Volume 1682
Did you know……
- Candace Cameron Bure has stated she was leaving Hallmark Media to develop, produce and star in projects for the new traditional-family-oriented network Great American Family because she is on a mission to put Christ back in Christmas films. Since making the decision, she has been facing backlash because her Great American Family movies will focus on "traditional marriage".
- Lifesitenew.com reports that after almost a year of discriminating against unvaccinated employees, the City of Toronto will allow vaccine-free people to work again starting December 1, 2022.
- According to Lifesitenews.com, an Ontario judge ruled that the man charged with obstructing police during the Freedom Convoy protests in February is not to be convicted because of his political views, only whatever criminal acts he committed.
- Epoch reports that a Hydro-Québec employee has been arrested for allegedly sending trade secrets to China “to benefit the People’s Republic of China, to the detriment of Canada’s economic interests,” as reported by an RCMP spokesperson.
- The Globe and Mail reports that Canada’s federal housing agency is lending billions of dollars to boost construction of rental homes without routinely disclosing the recipients of the money or where the units are being built, shrouding in secrecy a program designed to address the country’s housing shortfall by providing developers with low-cost financing.
- According to The Guardian, Afghanistan’s supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings, floggings and the amputation of limbs for thieves, after the secretive leader met with a group of judges.
- Epoch reports that Google has agreed to pay more than $391 million to settle a bipartisan, multistate lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of deceiving users about how their location data is handled. The case was co-led by Florida’s attorney general who issued a warning to technology companies stating that big tech companies are being kept under scrutiny.
- According to Epoch, EV automakers are failing to hit their delivery targets and are taking a financial loss due to higher prices. Surging energy bills, a lack of charging infrastructure, and rising car loan repayment costs due to a rise in interest rates are further factors
- Epoch reports that former President Donald Trump has announced his plan to run for the 2024 Republican nomination for president when he made a speech at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on November 15.
- According to Blacklock Reporter, the Canadian Public Health Agency spent more than $43 million hiring security guards to make house calls on returning cross-border travelers. Private security firms completed almost 600,000 “door knocks” to enforce quarantine rules.
- Epoch reports that the U.S. military is looking to provide funds for Canadian mining projects that want American public funding through a national security program as Washington seeks to decouple from critical mineral reliance on China.
- According to Epoch, Walmart has agreed to pay a $3.1 billion settlement to resolve allegations by authorities across several states. State, local, and tribal authorities accused the nation’s largest retail chain of failing to properly regulate its pharmacies’ opioid prescriptions, which led to millions of addictions and deaths across the nation.
- Epoch reports that a doctor from the Quebec College of Physicians recently suggested to a parliamentary committee that medical assistance in dying, or MAiD, could be made available for disabled babies or those suffering greatly shortly after birth—a premise with which Conservative MP Garnett Genuis disagrees.
- According to Epoch, a federal appeals court, on Nov. 14 entered a ruling against the student loan forgiveness program announced by President Joe Biden’s administration earlier this year.
- Epoch reports that Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the now bankrupt FTX, was the second-largest Democratic donor for the 2021–22 cycle behind George Soros, donating $39.8 million. George Soros’s total donations were $128 million.
- According to VOA News, a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show November 12, 2022, resulted in the death of 6 veterans all of whom were experienced aviators with years of flight training.
- CTV News reports that 2 organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" say they don't have enough money to defend a potential class-action lawsuit against them and want a court to unfreeze donations made to the convoy so they can pay for lawyers. They want the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario to release $200,000 of the more than $5 million in funds given by convoy supporters that is currently held in escrow, pending the resolution of litigation launched on behalf of Ottawa residents and businesses.
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