Tag: Canadian

[PREMIERING 6/18, 6PM ET] Trucking for Freedom–Chapter One: How We Got Here

For 33 days, the world watched. Crossing ten provinces and three territories, thousands of trucks traversed the highways and by-ways of Canada’s northern climes in this exclusive documentary offering an immersive look into an extraordinary moment in Canadian history. The Chronicle Brothers imbedded themselves within the Canadian Trucker Convoy capturing the unifying pulse of everyday…


CFL, CFL Players’ Association Reach Tentative Collective Agreement

The second strike in CFL history is over. The CFL confirmed Wednesday night that it and the CFL Players’ Association reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement. The league didn’t immediately offer any details but two sources told The Canadian Press the deal was for seven years. The sources spoke on the condition of anonymity as…


Celebrated Canadian Conductor Boris Brott Killed in Hit-and-Run in Hamilton

Celebrated Canadian conductor Boris Brott has died after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run in Hamilton Tuesday morning. He was 78. An officer of the Order of Canada and the Order of Quebec, as well as a member of the Order of Ontario, Brott founded the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and the…


The New Canadian Despotism

Commentary  With its recent crackdown on protesting truck drivers, Canada’s government has shown that it is an enemy of liberty, and there is little hope under the current government that we shall ever see a return of any of the libertarian principles that once characterized Canadian life. Besides using guns and brute force, the Trudeau regime also has…


Canadian Lawmaker Claims Single Mom Had Bank Account Frozen After Giving $50 to Freedom Convoy

Canadian politician Mark Strahl on Feb. 20 claimed that a single mom with a minimum wage job had her bank account frozen after she “legally” donated $50 to the Freedom Convoy. Strahl, a Conservative, took to Twitter to criticize Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for the Emergencies Act, which was invoked for the first time in Canada’s history to address the impact of…


The Canadian Truckers’ Battle Against COVID Tyranny

Commentary  The tinpot dictator Justin Trudeau thought he could extend his regime of COVID tyranny, but a massive number of Canadian truckers have defied him. They have a good chance of forcing him to back down and maybe toppling his government as well. Aden Tate tells us what happened: It was on Jan. 15 that…


The Media War on Canadian Truckers: Is Freedom Public Enemy Number One?

Commentary  The denigration of the Canadian trucker protest convoy exemplifies how freedom is now the biggest villain of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Washington Post cartoonist portrayed the trucker convoy as “fascism” incarnate in a now-deleted Twitter post, while another Post column derided the “toxic ‘Freedom Convoy.’” Anyone who resists any government command is apparently now a public enemy. The trucker protest was spurred by the…


Live Q&A: Trucker Convoy Could Tear Down Virus Mandates; Biden Sending Troops to Eastern Europe

American truckers are joining with the tens of thousands of Canadian truckers to protest vaccine mandates, and public support is growing for them in both countries. Brian Von D, the administrator at “Convoy to DC 2022,” announced in a live video on Facebook that truckers from both countries are joining forces—and will drive from California…


‘Special Partnership:’ Canadian Loan of $120 Million Welcomed by Ukrainian President

OTTAWA—The president of Ukraine has thanked Canada for a $120-million loan aimed at bolstering his country’s economy amid a hostile buildup of 100,000 Russian troops and hundreds of tanks and armoured personnel carriers along its borders. Volodymyr Zelensky, through a statement issued late Friday by the Ukrainian Embassy in Ottawa, said the loan represents another…


Canadian Led Battlegroup in Latvia at ‘High Readiness’ Amid NATO Russia Tensions

OTTAWA—The Canadian commander of a multinational battlegroup in Latvia says he is working to ensure his troops have enough supplies and can talk to each other, as mounting tensions between the NATO military alliance and Russia feed fears of a new war in Europe. Canada has more than 500 soldiers in Latvia as part of…