Ontario

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/44184277

Officials with Southwestern Public Health (SWPH) are reporting 104 new measles cases in one week, accounting for more than half of the total increase the province reported overall in a similar time frame.

https://archive.is/https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/doug-fords-government-vows-to-protect-ontario-from-donald-trumps-tariffs-with-record-232-5b/article_7efaf6f0-2515-46f8-ae27-0d198a4a7d02.html

Dangerous Dougie wanting to take away bike lanes when Paris put them in. Look at the difference over years.

1. 2024-05-01: Former PC Party vice-president appointed as Ontario judge. Province appointed 2 former staffers to a committee that helps select provincial judges in February
2. 2025-04-28: Ontario looking to fast-track judicial appointments, add more judges to courts. Legislation will address backlog of criminal cases, attorney general says
3. 2025-04-30: Ford rants about 'bleeding-heart judges' who are 'overruling the government'. Ontario premier denounced bike lane injunction, suggests judges should be elected like in U.S.
4. 2025-04-30: Doug Ford's judges 'rant' again sparks fears over judicial independence. Premier mused about electing judges and publicly posting justices’ bail records
5. 2025-05-03: Doug Ford’s attack on Ontario judges should not be shrugged off

https://archive.ph/eYHDG

Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.

The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.

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