Vancouver city council has voted to endorse a proposal to spend up to $660,000 to fund a class action lawsuit against major fossil fuel companies, asking them to pay for climate change-related costs borne by municipalities. In a council meeting on July 20, Mayor Kennedy Stewart voted to break the tie in favour of the…
Vancouver City Council Votes to Provide up to $660,000 for Legal Fight Against ‘Big Oil’ After Mayor Breaks Tie
‘A Tremendous Success’: Several Missing Children Recovered During Alabama Human Trafficking Sting
An extensive operation into human trafficking during The World Games 2022 in Birmingham, Alabama, ended July 17 with multiple arrests and the recovery of several missing children. The Department of Homeland Security’s investigative arm, Homeland Security Investigations, ran the operation. Doug Gilmer, resident agent in charge of the operation, told The Epoch Times that human traffickers take…
California Community Schools Are Socialist
Commentary Under socialism, government is involved in everything: work, school, entertainment, even the home. That’s what California increasingly is becoming. Case in point: the “community schools” movement, which practically takes over all students’ lives, including that of their families. One such school actually is called the Social Justice Humanitas Academy, and is part of the…
Good Food for Hard Times: Lessons—and Recipes—From Wartime and the Great Depression
If you take a hard look at your grocery bill, you’re probably a little unnerved these days. While the cost of just about everything has increased over the past several months, food costs have skyrocketed. Food inflation has accelerated for more than a year, by whopping 10 percent in the most recent calculations. That’s a…
Barley Bread
During World War I, much of the wheat crop grown in the United States was sent to Europe, both to provide nourishment for soldiers and to satisfy the hunger of Allied civilians who faced starvation after years of war. Accordingly, this created a shortage on the homefront, and the State Council of Defense encouraged homemakers…
Hearty Garden Vegetable Soup
Years ago, an older relative shared this recipe with me. He had grown up in rural Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl years, when times were hard, food was scarce, and bellies often went hungry. His mother tended a little kitchen garden—a luxury when many neighbors had nothing—and gleaned from it what she could. Each summer…
Broiled Apricots
During World Wars I and II, sugar was in short supply. Homemakers did their part for the war effort by minimizing how much sugar they used and by using alternative sweeteners such as honey. This meant that desserts became less sweet, with time, and fruits took center stage. This recipe for broiled apricots is adapted…
Biden ‘Doing Well’ After Positive COVID-19 Test; ECB Hikes Rates, 1st in 11 Years | NTD Business
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, but he assures Americans he’s doing well and getting work done. The European Central Bank is raising interest rates for the first time in over a decade, reversing years of loose monetary policy. HSBC bank could be the first-ever foreign lender to directly employ members of the Chinese…
LIVE NOW: Biden ‘Doing Well’ After Positive COVID-19 Test; ECB Hikes Rates, 1st in 11 Years | NTD Business
President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, but he assures Americans he’s doing well and getting work done. The European Central Bank is raising interest rates for the first time in over a decade, reversing years of loose monetary policy. HSBC bank could be the first-ever foreign lender to directly employ members of the Chinese…
LIVE 5 PM ET: Biden ‘Doing Well’ After Positive COVID-19 Test; ECB Hikes Rates, 1st in 11 Years | NTD Business
President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 today, but he assures Americans he’s doing well and getting work done. The European Central Bank is raising interest rates for the first time in over a decade, reversing years of loose monetary policy. HSBC bank could be the first-ever foreign lender to directly employ members of the Chinese Communist…
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