted.
Binance said it found no evidence that wallet private keys were leaked and pledged to cover all losses using its Secure Asset Fund for Users and company funds.
“The estimated total impact sits at around $6.3B. We have worked with blockchain partners to freeze affected assets, with ~$3 billion frozen on-chain so far,” the exchange said in a statement.
The company stressed that customer funds are safe and said it would publish a detailed technical report once its investigation is complete.
As an immediate precaution, Binance temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals, and conducted security checks. It also revoked the affected address authorization and enlisted law enforcement and blockchain intelligence firms to trace and recover funds and identify those responsible.
The incident follows reports of suspicious transactions involving billions of dollars in digital assets transferred from wallets linked to Binance on Thursday.
Blockchain researchers initially estimated the outflows at $2.77 billion across five blockchains. Binance subsequently confirmed that $2.54 billion in affected assets were frozen.
Stablecoin issuers Tether, Circle, and Ripple were among the companies that moved to freeze assets linked to the suspected attack.
The suspected attack comes amid a series of major cryptocurrency thefts this year. In September, hackers stole around $388 million from the Bitget exchange. Attacks on the Drift Protocol and Kelp DAO platforms in April resulted in losses of $285 million and $292 million, respectively. In February 2025, suspected North Korean hackers stole around $1.5 billion from Bybit in what was widely described as the largest cryptocurrency heist on record at the time.
Binance co-founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating US anti-money-laundering laws and stepped down as head of the exchange as part of a settlement in which Binance agreed to pay $4.3 billion in penalties. He subsequently served a four-month prison sentence.
US President Donald Trump pardoned Zhao in October 2025. The White House defended the decision, saying he was unfairly prosecuted under former President Joe Biden as part of a broader crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry.
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#9.
Banks Prepping for AI Apocalypse
U.S. financial institutions are reportedly scrambling to batten down the hatches amid warnings that artificial intelligence poses a significant threat to markets and banking systems.
Read more [at LINK above]
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#10.
Polish judiciary coup. Why we should care!
"The EU wants to take over the judicial system in Poland...they're demanding of the member states that basically they, as a union, have control of each member state's judiciary - and for Poland, which is one of the last holdouts in handing over this control...there will not be any Supreme Court or constitutional tribunal to block those moves.
.pb comment: The EU is behind this judiciary coup in Poland. Just like the 2014 military coup in Ukraine and the 2010 banking coup in Greece. What kind of coup would it take to control Canada? Our healthcare system maybe?
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