Month: April 2021

Video: Doug Ford: ‘If I Had the Power I Would Close Down Pearson Airport Immediately’

Premier Doug Ford gave an update on April 30 while in self-isolation at his late mother’s home in Etobicoke. “We learned yesterday that 90 percent of average daily cases this week are variants of concern. The same variants that fuelled our devastating third wave, and they got it because of weak border measures. I can’t…


Making Society ‘Equal’ Is Unfair

Commentary America’s cultural elites have a pathological obsession with equal representation (meaning equal outcomes) in many areas of our society. Countless schools, universities, and corporations now have some sort of diversity and inclusion director, which is just a fancy title for an overpaid activist who helps shape outcomes based on the idea that when equality…


WHO Team Investigating Pandemic’s Origins Must Have Better Access, Officials and Scientists Say

The next phase of the World Health Organization (WHO) investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic must be more scientific and data-driven, a group of scientists wrote in an open letter to the WHO on Friday. China should not be permitted to veto the team members chosen for the next WHO-led investigation and the…


More Than a Game: Seeing the World Through Sport

They moved in unison. Thousands of hands clapping, precise and crisp, augmented by the bang of drums and cadence of hollow Kung-fu bats. Arm motions well-timed, everyone together. Huge flags in the super-fan section, waved in a carefully prescribed motion, each flutter seeming to flap at the same moment. And the chants? Everybody knew them,…


Pence Makes First Speech Since Leaving White House

Former Vice President Mike Pence delivered his first public address since leaving office on Thursday in an attempt to contrast President Joe Biden’s first 100 days with those of the Trump administration’s first 100 days. “I’ve had enough,” Pence said at an event in South Carolina. “After 100 days, I think the time has come…


Anaheim Officials Eagerly Greet Today’s Disneyland Reopening

ANAHEIM (CNS) – Anaheim officials are excited about the April 30 reopening of Disneyland for its economic boost not only for the city, but for all of the theme park’s connected businesses in its neighborhood. The reopening of Disneyland, which was shut down in March of last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “is a…


Woman With Dementia Who Is Opposed to Vaccines Should Not Get Jab, Judge Rules

An 85-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and is in a care home should not be given a coronavirus vaccine, a judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Hayden was told that the woman, a former secretary at a factory in London, had a long-standing opposition to vaccines and would need to be restrained before being given…


Quebec City Stabbing Suspect Makes Virtual Court Appearance From Jail Infirmary

QUEBEC—The man accused in the Quebec City Halloween night stabbing attack that killed two people appeared in court today via video conference from the infirmary of his detention centre. No reason was offered in court to explain why Carl Girouard, 25, was in the infirmary of the Quebec City jail. Girouard, from Ste-Thérèse, Que., is…


South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Sues Biden Admin Over Independence Day Fireworks Cancellation

Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem sued the Biden administration on April 30 over their cancellation of Independence Day fireworks at Mount Rushmore this year. Noem is demanding that the court restrain the banning of the fireworks permit and grant authorization “expeditiously,” she wrote on Twitter. “Mount Rushmore is the very best place to celebrate…


Feds to Work ‘Narrowly’ With Ontario Plea to Pause Entry of International Students

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says “the borders are broken” and is pushing Ottawa to tighten restrictions at international land crossings amid a COVID-19 surge. Ford says if it were up to him, he’d shut down Toronto’s Pearson International Airport and the province’s land borders to stop some travellers from exploiting loopholes in federal measures. Ford…