There is a network of bandits running the U.S.-Canada border with tonnes of contraband cut-rag tobacco destined for illicit cigarette manufacturers on the Six Nations reserve near Brantford and Quebec’s Kahnawake near Montreal.
77th anniversary of D-Day
Normandy commemorates D-Day with small crowds, but big heart
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — When the sun rises over Omaha Beach, revealing vast stretches of wet sand extending toward distant cliffs, one starts to grasp the immensity of the task faced by Allied soldiers on June 6, 1944, landing on the Nazi-occupied Normandy shore.
Several ceremonies were being held Sunday to commemorate the 77th anniversary of the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and western Europe from Nazi control, and honor those who fell.
My Dad was there.
Pope voices sorrow over residential school deaths but doesn’t apologize
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sorrow over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run boarding schools but didn’t offer the apology sought by the Canadian prime minister.
Francis, in remarks to faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, called on political and church authorities to work to shed light on what he called “this sad affair” and to foster healing.
No apology? Is it possible the Pope gets what the aboriginals don’t?
That Justin and his paid media are whipping this story into a froth to deflect from his sorry record.
Ontario reports 663 new Covid cases … and .. Canadian labs largely unable to track the India Variant
Ontario reports lowest daily COVID-19 case count since Oct. 18
For the second time this week, Ontario’s daily COVID-19 case count hit its lowest level in more than seven months.
Provincial health officials logged 663 new cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus today, the lowest single-day tally in Ontario since Oct. 18.
Most labs in Canada not fully able to detect Delta COVID-19 variant, experts warn
Canada’s current efforts to identify COVID-19 variants, especially that of Delta B.1.617, may not be enough to truly track its spread across the country, according to several experts.
According to Dr. Laurence Pelletier, a researcher from the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, public health units across the provinces are, for the most part, not equipped with testing equipment that can fully sequence or identify some COVID-19 variants.
Fauci Emails Confirm He Colluded With Facebook’s Zuckerberg To Control The People’s Minds
Ah, yes, the Fauci emails! They are confirming and will confirm even more of what we have said all along and that there is an actual conspiracy between many of the big corporate fascists and their counterpart fascists in government. The latest links Fauci with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to drive the narrative of fear of coronavirus into the people prior to election.
CBC defends Pride’s call for censorship of local library over book on gender dysphoria
Halifax Pride severed its ties with the Halifax Public Library because the library would not bend to demands to remove a book from their shelves. The book is Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier, and a petition was circulated to have it removed from the library. The library refused.
Alberta Health Services physically closes Calgary church after repeated COVID-19 violations
According to a news release on Saturday morning, the action was taken against the southeast Calgary church after its lead pastor Tim Stephens “continued to disregard public health measures required by law under order of the chief medical officer of health.”
Facing Dry Year, CA State Water Board is Draining California Reservoirs
“In the last 14 days, 90% of Delta inflow went to sea. It’s equal to a year’s supply of water for 1 million people.
#ManMadeDrought,” Central Valley farmer Kristi Diener said.
Diener, a California water expert and farmer, has been warning steadily that water is unnecessarily being let out to sea as the state faces a normal dry year.
Freeland lauds G7 deal to tax multinationals, says corporations must pay ‘fair share’
In a tweet earlier on Saturday, Freeland said multinational corporations “need to pay their fair share of taxes,” adding that the G7 has now “outlined a path to make this possible.”
Almost two dozen Chinese cities forced to ration electricity after Australian coal ban
Two dozen cities across China’s industrial heartland are rationing electricity.
Homes and businesses are having to cope with shutdowns and extreme heat.
And politically-motivated bans on Australian coal are to blame.
Things are a bit uncertain in Guangdong province.
Summer has come early. Temperatures are soaring. And so are tempers.
Meanwhile, business is booming. But factories face forced closures as pent-up consumer demand is unleashed by the end of pandemic lockdowns.
The problem: sufficient supplies of electricity.
Notley announces plans to move Alberta’s electricity grid to net-zero by 2035 if elected
Ahead of the NDP’s weekend convention, Alberta’s Opposition leader has committed to transforming the province’s energy sector and moving the province’s electricity grid to net-zero by 2035 should an orange crush wash over Alberta in the next election.
George W. Bush Center: Amnesty for Illegal Aliens ‘Essential’ to Securing Southern Border
In an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News, the George W. Bush Center’s Natalie Gonnella-Platts and Jenny Villatoro write that a massive amnesty for most of the nation’s 11-to-22 million illegal aliens is necessary as part of a broader border security initiative.
Continental Breakfast
Whereabouts of two virus scientists who collaborated with China unknown: report
The RCMP are refusing to say whether they know the whereabouts of two scientists who collaborated with China while working at one of Canada’s top secret microbiology laboratories.
According to the Globe and Mail, the couple Dr. Ciangguo Qiu and Dr. Keding Cheng no longer live in Winnipeg where the laboratory is located and it is not clear whether the two are even in Canada anymore.
Peter Foster: Mark Carney, man of destiny, arises to revolutionize society. It won’t be pleasant
What Carney ultimately wants is a technocratic dictatorship justified by climate alarmism.
Achievement, Not Victimhood, Must Be Canada’s Driving Force
If we continue giving victimhood such power and currency, we will incentivize everyone to emphasize their weakness, rather than discover their strength.
Barack, Michelle Obama Creating Netflix Animated Series to ‘Reframe’ Children’s Understanding of Government
Premiering on the Fourth of July, the 10-episode series, We the People will feature a series of animated music videos that will enlighten “a new generation of young Americans about the power of the people,” the streaming network wrote in a press release.
Because They Got Away with Russiagate
The Left’s ideology actively promotes and preys upon paranoia, envy, and dependence. Parroted by its mockingbird media, it crafts and inculcates an alternate reality in which the Left accepts its own lies as articles of its secular faith.
Moreover, the Left projects its paranoia, envy, and dependence upon the rest of the country, all in its lust to attain the power to compel and coerce its fellow citizens. But to believe its calumnies, one must abandon reason.
Zuckerberg fumes at leakers who exposed ‘vaccine hesitancy’ censorship, vows to find and terminate
Project Veritas released a video showing Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and other top executives trashing leakers within the company who exposed its “vaccine hesitancy” censorship efforts.
“So Project Veritas posted another video based on leaked materials that expose our colleagues’ names and also put them at risk,” stated Facebook’s Internal Communications Director Melinda Davenport during a virtual session that was leaked to Project Veritas. “So what are we doing to actually stop leakers? And how are we keeping our colleagues safe?” she asked Zuckerberg.
Facebook’s CEO then spoke up and vowed to find the leakers and terminate them.
New Email Revelations Prove That Slippery Dr. Fauci Lied About His Lying on Masks
On March 8, 2020, Dr. Fauci famously told Americans via 60 Minutes that there’s no reason to be walking around with a mask. In fact, masks are likely even counterproductive, he said, because people don’t wear them correctly, constantly touch their face when wearing them, and the mask may give a false sense of security to wearers that may lessen other practical precautions to avoid exposure, like washing hands or physical distancing.