There was a time when HIV was a death sentence. Nowadays, it’s a life sentence of antiretroviral medication. Which is why the Liberals, since 2016, have been thinking of softening the law on HIV non-disclosure.
That is, until the end of November, when Justice Minister Arif Virani’s office confirmed to the Star that no reforms were on the way. It’s a blow to the longtime efforts of HIV advocacy groups who have some valid concerns about the law, but it’s probably for the best.
The Iran-backed Palestinian Hamas terrorist group has long been seeking to spark a civil war between Israel’s Arab and Jewish citizens. Over the past few years, Hamas has called on the two million Arab citizens of Israel to revolt against their own country and join the Jihad against Israel.
Hamas’s attempts were partially successful in May 2021, when some Arabs attacked their Jewish neighbors. The assaults occurred at the same time as an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. That operation was launched in response to rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups at Israel. Fortunately, the violence that erupted in 2021 ended quickly.
Eaton Centre invaded by murder cultists.
Anti Israel pro hamas at Toronto Eaton Center. Disturbed lighting of Christmas tree. pic.twitter.com/3vmVLfEcM1
— Terry Newman (@TLNewmanMTL) December 26, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
Twenty-six years ago, Lorenzo Berardinetti was a leader at the dawn of a new civic era, the head of the Scarborough delegation in the first Toronto megacity council.
Six years ago, he was at Queen’s Park, helping steer the province from the helm of its justice policy standing committee after winning four elections as a Liberal MPP.
Tonight, he will have his bag searched. He will take his shoes off and have them inspected for weapons and drugs. He will sleep in a room with 23 other people.
Prince Harry’s role at mental health firm BetterUp is to ‘advocate for mental fitness’ and ‘guide the company’s social mission’.
The Duke of Sussex is also a vocal champion for its app, described as ‘life coach Tinder for millennials’, revealing that he used it to find his own ‘truly awesome’ mental health trainer when he joined in 2021 post-Megxit.
But past and present employees suggest there is much work to be done after describing the US-based business as a ‘toxic train wreck’ and ‘psychologically unsafe place to work’ where ‘everyone is uncomfortable and living in fear’.
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump says he told Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky during a Christmas Day visit that he should run for prime minister of Canada.
“I just left Wayne Gretzky, ‘The Great One’ as he is known in ice-hockey circles,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Wednesday afternoon.
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath, attorneys for plaintiffs in the civil suit said Tuesday.
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, is the biggest threat to our democracy. While Trudeau crosses the country, the world even, talking about the need to uphold our democratic institutions, the truth is he is running roughshod all over them.
Finland is investigating the possible Christmas Day “sabotage” of an undersea power cable linking the country with Estonia under the Baltic Sea.
Electricity transmission between Finland and Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection was cut at 12:26pm (1026 GMT) local time on Wednesday, according to Finnish grid operator Fingrid.
“The possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out,” said Arto Pakhin, Fingrid’s operations manager, to public broadcaster Yle.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s 2024 was a year of following through on her promises — from health-care reforms to support for the oil and gas industry — even as her opponents fought her ideas.
In a year-end interview at the legislature in early December, Smith reflected on a few pressing issues.
The Alberta government’s next steps, she said, will be revealed in the provincial budget, set to be tabled on Feb. 27.
CNN’s stubbornly leftist journalists think they know why their viewers are abandoning ship in record numbers – they’re not going hard enough against Donald Trump anymore.
That is the suggestion from reporters who spoke anonymously to The Washington Post this week as the network recovered from some of its lowest ratings ever.
Insiders claim a decision to hold a town hall with the president-elect back in May 2023 upset staff and viewers, as did the decision not to fact check Trump during his debate earlier this year.
For weeks, Heather Parkes couldn’t bring herself to move the seven-foot balsam fur Christmas tree on her porch inside her home.
Usually, she says, her husband George would do it.
“He would be out there and it would have been in when we got it,” she said.
For Parkes and their six adult kids, celebrating Christmas this year has felt impossible. It’s their first year without Delroy — better known as George — Parkes after the 61-year-old was killed this summer in a mass shooting at an Etobicoke high school.
Some real eyeopeners here.
This link is to an hour long speech on EV Myths – EV Mandates vs. Freedom | Mark P. Mills
As we enter 2025, Dr. Theresa Tam has her eye on H5N1 bird flu, an emerging virus that had its first human case in Canada this year.
At the same time, Canada’s chief public health officer is closely monitoring measles — a virus that was eliminated in this country more than two decades ago, but is making an accelerated resurgence.
Chief, concerned citizens need to know why you are celebrating a fake holiday created by a felon who got off on torturing women? https://t.co/TfwZMSyp36
— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) December 26, 2024
