A father has complained that nurses insisted on calling him ‘mom’ during his pregnancy despite being a man.
Bennett Kaspar-Williams, 37, from Los Angeles, first realised he was trans around ten years ago, in 2011, but didn’t begin his transition until three years later.
Then six years later, in 2017 he found Malik, his future husband – who he married in 2019.
A Japanese professor has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavours, another step towards creating a multisensory viewing experience.
The device, called Taste the TV (TTTV), uses a carousel of 10 flavour canisters that spray in combination to create the taste of a particular food. The flavour sample then rolls on hygienic film over a flat TV screen for the viewer to try.
In the Covid-19 era, this kind of technology can enhance the way people connect and interact with the outside world, said Homei Miyashita, a professor at Meiji University in Tokyo.
The Omicron variant is the Grinch who stole Christmas as well as the economic recovery. It is time for Canada’s provinces to consider the “nuclear” option: denying publicly funded health care to anyone who is eligible to get a vaccine but refuses to do so, and forcing them to pay for COVID treatment out of pocket.
Okey Dokey.
OTTAWA — A Liberal MP from Quebec has been censured by his party’s chief whip for defying advice not to travel out of the country unless the trip is essential.
Chief government whip Steven MacKinnon issued a statement Wednesday saying he is “profoundly disappointed” that Liberal MP Yves Robillard travelled outside Canada, in contravention of party instructions.
h/t Mauser
Forty per cent of Canadians expect Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to land on Santa’s “naughty” list this holiday season — and they think he’s more likely to wake up to a lump of coal than Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to a new Ipsos poll.
Ipsos asked Canadians about whether a list of high-profile individuals — from political leaders, to CEOs, to celebrities — belong on Santa’s “nice” list or his “naughty” list.
Ontario sees highest ever daily COVID-19 case count
Ontario is reporting 5,790 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily total since the start of the pandemic.
The infections reported on Thursday eclipse the more than 4,800 cases that were reported on Apr. 16, the province’s previous daily high.
While hospitalizations and ICU numbers have risen in recent weeks, the numbers remain significantly lower than the last time Ontario was seeing record case counts. There are more than 400 people currently hospitalized in the province compared to nearly 2,000 on Apr. 16.
COVID-19 cases across Canada could be ‘very high’ by January, top doctor warns
Canada’s top doctor says urgent action is needed to curb the spread of Omicron, which is now the dominant strain of COVID-19 in several provinces.
Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam said Wednesday there were more than 11,300 new infections nationwide the previous day, up from the average of 5,000 cases per day last week.
She said modelling shows case counts could be “very high” by early January.
There was a time when every kid, and a lot of cops, fantasized about becoming FBI agents. Its agents were known as the best of the best.
That was then. After Mid-Year Exam, Crossfire Hurricane, and numerous other scandals, being a part of the FBI is no longer a thing of pride. Many retired agents admit to being embarrassed and ashamed of what the bureau has become.
Cases among the vaccinated are called “breakthrough cases” because the vaccine was supposed to act as a barrier.
The barrier is gone and covid fascists now claim it was always meant to reduce the severity, not the transmissibility of the virus. LIARS!pic.twitter.com/4gcVcs4jVZ
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) December 22, 2021
WHO officials criticized blanket Covid vaccine booster programs as poor countries struggle to obtain initial immunization shots.
The officials warning vaccine inequality could lead to the emergence of more mutant variants.
The comments from the WHO come as health officials in the U.S. promote vaccine booster shots amid a surge in Covid cases caused by the omicron strain.
The coronavirus pandemic has apparently become so deadly that the nation can afford to fire doctors and nurses.
One doctor in Florida was suspended from his job due to Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate, Governor Ron DeSantis explained.
Biden is forcing health care workers to receive the drug injected into their arms or else they could lose employment. The mandate fails to provide exemptions for legitimate health concerns or religious reasons.
Speaking to reporters about Ottawa’s response to the recent surge of Omicron cases, Freeland was asked to explain why the White House is reassuring Americans that holiday gatherings are safe if vaccinated, and that the variant is not a cause for panic, while the Canadian government is urging people to stay home and reduce contacts.
Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research are expected to announce that they’ve created a vaccine that will be effective against all COVID-19 and SARS variants, including Omicron, in the coming weeks, Defense One reported.
It was one of Parliament’s only open windows into the Trudeau government’s secretive dealings with Xi Jinping’s regime in Beijing. It was one of the few vantage points available for Canadians to get a glimpse of the Chinese regime’s influence operations in Canada.
“Based on watching the full clip and reading the entire transcript, it’s more than clear that Jesse Watters was using a metaphor for asking hard-hitting questions to Dr. Fauci about gain-of-function research and his words have been twisted completely out of context,” a Fox representative said, according to CNN.
