Fluoride has been added to public water systems across the world for decades to help prevent cavities, which can reduce oral health disparities. Social media posts from former U.S. presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claim fluoride i…
Several social media users shared claims that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) added a black stripe to its social media accounts profile pictures mourning the recent killing of Hamas l…
Over the past couple weeks, ads declaring NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had a "fatal accident" have appeared on several news sites, including the Edmonton Journal, The Associated Press and the Toronto Star. The ads, imitating news headlines and us…
A video shared on social media of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to show him saying burning down churches is "fully understandable." The video is edited and misleading. Trudeau condemned church burnings in his remarks, which were made …
Images are circulating on social media claiming that the Tim Hortons worker in the images was fired because she asked why the company was hiring Indians. This is false. The images posted earlier this month were taken from a TikTok video poste…
Several viral social media posts claim that people in Canada are boycotting coffee and restaurant chain Tim Hortons over its hiring practices. The posts use images appearing to show people protesting the food chain or standing outside a locat…
There has long been speculation that sitcom "Friends" will return to airwaves with cast members consistently asked about whether they'd reunite. Rumours of a return to the Central Perk universe surfaced again this month, when several social m…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared on U.S. late-night television show "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Monday night. Trudeau's interview with Colbert attracted a lot of attention as he answered questions about his Liberal party’s lagg…
Former American president and current Republican nominee Donald Trump was asked earlier this month by a news reporter what he would do to help alleviate California's natural disasters and other water woes. Trump responded saying that there wa…
Pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon exploded last week leaving dozens of people dead and thousands more injured. While the attacks that are widely believed to have been carried out by Israel ha…
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Socialist German Workers' Party, pejoratively and more commonly known as the Nazi Party, terrorized Europe in the 1930s and '40s, systematically murdering six million Jews as well as millions of others.
A video of a steelworker confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meet-and-greet event with workers at Algoma Steel Inc. facility in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., went viral online late last month. While the interaction was widely covered…
After health authorities reported an increase of a type of mpox, the virus formerly known as monkeypox, in several African countries, many social media users posted false or misleading claims about the virus, including that the mpox virus is …
Recent posts on social media have claimed that Ukraine has banned Christianity, or banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This is false and misleading. Ukraine did not ban Christianity. As for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the country this mo…
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic many governments required individuals to present proof of immunization in order to participate in some activities or visit places, including attending large-scale sporting events, visiting loved ones in …