More than 30 professors from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) say they’re banding together and sending a message that discrimination of any kind has no place at the University of New Brunswick. The professors are taking aim at a fellow tenured sociology professor Ricardo Duchesne for comments he made on a controversial blog he […]
The federal government is providing money to help London-area apprentices get the skills they need to succeed in a changing economy. Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour Patty Hajdu announced Friday that the Liberal government is providing $123,000 for materials and training equipment to help roughly 180 apprentices. The Government of Canada will provide […]
The third day of testimony at a Human Rights Board of Inquiry got underway Friday. Complainant Kathleen Symington alleges the Halifax Regional Municipality Fire and Emergency Service discriminated against her based on her gender and disability. Karen MacDonald, the lawyer for the Halifax Regional Municipality, completed her cross-examination of the key witness Friday morning. Her […]
How does a country recover from centuries of slavery and racism? In the US, a growing number of voices are saying the answer is reparations. Reparations are a restitution for slavery – an apology and repayment to black citizens whose ancestors were forced into the slave trade. It’s a policy notion that many black academics […]
A wet and cool spring coupled with high water levels postponed the start of the 2019 navigation season by a week on the Trent-Severn Waterway. The locks officially opened at 9 a.m. on Friday. The opening of the 386-kilometre waterway is the unofficial start to summer for many communities along the Trent-Severn, including Buckhorn. There, […]
The government of Quebec is making it easier for people living in condos and apartments to drive electric vehicles. Environment Minister Benoit Charette and Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonatan Julien made the announcement Friday at the electric car show in Quebec City. The ministers explained that the government will subsidize 50 per cent of […]
More than $30,000 worth of property believed to be stolen has been seized by Niagara police. Last month, police began an investigation into the trafficking of stolen property by a pawn shop on Main Street. A search warrant was executed at Niagara Pawnbrokers on Wednesday, where police seized items such as jewelry, power tools, bikes […]
Saskatchewan’s highest court has dismissed the University of Regina’s appeal in the case of Miranda Biletski. Related Jury deliberations underway in Miranda Biletski lawsuit against U of R Paralympian lawsuit: Jury must decide whether swimming pool was unsafe On June 6, 2005, Miranda Biletski, a then 16-year-old competitive swimmer and member of the University of […]
Kingfisher Interpretive Centre in Enderby is buzzing with school kids excited to release their home-grown chinook salmon. They are part of a program called Stream to Sea, which teaches elementary and high school students to become aquatic stewards, protecting local watersheds. “We deliver the program to 48 schools from Revelstoke to Cherryville,” said Neil Brookes, […]
WARNING: The details in this story are graphic and may be disturbing to some readers. An Ontario man is facing charges after a 75-year-old woman was badly beaten in her southern Alberta home on Wednesday. Lethbridge police attended a home in the 3000 block of Fairway Street South at around 7 p.m., after neighbours reported […]