Armed checkpoints appear along Ontario-Manitoba border
Police officers also blocking highway from Quebec.
US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate
The plutocrats of Wall Street and Silicon Valley are scamming America
By Ryan McMakenMises Institute In recent years, it seems that the nation’s CEOs and billionaires are increasingly willing to drop the pretense that they are
The political economy of fear
[S]ince love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. — Niccolò
Ontario walks back new pandemic police powers following widespread backlash
TORONTO — Ontario reversed course on sweeping new police powers Saturday, just one day after Premier Doug Ford announced the measures that triggered a swift
Ontario MPP Roman Baber launches lawsuit against Ford government
Baber has maintained strong anti-lockdown views throughout the pandemic. He was even booted out of the PC Caucus earlier this year after calling lockdown measures “deadlier than COVID”
JCCF: Charges dropped against mom and kids fined $18k at border for expired PCR test
The family arrived at the border just two hours after the tests expired after encountering vehicle issues on their way home
Asian small business owner accuses Trinity Bellwoods Flea Market organizer of bullying and covert racism
Local artist and entrepreneur says Flea organizer doubled down on spelling mistake, attributing it to the ‘obscurity’ of her Vietnamese name
#AbolishChildSlavery: INNterview with Executive Director of International Rights Advocates, Terrence Collingsworth
“It will force the companies by an order of the court to finally do what they promised to do back in 2000. That is, to stop using child [slave] labour.”
Petition to stop forced experimental vaccines raises over 600,000 signatures
A group called America’s Frontline Doctors is demanding that no one should feel pressured into accepting an experimental vaccine
Open letter from doctors and scientists alerts European Medicines Agency of COVID-19 vaccine dangers
The group is demanding answers for potential deadly side effects of vaccines, arguing that the EMA’s approval of vaccines was both “premature” and “reckless”
Report says government response to COVID-19 made Canada one of the world’s most miserable countries — even worse than US
Canada’s low score can be attributed to the “strong restrictions in behaviour,” poor economic response, the author says
Is the government tracking our cell phones?
Both Premier Doug Ford and Toronto Mayor John Tory admitted to obtaining cell phone data to track people during the pandemic, raising ethical and legal questions
Autopsy reveals Marvin Scott III ‘likely’ died from restraint, asphyxiation in sheriff’s custody — negligence of mental health protocol resulted in ‘unnecessary death,’ lawyer says
Scott appeared to be in a mental health crisis while in custody; family says officers should have taken appropriate measures for Scott’s schizophrenia
Myanmar military seizes George Soros’ bank accounts, seeks to arrest staff members
The military has issued 11 arrest warrants against staff members of the Open Society Foundation and has arrested the organization’s financial officer over allegations of financial misconduct
Our home and native land? The ‘paralyzing fear’ of being East Asian amid a year of anti-Asian racism in Canada
East Asians report physical assault, racial slurs, being told they are unwelcome — in their own country.
Superior court judge rules elderly couple can be mask free in their condo building
Have mask mandates gone too far when people are restricted access to their condo buildings without masks? A superior court judge in Burlington ruled that
MPP presents bill to restrict in-store placement of junk food to curb poor eating habits during lockdown when gyms remain shut
Studies show the link between a high BMI and increased risk for “severe COVID-19 associated illness”
N.L. won’t release pre-election COVID data under Cabinet Confidentiality protection
Can we trust the government when laws are designed to protect politicians from releasing information to the public based on political career strategy? Recently Premier
Police attempt to arrest Chris Sky on IG live
If the Quarantine Act states that a person with a medical exemption has the right to not wear a mask in public places without proving
