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Deputy Chief Steve Bell says almost 1/4 of trucks in protest include children Ottawa police say almost 25 percent of the 418 trucks involved in the ongoing demonstration have children in them, which has hampered the force's response and led to concerns about the children's safety. Police provided an update Tuesday afternoon... Bell also turned his focus to the children of protesters. Over the weekend bouncy castles were set up near Parliament to help entertain children who remain. Bell said police are working the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa regarding those children. "It's something that greatly concerns us," Bell said,...

"The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the...

Comedian Heather McDonald shared video of the moment that she fainted on stage during a stand-up comedy show that resulted in a fractured skull. The 51-year-old comedian, who rose to fame through her appearances on E!'s Chelsea Lately, was performing at The Tempe Improv on Saturday night when she collapsed on stage after delivering her second joke. She was taken to the hospital where she was treated for a fractured skull, revealing Tuesday on TikTok and Instagram the video of her collapsing on stage. 'I fainted and fractured my skull in front of a sold out show at the @tempeimprov....

As Townhall reported yesterday, the Biden administration — with taxpayer funding from the American Rescue Plan — is funding grants that can be used to provide clean crack pipes under the guise of the president's "equity" agenda. The plan is, of course, nonsense given the rising number of overdose deaths claiming lives in the United States, a problem compounded by President Biden's open border and soft-on-crime policies. As only he can, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) offered his thoughts on the mind-numbingly absurd program and hints that the Biden administration might approve so-called "safe injection sites" for drug use. "There almost...

Despite the removal of the province's vaccine passport policy, the truckers gathered at the Coutts, Alberta to Sweetgrass, Montana border crossing are demanding all restrictions be removed Rebel News' Kian Simone is reporting that the Coutts, Alberta border crossing is blockaded again following Premier Jason Kenney's announcement of a three-step reopening plan tonight. Speaking at a press conference Tuesday evening, Premier Kenney outlined how the province would follow a three-step plan to remove public health restrictions, beginning with the Restriction Exemption Program at midnight. Despite the removal of the province's vaccine passport policy, the truckers gathered at the Coutts, Alberta...

Project Veritas released a new undercover video today recorded within ESPN that revealed what appears to be a workplace environment full of toxic racist tension. The Whistleblower-recorded audio and video show numerous ESPN employees discussing what they see as a toxic, racist workplace environment which directly contradicts the image that ESPN tries to project. In one clip, a black studio operator discusses, “the racial shit that happens in here all the time.” In another clip, a black woman working as an audio communications specialist says “that’s not how it is” when addressing the difference between ESPN’s workplace environment and social...

The "Freedom Convoy" is a "nationwide insurrection," the chair of Ottawa's police board said.Protestors have let off fireworks, blocked roads, and desecrated a war memorial.Protests have erupted in other Canadian cities, too, including Toronto and Hamilton.The disruption that erupted in Ottawa after people gathered to protest Canada's vaccine mandate for truckers has become a "nationwide insurrection," the chair of the city's police board said.The protestors are "terrorizing" and "threatening" the city's residents, Councillor Diane Deans said Saturday at an emergency meeting of the board."Our city is under siege," she said.- ADVERTISEMENT -Canadian truckers first gathered January 28 in Ottawa for...

Santa Clara County won’t be making any changes to its mask rules for now, despite a decision Monday by the state to loosen its order. During a Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Public Health Director Dr. Sara Cody said that her office was still reviewing figures before they change any policies. “As you know, we are always seeking to do what we can to be the most protective but also flexible,” said Cody during Tuesday’s meeting in response to a question from Board President Mike Wasserman. “We are looking at our data and where we are in the omicron...

Ed Morrissey wrote a story about the costs of California’s high speed rail project going up back in August 2011. More than ten years later, we’re still seeing that story repeated over and over. Last January, we learned from a contractor’s letter that project delays were “beyond comprehension,” often thanks to failures by the state to buy needed property to build on. ... The cost to build California’s ambitious but long delayed high-speed rail line has once again risen, with rail officials now estimating it could take up to $105 billion to finish the line from San Francisco to Los...

Judge orders Ottawa police to return all fuel they seized from Truckers…

A Canadian province has conceded to nationwide demonstrations by the nation’s truckers and will abolish vaccine passports immediately and end most COVID-related restrictions by month’s end. Jason Kenney, the premier of Alberta, announced Tuesday evening that the passport requirement to enter businesses in the province will end at 11:59 p.m. local time and most other restrictions will be gone in three steps over the next three weeks. “Now is the time to begin learning to live with COVID,” Mr. Kenney said in a televised address. “These restrictions have led to terrible division.” “We cannot remain at a heightened state of...

Novavax Inc has delivered just a small fraction of the 2 billion COVID-19 shots it plans to send around the world in 2022 and has delayed first-quarter shipments in Europe and lower income countries such as the Philippines, public officials involved in their government's vaccine rollouts told Reuters. Novavax said it has completed delivery of around 10 million vaccine doses to Indonesia and that shipments of several million shots arrived in Australia and New Zealand on Monday. The company declined to comment on the exact number of deliveries it has made but said it is moving as quickly as possible...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Dumping plastic in waterways is "criminal" and must end if humanity wants to save the planet for future generations, Pope Francis said in a television interview on Sunday. In the hour-long interview on state broadcaster RAI's Channel 3, Francis also reiterated some of the key themes of his papacy, condemning excessive spending on armaments, defending the rights of migrants, and condemning ideological rigidity by conservatives in the Church. Francis, who has made defending the environment a cornerstone of his pontificate, recounted how Italian fishermen came to him one year and told him they had...

Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink just got dealt an expensive blow — the company's currently estimating that 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites it launched on February 3rd will be destroyed because of a geomagnetic storm. The storm caused "up to 50 percent higher drag than during previous launches," keeping the deployed satellites from reaching their proper orbit around the Earth.

Russia has promised that military equipment given to Venezuela will not be used to attack Colombia, destabilize Latin America or end up in the hands of illegal armed groups, Colombia's Foreign Minister and Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez said. "We need there not to be even the smallest risk that military cooperation which exists between Russia and Venezuela, and has for a long time, could eventually, because of carelessness or whatever reason, lead to any Russian military equipment being in the hands of illegal armed groups which are present on the border," Ramirez told journalists Monday night after a meeting...

Truckers traveled from Anchorage to Eagle River, Alaska, over the weekend in support of a massive truck convoy in Ottawa, Canada, to protest coronavirus vaccine mandates in order to conduct cross-border business. More than 100 truck drivers took part in the Alaskan convoy, the Anchorage Daily News reported. “Truck drivers and other service providers since Jan. 15 can only enter Canada if they are fully vaccinated,” the Associated Press reported. “A week later, the U.S. required vaccinations from essential non-resident travelers.” “We have to have the shot stamps on our medical cards in order to go out of state, and...

LEICESTER, United Kingdom — A fourth Anglican bishop in a year has been received into the Catholic Church. It was confirmed by the Church Times – an independent newspaper covering the Church of England – that the former bishop of Chester, Peter Forster, became Catholic last year. The three other Church of England bishops to become Catholic last year are the former Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali; the former Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Jonathon Goodall; and the former Bishop of Burnley, John Goddard. Foster was received into the Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh in Scotland, where...

The North Carolina elections board said in a court filing Monday it has the power to bar Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) from running for office over his actions leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. “The State does not judge the qualifications of the elected members of the U.S. House of Representative. It polices candidate qualifications prior to the elections,” the board wrote in a filing to dismiss a lawsuit brought on by Cawthorn. “In doing so, as indicated above, States have long enforced age and residency requirements, without question and with very few if any legal challenges. The...

Democrat Joe Biden’s open border policies have created such dangerous consequences around the United States that lawmakers in places nowhere near the Southern Border are being hurt by increased crimes and other problems that the near invasion of illegal immigrants has caused. And talk of impeaching Biden over the disaster he and the Democrats have caused is increasing in the GOP ranks. US lawmakers and representatives as far East and North as New York are even thinking about impeachment if Republicans take the US House in 2022. “Anything is on the table when we are in the majority,” Stefanik told...

Israel is experiencing an unprecedented wave of new coronavirus cases and fatalities weeks after officials recommended a fourth coronavirus “vaccine” booster. The same country that was hailed by the then-lead Pfizer scientist as a “laboratory” is now ignored by mandate-hungry authoritarians who dominate the legacy media.One year ago today, an article about Israel’s coronavirus response at “Our World in Data,” gushed that the country “has conducted the fastest campaign to vaccinate its population against COVID-19 so far.” Today, “About 95 percent of adults over 50 are vaccinated,” reveals journalist Alex Berenson. “About 85 percent have received a booster,” he continues.In...