Month: July 2021

Border Workers’ Union, Employers to Return to Bargaining Table After Strike Threat

OTTAWA—A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members’ employers have agreed to return to the bargaining table following a strike threat made earlier this week. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Customs and Immigration Union says the CBSA and Treasury Board Secretariat committed to resuming negotiations within hours…


Statistics Canada Says Economy Appears to Have Grown in Second Quarter

OTTAWA—Statistics Canada says the economy appears to have grown in the second quarter of the year despite two months of setbacks. The agency says its preliminary estimate is that the economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.5 percent between April and June. Real gross domestic declined by 0.5 percent in April and the agency…


Arizona Town Facing ‘Nightmare’ Illegal Immigrant Influx

In the normally peaceful desert town of Gila Bend, nestled 100 miles north of Arizona’s border with Mexico, illegal aliens have been arriving daily since the town declared a state of emergency in March. The illegal immigrants have all been on foot, and all appeared to be bound for parts unknown, carrying with them only…


Arizona Town Facing ‘Nightmare’ Migrant Influx

In the normally peaceful desert town of Gila Bend, nestled 100 miles north of Arizona’s border with Mexico, illegal aliens have been arriving daily since the town declared a state of emergency in March. The migrants were all on foot, and all appeared to be bound for parts unknown, carrying with them only their backpacks…


The Olympics, the Flag, and Jesse Owens

Commentary In 1984, President Ronald Reagan addressed the American athletes preparing to compete in the Los Angeles Olympic Games, telling them: “I know I speak for all your fellow citizens—no matter what political persuasion, no matter what race or religion, no matter if poor, middle class, or affluent—when I tell you that you are our…


Former Clinton Adviser Naomi Wolf: Big Tech Bans Leading to Self-Censorship

The growing number of people banned from Big Tech platforms is leading to a wave of self-censorship, journalist Naomi Wolf says. Wolf was banned by Twitter last month for allegedly sharing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines. Wolf told The Epoch Times that her account was frozen after she posted a video of her husband reading the…


French Finance Minister’s Phone Investigated in Pegasus Spyware Case

PARIS—The phone of France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire is currently being investigated to determine whether it has been infected by spyware known as Pegasus. “We are in an investigation phase, and that includes my own device,” Bruno Le Maire told France Inter radio on Friday. He refused to elaborate on the investigation. The Pegasus…


Greece: Dinghy With Migrants Sinks; 3 Missing, 10 Rescued

ATHENS, Greece—A search and rescue operation is underway Friday near Greece’s island of Lesbos along the maritime border with Turkey, after an inflatable dinghy carrying migrants apparently sank, authorities said. Ten people had been rescued and another three were believed to be missing, Greece’s coast guard said. Two coast guard patrol boats, a vessel from…


Dave Rubin Blasts Twitter for Locking His Account Over ‘Misleading’ COVID-19 Tweet

Dave Rubin, political commentator and host of “The Rubin Report,” took aim at Twitter on Thursday for locking him out of his account for allegedly violating the company’s policy on COVID-19 misinformation. Rubin shared a screenshot of his since-deleted tweet on the Locals.com platform, which said: “They want a federal vaccine mandate for vaccines which…


VIDEO: Quick-Thinking Family Cat Sees Toddler Reach for High-Rise Balcony Rail, Takes Adorable Action

In footage filmed by an amused parent, a protective family cat displays altruism when its owners’ infant son reaches riskily for the balcony railing of their high-rise apartment. In the eyes of the cat, the family baby reaching for the rail spells danger, and instinctively it sits poised, ready to prevent the potential calamity. Watching intently…