‘Worse than Sept. 11, SARS and financial crisis combined’: Tourism industry in crisis
The depth of the crisis means it will be a long recovery for the tourist industry with potential shock waves for other areas of the economy, says Destination Canada, a Crown corporation whose mandate is to promote domestic tourism. The agency compiled new data for the report to be released Monday on an industry that is linked to one in 10 Canadian jobs, Destination Canada says.
Jailed pastor calls in to service as GraceLife Church violates COVID-19 closure order for sixth time
A Parkland County church held another packed service Sunday morning with its jailed pastor on the phone despite a closure order for COVID-19 restriction violations.
Vehicles packed the parking lot of GraceLife Church before the service and two marked RCMP vehicles were on site. People could be seen singing unmasked, breaking COVID-19 orders, on a livestream of the service.
Class-action lawsuit alleging systemic racism within Correctional Service Canada gains momentum
While nothing has been proven in court, the plaintiffs allege they and other racialized colleagues were treated as though they were “inmates and not like equals” by both CSC staff and management. As a result, the statement of claim alleges it has created an “‘us versus them’ mentality” within the prison agency.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo to Don Lemon: ‘You Know I’m Black on the Inside’
CNN’s anchor Chris Cuomo said, “I’m black on the inside,” during the handover segment with his colleague Don Lemon on Friday, as he cited the words of the theme song from the 1970s program “Good Times.”
Gun Control Is Not About Crime Control
Gun control advocates often talk about “gun violence,” which is the imprecise phase they cleverly use to imply that they are concerned about crime. Sadly, they are not primarily interested in reducing violent crime. If they were primarily concerned about crime, their “solutions” would address criminals and not the possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens.
Outrage as enterprising Girl Scouts are banned by troop leaders from selling cookies outside busy Michigan marijuana dispensary – as store owner immediately buys 300 boxes and blasts organization for crushing the girls’ ‘entrepreneurial spirit’
Girl Scouts in Michigan were forced by troop leaders to stop selling cookies outside of a marijuana dispensary, outraging the store’s owner who accused officials at the youth organization of crushing the girls’ entrepreneurial spirit.
Last weekend, members of the Oakland County Girl Scouts set up shop to sell cookies outside of the Green House of Walled Lake Cannabis store, in the Metro Detroit area, after being given permission by the dispensary’s owner, Jerry Millen.
The move proved to be a raging success, with the group selling more than 1,000 boxes over just a six-hour period.
