A #strike at #Amazon in Minnesota happened in 2020 on #ThisDayInHistory in support of fired worker Faiza Osman, who stayed home with children due to the #COVID19pandemic. The company had said that was okay, then fired her, and #JobAction by 50+ Somali workers got her reinstated.

Iran war could push world into a food ‘catastrophe,’ UN agency warns
If the U.S.-led war in Iran continues, the protracted conflict 'could trigger a cascade of effects similar to the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis,' according to the FAO.
#Consumer #Economy #World #FoodPrices
https://globalnews.ca/news/11810510/global-food-catastrophe-iran-war/

Iran war could push world into a food ‘catastrophe,’ UN agency warns
If the U.S.-led war in Iran continues, the protracted conflict 'could trigger a cascade of effects similar to the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis,' according to the FAO.
#Consumer #Economy #World #FoodPrices
https://globalnews.ca/news/11810510/global-food-catastrophe-iran-war/

During the #COVID19Pandemic demand for #FossilFuels dropped significantly and #SaudiArabia saw an opportunity to harm #Russia's oil exports with the #RussiaSaudiOilPriceWar. For the first time ever on #ThisDayInHistory in 2020 the price per barrel of crude oil dropped below zero.

Seven Years Later, Still That Same Moment

Seven years is supposed to feel like distance. That’s what people tell you, what you tell yourself, what the world quietly expects you to accept. Time moves forward, relentlessly, stacking days into months into years until something that once felt immediate is supposed to settle into memory. But grief doesn’t follow that rule. It doesn’t respect calendars or anniversaries. It doesn’t care how many years have passed. Sometimes seven years feels like a lifetime ago, like you’ve lived […]

https://jaimedavid.blog/2026/04/18/14/08/59/analysis/jaimedavid27/10656/seven-years-later-still-that-same-moment/

'Never seen it to this scale': What an RCMP alcohol bust says about NSLC theft
After a two-month investigation into significant alcohol thefts from NSLC stores in the Halifax region, RCMP seized more than 450 bottles of hard alcohol worth almost $20,000 from a home. Police even seized a ledger detailing the alcohol being delivered to the home and what had been resold.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nslc-stolen-alcohol-covid-19-pandemic-9.7145159?cmp=rss

How Canadian military members violated intelligence-gathering rules during COVID-19
Canadian Armed Forces members used their own personal social media accounts, computers and networks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered information about Canadians, violating intelligence-gathering rules, according to a newly released report.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-intelligence-gathering-violations-pandemic-9.7152467?cmp=rss

How Canadian military members violated intelligence-gathering rules during COVID-19
Canadian Armed Forces members used their own personal social media accounts, computers and networks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered information about Canadians, violating intelligence-gathering rules, according to a newly released report.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-intelligence-gathering-violations-pandemic-9.7152467?cmp=rss

How Canadian military members violated intelligence-gathering rules during COVID-19
Canadian Armed Forces members used their own personal social media accounts, computers and networks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered information about Canadians, violating intelligence-gathering rules, according to a newly released report.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-intelligence-gathering-violations-pandemic-9.7152467?cmp=rss

Sponsored international travel by MPs drops to 15-year low outside of COVID-19 pandemic
Members of Parliament last year went on the fewest sponsored international trips in the last 15 years, excluding the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/members-parliament-sponsored-travel-9.7140842?cmp=rss