Author: Blazingcatfur

Disastrous Ratings For CBC’s Genocide Olympics Coverage

Canadian ambivalence over Beijing 2022 seems to be playing out in TV viewership for the Games, with CBC posting initial ratings that are down sharply from previous Winter Olympics and even last summer’s Tokyo Games.

Primetime viewership on CBC for the first six days of events in Beijing is down 22 per cent from Tokyo, and off a whopping 48 per cent from the Pyeongchang Winter Games, according to figures provided Friday to The Globe and Mail by CBC.

… One advertising buyer told The Globe the ratings were about 25-per-cent lower than projections the CBC’s sales department had provided to the industry in advance of the Games, raising the possibility the public broadcaster may have to compensate marketers for failing to reach its expected audience.

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Ardern and Trudeau, the woke darlings of the Western world, are finally getting their comeuppance

… As time goes on it becomes clear that Trudeau really is the worst leader in the democratic world. His principal qualifications for the role were that he had been a primary school teacher and that his father had been prime minister before him.

Other than that, he simply promised to do things differently, to be more empathetic, to emote more, to be more feminine and more understanding. Before lockdown, this manifested itself in international trips during which Justin did more costume changes than the cast of any West End show. But as the Covid era came, Trudeau, like Ardern, seemed to come into his own. He talked about the importance of caring, looking out for each other and other fundamental Canadian values.

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Covid protests: Hundreds fined as convoy enters Paris

Police have intercepted hundreds of vehicles trying to enter Paris as part of a protest against France’s coronavirus regulations.

Authorities have deployed more than 7,000 officers over the next three days in a bid to stop the demonstrators.

Some vehicles managed to arrive at the Arc de Triomphe in the city, and tear gas was fired at demonstrators on the nearby Champs-Élysées.

Similar demonstrations have started to spread around the world.

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Conrad Black: Trudeau’s wretched smear-job of truckers highlights sorry state of Canadian leadership

The official response to the truckers protesting COVID restrictions is one of the most disgraceful political episodes in the history of Canada as an autonomous country. The prime minister’s statement that the truckers were probably homophobic, trans-phobic, misogynists and racists was an outrage that was unsupported by evidence. 

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Toronto cops block off entire downtown core ahead of potential protest

Things got wild last go round. People walking on the street waving signs.

For a second straight weekend, the city’s downtown core is a locked-down maze of blocked streets.

In an effort to avoid what has taken root in the nation’s capital, Toronto Police are not taking any chances.

They will have extra powers this weekend due to the state of emergency declared by Premier Doug Ford.

Meanwhile in Windsor

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‘This could cost him his job’: A blockaded Canada turning on Trudeau, poll finds

The last time I’ve seen numbers close to this were in the final days of Brian Mulroney,’ says Maru pollster

As Freedom Convoy marks its second week entrenched in the Canadian capital, a new poll is providing some of the clearest evidence yet that this affair could end up dealing a catastrophic blow to the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Is Trudeau losing his fight against truckers?

As anti-vaccine mandate protests drag on in Ottawa and spread to border crossings across the country, threatening trade, the Canadian prime minister is facing growing pressure to step in.

Before they had reached the national capital, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referred to the convoy of truckers and their like-minded supporters as a “small fringe minority”.

Two weeks later, he’s facing a spiralling crisis.

Alberta not following Ontario’s lead with state of emergency over protest, blockade: Kenney

The Alberta government won’t be following Ontario’s lead in declaring a state of emergency to address the ongoing trucker convoy protest and bridge blockade, says premier Jason Kenney.

In an interview on CTV’s Question Period airing Sunday, Kenney said the province already has the necessary laws in place to take action if necessary.

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Ontario reports 2,944 new Covid cases … and the Booster may need a booster

Ontario reports 2,944 new Covid cases … and the Booster may need a booster

Ontario reports 35 more COVID-19 deaths; hospitalizations continue to decline

Ontario reported 35 more COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as hospitalizations continue to steadily decline.

A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health says the deaths occurred over the past 24 days, with three deaths yesterday, eight on Feb. 10 and four on Feb. 9.

The virus-related death toll stands at 12,075.

Effectiveness of COVID-19 boosters wanes over time but remains strong, U.S. study suggests

An early look at the performance of COVID-19 booster shots during the recent Omicron wave in the U.S. showed a decline in effectiveness against severe cases, though the shots still offered strong protection.

The report, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday, is considered an early and limited look at the durability of booster protection during the Omicron surge that exploded in December and January but has been fading in recent weeks.

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Windsor police begin clearing out Ambassador Bridge convoy protestors

The Windsor Police have commenced enforcement near the Ambassador Bridge, Windsor, Ont.

In a tweet Saturday morning, the department confirmed the same and said, “We urge all demonstrators to act lawfully and peacefully. Commuters are still being asked to avoid the areas affected by the demonstrations at this time.”

Windsor police removing protesters from Ambassador Bridge Saturday morning

Live feeds

Twitter – #AmbassadorBridge

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CNN analyst furiously backtracks after calling for Freedom Convoy trucker’s tires to be slashed

Juliette Kayyem, 52, was the assistant secretary of homeland security for intergovernmental affairs under President Barack Obama.

She had tweeted on Thursday of her desire for the Ambassador Bridge connecting Canada to the United States to be cleared of truckers.

‘Slash the tires, empty gas tanks, arrest the drivers, and move the trucks,’ she demanded.

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TD Bank was happy to launder money for North Korea’s Kim Jong Un but will hand over #FreedomConvoy funds to court

A Canadian financial institution has struck another blow against the attempts by the convoy group blockading Ottawa to collect on the millions of dollars it has solicited in online donations.

On Friday, TD Bank told CTV News that it would apply to surrender to an Ontario court the money that had not been refunded by GoFundMe, totalling about $1 million, as well as some $400,000 the group had accepted through direct donations.

They were quite happy working with Kim Jong Un – until they got caught.

TD Bank pays US$115,005 for North Korea & narcotics kingpin US sanctions breaches

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Freedom Convoy truckers are still on Ambassador bridge after midnight deadline

Freedom Convoy truckers are still on the US-Canada Ambassador Bridge – in defiance of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s 7pm and then midnight deadlines to clear the road on Friday.

Trudeau had said that ‘everything is on the table’ to end the protest and Ottawa police were on the scene with threats to forcibly remove the truckers who have been blocking the busy bridge for days. Officers had also handed out flyers warning those refusing to retreat that they risked CA $100,000 fines ($78,000) and the permanent loss of their commercial driving license.

But the big showdown never came as police declined to move in on the hundreds of protesters milling around on the comparatively mild 38 degrees Fahrenheit evening. Police patrol cars were parked with their lights flashing, but few officers were visible.

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University’s top donor withdraws support over ‘ridiculous’ Covid rules

The UK’s Durham University has lost its biggest individual donor, multimillionaire Mark Hillery, who pulled his financial support over Covid-19 rules he slammed as “ridiculous.”

A former hedge fund manager and university alumnus, Hillery donated almost £7m to the university’s Collingwood College between 2015 and 2021. He has funded a number of facilities, including a new arts center that bears his name, according to the student newspaper Palatinate, which was the first to reveal Hillery’s decision to withdraw his support.

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