Reality Bites
The private cost of public service: how sharing science about COVID put experts in the crosshairs | CBC News – CBC
Dr. Alex Wong became well-known during the COVID-19 pandemic, doing multiple interviews locally and nationally, but his work led to his body breaking down.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3290
Trump imposes sweeping 25% steel and aluminum tariffs. Canada and Europe swiftly retaliate | CNN Business – CNN
President Donald Trump imposed sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imported into the United States Wednesday, a policy aimed at leveling the playing field for US manufacturing but a move that threatens to drive up prices on a broad range of consumer…
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3291
Canada announces C$29.8 billion in retaliatory tariffs on US – Reuters
Canada will impose C$29.8 bln in retaliatory tariffs on the United States effective Thursday morning in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, Canada's Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3292
ANALYSIS | The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in public | CBC News – CBC
Former senior Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats. They say those attempts would likely come on social media…
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3293
German spy agency concluded COVID virus likely leaked from lab, papers say – Reuters
Germany's foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3294
Trump Says It's "Illegal" to Boycott Tesla – Futurism
President Donald Trump said that "Radical Left Lunatics" are "illegally" boycotting Tesla, despite boycotts being a legal form of protest.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3285
Man Whose Daughter Died From Measles Stands by Failure to Vaccinate Her: "The Vaccination Has Stuff We Don’t Trust" – NEOSCOPE
The father of the first person to die from measles in a decade does not regret his anti-vaccination stance.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3286
Expect Mark Carney to lead a 'more right-leaning government,' says MUN political scientist | CBC News – CBC
Mark Carney won the federal Liberal leadership race in a landslide victory on Sunday, and a Memorial University political scientist believes there could be a shakeup as the party changes course.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3288
Trump placing 25% tariff on steel, aluminum after backing off 50% threat | CBC News – CBC
The White House said Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump will go ahead with a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian steel and aluminum just after midnight, capping off yet another chaotic day of trade threats and 51st state taunts.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3284
'Most Transparent Administration in History' Is Shredding Documents and Ignoring FOIA – Gizmodo
USAID ordered to destory classified records while DOGE has tried to operate in secret.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3287
‘Despicable’: NDP calls on Smith to cancel PragerU appearance with Ben Shapiro – The Hamilton Spectator
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is facing calls to cancel a speaking appearance with conservative media personality Ben Shapiro at an upcoming fundraiser for Florida-based PragerU.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3279
‘Temperature needs to come down’: Ontario suspends 25 per cent export tax on electricity sent to U.S. – CTVNews
Premier Doug Ford has agreed to suspend the 25 per cent surcharge on the electricity Ontario sends to the U.S. after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick offered an 'olive branch' and invited him to a meeting in Washington on Thursday.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3280
Ford urges Smith to use oil export tax ‘trump card’ against U.S.: ‘They will lose their minds’ | Globalnews.ca – Global News
'You want to talk about a trump card? That will instantly change the game, instantly, when the Americans – and I know the Americans – all of a sudden their gas prices go up.'
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3281
Trump’s Flawed Claim that Tariffs Made the U.S. Its ‘Richest’ – FactCheck.org
In arguing for more tariffs on goods imported to the United States, President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. was its “richest” or “wealthiest” during the late 1800s and early 1900s because of tariffs. In multiple ways, his claim is wrong…
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3282
Yes, Musk said 'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy' – Snopes
The X owner delivered the quote during a Feb. 28, 2025, episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3283
Feds sign $8 billion preliminary contract for new navy destroyers while Parliament sidelined | CBC News – CBC
As the Liberal government appointed a flurry of senators and judges late Friday, it also committed taxpayers to spending $8 billion to start construction on three new naval destroyers. The eventual price tag for the trio of warships is expected to top $22.2…
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3277
RFK Jr. Misleads on Vitamin A, Unsupported Therapies for Measles – FactCheck.org
In the midst of a growing measles outbreak in Texas that has killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has misleadingly focused on vitamin A, including from cod liver oil, and two non-standard medications as treatments for…
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3278
Canada tariffs updates: White House halts plan to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium – BBC News
US President Donald Trump had threatened to increase 25% tariffs on certain Canadian metals to 50%.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3276
Democrats Expected to Pass a Bill (Drafted by Elon's Lawyers) That Threatens Your Retirement Fund – Gizmodo
It's not enough to ruin the federal government. Musk doesn't think corporations should have to play by state rules, either.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3275
Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report – the Guardian
Alleged talks between billionaire and Russian president could have enormous security implications
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3269
