ATCO, the Calgary-based electricity and natural gas provider, announced it will be dropping its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for all employees, contractors, and future hires, effective Dec. 31, in an email sent to ATCO employees on Dec. 21 and obtained by The Epoch Times. The mandatory vaccine policy will have been in effect one full year,…

Commentary Diversity is a reality in Canadian public schools. Teachers and students do not all share the same race or ethnicity, belong to the same religion, or hold the same beliefs. Nor should they. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has often said that diversity is one of our country’s greatest strengths. That is why public schools…

Australia’s major airline and international carrier Qantas is making vaccines mandatory for all staff as part of its efforts to ensure workplace safety. Frontline employees, including cabin crew, pilots, and airport workers, will all need to have received their two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine by  Nov. 15. The remainder of its staff will need…

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—With the coronavirus surging again, Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas plans to introduce a motion July 28 to develop a policy requiring all city employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and to report their vaccination status to the appropriate city department. The move, if enacted by the council, would bring the…

Serving members of the New Zealand Defence Forces (NZDF) have accused the country’s defence forces of applying increasingly hostile pressure on NZDF staff to get a COVID-19 vaccination as the pacific nation rolls out the CCP virus vaccines. The issue was revealed in an undisclosed letter sent to Minister of Defence Peeni Henare, obtained by…

Serving members of the New Zealand Defence Forces (NZDF) have accused the country’s defence forces of applying increasingly hostile pressure on NZDF staff to get a COVID-19 vaccination as the pacific nation rolls out the CCP virus vaccines. The issue was revealed in an undisclosed letter sent to Minister of Defence Peeni Henare, obtained by…

Concerns regarding digital vaccine passports and mandatory vaccines for children prompted the Orange County Board of Education (OCBE) May 5 to oppose the measures. Its vaccine passport resolution came despite the County of Orange previously assuring the public such a platform, if approved, would be strictly voluntary. The OCBE’s decision followed an April 7 rally that…