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A pentecostal minister in St. John's made a very public plea for members of his church to get this
What is a covid-19 vaccine?
Right across Canada leading up to the Thanksgiving Day weekend, the cost of this essential, daily-used product went up everywhere
What is gasoline?
Frances Haugen enjoyed absolute privilege when she told the US government this social media platform put 'profits before people'
What is Facebook?
He authorized the stampede to go ahead and had to ask Ottawa to send in the army to help his province deal with Covid-19
What is Alberta?
The lens through which a journalist sees and tells a story
What is angle?
Pharmacists in certain parts of the island of Newfoundland were upset this month because they couldn't get their hands on any of this
What are covid-19 vaccines?
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologized for doing this instead of honouring Indigenous people during the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
What is going on vacation (in Tofino BC)?
With horrific economic and financial implications, the American government has come very close to doing this to its national debt
What is defaulting? (Not able to pay its bills.)
He is the leader of what is often called the "world's largest democracy"
Who is Narendra Modi? (India)
The number of things a plaintiff must prove to be successful in a libel law suit
What is 3?
It's the radio frequency in St. John's where you can hear the St. John's Morning Show on CBC Radio
What is 88.5 FM or 640 AM?
It's the deadline for federal government employees in Canada to get vaccinated or stop getting paid
What is October 30th?
Rebels in the Tigray region of this country claim the government has launched an all out war "on all fronts" by firing artillery and directing surgical airstrikes
What is Ethiopia?
He is the president of a powerful country often referred to as 'the middle kingdom'
Who is Xi Jinping? (China)
There was cinnamon, then tide pods, vandalizing school property and most recently 'slap a teacher'
What are social media challenges?
It's the radio frequency in St. John's where you can hear VOCM News
What is 590 AM?
This federal Canadian party gained a seat after a recount last week took a victory away from another party in Quebec
What is/who are the Liberals?
Five Indian soldiers were killed in fighting yesterday in this Himalayan valley, a frequent source of conflict
What is Kashmir?
Rodrigo Duterte is the strong man president who has openly boasted about gunning down drug dealers in this country
What is the Philippines?
It's what CP style says you must ALWAYS do with a number at the start of a sentence.
S-P-E-L-L
I-T
O-U-T.
Largely because of a dispute over Raggèd Beach, voters in the municipal election fired and replaced every single municipal councillor in a community that has a name signifying a "lack of intelligence"
What is Witless Bay?
It's the day this week that the Quebec government says it will suspend the licenses of more than 17-thousand healthcare workers and stop paying them until they show proof of vaccination
What is Friday?
It's the total US debt in trillions of dollars
What is 28? ($35 trillion Canadian dollars)
The country in which Jacinda Ardern is Prime Minister
What is New Zealand?
This is where the CP style guide says you must always place periods and commas when using quotation marks.
What is inside them?