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Great Spirit bless 🙏

It's a splendid, sunny 🌅 morning again on this Friday in early June with the blossoms blooming, the birds singing, and maybe no sewer shitsnuffaluffagus today 🚚➰ Honestly, that thing sounds like someone dropped a boulder on a dragon's tail. The dragon roared, and an explosion of flames ensued, and now the boulder holder's pants are on fire.🪨🦖💥👖🔥

Well, I do pray that we have a lot of BRAVE BOULDER HOLDERS defending and protecting the people's fort of constitutional rights against the mean old Orange Wannabe Dick-tater 👃🥔all 3 1/2 inches, according to Stormy Daniels. Never met the woman, but I believe I would enjoy her company.

What thoughts to think first thing in the morning. Then, the silence between the garbage truck and the construction work gone manual is shattered by the cacophony of sirens from police, fire engines, and ambulances somewhere southwest of us. "Hear all about it!" At 6:00 PM on the - CHCH News - out of Hamilton.

That's about all I have to share from the Newsroom for today. I will now turn the topic over to the Discussion of the Day. Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News.

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

ONTARIO HEALTH CARE UPDATE

- Google Search -

Question: Ontario budget 2026 health care

🔹AI Overview

Ontario's 2026 budget allocates a record $101.2 billion to the health care sector, featuring a heavy emphasis on primary care expansion, hospital upgrades, and home care. Key commitments include $604 million for primary care teams, $1.1 billion for hospital operations, and $64 billion toward a 10-year infrastructure plan.

Core Health Care Investments

• Primary Care: The province is dedicating $604 million to primary care teams (including $325 million in new targeted funds) with the goal of attaching 500,000 more people to continuous primary care. This includes up to $300 million to expand 18 primary care teaching clinics.
• Hospitals:
• Home & Community Care:
• Health Infrastructure:

Workforce and Specialized Services

• Nursing Education:
• Long-Term Care:
• Autism Programs:

You can read the full, comprehensive *2026 Ontario Budget Chapter 1B Services* or review the *Highlights of the 2026 Budget* for detailed provincial breakdowns...

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Question: Who is in charge of Ontario Health Care funding for Ontario in 2026?

🔹AI Overview

Ontario's health care funding in 2026 is directed by the Ministry of Health, with operations and system coordination managed by the provincial agency Ontario Health.

• Key Leadership & Responsibilities:

Contact:

Sylvia Jones

Ontario Minister of Health, responsible for setting legislative policies, determining budgets, and administering public health programs (including OHIP).

Matthew Anderson

Is the President and CEO of Ontario Health.

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BREAKING NEWS:

The US economy added a stronger-than-expected 172,000 jobs last month

The US labor market appears to have found its footing:

The economy added 172,000 jobs in May, shattering expectations, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Friday. The latest jobs report provided some reassurance that the US labor market may be stabilizing after a year of weak and stilted job growth: Unemployment held steady at 4.3%, while employment gains topped 100,000 for the third consecutive month, a pattern not seen since early 2024.

Job growth was also far stronger than initially thought in recent months. March’s payroll gains were revised up by 29,000 to 214,000, while April’s tally was revised higher by 64,000 to 179,000 jobs added. Economists were expecting that employers added 105,000 jobs last month and that the unemployment rate wouldn’t budge from 4.3%.

CHART | Included: The US jobs in May and the unemployment rate remained at 4.3%

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1 hr 1 min ago

Updated Jun 5, 2026, 8:33 AM ET

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Senate Republicans fall in line with Trump and pass reconciliation bill

Passing billions in funding for ICE and CBP outweighed Republican complaints about Trump’s $1.8 billion settlement fund.

After a marathon session of votes Thursday and Friday, senators passed a roughly $70 billion reconciliation bill funding immigration enforcement as more moderate Republicans abandoned efforts to constrain President Donald Trump’s $1.8 billion settlement fund — and a host of other controversies — and advanced the legislation without imposing any new restrictions on the president.

Democrats were able to force votes on a number of hot-button issues.

News

• Senate Republicans are on a collision course with Trump over their reconciliation bill:
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Jun. 5, 2026, 5:38 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Canadian economy adds 88,000 jobs in May, defying economists' expectations

It's the first significant employment gain since November 2025, says StatCan

Canada's economy added 88,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell ‌back to 6.6 per cent in May, data showed on Friday, defying widespread expectations and showing signs of some resilience despite softer economic growth.

Canada had lost 112,000 net jobs in the first four months of 2026, but May's big addition helped erase almost 80 per cent of the job losses posted since the year began. It's the first significant employment gain since November, according to Statistics Canada. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast the unemployment rate to hold at the six-month-high ​level reached in April at 6.9 percent...

CHART | Monthly change in jobs in Canada

CHART | Unemployement rate in Canada

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Posted: Jun 05, 2026 8:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 36 minutes ago

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NASA orders International ‌Space Station astronauts to shelter, prepare for evacuation due to air leak

Russian crew ‌attempts to fix worsening air ​leak on its portion of orbital laboratory

LISTEN TO SOUNDTRACK

NASA ordered astronauts aboard the International ‌Space Station to shelter ​in their spacecraft ⁠and ⁠prepare ‌for potential evacuation on ⁠Friday, as a Russian crew ‌attempted to fix a worsening ​leak ⁠of air ⁠on ⁠its portion ⁠of ​the orbital laboratory, ​the U.S. agency ⁠said.

More to come.

Posted: Jun 05, 2026 10:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

- CBC -

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Poll suggests 84% of Albertans want privacy law to cover political parties and candidates

Privacy watchdog renews call for legislative changes in wake of data breach

LISTEN TO SOUNDTRACK

At least four in five Albertans agree that the privacy law applying to businesses should also apply to political parties, suggests a new Ipsos poll, conducted for a B.C. privacy advocacy organization. Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Diane McLeod says the poll results bolster her call for her office to have oversight of political parties, following a massive voter data breach that came to light in April.

“I think there's a loss of trust,” she said in an interview with CBC News on Thursday. Elections Alberta has said the pro-independence Republican Party of Alberta’s legally acquired list of nearly three million Alberta electors and their personal information — somehow ended up in the hands of a separatist group called the Centurion Project...

• Privacy director says political parties’ stances outdated:
• Voter says province must do more in wake of breach:
• Major parties say voter data protection strong:

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Posted: Jun 05, 2026 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

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House passes bill to aid Ukraine and impose new sanctions on Russia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlBGHBV5kQI

President reacts to the House passing a war powers resolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWV95x0mdWY

 

NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

It's another beautiful, bright, warm, typical early June morning here at the Tree House on the Niagara Peninsula. I pray that we continue having just ordinary, good-old-fashioned, lazy, hazy days of summer, like we used to have back in the Sixties and Seventies, the best years of my life. Not that I didn't enjoy life after, I just enjoyed it differently. And that's another story, that's the one that I share in bits and pieces, in my online diary-blog, and even here on the social networks.

I have nothing to lose; I don't have anything in this physical world that is of much value to anyone else; I am not an important person; I'm just the curious type, and since I have nothing to lose, I like to know what's behind Curtain Number Three. Or all the parts that make the whole work. Unless it's extraterrestrial and outside the realm of time and space, everything within the physical universe can be measured to explain how the beast works, but not necessarily what it looks like, so they develop better technology and measure ever-greater distances.

This type of behavior is called CURIOSITY, like ya know, ya gotta turn the bug over ta see how many legs it's got. And I got the bug 🪲 and voilà! Here I am writing a news blog, which I vowed to myself to carry on with you all through this mess until the FAT ORANGE MAGGOT JABBA THE HUTT AND HIS DUNCE CADETS ARE NO MORE. That sounds like a legend that should go down in history. I pray 🙏 for humanity to overcome what might be the greatest stumbling block 🪨 we will encounter before we learn again how to fly 🦅 straight and true.*_

This Clown Maniac 🤡🤣 with the Big Red Button 🔴 in hand is the world's most dangerous beast, the Anti-Christ, so he self-proclaimed to be. Then a thousand years of peace will follow. Just optimistic enough to be anxious to see it come, like this very large light in the sky that makes night look like daylight. Like the light, the Children of Fatima and an entire crowd of people witnessed. Or how about that UFO, the description of the New Jerusalem coming down from the stars?

- Google Search:

Question: The Biblical New Jerusalem

🔹AI Overview

The Biblical New Jerusalem is the ultimate, heavenly city described in the Book of Revelation as the eternal dwelling place of God and the redeemed. Representing the climax of biblical prophecy, it is depicted as a radiant, paradise-like city characterized by unimaginable dimensions, flawless materials, and the permanent removal of human suffering

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Question: The thousand year reign in the bible

🔹AI Overview

The "thousand-year reign" (or the Millennium) is a prophetic period mentioned explicitly in Revelation 20:1–7. It describes a time when Satan is bound in an abyss, and Christ and His resurrected saints reign on earth or in heaven. It ends with Satan's temporary release, a final rebellion, and the Last Judgment.

Biblical scholars, theologians, and Christian denominations generally interpret the nature and timing of this 1,000-year period in three distinct ways:

• 1. Premillennialism:
• The Sequence:

Christ physically returns (the Second Coming), believers are resurrected, and a literal 1,000-year era of worldwide peace and righteousness begins.

• Details:
• Learn More:

2. Amillennialism:

This perspective interprets the 1,000 years symbolically rather than as a literal span of time.*

• The Sequence:
• Details:
• Learn More:
• 3. Postmillennialism:
• Key Biblical Passages:

Isaiah 11:1–9: The "peaceable kingdom" where the wolf dwells with the lamb.

Daniel 7:13–14: The description of an everlasting kingdom given to the "Son of Man".

Psalm 2:6–9: The establishment of God's ruler on Zion

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Thank you for visiting and reading my Blog News - The Tree House News.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Iran war powers rebuke shows how Trump is increasingly boxed in

Ahead of a House vote Wednesday on whether to rein in President Donald Trump’s Iran war powers, Speaker Mike Johnson pleaded with Republicans to oppose it. In an interview with CNN’s Manu Raju, he repeatedly said it would be “dangerous” and would sap Trump of negotiating power to cut a deal to end the war.

And the thing is: Johnson had a point. Such votes signal a lack of resolve even in Trump’s own party to continue the war. But four Republicans voted for it anyway, allowing the resolution to pass 215-208 and delivering Trump one of the biggest legislative rebukes of his presidency...

• Retreating on the Kennedy Center and ‘anti-weaponization’ fund:
• Political setbacks, from Pulte to primaries:
• No good way out of the Iran war:

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PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2026, 12:00 AM ET

- CNN -*

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Supreme Court turns toward an explosive final month with Trump’s priorities at stake

The Supreme Court is facing an extraordinary showdown with Donald Trump as the justices scramble to finish more than two dozen opinions before the end of the month — with a president who will lash out if any decisions don’t go his way. Pending decisions on executive power, immigration, mail ballots and the Second Amendment could all have an outsize influence on the next two years of Trump’s presidency.

Of the 26 cases the high court is expected to decide before the end of June, the Trump administration took an active role in all but one. The court is expected to announce opinions on Thursday, but it’s unclear which of the dozens of cases already heard might come down then, or how many opinions the court may put out. Topping the list is a series of appeals dealing with Trump’s power to fire officials within the executive branch that Congress tried to insulate from presidential control...

• ‘You’re fired’:

Fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, over allegations that she committed fraud by claiming two properties as her principal residence

Birthright citizenship returns:

VIDEO | Included:

• Transgender athletes long-shot:
• Second Amendment showdown:
• Picking midterm winners:

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2 hr ago

Updated Jun 4, 2026, 7:15 AM ET

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Alberta separatists claim independence means holding onto a Canadian passport. We asked legal experts

Experts say an independent Albertan wouldn’t be entitled to Canadian citizenship

As questions around the logistics of separation loom ahead of the Oct. 19 Alberta referendum on whether or not to kickstart the legal process of exiting Canada, the question of citizenship remains a murky one.

While several separatists claim an independent Alberta would mean citizens would continue to carry Canadian passports, experts in constitutional law say that isn’t a guarantee.

“The answer is that Albertan residents and citizens in a new theoretical Republic of Alberta would have no entitlement to Canadian citizenship in the absence of Canada's consent," said Gerard Kennedy, an associate professor in the faculty of law at the University of Alberta...

• ‘More options, not less,’ separatists claim:
• Canada gets the final say:

WATCH | Clarity Act won't apply to Alberta's referendum question, Carney says:

• Challenges include dual citizenship, international recognition:

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Posted: Jun 04, 2026 8:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

- CBC -

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Supersized data centres are coming to Canada. One province is at the epicentre

So far, Canada has 5 hyperscale data centres. Another 96 are in development.

A new national AI strategy by the federal government this week comes at a time when the country is confronting a wave of new high-powered data centres, while public sentiment could be souring on the impacts of the new technology. Data centres have long been under-the-radar for many Canadians, but that’s about to change.

New research from York University points to a dramatic shift in data centres in the country: The ones being built now have 10 times the capacity of what's come before, which is driving up concerns about the land, water, and energy they consume. Alberta is at the epicentre with available energy, incentives, and open arms by the government...

CHART | Included: How Canadians feel about data centers in their area

• Rapid growth:
• Alberta is calling:

CHART | Included: Provincial share of planned data center capacity

• Plethora of concerns:
• Reducing impacts:

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Posted: Jun 04, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 34 minutes ago

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A hyperscale AI data centre boom is coming

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

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

Morning, all! Well, it's a beautiful sunny Wednesday morning. Here I am once more, sitting outside in my Green Space 🌿🌳🌴🦜🌺🌸🪴 while I have my first coffee ☕️ of the morning 🌅. It is wonderful to be able to sit outside without a dum-dum 🗿 coat 🧥 on. I have taken on a project in Sketching and designing right now, which I enjoy doing at the patio table in my Green Space. Much brighter light to work with, and it gives me a chance to get some sun and fresh air for a while at the same time.*_

Holy smokes! Where did everyone go? I guess it's summertime where most everyone is busy doing something outdoors, I would suppose. I also wouldn't be surprised that, for those who can't even afford a steak for a "steak-cation," they will have to settle for baloney sandwiches🥪🥪🥪 and a glass of water 🍸

Let us start the morning by;

LETTING THIS SINK IN, dum-dum! ⛲🗿

WHO AND WHEN WILL SANITY FINALLY HIT HOME? When will someone with a sane mind REMOVE THIS FAKE KINK, MANIAC, DEMENTED, PEDOPHILE, WANKER FROM HIS THRONE? If you don't, THEN SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES! Don't forget that this is a maniac with access to the BIG RED LAUNCH MISSILES BUTTON 🔴

In my opinion, or from my perspective on this, all that Iran needs to do is refine enough fissile material for one atomic bomb, and they instantly become a superpower, a threat to all nations. Think of that one too, eh? It would be like if France gave Canada one nuclear bomb; Canada would instantly become a superpower. All you have to do is blow up one city. WHICH ONE? Once they detect who launched the nuclear missile, a fleet of atomic bombs will follow it back to its origin, starting a chain reaction of missiles being launched everywhere. And that's that, the Earth will look more closely like Mars when the fires go out.

Welcome To Mars! This is Skyhook 223 MARK 2 going to City Square 🏘️🛖⛺️🕌 Destination: The famous Face 🧝‍♂️ on West Ave., Sector 34, and southeast of the Great D&M Pyramid 🛕 "How's life on Mars?" I ask the chap standing beside me, looking out at the desolate landscape. "I say," he said, "Well, it goes like this, dear chap, IT'S QUITE BREATH TAKING!" When they say gas station here, they mean gas, like in oxygen, and the sign said 500 miles to the next gas station to get gassed 🤣🦯💨🍾

How can we expect to reach the stars when we are still behaving like a bunch of barbarians beating each other up with sticks and stones? Or climbing over one another like crabs in a bucket?

I would like to believe, and pray 🙏 that, as humans, humanity as one species, we should be more evolved emotionally, intellectually, and empathetically, so that we may teach other evolutionary beings by example, doing it as a more evolved, advanced, more benevolent, caring, civilized species, and break the chain of this never-ending GROUND HOG DAY!

Thank you for visiting and reading the Tree House News.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Read Scott Pelley’s full statement on firing from CBS News’ ‘60 Minutes’

“The collapse of values at the top has become untenable,” the award-winning journalist said. “The leadership of 60 Minutes is no longer recognizable.”

VIDEO | Included:

Veteran journalist Scott Pelley released a statement Tuesday night after he was fired from CBS News’ “60 Minutes,” bashing the network’s new leadership and saying “the collapse of values at the top” had become “untenable.” Pelley, whose decadeslong career at CBS News earned him dozens of Emmy Awards, was ousted from the network after criticizing the show’s newly named executive producer, Nick Bilton, and editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, in a recent staff meeting.

In a call with CBS News staff members on Wednesday, Weiss defended Pelley’s firing and accused him of having broken a foundation of “trust and mutual respect.” “Despite our attempts to engage with Scott Pelley and to find a way back, ...

Now, the new owner of our network is casting this legend aside, apparently to curry a moment of favor with the Trump administration.

News:

• Scott Pelley fired from CBS News after tense ‘60 Minutes’ meeting:

The waste is heartbreaking.

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Jun. 3, 2026, 10:29 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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Republican infighting in Iowa points to GOP peril after Feenstra loses governor’s race

Trump’s endorsement has essentially been the gold standard in Republican politics. But not this time.

Republicans have not lost a gubernatorial race in Iowa since George W. Bush was president. So the anxiety within the GOP as voters went to the polls Tuesday was, on its face, hard to explain...

But the projected defeat of Rep. Randy Feenstra, Trump’s endorsed candidate, in the GOP primary for governor was an early sign of just how unpredictable voters may be in Iowa this year.

In the two decades since a Democrat last won the governorship, in 2006, Iowa has gone from presidential battleground to reliably red-state terrain, carried three times by Donald Trump. In most election cycles, that record would all but guarantee a comfortable race for Republicans this fall — even in a year when momentum is building on the left. *Not this year*...

• What happened in Iowa on Tuesday was a clear test case of just how far the president’s blessing and the sway of partisan identity can carry a candidate over the finish line:

Iowa could become a tipping point for either Republicans maintaining sway for the final two years of Trump’s time in power or seeing it slip away.

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Jun. 3, 2026, 12:53 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEWS:

Above World Cup venues, fighter jets will be on patrol

No fly zone in effect over FIFA sites, planes and drones banned

Fighter jets — likely armed with missiles and machine guns — will be on patrol over Vancouver and Toronto over the next several weeks, protecting World Cup match venues and fan festivals. "It'll be very big," U.S. Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot told CBC News in an exclusive interview. He described the deployment as an "air patrol overhead to make sure that no aircraft with nefarious intent could get in there and interfere with the games."

While such combat air cover is standard in war zones, the armed missions are less frequently used in North American airspace — and happen at higher altitudes, so most people wouldn’t notice. Major events, such as the Super Bowl or any attended by the U.S. president, are common instances where military aircraft are on patrol...

• Practice interception over Toronto in June:
• Protecting airspace:

WATCH | The massive co-ordinated World Cup security effort:

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Posted: Jun 03, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 hours ago

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Trump moves to hit over 60 countries including Canada with new tariffs over 'forced labour'

Proposed tariffs the latest step in replacing duties struck down by U.S. Supreme Court

The Trump administration plans to impose new tariffs on dozens of trading partners, including Canada, over allegations the countries are allowing goods produced by forced labour into their supply chains.

It's the White House's latest step to replace the broad-based tariffs that were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in February. The proposed new tariffs were announced by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer late Tuesday night, not long after he wrapped up an afternoon meeting with Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc in Washington...

WATCH | Carney downplays impact of new 'forced labour' tariff:

• Forced labour accusation 'absurd,' says EU official:

Greer has now proposed a list of tariff rates that would apply to each trading partner*

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Posted: Jun 03, 2026 11:26 AM EDT | Last Updated: 38 minutes ago

- CBC -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWMceWTr8i8

 

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

Wow! Can you believe this, eh? Four days of consecutive sunny weather. I wish I could hold this high-pressure system down with a hammer and pegs 🔨📌 like a tent ⛺️ If I could, I would. I love being able to sit outside in my Green Space 🌿🌳🌴🦜🌺🌸🪴 while I have my first coffee ☕️ of the morning 🌅. At least here in the Newsroom, all is well and peaceful when I was out in my Green Space. I wonder what they did to that sewer shitsnuffaluffagus. No roaring of the shitsnuffaluffagus today, "Grrreeat!" says Tony the Tiger. 🐯

Actually, they're more like Sahelanthropus than homo sapiens. The shitsnuffaluffagus has no relation to Mr. Snuffleupagus, Snuffy the muppet on TV. After all, no self-respecting Snuffleupagus would want even to get close to... well, maybe it went to find another sewer to suck. "Dum - dum sewer sucking truck!" - 🚚➰

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Well, for us Canadians:

Here is an update on Carney's Canada Strong Fund proposal.

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Where do you get the Canada Strong Fund?

AI Overview

Everyday Canadians will be able to get the Canada Strong Fund through a dedicated retail investment product, allowing you to invest directly alongside the private sector into major national projects.

The government is currently setting up a transition office to finalize details on how individual investors can purchase these products through their regular financial institutions.

• What you need to know:

How it works: It is being designed like a Crown corporation to finance infrastructure, clean energy, and critical mineral projects, and is expected to work similarly to government bonds.

• Investment:
• Current Status:

You can read more about the mandate and objectives in the [Department of Finance Canada Strong Fund Release]<-Link.

As the retail product is launched, you will be able to purchase it through YOUR PERSONAL BANK BROKERAGE.

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Well, there's not much more astir here in the Newsroom at this time, so we may as well go on with the local and national news. Thank you for reading the Tree House News.

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BREAKING NEWS:

Clashes continue in Lebanon despite Israel and Hezbollah accepting US partial ceasefire plan

Clashes have continued in southern Lebanon despite Israel and Hezbollah accepting a US plan for a partial ceasefire.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he had spoken to both sides and "they agreed that all shooting will stop", after Iran warned Israeli military actions in Lebanon were a threat to the US-Iran ceasefire. Lebanon said Hezbollah had accepted the plan for it to halt attacks on Israel and for Israel not to attack the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the agreement. But he said strikes on Beirut would go ahead "if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and civilians", and that Israeli forces would still operate in south Lebanon. While the ceasefire appears to be largely holding, there was further violence overnight.

Hezbollah said its fighters had targeted Israeli tanks in the southern Lebanese towns of Haddatha and Bayada with missiles and shells...

• Bowen: Trump needs this war to end, but Iran is not backing down:
• Iran attacks damage 20 US military sites since start of war, satellite images show:

June 2, 2026 - 6 hours ago

- BBC -

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Strikes continue in southern Lebanon after Trump has heated call with Netanyahu

Here's The Latest:

• Lebanon clashes: High-stakes talks between Israel and Lebanon are taking place at the US State Department after Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and the Israeli military continued to trade strikes overnight. Lebanese Authorities said Hezbollah agreed to a US proposal for a ceasefire with Israel in which strikes on Beirut would stop.

• US-Israel tension: US President Donald Trump declared Israeli forces would not move on Beirut after a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The call became heated, according to sources, as he pressed Israel to scale back its Lebanon offensive, which threatened to upend negotiations with Iran.

• Status of Iran talks: Meanwhile, Trump told ABC News he believes a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and extend the ceasefire with Iran is reachable “over the next week.” Iran’s final draft proposal is under review, Iranian media reported, indicating that negotiations are ongoing a day after reports that Iran suspended them over Israel’s offensive in Lebanon.

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23 min ago

Israel-Lebanon talks begin at US State Department

More To Read:

Why Trump’s cratering poll numbers are so remarkable

His approval rating is lower than it has been since immediately after leaving office — but you need to look beneath the hood for the real story.

VIDEO | Included:

President Donald Trump’s approval numbers have been in a prolonged slump in a way that we haven’t seen in his second term. According to The New York Times’ national polling average on Monday, 38% of Americans approve and 58% disapprove of his performance. He hasn’t broken a 40% average approval since late April. The overall figures are bad, clearly, and though Trump has had runs of horrific polling before and bounced back, there are reasons to believe he’ll have a harder time recovering this time.

• Trump’s cratering poll numbers are remarkable in part because they challenge a consensus about how low any politician’s numbers can rise or fall in this political climate:
• More from MS NOW Daily:
• It will be difficult for Trump to bounce back from those kinds of numbers when he’s so out of touch on the most important issue to most Americans:

Jun. 2, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

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CANADIAN NEW:

Canada tells U.S., Mexico it wants CUSMA renewed

Formal letter comes as Canada-U.S. trade minister heads to Washington

Canada has given the U.S. and Mexico official notice that it wants the free trade deal between the three countries to be renewed. In a letter to his American and Mexican counterparts, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the country is seeking renewal of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) when it comes up for review on July 1.

LeBlanc is in Washington Tuesday for a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, a member of U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet. All the signals from the White House over the past year and a half indicate that the Trump administration does not want a straightforward renewal of CUSMA and instead wants significant changes to its terms, including on automotive exports and access to Canada's dairy market...

More to come.

Posted: Jun 02, 2026 9:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

- CBC -

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In first remarks after Canada enters ‘technical recession,’ Carney acknowledges ‘weakness’ in economy

VIDEO | Included:

OTTAWA - While Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged weaknesses in the Canadian economy, he also defended the federal government’s economic agenda on Tuesday and did not use the word “recession.”

“This government’s been in the process of laying the foundations for a stronger, more resilient, more independent Canadian economy,” Carney said Tuesday when asked directly by reporters in Ottawa about whether Canada is in a recession.

“That process is settling in during that time as we make major investments, major changes to how the government operates, how we do major projects, how we have new trade agreements with other countries.”...

Updated: June 02, 2026 at 10:00AM EDT

- CTV News -

Israel continues to bomb Lebanon despite Trump claiming there will be a ceasefire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkrp-KFQANo

 

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Great Spirit bless 🙏

THE CURSE OF THE BLACK LAGOON!

Before coffee, I felt like Lurch in the Addams Family this morning. I guess if I drag my feet much longer, it will be "Good afternoon, folks!" Jeez! "Na, I hope not, I don't want a repeat of yesterday, NO, ABSOLUTELY NO MORE GROUND HOG DAY for me! I had had enough of that yesterday, I sez; NO THANK YOU! as I whipped off my sombrero 𐚁 and held it to my midsection and bowed to the audience. Then I left STAGE RIGHT! in a puff of dust 💨 never to be seen again.

SIGNED: The Invisible Woman.

_*At least it's not afternoon yet, not quite yet." It's only 9:30 AM, and it's bright and sunny out, a bit cool but very still and silent. Like the world is holding its breath in suspense over humanity's stupidity bag that's about to burst and cover everything in an orange sticky mess, like orange molasses, but smells like 💩

Other than allowing myself to trip over that mental brick temporarily, I went out to my Green Space, and it was nice just to sit and relax in the sun for a bit. The silence and peacefulness with the sun warming my face

Given the declining viewership since about last Tuesday, the 27 th of May. I don't have much to say or comment on today. Is it The Summertime Blues? Na! If it's slow, I'm going to make more time for other things. I thank you all for visiting and reading the Tree House News.

What my plans are for the summer, with the high prices for gas, thanks to the

ORANGE SNOT BALL 🟠🫟

I believe we will be doing more staycations than going anywhere out of town. Probably do more hiking in the park and visit Grandmother Weeping Willow. Walk to the town beach, hike to the shore of Lake Ontario, by way of the trails in the park.

Other than that, we may slip up to Barrie to visit my sister sometime through the summer. My partner and I talked about going to Temagamie, an unspoiled place in the woods, the last time I saw it, but I'm not certain about this year. So, no biggie this summer, just enjoy the good weather, be happy, get through the foul, and come out as the sunshine after the storm. You and I can do it! One Day At A Time.

BREAKING NEWS:

Iran suspends talks with US over Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, state media reports

Here's The Latest:

• Talks suspended: Iran has suspended talks with the United States in protest of Israel’s actions in Lebanon, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported Monday. CNN has reached out to the White House for comment.

• Back-and-forth negotiations: President Donald Trump had sent back changes to a proposed deal with Iran, officials said, insisting on tougher language about Iran’s nuclear commitments and its pledge to reopen to Strait of Hormuz.

• Fresh strikes traded: The US attacked Iran over the weekend, targeting radar and command and control sites, as a response to “aggressive Iranian actions,” US Central Command said. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, meanwhile, said it struck a US air base used to attack a telecommunications tower. The announcement came after Kuwait said it repelled strikes...

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Iran suspends talks with the US in protest at Israel’s strikes on Lebanon, Iranian media reports

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Updated 9:52 AM EDT, Mon June 1, 2026

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Trump’s newest unfortunate obsession is the number ‘250’

The president is fixated on the upcoming semiquincentennial — and using it as an excuse to build, renovate and self-promote to his heart’s content.

“Donald Trump is a numbers guy” is not a phrase one would normally use without a certain amount of irony. (Fortunately, that is exactly how it is being deployed here.) The details of the federal budget may elude him, but Trump is a big fan of branding, as evidenced by his penchant for slapping his name on every edifice and product available.

In the run-up to the nation’s upcoming 250th birthday, Trump has expanded into numerical iconography, treating this year’s semiquincentennial as yet another excuse to put the spotlight on himself.

It’s well-established that Trump loves a big number, no matter how inaccurate it may be, and the bigger the better...

• It’s well-established that Trump loves a big number, no matter how inaccurate it may be, and the bigger the better.:
• The pending anniversary has been a useful shield for criticism against Trump’s projects, as it has given him another semiplausible justification for his actions:

Jun. 1, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

- MS NOW -

CANADIAN NEWS:

Alberta considering 3 oil pipeline routes through northern B.C., documents show

Documents used in private consultations show 3 routes and 6 ports in northern B.C.

The Alberta government has considered three different pipeline routes through northern British Columbia for a new major oil export pipeline, according to documents obtained by CBC News which provide a first glimpse into where the project could be located.

Several ports on the northern coast are highlighted as options, according to the documents, which were shown to local community leaders during private consultations on the proposed project this spring. The provincial government is also exploring the idea of a fourth route through southern B.C. and a port in the Vancouver area.

Potential northern pipeline routes

Map Included:

• Major Projects Office submission:

Map Included:

• Indigenous consultations:
• B.C. government remains opposed:

WATCH | West Coast pipeline build could start by September 2027, Smith says:

Posted: Jun 01, 2026 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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Canada's population shrank last year — a first for the country, StatsCan says

Agency says it recorded the first 1-year population decline since Confederation

Canada's population dropped last year, marking the first time the country has seen an annual net decline in residents since Confederation.

According to the latest quarterly estimate from Statistics Canada, the population of citizens, landed immigrants and non-permanent residents in Canada stood at 41,472,081 on Jan. 1, 2026 — a decrease of 0.2 per cent, or just over 102,000, from Jan. 1, 2025.

StatsCan said that even though the population increased by just over 77,000 people in the first six months of last year, it wasn't enough to outweigh the decline of almost 180,000 in the second half of 2025...

* Cutting immigration and temporary residents:*

Posted: Mar 18, 2026 3:35 PM EDT | Last Updated: March 18

- CBC -

Defence deal with Sweden tells the U.S. ‘keep your stuff, we’ve been through enough,' Mulcair says

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPdm7bLc3e8