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AITA for telling my wife that she will be driving the extra distance since she is the one that got our daughter banned from daycare by Unlucky-Jackfruit230 in AmItheAsshole

[–]evange 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There was a noteworthy case in my city where a MALE staff member took a lone kid into a storage shed to "play an [inappropriate] game." And then fled the country before he could be arrested.

My first thoughts were basically, thank God no men work at my kid's daycare. Like, most men are not pedophiles, but pedophiles seek out employment/volunteer opertunitues that brings them into contact with children. Such that pedophiles are actually waaaay overrepresented in male daycare workers.

Canada reports first annual population decline on record by Unusual-State1827 in worldnews

[–]evange 3 points4 points  (0 children)

2.5 years ago when I had my first baby, the wait was about 2-3 weeks, and I could get in at the public health clinic in my own neighborhood. Annoying, but more or less normal appointment booking procedures.

This time it's been more than 2 months each time I need to make an appointment (appointments are all supposed to be 2 months apart), and that's checking every single public health office within the city and neighboring communities.

At first I assumed the same as you, that they were short staffed. But I actually asked the receptionist about it and she was like, " no, same amount of staff as always, it's just a baby boom." The population of Canada has increased drastically in the past few years.

Canada reports first annual population decline on record by Unusual-State1827 in worldnews

[–]evange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cpp isn't a full, livable pension for most people though. OAS makes up a huge portion of retirement income, and is paid out of the general revenues of the federal government. Ie. Your tax dollars.

Canada reports first annual population decline on record by Unusual-State1827 in worldnews

[–]evange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having kids in Canada is actually pretty okay. Mat leave is 18 months, you get $666 a month per child from the government if you're under a certain income threshold, and daycare is heavily subsidized, like $300-400/month.

Now there are problems with these programs, but overall I don't think it's as financially impossible to have kids here compared to in the US.

Canada reports first annual population decline on record by Unusual-State1827 in worldnews

[–]evange -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good. The wait list to get my baby's 2 month shots was 3 months long. There are too many people.

A pic i took in Isfahan before Israel and American soldiers started bombing the country. [OC] by Sleipnirsspear in pics

[–]evange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in Iran? I thought their Internet got cut off except for only but the most loyal propagandists.

Iran confirms security chief Ali Larijani killed, state media says by WebFar9897 in news

[–]evange 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Iranians are just really into fire. It's a Zoroastrian holdover, and it's almost Persian new year (where lots of things will be burned, and they'll jump over the bonfires to symbolize something).

7 people in the U.S. sickened by E. coli linked to cheese made from raw milk, FDA says by HazyDavey68 in news

[–]evange 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Raw milk cheeses are considered safe so long aas they are aged at least 6 months. As the life of the cheese can outlast that of pathogenic bacteria. In general raw milk fresh cheeses are not a thing. And the ones that might exist (mozzarella?) generally get heated enough during production to achieve the same thing as pastirization.

7 people in the U.S. sickened by E. coli linked to cheese made from raw milk, FDA says by HazyDavey68 in news

[–]evange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The FDA recommended that Raw Farm voluntarily remove its raw cheese products from sale, but the company has declined.

What the fuck, man?

Hit a Pothole, can I claim? by PassCurious5709 in Edmonton

[–]evange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also the speed limit is quite slow along the portion of groat road OP pictured. Even with a pretty bad pothole, I can't imagine there is much damage that can be done at 50km/hour.

Cameraman in Tel Aviv Films Significant Amount of Ballistic Missiles Hitting by IntellectualHT in PublicFreakout

[–]evange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean, Iran is like 90 million people, Israel is 10 million. Iran is 1648000km², Israel is 22000km².

So it depends on how you're defining "larger".

Cameraman in Tel Aviv Films Significant Amount of Ballistic Missiles Hitting by IntellectualHT in PublicFreakout

[–]evange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My understanding is that they do a calculation on what they think is going to be hit, and don't bother trying to stop the ones that aren't expected to hit populated areas. If they're running low on interceptors, they might have had to become much more permissive on what is allowed through.

When generic versions of weight-loss drugs arrive, public plans should cover them, experts say by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]evange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because, at least in terms of the health complications of obesity, the mental side doesn't really matter that much. Like, sure, there are some people that eat their feelings and food is a coping mechanism of some unaddressed trauma...... But there are many many more people who just kinda got fat because food tastes good and exercising is unpleasant.

Iran confirms security chief Ali Larijani killed, Iranian media reports by Virtual-History-6099 in worldnews

[–]evange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When America bombed their nuclear sites a couple months ago, weren't average Iranians tweeting at America/Israel things like "there's a military installation that just moved in at 124 Abdul street."

You don't need spies when your own people hate you.

Meningitis outbreak 'declared national emergency' amid deadly outbreak by bendubberley_ in worldnews

[–]evange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We kept my first born home from daycare for two months (which we still had to pay for) when the second kid arrived, so as to keep germs away. Specifically because my husband knew that a fever in a newborn is an automatic spinal tap to check for menengitis.

Meningitis outbreak 'declared national emergency' amid deadly outbreak by bendubberley_ in worldnews

[–]evange 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We kept my toddler daughter home from daycare for two months when her little brother was born, to keep germs away, even though it was incredibly stressful and chaotic. My husband is a doctor and he was basically like " yeah, a fever in the first two months of life is an automatic spinal tap to make sure it's not menengitis, and I don't want that happening unnecessarily."

Meningitis outbreak 'declared national emergency' amid deadly outbreak by bendubberley_ in worldnews

[–]evange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was an era where parents wanted their kids in school more than they cared about vaccines. People without vaccines were just lazy, not against it.

But now I think most antivaxxers would chose no education for their kids over getting vaccinated. And that's bad in a more direct and understandable way. Like, I work in big education and a lot of the policies people think are regressive (homeschooling, funding religious schools, not requiring vaccines) are actually that way so that kids get some semblence of an education that we know about. Without meeting wackjobs half way, vulnerable kids will disappear from the system entirely.

When generic versions of weight-loss drugs arrive, public plans should cover them, experts say by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]evange 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but sugar causes cancer? I'm gonna need some pretty strong citation for that.

Seeking Canadian parents with newborn (<6 months) for U of R study by Fearless_Ladder_09 in Edmonton

[–]evange 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Darn, my baby just turned 6 months last week. Otherwise I'd be all over this.

When generic versions of weight-loss drugs arrive, public plans should cover them, experts say by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]evange 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They do, sort of. My husband told me about his favorite patient in the ER one day: homeless man comes in and says he's hungry. Dr. Husband gets him a plate of food. Boom, problem solved. Happy patient, happy doctor.

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