Norwegian conscripts told to return underwear as Covid hits supplies

Newly discharged conscripts to hand back items including socks and bras, to be washed and reused

Norwegian conscripts are to return their underwear after completing military service for the next recruits, as the army struggles with dwindling supplies due to Covid.

Norway, which guards Nato’s northern borders and shares a border with Russia, calls up about 8,000 young men and women for military service every year and until recently allowed newly discharged conscripts to leave barracks with the underwear they were issued.

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Provinces could make vaccination mandatory, says federal health minister

Provinces are likely to introduce mandatory vaccination policies in the coming months to deal with the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said today.

“What we see now is that our health care system in Canada is fragile, our people are tired, and the only way that we know to get through COVID-19, this variant and any future variant, is through vaccination,” Duclos said.

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Ontario reports 11,899 new Covid cases says your weird aunt into crystals

Ontario reports 11,899 new Covid cases says your weird aunt into crystals

Ontario breaks record with 2,472 COVID-19 patients in hospitals, 338 in ICU

More than 2,400 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, marking a new record for hospitalizations throughout the pandemic.

The Ministry of Health says 2,472 patients are in Ontario hospitals with the virus, up from 2,279 yesterday and breathing the previous record of 2,360 hospitalizations on Apr. 20, 2021.


Ontario’s COVID-19 case counts are unreliable, so these metrics will tell us when Omicron wanes

As the Omicron variant sweeps through Ontario at a rate never before seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly everyone wants to know when we’ll be on the other side of this wave.

But now, restrictions to PCR testing criteria mean case numbers no longer present an accurate picture of the spread of the virus — and while case counts alone were never a perfect metric, they did provide the simplest window for people to understand what was happening in their region.

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Tucker Carlson: Biden is ‘lying’ when he says this is a ‘pandemic of the unvaccinated’

Recent data continues to show that the claim of a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” is a verifiable falsehood, Fox News host Tucker Carlson said.

“Millions of Americans who dutifully got the vaccine, good for them, are now finding out that they have the coronavirus. Millions — in New York state alone there have been half a million verified (cases),” Carlson said on his show January 4.

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Canada’s Omicron lockdowns among world’s harshest

While plenty of countries are currently experiencing record-breaking COVID-19 cases due to Omicron, almost none are locking down quite as hard as Ontario and Quebec . Both Canadian provinces have closed schools and imposed blanket bans on indoor dining, gyms and bars, and Quebec has even imposed a curfew prescribing fines of up to $6,000 for anyone outside their home after 10 p.m. without explanation. Here’s a quick look at how that compares to the rest of the Omicron-plagued world.

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As Omicron surges, O’Toole pressed on calls to ‘accommodate’ vaccine holdouts

Trying to be loved.

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole on Thursday defended his most recent calls for the government to “accommodate” people who won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Cases of the highly contagious Omicron variant are spreading rapidly around the world, shattering case counts in Canada and straining health-care systems already struggling two years into the pandemic.

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WARMINGTON: Opposition shockingly silent on PM’s hatred of unvaccinated Canadians

It’s not just that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about a group of fellow Canadians with such gross malevolence that was shocking.

He’s done this before and makes no secret of his disdain for the unvaccinated.

What was equally as shocking is opposition leaders didn’t call him out on it. This should scare those in this unfairly outcast group who feel they are being phased out as employees, citizens and people free to go into public places.

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FUREY: A former military leader breaks down what Ontario must do now

“… During Redman’s decades in the Canadian Armed Forces, he was involved in responses to disasters across the world and has seen very few best practices rolled out to deal with COVID-19. “In two years, the people that are in charge have completely shown themselves incapable of even managing their own system,” Redman contended.”

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Australia Northern Territory Goes Another Step Further, Unvaxxed Are Now Locked Out of Society

We have discussed this guy before. [HERE and HERE and HERE]. Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner is a fast-talking little man of notoriously intemperate disposition who will not allow any criticism of his totalitarian tendencies.  Gunner has promised to be as brutal as needed to stop COVID spread in the region. He will accept no vocal dissent to his mandates from citizens in the state.  All vaccine hesitant citizens are considered enemies of the state, and now subject to arrest if they voice any objection.

h/t Mauser

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Passengers on Sunwing party plane could face jail time, thousands in fines … behavior a slap in the face says PM

 

… Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he was “extremely frustrated” seeing the videos.

“It is a slap in the face to see people putting themselves, putting their fellow citizens, putting airline workers at risk by being completely irresponsible.”

He said Transport Canada is taking the situation “extremely seriously” and would be continuing its investigation.

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Ontario turns meaningless Covid case count into revenue generating Numbers racket … today’s winner 13,339

Ontario turns meaningless Covid case count into revenue generating Numbers racket … today’s winner 13,339

Nearly 2,300 now hospitalized with COVID-19 in Ontario; 20 more deaths reported today

Ontario recorded 20 more deaths linked to COVID-19 today, the highest single-day death toll logged since late May, as virus-related hospitalizations continue to climb in the province.

According to the latest data released by the province, there are now 2,279 COVID-19 patients receiving treatment in hospital in Ontario, up from 2,081 on Wednesday.


Most Canadians Opposed to Vaccine Passports, Says Internal Government Polling

Private polling by the federal government shows that most Canadians are opposed to vaccine passports, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

The independent media outlet quoted a report titled “Continuous Qualitative Data Collection of Canadians’ Views,” which was produced for the Privy Council Office (PCO), the body advising the prime minister.


Essential services across Canada hit by staff shortages due to COVID-19

Emergency services in many major Canadian cities are facing staffing shortages due to a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, with police, ambulance and fire all scrambling to redeploy and bolster their ranks.

The highly transmissible Omicron variant is already forcing small and large business across Canada to close their doors as infected or potentially infected employees are forced into isolation. But staff shortages are also becoming an issue for some emergency services.

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