Cancel Culture
Residents of both countries are less critical when assessing people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Vancouver, BC [December 4, 2024] – A significant proportion of Canadians and Americans hold a particularly negative view of followers of Donald Trump and the Republican Party, a new two-country Research Co. poll has found.
In the online survey of representative national samples, respondents in Canada and the United States were asked if it is far or unfair to refer to followers of specific people, parties and ideas as a cult.
A cult is often defined as a group which is typically led by a c
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Read MoreThe University of Winnipeg allows all students to enter and enjoy their BIPoC Lounge – so long as they don’t identify as white.
Inside the University of Winnipeg’s Bulman Student Centre, the university’s students’ association opens its BIPoC Lounge everyday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to serve as a safe space exclusively for students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a person of colour.
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Read MoreThe Greater Victoria Public Library was flooded with concerns from patrons about the decision to ban a book critical of the predominant “mass graves” residential schools narrative – but internal emails show staff being instructed to ignore and stonewall the public.
Earlier this year, True North reported that the GVPL was one of two BC libraries to ban the bestselling book “Grave Error: How the Media Misled Us (And the Truth About Residential Schools),” written by C.P. Champion and Tom Flanagan.
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Read MoreMarc Guehi and Crystal Palace will be formally reprimanded by the FA after the player wrote “I love Jesus” on his rainbow captain’s armband because of a ban on “religious and political images”. The Mail has more.
The player and club had faced a charge, with FIFA and FA rules banning “any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images” on players’ equipment, which includes armbands.
However, bosses at the FA have instead decided to remind Guehi and Palace of those regulations, rather than take further action.
Mail Sport also understands that Ipswich
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Read MoreA judge has ruled that Tesla boss Elon Musk is still not entitled to receive a $56bn compensation package despite shareholders of the electric vehicle giant approving the pay deal six months ago.
It is the second time the pay deal has been rejected, with judge Kathaleen McCormick upholding her January decision, in which she ruled that Tesla’s board members were too heavily influenced by the billionaire.
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Read MoreScientific American editor Laura Helmuth posted several hateful tweets after the election, calling Trump voters “fucking fascists” and then fake apologized claiming “I respect and value people across the political spectrum.” But phony regret didn’t save Helmuth from the adults in charge, and she later announced her resignation, with gossip floating that she left the job to avoid a firing.
Despite Helmuth’s claims that “I respect and value peopl
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Read MoreThe organization submitting the request said it was disappointed and saddened with the decision made by the NDP government, which is led by Premier David Eby, not to recognize an important month for Christians.
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Read MoreAlibaba founder Jack Ma, once the richest man in China before he was ruined and exiled for daring to criticize the Chinese Communist Party, paid a visit to his company’s main campus in Hangzhou on Friday.
Ma ostensibly wanted to show his support for the enterprise he launched but no longer leads, although the regime in Beijing has lately been using him as a mascot to lure spooked foreign investors back to China’s sinking economy.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) found the symbolism of Ma’s visit to Hangzhou unmistakable, especially since China is bracing for a new trade war against President-elect Donald Trump:
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Read MoreAn Albertan elementary school has cancelled its winter concert before Christmas break after deeming it wouldn’t be inclusive enough.
True North’s Rachel Parker revealed that students and parents were upset about the school’s decision to cancel the concert “because not all students celebrate Christ’s birth.”
The Whitecourt school’s principal released a
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Read MoreShe concluded: “I faced pressure to resign from the Vancouver Police Board for expressing concerns shared by millions, including the National Leader of the Conservative Party. This reflects a broader issue where legitimate concerns can lead to repercussions, eroding the foundations of our society. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of Canadians from coast to coast who have sent me messages of support. Your encouragement means the world to me. I love this country and will fight for it because my son deserves to grow up in a place where everyone can thrive authentically, without fear of persecution.
In another comment, she asked plaintively: “In a place where even a Black woman can be accused of being racist and a Christian woman labeled a fascist, what hope do others have to raise their voices?”
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