Rebel News is a Canadian media organization based in Toronto, Ontario.
History
In January 2022, Rebel News led a petition to end the cross-border COVID-19 vaccine mandates for truckers. The petition had 7,841 signatures as of January 24, 2022.[1]
On June 20, 2023, Rebel News published an article by Tamara Ugolini and interview with Member of Parliament Colin Carrie discussing his Order Paper Question (OPQ) to Health Canada. The OPQ revealed that Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada had reviewed documents released by the Food and Drug Administration through a Freedom of Information request by Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency, specifically the controversial document 5.3.6 CUMULATIVE ANALYSIS OF POST-AUTHORIZATION ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS detailing nine pages of "adverse events of special interest" related to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.[2]
Organization
Rebel News is a member organization of United Free Press (UFP)[3] and an affiliate partner of The Wellness Company, and previously of The Wellness Company Canada prior to its closure.[4]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ezra Levant | Founder[5] | Western Standard |
| Eitan Gilboord | Chief Operating Officer[6] | Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee (CJPAC), Hasbara Fellowships[7] |
| Sheila Gunn Reid | Alberta Bureau Chief[8] | - |
| Tamara Ugolini | Senior Editor[9] | - |
Publications
Some of Rebel News' notable publications include:
- September 27, 2023: "Fact-checkers under fire: bias, cherry-picking and misleading conclusions exposed" by Tamara Ugolini
- June 4, 2024: "Covid vaccines linked to excess deaths?" by Roberto Wakerell-Cruz
- July 13, 2024: "The Democracy Fund saves Canadians from hundreds of thousands in COVID-19 fines" by Sheila Gunn Reid
- March 22, 2025: "Lawyer Rocco Galati faces class action over COVID case handling" by Tamara Ugolini
External links
Bezirgan, M. (2022, January 24). PETITION: End the cross-border vax mandate for truckers. Rebel News. http://archive.today/2022.01.24-225626/https://www.rebelnews.com/petition_end_the_cross_border_vax_mandate_for_truckers?recruiter_id=5335918 ↩︎
Ugolini, T. (2023, June 20). Health Canada says they’re reviewing Pfizer’s trickling release of safety data, but the timeline doesn’t add up. Rebel News. https://web.archive.org/web/20230626193052/https://www.rebelnews.com/health_canada_says_they_re_reviewing_pfizer_s_trickling_release_of_safety_data_but_the_timeline_doesn_t_add_up ↩︎
Member Wall. United Free Press. Retrieved August 5, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230805065349/https://www.unitedfreepress.org/member-wall/ ↩︎
The Wellness Company. Rebel News. Retrieved November 11, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.11.11-223621/https://www.rebelnews.com/tags/the_wellness_company ↩︎
The Canadian Press. (2023, September 12). Environment minister must unblock Rebel News founder Levant on X under court order. CTV News. https://web.archive.org/web/20240422022809/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/environment-minister-must-unblock-rebel-news-founder-levant-on-x-under-court-order-1.6558377 ↩︎
Eitan Gilboord [@rebel_eitan]. X. Retrieved August 29, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.08.29-232435/https://x.com/rebel_eitan ↩︎
Experience | Eitan Gilboord. LinkedIn. Retrieved August 29, 2024, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/egilboord/details/experience/ ↩︎
Sheila Gunn Reid at Rebel News. Rebel News. Retrieved July 12, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240712214302/https://www.rebelnews.com/journalist_sheila_gunn_reid ↩︎
Tamara Ugolini at Rebel News. Rebel News. Retrieved July 12, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240712213856/https://www.rebelnews.com/journalist_tamara_ugolini ↩︎
