Clement appointed to Senate
PM Trudeau appoints Cornwall, Ontario, mayor to Senate CBC News · Posted: Jun 22, 2021 Bernadette Clement, the mayor of Cornwall, Ont., will be trading her spot at Cornwall city hall for…
Study: Replace police with mental health workers
Document argues mental health professionals should replace officers Ryan Patrick Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jun 15, 2021 A group that advocates for Ottawa’s Black community is proposing an alternative way to respond to mental health-related…
Ottawa police ends school resource officer program
Announcement follows decision by the OCDSB to end its participation in the program Nicole Williams · CBC News · Posted: Jun 28, 2021 The Ottawa Police Service (OPS) is ending its school resource officer…
StatsCan: Immigrants in health care occupations
Released: 2021-05-28 The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of issues with the workforce in the health care sector. The number of job vacancies in this sector is thought to have peaked…
Principal removed over student’s dreadlocks
BySawyer Bogdan Global News May 29, 2021 A principal at a French school in London, Ont., has been removed from his position after a picture of him wearing a student’s dreadlocks…
France apologizes over Rwanda genocide
ByEditorial Staff Thursday, May 27, 2021 FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron, in a visit to Rwanda, has said France recognised its ‘responsibility’ in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, asking for forgiveness for…
Germany acknowledges Namibia genocide
Friday 28 May 2021 Germany has officially acknowledged committing genocide during its colonial occupation of Namibia, and announced financial aid worth more than €1.1bn (£940m; $1.34bn). German colonisers killed tens…
How to tell between a real CRA call and a scam
(NC) Many of us have heard of scammers pretending to be from the Canada Revenue Agency. You may have even received a call or email yourself. But how do you know what you can trust? Avoiding…
Basirat Basorun: Mothers’ Day tribute
by Basirat Basorun 30 April, 2021 Who knows you more than yourself? Who holds you through good and bad days, and scolds you even when her heart is full of…
3 activists fight racism in education
How 3 Canadians are fighting anti-Black racism in education ‘Racism is alive. We cannot pretend that it doesn’t exist within our Canadian society,’ says principal Jessica Wong · CBC News · Posted: Feb 14, 2021…