Markham Cancelled Drag Queen Mural Upsetting CBC’s Groomer Pals

The City of Markham’s sudden, last-minute cancellation of a piece of public artwork one year in the making has the artist — and his subject — concerned about censorship.

In early September, Vancouver-based artist Julian Yi-Zhong Hou was scheduled to install a piece called “Bicycle” on the exterior of the Pan Am Centre sports complex in downtown Markham for a five-month period.

The printed vinyl banner, which measures 127 feet by 30 feet, features a person in drag and was to be unveiled at an event featuring local drag queens, artists and other performers. Then — one day before the installation and over the objections of Markham’s own public art curator — the city cancelled.

Because what city is complete without it’s own oversized artwork dedicated to sexual weirdness?

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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow finally condemns targeting of Israeli businesses during local protest

Mayor Olivia Chow has condemned a protest outside a downtown Toronto location of an Israeli coffee chain.

Hundreds of protesters with Palestinian flags gathered at University Avenue and Adelaide Street on Saturday. In videos posted to social media, protesters can be heard yelling “Zionist cafe” and chanting “boycott” outside Café Landwer’s University Avenue location.

She had to condemn “Islamophobia” of course.

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Asked about Antisemitism, Karine Jean-Pierre Talks about Hate Crimes against Muslims Instead

Hopeless.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday was asked about rising antisemitism, and her response was to talk about “disproportionate” hate crimes against Muslims.

Here is a clip from a remarkable exchange during today’s press briefing. Asked the president’s “level of concern right now about a potential rise in antisemitism,” Jean-Pierre first discussed how there was no credible specific threat, but then pivoted to discussing Islamophobia, noting that “Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks.”

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Australia appoints first feral pig ‘tsar’ as population booms to 24 million

Australia’s most populous state has for the first time appointed a feral pig “tsar” in a battle to eradicate huge numbers of the animals as their population booms after three years of plentiful rain.

Bec Gray, whose official title is State Feral Pig Coordinator, has a budget of A$13 million (£7 million) and aims to eliminate 87,000 wild hogs in New South Wales in the next eight months.

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BLM publicity hound Shaun King ‘lying’ about claims he helped free American hostages in Gaza, family says: ‘We are not affiliated’

The family of the two American hostages freed by Hamas terrorists has accused Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King of lying when he claimed he worked “frantically behind the scenes” to help secure their release.

Natalie Raanan, 17, and her mother, Judith Tai Raanan, 59, were freed by Hamas on Friday after spending nearly two weeks in captivity following the terror group’s bloody Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

After news broke that the mom and daughter were free, King, 44, appeared to take some credit for their safe return.

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Crown drops bail violation charge against ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Tamara Lich

OTTAWA – The Crown has stayed a criminal charge against “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich that alleged she violated her bail conditions last summer.

Lich was released on bail in early 2022 after spending more than two weeks in jail following her arrest in the final days of the protest.

We have Islamists celebrating mass murder & calling for a genocide of Jews in our streets but Trudeau serves up a show trial of radical horn honking revolutionaries.

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Tsingtao: Video shows Chinese beer worker urinating into tank

Chinese authorities are investigating after a viral video appeared to show a worker from Tsingtao urinating into a tank, believed to contain ingredients for its popular beer.

The clip has received tens of millions of views on social media.

The company said it alerted police immediately after the video came to its attention, adding that the batch of ingredients had been sealed.

Tsingtao is one of China’s top beer producers and its biggest exporter.

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Creepy AF CUPE Ontario President Apologizes for Comments Made After Hamas Attack on Israel

The president of Canadian Union for Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, Fred Hahn, has apologized for comments he made on Oct. 8, one day after the Hamas attack on Israel that killed over 350 Israelis and injured more than 1,900 people in that country by late that Saturday.

“On October 7th, Hamas committed a horrific terrorist attack on civilians in Israel. On the day immediately following that, I tweeted about resistance. The timing was wrong. That was an error, and I apologize,” wrote Mr. Hahn in an open letter on Oct. 21.

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