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Manitoba Budget Cuts Tax on Property, Enacts Tax on Digital Services

WINNIPEG—Many Manitobans will soon be paying less in property tax while forking out more to use online digital services. The Progressive Conservative government’s 2021-22 budget released Wednesday includes some long-promised tax relief, some new tax revenues from the digital economy and millions of dollars in promised COVID-19 relief. “Our plan is to really protect Manitobans […]

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Facebook and the Fact Checkers

Commentary Recently, Facebook took down Lara Trump’s interview with former President Donald Trump, warning that Trump’s content was banned on the platform. In doing this, Facebook made a new escalation in its censorship project. First, Facebook took the position Trump could not post because his claims of election fraud, leading up to the events of

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Former Trans Woman Praises Arkansas Law Banning Transgender Procedures for Minors

A former transgender woman praised a new Arkansas law banning transgender procedures for minors, warning against children going through irreversible changes they may regret in the future. “They end up mutilating their bodies and destroying their lives, and by the time they’re 21 or 22 years old, they wish they’d never done it,” Walt Heyer,

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10 House Democrats Join Lawsuit Against Trump After Capitol Breach

Ten more House Democrat lawmakers joined a lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and several groups of allegedly inciting the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol. The suit was filed by Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), alleging that Trump and Giuliani’s respective speeches

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Biden Admin Responds to Reports Saying DHS May Restart Border Wall Construction

The White House responded to a report this week claiming that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would restart construction of the U.S.–Mexico border wall to shore up gaps in the current barrier, after President Joe Biden issued an executive order months ago to pause construction. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reportedly said that there’s “room

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US Starts Study of Allergic Reactions to Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines

A U.S. health agency on April 7 announced the launch of a study of allergic reactions to two COVID-19 vaccines. The phase two trial will examine whether people who are highly allergic or have a mast cell disorder are at increased risk of an immediate, systemic allergic reaction to the vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech.

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Supreme Court Packing Could Erode Public Trust, Justice Stephen Breyer Says

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer on Tuesday warned against an effort to expand the size of the nation’s highest court, citing potential damage to public trust in the judiciary branch. Breyer, a Clinton appointee who frequently sides with the liberal justices in decisions, raised alarm in his two-hour lecture at Harvard University Law School about

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O’Toole Promises Pandemic Inquiry If Elected, Criticizes Feds’ Vaccine Procurement Plan With China

Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to partner with China on making COVID-19 vaccines while promising a public inquiry into the Liberal government’s pandemic response if the Tories were to win power. During a press conference on April 6, O’Toole said Trudeau had “dropped the ball completely” when he turned to

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Ontario Declares Third ‘State of Emergency,’ Issues Month-Long Stay-at-Home Order

Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday that Ontario will enter a state of emergency for the third time, and the entire province will be put under stay-at-home order for four weeks starting Thursday in the government’s effort to stem the spread of COVID-19, the disease the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus causes. The stay-at-home order will

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