Commentary It’s been just over a year since the first COVID-19 case was identified in Canada. Since that time, the federal and provincial governments have struggled to contain this virus through a series of rotating lockdowns. Last spring, virtually every school in the country was closed, and most closures lasted for the remainder of the…
Video: America Is Following a Path to Marxism, Warns Pastor Cristian Ionescu
With censorship, religious worship being targeted by lockdowns, and the encroachment of big government on individual rights, many Americans are now concerned that their Constitutional rights are at risk. According to Pastor Cristian Ionescu, a Romanian Immigrant and Chicago Pastor who fled persecution in Communist Romania as a religious refugee, America is now at risk…
Lockdowns in 2021 Threaten to Slow First-Quarter Earnings Recovery
LONDON—A major chunk of the recovery in companies’ earnings expected in the first quarter is at risk of being pushed back further as lockdowns and mobility restrictions in several countries cloud hopes of a swifter economic recovery, investment banks said. China announced lockdowns in four cities and European countries unveiled tighter and longer coronavirus restrictions…
Provinces Catch Up on Cancelled Surgeries, but Long Waits Persist
Many surgeries cancelled by lockdowns last spring have since taken place, but experts say even the best-performing provinces still struggle with chronically long wait times. In British Columbia, about 30,000 procedures were cancelled or never scheduled during the two-month shutdown last spring. The province recently reported that as of Nov. 12, 2020, surgeries had been…
US Loses 140,000 Jobs, First Monthly Drop Since Spring
WASHINGTON—U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses. At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7 percent, the first time it hasn’t fallen since April. Friday’s figures from…
US Loses 140,000 Jobs, First Monthly Decline Since April
WASHINGTON—U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses. At the same time, the unemployment rate stayed at 6.7 percent, the first time since April that it hasn’t fallen. The Jan….
I Now Better Understand the ‘Good German’
Commentary As my listeners and readers can hopefully attest, I have been on a lifelong quest to understand human nature and human behavior. I am sad to report that I have learned more in the last few years, particularly in 2020, than in any equivalent period of time. One of the biggest revelations concerns a…
Coronavirus for Dummies
Commentary We are now almost one year from the dark days when the coronavirus first hit these shores. Why are the politicians’ making the same policy mistakes today that they made nine months ago? The 300,000+ deaths are an act of nature, but the virus’s death and despair have been compounded by acts of man—i.e.,…
Factories Bounce Back From Covid-19 Hit, Tighter Controls Cloud Outlook
January 4, 2021
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Manufacturers across Europe ended 2020 on a high while Asian factory activity expanded moderately thanks to increased demand in China, surveys showed, but the prospect of tougher coronavirus curbs clouded the outlook for the recovery. Despite hopes that vaccination programs being rolled out will eventually quell the virus, a resurgence of infections is forcing many…
French Police Shut Down Huge Party Defying COVID-19 Restrictions
PARIS—French police shut down on Saturday a huge party in northwestern France that had been under way since New Year’s Eve in defiance of a curfew and coronavirus restrictions on large gatherings. About 2,500 people had attended the rave party in an unused warehouse in Lieuron, near Rennes, and some clashed with police on Saturday,…
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