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Canada’s time for a vaccination culture war

The resistance to a two-dose fall

Aug 5, 2021
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@StevenDelDuca Ontario NDP Leader @AndreaHorwath doesn't think vaccines should be mandatory. Instead, she says education workers who aren't vaccinated should be required to take rapid tests. "Unlike @StevenDelDuca, I don't take lightly people's charter rights," says Horwath.
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August 4th 2021

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The lack of a vaccine policy in Ontario’s back-to-school plan isn’t an issue for the NDP, which has supplied the provincial Liberals with a wedge to link Andrea Horwath to Doug Ford. Meanwhile in Barrie, a woman who moved into a basement after being displaced by the tornado was told by her landlord, “This is an unvaccinated house.”


Sticking to her unmasked plan

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COVID-19 has required extraordinary measures that have saved lives and prevented our health-care system from being overwhelmed. #Opinion #COVID19
Deena Hinshaw: We need to learn to live with COVID without extraordinary measuresI am sorry that the way I communicated about the planned changes to our COVID-19 response has caused feelings of confusion, fear or anger for some people. I am…edmontonjournal.com

August 4th 2021

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Alberta’s chief medical officer of health is sorry for “confusion, fear or anger” stirred by the plan to have among the loosest public health restrictions in North America come August 16. Dr. Deena Hinshaw’s doubling down on the decision has further inflamed the kind of critics who’ve taken to daily protests outside the legislature building.


Elections Canada is preparing for a decision with extra suspense. Measures for a federal election during a pandemic have been planned and chief electoral officer Stéphane Perrault figures counting mail-in ballots may add two to five days to the counting. Federal health minister Patty Hajdu has co-signed these safety expectations.


How to cover your own funder

Facebook building its journalism friend list in Canada, presumably to circumvent Ottawa ordering it to make bigger payments, also increases curiosity about how these deals have been arranged. At least NPR discloses its funding from Facebook under the story of a Hamilton woman who bought an Oculus headset to get her account back faster:

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"Unfortunately we do not offer phone support at this time." This is the recoding you will hear if you try and call Facebook regarding tech support for your account. Users who had their accounts hacked found little support, unless they paid $299.
Your Facebook Account Was Hacked. Getting Help May Take Weeks — Or $299When Facebook accounts get hacked, victims call and email the company for help to little avail. Some have found a costly workaround: buying a virtual reality headset to get customer service.n.pr

August 2nd 2021

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John Cleese got a coupon after Airbnb assured his Huntsville house booking was never confirmed. The comedy legend claimed he paid for the stay in Ontario’s cottage country, where he’s due to shoot Cut the Painter with his daughter, Camilla Cleese. The film’s local director, Stephen Wallis, was also behind Burt Reynolds’ final picture.


Finally, a new gander at Gander

Come From Away was booked for filming back in February, when the reopening of theatres still seemed elusive—nearly a year after productions were shut down everywhere. But the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway had its stage dusted off in May, and the results will begin streaming on the eve of September 11:

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The best of Broadway is coming to Apple TV+ September 10. Don’t miss the award-winning musical #ComeFromAway in a live performance featuring members of the original cast.
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August 4th 2021

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