For many Torontonians, the rainbow tunnel on the east side of the Don Valley Parkway, approaching Lawrence Avenue East, is a beacon — a point of reference that tells us how close we are to home. For others, it’s a curious pop of colour on an otherwise frustrating commute. Some assume the famous rainbow is […]
Thursday is World Refugee Day, and one Winnipeg man is drawing from his own experience as a refugee to help others. Omar Rahimi of hirearefugee.ca came to Winnipeg in 2001 after living his entire life in a refugee camp in Iraq – without citizenship of any country, any possessions to speak of, or much hope […]
An ambitious plan was released Thursday morning that aims to combat and end homelessness in Regina. The five-Year Plan to End Chronic and Episodic Homelessness in Regina was developed by End Homelessness Regina as part of a partnership with the federal government. The plan predicts that over the five years, approximately 2200 people will be […]
According to lawyers, children are fed uncooked frozen food, go weeks without bathing at El Paso detention facility. A traumatic and dangerous situation is unfolding for some 250 migrant infants, children and teens locked up for up to 27 days without adequate food, water and sanitation, according to a legal team that interviewed dozens of […]
In a memo sent to council on Thursday, the city treasurer says the repeated delays of Ottawa’s LRT system have cost the city almost $33 million so far. According to the memo, the bulk of the cost is associated with the extended operation of buses in the city. While the city has offset the majority […]
A US Navy Seal testifying at the war crimes trial of Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher has said he was behind the death of an Iraqi teenager. Special Operator 1st Class Corey Scott stunned the San Diego courtroom when he said he asphyxiated the wounded Islamic State (IS) militant. Chief Gallagher is accused of stabbing […]
Police in Moncton have arrested five men following a police operation targeting individuals attempting to solicit services from sex trade workers,. The operation took place on June 19 in the Dufferin Street area. A 43-year old man from the Elsipogtog First Nation, a 61-year-old man from Shediac, a 64-year-old man from Saint-Charles, a 66-year-old man […]
Parkland Ambulance says its paramedics have been called to two children who were injured while using trampolines in one week. A four-year-old girl was injured in a trampoline incident at around 7:15 p.m. CT on June 12 on Wahpeton Dakota Nation, which is approximately 15 km northwest of Prince Albert, Sask. Paramedics cared for the […]
Gerald Cotten, CEO of the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, died suddenly in India last December, leaving some 76,000 customers with no way to access their investments, now estimated at more than $200 million in cash and cryptocurrency. That’s how the saga of the missing QuadrigaCX fortune begins. But a court-appointed monitor has found that Cotten […]
The B.C. government is pressing the pause button on new resource development in the ongoing struggle to deal with long-term caribou protection strategies in the northeast part of the province. Premier John Horgan announced on Thursday an interim moratorium on new resource development in parts of northeastern British Columbia to provide time for engagement with […]