Share this article: At this point, we are all aware of what it means to defund the police. It simply means moving money and tasks away from police departments and then funneling that money into new social programs that can properly deal with public health issues. One example of this could
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Northern Currents: A New Wave of Hate: Anti-Asian Sentiment on the Rise
Share this article: The second wave of Covid-19 is here in Canada and many questions loom as to how the future of the pandemic will play out. One thing that is for certain, though, is that a new wave of hate has spread throughout Canada. This is a wave that
Continue readingNorthern Currents: It’s an American election dumpster fire: Canadians need to be vigilant too
Share this article: The American democratic experiment is stuck in gridlock. It has become clear that Joe Biden will be the next president with a lead of over 4 million votes. More importantly, Biden has passed the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win. However, Trump-style politics are still in
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Fascism on the ballot: Will Americans drown out hate?
Share: Today is the day where we get our first glimpse of whether or not our neighbors to the south choose to vote out fascism. This new, 21st-century style of fascism has emerged in various places across the planet such as Brazil, Poland, Russia, Turkey, and others. Make no mistake,
Continue readingNorthern Currents: The Conservatives are hostile towards those we need the most
Share this: While the coronavirus pandemic started spreading across the globe, many governments were caught off guard and had to act quickly. Those countries that elected to put their top scientists in charge and listen to their expertise were more successful in flattening the curve than those that didn’t. Photo:
Continue readingNorthern Currents: The Conservatives are hostile towards those we need the most
Share this: While the coronavirus pandemic started spreading across the globe, many governments were caught off guard and had to act quickly. Those countries that elected to put their top scientists in charge and listen to their expertise were more successful in flattening the curve than those that didn’t. Photo:
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Refugees aren’t safe in the USA. Canada must help out.
Share this: Our southern neighbors are at a boiling point with a torrent of racial unrest and questions about whether or not the current president will honor the results of the upcoming election. Xenophobia and racism has been a central theme of the current administration. As a result of this,
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Canadian Freedom and Anti-maskers. Covidiots just don’t get it.
Share this: In this land we call Canada, much has been made about citizens handing over certain freedoms in order to get ourselves out of the Covid-19 pandemic. When it comes to mask wearing, the science has already been settled. Wearing a mask is one important tool among many to
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Racist blood quantum laws still define First Nations in Canada
Share this: Since signed into law in 1876, the Indian Act has used Blood Quantum laws to define who is legally a First Nations person in Canada. These laws were born out of racist, paternalistic ideas of controlling and colonizing First Nations People by the Canadian government. They were an
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Wear a Mask! Here’s the science behind mask use.
Share this: Photo: Juan Rojas. Toronto The science around wearing a mask has been, lets say, evolving since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Right wing conspiracy theorists and anti-science folks have been claiming, among other things, that masks simply don’t work. It is true that randomized, controlled trials (RCT’s)
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Workers deserve a 32 hour work week with no loss of pay
Share this: Since the industrialization of the world, workers organized in unions have fought for many key rights Canadians enjoy today. In the early days of Capitalism, it was not uncommon for a worker to spend 80 hours per week at their job in strenuous working conditions. Thanks to organized
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Two Conservative candidates have transphobic policies. Why is no-one talking about this?
Share this: In the wake of JK Rowling’s most recent twitter debacle in which she (again) spread transphobic slander, it is clear that transphobia is still a pervasive force in our society, and yes, in Canada too. While facing backlash from many in the LGBTQ+ community and their allies, Rowling
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Let’s De-fund the Police in Canada too. But what does that mean?
Share this: In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by the police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with 3 other police standing idly by without intervening, growing support for calls to defund the police have surged throughout the USA and Canada. But what does it mean to defund the police?
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Why are Covidiots teaming up with the far right?
Share this: Misinformation about the Covid-19 Pandemic has been circulating through the internet much like a virus would. Those with a disdain for science and rational thought tirelessly tweet, comment, share and regurgitate any piece of information that seems to go against the ‘mainstream narrative’ without fact-checking or checking their
Continue readingNorthern Currents: The far right is more wrong than they think. Less than 5% of Spain and France have Covid-19 antibodies.
Share this: Both France and Spain have been hit much harder than Canada during the Covid 19 pandemic. Two studies with preliminary findings have shown that less than 5% of France and Spain’s population have been infected and have produced antibodies that appear to offer some form of protection from
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Andrew Scheer is now pushing “Re-open Canada” nonsense.
Share this: The so-called “Re-open Canada” protests around Canada are much smaller than the protests south of our border, but they are no less freakish. In Vancouver, the protest was organized by neo-nazi’s, transphobes, and conspiracy theorists, under the protection of the Vancouver Police. The nearby residents watching the protest
Continue readingNorthern Currents: How are Canadian Scientists Fighting Covid-19?
Share this: As of May 3, 2020 Covid-19 has spread to 220 countries around the world with over 3 million confirmed cases and almost 250,000 deaths so far. It is clear that the virus knows no borders, but on the other hand, neither does science. Researchers and scientists from countries
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Herd Immunity Strategies will not save us from COVID-19
Share this: Dr Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer As Canadians continue to hunker down in the country-wide lockdown, Quebec’s Premier François Legault expressed interest in herd immunity this week as a means to reopen businesses and allow children to return to school. Similar calls have been made by many as
Continue readingNorthern Currents: No, Theresa Tam did not mislead the Canadian Public.
Share this: Far right, anti-science fanatics have been claiming that Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, has been lying to the public on a few key issues surround Covid 19. Some these issues include the use of face masks, human-to-human spread of the virus, telling the public not to
Continue readingNorthern Currents: Trudeau’s wage subsidy should have been the first to roll out, not the last
Share this: The new Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy is a brand new program created by the Liberal Party of Canada that would provide 75% of a workers wage to workers who have had significant cuts in hours due to the current Covid 19 crisis. Originally planned to be a 10%
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