Commentary Canada’s attempts to play the tough guy took some laughable turns last weekend as those leading the fight couldn’t have made it more clear that politicians need Facebook a lot more than it needs politicians. The week began with a macho enough veneer. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez held a news conference in which—as a…
Peter Menzies: Online News Act Debacle Was All Very Predictable
July 10, 2023
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BC Announces Total Campfire Ban Amid Drastic Wildfire Surge
British Columbia is imposing a total campfire ban across the entire province, except Haida Gwaii, after lightning combined with tinder-dry conditions sparked a huge surge in wildfires over the weekend. The measure, announced by Minister of Emergency Management Bowinn Ma and effective at 3 p.m. Monday, totally bans the smallest category 1 campfires, measuring up…
Postmedia and Toronto Star Owner Nordstar Drop Merger Discussions
Two of Canada’s largest news publishers, Postmedia Network Canada Corp. and Nordstar Capital LP, have dropped discussions about a potential merger deal less than two weeks after announcing talks on the subject. Postmedia, which owns papers such as the National Post, Calgary Herald, and Vancouver Sun, initially announced on June 27 that it had entered into…
Documentary Exposing China’s Medical Genocide Wins 2 Leo Awards
State Organs, a documentary exposing the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) practice of forced organ harvesting, has won in two categories in the 2023 Leo Awards. Directed by Vancouver-based filmmaker Raymond Zhang, the film won both Best Direction and Best Musical Score in the feature-length documentary category. An award ceremony was held at the Hyatt Hotel in Vancouver…
Innocent Bystander Killed by Stray Bullet Identified as Toronto Mother of Two Young Girls
The woman killed by a stray bullet while walking to pick up lunch in Toronto’s east end has been identified as Karolina Huebner-Makurat, also known as Caroline, a mother of two young girls aged 7 and 4. “Caroline was an innocent bystander who succumbed to her gunshot injuries as a result of a stray bullet…
SK Town Employee Pried Into Property Records for Personal Gain: Report
An employee of the town of Hafford in Saskatchewan was found to be snooping in public records in order to use the information for personal use, according to a report from the province’s privacy commissioner. In a ruling handed down on June 29, Saskatchewan Privacy Commissioner Ronald Kruzeniski called the snooping the worst kind of privacy…
Barbara Kay: When They Say ‘We’re Coming for Your Children,’ Believe Them
Commentary For years, Canadians have proved amenable to demands for basic rights, but also to entitlements, for those who identify, variously, as “trans,” “non-binary” or “queer.” These entitlements, even those encroaching on women’s rights, are supported by government and most media. They extend into all our cultural, therapeutic, and social institutions. The only domain in…
John Robson: NATO Pressure Won’t Stop Canada’s Free-Riding on US Defence Spending
July 10, 2023
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Commentary According to a newspaper, not this one, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attends the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, this week “pressure will be on” to make a meaningful contribution to the alliance. Pressure being a colourless, odourless gas whose only known effect is to cause journalists to write headlines. We’ve been free-riding on…
Surge of Weekend Drug Overdoses in Ottawa Part of Ongoing National Crisis
Ottawa police say nearly two dozen people suffered drug overdoses over the weekend in the country’s capital city. The Ottawa Police Service says it responded to 19 drug-related overdoses on Saturday, and another three on Sunday morning. Police say emergency responders and civilians administered naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses, in many of the…
Deputy Minister Had No Reason to Think Mendicino Unaware of Bernardo Move: Department
The federal Public Safety Department is defending a decision by its top officials not to contact the minister directly about the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison. Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has for weeks been dealing with the fallout from the Correctional Service of Canada’s decision to move Bernardo…
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