Canada

Are Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) weather cameras offline along the entire coastline of the lower 48 states? No, that's not true: In an email to Lead Stories, the FAA said it has no weather camera systems in those areas. Hundreds of sites are operational as part of the agency's weather camera program. More than 200 cameras are being used in…

Did Russian President Vladimir Putin describe Africa as a "cemetery for Africans"? No, that's not true: No English or Russian credible sources confirm he ever said this. The claim appeared in a TikTok video clip posted to Facebook on July 25, 2022. The caption said: "Africa is a cemetery to Africans." The video opened with a man reading: Vladimir Putin…

Does a photo show an electric vehicle charging station powered by a diesel generator? No, that's not true: The photo of a charging station in the short-term parking area of the El Paso, Texas, International Airport does show a generator near the charging station, but it is not powering the station. The two are not connected, according to the company…

Did three doctors in Canada die after receiving a fourth COVID-19 shot? No, that's not true: There's no evidence any of the men were boosted a second time, but, if they were, there's also no evidence that the vaccinations caused their deaths. At least two of the doctors died from cancer, and the third had been "seriously ill" leading up…

Did NASA use the landscape of a remote Arctic island in Canada to produce fake images that were then falsely represented as exploration on the planet Mars? No, that's not true: This accusation lacks a key element -- there is no evidence that NASA has misrepresented images from the Haughton Mars Project (HMP) or any other analog mission conducted on…

Did the "entire banking system" in Canada close down? No, that's not true: Although there was a telecommunications outage in the country on July 8, 2022, that affected some banking systems, service was mostly restored by the next day. At the time of writing, Canadian banking systems were intact. The claim appeared in a Facebook post on July 15, 2022.…

Is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being investigated for genocide by Interpol? No, that's not true: As of July 26, 2022, the International Criminal Police Organization made no announcement regarding Trudeau being a suspect. The article that made the claim was published on a satirical website and did not provide any evidence. The claim appeared in an article titled "Interpol:…

Does a purported increase in child-size casket orders at one company mean that children are dying from the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that's not true: There have been no confirmed reports of children dying from the vaccine. However, children have died from COVID. The claim was made during a segment (archived here) of the "Stew Peters Show" that was posted to…

Is Canada's Prime Minister panicking over statistics that show 80 percent of Canadians who died of COVID were vaccinated? No, that's not true: That percentage isn't a surprise in light of widespread vaccination, which makes a relatively small actual number of deaths into a large percentage of overall deaths. The claim offers no proof of panic. In fact, at the…

Did "Mr K Brendon" kill his wife's cat and go missing from his home, causing the police to issue a public warning to be on the lookout for this "very dangerous" man? No, that's not true: The post is designed to trick people to urgently share it from a local online group where it was posted. Commenting is turned off…