Month: February 2023

Anonymous Online Website Claims Credit for Sabotage of Coastal GasLink Pipeline

A Feb. 24 blog post on a website called BC Counter-Info takes credit for a long list of alleged acts of apparent vandalism to several sections of the Coastal GasLink pipeline since last October. Once completed, the $14.5 billion, 670-kilometre pipeline will bring natural gas from Dawson Creek, B.C., to a processing and export plant…


San Diego Zoo’s Mouse Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Lifespan

A Pacific pocket mouse that lives at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park was recognized earlier this month by Guinness World Records as the “oldest living mouse in human care” at 9 years and 7 months old. The tiny mouse, affectionately called “Pat,” is named after famed actor Sir Patrick Stewart, according to San Diego…


Taiwan National Radio Host: Shen Yun Represents ‘Highest State’ of Art and Humanity

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan—Taiwan theatergoers commended Shen Yun Performing Arts not only for its artistic excellence, but for representing the best values of humanity. On Feb. 28, Ms. Chang Yueh-chao, a host of the National Education Radio, attended a performance at the Chih-The Hall of the Kaohsiung Cultural Center. “From the point of view of the artistic value,…


Los Angeles to Lower Police Recruitment Standards, Identify Officers in ‘Right-Wing Extremist’ Groups

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wants to remove “obstacles” for police applicants who fail the recruitment process and discipline officers in “right-wing extremist” groups, as per a list of two-dozen provisions detailed in a planning document between her office and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The 3-page document titled “Los Angeles Police Department Metrics”—first…


No Evidence US Weapons Being Diverted, Misused by Ukraine: Pentagon

Defense Department officials assured members of Congress on Feb. 28, that there was no evidence to suggest the misuse or diversion of weapons the United States had provided to aid Ukraine in its war with Russia. “The U.S. government has not seen credible evidence of any diversion of U.S. provided weapons outside of Ukraine,” noted…


National Broadcaster to Re-Train Journalists on Impartiality After Pressure Over “Inaccurate” Alice Springs Report

Reporters from Australia’s national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), will undergo impartiality training when covering news about the controversial Indigenous Voice proposal. The move comes after the country’s largest taxpayer-funded media outline faced heavy backlash for its reports on the Alice Springs community meeting in January, which its Ombudsman office has ruled as “impartial”…


House Votes to Block Biden Administration’s ESG Investment Rule

The House on Feb. 28 passed a resolution by a vote of 216-204 disapproving of a Department of Labor (DOL) rule allowing retirement plan managers to take environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions. The investment plan for retirement funds that collectively invest $12 trillion on behalf of 152 million Americans has been…


Shipment of Contaminated Waste Resumes From Ohio Toxic Train Derailment Site

After halting the process on Feb. 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that shipment of contaminated waste from the toxic train derailment site in eastern Ohio could resume on Feb. 28. Amid objections from Michigan authorities who said they weren’t aware that hazardous materials were headed into their state, the EPA ordered a temporary…


New York Congressman Says Cartels Are ‘Controlling the Border’

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (R-N.Y.) said cartels “are controlling the border,” following a recent trip to El Paso, Texas, with fellow colleagues on the House Homeland Security Committee. The New York congressman shared a video he recorded from a helicopter with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operation, showing “what appeared to…


Ian Rowe: We’re Handicapping Children With Victimhood Narratives Instead of Teaching Them How to Succeed

“If you say that there’s structural racism, institutional racism, systemic racism, then I have to insist on one other kind of racism. And that is surmountable racism,” says Ian Rowe, co-founder of Vertex Partnership Academies, a new network of character-focused, International Baccalaureate high schools in the Bronx. Prior to this, he was CEO of the…