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Friday July 22nd, 2022 morning edition

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During a press conference in Enfield, Nova Scotia this morning, announcing a $255-million clean energy investment, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reaffirmed the Liberal party’s commitment to working with partners across the country to develop projects to fight climate change.

He also took a shot at the Conservative party’s unwillingness to prioritize the environment in their policies and in their ongoing leadership race.

“It boggles my mind that the Conservatives are having a debate over leadership right now and are still arguing about whether or not we need to move forward on the fight against climate change.

EN DIRECT : Le PM Justin Trudeau fait une annonce en matière d’énergie propre à Halifax.

➡️https://t.co/3XFjD24r1Q#cdnpoli | #polcan pic.twitter.com/Om2t794LOe — CPAC (@CPAC_TV) July 21, 2022 Justin Trudeau: Conservatives’ unwillingness to prioritize climate change policy “boggles my mind”.

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Utah's GOP congressmen vote for bill to write same-sex marriage into law

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Utah's four Republican congressmen joined all House Democrats in passing a bill Tuesday that would write same-sex marriage into law.

WASHINGTON — Utah's four Republican congressmen joined all House Democrats in passing a bill Tuesday that would write same-sex marriage into law.

In all, 47 GOP House members crossed party lines in the bipartisan 267-157 vote for the Respect for Marriage Act. »

A Walgreens employee refused to sell condoms to a couple on religious grounds

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A pair of shoppers at a Walgreens in Wisconsin said an employee refused to sell condoms to them on religious grounds — something Walgreens said is permitted under its policies.

He said when she went to the checkout, the cashier said he would not ring up the condoms, because of his faith.

Pentz also tweeted the couple's customer service response to Walgreens, which said the employee "embarrass[ed] [her] in front of other customers because of her reproductive choices.". »

Ubisoft's Bad Luck Streak Continues With Delays, Cancelations, Cost-Cutting

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“We have also decided to stop the development of certain games so that these talents can focus on other projects that have higher priority,” Guillemot wrote in a company-wide email viewed by Kotaku.

In the current economic context, carefully and strategically managing our investments is critical now more than ever.

It’s possible this was a reference to Project Rift, an Assassin’s Creed Valhalla DLC turned standalone game. »