Western Standard - July 21, 2022


The Newsroom： The Bank of Canada gave its employees $45 million in pay raises


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1 minute

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164.30643

Word count

321

Sentence count

20


Summary

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The Humboldt bus crash driver has been granted day parole. A 17-year-old ballerina in the US is alleging she was paid to have sex with a 17 year old girl in the USA. A man who killed a 19 month old baby has been released on day parole after serving only a third of his 9 year sentence.

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00:00:00.000 Those clowns at the Bank of Canada that have no clue how to keep inflation down managed to give themselves huge bonuses, millions and millions of dollars worth over COVID.
00:00:11.620 So, you know, job well done, guys, and we all go out and have our money worth 8.1% less.
00:00:19.300 Speaking of which, the CBC did the same sort of thing.
00:00:23.060 Millions of dollars in bonuses to staff averaged about $15,000 apiece.
00:00:28.780 So, nice work if you can get it.
00:00:32.140 Arthur Green, whose name you mentioned, has a story out of Edmonton on the killer of a 19-month-old.
00:00:38.340 He's been released on day parole after serving only a third of his nine-year sentence.
00:00:43.220 Apparently, he had a bit of a tough time in jail and had to be segregated.
00:00:47.860 And because of that, they've sprung him.
00:00:51.040 Two-thirds of the time still left on his sentence for that horrible crime.
00:00:57.340 And speaking of horrible crimes, the truck driver involved in the Humboldt bus crash has been granted day parole.
00:01:05.100 You remember he pled guilty after that horrible thing, and he's now out also on day parole.
00:01:11.760 Edmonton Oilers owner, Mr. Katz, is in some legal difficulties south of the border.
00:01:17.360 A 17-year-old ballerina from the States is alleging he paid to have sex with her.
00:01:23.700 So, that's a very interesting story that we'll have to keep an eye out on.
00:01:28.720 And our Dave Makachuk has a longing look back in the glory days of air travel around the time of, you know,
00:01:35.600 a ward air where you can actually go on and be welcomed by a smiling flight attendant
00:01:39.860 and eat your lunch or dinner off cutlery with actual knives and forks
00:01:45.000 and all that good stuff that used to happen when you fly that, of course, is no longer available to us.
00:01:51.260 You're just lucky if your luggage arrives on the same continent as you do these days, Corey.
00:01:57.080 Thank you.