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    Trudeau caves and begins removing mandates

    Curse you honkers. Curse you!!!! *shakes fist* Feds scrapping pre-arrival COVID PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers Canada will eliminate its pre-arrival COVID-19 PCR test requirements for fully vaccinated travellers at the end of the month, officials say. “Today I’m...
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    A reminder on how Harper handled the G20 protest in Toronto

    Kettling, rubber bullets, battoning and worst of all - spooning. For people who want to complain about a world where free speech and the right to protest was compromised, here is the perfect case example. Meanwhile, people are partying in Ottawa right now. Canadians' rights have...
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    Ford agrees to $5,000 retention bonus for front-line nurses in Ontario

    Supporting our public services. Now that's respect for the taxpayer. Ford agrees to $5,000 retention bonus for front-line nurses in Ontario Ontario Premier Doug Ford has agreed to a retention bonus for all front-line nurses in publicly funded facilities, a union representing nurses and...
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    Biden Calls Pootin

    Biden warns Putin of 'severe costs' of Ukraine invasion MOSCOW -- In a phone call with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, U.S. President Joe Biden made clear that if Russia invades Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies would respond "decisively and impose swift and severe costs," the White House...
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    Conservatives split on so-called 'Freedom Convoy'

    Conservatives split on whether convoy protest should stay or vacate Parliament Hill Conservatives appear increasingly split over whether a protest against COVID-19 health restrictions in the nation's capital should stay or go. Since protesters arrived nearly two weeks ago on Parliament Hill...
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    Conservative MPs break from caucus

    The party formerly known as the party of law and order. Conservative MPs break from caucus over Ottawa convoy protests Conservative MPs are starting to condemn the protests in Ottawa as the core of the party caucus defends the occupation of the capital city which has demands ranging from...
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    Joe Rogan caught using racial slurs

    NEW YORK (AP) - Spotify's popular U.S. podcaster Joe Rogan apologized Saturday after a video compilation surfaced that showed him using racial slurs in clips of episodes over a 12-year span. “It's not my word to use. I am well aware of that now, but for years I used it in that manner,” he said...
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    Pence: 'Trump was wrong.'

    Pence says 'Trump is wrong' to say then-vice president had the right to overturn 2020 election Former Vice President Mike Pence called out his former boss by name on Friday, saying that "President (Donald) Trump is wrong" in claiming that Pence had the right to overturn the 2020 election on...
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    Gofundme to testify in Parliament over Trucker Occupation

    MPs agree to call GoFundMe to testify over trucker convoy fundraiser Fundraising website GoFundMe has been called to testify at the House of Commons Public Safety and National Security Committee about what safeguards it has in place when it comes to releasing the nearly $10.1M of funds raised...
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    Trudeau announces $10/day daycare

    Excellent move. All Canadian parents have been asking for this and the government is delivering on their election promise. $10 a day child care for Canadian families Too many families in Canada lack access to affordable, inclusive, and high-quality child care. This is an economic issue as...
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    Conservatives need to kill social conservatism to win

    The Groundhog Day massacre casts a shadow over Conservatives tilting hard to the right Justin Trudeau, now having beaten down three Conservative leaders, must be gleefully delaying any retirement plans and trying to figure out how to force an election within the next year. But perhaps there’s...
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    Trudeau calls trucker protest an 'insult to truth'

    Well yeah. All these duckers know is how to honk. Trudeau calls trucker protest an 'insult to truth' Protestors are demonstrating for a third consecutive day over a cross-border vaccine mandate for truckers imposed by the Liberal government. Ottawa police asked the public to avoid the...
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    Joe just got cancelled

    For a few days? Maybe more? Joe Rogan: Popular show paused since host’s apology with no comment from Spotify https://ca.news.yahoo.com/joe-rogan-popular-show-paused-162605755.html
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    Prime Minister Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19

    Prime Minister Trudeau tests positive for COVID-19 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has tested positive for COVID-19 this morning. In a tweet he says he is “feeling fine” and will continue to work remotely this week, while following public health guidance. He has been in isolation since...
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    Bans on fossil fuel heating in new homes gain steam

    Bans on fossil fuel heating in new homes gain steam as world aims for net-zero emissions Vancouver and Quebec recently banned certain kinds of fossil fuel-based heating in new home construction. Similar — and, in some cases more extensive — bans are happening around the world, from Norway to...
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    If you're a Republican, you're a

    stupid son of a bitch. Joe Biden Calls Fox News Reporter Peter Doocy a “Stupid Son of a B----” On Monday, Doocy didn’t ask any questions of Psaki. But he did shout one at Joe Biden at the very end of a photo op with the press, and we’re guessing Biden’s answer came as a surprise to the...
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    Conservatives demanding O'Toole resign again

    These people are just perpetually angry. Three Conservative riding associations have expressed their wish to see Erin O'Toole's leadership put to an early test. A motion passed Saturday by the board of the Foothills riding association in Alberta calls for O'Toole to face a review by mid-June...
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    Rex Murphy: Conservatives Are Gutless

    Old man is old. Rex Murphy: The country needs an opposition. Too bad O'Toole's Conservatives seem too gutless to provide it In its most recent, present iteration, the Conservatives come across as timid — afraid to challenge any of the main Liberal doctrines, afraid to scorn “woke” causes and...
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    U.S. and China Announce Surprise Climate Change Deal

    Go Xi Xi! It's yer birfday! US and China announce surprise climate agreement Earlier in the day, the COP26 presidency published a draft agreement for the summit. It includes language that says the world should be aiming to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and acknowledges the role...