The Memorial to the Victims of Communism, which is under construction in Ottawa, has received letters of support from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other political figures. Former PM Stephen Harper and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney have backed the project as well. In addition to receiving an estimated Can$7.5 million …
Read More »Canadian village WIPED OUT by fire amid extreme heat as 90% of homes, incl. critical infrastructure, is gone
The fire reduced the small historic village of Lytton, located about 260km (162 miles) northeast of Vancouver, to little more than smoldering debris, officials said on Thursday, a day after around 1,000 people were told to evacuate. “The fire has caused extensive damage to the town of #Lytton, BC and …
Read More »Every third Canadian sees their country as racist, but views differ sharply by gender, age and political party – poll
In the Angus Reid Institute poll released on Monday, 54% of women under age 35 were ready to condemn Canada as racist, while only 21% of men over 55 agreed. Young women, in fact, were even more likely than non-whites to take a negative view on race relations. The survey showed that …
Read More »Trial of Chinese-Canadian professor goes to jury after FBI agent admits he FALSELY portrayed him as Chinese spy
Anming Hu is a Chinese-born scientist, who moved with his family to Canada a decade ago and became a naturalized Canadian citizen. An internationally recognized expert in nanomanufacturing, he worked at the University of Tennessee (UT) and was involved in two engineering projects for NASA. By taking grants from the …
Read More »Personal data of 3.3 million US and Canadian Volkswagen customers stolen from vendor
In a letter sent out to customers on Friday, Volkswagen, which also owns Audi, warned that an “unauthorized third party” obtained customer data from a North American vendor between 2019 and 2021. The data itself had been gathered by the vendor between 2014 and 2019 for sales and marketing purposes. …
Read More »US state-run broadcaster RFE/RL fires Canadian freelance journalist after pressure from Azerbaijani government over his coverage
That’s according to Neil Hauer, who revealed Sunday on Twitter that he lost his gig after writing a piece on Baku’s Military Trophy Park, a new exhibit that features the helmets of Armenian soldiers killed by the Azeris during the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. “I wrote about the theme park for …
Read More »‘It’s happening & it’s probably spreading’: Canadian health officials baffled by MYSTERY deadly brain disease
At least 48 people aged between 18 and 85, almost equally men and women, have been suffering from an inexplicable illness that has caused their health to swiftly deteriorate. Visual and auditory hallucinations, memory loss, difficulty walking and balance issues are among the symptoms of the mysterious condition, which is …
Read More »Canadian health officials apologize after children recieve unapproved Covid-19 vaccine by MISTAKE
Vancouver Coastal Health, regional health authority that serves one in four residents of Canada’s British Columbia, has confirmed that 12 children were given a wrong innoculation on Friday and Saturday last week just as the teenagers in the province became eligible for the vaccine. Currently, only the Pfizer-BioNTech has been …
Read More »Canadian MP says sorry for URINATING while on Zoom call, his SECOND exposure on camera in as many months
William Amos said he “urinated without realizing [he] was on camera” during this week’s virtual proceedings at the Canadian House of Commons. “I am deeply embarrassed by my actions and the distress they may have caused anybody who witnessed them,” he said. Adding to the official statement, Amos, who has …
Read More »All that glitters: Kyrgyzstan is going to war with a Canadian gold giant over vast profits, torture claims & a ‘poisoned’ glacier
The long-running stand-off over the Kumtor Mine, operated by Toronto-based Centerra Gold, has spilled over into outright conflict. The new president of the Central Asian former Soviet Republic, Sadyr Japarov, a long-time critic of the company, signed a law earlier this month that would allow the state to step in …
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