The Quebec Liberal Party and the Parti Québécois say they plan to vote against the government’s new language-reform bill for opposite reasons. Liberals say the bill goes too far and violates the rights of English-speaking Quebecers, while the PQ says the legislation doesn’t go far enough to crack down on the use of English within…
San Diego Unified Plans to Reinstate Mask Mandates
May 24, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—With increases in COVID-19 cases in schools and communities, the San Diego Unified School District has a plan to reinstate mask mandates starting Wednesday if specific conditions are met in individual schools. The district sent a letter, obtained by KUSI, to parents and families informing them of the plan to require students at specific…
Canada Can Do More for Military Members Struggling to Find Housing: Defence Minister
Canada’s defence minister says the federal government has more to do to support military members who are struggling to find housing. A recent email encouraging Canadian Armed Forces members to consider contacting Habitat for Humanity for affordable housing is shedding light on how rising home and rental prices are affecting military personnel. Defence Minister Anita…
Germophobes to the Left and Right
Commentary With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic hopefully waning, it will be time for many to take a step back and assess the collateral damage. And there is, and is going to be, a lot of it. With two years of overreaction to and media obsession with the myriad of ways that COVID-19 can kill or permanently disable people,…
Health Canada Watching ‘Potential’ Impact of Sunflower Oil Shortage on Baby Formula
Health Canada says it is preparing for the possibility that a shortage of sunflower oil could further strain baby formula supplies in Canada. The federal agency says it’s “working closely with manufacturers” that rely on sunflower oil as a key ingredient to produce formula that still meets Canadian standards. That includes efforts to speed up…
Global Economy Facing ‘Biggest Test Since Second World War’: IMF Chiefs
May 24, 2022
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The global economy faces “the biggest test since the Second World War” said International Monetary Fund (IMF) chiefs in a post Sunday, as world leaders convene May 23–26 in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2022. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has exacerbated the COVID-19 crisis, destroying lives and economic growth while…
Petrol and Diesel Prices Hit Record High in UK
May 24, 2022
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Fuel prices in the UK have continued to hit record highs, official statistics show. The average price of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts was 167.7 pence ($2.1) on May 23, up from 165.1 pence a week earlier, according to new figures released by the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy. The average…
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Used Detainees as ‘Tool’: Former UK Foreign Secretary
The former British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has told a committee of MPs that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards often used their control of detainees like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a “tool” to prevent compromises they opposed. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, who had dual British and Iranian nationality, and who returned to the UK in March after spending six years…
The Conservative Populist Coalition Has Grown in Pennsylvania. What That Means Going Forward Is Important
Commentary FANNETTSBURG, Pennsylvania—The first time I accidentally stumbled onto the cracked Back Road street sign in this Franklin County unincorporated town years ago, while covering the 2012 presidential race between then-President Barack Obama and Sen. Mitt Romney, I knew I had to turn onto it even though I had no idea where it led. It…
Biden: Rising Gas Prices an ‘Incredible Transition’
President Joe Biden appeared to try to put a positive spin on skyrocketing gas prices Monday while taking questions from reporters during his trip to Japan. When asked about the economy, inflation, and the record prices Americans continue to pay at the pump, Biden characterized the increased cost of gasoline as an “incredible transition.” “When…
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