It's been a busy few months in ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø politics. Since Justin Trudeau stepped down as Prime Minister in early January, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøs watched as former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney campaigned for and eventually won the Liberal leadership r…
In March, several social media accounts made claims that Canada is dumping $400 billion worth of U.S. bonds, with some suggesting the move was in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø goods. The claims are false, and C…
In May, several accounts on the X platform, formerly Twitter, and Facebook claimed China cancelled all beef imports from the United States in favour of buying from Canada and Brazil. These claims are false. ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø found no evidenc…
United States health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made multiple claims about measles during an interview on Fox News that aired March 11. His claims — made amid a rise in measles cases across Canada and the United States — are misleading. …
On March 4, U.S. President Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs against Canada went into effect, launching the historically close allies into a trade war.Â
A compilation video posted to X, formerly Twitter, on March 1 appears to show the presidents of Ukraine and France dancing. While President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to be belly dancing and dancing on stage in multiple clips, President Emma…
Claims Niagara Falls lit up in orange in memory of a slain Israeli family on Feb. 26 appeared on social media Feb. 27. These claims are partly true but contain misleading information. The binational Niagara Falls Illumination Board, which ope…
Earlier this month, the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø men's hockey team took on the United States in the final game of the 4 Nations Face-Off amid tensions between the two countries as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to impose steep tariffs on ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø goods.Â
On Feb. 14, Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome and diagnosed with pneumonia. Since then, some social media users made false claims about the Pope's death and images seemingly showing his hospital stay spread on social media. These posts co…
A TikTok video posted on Feb. 21 appears to show ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and international soldiers and includes the caption "NATO troops in Ukraine." This is misleading. Patches on the uniforms of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø soldiers show they were part of Operation UNIF…
Multiple X users made claims about the training and qualifications of the pilots of an airplane that crashed and overturned upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport in February. The claims included accusations the first officer r…
On Feb. 14, several social media users claimed Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney's campaign digitally altered photos from a campaign stop to make the crowd seem larger. There is no evidence for this claim. The people supposedly edited …
Images of an Elections Ontario pamphlet about voter registration caused confusion on social media, with some users concluding that voter information cards would not be sent out to some of those registered to vote ahead of the Feb. 27 election…
In February, a graphic claiming to list billions of dollars ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø and international universities received from the United States Agency for International Development spread on X. This graphic is false. The dollar amounts listed on the grap…
On Jan. 29, Netflix announced it had greenlit a reboot of "Little House on the Prairie." Several social media posts have shared an image appearing to show the ethnically diverse cast of the reboot. The photo is fake. The image is generated by…
