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Catigory - SPACE:

 

Why doesn't SpaceX land Starship on the ground instead of the ocean? Isn't that a waste?

 

Have you wondered why Elon Musk's SpaceX Texas Base is not bringing back the Starship, or payload or second stage, part of the two stage rocket back down to solid ground like the first stage or booster? After all, it is the most important part of the ship if it is going to transport humans.

 

It's ok to transport satellites and other equipment and heavy payloads into space, but why waste all of the delivery part of the ship just disposing of it in the ocean? It seems they can land the launcher, which is much larger, bulkier, and heavier than the second stage, Starship, which is much smaller than the launcher and much lighter coming back after delivery in space and being quite capable of maneuvering coming through the atmosphere  after delivering the payload as it comes back down through the atmosphere. It doesn't make sense to waste all that hardware, electronics, rocketry, and other expensive alloys metals and other matrials used in it’s construction with the shell of a giant stainless-steel spaceship.

 

And if he can't return the most important part of the ship to Earth, then what good is it? I am beginning to believe I will not see man go any further than the space station in my lifetime, and even that has a time limit of 2030.

 

It also doesn't appear like our other Rocket Scientist, Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin, has come up with anything indicating progress with his part of NASA’s Artemis program. I haven’t heard anything about him being ready to send anything up, either. His lips seem to be sealed like a tight-lipped clam. It doesn't appear like he's anywhere near sending peeps to the Moon , let alone Mars.

  

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Question: Why doesn't SpaceX land Starship on the ground instead of the ocean? Isn't that a waste?

 

🔹AI Overview

SpaceX does not land Starship on the ground immediately because it is still in testing. While it seems wasteful, landing in the ocean is a deliberate, strategic choice to maximize safety, refine technology without destroying infrastructure, and maximize payload capacity during development.

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The long-term goal is to catch both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship upper stage using the launch tower ("Mechazilla") at the launch site, but this requires extreme precision that is still being tested.

• Here is why SpaceX currently uses ocean landings:

Safety and Risk Management: Landing a massive, 50-meter-tall ship is incredibly dangerous. If a landing goes wrong, it is far safer for the rocket to crash into the ocean than to explode on land, destroying the launch pad, injuring personnel, or damaging nearby infrastructure.

 

Testing Limits: SpaceX uses these water landings to push the vehicle to the limit, learning how it handles re-entry and landing maneuvers.

 

• Fuel Efficiency and Payload: Returning to the landing pad requires a "boost-back" burn, which consumes a massive amount of fuel. More:

 

• Technical Challenge: Landing on solid ground requires the rocket to hover, which is difficult. Water acts as a cushion. More:

• Avoiding Landing Legs:  Landing legs would reduce the payload it can carry to orbit. More:

 

Isn't it a waste?:

 

SpaceX's ultimate goal is full reusability, but during testing, destroying a prototype in the ocean is considered a necessary cost of learning. SpaceX has already proven it can successfully land and reuse the smaller Falcon 9 rockets; the same principles are being applied to Starship, which has to deal with much higher energy, making the testing process more complex.

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'Pushing this competition': SpaceX's Starship might not fly on NASA's newly revamped Artemis 3 mission

"NASA does not want to have to rely on only one contractor."

Artemis II Flight Readiness Polls Go to Proceed Toward April Launch

- Nasa-gov - March 12, 2026 4:36PM

'Pushing this competition': SpaceX's Starship might not fly on NASA's newly revamped Artemis 3 mission

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News:

"NASA does not want to have to rely on only one one contractor."

New Mission:

NASA's Artemis 3 mission will no longer land astronauts on the moon — and it might not involve SpaceX's Starship megarocket, either.

On Friday (Feb. 27), the space agency announced that it's revamping the architecture of its Artemis program of lunar exploration.

NASA's new plan launches Artemis 3 in 2027 but keeps it in low Earth orbit.

The mission will aim to demonstrate a range of technologies and capabilities there, including a rendezvous and docking procedure between the Orion crew capsule and "one or both commercial landers from SpaceX and Blue Origin," agency officials said in a statement on Friday...

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Published February 28, 2026

After spending all this time since last night researching this, I would say we have a bit of a mix-up in the meanings of debauchery and disorder, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone's wallet is being held hostage. Maybe NASA's wallet is getting some prodding by the can full of flesh-eating worms 🥫🪱🪱🪱 from the Great Brown 💩 House 🛖 on the hill ⛰️

BREAKING NEWS:

Two weeks of war: Inside Trump’s risky decision to attack Iran — and the scramble to contain the fallout

President Donald Trump’s war with Iran was only hours old, and already the plan had gone awry.

Spurred by fresh intelligence that the country’s 86-year-old supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was meeting with his top officials on the morning of Feb. 28, the US and Israel had accelerated plans for an attack in hopes of wiping out the regime’s senior leadership all at once. If it worked, officials calculated, the resulting power vacuum could be filled by a slate of lower-tier leaders they hoped would be open to ushering in a more US-friendly era in Iran.

The first strikes on targets across the country succeeded in killing Khamenei and other high-ranking aides. Yet as early reports trickled in, it became clear they’d created a new problem: All the candidates the administration had eyed to lead Iran had been wiped out too...

MAP Included: Locations in and around Tehran hit by strikes since Feb. 28

• Emboldened by prior strikes:
• ‘Shock and awe times 10’:
• ‘Depart now’:

MAP Included: Strikes across the Middle East

• The biggest ‘I told you so’:
• ‘They’re all over the map’:
• ‘We haven’t won enough’:
• The costly oil fallout:

More to Read:

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2026, 6:01 AM ET - 4 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

He thought he followed all the rules. Then border guards arrested him on the street

Youth mental health worker forced to leave Canada despite pleas from hospital staff

Just weeks ago, Dillon Nolan was envisioning a new chapter of his life in Canada. He married his partner, Dylan Fox, on Valentine’s Day and was, by all accounts, excelling at his job as a social worker specializing in youth mental health at B.C. Children’s Hospital.

Canadian man stuck in ICE detention centre for 4 months, awaiting deportation hearing A couple of weeks later, he was arrested and handcuffed outside a music venue in Vancouver's Gastown where he was about to perform, detained in an immigration holding centre and ordered to leave the country "I was so upset. I was so shocked," Nolan said. "I didn't really know what happened or why."...

WATCH | Youth mental health worker forced to leave Canada:

• Never received letter:
• 'It was so shocking':
• 'I did not think that this could happen':

• The Canada Border Services Agency said in a statement it could not comment on the specifics of Nolan's detention due to privacy.

• The statement also said that visa overstay and misrepresentation could both result in a removal order that the agency would act to enforce.

• IRCC did not respond to CBC's questions by deadline.

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Posted: Mar 14, 2026 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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CANADA🍁: Let us pray 🙏, and please do not forget to write to your member of Parliament.

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🔹AI Overview

Email your Member of Parliament (MP) by finding their address at -ourcommons-ca -, ensuring you include your postal code to prove you are a constituent. Use a clear subject line, keep it concise (3-4 paragraphs), focus on one issue, and use a respectful tone to outline your concern and requested action.

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Now that I have had my first cup of coffee and am now fully awakened, I still feel like there's that darn leftover mental fog from yesterday. OK, maybe it's only the seasonal change that can affect one emotionally; maybe it's the anticipation of spring after that sunny spring-like weather we had, then the letdown of the last little stretch of old man winter, leaving us a little souvenir to remember it by.

As Billy says to his Ma, "I believe the rowboat is a sinkin' ma! I lost the tomato can and cain't bail the boat." Billy stands at attention, salutes with one hand, holding his hat over his heart, and commences to sing "O, Canada" as he and Ma slowly slip below the surface... bubble, bubble... ✨End of Story✨ Except, that would be about where my mood gauge is at this morning... at the part where the water is up to Billy's nose 🤣

I suppose I should have pursued a career in comedy when I had the chance, telling stories at the downtown hotel on karaoke night. But everything went the way it was meant to, and I got to where I am through my own choices, at my own pace, and the Grace of the Great Spirit.

Took a break and went out to my green space for a few moments to watch the beautiful orange and red sunrise. There's something special about that, especially up here on the balcony, my Green Space, five floors up, overlooking the trees of the park, which is all around our building, all the way down to the creek.

I am thinking back that if I were ten years old again, I would probably be spending the day playing with the water striders and tadpoles and inspecting whatever species of insect that may be out and about at this time of year along the creek. Creeks, lakes, edges of swamps, and beaver ponds were always places of great interest to me at that age. I should have been a comedian, botanist, entomologist, astrophysicist, archaeologist, cosmologist, and an armchair shrink, comic book philosopher, and rocket scientist... 🤣😂😆😁

I cannot be certain if anyone got anything out of this, but I certainly did; both the good and the bad were guides for me to follow to where I am today. If you have any brains, you shouldn't get your fingers caught in the same mousetrap twice. Even done that when I was a kid, around 4 or 5, playing chicken with the mousetrap until I got my finger caught in it, I certainly wouldn't forget stuff like that.

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

THIS TO SHALL END

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Question: This too shall end

🔹AI Overview

"This too shall pass" (often phrased as "this too shall end") is a timeless adage of Persian origin reflecting on the impermanence of all situations, both good and bad. It serves as a reminder that no joy or sorrow is permanent, urging endurance during struggles and humility during success.

• Key Aspects of the Adage:

Origin: Often attributed to medieval Persian Sufi poets and popularized through stories of King Solomon.

• Meaning:

• Usage:

• Context:

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The phrase encourages living in the moment and finding peace in the knowledge that change is inevitable.

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Me, I don't care. If it were Billy's distant cousin from three ice ages ago, hanging upside down from a coconut tree branch, I quite agree with those words above by that Persian fellow or gall for us to read and make up our own minds about it. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

BREAKING NEWS:

Four US crew killed in Iraq plane crash as blasts rock Tehran during mass rally

The US confirmed the deaths after a refueling aircraft went down in Iraq, in an incident it said was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”

Here's The Latest:

• Plane crash: At least four US service members were killed when a refueling aircraft went down in Iraq. The US military said the incident was “not due to hostile fire” but an Iranian proxy group claimed responsibility. A second plane was damaged but then landed safely.

• New leader: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been “likely disfigured,” casting doubt on Khamenei first purported message released yesterday.

• Tehran blasts: A strike killed at least one person in Tehran, where explosions were reported near large crowds marking Al Quds Day, an annual international rally in support of Palestinians.

• War on land and sea: Fresh strikes have rocked the region, including more Iranian attacks on Gulf states.

Sources told CNN the White House significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US-Israeli strikes. Hegseth waved off Iran’s actions in the crucial waterway, saying there’s no “need to worry about it.” ...

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7 min ago

US gas prices are at a 22-month high

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Updated 10:23 AM EDT, Fri March 13, 2026

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Four US crew killed in Iraq plane crash as blasts rock Tehran during mass rally

The US confirmed the deaths after a refueling aircraft went down in Iraq, in an incident it said was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”

*Here's The Latest:*

• Plane crash: At least four US service members were killed when a refueling aircraft went down in Iraq. The US military said the incident was “not due to hostile fire” but an Iranian proxy group claimed responsibility. A second plane was damaged but then landed safely.

• New leader: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has been “likely disfigured,” casting doubt on Khamenei first purported message released yesterday.

• Tehran blasts: A strike killed at least one person in Tehran, where explosions were reported near large crowds marking Al Quds Day, an annual international rally in support of Palestinians.

• War on land and sea: Fresh strikes have rocked the region, including more Iranian attacks on Gulf states. Sources told CNN the White House significantly underestimated Iran’s willingness to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to US-Israeli strikes. Hegseth waved off Iran’s actions in the crucial waterway, saying there’s no “need to worry about it.”

*Read More:*

10 min ago

US gas prices are at a 22-month high

More To Read:

Updated 10:12 AM EDT, Fri March 13, 2026

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CANADIAN NEWS:

How rare is it for a prime minister to attract 4 floor-crossers in 4 months?

Macdonald, Chrétien each saw nearly 10 opposition MPs join them during their tenures

Floor-crossing has always been a feature of Canadian politics dating back to the first Parliament — and seeing four opposition MPs jump ship to join the government in a matter of months is rare but not unprecedented.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has only been in office for a year and is ranking near the top in terms of prime ministers who have had opposition MPs join his caucus during a parliamentary session. John A. Macdonald, Robert Borden and Jean Chrétien attracted a swath of MPs to their respective governments — though all in vastly different circumstances...

CHART | Is a number of MPs crossing the floor unprecedented?

• This chart shows how rare it is for floor-crossers to survive the next election

• Latest floor-crossing puts Liberal majority within grasp — but Carney could still hit snags

WATCH | Why are so many MPs crossing to Carney’s team?:

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Posted: Mar 13, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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BREAKING NEWS WARNING! HEALTH CARE C.A. IN DISTRESS!

Canada's hospital emergency rooms have hit a breaking point. Is it the new normal?

Patients across the country can spend days on stretchers and in storage rooms waiting for beds

Six days in an overflow stretcher. Beds in storage rooms. Patients dying in their seats. No, we're not describing an episode of HBO's gritty medical drama The Pitt. These are real-life scenes playing out in Canada's emergency rooms.

From Carbonear, N.L., where a man recently died of a heart attack during a 10-hour wait to see a doctor, to Calgary, where a woman pleaded "please don't let me die" during the hours she bled onto a stretcher in the ER, hospitals are bursting at the seams as backlogs and access issues affect patient flow...

WATCH | Patients at Newfoundland hospital have spent days in overflow:

• 'Breaking point':

WATCH | Edmonton woman wants answers after husband dies in waiting room:

• Ongoing pressure on the system:

CHART | Hospital beds per 1,000 people in 2023

• More primary care needs:
• Is this the new normal?:

WATCH | Long wait times shouldn't be normalized, ER docs say:

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Posted: Mar 13, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

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Question: March 12, 2028 Canada's hospital emergency rooms debaucle

🔹AI Overview

As of early 2026, Canada's hospital emergency rooms continue to face a severe and escalating crisis, characterized by record-high patient wait times, chronic understaffing, and a high volume of patients leaving without receiving care.

Key Data and Trends (Leading into March 2026):

• Patients Leaving Untreated: A September 2025 report revealed nearly 300,000 Ontarians left emergency rooms without being treated in the previous year, a 35.6% increase in premature departures across Canada.

• ER Closures: 2024 was marked as the worst year for Ontario ER closures, with 14,980 hours of temporary closures, according to a CBC analysis.

• Wait Times: Patients in some regions are waiting over 20 hours ER Closures:* 2024 was marked as the worst year for Ontario ER closures, with 14,980 hours of temporary closures, according to a

-CBC- analysis.

4 days ago

Ontario Premier Doug Ford defends his health-care record as hospitals warn of a $1B structural funding deficit. This video breaks down what the funding gap means for patients, hospital services, and the upcoming budget. We explain hallway health care, why doctors and nurses worry about staffing, and what to watch in the 2026 budget.

WHERE ARE ALL THESE NEW RECRUITS OF DOCTORS, NURSES, AND AID WORKERS, MR. FORD? YOU KNOW, THE ONES WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RECRUIT FROM THE U.S.? ANYONE AWAKE UP THERE ON PARLIAMENT HILL?

WHO'S GOING TO WORK YOUR FACTORIES IF EVERYONE IS SICK IN BED OR DEAD?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv7vgXhxEUM

 

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May Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning, all! I'm running a little bit late this morning. I overspent some time chasing a rabbit down its hole, and all I found was a dead skunk in the middle of the road. I kicked it a couple of times, but I didn't get any response other than the lingering aroma. So I went to Canadian Tire, bought a clothespin, put it on my nose, and went my way. SEE! I should be a Conservative politician, like Poilievre. " !" He's a wayward angel 👼 compared to his cousins, those LYING SACKS 🛍 of old vampire bat 🧛‍♀️🦇💩 Cockroaches 🪳 Dunce Brigade 🔺🔺🔺🔺🐘 their Republican cousins south of the border.

_*Well, that is not such a good way to begin the morning, now is it? I am really too distracted at the moment. I feel like the ball at a ping pong tournament. A Republican politician at the lectern, grinning like an alligator and sweating large beads of sweat while waving its tiny hand at the end of the forward right alligator-like appendage at an audience in an auditorium full of Dems. 🫏 ready to KICK ARSE!. 🐘 squeaks into the microphone, and this is when the tossed salad 🥦🍅🥗 begins to fly from the listeners

_*The table server 🤵 arrives at the table, pencil and pad in hand ✏️🗒️🫴 and queries, "Will it be the smorgasbord board special 🍱 or an air sandwich?" 💨🥪 dear sir or madam?

PRAYER OF THE DAY

May G-D - Great Spirit Bless, I pray that those in need are provided for, protected, and guided to your Sanctuary of Love, Light, and Healing.

🌈☀️🌄🏞️🐀🦜🍃🌏🐹🐺🦧🐘🐍🐊🪰🦋🐛🙇‍♀️🙇‍♂️💁‍♀️💃🕺⛹️‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤼‍♀️🫄👶👧👩‍🦳🧓- Many Peeps -

POP GOES THE WORLD!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUUtf7gOe8

☮️✊~ VIVE LA RESISTANCE ~✊☮️

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Confucius:

"HEY! Confucius! Where the "H!" are you when we need you?"

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Question: What is Confucius' famous saying?

🔹AI Overview

Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher, is renowned for wisdom on self-improvement, virtue, and learning. Famous quotes include

• "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop,"

• "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it," and

• "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

Stopping I did stop a couple of times, but I decided it wasn't fun at the bottom of that hole of nothingness, being a nobody in nothingville. It got kind of boring, so I moved on.

Beauty in Nature It was during the moving on that I found the beauty, the color, and aroma of flowers, the colors and patterns on butterflies, a gurgling brook, squirrels, rabbits, skunks, etc. Birds, bird song, the buzzing of insects, peeper frogs, Mother Nature's orchestra, all are little gifts of nature, from Mother Gaia.

Falling: This one I am quite familiar with. Most of what I learned was the hard way, by my own choice, wrong choices. Looking back now, they were lessons. If I hadn't risen every time, I wouldn't be here writing this.

I would like to believe that I have accumulated a bit more of Confucius and less confusion in my life 🙇‍♀️💡 Thank you for reading.

BREAKING NEWS:

The world just smashed the emergency glass on oil prices. Now it’s up to Trump for a long-term fix

Dozens of countries have done the unprecedented, releasing an historic amount of crude from emergency reserves to prevent high oil prices from crippling the economy. If that doesn’t work, there’s only one serious option left: ending the war and opening the Strait of Hormuz.

Those nations this week agreed to send a record 400 million barrels of oil into the market to counteract choked-off crude supplies. It’s the equivalent of smashing the “break in case of emergency” glass for the oil market. That’s because this is truly an emergency. Oil has been stuck in the Middle East for more than a week, as Iran has threatened to attack any ship passing through the strait – a critical waterway through which a fifth of the world’s crude travels...

• Will it work?:
• What’s next?:

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PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2026, 5:00 AM ET

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Iran’s new supreme leader says Strait of Hormuz will remain closed in first message to public

The oil market is also seeing historic disruptions as Iran escalates attacks on global energy supplies and its neighbors.

Here's The Latest

• Iran’s new leader: In his first message since becoming supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said the critical Strait of Hormuz will remain essentially closed as a “tool of pressure” and that Iran’s neighbors are being targeted due to US bases. The statement was read on Iranian state TV on Khamenei’s behalf. He has not been seen in public since his appointment.

• Oil shock: The International Energy Agency said the world is facing the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” President Donald Trump has downplayed soaring oil prices, arguing the US benefits from high energy costs. Trump’s energy secretary said the US Navy is not yet ready to escort vessels through the Strait of Hormuz as Iran attacks ships in the waterway.

• In Lebanon: Israel’s defense minister instructed the military to prepare for expanding operations against Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hundreds have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in renewed fighting...

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21 min ago

Wright criticizes Biden for depleting oil reserves before midterms as Trump does the same

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Updated 11:33 AM EDT, Thu March 12, 2026

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‘Boom Boom’ US propaganda vs. the emerging Iran war reality

The US government doesn’t simply want Americans to support the war it launched with Israel on Iran; it wants to pump people up.

The bending of reality with propaganda videos to defend the Trump administration’s most controversial moves should feel familiar by now. Echoing the sensibility by which the Department of Homeland Security turned mass deportation into Hollywood-style action vignettes, the Pentagon, the White House and US Central Command are meme-ifying war...

• What the Trump administration wants you to see:
• Having ‘fun’
• A War II. The military released a video:

More To Read

PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2026, 4:00 AM ET - 7 hr ago

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Carney heads to Arctic war games as NATO flexes muscle in Norway

Canadian officials say observing exercise will help inform domestic Arctic defence

Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Yellowknife on Thursday before heading to Norway and the United Kingdom for meetings with allied leaders.

While in Norway he'll travel north beyond the Arctic Circle this weekend to observe NATO's massive biennial Cold Response training exercise, which is taking place against a backdrop of heightened international tensions, including the ongoing war in the Middle East between the United States and Israel and Iran.

Accompanying the prime minister to the military exercise will be his Norwegian counterpart and the chancellor of Germany. Both countries are backing a bid by German submarine-maker TKMS to sell Canada new subs, but senior government officials said Wednesday the multibillion-dollar program is not on the agenda...

WATCH | NATO ally Sweden's defence strategy:

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Posted: Mar 12, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

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Some teachers 'wearing Kevlar': Data shows physical violence still a problem in N.S. schools

More than 27,000 incidents of physical violence reported in 2024-25

The unions representing Nova Scotia teachers and support staff say school violence remains a top concern for its members, as the Education Department reports tens of thousands of violent incidents in recent years.

Data provided to CBC News by a department spokesperson shows there were 27,108 recorded incidents of physical violence in the 2024-25 school year, following 21,398 incidents the previous year. There were 27,486 recorded incidents in 2022-23, highlighted when the province’s auditor general issued a report sounding the alarm that school violence was on the rise and staff were not properly equipped to handle it...

• New student code of conduct:
• Smaller class sizes could help: NSTU:

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Posted: Feb 04, 2026 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: February 4

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POP GOES THE WORLD!

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Good morning 🌄everyone. I am not certain how much of the news I will be able to deliver on time today. I have a dentist's appointment at 11:00 AM; not certain if that will cut into my news time. If it does, the Tree House News will be published later today. I thought I would check back on the latest happenings or not happenings with Ontario Health Care hiring new doctors.*_

I'm a little disorganised this morning, but I think I've finally got both ends to connect. For a moment there, I thought my train of thoughts weren't going to quite make it around that sharp bend and end up in the swamp with the gators! 😱🌾🐊🐊🐊 *Checking my checklist 📜 Hey!* What do you know? They all made it, in one piece! Miracle In Ogden's Swamp! 🌾🫟🐸~ croak ~ ♪♫ - 🎵🎶 A bilingual frog?

OK! That's enough nonsense from me, now "ON WITH THE SHOW!" shouts Bugs Bunny as he leans against a fake tree on the stage, takes a chomp from his cawwot and says, "Eeep, What's up, Doc? - 🐰🥕 🧑‍🔬 "Oooh! That Long Eared Galoot!" Yosemite Sam shouts out loud, smoke coming out of his ears 🧑‍🎄👂💨 There! I even ended this morning's Newsroom Report with Drama and Cartoons, my personal diary, and my thoughts, feelings, and opinions. How do you like that? I pray you all have a better day than yesterday.

"HOLY 💩 MY BOOMERANG 🪃 WON'T COME BACK!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRniKsa5kls

TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

IS ONTARIO HIRING NEW DOCTORS?

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Question:

Update on Health Care Ontario hiring new doctors, March 11, 2026?

🔹AI Overview

As of March 11, 2026, Ontario is heavily investing in expanding its primary care workforce *to address significant doctor shortages*, with a focus on team-based care and accelerated licensing for foreign-trained physicians. The province is currently in the process of selecting recipients for a new round of funding aimed at connecting 500,000 more residents to primary care teams.

*- Ontario-ca -*

• Key Updates as of March 2026:

Primary Care Expansion: The 2026–2027 call for proposals is underway, investing over $250 million to create/expand approximately 75 new primary care teams, with final selection expected by Spring 2026.

• Targeted Recruitment & Immigration:* On February 2, 2026, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued 129 invitations to foreign-trained physicians (specialists and general practitioners) under a new, streamlined category, with further rounds expected.

• "As of Right" Rules:* Effective January 1, 2026, new rules allow physicians and nurses already certified in another Canadian province to work immediately in Ontario without waiting for registration, enabling faster, in-some-cases 10-day, hiring.

• International Doctor Pathway:* As of Jan 1, 2026, self-employed, internationally educated doctors can apply for permanent residence in Ontario without a traditional employer job offer, provided they have a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) registration and an OHIP billing number.

• Medical School Expansion:* The province is implementing the largest expansion in over a decade, adding 340 undergraduate seats and 551 postgraduate positions by 2028-29, which will increase family medicine graduates by 67%.

• Local Recruitment:* In specific regions, such as Muskoka-Almaguin, recruiters are actively working to establish sponsors to officially hire incoming doctors, satisfying federal immigration criteria as of early March 2026.

Ontario Newsroom

Progress Toward Goals:

• Patient Attachment: Since 2018, Ontario has added nearly 20,000 physicians, including a 14% increase in family doctors.

• Waitlist Reduction: The Health Care Connect waitlist has been reduced by over 75% as of January 2026, with a target to connect all Ontarians to a primary care provider by 2029.

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Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan: 1-year progress update

Learn about Ontario’s progress towards connecting every person in Ontario to primary care by 2029.

*Overview: Primary Care Action Team*

Question: Ontario's Primary Care Action Plan Progress Update

🔹AI Powered

• February 2024: Ontario announced the first expansion of primary care teams in more than a decade, investing more than $110 million to connect up to 328,000 people to primary care.

• December 1, 2024: Based on the success of recent primary care team expansion, Ontario established the Primary Care Action Team (PCAT), led by Dr. Jane Philpott, with a mandate to connect every Ontarian to primary care by 2029.

• January 27, 2025: The government launched the Primary Care Action Plan, with the goal of attaching everyone in Ontario to a publicly funded primary care clinician or team by 2029. This plan is supported by a historic $2.1 billion provincial investment, which builds on the government’s February 2024 investment of $110 million.

• January 2026: Ontario marked one year since the launch of the Primary Care Action Plan, with the province on track to meet its first-year goal of attaching 300,000 patients in Ontario to primary care.

Investments to date

Through Your Health: A Plan for Connected and Convenient Care, the Ontario government continues to take action to grow the province’s highly skilled health-care workforce and ensure people and their families have access to high-quality care, closer to home, for generations to come.

Closing the gap

• Ontario’s Primary Care Action Plan:

Mandate: Attach two million more people to primary care by 2029.

• Connecting you to a primary care team:
• Making primary care more connected and convenient:
• Supporting primary care providers:
• Connecting everyone by 2029:
• Primary care team expansion timelines:

Next steps

Next steps

• The 2026–27 call for proposals will invest over $250 million in approximately 75 new and expanded primary care teams to connect 500,000 more people to care, with selection and funding occurring by Spring 2026.

• Selection of locations for primary care teaching clinics and funding to support early capital planning.

• Minister of Health to release annual report outlining how the government is achieving objectives outlined in the Primary Care Act, 2025 in June 2026.

And More:

Steps taken to improve Health Care Connect

Appendix

• Calculating primary care attachment:

Steps taken to improve Health Care Connect

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Updated: January 12, 2026

Ontario's Primary Care Action Plan Progress Update

BREAKING NEWS:

Attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz escalate, as Iran launches ‘intense’ strikes

Here's The Latest:

• Attacks near strait: Three vessels were hit by unknown projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz today, the UK’s maritime agency said. Meanwhile, three crew members on board a Thai vessel remain unaccounted for after it was struck today. Sources told CNN Tehran had begun laying mines in the key waterway.

• Iran ramps up: Iran claimed it launched its “most intense and heaviest operation” since the start of the war, state media reported, as interceptions were reported across Gulf states and Israel. Russia is also now giving Iran specific advice on drone tactics, a source tells CNN.

• Renewed attacks: Israel said it had begun an “additional wave” of strikes on targets in Tehran today. Beyond the capital, a CNN team in northern Iran reported nighttime air raids lasting nearly an hour. Strikes in Iran have killed more than 1,300 since the conflict started, according to Iran’s UN ambassador.

• Supreme leader: The son of Iran’s president says new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei “is safe” amid rumors he was injured in US-Israeli strikes. Khamenei has not been seen in public since his election on Sunday.

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Updated 8:36 AM EDT, Wed March 11, 2026

The news about Ontario's plans to make the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) more responsive to Ontarians' increasing needs is wonderful. It has plans to invest in bringing more doctors and licensed medical practitioners to the province within the stated delivery times. The information available to the public about these improvements lacks one crucial detail: progress against plan.

How are your plans doing, Mr. Ford? How much has been spent, and what did we buy with it? "Show me the money trail!"

BREAKING NEWS:

Attacks on ships in Strait of Hormuz escalate, as Iran launches ‘intense’ strikes

Here's The Latest:

• Attacks near strait: Three vessels were hit by unknown projectiles near the Strait of Hormuz today, the UK’s maritime agency said. Meanwhile, three crew members on board a Thai vessel remain unaccounted for after it was struck today. Sources told CNN Tehran had begun laying mines in the key waterway.

• Iran ramps up: Iran claimed it launched its “most intense and heaviest operation” since the start of the war, state media reported, as interceptions were reported across Gulf states and Israel. Russia is also now giving Iran specific advice on drone tactics, a source tells CNN.

• Renewed attacks: Israel said it had begun an “additional wave” of strikes on targets in Tehran today. Beyond the capital, a CNN team in northern Iran reported nighttime air raids lasting nearly an hour. Strikes in Iran have killed more than 1,300 since the conflict started, according to Iran’s UN ambassador.

• Supreme leader: The son of Iran’s president says new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei “is safe” amid rumors he was injured in US-Israeli strikes. Khamenei has not been seen in public since his election on Sunday.

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What to know about the Strait of Hormuz, as 3 vessels hit by projectiles

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Updated 8:36 AM EDT, Wed March 11, 2026

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Trump’s war of choice in Iran hands Putin an opportunity

Russian President Vladimir Putin knows how to find opportunity in crisis, and the metastasizing Iran war is the latest case in point.

Putin began the year projecting confidence about his campaign to subjugate Ukraine, despite incremental progress on the battlefield. But in early January, the Trump administration dealt a blow to Russia’s prestige with the ouster of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, a strategic partner of Moscow, in a daring commando raid.

And when the new war erupted in the Gulf region, Putin initially looked to be a loser: US-Israeli decapitation strikes killed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, another longtime ally of Russia, and decimated Iranian military targets. The strategic partnership Moscow inked with Iran last year appeared to be a mere scrap of paper.

Khamenei, it’s worth remembering, was only the latest friend of the Kremlin to fall: In early December 2024, just over a year before the toppling of Maduro, the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, a longtime client of Moscow, came crashing down...

• A global energy crisis helps Putin:
• Ukraine reaches out to Iran targets:

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PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2026, 12:00 AM ET - 9 hr ago

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Another Creep, A dangerous CREEP from CREEPS VILE RUSSIA, this one has brains, "but beware! They're defunct brains of The Evil Genius! 🤠 put that in your pipe 🪈 and smoke 💨 it Mr. Putin.

CANADIAN NEWS:

First Nation in northern Ontario praises mining company for 'true reconciliation'

Landore Resources Canada Inc. withdraws application to renew mining lease

As the Ontario government continues to push for development in northern Ontario, an Anishinaabe First Nation in the region is praising a mining company for “demonstrating true reconciliation” by agreeing to withdraw from an area in the community’s traditional territory. Landore Resources Canada Inc., the company behind the BAM Gold Project at Junior Lake, has been conducting exploration activities in the Thunder Bay district.

But after hearing concerns from Biigtigong Nishnaabeg (also known as Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation) about potential exploration in an area known as the Seeley property, Landore withdrew its application to renew its mining lease there. The property sits on lands of cultural significance to the community...

"I think what's important for proponents and industries to remember is to have that dialogue and to include First Nations. Don't do it in absence of us."

LISTEN | Gary Quisses: Ring Of Fire:

• ‘There's a little bit of a trade off’:

WATCH | How Ontario will accelerate Ring of Fire development:

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Posted: Mar 11, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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ONTARIO HEALTH CARE REPORT