JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER.
1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)
LUKE 21:28-29
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Germans alarmed by ‘pogrom’ mentality after far-right riots-Berlin offers to send reinforcements following two days of violent marches in eastern city of Chemnitz against migrants-By Frank Jordans-TOI-AUG 30,18
Germans on Tuesday expressed alarm after two days of violent far-right protests that degenerated into attacks against foreign-looking people.After the fatal stabbing of a German man, 35, allegedly by a Syrian and an Iraqi, thousands of protesters marched in the eastern city of Chemnitz for two straight days, some chasing down people they believed were immigrants.The ugly scenes of mostly white men, many of them extremist football hooligans, hurling abuse at people they deemed to be foreigners, have drawn comparisons to pre-Nazi Germany.“Of course history is not repeating itself, but that a far-right mob is on a rampage in the middle of Germany and the authorities are overwhelmed, is reminiscent of the situation during the Weimar Republic,” said Spiegel Online.The Weimar years were marked by the formation of paramilitary groups, such as the Sturmabteilung or SA, which eventually helped the Nazis to power.Josef Schuster, who chairs the Central Council of Jews in Germany, also voiced his alarm, saying it is “now the duty of citizens to counter the far-right mob.”Anetta Kahane of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which fights anti-Semitism, told news channel NTV that, while people have the right to demonstrate, “what happened in Chemnitz went beyond that — it was incitement to hatred and the propagation of pogrom sentiment.”Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the violence, saying “hate in the streets” has no place in Germany.Police reported assaults by extremists against at least three foreigners on Sunday, while investigations were opened in 10 cases of the protesters performing the illegal Hitler salute.At least 20 people were injured on Monday as pyrotechnics and other objects were hurled by both far-right demonstrators as well as anti-fascist counter-protesters in the city.“What we have seen is something which has no place in a constitutional democracy,” Merkel told journalists.“We have video recordings of (people) hunting down others, of unruly assemblies, and hate in the streets, and that has nothing to do with our constitutional state.”-Berlin offers assistance-Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said federal police were ready to provide backup for overwhelmed officers in Saxony state, where Chemnitz is located.The circumstances that led to the death of the German man remain unclear, but the far-right quickly mobilized Sunday as word spread online that the key suspects were foreigners.Saxony’s interior minister Roland Woeller said hooligans from across Germany, including as far as the western states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, had travelled to Chemnitz for the marches.State premier Michael Kretschmer warned that a false claim that the man was stabbed while defending a woman was circulating online, as he urged the population to seek credible news sources.He also stressed that the nationalities of the suspects were “absolutely no reason to cast general suspicion on all foreign-born citizens.”-‘Nothing more dangerous’-Saxony state, where Chemnitz is located and which is the birthplace of the Islamophobic PEGIDA street movement, has repeatedly come under intense scrutiny as a hotbed for hate crimes.The state is at the heart of misgivings over Germany’s decision to welcome more than a million asylum seekers since 2015, many from war-torn Syria and Iraq.Railing against the newcomers, the far-right AfD party has made significant gains in Saxony and is poised, according to the latest polls, to become the second biggest party in its regional elections next year.Critics warned that the authorities have for years failed to take the far-right threat seriously.“The state can never allow our streets to be overrun by far-right mobs,” said Bild daily, adding that at the same time, Berlin needs to promptly deport criminal foreigners.“For too long, nothing has been done. That’s why confidence in the state is crumbling. That’s why racists like in Chemnitz think they can do what they want. Nothing could be more dangerous for our country.”Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung noted that “where such hunting down of foreigners is possible, the rule of law has abdicated,” while Die Welt daily warned that “the rule of law and police now face a test.”“There cannot be a zone of violence, there is no such thing as partial security,” said Welt.
Trump claims Google is gaming results with bad news about him-US president complains 96% of results when searching 'Trump News' are from 'Fake News Media,' claims conservative views are being silenced-By AFP-TOI-AUG 30,18
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that Google results were “rigged” because searches for “Trump News” brought up negative stories about him, and questioned whether this was legal.The president has attacked US social media giants in the past days for allegedly censoring conservative voices, a claim widely believed by his followers but which hasn’t been supported by studies.“Google search results for ‘Trump News’ shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media,” the president tweeted on Tuesday.“In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal?”Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of…— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2018-According to Trump, “96% of results on ‘Trump News’ are from National Left-Wing Media,” which he describes as “very dangerous.”“Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!”A Pew Research Center survey released in June found 43 percent of Americans think major technology firms support the views of liberals over conservatives, and 72 percent accepted the idea that social media platforms actively censor opposing political views.Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 85 percent said they think social media sites intentionally censor political viewpoints, Pew found.However various studies suggest conservatives are thriving on social media. Twitter and Facebook have both denied bias in policing their platforms.
US rejects UN court jurisdiction in Iran sanctions case-State Department lawyer cites national security concerns in its first legal response to ICC suit by Islamic Republic-By Roland Lloyd Parry-TOI-AUG 30,18
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The United States told UN judges Tuesday they had no jurisdiction to rule on Tehran’s demand for them to order the suspension of debilitating nuclear-related sanctions against Iran.Washington cited security concerns in its first legal response to a suit by the Islamic Republic, which is suffering increasing economic chaos.Iran has argued that US President Donald Trump breached a 1955 treaty with his decision to reimpose the sanctions after withdrawing from a multilateral nuclear accord.But US State Department lawyer Jennifer Newstead told the International Court of Justice in The Hague that it “lacks prima facie jurisdiction to hear Iran’s claims.”She argued that the United States had the right to protect its national security and other interests.The treaty “cannot therefore provide a basis for this court’s jurisdiction” in the case, she said.Sanctions on Iran had been lifted under a landmark 2015 accord with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany. In return, Tehran made commitments not to seek to develop nuclear weapons.But Trump said the deal did not do enough to curb the threat from Iran.He pulled out of the accord in May and began reimposing sanctions this month, alarming other signatories to the deal.In the first day of hearings at the ICJ on Monday, Iran’s lawyers said the sanctions were threatening the welfare of its citizens and disrupting tens of billions of dollars’ worth of business deals.The US lawyers held Iran to blame for its economic woes.They have “deep roots in the Iranian government’s mismanagement of its own economy and repression of its own population,” Newstead said.-Oil sanctions coming-Trump says the sanctions are needed to ensure Iran never builds a nuclear bomb. He accuses it of supporting terrorists.The Islamic Republic’s lead representative in the case, Mohsen Mohebi, branded the sanctions “naked economic aggression.”“The United States is publicly propagating a policy intended to damage as severely as possible Iran’s economy and Iranian nationals and companies,” Mohebi said.“Iran will put up the strongest resistance to the US economic strangulation, by all peaceful means.”US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday dismissed Iran’s claims as “meritless.”The US measures have added to Iran’s economic woes, fueling strikes and protests across the political spectrum.Iran’s currency has lost around half its value since April.The sanctions target financial transactions and imports of raw materials, cars and aircraft among other sectors.International companies including French oil firm Total and Germany’s Siemens have suspended operations in Iran since Trump’s announcement in May.A second wave of punitive measures is due to hit the OPEC member state in early November, targeting its vital energy sector including oil exports.-History of litigation-Iran’s lawyers have asked the court urgently to order the suspension of the sanctions pending a definitive ruling.Newstead argued that Iran had a broader aim to “reinstate sanctions relief” altogether — a matter she said was beyond the court’s remit.The court adjourned after Tuesday’s hearing until Wednesday when Iran will have the opportunity to respond to the US arguments.The ICJ is expected to take several weeks to decide whether to grant Tehran’s request for a provisional ruling. A final decision could take years.ICJ judgements are binding, final and without appeal.However, whether any decision will be implemented remains unclear.Both Iran and the US in the past have ignored ICJ rulings against them.Despite the 1955 Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations, the two countries have not had diplomatic ties since 1980.
Hezbollah-linked site says US offered to leave Syria if Iran withdrew from south-Damascus said to reject secret American proposal, which also demanded oil and info on terrorists, citing 'strong relationship' with allies Tehran and Hezbollah-By TOI staff-AUG 30,18
The United States offered to leave Syria completely in exchange for a full withdrawal of Iranian troops from the southern part of the country, the Hezbollah-affiliated news outlet Al-Akhbar reported Tuesday.According to the report, senior US and Syrian intelligence and defense officials held a secret meeting in Damascus in June to discuss the offer.Part of the American offer required a guarantee from Damascus the US would receive “a share” of Syrian oil, as well as detailed information regarding terrorist organizations operating in the war-torn country.Syria’s national security chief Ali Mamlouk reportedly rejected the US offer, saying that Damascus viewed Americans in Syria as an “occupying power who entered our territory forcibly.”He went on to say that President Bashar Assad had repeatedly made clear Syria’s “strong relationship” with Iran, Hezbollah and other armed groups in the region.Tehran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah have provided steady political, financial, and military backing to Assad during the seven-year-long civil war.Mamlouk also rejected the US request for access to Syrian oil, but said that as a goodwill gesture, it could indirectly access its energy sector through European or Russian companies.On Monday, Iranian media reported that the Iranian defense minister signed a military cooperation agreement with his Syrian counterpart after two days of talks in Damascus.Defense Minister Amir Hatami said the “defense and technical agreement” provides for the continued “presence and participation” of Iran in Syria, according to the semi-official Tasnim news.In an interview with the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen television channel, Hatami said the agreement included the rehabilitation of Syria’s defense industry and assured that Iran would provide “good service.”“With this accord, we have paved the way for a reconstruction of the Syrian military industries,” he said.“The most important element of the deal is the rebuilding of the Syrian armed forces and defense industries so that they can regain their full capacity.”Last week, Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet, just days after releasing a next generation short-range ballistic missile.Since Russia military intervened on Assad’s behalf in 2015, the regime has regained much of the territory lost to rebels and jihadists in the early years of the war.Syria’s war has left more than 350,000 people dead and displaced millions since it broke out with the brutal repression of an initially peaceful uprising in 2011.Israel has vowed not to let Iran maintain a presence in Syria and carried out dozens of strikes in the country to stop Iran sending advanced weaponry to Hezbollah. Israel has also pushed the US and Russia to keep Iran and its proxies out of Syria.Agencies contributed to this report.
PC leader promises refund of carbon tax revenue to New Brunswickers-[CBC]-August 29, 2018
Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs says he'll refund any carbon-tax revenue to New Brunswickers if he is premier and if Ottawa ends up imposing its own pricing regime on the province.Campaigning in Moncton on Monday, Higgs repeated his promise to join a legal challenge by the Ontario and Saskatchewan governments aimed at killing the federal plan.But he said if that doesn't work, he'll make sure New Brunswickers aren't taxed more. Premier Brian Gallant's Liberal government originally promised a revenue-neutral carbon tax system — a phrase that usually means other taxes are reduced to offset the tax consumers would pay on fossil-fuel consumption.Gallant later abandoned that promise and is now using carbon-tax revenue to fund environmental programs."The original concept — we're sticking with it," Higgs said. "Taxpayers were told it would not add to their bottom line. Gallant and Trudeau have drifted away from that. Well, we're bringing it back."If we're not successful [in the legal challenge], we will indeed make it revenue neutral. Which means taxpayers of this province will not have increased taxes as a result of the federal government imposing it."Since April, 2.3 cents of New Brunswick's 15.5-cent-per-litre gas tax has been shifted into a climate fund to be spent on environmental initiatives.That share will increase every year over five years to 11.64 cents, but with no net increase to what consumers pay at the gas pumps.Higgs said Monday that Gallant designed his tax that way "to avoid talking about it during the election cycle."Gallant claims shifting a portion of the gas tax meets the federal requirement for a provincial carbon price.But federal environment minister Catherine McKenna, a fellow Liberal, has hinted that it does not. She said her national plan requires putting an additional cost on carbon dioxide.Ottawa has vowed to impose its own more onerous regime on provinces that don't meet its requirements, though it won't say until later this year whether it considers New Brunswick offside.Higgs estimated a 12-cent-a-litre carbon tax on top of the existing gas tax would cost a New Brunswick family $1,200 a year.Saskatchewan has already launched a constitutional challenge to Ottawa's power to impose its system. Ontario announced last month it will join the case, and Higgs said he will too if he becomes premier.Ottawa plans to impose its system on recalcitrant provinces at the start of 2019. If the legal challenge fails, Higgs said, the federal government will collect the money "but Ottawa has an obligation to refund it," he said Monday. "That's part of the federal plan."Higgs said if the money is returned to the New Brunswick government, "we will disburse that in the way of reduced taxes in other areas."But McKenna has hinted she will not return the money to dissenting provincial governments and will instead bypass them by sending rebates directly to taxpayers in those provinces.Higgs's rebate promise is "not within his control and it's a gamble," said Liberal campaign spokesperson Greg Byrne. "There is no guarantee that the federal government will provide the province with that money."Byrne said if Higgs scraps Gallant's system, it'll be more likely that Ottawa will impose its regime — with no guarantee the rebates will be possible.Byrne said the Liberals are confident McKenna will accept Gallant's system and not bring in its own tax on New Brunswick.He also pointed out Manitoba has opted not to challenge the federal plan because of a legal opinion that it won't succeed."Right out of the gate, [Higgs is] going to spend taxpayers' money on a multi-million dollar lawsuit with little chance of success."Higgs could avoid the long and expensive legal battle by simply adopting his own version of a carbon tax with offsetting tax cuts in other areas.But he said he opposes that on principle."Why set up something just for the sake of setting it up? That's more bureaucracy to collect money and then refund it. Why collect it to begin with?"Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party, joined Higgs at the morning announcement in Moncton and said the New Brunswick PC leader should try to turn the election into a referendum on the carbon tax."Everywhere the carbon tax is put to the voters, they say no," said Kenney, who hopes to win next spring's Alberta election. He's also promising to join Saskatchewan's legal fight. Higgs said his promise to fight the tax will be "a main pillar" of his campaign leading to the Sept. 24 election.He was less clear on how a PC government would tackle climate change in the absence of a carbon tax.He said he would ensure the province continues to meet or exceed emissions reduction targets, including those in the Paris climate treaty, and would also increase New Brunswick's green-energy capabilities."We will do our part on climate change," he said.But he also said his tax cuts to offset a federal carbon price might include a reduction to the gas tax or to other energy consumption taxes — measures that would make it even less expensive to burn carbon dioxide.Green Party Leader David Coon, launching his campaign platform in Fredericton, condemned Higgs and the Liberals for "squabbling" about carbon pricing rather than taking real action."The Tories have no plan whatsoever," he said. "We need an actual real plan that is going to help propel the green energy transition in New Brunswick and that protects the people of this province from the effects of climate change. I don't see a plan."The deadline for New Brunswick to submit its pricing plan to Ottawa for approval is Sept. 1. Byrne would not say Monday whether that has happened."We'll probably have more to say about that in the near future," he said
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Weather aids in ending evacuation alert for Waterton Lakes National Park-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-August 29, 2018
WATERTON, Alta. — Significant rainfall on Monday was enough to lift an evacuation alert sparked by a wildfire near Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta.Parks Canada spokesman John Stoesser says the area received 32 millimetres of rain, which is sufficient to rescind the alert that was issued last week."It absolutely is very nice to hear the sound of raindrops coming down. It helps immensely," said Stoesser."Enough has fallen for Parks Canada to be able to lift the evacuation alert which was issued for Waterton Lakes National Park."The 860-hectare blaze remains entirely on the U.S. side of the border in Glacier National Park, about seven kilometres away. Stoesser said the area isn't out of the woods yet."The fire does remain active. This hasn't extinguished the fire," Stoesser said."We will continue to work closely with Glacier National Park and the other partnering agencies to manage this wildfire, to protect the key infrastructure and resources in the area but we are happy to say some areas have opened back up."Stoesser says despite the evacuation alert, the park's townsite was still quite busy.Waterton was devastated by a wildfire last September which consumed more than 190 square kilometres within the park and led to a two-week mandatory evacuation.Stoesser said that is still fresh in the minds of both park residents and staff."The community had a really great event last weekend commemorating the Kenow wildfire from last year," he said."It was interesting to have that happening at the same time as this incident."The Canadian Press.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. Parks Canada originally said there had been 18 millimetres of rain.
Drought worsens as fires continue to burn throughout B.C.-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 29, 2018
Nearly one-quarter of B.C.'s regions are now at the highest drought rating, with no significant rain in the forecast.And while those fighting the province's more than 500 wildfires have welcomed the recent rain and cooler temperatures, a spokesperson for the B.C. wildfire service says the fires will continue to burn for weeks. "Until we see that widespread and fairly sustained rain, we do expect the fire season to be continuing for two to three weeks at the very least across the province," Kevin Skrepnek said Monday morning."We're certainly not out of the woods yet."Parts of the province had some rain over the weekend, but it did little to calm the wildfires or replenish streams and rivers.The province has assigned a Level 4 drought rating to all of Vancouver Island, the Northeast, Northwest, Stikine and Skeena-Nass areas.Eighteen regions are at a Level 3 rating — including the South Coast and Lower Fraser — while the remaining five of 29 regions are at Level 2, for now.Valerie Cameron, B.C.'s water stewardship manager, says she has never seen the northern part of the province this dry."It's very unusual," Cameron said to Carolina de Ryk, host of Daybreak North."Even in our worst drought of memory, which was 2015 — many people remember that one — it was the southern half of the province that was severely hit. The northern part of the province was pretty normal."-Streams hitting historical lows-But this year, Cameron says all of B.C.'s coastal areas have been hit by drought, which could continue well into September.While she can't definitively say this is the driest Northern B.C. has ever been, Cameron says it's the driest she has seen it during her career. "Many streams are at their lowest historical flows. They've never been this low," she said. The Nass, Kitimat, Bulkley and Skeena and Stikine rivers are at the lowest levels ever recorded, which is critical for fish populations, particularly as spawning season approaches.The same conditions that are creating B.C.'s drought have also created the devastating wildfire season, which is nowhere close to over, with 536 fires still burning as of Monday morning. As the drought conditions worsen, the lack of water could also become critical for those fighting the fires."One of our concerns is that in fighting wildfires, access to water is required, so when you have dropping stream levels and dropping lake levels, the amount of water that's available to fight wildfires becomes reduced," Cameron said. While there is some rain forecast for the next seven days in parts of the province, both Cameron and Skrepnek said it won't be enough to improve drought and fire conditions."What would be needed to turn it around would be a return to our big fall rains. That's not forecast right now," Cameron said. "We're not seeing any of those big rainstorms. There are no systems like that anywhere in anybody's forecast, so [the drought] could end up being worse than 2015."Despite the drought conditions, the City of Vancouver is still at its lowest level of water restrictions, meaning residents can still water their lawns on prescribed days of the week, wash their cars and use power washers.Cameron says this is because Metro Vancouver has three "excellent reservoirs" that store vast amounts of water.In contrast, many areas of the province take water directly from streams and aquifers, which make them more vulnerable to drought.
Northern Lights Swirl Next to Raging Yukon Wildfire-[HuffPost Canada]-Michelle Butterfield-YAHOONEWS-August 29, 2018
Spectacular footage captured in Canada's North last week illustrates how stunning and scary nature can simultaneously be.Jason Gendron stayed up late on Aug. 21 to capture an incredible timelapse of the northern lights exploding over a wildfire on Windy Arm in Tagish Lake, Yukon.Gendron, a hobby photographer who lives in Whitehorse, told Global News he pieced together the timelapse from 38 minutes of individual photographs, after he had a hard time capturing a decent photo of the striking scene."You're sitting there, there's complete silence, complete darkness and you're watching this unfold in front of your eyes," he told Global, adding that he waited several hours on a nearby mountain for the perfect lighting conditions."The feeling is unreal."While Gendron's aurora capture is visually breathtaking, people across Western Canada have found the thick smoke hanging overhead to be breathtaking in a more literal sense.Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in B.C. has been obscuring the skies over Western Canada off and on for the past couple of weeks, leading to almost-constant air quality advisories for huge swaths of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and B.C.Many of this year's fires have been sparked by an unusual amount of lightning activity, said BC Wildfire Service.But the agency also says human activity — including campfires, cigarettes, and car accidents — is responsible for starting more than 420 of about 1,950 wildfires in B.C. since April 1.Despite the cool and damp weather on the weekend, most of the province, including Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, remains under air quality advisories due to wildfire smoke.The wildfire service says 2018 has officially become the second-worst wildfire season on record, with 9,450 square kilometres of land burned, behind 2017, when over 12,000 square kilometres were scorched.With files from The Canadian Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Iran lawmakers grill Rouhani on economic woes, reject his answers-Iranian president insists 'there is no crisis,' earning vote of dissatisfaction from MPs-By AFP-TOI-AUG 30,18
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s parliament voted its dissatisfaction with President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday after grilling him over the deteriorating economy.Rouhani trod a difficult line, seeking to acknowledge the problems facing ordinary Iranians without admitting to a full-blown crisis.“It should not be said we are facing a crisis. There is no crisis. If we say there is, it will become a problem for society and then a threat,” he told parliament.It was the first time Rouhani had been summoned by parliament in his five years in power, and MPs demanded answers on unemployment, rising prices and the sharp depreciation of the rial, which has lost more than half of its value since April.The lawmakers, who have already impeached his labor and economy ministers this month, were unimpressed.In votes at the end of the session, they expressed dissatisfaction with Rouhani’s responses to four of their five questions on the economy.Under parliamentary rules, the issues on which lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction will now be referred to the judiciary for review.As usual, Rouhani offered no concrete policy proposals, instead saying repeatedly that the answer lay in showing the people that the establishment was united.“You may talk about employment, foreign currency, recession, smuggling… I think the problem is in people’s view of the future,” he said.“The people are not afraid of the United States, they are afraid of our disagreements. If the people see we are united, they will realize the problems will be resolved.”But Rouhani’s government — which pushed a “moderate” line of improved relations with the West — has been badly weakened by Washington’s May decision to withdraw from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers and reimpose sanctions.Most foreign firms have abandoned investment projects in Iran, and the next phase of renewed US sanctions in November will hit the crucial oil sector.The only answer from Rouhani which lawmakers accepted related to international banking sanctions which they agreed were beyond his government’s control.Even after the nuclear deal, major foreign banks continued to refuse to work with Iran, fearing the lack of transparency in its financial sector could lead them into legal trouble.Despite the impeachment of two of his ministers, Rouhani himself is protected by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said recently that removing the president would “play into the hands of the enemy.”But he has lost support even among some of his reformist allies.“What have we done with this nation? We made them miserable and wretched,” said leading reformist MP Elias Hazrati as he voted in favor of impeaching economy minister Masoud Karbasian on Sunday.
Defence lawyer says not guilty plea expected in Fredericton shootings case-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-August 28, 2018
FREDERICTON — The lawyer for a Fredericton man, accused of killing four people, including two city police officers in a shooting spree this month, says he expects to eventually enter pleas of not guilty, and request a preliminary hearing.Nathan Gorham, a New Brunswick based lawyer who practices out of Saint John and Toronto, made the comment outside the courthouse, shortly after Matthew Vincent Raymond made a brief court appearance Monday morning.Raymond said nothing as he faced a Fredericton judge on four counts of murder in the deaths of Const. Sara Burns, Const. Robb Costello, Donnie Robichaud and Bobbie Lee Wright.Raymond, 48, wore orange jail clothing and leg shackles as sheriffs officers helped him cautiously exit a sheriff's van.He looked down at the ground for much of the morning's events, but observers noted he is slim, has short hair, is balding and has a greying beard.The court appearance was the first time the media has been able to provide visual images of Raymond, other than a fuzzy yearbook picture from his teenaged years.The police officers and civilians were gunned down Aug. 10 outside an apartment complex in the New Brunswick capital. It ended after police shot the alleged gunman in the abdomen, according to court documents.Raymond moved slowly and tentatively as he was led in and out of the court.Gorham said his client is in fairly poor physical condition but he is receiving medical treatment and is now out of hospital.On Monday, Regional Sheriff George Oram cautioned everyone in the courtroom against any outbursts.Members of the victims' families were among about 70 people assembled in the packed courtroom for his appearance. They left without speaking to reporters.Security at the courthouse was tight, and a large section of parking lot was cordoned off, with sheriffs' vehicles used to block some of the view of the courthouse entrance where Raymond was brought in.The defence presented Judge Julian Dickson with a piece of evidence but the provincial court judge imposed a publication ban on anything to do with it.Gorham said they were unable to proceed with the case Monday because the lawyers are still awaiting disclosure — or release of the findings of the police investigation."I expect that his plea will be not guilty and that we'll be requesting a preliminary inquiry but we can't make that decision until after I've received the disclosure," Gorham said.Crown Prosecutor Darlene Blunston said she had been told not to expect the first portion of that disclosure until the first week of October.Dickson adjourned the case until Sept. 24.Gorham said if he has not received disclosure by that point, he'll again be asking to receive it, and the case will be set over for another date.The opportunity to enter pleas will come once the case is sent to the Court of Queen's Bench.Costello, 45, was a 20-year police veteran with four children, while Burns, 43, had been an officer for two years and was married with three children.Robichaud, 42, had three children and had recently entered into a relationship with 32-year-old Wright when they were killed.Thousands of police officers and first responders from across the continent travelled to Fredericton to attend a regimental funeral for Burns and Costello.Friends and acquaintances of Raymond have offered varying memories of the accused murderer.Some have recalled how he retreated for long periods of time into video games, while others recall a pleasant supermarket co-worker.Recent accounts describe an increasingly isolated loner who was ejected from a bicycle shop and asked to leave a cafe for erratic behaviour.Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press.
We need immigration': Quebec City presses next provincial government to bring in more newcomers-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-AUG 29, 2018
Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume has called on the next provincial government to relax the rules for immigrants who have jobs lined up in the province, as the region is struggling with a severe workforce deficit.Labeaume has been writing up a list of priorities every year for the last decade, and this is the first time that immigration comes out on top."There are 17,000 jobs available today on the North and South Shore [of Quebec City]. We don't see how we could find the people for those jobs, so we need immigration, immigration, immigration," Labeaume said at a news conference on Monday.In a 12-page document outlining his priorities, Labeaume said the city needs at least 5,300 more immigrants to join the workforce annually over the next five years.Quebec City currently takes in about six per cent of all the immigrants coming to the province, he said. "The minimum for us [should] be 10 per cent."But Labeaume said it's important that newcomers who move to Quebec City speak French."We are talking about francophone immigration here because it's a French city and there are two ways to succeed in immigration: to get a job and to speak the local language. So we have the jobs. If they speak French, it's going to be a total success."The mayor also called on the province to loosen the rules for workers who already have jobs lined up, describing some of them as "ridiculous."For example, people with jobs waiting in Quebec must supply records of employment for all their past positions, and they have to translate those documents into French."They have to relax the rules," Labeaume said.With files from CBC's Catou MacKinnon.
28 And when these things begin to come to pass,(ALL THE PROPHECY SIGNS FROM THE BIBLE) then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption (RAPTURE) draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree,(ISRAEL) and all the trees;(ALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES)
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.(ISRAEL LITERALLY BECAME AND INDEPENDENT COUNTRY JUST BEFORE SUMMER IN MAY 14,1948.)
JOEL 2:3,30
3 A fire devoureth (ATOMIC BOMB) before them;(RUSSIAN-ARAB-MUSLIM ARMIES AGAINST ISRAEL) and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.(ATOMIC BOMB AFFECT)
ZECHARIAH 14:12-13
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their eyes shall consume away in their holes,(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB) and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth.(DISOLVED FROM ATOMIC BOMB)(BECAUSE NUKES HAVE BEEN USED ON ISRAELS ENEMIES)(GOD PROTECTS ISRAEL AND ALWAYS WILL)
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour.(1/2-3 BILLION DIE IN WW3)(THIS IS AN ATOMIC BOMB EFFECT)
EZEKIEL 20:47
47 And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
ZEPHANIAH 1:18
18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
MALACHI 4:1
1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven;(FROM ATOMIC BOMBS) and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE
Germans alarmed by ‘pogrom’ mentality after far-right riots-Berlin offers to send reinforcements following two days of violent marches in eastern city of Chemnitz against migrants-By Frank Jordans-TOI-AUG 30,18
Germans on Tuesday expressed alarm after two days of violent far-right protests that degenerated into attacks against foreign-looking people.After the fatal stabbing of a German man, 35, allegedly by a Syrian and an Iraqi, thousands of protesters marched in the eastern city of Chemnitz for two straight days, some chasing down people they believed were immigrants.The ugly scenes of mostly white men, many of them extremist football hooligans, hurling abuse at people they deemed to be foreigners, have drawn comparisons to pre-Nazi Germany.“Of course history is not repeating itself, but that a far-right mob is on a rampage in the middle of Germany and the authorities are overwhelmed, is reminiscent of the situation during the Weimar Republic,” said Spiegel Online.The Weimar years were marked by the formation of paramilitary groups, such as the Sturmabteilung or SA, which eventually helped the Nazis to power.Josef Schuster, who chairs the Central Council of Jews in Germany, also voiced his alarm, saying it is “now the duty of citizens to counter the far-right mob.”Anetta Kahane of the Amadeu Antonio Foundation, which fights anti-Semitism, told news channel NTV that, while people have the right to demonstrate, “what happened in Chemnitz went beyond that — it was incitement to hatred and the propagation of pogrom sentiment.”Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned the violence, saying “hate in the streets” has no place in Germany.Police reported assaults by extremists against at least three foreigners on Sunday, while investigations were opened in 10 cases of the protesters performing the illegal Hitler salute.At least 20 people were injured on Monday as pyrotechnics and other objects were hurled by both far-right demonstrators as well as anti-fascist counter-protesters in the city.“What we have seen is something which has no place in a constitutional democracy,” Merkel told journalists.“We have video recordings of (people) hunting down others, of unruly assemblies, and hate in the streets, and that has nothing to do with our constitutional state.”-Berlin offers assistance-Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said federal police were ready to provide backup for overwhelmed officers in Saxony state, where Chemnitz is located.The circumstances that led to the death of the German man remain unclear, but the far-right quickly mobilized Sunday as word spread online that the key suspects were foreigners.Saxony’s interior minister Roland Woeller said hooligans from across Germany, including as far as the western states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, had travelled to Chemnitz for the marches.State premier Michael Kretschmer warned that a false claim that the man was stabbed while defending a woman was circulating online, as he urged the population to seek credible news sources.He also stressed that the nationalities of the suspects were “absolutely no reason to cast general suspicion on all foreign-born citizens.”-‘Nothing more dangerous’-Saxony state, where Chemnitz is located and which is the birthplace of the Islamophobic PEGIDA street movement, has repeatedly come under intense scrutiny as a hotbed for hate crimes.The state is at the heart of misgivings over Germany’s decision to welcome more than a million asylum seekers since 2015, many from war-torn Syria and Iraq.Railing against the newcomers, the far-right AfD party has made significant gains in Saxony and is poised, according to the latest polls, to become the second biggest party in its regional elections next year.Critics warned that the authorities have for years failed to take the far-right threat seriously.“The state can never allow our streets to be overrun by far-right mobs,” said Bild daily, adding that at the same time, Berlin needs to promptly deport criminal foreigners.“For too long, nothing has been done. That’s why confidence in the state is crumbling. That’s why racists like in Chemnitz think they can do what they want. Nothing could be more dangerous for our country.”Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung noted that “where such hunting down of foreigners is possible, the rule of law has abdicated,” while Die Welt daily warned that “the rule of law and police now face a test.”“There cannot be a zone of violence, there is no such thing as partial security,” said Welt.
Trump claims Google is gaming results with bad news about him-US president complains 96% of results when searching 'Trump News' are from 'Fake News Media,' claims conservative views are being silenced-By AFP-TOI-AUG 30,18
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday that Google results were “rigged” because searches for “Trump News” brought up negative stories about him, and questioned whether this was legal.The president has attacked US social media giants in the past days for allegedly censoring conservative voices, a claim widely believed by his followers but which hasn’t been supported by studies.“Google search results for ‘Trump News’ shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media,” the president tweeted on Tuesday.“In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal?”Google search results for “Trump News” shows only the viewing/reporting of Fake New Media. In other words, they have it RIGGED, for me & others, so that almost all stories & news is BAD. Fake CNN is prominent. Republican/Conservative & Fair Media is shut out. Illegal? 96% of…— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 28, 2018-According to Trump, “96% of results on ‘Trump News’ are from National Left-Wing Media,” which he describes as “very dangerous.”“Google & others are suppressing voices of Conservatives and hiding information and news that is good. They are controlling what we can & cannot see. This is a very serious situation-will be addressed!”A Pew Research Center survey released in June found 43 percent of Americans think major technology firms support the views of liberals over conservatives, and 72 percent accepted the idea that social media platforms actively censor opposing political views.Among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, 85 percent said they think social media sites intentionally censor political viewpoints, Pew found.However various studies suggest conservatives are thriving on social media. Twitter and Facebook have both denied bias in policing their platforms.
US rejects UN court jurisdiction in Iran sanctions case-State Department lawyer cites national security concerns in its first legal response to ICC suit by Islamic Republic-By Roland Lloyd Parry-TOI-AUG 30,18
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) — The United States told UN judges Tuesday they had no jurisdiction to rule on Tehran’s demand for them to order the suspension of debilitating nuclear-related sanctions against Iran.Washington cited security concerns in its first legal response to a suit by the Islamic Republic, which is suffering increasing economic chaos.Iran has argued that US President Donald Trump breached a 1955 treaty with his decision to reimpose the sanctions after withdrawing from a multilateral nuclear accord.But US State Department lawyer Jennifer Newstead told the International Court of Justice in The Hague that it “lacks prima facie jurisdiction to hear Iran’s claims.”She argued that the United States had the right to protect its national security and other interests.The treaty “cannot therefore provide a basis for this court’s jurisdiction” in the case, she said.Sanctions on Iran had been lifted under a landmark 2015 accord with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany. In return, Tehran made commitments not to seek to develop nuclear weapons.But Trump said the deal did not do enough to curb the threat from Iran.He pulled out of the accord in May and began reimposing sanctions this month, alarming other signatories to the deal.In the first day of hearings at the ICJ on Monday, Iran’s lawyers said the sanctions were threatening the welfare of its citizens and disrupting tens of billions of dollars’ worth of business deals.The US lawyers held Iran to blame for its economic woes.They have “deep roots in the Iranian government’s mismanagement of its own economy and repression of its own population,” Newstead said.-Oil sanctions coming-Trump says the sanctions are needed to ensure Iran never builds a nuclear bomb. He accuses it of supporting terrorists.The Islamic Republic’s lead representative in the case, Mohsen Mohebi, branded the sanctions “naked economic aggression.”“The United States is publicly propagating a policy intended to damage as severely as possible Iran’s economy and Iranian nationals and companies,” Mohebi said.“Iran will put up the strongest resistance to the US economic strangulation, by all peaceful means.”US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday dismissed Iran’s claims as “meritless.”The US measures have added to Iran’s economic woes, fueling strikes and protests across the political spectrum.Iran’s currency has lost around half its value since April.The sanctions target financial transactions and imports of raw materials, cars and aircraft among other sectors.International companies including French oil firm Total and Germany’s Siemens have suspended operations in Iran since Trump’s announcement in May.A second wave of punitive measures is due to hit the OPEC member state in early November, targeting its vital energy sector including oil exports.-History of litigation-Iran’s lawyers have asked the court urgently to order the suspension of the sanctions pending a definitive ruling.Newstead argued that Iran had a broader aim to “reinstate sanctions relief” altogether — a matter she said was beyond the court’s remit.The court adjourned after Tuesday’s hearing until Wednesday when Iran will have the opportunity to respond to the US arguments.The ICJ is expected to take several weeks to decide whether to grant Tehran’s request for a provisional ruling. A final decision could take years.ICJ judgements are binding, final and without appeal.However, whether any decision will be implemented remains unclear.Both Iran and the US in the past have ignored ICJ rulings against them.Despite the 1955 Treaty of Amity and Economic Relations, the two countries have not had diplomatic ties since 1980.
Hezbollah-linked site says US offered to leave Syria if Iran withdrew from south-Damascus said to reject secret American proposal, which also demanded oil and info on terrorists, citing 'strong relationship' with allies Tehran and Hezbollah-By TOI staff-AUG 30,18
The United States offered to leave Syria completely in exchange for a full withdrawal of Iranian troops from the southern part of the country, the Hezbollah-affiliated news outlet Al-Akhbar reported Tuesday.According to the report, senior US and Syrian intelligence and defense officials held a secret meeting in Damascus in June to discuss the offer.Part of the American offer required a guarantee from Damascus the US would receive “a share” of Syrian oil, as well as detailed information regarding terrorist organizations operating in the war-torn country.Syria’s national security chief Ali Mamlouk reportedly rejected the US offer, saying that Damascus viewed Americans in Syria as an “occupying power who entered our territory forcibly.”He went on to say that President Bashar Assad had repeatedly made clear Syria’s “strong relationship” with Iran, Hezbollah and other armed groups in the region.Tehran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah have provided steady political, financial, and military backing to Assad during the seven-year-long civil war.Mamlouk also rejected the US request for access to Syrian oil, but said that as a goodwill gesture, it could indirectly access its energy sector through European or Russian companies.On Monday, Iranian media reported that the Iranian defense minister signed a military cooperation agreement with his Syrian counterpart after two days of talks in Damascus.Defense Minister Amir Hatami said the “defense and technical agreement” provides for the continued “presence and participation” of Iran in Syria, according to the semi-official Tasnim news.In an interview with the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen television channel, Hatami said the agreement included the rehabilitation of Syria’s defense industry and assured that Iran would provide “good service.”“With this accord, we have paved the way for a reconstruction of the Syrian military industries,” he said.“The most important element of the deal is the rebuilding of the Syrian armed forces and defense industries so that they can regain their full capacity.”Last week, Iran unveiled its first domestic fighter jet, just days after releasing a next generation short-range ballistic missile.Since Russia military intervened on Assad’s behalf in 2015, the regime has regained much of the territory lost to rebels and jihadists in the early years of the war.Syria’s war has left more than 350,000 people dead and displaced millions since it broke out with the brutal repression of an initially peaceful uprising in 2011.Israel has vowed not to let Iran maintain a presence in Syria and carried out dozens of strikes in the country to stop Iran sending advanced weaponry to Hezbollah. Israel has also pushed the US and Russia to keep Iran and its proxies out of Syria.Agencies contributed to this report.
PC leader promises refund of carbon tax revenue to New Brunswickers-[CBC]-August 29, 2018
Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs says he'll refund any carbon-tax revenue to New Brunswickers if he is premier and if Ottawa ends up imposing its own pricing regime on the province.Campaigning in Moncton on Monday, Higgs repeated his promise to join a legal challenge by the Ontario and Saskatchewan governments aimed at killing the federal plan.But he said if that doesn't work, he'll make sure New Brunswickers aren't taxed more. Premier Brian Gallant's Liberal government originally promised a revenue-neutral carbon tax system — a phrase that usually means other taxes are reduced to offset the tax consumers would pay on fossil-fuel consumption.Gallant later abandoned that promise and is now using carbon-tax revenue to fund environmental programs."The original concept — we're sticking with it," Higgs said. "Taxpayers were told it would not add to their bottom line. Gallant and Trudeau have drifted away from that. Well, we're bringing it back."If we're not successful [in the legal challenge], we will indeed make it revenue neutral. Which means taxpayers of this province will not have increased taxes as a result of the federal government imposing it."Since April, 2.3 cents of New Brunswick's 15.5-cent-per-litre gas tax has been shifted into a climate fund to be spent on environmental initiatives.That share will increase every year over five years to 11.64 cents, but with no net increase to what consumers pay at the gas pumps.Higgs said Monday that Gallant designed his tax that way "to avoid talking about it during the election cycle."Gallant claims shifting a portion of the gas tax meets the federal requirement for a provincial carbon price.But federal environment minister Catherine McKenna, a fellow Liberal, has hinted that it does not. She said her national plan requires putting an additional cost on carbon dioxide.Ottawa has vowed to impose its own more onerous regime on provinces that don't meet its requirements, though it won't say until later this year whether it considers New Brunswick offside.Higgs estimated a 12-cent-a-litre carbon tax on top of the existing gas tax would cost a New Brunswick family $1,200 a year.Saskatchewan has already launched a constitutional challenge to Ottawa's power to impose its system. Ontario announced last month it will join the case, and Higgs said he will too if he becomes premier.Ottawa plans to impose its system on recalcitrant provinces at the start of 2019. If the legal challenge fails, Higgs said, the federal government will collect the money "but Ottawa has an obligation to refund it," he said Monday. "That's part of the federal plan."Higgs said if the money is returned to the New Brunswick government, "we will disburse that in the way of reduced taxes in other areas."But McKenna has hinted she will not return the money to dissenting provincial governments and will instead bypass them by sending rebates directly to taxpayers in those provinces.Higgs's rebate promise is "not within his control and it's a gamble," said Liberal campaign spokesperson Greg Byrne. "There is no guarantee that the federal government will provide the province with that money."Byrne said if Higgs scraps Gallant's system, it'll be more likely that Ottawa will impose its regime — with no guarantee the rebates will be possible.Byrne said the Liberals are confident McKenna will accept Gallant's system and not bring in its own tax on New Brunswick.He also pointed out Manitoba has opted not to challenge the federal plan because of a legal opinion that it won't succeed."Right out of the gate, [Higgs is] going to spend taxpayers' money on a multi-million dollar lawsuit with little chance of success."Higgs could avoid the long and expensive legal battle by simply adopting his own version of a carbon tax with offsetting tax cuts in other areas.But he said he opposes that on principle."Why set up something just for the sake of setting it up? That's more bureaucracy to collect money and then refund it. Why collect it to begin with?"Jason Kenney, leader of Alberta's United Conservative Party, joined Higgs at the morning announcement in Moncton and said the New Brunswick PC leader should try to turn the election into a referendum on the carbon tax."Everywhere the carbon tax is put to the voters, they say no," said Kenney, who hopes to win next spring's Alberta election. He's also promising to join Saskatchewan's legal fight. Higgs said his promise to fight the tax will be "a main pillar" of his campaign leading to the Sept. 24 election.He was less clear on how a PC government would tackle climate change in the absence of a carbon tax.He said he would ensure the province continues to meet or exceed emissions reduction targets, including those in the Paris climate treaty, and would also increase New Brunswick's green-energy capabilities."We will do our part on climate change," he said.But he also said his tax cuts to offset a federal carbon price might include a reduction to the gas tax or to other energy consumption taxes — measures that would make it even less expensive to burn carbon dioxide.Green Party Leader David Coon, launching his campaign platform in Fredericton, condemned Higgs and the Liberals for "squabbling" about carbon pricing rather than taking real action."The Tories have no plan whatsoever," he said. "We need an actual real plan that is going to help propel the green energy transition in New Brunswick and that protects the people of this province from the effects of climate change. I don't see a plan."The deadline for New Brunswick to submit its pricing plan to Ottawa for approval is Sept. 1. Byrne would not say Monday whether that has happened."We'll probably have more to say about that in the near future," he said
EARTH DESTROYED WITH THE EARTH IN NOAHS DAY(BECAUSE OF SIN,VIOLENCE AND GODLESS PEOPLE)
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
HOSEA 4:1-3
1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
DEUTORONOMY 28:22-24
22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS ETC) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS
REVELATION 8:7
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
Weather aids in ending evacuation alert for Waterton Lakes National Park-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-August 29, 2018
WATERTON, Alta. — Significant rainfall on Monday was enough to lift an evacuation alert sparked by a wildfire near Waterton Lakes National Park in southwestern Alberta.Parks Canada spokesman John Stoesser says the area received 32 millimetres of rain, which is sufficient to rescind the alert that was issued last week."It absolutely is very nice to hear the sound of raindrops coming down. It helps immensely," said Stoesser."Enough has fallen for Parks Canada to be able to lift the evacuation alert which was issued for Waterton Lakes National Park."The 860-hectare blaze remains entirely on the U.S. side of the border in Glacier National Park, about seven kilometres away. Stoesser said the area isn't out of the woods yet."The fire does remain active. This hasn't extinguished the fire," Stoesser said."We will continue to work closely with Glacier National Park and the other partnering agencies to manage this wildfire, to protect the key infrastructure and resources in the area but we are happy to say some areas have opened back up."Stoesser says despite the evacuation alert, the park's townsite was still quite busy.Waterton was devastated by a wildfire last September which consumed more than 190 square kilometres within the park and led to a two-week mandatory evacuation.Stoesser said that is still fresh in the minds of both park residents and staff."The community had a really great event last weekend commemorating the Kenow wildfire from last year," he said."It was interesting to have that happening at the same time as this incident."The Canadian Press.Note to readers: This is a corrected story. Parks Canada originally said there had been 18 millimetres of rain.
Drought worsens as fires continue to burn throughout B.C.-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-August 29, 2018
Nearly one-quarter of B.C.'s regions are now at the highest drought rating, with no significant rain in the forecast.And while those fighting the province's more than 500 wildfires have welcomed the recent rain and cooler temperatures, a spokesperson for the B.C. wildfire service says the fires will continue to burn for weeks. "Until we see that widespread and fairly sustained rain, we do expect the fire season to be continuing for two to three weeks at the very least across the province," Kevin Skrepnek said Monday morning."We're certainly not out of the woods yet."Parts of the province had some rain over the weekend, but it did little to calm the wildfires or replenish streams and rivers.The province has assigned a Level 4 drought rating to all of Vancouver Island, the Northeast, Northwest, Stikine and Skeena-Nass areas.Eighteen regions are at a Level 3 rating — including the South Coast and Lower Fraser — while the remaining five of 29 regions are at Level 2, for now.Valerie Cameron, B.C.'s water stewardship manager, says she has never seen the northern part of the province this dry."It's very unusual," Cameron said to Carolina de Ryk, host of Daybreak North."Even in our worst drought of memory, which was 2015 — many people remember that one — it was the southern half of the province that was severely hit. The northern part of the province was pretty normal."-Streams hitting historical lows-But this year, Cameron says all of B.C.'s coastal areas have been hit by drought, which could continue well into September.While she can't definitively say this is the driest Northern B.C. has ever been, Cameron says it's the driest she has seen it during her career. "Many streams are at their lowest historical flows. They've never been this low," she said. The Nass, Kitimat, Bulkley and Skeena and Stikine rivers are at the lowest levels ever recorded, which is critical for fish populations, particularly as spawning season approaches.The same conditions that are creating B.C.'s drought have also created the devastating wildfire season, which is nowhere close to over, with 536 fires still burning as of Monday morning. As the drought conditions worsen, the lack of water could also become critical for those fighting the fires."One of our concerns is that in fighting wildfires, access to water is required, so when you have dropping stream levels and dropping lake levels, the amount of water that's available to fight wildfires becomes reduced," Cameron said. While there is some rain forecast for the next seven days in parts of the province, both Cameron and Skrepnek said it won't be enough to improve drought and fire conditions."What would be needed to turn it around would be a return to our big fall rains. That's not forecast right now," Cameron said. "We're not seeing any of those big rainstorms. There are no systems like that anywhere in anybody's forecast, so [the drought] could end up being worse than 2015."Despite the drought conditions, the City of Vancouver is still at its lowest level of water restrictions, meaning residents can still water their lawns on prescribed days of the week, wash their cars and use power washers.Cameron says this is because Metro Vancouver has three "excellent reservoirs" that store vast amounts of water.In contrast, many areas of the province take water directly from streams and aquifers, which make them more vulnerable to drought.
Northern Lights Swirl Next to Raging Yukon Wildfire-[HuffPost Canada]-Michelle Butterfield-YAHOONEWS-August 29, 2018
Spectacular footage captured in Canada's North last week illustrates how stunning and scary nature can simultaneously be.Jason Gendron stayed up late on Aug. 21 to capture an incredible timelapse of the northern lights exploding over a wildfire on Windy Arm in Tagish Lake, Yukon.Gendron, a hobby photographer who lives in Whitehorse, told Global News he pieced together the timelapse from 38 minutes of individual photographs, after he had a hard time capturing a decent photo of the striking scene."You're sitting there, there's complete silence, complete darkness and you're watching this unfold in front of your eyes," he told Global, adding that he waited several hours on a nearby mountain for the perfect lighting conditions."The feeling is unreal."While Gendron's aurora capture is visually breathtaking, people across Western Canada have found the thick smoke hanging overhead to be breathtaking in a more literal sense.Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in B.C. has been obscuring the skies over Western Canada off and on for the past couple of weeks, leading to almost-constant air quality advisories for huge swaths of Saskatchewan, Alberta, and B.C.Many of this year's fires have been sparked by an unusual amount of lightning activity, said BC Wildfire Service.But the agency also says human activity — including campfires, cigarettes, and car accidents — is responsible for starting more than 420 of about 1,950 wildfires in B.C. since April 1.Despite the cool and damp weather on the weekend, most of the province, including Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, remains under air quality advisories due to wildfire smoke.The wildfire service says 2018 has officially become the second-worst wildfire season on record, with 9,450 square kilometres of land burned, behind 2017, when over 12,000 square kilometres were scorched.With files from The Canadian Press.
WORLD POWERS IN THE LAST DAYS (END OF AGE OF GRACE NOT THE WORLD)
EUROPEAN UNION-KING OF WEST-DAN 9:26-27,DAN 7:23-24,DAN 11:40,REV 13:1-10
EGYPT-KING OF THE SOUTH-DAN 11:40
RUSSIA-KING OF THE NORTH-EZEK 38:1-2,EZEK 39:1-3
CHINA-KING OF THE EAST-DAN 11:44,REV 9:16,18
VATICAN-RELIGIOUS LEADER-REV 13:11-18,REV 17:4-5,9,18
WORLD TERRORISM
OH BY THE WAY WHEN THE MEDIA SAYS ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS GOD IS GREAT LIE. IN ISLAM ALLU-AK-BAR MEANS OUR GOD IS GREATER OR GREATEST. THIS IS HOW THE MEDIA SUCK HOLES UP TO ISLAMIC-QURANIC-MUSLIMS. BY WATERING DOWN THE REAL MEANING OF THE SEX FOR MURDER DEATH CULT ISLAM. TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE A PEACEFUL RELIGION (CULT OF DEATH AND WORLD DOMINATION).
GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)
ISAIAH 14:12-14
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)
JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)
Iran lawmakers grill Rouhani on economic woes, reject his answers-Iranian president insists 'there is no crisis,' earning vote of dissatisfaction from MPs-By AFP-TOI-AUG 30,18
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s parliament voted its dissatisfaction with President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday after grilling him over the deteriorating economy.Rouhani trod a difficult line, seeking to acknowledge the problems facing ordinary Iranians without admitting to a full-blown crisis.“It should not be said we are facing a crisis. There is no crisis. If we say there is, it will become a problem for society and then a threat,” he told parliament.It was the first time Rouhani had been summoned by parliament in his five years in power, and MPs demanded answers on unemployment, rising prices and the sharp depreciation of the rial, which has lost more than half of its value since April.The lawmakers, who have already impeached his labor and economy ministers this month, were unimpressed.In votes at the end of the session, they expressed dissatisfaction with Rouhani’s responses to four of their five questions on the economy.Under parliamentary rules, the issues on which lawmakers expressed dissatisfaction will now be referred to the judiciary for review.As usual, Rouhani offered no concrete policy proposals, instead saying repeatedly that the answer lay in showing the people that the establishment was united.“You may talk about employment, foreign currency, recession, smuggling… I think the problem is in people’s view of the future,” he said.“The people are not afraid of the United States, they are afraid of our disagreements. If the people see we are united, they will realize the problems will be resolved.”But Rouhani’s government — which pushed a “moderate” line of improved relations with the West — has been badly weakened by Washington’s May decision to withdraw from a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers and reimpose sanctions.Most foreign firms have abandoned investment projects in Iran, and the next phase of renewed US sanctions in November will hit the crucial oil sector.The only answer from Rouhani which lawmakers accepted related to international banking sanctions which they agreed were beyond his government’s control.Even after the nuclear deal, major foreign banks continued to refuse to work with Iran, fearing the lack of transparency in its financial sector could lead them into legal trouble.Despite the impeachment of two of his ministers, Rouhani himself is protected by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who said recently that removing the president would “play into the hands of the enemy.”But he has lost support even among some of his reformist allies.“What have we done with this nation? We made them miserable and wretched,” said leading reformist MP Elias Hazrati as he voted in favor of impeaching economy minister Masoud Karbasian on Sunday.
Defence lawyer says not guilty plea expected in Fredericton shootings case-[The Canadian Press]-YAHOONEWS-August 28, 2018
FREDERICTON — The lawyer for a Fredericton man, accused of killing four people, including two city police officers in a shooting spree this month, says he expects to eventually enter pleas of not guilty, and request a preliminary hearing.Nathan Gorham, a New Brunswick based lawyer who practices out of Saint John and Toronto, made the comment outside the courthouse, shortly after Matthew Vincent Raymond made a brief court appearance Monday morning.Raymond said nothing as he faced a Fredericton judge on four counts of murder in the deaths of Const. Sara Burns, Const. Robb Costello, Donnie Robichaud and Bobbie Lee Wright.Raymond, 48, wore orange jail clothing and leg shackles as sheriffs officers helped him cautiously exit a sheriff's van.He looked down at the ground for much of the morning's events, but observers noted he is slim, has short hair, is balding and has a greying beard.The court appearance was the first time the media has been able to provide visual images of Raymond, other than a fuzzy yearbook picture from his teenaged years.The police officers and civilians were gunned down Aug. 10 outside an apartment complex in the New Brunswick capital. It ended after police shot the alleged gunman in the abdomen, according to court documents.Raymond moved slowly and tentatively as he was led in and out of the court.Gorham said his client is in fairly poor physical condition but he is receiving medical treatment and is now out of hospital.On Monday, Regional Sheriff George Oram cautioned everyone in the courtroom against any outbursts.Members of the victims' families were among about 70 people assembled in the packed courtroom for his appearance. They left without speaking to reporters.Security at the courthouse was tight, and a large section of parking lot was cordoned off, with sheriffs' vehicles used to block some of the view of the courthouse entrance where Raymond was brought in.The defence presented Judge Julian Dickson with a piece of evidence but the provincial court judge imposed a publication ban on anything to do with it.Gorham said they were unable to proceed with the case Monday because the lawyers are still awaiting disclosure — or release of the findings of the police investigation."I expect that his plea will be not guilty and that we'll be requesting a preliminary inquiry but we can't make that decision until after I've received the disclosure," Gorham said.Crown Prosecutor Darlene Blunston said she had been told not to expect the first portion of that disclosure until the first week of October.Dickson adjourned the case until Sept. 24.Gorham said if he has not received disclosure by that point, he'll again be asking to receive it, and the case will be set over for another date.The opportunity to enter pleas will come once the case is sent to the Court of Queen's Bench.Costello, 45, was a 20-year police veteran with four children, while Burns, 43, had been an officer for two years and was married with three children.Robichaud, 42, had three children and had recently entered into a relationship with 32-year-old Wright when they were killed.Thousands of police officers and first responders from across the continent travelled to Fredericton to attend a regimental funeral for Burns and Costello.Friends and acquaintances of Raymond have offered varying memories of the accused murderer.Some have recalled how he retreated for long periods of time into video games, while others recall a pleasant supermarket co-worker.Recent accounts describe an increasingly isolated loner who was ejected from a bicycle shop and asked to leave a cafe for erratic behaviour.Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press.
We need immigration': Quebec City presses next provincial government to bring in more newcomers-[CBC]-YAHOONEWS-AUG 29, 2018
Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume has called on the next provincial government to relax the rules for immigrants who have jobs lined up in the province, as the region is struggling with a severe workforce deficit.Labeaume has been writing up a list of priorities every year for the last decade, and this is the first time that immigration comes out on top."There are 17,000 jobs available today on the North and South Shore [of Quebec City]. We don't see how we could find the people for those jobs, so we need immigration, immigration, immigration," Labeaume said at a news conference on Monday.In a 12-page document outlining his priorities, Labeaume said the city needs at least 5,300 more immigrants to join the workforce annually over the next five years.Quebec City currently takes in about six per cent of all the immigrants coming to the province, he said. "The minimum for us [should] be 10 per cent."But Labeaume said it's important that newcomers who move to Quebec City speak French."We are talking about francophone immigration here because it's a French city and there are two ways to succeed in immigration: to get a job and to speak the local language. So we have the jobs. If they speak French, it's going to be a total success."The mayor also called on the province to loosen the rules for workers who already have jobs lined up, describing some of them as "ridiculous."For example, people with jobs waiting in Quebec must supply records of employment for all their past positions, and they have to translate those documents into French."They have to relax the rules," Labeaume said.With files from CBC's Catou MacKinnon.
