Ontario reports 3,480 new Covid Cases … and Grandma got the short stick

Ontario reports 3,480 new Covid Cases … and Grandma got the short stick


Ontario largely ignored long-term care as COVID-19 crisis began, internal documents reveal

Internal government documents obtained by CBC News show few signs that Ontario prepared the long-term care sector for the risks from COVID-19 before the virus began its deadly spread through the province’s nursing homes.

CBC News asked the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Long-Term Care for all reports, memos and briefing notes concerning the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 and long-term care homes in February, March and April of 2020.

Only a handful of documents from the ministries mention protecting long-term care residents in February, even as cases were steadily arriving in Ontario and the devastation from the infections in Italy became apparent.

I still don’t understand how my late Mother was never offered the vaccine while confined to a physio-rehab hospital. A hospital where the majority of patients were elderly and which had previous outbreaks. She passed away March 5th from Covid she contracted in that hospital. Why was she and so many others left unprotected?  

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Nickelodeon airs segment that discusses “environmental racism”

“What do these cities have in common?” said the host of the segment, CBS News correspondent Jamie Yuccas. “They’re all examples of environmental racism, a form of systemic racism where minority and low-income communities are surrounded by health hazards because they live near sewage, mines, landfills, power stations, [and] major roads.”

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The Liberals are Surging in the Polls Because There is no Opposition

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau despite falling personal popularity ratings is surging in various polls from various polling firms, likely signaling he will be looking to hold a new election sooner than later, once he can find a good enough excuse to hold one.

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Outrageous! Case against Officer Sicknick ‘attackers’ appears to be a fraud

Julie Kelly, a senior editor of American Greatness, has compiled the so-called case against Officer Sicknick’s alleged attackers. This is a summary.

We know why Officer Sicknick died but the case against his alleged attackers continues, although there is seemingly no case. At first, we were told the officer was bludgeoned by a fire extinguisher and that turned out to be completely false.

The 42-year-old officer died of a stroke. The chemical sprayed in his direction during the chaos outside the Capitol on January 6 did not contribute to his death.

 

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Ottawa tables legislation to send striking Port of Montreal workers back on the job

Federal Labour Minister Filomena Tassi has tabled back-to-work legislation for the Port of Montreal’s 1,150 dock workers, who have been on strike since Monday morning.

The legislation, set to be debated Tuesday afternoon, would require employees to return to work after the bill passes. It would also extend their previous collective agreement until a new one is negotiated.

The legislation would also prevent any strikes or lockouts until a new agreement is signed and impose a mediator-arbitrator on both parties if negotiations fail again. Workers at the port also walked off the job seven months ago.

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Canada will be in lockstep with allies on vaccine passports: Trudeau

“We are of course looking very very carefully at this issue, even as we are in the third wave right now, dealing with extremely urgent and difficult situations. We continue to plan for how we reopen the economy, how we reopen our borders, how we get back to normal, which is something that all Canadians want to do. Obviously, as was the case pre-pandemic, certificates of vaccination are a part of international travel to certain regions and are naturally to be expected when it comes to this pandemic and the coronavirus,” said Trudeau during a news conference.

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Green Enforcer: MI6 Spying on Nations to Ensure They Abide by Climate Change Pledges, Chief Admits

The head of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Richard Moore, indicated that the agency’s “green spying” could target large industrial nations, claiming that alleged man-made climate change is “foremost international foreign policy item for this country and for the planet”.

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McKenna promises to “do a better job” following scathing auditor general report

Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna is promising more accountability after the auditor general found her department continuously failed to meet its goals.

Speaking to the House of Commons transport committee, McKenna said the department needs to “do a better job of explaining” following the condemnations from the auditor general.

NDP’s proposed tax on ‘excess’ profits could rake in $8B: budget watchdog

A new report from the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates corporate income tax revenues could increase significantly if Canada hikes its corporate tax rate on businesses that have seen their profits soar during the pandemic.

Military, civilian health workers heading to Ontario, Nova Scotia

Dozens of health professionals from both the military and federal public service are being deployed to some provinces as the relentless third wave of COVID-19 in Canada continues.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says help is on the way to Ontario and Nova Scotia already and discussions are underway with Alberta.

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DHS Launches Internal Probe to Root Out ‘Domestic Violent Extremism’ Within Its Ranks

The investigation will determine how to prevent and respond to racially or ethnically motivated violence and other extremist acts, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said. DHS has cautioned there is a heightened threat for domestic attacks and has designated its effort to counter the threat as a “national priority area” in doling out Federal Emergency Management Agency grants. Mayorkas pointed specifically to the Jan. 6 violent insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol Building as evidence that domestic extremism is the most “lethal and persistent terrorism-related threat to our country today.”

Facebook Oversight Board Member Warns Against Censoring Misinformation

“I regard the category of misinformation as being one where we need to be extremely cautious,” Michael McConnell told the Free Beacon. “There are legitimate differences of opinion on lots of matters, and we need to make sure we don’t squelch legitimate disagreement of historical, scientific, or political nature in the name of misinformation.”

Wealthiest Cities in Bluest States Reap Windfall From Democrats’ COVID-19 ‘Stimulus’

All the municipalities on Bloomberg’s list of the 50 richest places received a total of $100 million worth of bailout aid under congressional Democrats’ American Rescue Plan Act, according to Open the Books.

The “stimulus” bill—so far the most significant legislation signed by President Joe Biden—included $350 billion in direct funding for state and local governments.


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John McWhorter: white people should stand up to antiracist ideologues

When John McWhorter, professor of Linguistics and American Studies at Columbia, described ‘antiracism’ as America’s ‘new flawed religion’ in 2015, few could have imagined just how prescient that description would prove to be. Just last week, the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi thanked George Floyd for “sacrificing his life for justice” while CEOs, celebrities, and other politicians all made versions of the same promise: the work was not done.

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Biden’s Catastrophic Global Warming Policies

If you thought last year was bad, wait until these proposed policies tear through the economy.

At the “virtual world summit” President Biden announced that he’s committing this country to cut CO2 emissions to half of 2005 levels by 2030. Just trying to reach this ambitious goal will require severely damaging the economy in order to achieve something that won’t stop the alleged catastrophic effects of a rise in temperature that may or may not happen.

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San Francisco’s Substance-Abuse Crisis

A hotels-for-homeless program does nothing to address the real problem: addiction.

The most important walk you can take in San Francisco is not to the grand Golden Gate bridge, down crooked Lombard Street, or to the brightly painted Victorians in Alamo Square. It’s to the city’s large and gritty sixth district, which contains the Tenderloin, Civic Center, and South of Market neighborhoods. What you’ll find there will shatter any preconceived notions about homelessness you might have heard from activists, city departments, and elected officials. You’ll realize that San Francisco doesn’t have a homeless problem—it has a substance-abuse crisis. And Project Roomkey, California governor Gavin Newsom’s hotels-for-homeless plan that he’s touting as a model for the rest of the country, won’t help any more than a band-aid will cure a cancer patient.

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