A new fad is sweeping North America — adult children refusing any contact with their parents — many of them because they are now “living their truth”. One in four families are estranged in significant ways that feel like a kind of sad ghosting.

An epic week of wins, for the truckers and free-speech lovers everywhere and beloved playwright and satirist CJ Hopkins was acquitted by a German court for thought crimes that could have sent him to jail.

Justice Mosley ruled that the Emergencies Act, declared by Prime Minister Trudeau, was illegal. After years of feeling that all institutions had failed, finally there is a recognition that the Freedom Convoy was not the heinous enterprise described by the prime minister and portrayed in the media.

Trish reports on who the early Covid-19 dissidents actually were, what qualities they share, and why they were able to see what others missed. And a panel: Joseph Fraiman, Colin McAdam and Chris Klotz on their new book of Covid dissidents.

I interview Kit Klarenberg, a bold journo based in Serbia who has reported from many hot-spots and has a reputation for courage and editorial dynamism. We talk about John, Julian Assange, Israel/Gaza and how the same crowd keeps marching the world into trouble.

Dr. Yasser Khan, a Canadian doctor just returned from besieged Gaza. He reports that the extreme level of violence being levelled by Israeli forces is causing high numbers of gruesome injuries, maiming, amputations and blindness. The bombardments come all day and the hospitals are overflowing with patients and refugees now homeless.