At the heart of the controversy is ‘Bill C-10’, an amendment to the Canadian Broadcasting Act (1991) that purports to give the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) oversight abilities over online streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon. When the Trudeau government introduced the bill, it contained language exempting …
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Fresh from solving all the nation’s problems with coronavirus (if only), Joe Biden has turned his sights on enacting new gun controls. Never one to miss an opportunity, he’s using the recent shootings in Colorado, which killed 10 people including a law enforcement officer, and Atlanta, which left eight dead, …
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“I don’t need to wait another minute, let alone an hour” to take “common sense” gun control measures, Biden said on Tuesday, even as he admitted not knowing much about the identity of the shooter, his motivation, or the weapons he actually used. “We can ban assault weapons and high-capacity …
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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to China on Monday was hugely significant, as he called for common collaboration between Moscow and Beijing to push back against the West’s “ideological agenda.” Lavrov suggested Russia and China do this by “bolstering our technological independence, by switching to payments in our national …
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Second-degree assault charges against officers Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe were dismissed, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn announced on Thursday. They remain on suspension and still face an internal disciplinary investigation, however. The Buffalo Police Benevolent Association was “extremely pleased” that a grand jury decided to dismiss the charges, …
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Second-degree assault charges against officers Aaron Torgalski and Robert McCabe were dismissed, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn announced on Thursday. They remain on suspension and still face an internal disciplinary investigation, however. The Buffalo Police Benevolent Association was “extremely pleased” that a grand jury decided to dismiss the charges, …
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As I watched AOC’s online discussions about trauma and being afraid for her life at the Capitol building in Washington, DC, I felt compassion and the pain of recognition. I had something dark and life-altering happen to me there. Something that shattered my future until I finally spoke out. In …
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During a livestream on Instagram on Monday night, the progressive lawmaker pushed back against Republican colleagues and critics who have demanded an apology after she accused Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) of putting her life in danger by allegedly helping to incite the unrest in the capital on January 6. “The …
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Citing allegations of fraud in the November general election, the Myanmar Armed Forces (Tatmadaw) declared a one-year emergency on Monday and detained President Win Myint and de facto prime minister, Aung San Suu Kyi. In a statement on Monday afternoon, the White House called this action “a direct assault on …
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Discord claims the ban was due to hate speech and had nothing to do with the extraordinary impact the retail investors who use the channel – and its counterpart on Reddit – were having on professional short sellers, who profit from falling share prices. However, Musk was among the many …
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