El Niño will cause ‘pandemic-scale mortality’

El Niño will cause ‘pandemic-scale mortality’

This year’s El Niño will cause “pandemic-scale mortality” worldwide, epidemiologists have claimed.

Scientists on Tuesday said that El Niño – predicted to be the most intense on record – should be classified as a global health emergency which could kill hundreds of thousands.

“The 2026-27 El Niño is going to cause pandemic-scale mortality,” said Dr Colin Carlson, an assistant professor of epidemiology at Yale University, warning it would be deadlier than the 2009 swine flu pandemic, which killed roughly 284,000 people.


Bonus Greta

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Canadians warming to U.S. following midterm elections: poll

Canadians warming to U.S. following midterm elections: poll

In the wake of the Democratic Party’s wave of wins in last week’s U.S. midterm elections, Canadians’ perception of their southerly neighbour has softened somewhat, according to a new poll.

Before probing respondents on their midterm thoughts, Leger first sought to understand their perspective of the U.S., finding 38 per cent see it as an enemy country — down three per cent from similar polling in August, but still up eight points over a June 1 survey.

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AOC Is the Most Suitable Person to Lead the Democratic Party

AOC Is the Most Suitable Person to Lead the Democratic Party

The Democrats performed well in the elections, albeit thanks to the Republicans’ clumsy blunders. Now the internal battle to choose a presidential candidate truly begins. I assume the talk about Kamala Harris is a joke. My bet is undoubtedly on AOC. No one better represents the ruinous ideas that have dragged the Left into nowhere, into a hodgepodge of hallucinatory, deranged notions situated a hundred thousand light-years away from where things actually happen: reality.

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Mark Carney Is Right That the World Is Growing More Dangerous. But Is He Leading Canada Onto the Wrong Side of the Divide?

Mark Carney Is Right That the World Is Growing More Dangerous. But Is He Leading Canada Onto the Wrong Side of the Divide?

OTTAWA — In several days, I will stand on Kinmen Island, a small Taiwanese outpost off the coast of mainland China, to assess the growing danger of a military attack ordered by Xi Jinping.

From Kinmen, the threat is visible.

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The Return of Generational Warfare

The Return of Generational Warfare

As last week’s midterms demonstrated, young people appear poised to drive American politics, and particularly the Democratic Party, further to the left. This is particularly true in big cities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani was elected last year with crucial support from younger voters, while in Los Angeles, preelection surveys showed democratic socialist (and now Mayor-elect) Nithya Raman leading by almost five to one among voters in their thirties and by more than four to one among voters aged 18 to 29.

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WTF?

WTF?

I feel sorry for the “security guard” as I believe they are told not to engage.

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David Livingstone: OECD reports lowest student results ever observed in Canada

David Livingstone: OECD reports lowest student results ever observed in Canada

Canadians are increasingly waking up to the fact that our lacklustre economic prosperity and productivity growth over the last decade are the fault of homegrown policies — and our own complacency.

The federal government has started to address some of the underlying problems. Regulatory blockades are being removed. New pipelines are planned. Defence contracts are spinning up. Trade is diversifying.

But as encouraging as these announcements are, little will be accomplished in the long run if we don’t have a highly educated population to do the work and create future opportunities.

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Jensen Huang Sex Scandal Could Bring Down Trump Officials

Jensen Huang Sex Scandal Could Bring Down Trump Officials

The scandal triggered by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s sexual relationship with a suspected Chinese agent could bring down senior Trump administration officials and damage President Donald Trump himself. At this moment, the blast radius is expanding fast.

On November 8, Huang admitted to an extramarital relationship and apologized to family members and Nvidia employees. The admission followed the revelation that he had a long-running affair with Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese Ministry of State Security asset. He had previously lied about the affair.

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Canadians fought a war in Afghanistan. Why do we struggle to talk about it?

Canadians fought a war in Afghanistan. Why do we struggle to talk about it?

It’s not much of a stretch to say the federal government has trouble saying the word Afghanistan.

A couple of weeks ago, late on a Friday, Defence Minister David McGuinty and Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight issued a statement to quietly defuse what some in the veterans community might view as a Remembrance Day bomb.

They announced that a Senate bill (S-246) currently before the House of Commons — designating service in both the first Gulf War and Afghanistan as wartime service — would be the subject of public consultation in the coming months.


No shame for anyone who served. Muslims are not governable.

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The Media Define ‘Hardliners’ on the Right, Never the Left

The Media Define ‘Hardliners’ on the Right, Never the Left

Stephen Miller’s appointment as White House Chief of Staff came with one very routine adjective: “hardliner.” To elitist media operatives, that is defined as “anyone who dramatically disagrees with us.”

Take this November 7 Associated Press headline summarizing Miller’s positions: “In his words: Stephen Miller is an immigration hardliner and a bombastic critic of Democrats.”

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The 10 Most-Stolen Vehicles in Canada

The 10 Most-Stolen Vehicles in Canada

Popular mainstream SUVs and pickup trucks continue to be top targets for Canadian organized crime-run auto theft rings across the country, a new report says.

The Honda CR-V was the No. 1 pick for car thieves last year, with 2,137 stolen across the nation, according to a newly released report from insurance crime and fraud prevention expert Équité Association. It is the third time the Honda CR-V topped the list since 2021.

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Why Canadians should be prepared to survive 72 hours without essential services

Why Canadians should be prepared to survive 72 hours without essential services

As governments in several countries urge residents to prepare for emergencies by keeping at least three days’ worth of supplies at home, Canadian officials say the advice is nothing new, but experts warn households should take it seriously.

Recent preparedness campaigns in the United Kingdom, France and Japan have renewed attention on the importance of being self-sufficient during a crisis, including potential disruptions caused by extreme weather, cyberattacks and other emergencies.

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