WNews Editorial – 2021 was a crazy year with many events that have happened in the world. The pandemic continued into the New Year with hundreds of millions of people getting the virus. The Vaccine for COVID19 was officially rolled out with the Pfizer vaccine and the Moderna being the main one.
The year had much civil unrest due to mandates, lockdowns and other similar issues. Australia put in one of the longest lockdowns in the world, early in the year and in the summer of 2021.
In the political world, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States after a rollercoaster of a January. On January 6, a group of protesters stormed the Captial Building in DC, also known as ‘January 6 Insurrection’, causing the biggest crisis in US modern history. Many believe that the group is officially linked to President Donald Trump. Due to the insurrection, Trump has impeached a second time after leaving office. Trump would be acquitted a second time by the Senate in February.
The year has been hard for parts of the world including the Province of BC which faced many natural disasters during the year. The region faced record-breaking heat in June and July and deadly wildfire which destroyed many towns. In November, the province faced once in a century flooding and mudslides.
Many other events has happened around the world including a Suez Canal was blocked for six days after the grounding of Ever Given, a 20,000 TEU container ship. The economy saw the strongest inflation in over 30 years with the USA seeing a 6.0% + increase in 2021.
WNewsNetwork’s 2021 Year in Review starts December 1st.
