September 17, 2020 | 7:26pm Psychedelic enthusiasts are being awarded federal tax exemptions on the basis of religious freedom in Canada. A “church” in Winnipeg, Manitoba — the Centre for Universal Illumination Luz Divina — is the latest to be granted such status in a trend of new-age organizations that use hallucinatory daime tea, also…...
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Scam text messages claiming to be from crucial government services will be blocked on Telstra's network under a new pilot program.The telecommunications giant will work with the federal government's Australian Cyber Security Centre and Services Australia to stamp out dodgy texts.Messages purporting to be from Centrelink or MyGov with malicious links or requests for personal…...
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Kentucky officials said on Tuesday that two election scams are actively targeting voters with fewer than 50 days to go until the 2020 presidential election, but one nonprofit accused of perpetrating a scam has denied the officials' allegations.Kentucky's Secretary of State Michael Adams and Attorney General Daniel Cameron warned voters of the scams in a…...
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Author of the article:Publishing date:Sep 15, 2020 • • 1 minute readA Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Quebec provincial police have made several arrests linked to an alleged romance scam that targeted elderly people online. Photo by Paul Chiasson /THE CANADIAN PRESSArticle contentMONTREAL — Quebec provincial…...
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Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officers Hamant Sharma and Yamini Sarangi appeared before the Lokayukta Monday to plead their cases in connection with an alleged scam in the purchase of PPE kits in Odisha.Hemant Sharma, the former head of the state level purchase committee and Sarangi who was the Managing Director of Odisha State Medical Corporation Limited…...
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The son of a Rio Claro woman who collapsed and died outside her home has requested health officials release her medical records. Attorneys representing Fazal Khan, the son of Rohanie Samdai Lal, wrote to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram seeking clarity on the continued detention of the woman’s body.…...
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Chinese arrested for illegal entry in North published : 18 Sep 2020 at 12:19 Immigration police question one of the two Chinese men caught after crossing the Moei River from Myanmar into Mae Sot district, Tak province, on Friday morning. (Photo: Assawin Pinitwong) TAK: Two Chinese men were arrested after illegally crossing the Moei River…...
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Embattled power utility Eskom appears to have been used as a costly playground for the Guptas and their associates. Former head of legal and compliance Suzanne Daniels first came out as a whistleblower three years ago, when she bravely spoke out about corruption, fraud and political interference which was taking place in full view of…...
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French Prime Minister Jean Castex. — AFP/Files PARIS: A lawyer of a French association of COVID-19 victims said that his clients would file a legal complaint against Prime Minister Jean Castex for alleged mishandling of the pandemic.The Coronavirus Victims France association, which has 200 members, accuses the government of "playing it by ear" in its response…...
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