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Video Shows Canadian Parliament Giving Standing Ovation to Ex-Waffen SS Fighter?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Sep 25, 2023 Readers messaged us asking if claims about a viral video of a September 2023 event in Canadian P ...
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Moraine Lake in Alberta, Canada.

Canada Has More Lakes Than All Other Countries Combined?

Written by:
Madison Dapcevich
Aug 19, 2023 The five Great Lakes, which straddle the U.S-Canada border, contain 18% of the world's fresh lak ...
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Authentic Video of a Giant Iceberg Approaching the Coast of Newfoundland?

Written by:
Aleksandra Wrona
Aug 2, 2023 "Imagine waking up expecting to see a normal ocean view and instead this is staring you in the f ...
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A photo that claims to show incomprehensible military activity in the U.S. is miscaptioned.

Did a Viral Video Show Heavy 'Military Activity' in the U.S. in June 2023?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 19, 2023 We learned some tanks were returning to base after an exercise.
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A tweet from Occupy Democrats claimed there was breaking news and said that an unhinged conservative husband and wife interrupted an elementary school track-and-field meet, accused a 9-year old girl with short hair of being a boy, and demanded that the young girl produce her birth certificate in the middle of the race or be disqualified.

9-Year-Old Girl's Gender Allegedly Questioned by Couple at Track Meet

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Jun 15, 2023 An altercation at a children's track meet in British Columbia left a young girl traumatized, acc ...
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Does Video Show Helicopters Starting the Canadian Wildfires?

Written by:
Nur Ibrahim
Jun 8, 2023 Video footage shows aircraft spreading more fire over a forested area. The question is why.
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A white man in a gray suit speaks stands in front of a microphone.

Is the Canadian Government Funding 'Drag Camps' for Children?

Written by:
Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Apr 4, 2023 Posts claiming that taxpayers were covering the costs of "junior drag" and "teen drag" camps wer ...
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Children play on UFO-shaped slide in China.

Was the Falcon Lake Incident in Canada an Extraterrestrial Encounter?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 3, 2023 The Manitoba incident's only documented witness didn't think so.
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Will Canadians' Cell Phones Now Be Searched at the U.S. Border?

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Jun 27, 2018 In late June 2018, a web site resurrected months-old news about potential cellphone searches by ...
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Did President Trump Say That Canadians Smuggle Shoes Out of the United States?

Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Jun 19, 2018 Footwear manufacturers called the president "misinformed" after his appearance at a business gro ...
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Does a Viral Video Show a Polar Bear Starving to Death?

Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Dec 12, 2017 Upsetting footage captured on Canada's Baffin Island is authentic, but the role of climate chang ...
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Queen Elizabeth II and others feel the downdraft from a helicopter at Winnipeg during a royal tour of Canada, July 1970. (Photo by David Cairns/Express/Getty Images)

Scholar: Canada Became Less British During Queen Elizabeth's Reign

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The Conversation
Sep 9, 2022 Nearly half of Canadians were of British ancestry when she assumed the throne in 1952, but that ...
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According to a false and misleading Telegram video CNN and Don Lemon broadcast a crude oil tank farm explosion fire in Edmonton Canada from 2021 to represent Lviv Ukraine in 2022.

Did CNN Show Edmonton, Canada, Fire Video as if It Were Lviv Explosion?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Mar 28, 2022 The footage in question showed CNN anchors John Berman and Don Lemon and was broadcast on the mo ...
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Nazi symbols including swastikas as well as Confederate battle flags were displayed by some of the Freedom Convoy protesters in Canada and led Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak on the subject in the House of Commons.

Swastikas and Confederate Flags Seen at Canada's 'Freedom Convoy'

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Feb 17, 2022 These were the sightings of swastikas and other symbols of hate at "Freedom Convoy" protests in ...
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A picture of a trucker prayer circle showed men near trucks praying purportedly near the Canada or Canadian border in 2022 but actually showed Honduras in 2020.

Does Photo Show Trucker Convoy Prayer Circle at US-Canada Border?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Feb 16, 2022 An old picture that showed men kneeling in a "trucker prayer circle" was shared in 2022 as if it ...
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Did 'The Simpsons' Predict 2022 Canada Trucker Protest?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 28, 2022 Two different episodes — and some altered audio — were cut together to make this "prediction."
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Truck, Transportation, Vehicle

Did US Truckers Join Canadian 'Freedom Convoy'?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 27, 2022 Some 300 trucks did participate in a "Freedom Convoy" in Canada to protest COVID-19 vaccine mand ...
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Flag, Symbol, Person

Did 50,000 'Freedom Convoy' Trucks Set Guinness World Record?

Written by:
Dan Evon
Jan 27, 2022 The vast majority of truck drivers in Canada are vaccinated.
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Did Canada Legalize the Medicinal Use of Cocaine?

Written by:
Snopes Staff
Oct 4, 2019 A routine review of content labeled satire.
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Was the 'Media Silent' About the Islamic Party of Ontario?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jan 7, 2019 The news media are typically "silent" in cases where there's nothing to report.
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