Also in the news today, Alberta spiritual leader John de Ruiter has been charged with four counts of sexual assault
, one of the most widely used Western tanks, to help it break through Russian lines and recapture territory this year.
Germany, which must approve re-exports of the Leopard, has held back, wary of moves that could cause Moscow to escalate, and says other NATO countries have yet to formally ask to re-export them.John de Ruiter – the messianic leader of a multimillion-dollar spiritual organization based in Alberta –and charged with four counts of sexual assault against women in his close-knit community of followers.
Edmonton police say the 63-year-old was arrested on Saturday and charged with sexually assaulting four complainants in separate incidents occurring between 2017 and 2020.From the archives:Residents of this Quebec city want the province to force the local copper smelter to reduce dangerous arsenic emissions
Eight-year-old Ethan Valois and his family moved far away from the smelter in Rouyn-Noranda when Ethan's fingernails were found to contain arsenic.Ethan Valois is 8 now, and the arsenic levels in his body have started to come down. He and his parents live in Rouyn-Noranda, Que., home to a copper smelter that emits the known carcinogen at levels about 30 times higher than the provincial limit.
The results of one public health study revealed that local kids had four times as much arsenic in their systems as the control population in a neighbouring town. Another report confirmed the city’s population has a series of alarming health problems, including 30 per cent more cases of lung cancer and a higher rate of underweight babies than the rest of the province., in public consultations, irate Facebook groups, community theatre productions and protests.
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