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technique in playing fortune gems A dying blind man was evicted from his council home, where he had lived most of his life, while he was in hospital. The family of James Montague, 58, have criticised the council for evicting him from his home in North Lanarkshire before his death. At the time of his eviction, James was in hospital having a blood transfusion due to his stage six kidney failure. James’ brother Patrick has criticised North Lanarkshire Council for the eviction and said that James’ final months were spent living in an upstairs flat that failed to meet his needs. James passed away at St Andrew’s Hospice in Airdrie, with his family left ‘devastated’ by his death and shocked by how he was treated by the council. Patrick, 62, told Glasgow Live : “We are devastated to lose Jimmy but we know about the misery he had to endure in his final months and how it could have been avoided. North Lanarkshire Council have been callous and inhumane and they sneaked in to evict Jimmy when he was in hospital, sending round Sheriff Officers and changing out the locks. “That in itself was a dreadful blow to his morale at a time when he knew he was dying. But the flat that he had to move into was up a flight of stairs and it was away from family members on the same street who gave him great support. “It just seems that they could have allowed him to die with dignity, instead of spending every day in misery while he was dying in great pain.” A letter from consultant psychiatrist Dr Laisinghani to the council stated: “Mr Montague has a chronic and enduring mental health illness. Currently, his physical health is deteriorating. It is practically impossible for him to be moved due to him being bed bound.” James also appealed to the council, saying: “My family has been in the house for more than 60 years and all I am asking is that I am allowed to die here.” He added: “I’m basically asking for some compassion from North Lanarkshire Council so I can see out my last months.” However, James was evicted. Sheriff officers possessed the home on the day James was rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. James was brought up in the Millfield Avenue house before being moved to a housing association flat nearby. He then moved in with his mum Margaret and dad Patrick, an Alzheimer's sufferer, to help care for them in 2017. His mother died in 2021 and his father passed away in 2022. James himself then soon fell ill, losing his sight and suffering chronic problems including neuropathy, diabetes and ulcerative colitis, as well as chronic kidney failure. He was also diagnosed with severe mental health issues. James said he kept the tenancy for the housing association flat because he had intended to move back in. But his health issues overtook him and he was unable to. A spokesman for North Lanarkshire Council declined to comment. However, they earlier said: "While we sympathise deeply with Mr Montague’s circumstances, we have a legal obligation to follow existing tenancy arrangements and laws, including the eviction process ruled by the court. “Mr Montague also holds a tenancy with another social housing provider and they may be able to provide him with the assistance he needs at this time."Before November 5th, millions of us were already struggling with poverty, extreme storms, immigration nightmares, anti-trans bills, criminalized reproductive health, the demolition of homeless encampments, the silencing of freedom of speech on campuses... and, of course, the list only goes on and on. Since Donald Trump and J.D. Vance were elected, more of us find ourselves in a state of fear and trembling, given the reports of transgender people attacked in broad daylight, misogynist social media posts threatening “your body, my choice,” Black college students receiving notes about returning to enslavement , and the unhoused beaten and battered . In the wake of the election results, there has also been a flurry of activity in anticipation of the extremist policies Donald Trump and crew are likely to put in place to more deeply harm the nation’s most vulnerable: mass Zoom meetings with MoveOn, the Working Families Party, Indivisible, and more; interfaith prayer services for healing and justice organized by various denominations and ecumenical groups; local actions pulled together by the Women’s March ; community meetings with the hashtag #weareworthfightingfor ; and calls to mobilize for inauguration day and beyond. Although some were surprised by the election outcome, there were others who saw it coming and offered comfort and solidarity to their communities even before the results were in. On the eve of election night, a public elementary school in West Harlem, New York, sent this message to its families: That message came from a Title 1 school, nearly 60% of whose students qualify for free school meals. If Trump keeps up with his promise to close the Department of Education, tens of thousands of public schools across the country, like the one in West Harlem, could lose critical funding and programs that sustain tens of millions of students and their families — that is, if public education isn’t completely privatized in some grim fashion. Of course, not all communities approached Trump’s election with such trepidation. On November 6th, the Bloomberg Billionaire Index reported that the 10 richest men in the world added $64 billion to their own wealth after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 election. Since then, the stock market has had some of its best days in recent history. After inciting an insurrection at the Capitol, being indicted in state and federal court, convicted of 34 felony counts, and using racist, sexist, and hateful rhetoric prolifically, Donald Trump has gone down in history as the only convicted felon to become an American president, receiving more than 74 million votes and securing 312 electoral college votes. Although an undisputed victory, the outcome relied heavily on a weakened democracy and a polarized economy, drawing on discontent and disarray to regain political power. Indeed, although Donald Trump has the distinct “honor” of being the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years, he has done so after more than a decade of assaults on voting rights, unleashed in 2013 when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Over the next 10 years, nearly 100 laws were passed in 29 states that restrict voting access, from omnibus bills to polling location closures, limits on mail-in and absentee voting, harsh ID requirements (including eliminating student ID cards as a valid form of identification), and more. Since 2020, at least 30 states have enacted 78 restrictive laws , 63 of which were in effect in dozens of states during this election. And in 2024 alone, nine states enacted 18 restrictive voting laws , alongside purges of thousands of voters in the days leading up to November 5th. In addition to such prolonged attacks on the right to vote, widespread poverty and economic precarity have become defining characteristics of our impoverished democracy: more than two of every five of us are poor or low-income, and three in five are living paycheck-to-paycheck without affordable healthcare, decent homes, or quality education. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 report Poverty in the United States: 2023 , 41% of this country’s population has a household income either under the poverty threshold or just above it, precariously living one emergency away from financial ruin. That translates into approximately 137 million people who are struggling every day to make it through without falling even further behind. Those tens of millions of people include a disproportionate percentage of people of color, including 56.5% of Black people (23.4 million), 61.4% of Latino people (40.2 million), 55.8% of Indigenous people (1.4 million), and 38% of Asian people (8.5 million). They also include nearly one-third of white people, 60 million, and nearly half (49%) of all children in the United States. Such rates are slightly higher for women (42.6%) than for men (39.8%), including 44.6% for elderly women. When tallied up, these numbers mirror pre-pandemic conditions in 2018 and 2019, during which poverty and low-income rates stood at about 40%, impacting 140 million people in every county, state, and region of the country. In other words, in this sick reality of ours, poverty is clearly anything but a marginal experience — and yet, as in the last election, it’s repeatedly minimalized and dismissed in our nation’s politics. In the process, the daily lives of nearly one-third of the electorate are discounted, because among that vast impoverished population, there are approximately 80 million eligible voters described by political strategists as among the most significant blocs of voters to win over. Case in point: In 2020 and 2021, there was a significant dip in the overall number of people who were poor or low-income. Covid pandemic programs that offered financial help also expanded access to health care, food stamps, free school meals, and unemployment insurance, while monthly support from the Child Tax Credit lifted over 20 million people out of poverty and insecurity while increasing protection from evictions and foreclosures. Such programs made millions of people more economically secure than they had been in years. Nonetheless, instead of extending and improving them and potentially gaining the trust of millions of poor and low-income voters, all of these anti-poverty policies were ended by early 2023 . By 2024, not only had the gains against poverty been swiftly erased, but more than 25 million people had been kicked off Medicaid, including millions in battleground states like Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. In that same time period , the Biden administration approved an $895 billion budget for war and another $95 billion in additional aid to Ukraine and Israel. Rather than speaking to such economic crises or pledging to address such pervasive insecurity, over the course of the election season, the Democrats emphasized a rising GDP , a strong job market , and important infrastructure investments made in recent years — macro-economic issues that had little effect on the material well-being of the majority of Americans, especially those struggling with the rising cost of living. For instance, pre-election polling among Latino voters showed that three-quarters (78%) of them had experienced an increase in food and basic living expenses; two-thirds (68%) emphasized the high costs of rent and housing; and nearly three in five (57%) said that their wages weren’t high enough to meet their cost of living and/or they had to take second jobs to make ends meet. When you consider the grim final results of election 2024, such realities — and the decision of the Democrats to functionally disregard poor and low-income voters — should be taken into account. With just over 74 million votes (to Harris’s 71 million), among a voting-eligible population of more than 230 million, Trump actually received only one-third of the possible votes in this election. Nearly 85 million eligible voters simply chose not to turn out. In reality, he won’t enter office with a popular mandate. However, buoyed by a Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives, his second term brings with it a profound sense of dread, based on a heightened awareness of the policies that Trump 2.0 is likely to carry forward (laid bare in the Heritage Foundation’s nearly 900-page pre-election Project 2025 mandate ). From mass deportations to assaults on social-welfare programs, housing programs, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ families, and public education, millions of people could be thrown into crisis, with alarmingly fewer ways to resist or express dissent, especially given Trump’s long-time willingness to use military force to quell protest. With the passage of the “ non-profit killer bill ” in the House of Representatives (before Trump even takes office), the infrastructure of resistance is also under threat. Add to all this: Trump has already started talking about overhauling the Medicaid and food-stamp programs that benefit at least 70 million poor and low-income people to offset the costs of extending tax cuts to billionaires and corporations. All of this brings us to the Bible. Poverty was both severe and all too common in Jesus’s day. Ninety percent of the population in the Roman empire was believed to have been poor, with a class of expendable low-wage workers (to which some historians suggest Jesus belonged) so poor that many only lived remarkably brief lives in utter precarity. Shifts in farming and fishing had catapulted some people into great new wealth but left the vast majority struggling for basics like food and housing. Many of the impoverished subjects of the Roman Empire joined political and religious renewal movements, which took various forms and used various tactics to resist these and other injustices. Some readers may be familiar with the decadence and violence of the Roman Emperor Nero. Popularly known as the anti-Christ , he came to power after Jesus walked the earth, but as is clear from his nickname, had a grave impact on many of Jesus’s followers. Nero was, of course, the one who was accused of “fiddling while Rome is burning” — holding lavish banquets, using and abusing (even possibly raping) some of his poor subjects, persecuting Christians, and bringing about the decline and eventual fall of the Roman empire through his authoritarian rule and decadent overspending. As detailed in Luke’s Gospel, during the last week of his life, Jesus turned to the people of Jerusalem and wept. He described the profound suffering they had been enduring and instructed them to brace themselves for the suffering still to come, saying, “For if they do these things when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?” This line foreshadows Jesus’s death on the cross (an execution reserved for those who dared to challenge the Roman Empire and its emperors), the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple, and the persecution of his poor followers who continued to practice mutual solidarity, even after that crucifixion. Writing decades later, the author of Luke’s gospel may have been offering a warning about emperors like Nero that would foreshadow later times. Luke had the benefit of hindsight in the wake of Jesus’s life and death in which there was not exactly a lot of good news about the canceling of debts, the release of those enslaved to unjust structures, or the prosperity of the poor (of the sort Jesus had called for when he started his public ministry). Rather, those who dared to stand up to Rome were being persecuted, while so many others were being overworked and underpaid in a society that was faltering. Two thousand years later, this sounds all too familiar, doesn’t it? Looking at Donald Trump’s new appointments and his (and his cronies’) plans for “making America great again,” you really have to wonder: if the poor and our democracy were suffering before Trump was reelected, what will happen now? If, amid relative abundance, the poor were already being abandoned, what will indeed occur when those with the power to distribute that abundance, and protect our air, water, and land, openly disdain the “least of these,” who are most of us, and instead favor the wealthy and powerful? Donald Trump may liken himself to Jesus in his media appearances and election rallies, but his words and actions actually resemble those of Nero and other Roman emperors. With claims that “I alone can fix your problems” and bread-and-circus rallies like the pre-election one he held at Madison Square Garden, perhaps a more accurate parallel with the incoming administration may, in fact, be Nero and his cronies who stood against Jesus and his mission to end poverty. If so, then for those committed to the biblical call for a safe and abundant life for all, such times demand that we focus on building the strength and power of the people. During the fall of the Roman Empire, poor and dispossessed communities banded together to build a movement where everyone would be accepted and all needs would be met. Don’t you hear echoes of that in the words and actions of that school in West Harlem, so deeply concerned about its families, and the community actions proclaiming that “we are worth fighting for”? Such communities of yesteryear knew a truth that is all the more important today: lives and livelihoods will be saved, if at all, from below, rather than on high. As we approach a new year and the inauguration of Donald Trump (on Martin Luther King Day, no less), let us take to heart a favorite slogan of the authors: “When we lift from the bottom, everybody rises.” This is the only way forward.

Dr. Oz Invested Millions in Companies Regulated by Agency Trump Tapped Him to LeadBy MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Related Articles National Politics | Trump names Andrew Ferguson as head of Federal Trade Commission to replace Lina Khan National Politics | Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to put his name on pandemic relief checks like Trump did National Politics | Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges National Politics | Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors National Politics | After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun out countless provocative, antagonizing and mocking statements. There were his belittling nicknames for political opponents, his impressions of other political figures and the plentiful memes he shared on social media. Now that’s he’s preparing to return to the Oval Office, Trump is back at it, and his trolling is attracting more attention — and eyerolls. On Sunday, Trump turned a photo of himself seated near a smiling first lady Jill Biden at the Notre Dame ceremony into a social media promo for his new perfume and cologne line, with the tag line, “A fragrance your enemies can’t resist!” The first lady’s office declined to comment. When Trudeau hastily flew to Florida to meet with Trump last month over the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tax on all Canadian products entering the U.S., the Republican tossed out the idea that Canada become the 51st U.S. state. The Canadians passed off the comment as a joke, but Trump has continued to play up the dig, including in a post Tuesday morning on his social media network referring to the prime minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” After decades as an entertainer and tabloid fixture, Trump has a flair for the provocative that is aimed at attracting attention and, in his most recent incarnation as a politician, mobilizing fans. He has long relished poking at his opponents, both to demean and minimize them and to delight supporters who share his irreverent comments and posts widely online and cheer for them in person. Trump, to the joy of his fans, first publicly needled Canada on his social media network a week ago when he posted an AI-generated image that showed him standing on a mountain with a Canadian flag next to him and the caption “Oh Canada!” After his latest post, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday: “It sounds like we’re living in a episode of South Park.” Trudeau said earlier this week that when it comes to Trump, “his approach will often be to challenge people, to destabilize a negotiating partner, to offer uncertainty and even sometimes a bit of chaos into the well established hallways of democracies and institutions and one of the most important things for us to do is not to freak out, not to panic.” Even Thanksgiving dinner isn’t a trolling-free zone for Trump’s adversaries. On Thanksgiving Day, Trump posted a movie clip from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with President Joe Biden and other Democrats’ faces superimposed on the characters in a spoof of the turkey-carving scene. The video shows Trump appearing to explode out of the turkey in a swirl of purple sparks, with the former president stiffly dancing to one of his favorite songs, Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” In his most recent presidential campaign, Trump mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, refusing to call his GOP primary opponent by his real name and instead dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious.” He added, for good measure, in a post on his Truth Social network: “I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will.” As he campaigned against Biden, Trump taunted him in online posts and with comments and impressions at his rallies, deriding the president over his intellect, his walk, his golf game and even his beach body. After Vice President Kamala Harris took over Biden’s spot as the Democratic nominee, Trump repeatedly suggested she never worked at McDonalds while in college. Trump, true to form, turned his mocking into a spectacle by appearing at a Pennsylvania McDonalds in October, when he manned the fries station and held an impromptu news conference from the restaurant drive-thru. Trump’s team thinks people should get a sense of humor. “President Trump is a master at messaging and he’s always relatable to the average person, whereas many media members take themselves too seriously and have no concept of anything else other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome,” said Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director. “President Trump will Make America Great Again and we are getting back to a sense of optimism after a tumultuous four years.” Though both the Biden and Harris campaigns created and shared memes and launched other stunts to respond to Trump’s taunts, so far America’s neighbors to the north are not taking the bait. “I don’t think we should necessarily look on Truth Social for public policy,” Miller said. Gerald Butts, a former top adviser to Trudeau and a close friend, said Trump brought up the 51st state line to Trudeau repeatedly during Trump’s first term in office. “Oh God,” Butts said Tuesday, “At least a half dozen times.” “This is who he is and what he does. He’s trying to destabilize everybody and make people anxious,” Butts said. “He’s trying to get people on the defensive and anxious and therefore willing to do things they wouldn’t otherwise entertain if they had their wits about them. I don’t know why anybody is surprised by it.” Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report.The resilience of China's foreign trade can be attributed to several key factors. Firstly, the country's ongoing efforts to deepen trade relations with emerging markets and diversify its export destinations have helped mitigate risks associated with fluctuations in demand from traditional trading partners. Additionally, the successful containment of the COVID-19 pandemic in China has enabled the country to resume economic activities and maintain a stable production capacity.Some villagers were empathetic towards the young woman, expressing concern for her well-being and offering their support in finding her way back home. They described her as polite and well-mannered, with an air of sophistication that hinted at her higher education background. Their kindness and generosity towards her warmed the hearts of many, highlighting the sense of community and compassion that thrived in the village.

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Saco Community Connector Joe Moreshead with Age Friendly Saco helped launch the new Community Connections pilot program. Contributed / Age Friendly Saco Age-Friendly Saco is celebrating the launch of a new Community Connections project, a local initiative aimed at strengthening community and promoting well-being for older people. The project’s primary goal is to build robust connections between local services and older adults, allowing them easier access to essential resources and social opportunities. However, one ambitious goal is to promote the Home Assessment Program in an effort to help reduce slips and falls. Saco EMS responds to over 5,000 calls per year and more than half are for slips and falls. Saco Community Connector Joe Moreshead began the project in September, and is already working closely with residents and community partners, helping bridge gaps in access to programs and services and creating avenues for participation. So many residents are eligible for a number of services that they are not even aware of. For example, the new Medicare Savings Program has eliminated the $10,000 asset limit opening up the program to a large number of people already on Medicare. Key local partners, including Southern Maine Agency on Aging, Saco Parks and Recreation, Saco Food Pantry, Saco Fire Department/EMS and the Saco Police Department, have joined forces in support of this effort. These partners are providing essential resources and expertise to strengthen the project’s reach, ensuring that vital support and programs are accessible to all who need them. By focusing on service navigation, social engagement, and community-building, the pilot is bringing a renewed focus to supporting older residents. The Community Connections program, a signature statewide initiative of the Governor’s Cabinet on Aging, is made possible by a $2.5 million investment from the American Rescue Plan Act, and is managed in collaboration with the University of Maine Center on Aging and Maine’s five Area Agencies on Aging. “Maine has long been a national leader in promoting healthy, active, and engaged aging,” said Elizabeth Gattine, Cabinet on Aging coordinator.. “Partnering together at the community level strengthens our critical work to create inclusive and livable communities where Mainers of all ages can thrive and recognizes the value of these community efforts in accomplishing that goal. Twelve pilot sites are engaged with the Community Connections program across the state, each with goals specific to the unique needs of their community. The statewide goals of the program are to create pathways for assistance, strengthen ties between Age-Friendly Communities and local Area Agencies on Aging, and enhance access to training and technology supports for Age-Friendly initiatives. For residents of Saco, the pilot offers new opportunities to engage, seek assistance, and participate in local programs tailored to their needs. Through Age Friendly Saco’s website residents can sign up for medical rides and appointments, commodity food boxes delivered to your home, information and sign up for the new Medicare Savings Program, the new Home Assessment Program, newsletter and more. Community members interested in learning more about Community Connections, or looking to get involved, are encouraged to reach out to Community Connector Joe Moreshead at Connector.agefriendlysaco@gmail.com or at 207.710.4384 To learn about events, services, or volunteer opportunities, visit agefriendlysaco.org, or call 207-710-5029. Comments are not available on this story. Send questions/comments to the editors. « PreviousNone

Adobe Stock image A Hanford father and son are taking their combined 30-plus years of retail franchise experience into the health care realm with a new venture to meet the needs of an aging population. About two months ago Beant Sandhu and his son Ravi opened Right at Home, an in-home senior care service. Beant also owns three Subway franchises in Hanford — a venture he’s had for more than three decades. When researching franchise opportunities, Beant and Ravi’s family life was a major driver for choosing Right at Home. “In-home care was something that kept coming up,” Ravi said. “We have personal experience with in-home care as both of my grandparents live with my father.” Additionally, Ravi’s maternal grandmother also relied on caretakers to alleviate end-of-life concerns and improve comfort. Ravi said many of the franchise at-home care centers they encountered did not research or follow up with their applicants like Right at Home did. “Right at Home stuck out because they were very picky with who they were willing to give their franchise licenses to,” Ravi said. “Just like we were vetting them, they were vetting us as well.” For a service such as longterm in-home care, vetting is an important part of the process. Right at Home works to tailor a care plan for each individual based on their needs. “Some people might only need three to four hours per day, maybe two or three times a week,” Ravi said. “Some people might need 24/7 care; it really just depends on the patient.” The at-home option, for many, is appealing not only for the familiarity of being at home, but also the cost. Right at Home also offers the chance for extended care hours based on need. “With most caretakers, it’s shift-based jobs,” Ravi said. “We let them know that, given the health conditions of this individual, there’s a possibility that the hours can go up.” Their staff — around 20 caretakers — enjoy flexible hours, allowing caretakers to manage their time with patients, Ravi said. Demand is only expected to grow. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts the employment of home health and personal care aides will grow by 21% from 2021 to 2031 — much faster than the average for all occupations. “The population of clients is growing,” Ravi said. “As a lot of the Boomers have been retiring and, unfortunately, facing health issues, that market is growing.” With that in mind, the business is continuing to expand, adding two to three employees weekly to service their coverage area, which ranges from south Fresno to Visalia, Hanford and outlying communities. Beant said the success of each of his business ventures comes down to workforce. “Your main asset is your employees,” Beant said. “It’s no different in the home-care business — your caregivers are the core of your business and you have to find the best people to serve your clients.” Caretaking does require more patience and personalized care compared to the food-service industry, he added. It also requires state qualifications, which Right at Home provides. Caretakers must have six months of experience caretaking and must pass a background check. Additional training is provided to new caretakers. “Once they’re fully trained they’re considered a registered home-care aid in the state of California,” Ravi said. A Hanford father and son are taking their combined 30-plus A member of the North Fork Rancheria and the only The Nov. 29 print edition of The Business Journal included Sanger is now a bit sweeter with the recent expansionWhite Jingting Takes On Role as Salomon Outdoor Fashion Ambassador, Leading the Trend with a Breath of Fresh AirThe Liberal government is pulling out the federal wallet to put more money into people’s pockets over the holidays, but its recently announced affordability measures create winners and losers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday that the federal government will remove the goods and services tax on a slew of items for two months, starting Dec. 14. But in provinces where the provincial and federal sales taxes are blended together into a harmonized sales tax, Canadians will get a larger break. The federal government also plans to send $250 cheques to Canadians who were working in 2023 and earned up to $150,000. That means Canadians who were not working in 2023, including those who were receiving social assistance or were in retirement, will not be sent a cheque in April. In the House of Commons on Friday, NDP MP Peter Julian called the government out for not including Canadians with fixed incomes. “Why are Liberals excluding seniors and people with disabilities from the real help they need this holiday season? Why won’t Liberals help them, too?” Julian asked during question period. At a news conference on Friday, Trudeau said that the federal government has already stepped up to help the most vulnerable Canadians and that it is now time to give a hand to workers. “Over the past number of years, we have been extraordinarily present in helping the most vulnerable Canadians,” Trudeau said, mentioning the boost to old-age security for seniors aged 75 and older and the Canada Child Benefit. “But as I travel across the country, I do regularly hear from working Canadians who are having trouble making ends meet, but saying, ‘look, I don’t have kids. I’m not a senior yet, and I’m facing challenges.’” The GST break, which is expected to cost the federal government $1.6 billion, will apply to a number of items including children’s clothing and shoes, toys, diapers, restaurant meals and beer and wine. It also applies to Christmas trees — both natural and artificial — along with a variety of snack foods and beverages, and video game consoles. Meanwhile, 18.7 million people will receive a check this spring, costing the government about $4.7 billion.

As I think back to 2004, I remember the excitement and anticipation of what the future might hold. The possibilities seemed endless, and the idea of a world where technology could enhance every aspect of our lives was both thrilling and daunting. Little did we know back then just how much technology would shape our society, economy, and even our personal relationships.

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The consequences of falling victim to this car loan scam are severe and far-reaching. Many individuals find themselves facing bankruptcy, foreclosure, and even legal action as a result of their involvement in this fraudulent scheme. The emotional toll of realizing that they have been duped and manipulated by unscrupulous actors takes a heavy toll on their mental well-being and sense of trust in others.In the wake of this troubling incident, a somber reminder reverberates through the community - the importance of remaining vigilant, looking out for one another, and standing united against acts of harm and wrongdoing. It is a call to action for all members of society to uphold the values of safety, trust, and accountability, and to work together towards creating a safer and more secure environment for all.

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Tua Tagovailoa says he's had personal security since one of his cars was broken intoThe ripple effect of the six first prize winners will be felt far and wide, inspiring hope and optimism in the hearts of those who dare to dream big. The allure of the lottery, with its promise of instant wealth and financial freedom, continues to captivate millions of players around the globe. While the odds of winning the jackpot may be slim, the thrill of anticipation and the prospect of a life-changing windfall keep players coming back for more.