Ontario reports 1747 new Wuhan flu cases

Ontario reports 1747 new Wuhan flu cases


Ont. reports more than 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 but province says tally inflated due to ‘data catchup’

The province is reporting more than 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 but officials say today’s case count is artificially high due to a “data catchup process.”

Provincial health officials are reporting 1,747 new infections today, up from 1,468 on Saturday and 1,371 on Friday.

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Quarantine hotel protesters visit Premier Ford’s family biz, Deco Labels

As per usual, patriotic protesters showed up at the Radisson quarantine hotel near the Toronto airport to hopefully shuttle inmates — er, I mean, “guests” — to their homes. Alas, there were no takers on this day.

And so it was that the demonstrators decided on a whim to move their protest five minutes east to the Toronto HQ of Deco Labels, which happens to be owned by none other than Ontario Premier Doug Ford.

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The Biggest COVID-19 Vaccine Skeptics? Frontline Health Care Workers

What do frontline health care workers and first responders know about COVID-19 vaccines that politicians and their public health advisers don’t?

According to a January analysis by Gallup, 51 percent of health care workers and first responders polled in December were unconvinced of the merits of getting vaccinated, even if the vaccine “was free, available, FDA approved and 90% effective.”

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Actor strips at ‘French Oscars’ in protest at closure of theatres and cinemas

A French actor stripped naked on stage during a scaled-back César Awards ceremony in Paris to protest against the government’s closure of theatres and cinemas during the coronavirus pandemic.

Corinne Masiero had “no culture no future” written on her chest and “give us art back Jean” on her back, in a message to Prime Minister Jean Castex.

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Ontario reports 1468 new Covid cases

Ontario reports 1468 new Covid cases


Canada surpasses 900K cases of COVID-19 as variant spread raise concern over 3rd wave

Canada reached another milestone in its fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic Friday as the country officially clocked over 900,000 cases of COVID-19.

Another 3,476 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by health authorities across Canada, pushing the country’s total caseload to 903,238, of which 850,053 have since recovered.

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FACT CHECK: Trudeau falsely claimed Conservatives denied pandemic, opposed masks


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the Conservative party of denying the existence of the COVID-19 pandemic and opposing masks, but a True North fact check found this to be false.

Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, the Conservatives have not denied the pandemic’s existence and had actually supported mask-wearing before the federal government officially recommended it.

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Ontario to blame if $11M in COVID relief aid embezzled, fired bureaucrat alleges

A former senior civil servant alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million in COVID-19 relief money is now arguing the Ontario government is to blame for any losses it suffered.

In a statement of defence filed in Superior Court this week, Sanjay Madan blames the province for allegedly lax security measures that allowed “widespread misappropriation” of money intended to defray the cost of children learning at home.

Yes I included the ‘Ontario’s Corrupt Liberal Government’ tag and you know exactly why.

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Are vaccine passports fair?

While Trudeau acknowledged that proof of a COVID-19 inoculation would not be out of place for travellers who already face similar requirements for other vaccines when embarking on international jaunts, he said a similar scheme for everyday activities in Canada raises “questions of equity.”

Exactly how is the Trudeau administrations vaccine distribution plan equitable?

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‘It was political’: China actively blocked development of CanSino vaccine, MPs learn

A Canadian vaccine researcher says he believes that Chinese political machinations ended a vaccine partnership last summer.

Dr. Scott Halperin, the director of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, made the accusation Thursday to the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.

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Did The Shutdowns Save Lives? A Year Later, Statistical Analysis Suggests Not

Did The Shutdowns Save Lives? A Year Later, Statistical Analysis Suggests Not

The government response to COVID-19 has mostly been a failure. Theatric, yes—see New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Emmy. Symbolic, yes. But there is no evidence shutdowns did anything but deepen the economic suffering, increase suicides, and prevent lifesaving medical tests and treatments.

With the exception of former President Trump’s effort to speed research, approval, and rollout of a COVID vaccine through Operation Warp Speed, and efforts to discourage the spread of the virus through border restrictions (now abandoned by President Biden), what policies can objectively be shown to have worked?

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Biden’s scary, boring, and bizarre address to the nation

On Thursday night, a masked Biden tottered down a long, empty hall to a podium. He then gave the most bizarre presidential address in American history. After a grim recital of “facts” about the last year, Biden emphasized multiple times that Americans had better take the vaccine — and be grateful to him for his amazing ability to get the vaccine to Americans. He also insisted that, vaccines or not, the government’s in control and can lock all of us up all over again.

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Discarded face masks are a ‘ticking plastic bomb’ for the environment

Discarded face masks are a ‘ticking plastic bomb’ for the environment

Face masks are a ‘ticking plastic bomb’: Three MILLION coverings are thrown out every minute and serve as carriers for other toxicants in the environment

Three million face masks are discarded every minute as a result of mass adoption during the coronavirus pandemic, and experts warn it could soon lead to environmental catastrophe.

Face coverings are being worn by the majority of individuals around the world in order to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus which causes Covid-19.

However, they pose a greater risk to the environment than carrier bags because of their ubiquity and the fact there is no way to safely decontaminate and recycle them.

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