Temperatures that hovered in the low 20s didn’t deter tens of thousands of marchers from congregating in Washington, D.C., on Friday. 2022 marks the 49th anniversary of the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, which forbids states from restricting the controversial practice of abortion.
“Hell no, we don’t need Roe!” chants outside the Supreme Court as the March for Life 2022 continues here in DC pic.twitter.com/PicrJSmi71
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) January 21, 2022
A 41-year-old Detroit man accused of setting fire to his girlfriend, who is pregnant with twins, has bonded out of a Wayne County jail for just $5,000 after posting ten percent of his $50,000 bond, according to a report.
Meanwhile in Toronto – MANDEL: Gun crime and the revolving door of justice
Germany is said to be blocking Estonia from providing German-origin military support to Ukraine, US newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Friday.
The report comes after the US State Department gave Estonia the green light to send US-made weapons to Ukraine.
According to the WSJ report, Berlin has refused to issue permits so that the weapons can be exported to Kyiv.
Canada must continue to engage with China despite its ongoing concerns about the country’s human rights record at home — and new evidence of its efforts to coerce dissidents living abroad to return.
That’s the message from two Canadians with extensive experience working inside China. They spoke to CBC’s The House in an interview airing Saturday about the challenge of balancing the need for security with economic interests when dealing with a superpower that doesn’t share Canada’s democratic values.
“I think that as Canadians, we need to fight for what we think is right, but also fight for our own position in things,” said Sarah Kutulakos, executive director of the Canada-China Business Council.
Comparing photos of Somali refugees with images of visitors to Canada, the CBSA is accusing some claimants of lying about their identity.
Abdiqani Ibrahim Ali claims he spent all his life in a rural town in Somalia — until his father was gunned down by terrorists.
It was on those grounds, more than four years ago, that he was granted asylum in Canada.
… Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is alleging he has fabricated his asylum story, and his whole identity.
Officials claim he is really a Kenyan citizen, rather than a Somali refugee, who came here legally on a student visa but failed to show up at his classes in Manitoba.
How they’ve come to that determination is a matter of some controversy, and it’s prompting allegations that the federal government could be using some form of facial recognition devices as it assesses refugees — a practice fraught with implications of racial bias and privacy concerns. It’s an allegation officials deny.
‘We have hundreds of Russian tanks and armoured vehicles deployed along the Ukrainian border… The U.K. and the U.S. have already shipped the military equipment and we would appreciate if Canada follows suit’
Ontario reports over 4,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations, 47 more deaths
Ontario reported over 4,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations today and 47 more virus-related deaths, including a young person under the age of 19.
There are currently 4,026 patients with the virus in Ontario hospitals, down from 4,114 hospitalizations yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.
Of the latest hospitalizations, Health Minister Christine Elliott says 56 per cent were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 and 44 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
600 people are in ICU with COVID-19. 81% of patients admitted to the ICU were admitted for #COVID19 and 19% were admitted for other reasons but have tested positive for COVID-19.
There are 6,473 new cases of #COVID19.
— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 22, 2022
Public outrage over the unvaccinated is driving a crisis in bioethics
The pandemic has triggered a new debate over what used to be a settled principle of bioethics — that you don’t treat patients differently based on past behaviour that may have contributed to their condition.
“The core fundamental principle of clinical ethics tells us that once a person enters the hospital as a patient, whatever got them there is no longer part of the equation,” said Vardit Ravitsky, who teaches bioethics at the Université de Montreal and Harvard Medical School.
The latest on the escalating trucker protest along the U.S.-Canada border is a convoy planned for January 28. That’s when “Convoi pour la liberté 2022” leaves French speaking Quebec from a point along the border, bound for Canada’s Capital of Ottawa. They’re joining fellow drivers who have been protesting since Monday, slowing border crossing stations to a standstill.
Mainstream network news outlets in the United States are doing their best to cover up the coverage of an ongoing trucker protest. It has already snarled the border into chaos as the “strike” threatens to spread south into America.
U.S. drivers are expected to join in starting January 20th. That matches up with Biden’s versions of the mandate restrictions but details are scarce.
The index shows that other nations managed to maintain hospitalization and death rates at levels comparable to Canada — but without the harsh restrictions and lockdowns.
Gunman shoots three Canadians in Playa del Carmen, with foreigners again caught up in drug cartel violence
The state prosecutor’s office later tweeted that a second Canadian had died of their injuries.
The first person who died – identified as ATCH – “had a criminal record: drug trafficking, use of a false identity, among other things”, the office said.
ATCH “was considered a very dangerous person in Canada”, state prosecutor Óscar Montes de Oca Rosales told Radio Fórmula.
The second deceased victim, RJD, “also had a criminal history”, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Looks like a drug deal gone bad. In Mexico. I’m shocked.
The press release said this measure is being proposed to ensure Ontario’s reopening announcement does not lead to another lockdown.
According to former President Donald Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was to blame for the January 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Trump told FNC host Sean Hannity that Pelosi had turned down “soldiers and/or National Guard,” which he said would have prevented problems.
As the calendar hits the year 2022, mystery surrounding the deaths of Canadian billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman enters its fifth year without a single solid lead. As it happened, media appeared to get hot-under-the-collar after the video evidence produced grainy footage of an unidentifiable male walking past the front of the Sherman home.
Teachers, unions and “free speech advocates” argue that more school curriculum transparency would be equivalent to “educational gag orders,” experts told NBC News.
State lawmakers in at least 12 states across the U.S. have introduced legislation to promote more school transparency by requiring teachers to post educational materials online, NBC News reported. Conservatives see more transparency as a way to prevent controversial curricula such as race-based education, Critical Race Theory (CRT) and sexually graphic books.
Every classroom should have cameras so parents can see and hear exactly what their children are being taught.
Thank you fascist psychopath.
‘Expect more empty shelves’: Concerns grow over potential food shortages in Ontario#TruckersForFreedom https://t.co/X0Hw6CRDAT
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) January 21, 2022
