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While most Canadians were hit hard by the pandemic over the last couple of years thanks to layoffs, reduced hours and dangerous working conditions, a new report has found that the nation’s top 100 CEOs had quite the payday. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) found that company leaders had their second-best year for earnings in the country’s […]
Another COVID-19 variant has been discovered in France, and this one has 46 mutations ,which is reportedly more than the current Omicron variant surging across the globe. According to Newsweek, the variant, which is named B.1.640.2, colloquially being called IHU because the team that found it works at Méditerranée Infection University Hospital Institute, was discovered in an […]
A woman in Argentina took off her dress in an ice cream shop in an attempt to repurpose it as a face mask to abide by the store’s mask policy, the New York Post reports. In video making the rounds online and recorded off a security camera, the woman enters the store in the province of Mendoza and can be seen […]
An Australian man set himself on fire on New Year’s Day after going on a rant about the country’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, The Hill reports. Eyewitnesses said they overheard the unidentified man shouting expletives while inside his car regarding a newly implemented vaccine mandate in the state of Victoria. “He was screaming about mandates,” Lydia O’Connor told the […]
As the entertainment world continues to mourn the death of beloved actress Betty White, her agent is clearing up some rumors surrounding her passing. Jeff Witjas, White’s agent and friend, told the Associated Press that rumors of her dying shortly after getting a COVID-19 booster shot on Dec. 28 are untrue. After the 99-year-old Golden Girls […]
Twitter has permanently suspended a personal account of Marjorie Taylor Greene over the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy. In a statement to NBC News, Twitter said: “We permanently suspended the account you referenced (@mtgreenee) for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy. We’ve been clear that, per our strike system for this policy, we will permanently suspend accounts for repeated […]
Hours before he was set to enter the ring against Brock Lesnar at the WWE Day 1 Match on Saturday night, Roman Reigns took to Twitter to inform his fans that he tested positive for COVID-19, and that his match-up would unfortunately be canceled. “I yearn to perform tonight at #WWEDay1 to defend my Universal Championship,” Reigns […]
Over the past few months, popular memes have circulated on social media that link Omarion’s name with the Omicron variant because they sound somewhat similar. The R&B singer took to TikTok on Saturday to wish his fans a happy New Year, posting a video in which he addressed the Omicron jokes. “Hi everybody, this is Omarion. […]
A Michigan school teacher made the responsible decision to quarantine herself in her airplane’s bathroom when she tested positive for COVID-19 mid-flight. Marisa Fotieo spent five hours in that bathroom after taking the rapid test when her throat started feeling sore, according to Today. There were about 150 people on her flight, traveling from Chicago to […]
The cruise industry may have suffered another major blow. A day after COVID cases reached a record high, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an advisory warning Americans about the potential dangers of cruise travel. The agency cited the recent spike in COVID-19 cases that have been reported on ships around the world. According to […]
