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full: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewx20xrgj5oCanada man jumps on polar bear to defend wife from attack
A man in Canada's far north leapt on to a polar bear to protect his wife from being mauled, police say.
The unnamed man suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover, according to the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service.
Pretty bold move
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Elusive deer spotted wearing high-vis jacket in Canada: ‘Who is responsible?’
In a town of fewer than 1,000 people, it can be hard to keep a secret. And yet no one in McBride, a mountain community in British Columbia, can figure out how a local deer came to be wearing a zipped-up high-visibility jacket – or why the day-glo-clad cervid has been so hard to track down.
The mystery began on Sunday, when Andrea Arnold was driving along the snowy outskirts of McBride on Sunday and witnessed a sight so baffling she slowed her vehicle to a crawl.
“I did more than a double take, to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing,” said Arnold, a reporter for the local newspaper, the Rocky Mountain Goat.
Standing nonchalantly on the roadside was a mule deer clad in a high-visibility work jacket, its legs fitted neatly through the arm holes and the zip firmly closed.
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full: https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...itish-columbia
Kudos for the effort
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My mind gravitates more to money laundering. Buyer pays artist $10k for the art up front. Artist takes money and is happy. Artist acts as front to sell artwork for the new owner (public don't know it's actually already been sold). New owner publicly pays $6 million for the artwork but as they are already the actual owner the auction process is a sham and they are really just paying themself. Auction house gets nice big commission and is happy. New owner of artwork has art valued at $6 million with nice receipts that can then be used in various tax write off schemes - such as donating to a museum. This leads to a tax write-off in excess of the actual cost of paying commission and the original artist/front person. Museum is happy, as they have $6 million artwork on display an lots of PR from the absurdity of the sale. Owner is happy, they have more money from the scheme as they have cut their tax bills for a small operational cost. Only really loser is the taxpaying public who lose out on tax revenue. Also, they get to have museums full of bananas taped to walls for no damned reason.Last edited by Dauphin; November 27, 2024, 21:49. -
Well... it was a bit more artistic than a blank white canvas selling for millions...
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Dutch police find gnome made of MDMA during drug bust
Officers in the southern Netherlands have found a garden gnome weighing nearly 2kg (4lb) and made of the drug MDMA.
"Drugs appear in many shapes and sizes, but every now and then we come across special things," Dongemond Police said in a translated social media post.
The gnome was found among suspected narcotics during a large drug search.
"In itself a strange place to keep your garden gnome," the force said. "That's why we decided to test [it] for narcotics".
"The gnome himself was visibly startled," police said, referring to the gnome having its hands covering its mouth.
It is not known which area the gnome was recovered in, but the Dongemond Police covers the municipalities of Oosterhout, Geertruidenberg, Drimmelen and Altena.
MDMA - which is an illegal substance in the Netherlands - is a synthetic party drug also known as ecstasy.
As of 2019, the Netherlands was among the world's leading producers of MDMA.
It is not the first time someone has attempted to hide the drug in inconspicuous guises.
Last year, a Scottish man was jailed for more than four years for trying to smuggle over £84,000 worth of MDMA that was hidden in cat food into the country.
A Leeds man was also previously charged over a plot to smuggle 90kg (198lb) of the drug into the UK hidden inside pallets of frozen chicken.
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