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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hello! Mellow Yellow ♪♫♭｡♪˚

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQNBQI3UDag

Thank you, Lord, for finally sending us a beautiful, bright, mild, sunny morning here on the Niagara Peninsula of southern Ontario's Fruit and Wine Country. I pray the grapes made it through the latest cold spell. To be sure, if this cold weather were a skulking wolf, its audience would bury the wolf under a mound of boots on its way out the door by now.

Now that I have a nice, warm, happy broth ready for breakfast, I wouldn't want to go to the news before I have my happy broth, and have some ORANGE HARPY 😡𓅚 come along and 💩 in my happy broth 🍵🥄 😫🤒🤮

My prayer for today is for the Earth Angels, those who give of their hearts to those in need, WITHOUT THOUGHT OF FAME OR MONEY; those who would jump in front of a city bus to save a child, without even a thought about their own vulnerability. How about the soldier who jumps over the grenade on the battlefield to save her comrades-in-arms? I could go on and on, but I believe you get the point. Heroism is seen in the trenches through selflessness and the ability to feel another's feelings as if they were your own. The time has come for the unsung heroes to emerge from the shadows and take their rightful place as Earth Angels, holding high the light sword of truth. That's my opinion,

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

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Question: A hero, empath?

AI Overview

An empath, or a "super empath," is an empowered individual who uses high emotional intelligence, intuition, and deep compassion as their primary strengths to heal, lead, and protect. They are transforming from a role of self-sacrificing "healer" to one of sovereign, strong, and boundary-setting guardians of their own energy.

• Key Aspects of the Empathetic Hero:

• Empowered Boundaries:

• Inner Strength & Insight:

• Energy Transmutation:

• Archetypes:

• The Hero's Journey:

Empaths are truth-seekers and emotional guides; they stand their ground against manipulation with deep, true inner connections once psychological and emotional trust has been established...

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-**Hey, Empaths! Car 54, Where Are You?**-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5MkCAwup

EARTH ANGELS It's time to come out and show the Dunce Cadets how to play ball!

I know you EMPATHS exist. I already met some of you, male and female, some in action, as advisors, as teachers, and as life coaches and confidants. You're out there! May the Great Spirit bless your Souls.

As for Canada, watch your (‿ˠ‿). I pray that Alberta gets its head on straight. If they defect, the rest of Canada will fall into disarray, and we will all be the 51st state of NAZI LAND AMERICA. Canada can be easily consumed by any outside force and become its territory, maybe China or Russia, if not, then the new NAZI LAND AMERICA. Which of the three do you prefer? I think I would take my chance with the Chinese yuan if it were to replace the world's currency.

I sincerely pray that you all are blessed and safely guided through the day. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

US-China summit: Trump says he discussed arms sales to Taiwan with Xi

The Iran war was another major topic at the meetings, which ended without any substantive agreements on key issues announced.

Here's the latest

• Trump leaves Beijing: After wrapping up a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, President Donald Trump said he is considering lifting sanctions on Chinese companies that buy Iranian oil as the war drags on. The two days of meetings ended Friday without any substantive agreements on key issues announced, although Trump said “a lot of different problems” were settled.

• Iran war looms: The Iran war loomed large over the summit, with Trump saying he and Xi agreed Tehran should not have a nuclear weapon. Following the summit, Iran’s foreign minister said the country welcomes any diplomatic efforts from China.

• Taiwan spotlighted: Trump said he and Xi discussed Taiwan and US arms sales to the island “in great detail” during their meetings. Earlier in the summit, Xi said Taiwan was “the most important issue in China-US relations”...

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11 min ago

Stocks sink, yields surge as higher oil prices stoke market jitters

More To Read:

Updated 10:57 AM EDT, Fri May 15, 2026

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The billionaires telling other billionaires to shut up and pay their taxes

New York — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who has a net worth estimated at roughly $200 billion, was recently asked about California’s wealth tax proposal that has some billionaires riled up.

“It’s fine,” he said. “I never once thought about it.”

Many billionaires are frustrated over blue states’ and cities’ attempts to raise taxes on the superrich. Silicon Valley titans Sergey Brin and Peter Thiel are spending millions to fight California’s proposal. Financier Ken Griffin called Mayor Zohran Mamdani using Griffin’s Manhattan penthouse as the backdrop for his video proposing a pied-à-terre tax “shameful.” Steven Roth, CEO of real estate giant Vornado, compared calls to tax the rich to a racial epithet.

• Taxing income, not wealth:

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PUBLISHED May 15, 2026, 8:00 AM ET - 3 hr ago

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Trump’s polls just passed a historic low

The president is now more unpopular than Joe Biden ever was.

The president’s poll numbers are in the toilet. He is struggling to stay alert during key events. An overseas conflict is dampening enthusiasm among his base. Voters are furious about rising inflation.

That was the narrative around former President Joe Biden when he exited the presidential race in mid-2024. And every sentence applies now to President Donald Trump, whose recent polling is as bad as Biden’s was when he threw in the towel — or in some cases worse. But the two presidents’ reactions — and that of their parties — could not be more different.

This week’s Economist/YouGov poll, just by itself, made for rough reading for the White House: 36% approval versus 58% disapproval, for a net approval rating of -22%.

• Prices are rising faster than wages for the first time in three years:

• The president, of course, will always remain loyal only to himself; he knows no other mode of existence:...

May. 15, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Carney and Smith set to make energy announcement; carbon price deal expected

Alberta expected to raise its carbon emission price to $130/tonne by 2040

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are to meet today in Calgary, where they're expected to announce an agreement on the future of industrial carbon emission pricing in the province.

A source with knowledge of the discussions told The Canadian Press that the leaders are expected to reveal a plan for Alberta to raise its emission price to $130 per tonne by 2040. Last year, Alberta froze its industrial carbon emission price at $95 per tonne.

The two governments pledged in a memorandum of understanding in November to several steps, including a carbon price plan, in order to build a bitumen pipeline to the West Coast...

WATCH | Ottawa plans sweeping changes to accelerate approval for pipelines:

• New price makes no sense: former environment minister:

For Danielle Smith and Alberta separatists, no clear path left for referendum after court loss

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Posted: May 15, 2026 9:01 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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Know when to hold um, know when to fold um, know when to walk away, and KNOW WHEN TO RUN! and Daniel, I would run the opposite way from NAZI AMERICA as fast as your little legs can carry you, hun.

Honda indefinitely suspends $15B EV plant in Ontario

Move comes as the automaker posts a $3.68 billion loss — its first full-year loss ever

onda has indefinitely suspended its plans for a $15-billion electric vehicle complex in Ontario due to changing business conditions. The Japanese automaker said last May it was pausing development at the plant, with plans to review where the EV market was at in two years.

The decision to more definitively suspend the plant was first reported last week by Japanese media, but at the time Honda did not confirm the news.

Honda more definitively halting $15B EV plant development in Ontario, according to reports

The company says the pause won't impact current employment or production levels at its Alliston, Ont., manufacturing plant.

WATCH | Honda pauses investment in Canadian EV chain in 2025:

• Honda posts $3.68 billion loss:

LISTEN | Ontario mayor remains hopeful despite cancellation of EV plant:

WATCH | Honda's decision is disappointing, prime minister says:

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Posted: May 14, 2026 8:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

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I Got To See The First CHINESE EVs IN Canada! | Full Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEvl7iqnys

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, I'm doing so, so, like I have a trout flopping around in my stomach. The weather, for the immediate time, is the usual grey, wet, damp, and chilly 💩 weather. I just gave up making plans for a regular summer. I'll just keep the snow shoes polished up; you never know. If it doesn't get nice by the weekend, I am going to put away my gardening tools that have been taking up space on the kitchen table for the last three weeks, waiting for favorable weather.

I don't want to live in a world without empathy. Just thinking of that makes me feel alone, forlorn, and lost, like what is there to live for in the future if there is nothing but hate and destruction left? That leaves me with no one else left in the void around me to care. Crying and weeping in loneliness in a dark corner. No one to care or share a little encouragement and compassion with another caring human being. Instead, we have lying, Criminal activities such as theft, drug trafficking, violence, murder, suicide, and others are all on the rise as the world gets nuttier. I guess if population control were part of Trumpo The Typo's Project 25, it would seem well underway.

Population Explosion Control Made Simple:

START A WAR AND LET EVERYONE ELSE KILL EACH OTHER OFF.

One looks at their cell phone and only sees more disorder, chaos, and confusion everywhere. Bloodshed by supposed God-fearing people, killing in the name of G-d! So it would seem. What kind of belief is that? I have been through the BIble from front cover to back cover several times and never saw anywhere in that book that SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT KILLING IN THE NAME OF G-D IS OK. How can they preach about a Higher Power, the Creator of Life, then turn around and kill each other in the Creator's name! What utter nonsense, ignorance, backward, and crude attitude, and they're supposed to be God-fearing people! My "Fn." foot!

Where are the EARTH ANGELS, the EMPATHS, you know, the ones who would jump in front of a bus to save a child, the unsung heroes?

WHERE OR UNDER WHAT ROCK ARE YOU ALL HIDING? NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION! DO YOUR DUTY. FIGHT FOR YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS! IS THIS FAKE ORANGE PIECE OF CARION MEAT SO OMNIPOTENT EVERYONE IS TOO CHICKEN LITTLE TO CONFRONT THIS KING SHIT 👑💩 THIS PIECE OF DECOMPOSING FAT ARSE DEMENTED MENACE TO SOCIETY!*

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Question: Turning immigration detention centers into labor camps and death camps for population control

🔹AI Overview:

While there is no credible evidence of a government policy to turn immigration detention centers into "death camps" for population control, multiple investigative reports and human rights organizations have documented a sharp rise in fatalities and a severe deterioration of conditions within the U.S. immigration detention system between 2024 and 2026

Or labor camps. A place where poor, people of color, and unwanted white people are disappearing, too. Or gas chambers to get rid of the excess "garbage people," anyone who, in this government leader's eyes, thinks are his enemies

"Fn Hittler Wannabees!"

BREAKING NEWS:

Iranians place hopes in China ties as Trump and Xi meet in Beijing

Analysis by CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Matthew Chance in Tehran

Iranians are closely watching President Donald Trump’s visit to China — the leader of one of their most implacable enemies, meeting a powerful partner of Iran. And with the Iran war so high on the agenda in Beijing, state media in Tehran is almost gloating at the spectacle.

One headline, on the IRNA state news agency, reads: “Trump visits China in the shadow of failure and stalemate.” The United States is now turning to other nations, the article continues, to help manage its regional conflict.

But the truth is, both the US and Iran now seem to be looking to China for a way out of their deadlock, including the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the inability to agree a compromise on Iran’s nuclear activities...

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1 hr 34 min ago

Some Beijing residents thank Trump for making China stronger

*More To Read:*

Updated May 14, 2026, 8:47 AM ET

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‘I’m afraid he won’t make it’: How Thomas Massie is handling the toughest election of his career

Vanceburg, Kentucky — Joni Pugh feels like she’s stuck in the middle of a bitter family feud between her president and her congressman.

As a loyal Republican, she likes them both – and that is where her predicament begins.

No Republican has infuriated President Donald Trump more than Rep. Thomas Massie, which has placed him in a precarious position heading into Tuesday’s Republican primary in Kentucky. The race is already one of the most expensive primary contests ever, with more than $29 million spent on advertising alone, setting up the biggest political test Massie has ever faced...

• ‘This guy named Thomas Massie’:
• ‘The elephant in the room’:

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Updated May 14, 2026, 8:47 AM ET - 44 min ago

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CANADIAN NEWS

It's bad news everywhere;

Honda indefinitely suspends $15B EV plant in Ontario

Move comes as automaker posts first full-year loss

Posted: May 14, 2026 8:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 39 minutes ago

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Elections Alberta says separatist group’s app containing voter info may have been seen by thousands

Centurion Project says database was aimed at identifying, recruiting people for independence push

Posted: May 14, 2026 12:15 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

These refugees in Kenya were promised jobs in Canada. At the 11th hour, the employer cancelled the offer

Refugees approved to come to Canada through program aiming to fill labour shortages

Posted: May 14, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

- CBC -

Maybe bad maybe good news 👎👍

Posted: May 14, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

- CBC -

Here's why you don’t need to worry about a 'super' El Niño — yet

Climate models call for what could be a strong to 'super' El Niño brewing this summer

Posted: May 14, 2026 9:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 25 minutes ago

- CBC -

Enough dead body news to fill several of Alcapone's six-body trunk cars 🚗🚗🚗

Ahhh! Caught another one. They should put those kinds of thieves in one of Elon Musk's Starships and send them into orbit around the moon. Then eject them from airlock 1 into space, WITHOUT A SPACESUIT!

Sobeys, Loblaw under fire for maple washing, as Sobeys ditches maple leaf symbol in stores

Federal regulator has identified 127 cases of maple washing by retailers since the start of 2025

More than a year after the Buy Canadian movement took root, grocery giants Loblaw and Sobeys are facing increased scrutiny over "maple washing" — the practice of promoting imported goods as homegrown.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) slapped two Loblaw-owned stores in January with $10,000 fines each for maple washing, and one month later, two other Loblaw-owned stores got formal warnings for the same violation, CBC News has learned.

Sobeys is also on the CFIA's radar. The federal food regulator told CBC it has received multiple complaints about the grocer and maple washing and has wrapped up an investigation into advertising practices overseen by Sobeys' head office The probe resulted in no fines because "corrective actions" were taken, the CFIA said in an email....

• California walnuts promoted as Canadian:
• Loblaw gets warnings for mislabelled veggies:

WATCH | Some foods might seem Canadian, even if they aren't:

• Loblaw apologizes:
• What about higher fines?:

Posted: May 14, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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World STUNNED as Carney Welcomes HISTORIC Moon Mission Crew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg8ICZWODvw

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Well, it started out being just another gray, crappy day, but now it appears like it's trying to clear up. Still chilly out, so I need to wear my coat.

"HAPPY PENGUIN DAY!" -🐧

It certainly appears like it's going to be a "don't put that coat away" kind of summer. By the looks of the pattern, the dum-dum sagging jet stream isn't moving, so we get penguin and polar bear weather. This weather would be Palm Springs, California, for them.

I'm feeling much better today and much sharper in the thinking department than I have been the last couple of days. Thanks for your patience for my return from the Twilight Zone.

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UPDATE:

Please TAKE NOTE of this:

The last time this was done during the Trudeau administration, the money just vanished. Well, nothing improved; if anything, it got worse!!! Where did the money go???

The Trudeau administration provided a $3.1 billion, three-year healthcare funding deal with Ontario.in February 2024.

"WATCH THE MONEY!"

Whose pocket is our health care money going into?

ONTARIO HEALTH CARE REPORT.

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Question: Is there something the government can do with the failing health care in Ontario, and why has it not been done?

AI Overview

Yes, the Ontario government is implementing several strategies to address the ongoing healthcare crisis, with a focus in the 2026 budget on expanding primary care teams, increasing hospital funding, and utilizing private clinics for public services. However, critics argue these measures are not enough to address long-term understaffing and financial pressures in the public system.

Key Government Actions and Strategies (2026):

• Primary Care Expansion: Government investing (\$3.4\) billion over four years

• Hospital Funding & Capacity: 2026, roughly 3,000 new hospital beds over the next decade.

• Alternative Care Delivery:

The government is expanding the role of pharmacists (e.g., prescribing for more ailments) and utilizing independent health facilities (private clinics) for public-funded surgeries to reduce

• backlog. Healthcare Staffing:

• Digital Modernization:

• Recommendations from Medical Professionals & Critics:

Key Recommendations from Medical Professionals & Critics:

• Increasing Funding: The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) argues that hospital funding needs to increase by \(6\%\) annually to keep up with inflation and population growth, rather than the current levels, which have led to some hospitals cutting staff.

• Focus on Staff Retention:

• Rural Support:

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SO CHARGE US MORE FOR MORE SERVICES DELIVERED! But first, get the thieves out of health care. I am quite certain you wouldn't have to look very hard to find them because they're all a bunch of greedy, unfeeling, boneheads. "IDIOTS!"

The money allotted for Health Care SHOULD NOT go to PIRACY of paying down the province's budget deficit or to spending more on privatization. Obviously, the money is not going to pay nurses. Nurses had to strike and go to court to force the province to pay them their last increase. And doctors aren't benefitting, either. The Ontario requirements for foreign-educated physicians to begin practice are daunting at best, and the province's compensation package is so unattractive that BC is getting the new hires instead! Somehow, the money gets spent, but on what? It's little wonder there's any money left for the hospitals and health care workers.

I'm not a holier-than-thou person. I fall short and sometimes detest, greatly, someone or something, to the point I do sometimes wish I were an ankle-biter in a sea of ankles to bite 😆 Except for that fat orange ankle, I'll borrow someone else's mouth to bite on that one. "Hey, Billy, c'mon over here, son! I gots a job for you."

I believe that's enough comic book for the day, let us go on with the Breaking News and world events. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

Trump arrives in China ahead of crucial Xi meeting

US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping must navigate issues including tech, trade, Iran and Taiwan.

Here's The Latest:

• Arrival in Beijing: US President Donald Trump arrived in China’s capital and was welcomed with a ceremony replete with pomp and pageantry for the start of a high stakes visit carrying global consequences, as the world’s two largest economies frame their trade relationship.

• High-stakes talks: After Trump’s first night in Beijing, he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping to discuss a range of thorny issues including tech, trade and Taiwan.

• Iran’s shadow: The US-Israeli war with Iran, and ensuing global energy crisis, looms over the trip. Trump is expected to encourage Xi to push China-ally Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint vital to oil trade, and agree to a peace deal.

• CEO caravan: Traveling with Trump are top officials and more than a dozen business leaders including Tim Cook and Elon Musk. Catch up on all the key developments here.

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5 min ago

China’s grasp of high-stakes public statecraft to be put to the test

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In wild late-night posting spree, Trump attacks Obama with imaginary quote and false conspiracy theories

President Donald Trump was at it again.

On Monday night, Trump embarked on one of his periodic late-night social media posting sprees. As usual, his dozens of posts and reposts were littered with debunked conspiracy theories and other wildly inaccurate claims – many of them about past presidential elections and his Democratic foes, notably including former President Barack Obama.

Trump’s posting continued on Tuesday morning. So did his wrongness. Here’s a brief fact-check breakdown of just some of the content to which readers of his Truth Social feed were treated between about 10pm on Monday and about 8am on Tuesday...

• An imaginary quote attributed to a Republican senator:
• Multiple false conspiracy theories about Obama:
• Extensive lying about the 2020 election:
• A baseless assertion that The New York Times is losing subscribers:

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PUBLISHED May 12, 2026, 3:23 PM ET - 17 hr ago

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How gerrymandering is holding the MAGA movement together

The midterms could be a wakeup call for Republicans as Trump flounders — but the GOP’s redistricting has the president’s grip stronger than ever.

VIDEO | Included:

Everywhere you look, the MAGA coalition that propelled Donald Trump back into the Oval Office is fracturing. The president’s poll numbers are plummeting across key demographics and dragging down congressional Republicans hoping to keep their jobs in November. Two weeks ago, the outlook for the GOP was looking especially grim, with predictions showing the House would almost surely be lost in the midterms and Republicans hanging on to the Senate by a thread.

Then, in the span of about 10 days, everything shifted. The redistricting war Trump had begun, which had been looking like Napoleon’s doomed invasion of Russia, suddenly swung back in Republicans’ favor. The U.S. Supreme Court opened the door to a rush of racial redistricting across the South, and Virginia’s Supreme Court reversed Democrats’ gains in Virginia. The resulting Republican gerrymandering is acting as a superglue binding the GOP’s splintering hopes for surviving the midterms, but that gerrymandering leaves the party as fragile as ever in the long-term and destined to fall apart once Democrats can fully respond in kind.

• Republican gerrymandering is acting as a superglue binding the GOP’s splintering hopes for surviving the midterms:
• In putting off any reckoning of how Trump’s policies have hurt their constituents, lawmakers are putting a larger target on their backs for further down the road:

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May. 13, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

What a pile of pathetic and apathetic horseshit 💩 excuses for Supreme Court justices, my ever-lovin arse (‿ˠ‿). a big pile of Supreme Court 💩ty (‿ˠ‿) judges

A BIG PILE OF CROOKED DAFFY-DUCK-SHIT 🦆💩 JUDGES.

Them there comie republicans are all a bunch of Goof Ball Hittler wannabees.

"Boy! Wouldn't Hitler be... not just turning in the box they buried him in, he's probably dancing a jig in his box right about now. "Hey, Billy, get the whisky, I'll get me ten-ton whistle!"

CANADIAN NEWS:

AI transcriber for use by Ontario doctors 'hallucinated,' generated errors, auditor finds

Auditor says government testing of systems 'inadequate,' province says errors only in testing phase

Artificial intelligence note-taking tools intended for use by Ontario doctors provided incorrect and incomplete information or demonstrated "hallucinations," and were not evaluated adequately, the province’s auditor general says in a new report. Ontario Auditor General Shelley Spence made the finding in the course of a broader probe of artificial intelligence use across the provincial public service.

During a provincial procurement process for AI medical systems that transcribe conversations between doctors and patients, government evaluators found serious errors in transcripts generated by 20 programs, she said...

• Some AI scribes captured false drug prescriptions:
• Errors made during testing phase of AI programs:

Posted: May 13, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Are Canadians reaching their 'breaking point'? New data shows more people filing for insolvency

First 3 months of 2026 saw the highest number of insolvencies since 2009

More Canadians are filing for insolvency, according to the latest data from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, as rising costs stretch consumers to their limits.

Some 37,121 Canadians filed for insolvency in the first quarter of 2026 — the highest number of consumer insolvencies since 2009, when North America was reeling from the financial crisis. Compared to the same time period last year, insolvencies are up 8.5 per cent. However, the population now is higher than in 2009...

• Bankruptcies rising faster than proposals in some provinces:

WATCH | Young Canadians are debt stressed, and buy now pay later plans aren't helping:

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Posted: May 12, 2026 6:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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OUR ANEMIC ONTARIO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS ON LIFE SUPPORT

Dr. Ford says she's doing fine.

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Hi! Not doing so well again this morning, I've been relaxing here on the couch waiting for the last wave of nausea to pass. It comes and goes, and I didn't want to waste the day on that traffic light reaction, the red, green light thing with the nausea; I don't want to make a mess on the floor or my shoes unexpectedly, either.

So I went to the bathroom to allow my stomach to clear itself. Talk about a CURSE, this GERD stuff. I'm beginning to recover now, feeling weak but relieved. I have the laptop out here on the couch so I can do my daily news more comfortably. The news may be much shorter today, depending on how long it takes me to produce the best product I can. Thank you.

I can't do anything on a cellphone, I simply never learned where they hide the controls, like copy and paste and downloading stuff. I use the phone ONLY to RESPOND to CHATS, read stuff, and look at pictures. Don't know how to post a picture in a chatroom, I simply don't know how, never learned. But I do have an image of myself in every group or page I'm in on the Social Networks. Thank you again for visiting and reading the Tree House News.

For the topic of the day, I would like to introduce you to the question of the ages: In the beginning, there was consciousness, or in the Bible, Let There Be Light!

DISCUSSION OF THE DAY:

IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS CONSCIOUSNESS

🔹AI Overview

The assertion that "in the beginning was consciousness" represents a philosophical, metaphysical, or theological perspective—famously argued by thinkers like Seyyed Hossein Nasr—positing that awareness is *fundamental rather than an emergent property of matter.*

🔹AI Overview

"Let there be light" is a famous phrase from Genesis 1:3 in the Bible, marking God's first spoken command in the creation story. Found in the opening chapter of Genesis, this phrase signifies the creation of light on the first day, separating light from darkness.

Thought! This universe is only one thought in all that is, in consciousness without end. Thought or information is never lost. This universe is only one thought out of several thoughts, the galactic Neuronetwork. Multiverses like the ripples of raindrops in a pond, the pond being the fabric of time and space. That's my 2 cents worth 😉

This is only dipping my toe in the galactic pool of consciousness.

Now, let us go on and take a peek at the BREAKING news and world events for the day.

BREAKING NEWS:

‘My life is not affordable. No one cares 😢

76% of Americans call cost-of-living issues their biggest economic problem

“It’s more expensive to exist.” “You’re just staying afloat instead of getting ahead.” “It should not be like this.”

Those responses to a new CNN poll sum up Americans’ feelings about the economy: They just feel stuck.

CNN’s poll, conducted by SSRS, finds a surge in people naming high prices and the cost of living as the top economic problem facing their family. Strong majorities are pessimistic about the economy as a whole — almost 7 in 10 believe a recession is likely in the next year — and about their own ability to cover expenses and make purchases.

• Americans feel a prevailing sense of economic uncertainty and precarity:

CHART I Included: Nearly three-quarters of Americans say economic conditions are poor

• Cost of living is a major concern across the board:

CHART I Included Percentage who say they could comfortably afford paying $1,000 for an emergency expense

• There’s little belief that the economic system works for average Americans:

CHART I Percentage who say most people who want to get ahead can make it if they're willing to work hard

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Updated May 12, 2026, 9:20 AM ET

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WELCOME TO THE NEW RUSSIA

Democrats’ first test for taking the House: Win Don Bacon’s seat in Nebraska

A primary for an Omaha-based congressional district has turned fractious for Democrats.

During the last presidential election, a “blue dot” in Nebraska held a glimmer of hope on an otherwise rough night for Democrats. Even as then-Vice President Kamala Harris lost every battleground state around the country, she won Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, giving Democrats a lone electoral vote in the red state.

Yet that success at the top of the ticket didn’t help Democrats there defeat incumbent Republican Rep. Don Bacon, costing the party control of an Omaha-based district critical to the narrow majority the GOP has relied on during President Donald Trump’s second term in Washington. The seat is one of just a handful that Harris won in 2024 that is currently represented by a Republican.

This fall, as Bacon prepares to retire, Democrats see their best chance in years to win the seat. “The blessing, and now the curse, for Republicans in CD-2 is that Don Bacon was a unicorn ...

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May. 12, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

NDP slams Ontario government over hospital funding, hallway medicine data

Ontario’s Official Opposition held a press conference at Queen’s Park on Thursday, alleging that provincial government policies are exacerbating a crisis in hospitals, leading to dangerous patient overcrowding and mounting institutional debt.

New Democrat MPPs France Gélinas and Dr. Robin Lennox, the party’s shadow ministers for health and primary care, warned that chronic underfunding is forcing patients into hallways and other unconventional spaces for care...

• “That is what happens when a government knowingly underfunds hospitals year after year.”:
• Government to stop publicly tracking hallway medicine:
• “The metrics you reference are outdated Key Performance Indicators, most of which were introduced in response to COVID-19, being retired from Ontario Health’s (OH) annual reports – in place of these indicators, Ontario Health has introduced 21 newer, more targeted indicators that will continue to produce the same, and in fact more granular, information to the Ministry.”:
• Underfunding leads to hospital debt, staffing crises:
• Calls for immediate action:

Updated: February 07, 2026 at 8:17PM EST

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As of May 2026, Ontario nurses are launching a constitutional challenge against the provincial government over limitations on their right to strike, aiming to strike down the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA). The dispute stems from frustration over imposed contracts that did not address mandatory minimum staffing levels and a desire for greater collective bargaining power.

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Hello there! Well, it's back to the usual, cloudy and coat time as far as the weather goes. Happy Penguin Day, everyone 😁🐧🌞

I would like to share with you a post I happened upon on Quora. I believe this Note is of particular interest to the folks in Ontario.

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What the 'F' is wrong with Americans who aren't on board with free healthcare? I'm Canadian, and I don't care that I pay extra taxes so that a little boy in Alberta can have open heart surgery, or an elderly man in Nova Scotia can get the medication he desperately needs. It's called taking care of your people. I'm glad I pay so that people can have a good quality of life.

It's called being a decent 'Fn' human being.

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But then how would that Orange Puke Head in the States know anything about compassion and empathy?

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I agree 100% with the post I found on Quora, above.

I only have one YIPEAH on this topic.

YIPEAH = Ankle Biter.

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Dear Premier Ford, Evil Clown-in-Charge of the Den of Pirates, Brigands, and Thieves in Ontario:

The Evil Clown-In-Charge 🤡 (S.K. novel) has caused and allowed our Ontario Healthcare System to degrade and slowly slide into the garbage dump. Now we have the least health coverage for the highest cost per person in Ontario, I wish we could get rid of this THIEF of a premier we have, a premier who is working his arse off to privatize our healthcare system before we lose it and have his friends make money from our healthcare needs.

After due consideration, I say it's time to call a Snap Election

Like Poilievre is no more than a dumb-dumb 🗿 parrot 🦜both are Trumpo The Typo's dildo gobblers, in my opinion.

Thank you 🙇‍♀️

This whole thing is beginning to sound like a nightmare, worse than that, it's more like all the dreamed-up conspiracy theories in history suddenly materializing into the real world. Or at least it appears like the whole cast in Ford's Follies and Trump's Trainwreck are being directed to make things they control go that way. Go ahead, glorify disaster! Hate! Kill! Explode, destroy, no mercy, no surrender, life ain't worth a spit.

WHAT'S THE SENSE OF RESISTING? Those who have lived all their lives under the thumb of misery mean nothing to those in power. They will take as many as needed to prevail. I'm not a fan of Iran, but maybe they are showing the world that survival in solidarity and support of their government, however repressive, is preferable to surrender. and by whose judgment, anyway? Were you there? No matter, it's called RESISTANCE. The French did it during the Second World War.

☮️✊VIVE LA RESISTANCE:✊☮️

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Resistance is the refusal to accept or comply with something, the power to withstand forces (such as disease or physical strain), or the opposition to the flow of electric current. It describes an action of opposition, an opposing force (like air resistance), or an organized, underground group acting against an occupying force...

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BREAKING NEWS:

American passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrive in Nebraska

Here's The Latest:

• Seventeen American passengers from the cruise ship at the center of the hantavirus outbreak — including at least one who tested positive — have arrived in Nebraska for evaluation at a highly specialized quarantine unit, officials said. With them is a British national who lives in the US.

• The virus, typically tied to rodents, may have passed from human to human aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, the World Health Organization said. Three ship passengers have died since April 11 and a handful of others are sick.

• Hantavirus remains a low risk to the general public, the global health agency says, and this is "not another Covid-19," its chief said.

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News conference about passengers who returned to the US will start soon

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Updated 9:45 AM EDT, Mon May 11, 2026

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Iran claims its counter proposal to end war is 'reasonable' after Trump's rejection

Iran reportedly demands sovereignty over Strait of Hormuz and war reparations, as oil spikes on escalation fears.

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Here's The Latest:

• Latest on talks: Iran's foreign ministry said its response to a US proposal to end the war, which state media reported included recognition of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, was "reasonable" and "generous." The terms were described yesterday by President Donald Trump as "totally unacceptable."

• Netanyahu weighs in: Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, according to a source and an Israeli official. Netanyahu, in an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” said there was “work to be done” in Iran and acknowledged it retained many of the capabilities it had before the war started.

• Energy crisis: Oil prices are climbing after Trump’s dismissal of Iran’s latest terms, sparking fears of a fresh escalation in the conflict that would keep the vital Strait of Hormuz closed for even longer.

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Iranian, Saudi foreign ministers speak for the second time in 24 hours, Iranian state media says

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Updated 9:07 AM EDT, Mon May 11, 2026

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Trump is busying himself with everything except affordability ahead of the midterms

Addicted to feeding red meat to the base, Trump is ignoring the one issue that matters most.

President Donald Trump demonstrated a show of electoral force last week that gave off the appearance that he still has the juice. In Indiana’s widely-watched Republican primary on Tuesday, his quest for revenge against seven incumbent state senators who dared resist his edict to gerrymander the state’s electoral maps overwhelmingly succeeded. Some Republican pollsters said Trump’s ability to decisively oust Republicans who cross him indicates that, despite his recent breaks from some MAGA influencers, he still has a lock on his electoral base.

But looking ahead to November’s midterm elections, Trump’s performance in Indiana is hardly reason for Republican optimism. He still holds tremendous influence over his own party, no doubt. But that seems to be his sole focus these days, as he busies himself with positions designed to allay right-wing activists in policy areas, like immigration, and provide red meat for the base in ways that are likely to cost the party soft supporters. Meanwhile, he is perpetually ignoring the one thing that could save the GOP in November: delivering on affordability.

• Even the way Trump is handling Iran suggests that his audience is far narrower than the general electorate:

His comically short-lived and ineffectual “Project Freedom” operation last week was the product of a desperate search for good news to sell the base.

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May. 11, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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CANADIAN NEWS:

WHO confirms 7 hantavirus cases linked to cruise ship outbreak

Updated14 minutes ago*

MV Hondius captain thanks guests, crew for 'quiet strength' as final passengers prepare to leave ship

The Latest:

• A French passenger of the MV Hondius cruise ship repatriated to Paris developed symptoms during the flight home and later tested positive for the hantavirus, according to France's health minister.

• U.S. officials say one American passenger flown to Nebraska tested positive without symptoms, while another showed mild symptoms.

• World Health Organization officials say seven hantavirus cases have been confirmed to date, out of a total of nine reported to the global health body.

• Four Canadians who were evacuated from the ship landed in Victoria on Sunday and will isolate in British Columbia for at least 21 days. None were reported to show symptoms of the virus.

• Three people have died since the outbreak began, including a Dutch couple and a German national who had previously left the ship.

• WHO officials continue to reassure the public, saying risk of wider spread remains low and that the Andes strain involved is only rarely transmitted between people...

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May 11, 2026 - 16 minutes ago

3 Ontarians self-isolating: health minister

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WestJet accused of tricky manoeuvre to deny dozens of passengers compensation after flight cancellations

Experts suggest WestJet deliberately swapped planes to avoid paying compensation

Brad Vanderwilk and his girlfriend were midway through dinner on the last night of their Mexican vacation in March when their phones pinged — an email from WestJet saying their flight from Los Cabos to Edmonton the next day had been cancelled.

"We stopped eating because we're like, 'How are we gonna get home?'" said Vanderwilk. "We've got our kids at home. We both have to work. We went into a bit of a tizzy." Instead of a direct flight back, the couple were rerouted through Victoria, forced to stay overnight and arrived home 16 hours late.

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• GO PUBLIC WestJet told passengers flights were cancelled for safety. Records suggest otherwise.

• Data shows 'pattern' of last-minute aircraft swaps:
• Expert questions airline's explanation:
• Advocate calls practice 'fraud':
• Regulator launches investigation:
• Passengers say WestJet withheld key details:
• Off to small claims court:

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Iran responds to US peace proposal | DW News

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