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CPAC Launches New Digital & Multimedia Learning Initiative CPAC Route 338

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The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) today launched CPAC Route 338, an innovative new resource intended to help young Canadians better understand our democracy and inspire engagement in the political process.

Ā ā€œNow more than ever before, we recognize that democracy is precious but fragile, even in mature democracies like Canada,ā€ said Catherine Cano, President and General Manager of CPAC. ā€œCPAC Route 338 is a vital resource because the earlier we study and learn about our democracy, the better our chance to have a society that is curious, knowledgeable and engaged.ā€

Ā CPAC Route 338 will help Canadians better understand the impact of policy decisions and why itā€™s important to know the issues.

Ā This democratic literacy project has two key components:Ā 

  • The www.route338.ca website, which profiles and showcases all of Canadaā€™s 338 federal ridings through photos, fast facts and videos from CPACā€™s extensive archives.Ā  Website users will also gain a new appreciation for the role and work of their representatives ā€“ and the accountability that goes with serving in public office.
  • A series of giant floor maps detailing Canadaā€™s 338 ridings, developed in partnership with the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. These massive, 8-by-11-metre (24-by-36-feet) floor maps will tour schools across the country, providing students from coast to coast with a highly-interactive and personalized learning opportunity.

Ā The website and giant floor maps are interrelated through a series of 11 curriculum-linked learning activities designed to help teach students from primary to senior levels about the many facets of a democratic society.

ā€œLearning about democracy has never been more important,ā€ said John Geiger, CEO of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. ā€œOur partnership with CPAC brings together the best in geographical and political education resources to give students and newcomers the information they need to understand how democracy works in Canada.ā€

Ā The Route 338 website and lesson plans are available at www.route338.ca. Teachers can place requests for the giant floor map at education.canadiangrographic.ca.

CPAC is a commercial-free, not-for-profit, bilingual television service providing a window on Canadian politics and public affairs. CPAC is owned by Canadaā€™s cable companies, who have invested more than $50 million to create and preserve this editorially independent voice. CPAC is available across Canada on basic cable and satellite, on the web at cpac.ca and on the CPAC TV 2 GO mobile app.

Ā Canadian Geographic Education is the Royal Canadian Geographical Societyā€™s educational network, comprised of over 19,000 members. Through innovative programming and with a wide range of public and private sector partners, Canadian Geographic Education endeavours to foster geographic engagement and increase the public awareness of geographical literacy.

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Top Five Huge Stories the Media Buried This Week

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#5 – CNN panel lectures America on military ā€œaccountabilityā€ā€¦ and then melts down when Scott Jennings points out that no one was held accountable for the disaster in Afghanistan or Bidenā€™s open border.

NEERA TANDEN:Ā ā€œThe military requires accountability. Itā€™s the most accountable organization. You are supposed to be accountable to higher-ups. Politics isnā€™t supposed to have to do with any of this, and the fact that thatā€™s happening, that theyā€™re just basically saying nothing to do here, is a big problem, I think, for those who believe in accountability.ā€

@ScottJenningsKY:Ā ā€œI think Republicans arenā€™t interested in any lectures on accountability in the military after the Biden administration. I mean, the bar for getting rid of a Secretary of Defense is apparently pretty high. You can get 13 people killed and go AWOL and not tell the commander in chief, and thatā€™s not a fireable offense.ā€

ā€œBut these lectures about accountability and national security after letting 10 million people into the country who raped and murdered and committed violent acts and no remorse or accountability.ā€

NEERA TANDEN:Ā ā€œWhat are you talking about? They closed the border.ā€

#4 – Bill Gates says we wonā€™t need humans ā€œfor most things.ā€

During an appearance onĀ The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon asked Gates a pretty direct question: ā€œWill we still need humans?ā€

Gates responded, ā€œNot for most things. Weā€™ll decide ā€¦ There will be some things that we reserve for ourselves, but in terms of making things and moving things and growing food, over time those will be basically solved problems.ā€

VIDEO:Ā @TheChiefNerd

#3 – Rep. Jim Jordan hammers NPR CEO Katherine Maher for three straight minutes over political bias, the Hunter Biden laptop cover-up, and NPRā€™s 87-to-0 Democrat staff ratio.

REP JORDAN:Ā “Is NPR biased?”

MAHER:Ā “I have never seen any political bias.”

JORDAN:Ā “In the DC area, editorial positions at NPR have 87 registered Democrats and 0 Republicans.”

MAHER:Ā “We do not track the voter registration, but I find that concerning.”

JORDAN:Ā “87-0 and you’re not biased?”

MAHER:Ā “I think that is concerning if those numbers are accurate.”

JORDAN:Ā “October 2020, the NYPost had the Hunter Biden laptop story, and one of those 87 Democrat editors said, ‘We don’t want to waste our readers and listeners’ time on stories that are just pure distractions.’ Was that story a pure distraction?”

Video + Transcript viaĀ @Kanekoathegreat

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#2 – Utah becomes the first state to officially BAN fluoride in all public drinking water.

For decades, fluoride was accepted as a safe way to prevent tooth decay. Few questioned it.

But last year, in a dramatic legal twist, a federal judge ruled that fluoride may actually lower childrenā€™s IQā€”and cited evidence that could upend everything we thought we knew.

That ruling sent shockwaves through the public health world.

Judge Edward Chen pointed to scientific studies showing a ā€œhigh level of certaintyā€ that fluoride exposure ā€œposes a riskā€ to developing brains.

He ordered the EPA to reexamine its safety standards, warning that the margin for safety may be far too narrow.

At the center of the case: dozens of peer-reviewed studies linking everyday fluoride exposureā€”even at levels found in U.S. tap waterā€”to reduced intellectual capacity in children.

It wasnā€™t just one paper. The National Toxicology Program, a branch of the U.S. government, also concluded that higher fluoride levels were ā€œconsistently associatedā€ with lower IQ in kids.

They flagged 1.5 mg/L as a risk threshold. Some communities hover right near it.

In response to the growing evidence, Utah passed HB 81, banning all fluoride additives in public water.

The law takes effect May 7. It doesnā€™t ban fluoride completely. Anyone who wants it can still get itā€”like any other prescription.

And thatā€™s the point: Utahā€™s lawmakers say this is about informed consent and personal choice.

This issue is no longer on the fringe. Across the country, cities and towns are quietly rethinking water fluoridationā€”and some have already pulled out. Utah is the first state to take bold action. It may not be the last.

The conversation surrounding fluoride has shifted from ā€œIs it helpful?ā€ to ā€œIs it safe?ā€ And for the first time in nearly a century, that question is being taken seriously.

VIDEO:Ā @TheChiefNerd

#1 – RFK Jr. Drops Stunning Vaccine Announcement

Kennedy revealed that the CDC is creating aĀ new sub-agency focused entirely on vaccine injuriesā€”a long-overdue shift for patients whoā€™ve spent years searching for answers without any support from the government.

ā€œWeā€™re incorporating an agency within CDC that is going to specialize in vaccine injuries,ā€ Kennedy announced.

ā€œThese are priorities for the American people. More and more people are suffering from these injuries, and we are committed to having gold-standard science make sure that we can figure out what the treatments are and that we can deliver the best treatments possible to the American people.ā€

For years, the vaccine-injured have felt ignored or dismissed, as public health agencies refused to even acknowledge the problem. Now, thereā€™s finally an initiative underway to investigate their injuries and to provide support.

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ā€˜Lot Of Nonsenseā€™: Kari Lake Announces Voice Of America Is Dumping Legacy Outlets

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From theĀ Daily Caller News Foundation

By Hailey Gomez

Special Adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) Kari Lake announced Friday that Voice of America (VOA) will terminate its contracts with The Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse.

VOA, an international broadcasting state media network, is funded by USAGM, with former President Joe BidenĀ requestingĀ in March 2024 a budget increase for the 2025 fiscal year to further support the radio network. In an XĀ postĀ on Friday, Lake announced USAGM will end its ā€œexpensive and unnecessary newswireĀ contracts,ā€ adding that some of the major agreements included ā€œtens-of-millions of dollars in contractsā€ with AP News, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.

ā€œUSAGM is an American taxpayer funded News Organization with an 83-year history. We should not be paying outside news companies to tell us what the news isā€”with nearly a billion-dollar budget, we should be producing news ourselves,ā€ Lake wrote. ā€œAnd if thatā€™s not possible, the American taxpayer should demand to know why.ā€

During a meeting withĀ VOAĀ staffers Friday, employees were reportedly told to ā€œstop using wire service material for their reports,ā€Ā accordingĀ to Newsmax. Notably, audio, video, and text reports have often been used to supplement coverage from locations where reporters are not present, the outlet reported.

In an interview with Newsmax prior to the official contract cuts, Lake discussed how the agency was finding ā€œa lot of nonsense that the American taxpayer shouldnā€™t be paying for.ā€

ā€œToday, I started the process of terminating the agencyā€™s contracts with the Associated Press, Reuters, & the Agence France-Presse. This will save taxpayers about 53 million dollars. The purpose of our agency is to tell the American story. We donā€™t need to outsource that responsibility to anyone else,ā€ LakeĀ wroteĀ in an X post regarding the interview.

Disputes between The AP and the White House began in February after the corporate media outlet was revokedĀ press accessĀ for refusing to call the Gulf of America by its new name. The AP filed a lawsuit on Feb. 21Ā againstĀ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich for injunctive relief.

Lake wasĀ swornĀ in as USAGMā€™s special adviser on March 3, saying sheā€™s ā€œlooking forwardā€ to serving America and ā€œstreamliningā€ the agency. The cuts from the agency follow President Donald Trumpā€™s push for his second administration to review the governmentā€™s wasteful spending.

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